The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-10
OF Interest to Women
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There 10 one woman in Keo,luk who
( has very special interest IN Helen
I KeIler's visit to this city and she Is
+ Miss Anne Dillon. the blind woman
! who lives in the Benevolent Union
home. Mrs. D. A. Collier heard Helen
Keller's speech made at the st. Louis
exposition. In those days Helen KEEL
Ter herself could not speak. but she
stood on the platform and delivered
her message by sign language into
the hand of ner teacher Anne Sulli-
van, and snc repeated the words to
Governor Francis who in turn gave
them to tht udiencs. On the way
home on q rain Mrs. Collier was
telling her md about the lecture.
came over to where the Golfers were
sitting and introduced himself. His
name was Wade and he had gone
from his home in Pennsylvania to st.
Louis to witness this first public ap-
pearance OF Helen Keller. in whom
he had bscn Interested since her
childhood end whom he led helped to
educa:o. He told them many inter
esting things regarding her and said
that Helen Keller did not know he
was to be In st. Louis and that he
stood by one Of the buildings as she
was being escorted to the auditorium
where she was to speak. AS she
came near to whore he stood, she
A few m onths after this incident,
Miss Anne Dillon who lived hero on
South Fifth street, wrote q letter to
Helen Keller, asking her il she could
aid in selling some crochet work
which Miss Dillon had made. Now
Mr.. Wade had told Helen Keller
about having met Mr.. and Mrs. Col
lier and at once Helen Keller sent
Miss Dillon's letter to Mr.. Wade. ask
ing him to send it to Mrs. Collier
and see what could be done for Miss
Dillon. Mrs. Collier went to see Miss
Dillon and found her such an inter
esting. worthy woman, that in two
days after the letter came she was
located in the Benevolent Union
home. She is a special protege Of
one furnished In memory Of Mrs. Col
hers mother Mrs. George B, Smythe.
corner Of Ninth and Orleans avenue
Claus, to say nothing of the favorit-
ism of her aunt in New York. She
has q room filled with wonderful toys
which is the envy of every other little
girl in town. This year Santa on his
round to Keokuk via New York, left
wonderful Paris doll which can
walk and talk with a limited yocabu-
larry and which rolls its eyes in
very coquettish French way.
The greatest sculptural undertaking
in the history of the world is to be
begun this year in America. Gutzon
Borglum, perhaps the greatest Amer1-
can sculptor is to carve great fr1eze
two thousand feet long and fifty feet
wide across an exposed stone sur
face of Stone mountain near Atlanta,
Georgia. 1t is to be known as ''The
Great Confederate Memorial" a me-
mortal to the south of "a erected
by the south OF today The figures
will be carved in high relief, In ac-
ton mounted and on foot. The fig
ures will be heroic In size, and will
move across the face of the noun
tain in the form OF two wings of an
army. The great southern organiza-
ton Of women, Daughters of the Con-
federacy, have had good deal to 90
with the plans for the placing Of this
unique memorial.
A unique building is to be erected
In New York as an idealtzation Of
the Christmas spirit and monu-
ment to Santa Claus. 1t will be a
building of white marble Of classic
design, the facade to. have carved on
it the Santa Clauses OF all countries,
each carved by a native artist. The
entrance will be through a great
arch, the steps to encircle q. raised
platform on which is to stand a
Christmas tree Back OF the tree
there will be a loaded glass window
on which will be portrayed scenes Of
the Christmas spirit The building
will serve as headquarters Of the
Santa Claus association which has for
an object the keeping Of the Christ
mas spirit with us all the year round.
A lillipution bazaar and toy exhibits,
a childrens' theater are all to be fea-
lures of this most unique building.
The Women OF tho Hour committee
which is an organization Of Jewish
women OF America, has raised five
million dollars for the Jewish suffer
ers of the war. The organization has
headquarters in New York and II
made up Of women Of all classes, rich
and poor, who have pledged to give
one hour a week to forward the work
of relief for war sufferers. This work
of the Jewish women OF America is
quite independent OF the work done |
by the men, and the committee ex-
poets TO raise much more than the
Eve millions already contributed.
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