Evening journal., 1912-07-29
THE LAND OF FTFRNAL DABKNEss.

THIS is an editorial directed at those who have eye
sight: who appreciate what great blessing it is
and who have adequate conception OF what caam-
ity it would be they deprived Of the faculty Of
vision useless for others to read It, will not
appeal 10 them.
We have in our community certain men and
who. through no fault Of their but owing 10 the
nscrutable decree Of Providence, plunged in per-
petual darkness They cannot the glories Of the
the spendor Of the and stars. the beauties
the field or any Of the thousands other things
which bring pleasure to those who Except
for the mental and spiritual light within, they live in
the Land Of Eternal Darkness. Science can hold out
no hopes to them Medicine and surgery stand bafied
on the that realm Of everlasting backness
IN which they live Human love and sympathy alone
stand between these denzens Of the Land OF Eternal
Darkness and despair They live love and sym
pathy and rule it is given to them without stint
But black as the land is there flashes through the
darkness the divine ray Of individual pride ana nde
pendenoe These men and women, who never saw a
sun ray or a moonbeam and who have but an made
ouate conception Of the glories Of nature and the
mechanical triumphs of man which surround them,
have within them that divine spark Of pride which
impels them 10 resent being compelled to be objects
Of charity They wish 10 be seltsupporting and IN
dependent They rather would be admired for their
henfuiness than ped for their helplessness Nature
which deprived them Of sight has compensated them
by giving to their hands and fingers delicacy and
dexterity Of touch akin 70 eyeless vision They
have learned to do things and to do them we'll Indeed
there are many persons with perfect eyesight who
could not broad daylight Of the things that
are done by these men and who inhabit the
Land Of Eternal Darkness They have learned to do
those things because they rather would the bread
Of industry and Independence that the bread of idle
ness and dependence
That is the situation so far as the blind affected
They have trained themselves TO work they desire
to work and they must depend upon those who can
see TO supply them with that work
The question Immediately presents itself Are those
who enjoy the blessing of sight doing their part to
enable those who cannot to attain that posiuon
of absolute independence TO which they aspire and for
which they are htted2' The answer comes QUICKLY
that they are not That shown by the fact that in
city Of 10000 inhabitants this little band Of workers
in perpetual darkness cannot get enough work 10
keen them busy and make them wholly independent.
There is not a man or woman in Wilmington who can
not well afford to give these willing workers some
thing do and yet they are compelled 10 clahol a.
most ceaseessly for that which should come to them
abundantlv cheerfully and without solicitation
The business affairs Of skilled artisans OF the
Land Of Eternal Darkness in the charge OF the
Delaware Commission for the Blind. which has It's
beadouarters at No 3o5 West Eighth street That
commission has a telephone. It has agents VINO car
Cor and deliver work The prices charged TOT tne
work are reasonable The work itself Is wen oon-'
There Is no valid excuse for any man or woman VITA
even ordinary sympathy Withholding the work that IS
desired When the person who has eyesight and ap-
nreoistes the many blessings which flow from W. mas
read This editorial let him her pause moment an0
consider aow he or she would feel we're tnat sign
ds,rovsd suddenly and we're appeals for work denied
THAT viii br',g the matter close to the heart ana tp
understanding There few homes in which there ar
not chairs which need reseatins or repairing OF
which articles mede by these workers OF ndepenl leh
sririt in the Land Of Eternal darkness could not o.
"a rroetallv Then call up the headquarters O.
,ho Hind workers aud DO your part in giving 10 th'n
that fsi- measure Of work which will make Tor IN
dependence and happiness
70 Won will do that. you will feel better because OF
dutv we'll performed These blind folk VIII ieei oe''e
because they will know that the Land ot ttelnai
nees IS not cut off from the Land Of Eternal hen
! "a mot those who can see flashing messages g
love sympathy and admiration to those to whom sign
has been denied