Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-25
DR.. Charles F.
Writes on
A Miracle of Love and
Science
The Story Of Helen Keller
How Light Was Brought
to Her Through the Dark
ness of Affection.
By REV. CHARLES f. AKED, d. d., LID.

thing as writing exists, quickly
found that there was still another
problem: she had to humanize
this savage little creature. She
must win both obedience and
love.
The account Of Miss Sullivan's
travels in search of Helen's soul
is as thrilling as some romance
of Notwithstanding or adven-
ture amongst buried cities. The
waterway became the way Of
life "Doll' failed and the dolly
was smashed. Miss Sullivan.
using the manual alphabet"
spelled into Helen's little hand
DOLL" bending the child's fln-
gers and manipulating the tinv
hand until the teacher despaired
OF success. Helen initiated.
learned the motions; and seemed
az 81 10 ueISht in them.
Miss Sullivan put the cbiIda
doll into her arms and tried 70
discover some way in which ~
get Helen's mind to connect the
hhger signs with the doll which
she held. it was useless Asairs+
the walls which imprisoned Hell
ems soul Miss Sullivan's gentIa
assaults were vain. The child
dashed the doll to pieces in
rage
From the days before darkness,
descended upon her Helen had
Drought up sounds something
hKe "wab-wah' her best inita-
ton OF water" Deem dean
down in the recesses Of her being
were instructive linkings of this
sound with running water And
now leaving the fragments Of
doily upon the floor. teacher ana
child walked through the gar
den TO the we'll Someone No,
drawing water. Miss Syuiva,
placed Helen's hand under the
spout, and as the cool stream
gushed upon it spelt into her 9th
eF hand ''W-a-t-e-r" There 7.s.
thrill Of thought. am electric
vibration, as it were. within tho
soul lurking in the darkness She
connected "w-a-t-e-r" with tbfs
cool, tonic thing rushing upon
her! She thought, The mvs-
terry OF language stood revealed,
she was seven years old and
in that instant the woman was
born. Refinement, deIicacy in
tellectual and spiritual culture
tenderness and philanthropy and
human love We're all potentially
present in her soul that dav as
the water flowed. Miss Keller il
now one of the worlds great
women. Scholars are honored bv
her friendship. Men and women
whose names are written on the
bead-roll OF the immortals count
her their equal. She is nearly "a
years old, but 27 years ago she
was born Of water and Of the
spirit!
The remainder Of her story be-
longs TO the romance OF educa-
ton. Under pressure Of neces-
sity Miss Sullivan learned in or
der TO teach Incredibly rapid
progress was made. StiIl using
the manual alphabet" spelling
words into the childs hands, Miss
sullivan taught Helen lnnumera-
BILE things From words to ac-
tions, from actions to ideas, the
transit was swift. In few DAYS
Helen could put the doll on the
bed and then spell out Doll is
on the bed" After this, abstrac
tons could be understood. Writ
ing was learned. Then Iip-read-
ing Later came speech. But
this again is romance
English. French, German. Lat
in Greek Miss Keller learned
them She passed the entrance
examination for Radcliffe. She
took her b. A. degree with dis
tinctlon. She has written books.
She delivers lectures. She IS a
stylist Her English IS fault
lessly clear, dignIhed and fluent.
Mark Twain said that the two
most interesting characters o,
the nineteenth century are Napo-
leon and Helen Keller. And
Helen wrote a lovely thing about
Mark Twain She believed II
true when she wrote It. The de-
testable biography Of Mark
Twain, which ought 10 have been
burned by the common haugman
before ever 1t saw printers ink,
was not then written Miss Ke.-
Ter said
Il love Mark Twain-who
does not2 The gods, TOO, loved
him and put into his heart all
manner Of wisdom then. fearing
lest he should become a pessi-