The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-10
HELEN KELLER
JOINS SOCIALISTS
! FOR HAPPINESS"
Blind and Deaf CHI VIM Make
Her Work IN Schenectady
Preventive.

BOSTON, Mass. Sspt i0-Miss Helen
Keller. The b,ind and deaf sifl about to
20 10 Schenectady to become . member
Of the Board OF Public Welfare under
Mayor Lunn, has given . friend an
Interview In which she CAROLS hsrssif
among the Socialists.
Il am a Socialist" she declared, DE-
: cause only under socialism can every
one obtain the right to work and -
happy.
''1n Schenectady my work will be 10
help along the cause Of better health
and more healthful living conditions.
] hope to make my work preventive
rather than ameliorAtive. L am not
going there until later IN the fall. and
know only in general way what I
VIII do. but I am hopeful Of trying
something new"
The Socialist banner Of the Inter-
no tional Workers Of the World. over
Mlss Kclicrs desk. moclaims her be-
lisrs. When asked what she thought Of
the Imprisonment of Ettor and GLOW an
nitta. she replied:
y Outrageous! A burning shamel A
Disgrace to the whole country and to
Massachusetts,. They ought to be let
out an once"
Miss Keller has now added to her &C.
compushments the use Of the type
writer. She ir little In doubt OF her
ability to be a successful public
speaker.
II have not talked IN public for any
length of time" she said. ''and thcn
only once. at the Harvard Medical
School. Talking is ono thing. but to
make myself understood is anoth ar.
SHE COULD FEEL AND SMELL
HER AUDIENCE.
when you speak to an audience do
you know that there are many people
in the room7 For instance, when you
were speaking at the Harvard Medical
School. did you know that there was q
big crowd there?"
Il should say did. could feel them
and smell them"
How did you feel them7"
by any number OF vibrations through
the air and through the floor. from the
moving Of feet or the scraping OF chairs
and by the warmth which IL present
when there are people around
How could you toll by your sense OF
smeli?"
There was the doctors odor and the
> sdor Of clothing"
3 DO you mean to say that doctors
have q special odor? odor which you
I can recognixsr' -. -.-
= "A very decided odor. It's partly the
smell Of ether and partly the smell tina,
fingers from the sick rooms In which
ohAss ~ r,,N n tnn m ~,
professions from their odors."
do you receive many sensations by
means OF vibrations? Can you tell for
instance when It's thunder.ns?"
Yes: and I can tell when It's raining.
Not only from the dampness but from
, the vibrations through the air and from
the odor of fresh turf. as we'll as from
the suppression Of most other doors"
CAN TELL WHEN RAIN STARTS
AND STOPS.
"But can you tell the difference bs-
tween the time that It's raining and tho
period Immediately following rain, when
practically the same conditions pre-
vHllf'
O.. ~ can Judge pretty nearly when the
FNin straits and stops"
'Can you distinguish between noises
, and music:"
"Oh, yes there Is a rhythm. ! can
? ten q violin. plano and best OF all tho
organ with thn full tones. and OF course
Q drum Is easy to recognize. can tell
the difference between brass and wood
wind Instruments. The brass are much
more pointed, the sound from the
wooden one seems more cut on