Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-28
Poinsettia Sees and Hears Helen Keller

 answered Yes" each time, she said: eating a perSimmon she said: Tt pulls me all together!" One time after giv- ing explicit directions for the care Of a sick doll she had scarcely reached said she wanted all those directions written down, because men nave too many forgets." Her teacher noticed her playing with the paws of her dog and could not imagine the reason until she discovered the child moving the dogs toes and spelling doll" She was very fond of her pet and whenever she stepped on it or fell over 1t she would bend down and spell out Please par don me-"
 Miss Keller is extensively educated, speaking fuently in three languages, and having studied Latin. She has 8 library of over a thousand volumes, and many magazines. Her friends before the public. She is interested in all up-to-date subjects and if she is left out of the conversation a t the ta- ble she will hold her hand out and say What are you talking about?" Then she places her thumb under the chin first finger on the lips and second just above on her friends face and under stands when sine speaks. When a lit tie girl, during a discussion Of the tariff, she asked to know what it was
 
 derstand 1t yet" She replied: How do you know that I cannot understand that? You much remember the Creeks let their children listen to wise words, and I think that they understood some of them"
 We were now prepared to see and hear the real person, the miracle her self. Led in by her instructor, she looked like just a girl about 20. She wore a simple straw hat, the only 5Trf, I,i | E1fr, lI velvet ribbon hanging down in back below her waist. Her dress was white with low V-shaped neck, and minaret skirt. Her face was so calm and un- emotional I could hardly realize the temper of her childhood and the will of her womanhood. The subject of her address was "The Heart and the Hand or the Right Use of Our Senses" Perhaps I had expected too much or was too far away, but at first I could not understand a word from that other world voice; I thought she was going to fail; it was pathetic and I felt like crying; it seemed as If Mrs. Macy put her hand Gin which I mag ined a handkerchief) to her face and was going to cry, too. but no. Miss Keller has wonderfully overcome awful difficulties and was really speaking g her own thoughts in our language. As she continued. I could understand bet ter and I don't doubt but that those in front caught pracrlcaty everything. The address was brief, but every word counted. As I could not get it con tinually, I will quote a little from the paper:
 She emphasized above all mankind's s dependence on each other. Tn my own case she said, it was through the hands of others that I fould my father and my mother and my soul and my God Without my teacher l should be nothing. All that is noble and gener- ous and worth while in the human race has come to me through her hand, and all the knowledge and happiness have had.
 Look, listen, feel and put thought through your hands, and every day you will wonder at the love and richness and power that come to you. The world is full of miracles; look for them and you will find them" "
 Miss Keller was at her best at the conclusion of her address when the audience asked questions. Mrs. Macy repeated them to her with Mss Kel- ler's hand on her lips and the answers were quite clear. They inquired if she could tell color She replied that when she got mad she felt red. Mrs. Macy asked Do you ever feel blue?" Yes, every shade from navy to indigo" She was asked if she remembered seeing anything before her sickness. 'EYes, the beautiful sunshine" Someone wanted to know if she was in love Tn love with the flowers" she said. bend ing over to the stand and pressing the bouquets close.
 POTNSETTIA.