The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1914-03-05
HELEN KELLER
GIVES WONDER
Full LECTURE

\. Star Course enterainments has a
larger or more intensely interested
audience assembled TO enjoy one of
its attractions than that which gath
cred at the First Methodist church
Wednesday night TO see Helen Keller
and TO hear her lecture ana listen to
trle wonderful story OF her life as
told bi ssr preceptress ana teacher,
Mrs. Anne N. Macy.
People began to gather at the
church at GAS and when the doors Of
tie church were opened at 1880 fully
three hundred men. women and chill
dren were waiting in the vestibule
aad on the street for admission to the
auditorium. The seating capacity OF
the church had been augmented by
placing a large number of chairs In
The Sunday school room and in such
vacant spaces SIS were available for
the accommodation OF the public 1t
If computed by Mr.. Collins. secretary
Of the Y. NJ. c. A.. that approximately
eleven hundred people were in the
church when Mrs. Macy began the re
cital OF the achievements OF her pre-
cocious pupil.
The narrative OF Helen Keller's life
was OF almost dramatic interest. show
ing as it did her intellectual keenness
and her determination to rise to dis
tinction despite the handicap of being
blind. deaf and dumb. impedlments
that to the great mass OF mankind are
physically and mentally insurmounta.
bic.
Mrs. Macy gave in detail the more
Important incidents in the life OF her
precocious protege. pointing out how
she had learned to read and write in
six months. how she had persisted for
years to acquire the power OF speech
and had at last succeeded. Miss Rel-
ler's life. In a large measure through
the love and devotion OF hs- teacher.
has been an unbroken series OF tri-
umphs over obstacles and discourage
ments that would have rendered fu-
tile the efforts OF less determined
and mentally endowed person Miss
Keller has been known the. world
ever since she was : years old. when
the first reports OF her education were
published.
At 1s she was preparing for study
in the higher institutions OF learning
and in 1904 she was graduated from
Radcliffe college. affiliated with Har.
ward university. with the degree OF
batchelor OF arts. While a student at
Radcliffe she wrote The Story OF My
Life" which has been translated into
fifteen languages and for which she
received the sum Of $1,000 from the
publishers. It was one of the very few
cases in the history OF an American
college in which n student has been
raid for writing his photography
Miss Keller has since written three
books. The World Live In" "op-
timism" and The Song of the Stone
Wall" all OF which have wide sale
Mrs. Macy's affection and devotion
for her pupil is hardly less marvellous
than the wonderful accomplishments
OF the latter. II was difficult task
that. she set herself to do. but Miss
Keller's indomitable VIII and Mrs. Ma.
cys patience mastered the problem
The name OF Helen Keller can never
be dlsassociated from that Of Mrs.
Macy. the teacher and companion for
twenty-six years. who opened the
gates for her TO the outside world.
One hardly knows whom to admire
more, the pupil or instructor. As they
have not been separated for many
years in their social life. sothey are
not separated on the lecture platform.
Helen Keilers work is said by dis.