The evening world., 1911-04-27
@~EA~ER Av TtELOON

Keller. Miss Holt almost broke down
she had to stop until she could master
hegself- when she amt to tneso lines
In Miss Kellcr's letter:
Helen Keller's Plea.
Now the blind have come forth from
fellow-cltizcns. A new life has opened
for them. That new lfc should begin
In childhood. IN school. Let tho blind
child have special teachers to train his
hands at the start. then let him have
n desk in the classroom with his sighted
brothers and ~sisters. He vii! thereby
acquire the proper training for hts
struggle H. a worlc u seeing men and
women.
1t VIII prepare him for lie ana teach
them to give him his place in life. 1
h1vc been hatny PLAYING with ten blind
children; but : am happier il the
thought that my sighucss successor Will
DE playing with ten who see. Your
chlldren's caildren VIII have "A stin more
beautiful experience. For they will live
In a world whore eyes are no wasted.
and where capable hands are not al
W 50. WV i'hf EltllhA E~t'tNns
too, viii refuse to Isolate the blind; bu,
there VIII be 50 few 10 Isolate that the
blind may again become objects OF WON
der and curiosity. But now. when blind
boys and girls are all too common, the
public ought TO make their education a
matter Of universal knowledge and In
tellisent sympathy.
Misc Holt had the gilt OF dircct9ess.
She told very simply ard very earnest
~ OF the needs a. the New York hesa.
ciation for the Bind: abe told O. a
lighthouse o. club that q. cycrcrowlrI
ard inadequate. told OF the work that
had already been lone in the six years
OF the existence OF the society and o.
the need OF tunds - d. SO much more.
She told how ~delcsltcI, some see.n-
and some sigAtless, had come from
thirteen states, and OF how exhibits OF
blind folks handicra't had been SEN
from as far away as Japan and Joru,
salem, and wnen she was thYou2l an,
had bowed and moved back to he,
place the cheering and the handicap
ping ran agou.j the DIG opera nous,
and died down ana rose up again Ilk,
the beating Of waves upon a shore.
Large Crowds Attend.
Set oWn right IN the very m.driT O
, gay and hurryIng broadway, this cx
h.pit drew on Yesterday afternoon an,
Inst evening biz crowds. The chance
appear to bee that It VIII continue 4
draw big audiences an through m
, week, Tor il IS 20 last until sAurda.
nisht.
At the back OF the stage are soccl
/ mann. Af h4lN.uN,pl. t. .. l. Co.,.
OF these are booths where blind me.
e strip tobacco u make bro1ms an,
4 weave chair bottoms. There is a patr.
% arch among the wclycgs. lie look
, Ike those pictures YOU See or the O,
. Testasnea prople,s. a IAN. spar,
. sparse "a viii a c,ln. p}l.ld fac
ana 4 wiiltc board which covers Def
cAest and fails 10 his waist. About IL
main auditorium, RANGED end Oh cXo
are the stalls OF the lace wclycrs an
9 the carpet makers with a blind wire
= less operator in tho m'dI'c sending hi
air messages scrce,llus up thruusa
"a hatch in tile root, and at either t.p q
the han moon a blind telephone opera
~ tor, operating a switchboard spccjn
and without mistake.
The blind children have their SHOW Z
- the centre ~ the roor. Not an Of tines
r, blind people are the poor wards OF an
state, Among the straw Weayyrs Ia.
night SAT a woman slIl .n the prime {
~ NE and OF remarkable beauty. ESec.
p. for the thick glasses oyer her eyes so
" would never have guessed iha' she W.
I- blind, Her gown uf white lace mul
y IhsV" 'oai uuri"s1y 70 !e.a-a. ok,
fll Ha.rdrc. ..r Dad p.,.l a.r hair apo
e . me- N.. t.HH.N AH..N. II E.H fl.s f"