New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-16

ana tncre were ONnet lnlHBS' Dul IT.
seems to me that the great honor OF
Lyons has been the creation of its pro
fc~sional school for the wounded.
In Paris We are just beginning TO
solve the grave problem of rc-educAtlnC
those wnc have been mutilated in the
war In Lyons they solved It clgh'
months ago.
School for Crippled Soldiers.
1t was on November 80. to be exact.
on the proposition Of VI. IIcrriot. that
the Municipal Council approved the
creation Of a school for crippled sol
dicrs. Lyons possesses a considerable
private domain. This great city is
very rich person and yet very modest.
i opened for the work n picturesque
old mansion which was no longer used,
and at once began TO furnish 1t and
provide Unnecessary tools for the first
apprenticcships which were to be tried
there. At the same time the director
of the health service Of the fourteenth
region. resolved to encourage so Cener-
Gus an experiment, gave orders 20 the
hospital corps TO send "dmeuable' sub
iccts to Lyons to the new institution.
On December 16 the school opened its
doors. Twelve soldiers were admitted.
At present 4 siXty-year-old woman in
structs them. They are divided INTO
classes There is Il class of bOOkkccp-
ing and StenOCraphy, the class Of turn
ers, the class of toymakcrs and the
class of paper box makers. Some of
thc bookkeeping apprentices have lost
their right arms and have become good
writer's with their left hands in three
or four months time. The lessons on
the typewr.tjug machine were very well
attended. ! saw a pupil exercise with
remarkable dexterity. lie ran the ma
chine with the one finger that renamed
on his left hand.
In the room where lathe work is
taught. in the bookbinding, paper box
and toy making shops. one is struck
by the ease with which certain OF The
poor cripples have become left-handei
men of the most marvellous skill. The
toy workshop is a great success. Tie
professor there has received orders
for 5000 francs worth of goods. These
toys consist generally Of painted carN-
ings of people, which are executed
with a mechanical saw, and the color
inc Of which completes the joining or
enhances the ornaments painted by
Land. Il is charmingly naive work,
but il marks the beginning Of new
industry for us that Of toy making.
The Germans excel in this. !. Is
stirring to think Of the revenge Of
the time latter the war; and il rs
the soldiers land wounded who are
at this minute aiding TO prepare 1t.
Second School Opened.
But that is not all. For those whose
legs have been amputated it Is neccg-
sary 10 facilitate their apprenticeship
in other trades where they may slt.
The most advantageous of those trade.
are shoemakinE and tailoring. They can
ba pursued in the smallest village ami
with little outlay. The creation G.
shops for shoemakers and tailors was
soon decided upon, and as there Wa
rot room enough in the old mansion
on the Rue Rachais. the Municipal
Council, on the motion of the Mayor.
decided upon the creation OF a second
school for the wounded.
on the l4th of May the school WAS
opened. Seventy cripples came at
once. II is situated at the end of the,
city. near the country fields. on the
road 70 Tourviclle. in. charming 10
main hardly ever used. ! have ALREADY .
said that Lyons possesses more prop-
ertv than she knows what TO do with.
Fortunate city. The vast country
housc-entirclV Southern in its aspect
with its white facades and its fiat roof
covered with gray tiles-now shelters
thirty-six shoemakers and sixteen
tailors who are already good workmon
| forgot the carpenters workshop
where twelve apprentices labor and
have already made BY hand some very
good looking towel racks. But | wilt
not forget the garden the immense
garden Of Tourvielle, where ! ga"
something at once admirable and poic-
nant- crippled gardeners.
They had come TO Lyons. with the
others. TO get position. and then at
the school Of Tourvielle they perceived
the earth the good earth from
which they had Just come as soldiers.
And she was stronger than they They
returned TO her. And she took them
back!
And | saw at Tourvielle a man who
had lost his right leg, and he was dig
g:ng digging furiously and leaning
upon his crutch, which sank down
through the soft earth at every step. /
saw a onc-armed man plant lettuce;
another who used spade, and every
time that he planted his spade IN the
earth-not having the right hand 10
lift il M again bent his knees, and
with sce-saw movement dropped his
left hand 10 the bottom Of the handle
and dragged the spade from the earth.
And he liked this better than learning
70 make a vest.