The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-09
BLIND TEACH BLIND
VICTIMS OF BATTLE
81. Dunstan's, Lent by Otto
Kahn. Is Novel English
Training School.
HELPLESS LEARN TRADES
spe-oi Correspondence to Tvs Sur


LoNDoN. April :7.--Help for the blind
by the blind 10 the working principle OF
the institution opened by the Blinded
soldiers and Sailors Care COMMITTEES
at 81 Dunstan's. Regent Park That
principle IN i;s application has made
s, punran', one OF the most interest
ing places IN London. II has lightened
IN. sadness which. more actual than
the imprint OF pain. though much more
elusive, fingers IN the fsces OF the men
who are learning here how 10 begin life
once more at the beginning and 20 dis
count misfortune and defeat memory by
new achievement.
The object OF the work IL 70 teach
every blind soldier q trade by which he
may e,pec; TO carr his living and 20 In
Rranle system OF reading and writing
Blind instructors have been engaged in
every instance These mon are smone
the most capable workers In the country
and their energy and enthusiastn are an
immediate incentive TO effort. The
knowledge that other men have mace
good spite OF 'nelr pllIG0eSs ~
for. the frs; lesson which the blind SOL
dier receives There IL generally In his
character = quality Of determination
which. thus aroused. may Be counted
upon 10 achieve succeAA
lent by Otto Kahn.
g; punstAns which was lent 70 she
committee by Otto Kahn. - very large
house standing In afteen Acres Of
ground Thanks 20 this latter circum-
stance Il has been found possible 30 in
ciude poultry farming and market gar
denins among the subjects OF instruc-
ton This country lfe section has been
taken over by Capt Person WeHSer.
one ~ the hes, known blino experts In
England Capt Person -Webber's lie is
itse.f a romance OF successfu, endesvor
against heavy odas he has proved ;hs;
Blind man NAV without previous
know leac. compete with experts on
the!r own eround HE work In connec-
iion with poultry farming 10 known
throughout the Agricultural world
! MANY very wonderful devices have
been introduced by him into the mode
farm which he IL no~ conducting TIT
arrangements OF gates and pens, Of rail
ings ana ccops. reveal ext-aordinsr.
! ingenuity blind man. by means o.
y
with encire suocess. TO catch any :ov
ne NAV des.rA 70 drive his ords from
one pio; OF ground 70 another. to cpi
iect eggs and generally sugsr!nient
everything Capt P!erson Weooer VA
a soldier himself before ne became olint
ana therefore 10 especially we'll quslihet
10 help the men who arS receiving In
struc;ion from him.
Small DsG1aafAso.
inside ,hs housA IN . large conssvvN
tory work tables have bean arrange
,or ne teaching O! carpentry. hoo; re
pA!r.ns mat making And bake; maxine
The scene Of . r~,eni visit 20 'hi'
workshop WIS al intensely interesting
one A. the carpenters bench . younl
fellow who lost his sish; or the Aisn
wLs just completing his frr pictur
frame II d'd lis instructor ana hinsel
credit In this case blindness vas causet
~ eulle; which passed from one aid
G. the forehead TO the Other inturinl
the optic nerves Near him anothe
YOUNG soldier. victim OF eurs;!nI
shrspoel uAs having his FIRST lesson :,
drilling with q brace That ne wa
entering into the spirit O. his work VA
obvious from his cheerful erpr~ssio OF
vet only short time ago ne returne,
10 this country from a German prison
broken down IN health snd without hop
FOR the future.
The boot makers were very busy an
their work deAed 'aulihnt!ng. So ais
we're the mat makers The only pupil
OF the basket making instructor wer
two youns Relgiars who have heen wei
owned 20 she institution and who ar
very ou!ch, picking VI trade.
In another room a massage clase wa
Ia a
very usefu, occupations AZ which bin,
people are found 10 eNcel In view o
the v idespread need for this :reatner
which the war has produced and 10 pro
dueine. no better lesson could be laugh
or learned. The large Bra!ne roor
Was full OF pupils some OF then he!nl
Instructed In tire elements OF tire al
phabet others al work on the inEeniou
Bra,lle typevr.ters Everywhere %
me; the spirit OF hope and cheertulnes.
until the impression % pathos gave plac
70 an enduring sense OF admiration
Here surely 10 nohler courage eve
than the herce bravery OF war.
There are quarters for officers in IN
institution ana -hese have already bee
called into use Reading and vri;in
vii! be taught 10 these young fellow
ana ALSO probably some outdoor worl
When their period OF instruction 10 owe
place men in permanent position. and
large grant has been made by the Prime
O; Walee's Fund toward this purpos,
The actual cost OF running the hotel
borne by ;he National institute for IN
! Blind. the RED Cross and the Order {
81. John
A great part OF the cret.; for hi
splendid undert akine belongs TO
Arthur Pearson, whose interest In HI
fellow sufferers from blindness 10 90 we
known Under Mr. Pearson's d,rec;io
the grounde o. the house have bee
specially prepared for the comfort of IN
soldiers All Sepways and dsngerou
places have been surrounded BY woodc
boards SO that she altered resistance {
, the foot may give warning OF their pre-,
ence He has also encouraged the US
OF the lake. which communicates wit
that IN Regents Park Blind men al
Senerally fond OF rowing and II Is OF
Of the few outdoor sports in which the
can participate, "A blind man feels
. Mr.. Pearson said. that when he IL row
.ng a boat he Is conducting other poop
and not, as Al other times, being COZ
Quoted by them"
II ia this attitude OF sympathy an
:, this comprehension OF the psychologist
: problem to be solved that endows n
work at ST. Dunstans with 90 muc