New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-27
WAR BLIND FIND
NEW SIGHT IN TOY
Miss Holt Says Ability to
Count Domino'S Spots
Is Dawn of Hope.
SEES EYELESS HERO
OF GRENADE BATTLE
LIGHTHOUSE Head Writes He
Fought Alone Until Blast
Left Him Helpless.

Remarkable stories Of courage IN men
.oacr.ne the most fearful Tate that can
come 20 human beings are told IN let
,o- from Miss Wufrcd Holt. Of the
lighthouse. AZ m East Ffty-rinth
s.-cct. president Of tho Franco-Amor'-
,sn Committee 10 Aid Blinded Soldiers.
Mss Hc1t is IN France establishing
branch lighthouses and ga;hcrne
bHrdcd mon from the war hospitals.
orc ~ the most remarkable tales OF
terc,sa IS that of o man named Nc
,lsi q zouave. whom Miss Holt found
g, hospital ~ Lyons. This man, ace
,o-s,rr 10 the lieutenant Of his com
,,-,. was % an attack on a Germa"
,-,--h. lie dashed so far ahead Of his
.,-,-ade. that he reached the french
sro~o. rs company did not come NJ
,osrrrort r .r,. and he was left lighting
,,ore IN the m s., Of trench full Of
Germans.
Te stood his ground until his am
NM tom was gone. escaping death by
,n-a-'e Though wounded. he fought
On with ms bayonet. Several Of his
amazed opponents had been killed and
,evsral were wounded. Then q hand
grenade exploded and tore out one eve.
The Germans lespcG or him and over
nowared him. 4 little later the French
u =. ks
ror.re les found Nlcolal, bandaCcd ms.
fsce and rropped him up in corner o.
the trench.
Tic 9 yht became fercer and Aercer'
s,d .rarv Nicola could not continue
N look on any longer. He sprang up.
seizcl p Germans rife and threw him
.e'f INTO the melee For some time he
valrrtly supported his comrades IN
snj-e Of his terrible wound. when AZ
other grenade tore out his other eye.
NieorsI lost cons lousneSs. The Frencn
were obliged 10 evacuate the trench
end he was left a prisoner Of the Ger
mans II story docs not record how ne
cane into French hands.
The Navor Of Lyons, whose guest
Miss Holt was. had taken into his fam
In fourteen ycar-old girl refugee.
she had been playing in fed WITH
another girI of about her own Az. men
some Germans rode up and orderta the
children % draw water. The 2 rs re-
fuse5. whereupon the GerBans raised
tIeir runs and fred. killing the shild $
rIavrste She. running and hidng IN
6tcre- and underbrush. wandered Tor
sixteen days. travelling all ttf way
.-o-. ,-. Nrs-a- 10 -re -o-"u u rn
lvors. where She appeared. ragged and
bocastained. before the NayN lie
Immediately adopted her.
Miss Holt saw, one o. hor n ros.
IN addition 70 being blind. has % feet
a-r o-Ir ono arm. IL viii. 9o y r'oe-
win false legs. an arm and q us eye
s.1 taken 10 the shelter At fH's. AZ
Nar-r as Miss Holt saw II 2 who
was being cared for by d captaH in the
French army. q.
s.e r.t.s." excepting bis coz
leg. had been amputated and rs HGnt
au Ii great eve. were 0a, al
he wa. carried ike a child b smiled
,--.. r. the little wom1r rforr-la.reo
faithful 20 him and still pGposed to
marry him. lu' the l~l ~ q cl'lEeac'
and fine knowledge OF horizS0 had not
come 20 him until J ,iippeia domino
beneath his finger Fog tho first time
he realized that he could fnd hght
through work.
.It was q wonderful thirgto see the
revirifvinC Of this man .pough the
.mnlc to.. An. e Is 81 /. he cried.
81 can read it, We then lacked an
alphabet 20 q board so he could read
With his left hand. The oracle con-
t1ued. and before We left Inn he was
eager 90 come TO Paris and earn how TO
Dc Blind
"Hc actually laughed aloud with the
idea of has being able 10 he wage
c.~rcr and 20 marry tf little giFl
who was his tsncec and 80 oach 10
work ia their home town. supu lated
trat he should have sumps anQ
~ coaIase to look at rim IN ms rear