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By EDWARD

n HAVE. seen them ~ the dozens,
In London and In Paris. led by
their friends or cropping their
" gay about Observation-Disclosures
victims of the war. | have seen them
by the dozens and they are In London
BY hundreds.
In Paris there are far more OF them
and I by chance was present at a
touching meeting. The wounded from
Nerdun were coming into a great hos
pital. Some of them were met by
men. hut more were met by women
nurses and a few by mothers, wives.
s~wecthearts or sisters.
There were six blind men anon
them-and a man whose eyes have
been forced out by the concusslon Of a
nearby bursting shell, or have been
burned out, or have been literally shot
out is not a pleasant blind man to look
at. One chap. one little "Poilu." was
magnincent-calm. dlgniied, appa--
tltl INclt Il'us MS HiVb
him. I watched them.
lie remained quite ctlm until. sud
denly. he realized that he could never
see her face AGAIN. Thcn he broke
and wept. Her face-:he face h
'could not sec and never would again
was very beautiful.
In the tea room Of the Piccad.lly
Hotel, London. which is the afternoon
gathering place for officers. some ~
friends and relatives, half a dozen
group are nearly always centred
about some blinded youth. Many OF
these victims have been decorated. hut
, the d. :. O.. even the V. G., will
scarcely help them to see again.
The devotion Of their dear ones is
: pathetic. one wonders what II can
> result in. Will the lovely girls who
now cling To these terribly afflicted
youths, guiding them and helping
them, make the mighty sacrifice of
d. marrying them? They are swept now
.-by the emotion of during the war en-
"thusiasm. which. added to compass
sion. doubtless fans and Magniies
their old affection. But can they ON
template with cam a lifetime with tac
. blinded men? Oush; they to marry
them: Perhaps the tragedies which
are to come will he the greatest which
: these men will know.
:: Out at ST. Dunstan's Home for
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pointed out, insurance has sprung from
the workers themselves and the more
thrifty were already buying their own
policies before the insurance laws were
PASSED, Another labor lender, I re-
member. said that the deductions from
wages were 'self-evident.' Many men,
he added. go far beyond the statutory
minimum and buy additional benefits
for themselves
The sums OF money accumulated in
the sick funds are largely under the
control Of the workers themselves and
with them they have built hospitals
and sanitaria, made loans II ever
undertaken extensive housing schemes
t. GO, better homes for themselves.
II have heard thoughtless ak TO the
effect that health insurance destroys
the initiative OF the workers. In m,
experience. and to the hest Of my he
, lief, II has the contrary effect, giving
in point Of fact, the greatest incentive
to cooperation and self help.
Through the activities of the sick
funds large numbers Of private citi-
zens are brought into public life AM
service. When III the workers ne
longer have to beg at the doors of hos
pitfalls for admission. The hospitals
max" special terms with the funds
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BLINDNESS is THE GREATEST
OF THE WORLD WAR

temples. have severed the optic nerve
| than In any other way"
1t Is worthy Of record here that a
| wound Of that sort would surely have
| been fatal at the time Of the Amer
lean civil war, 30 that many Of these
| blind men would he dead men were 1t
| not for the advance Of science during
recent years.
Conclusion" Mr.. Pearson went on.
| has blinded some. There was h son
| Of Sir rhuakas xcKin Of New Zealand.
He was standing lei the edge Of a
| cliff when q shell exploded close to
him. His eyes literally were burst
ny the atmospheric shock. or curse
there In no hope for him.
~ suppose a third Of the men here
| have no eyes at all. One nan was
| blinded by a bullet which struck
| neither eye o optic nerve. but went
| below the latter. The swiftness OF
its passage did the work.
But 1t would he proftless to go into
details Of the way in which the men
| met their msfortunes. The thing to
do is to help them. That we can do
by teaching them how to make their
iivings and how to enjoy life to its
fullest in spite Of their III luck.
we are teaching all that come. OF
course, to read books and newspapers
printed In braille. the raised type
which the blind can decipher with
their finger tips. This and other
things are taught here at st. Dun
STAINS by instructors who themselves
are blind. That sets forever aside the
theory that blindness means inefrec-
t~iveness. doesn't It: .
Great advances have been made
in the instruction Of the blind. In
the old days. and not In days so very
remote at that. 1t was held hat a
blind man must be given three years
in which to learn a trade and become
self-supporting. AT st. D%unstan's we
are turning IL adopts in productive
work in from ten to fifteen weeks.
We can develop a fairly efficient
blind typist in three months. and in
six months make him very expert
une OF our blind instructors here will
take dictation in braille shorthand al
' rapidly as you will wish to give It ant
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the water Of a muddy harbor. for eN-
ample. than n man with sight, for be-
ing accustomed to working in the
dark he would find nothing unusual
or puzz.ing in the fact that he couln
not see when AT his employment.
Darkness handicaps n sighted man
The sightlcss man learns how To work
In spite of IL.
1.-TWO men. now blind who were
commercial travellers before they went
To the front will so on with that &C.
cupation after We discharge them from
this institution. believe they Will
do as well as they ever did in their
old days,
"You saw the men at work learning
the first lessons In massage. Perhaps
h a instruction may he REGARDED as
tho most important Of all. Hllnd men
become very expert maSs"urs, al
though massage has never before been
taken up seriously as "A trade for the
bind in this country, In Japan It
used to nc illegal for any hut tn" blind
to become masseurs. Massage there is
still the regular occupation of the
blind,
DIl III nV NfNlflH ''Nli'tN il'N
there been any way Of training the
blind tn II. We have now started a
special gymnasium, the model room
which you have visited and other de-
partments in which very thorough in
struction will be given. II will be n
great success.
"Masseurs are in demand at all the
War Once hospitals. and we have
been promised work there for every
expert we can develop. None has yet
, qualified az an expert. but one-half OF
our class passed their preliminary eN-
aminations yesterday. IL Is delightful
to observe the enthusiasm of the
students,
THE development ~ the sense oi
touch is "A slow business with most OF
US, IT is a curious and generally ac-
Cepted fallary that merely becoming
| blind at one Increases the deliCacy OF
ones sense of touch. assure you
that it does nothing Of the sort.
PERSONALLY I can learn to become eN-
pert neither in the sense Of touch nor
I'm that of direction, You cant make me
walk into n wall. however. although
might collide with "A lamp post. There
are those among the blind who have So
keen a sense of obstacles that they
would instlnctively avoid one even AS
small as u lamp post.
we have n nan here who would
II Is difficult tn explain. He is a
Canadian officer, and he thinks echo
has something to do with his knowl'
edge Of surrounding bodies, He, too
has II highly developed sense Of di-
rection, lie will rise from his chair
turn around several times and Their
throw a cigarett" int" "A fireplace with
out error nine times out of ten.
"The blind men under training here
vary in curious ways, Some get abou'
without the slightest difficulty or dan,
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, ,t,r .a,v.c. has bean established ia
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under tho stress of war"
Mr. Ny.rburp then called a,,ou.inr
~ , s.a,.neu, uado Lv Iam.e 1.Dor.
,,cu Rerua,, tho war c~or-,.r,rder'
now Win tho German srui,. an m
eastern from,
"rbouch MANY If ,he mon ara -
ye.rs old - writes Bonnet, ",nc, are
% .ourd &c tho lads and MAI, oai.
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HEALTH
A MOST VITAL NEED
Felix M. Warburg Says
America Must Take
1t Up if We Are to
Compete Successfully
in Worlds Markets
ut TEAI.TH insurance legislation
- will be introduced here very
shortly II America as o pro-

ut EAIsTH insurance legislation
~ will be introduced here very
shortly II America a. o pro-
gressive democracy is going to COM
pete successfully in the worlds
markets and at the same time conserve
the stamina Of her workers"
This opinion was expressed by Felix
NJ. Warburg of the banking house Of
Kuhn. Loeb q Co.. brother Of Paul NJ.
Warburg Of the Federal Reserve
Board. He was referring especially to
the health insurance hill brought out
by the American Association for Labor
Legislation this year. Mr.. Warburg
explains his interest in health insur-
ance by his frst hand acquaintance
with it's working In Germany.
Il lived in Germany at the time the
law for health insurance was passed
and put into operation and the effect
from what / have seen and from what
I have been told has been excellent"
" SnN' 10 ohis W Va
system Of universal health insurance
that the service Of advanced medical
science can be brought to the care OF
the workers as a whole. while at the
same time the payment OF joint con-
,ributions brings economic pressure to
bear on the State, the employers and
the worker himself to prevent disease.
In other words. under health insurance
all parties concerned are made to feel
the cash value of good health"
Does not the German worklngman
resent the levying OF contributions VI
his wages" Mr.. Warburg was asked.
Il have not heard that the German
workman resen,s this small tax on his
wages said Mr.. warhurg. 1T would
hardly be reasonable IL he did. since
the insurance system divides between
himself and his employer a charge
which he previously had TO bear alone.
Moreover. as M labor leader
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Will then transcribe il on the type
writer far more rapidly and accurately
than many ,ypists with two perfect
eyes apiece who now hold positions in
good city offices. This sounds i'm
possible. Before you leave 20 back
and dictate something as a test
] did and found that what he said
was quite true.
BY tho side of the young oma rs
she worked stood a stalwart chap who
less than a year earlier had marched
vigorously To the front with keen eyes
seeing all that n man could see of
the great wars details. 4 month pre-
viuus he never had touched a type
writing machine. He is not sure that
he had ever seen one. II he had not
hc will. But within a few weeks
he will he a quite proficient operator,
competent to take II job ana keep II.
A. soon as this occurs he will receive
as a reward of diligent application a
typewriter.
Not far away I came upon a some
what grewsome sight, for in a second
room a number IT blind youths sat
quietly about "A table und + the direC-
tiUU of a calm instructor tingerinl
loose human bones. They were study
ing the early lessons in the art OF
massage. which has become one Of the
most popular of trades-or is it a pro-
fession? among the blind.
Their a~bnorinally sensitive fingers
make them particularly expert after
they are trained. They are at no
disadvantage in this work, for eve
men with sight who practise it must
work by feeling.
went back to Mr.. Pearson.
I'VE cndeavor To abolish all idea nt
affection and calamity" he went ON
1--WE assume that blindness is "A handi-
cap and nothing more, and that
arouses all our sporting instinct. II
these boys had not had that they
never would have gone to war, If
had not had it" the smiled Il sup
pose I would not have been IA pub
Usher Of newspapers.
THE blind find life far easier thar
they once did. The ability to write
rapidly has been almost as great =
boon as the braille type which enables
us to read. DO you know that tn
typewriter originally was invcnte,
solely for the purpose of providing th'
blind with an instrument enabling
them to write? That Is the case.
MANY industries are open to thu
blind. Basket and mat making have
their advantages, and there Is cobbling
I myself am lost in wonder when
learn how expert some of or hes
pupils become at making and a
mending footgear.
"These blind cobblers we are turn
Ing u will have Ak much work n
tney can do without making draf
on public sympathy. although that viii
doubtless and should help. But the!
will be good wOrkmen.
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Il have heard blindness called the
greatest tragedy of the war" said he
with that smile which was not in the
least pathetic, really, but which con-
tinuallv seemed so to me. because OF
tho memories Of other days that
crowded in my mind. THAT is an ey-
aggeration.
Blindness is a great misfortune.
but it isn't death and II isn't that
thing which is worse than death. It's
just a handicap lie smiled. "And
you know the greatest JOY Of all IL
that which comes from getting on in
spite of hand!caps.
PITY? We don't want %pity-any
Of us. There is no pamperlng, above
all there IL no plying ~here--and there
Is no despair. You see. all We arc
blind, So blindness is the normal state
here.
Blindness in these days" he con
t!nucd with a smile I tried TO think
was very plucky but which, as a mat
ter of fact, was merely finely normal,
means not az all what II once meant,
II doesn't mean hat one must he n
lifelong burden upon others, for 1t
need not mean unproductiveness, We
are hoping that 1t will not to any
otherwise normal British soldier or
sailor blinded in this war.
THE blind. in these days. are by
no means hopeless gropers In the dark
The lack Of sight simply places upon
those who suffer from it new neccssi-
ties Of achievement. and tho creates,
~ the worlds Joys is achievement.
II sometimes wonder II I cver knew
such it.sfuction IN my normal days
a. ! known since ] have lost my
sight when | have accomplished soms
new feat OF learning, when I have
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!. which pay for institutional treatment
OF their IN. mbers. one consequence of
this il that the hospitals. feeling some
assurance as to income, are able To get
the most modern and scientific equip
ment.'
will not the expense incurred by
the system retard the growth of in
dustry in New York." Mr.. Warburs
VAS asked.
He countered this query by asking
II II had retarded the growth of Ger
man industry or driven trade from the
country.
Remember" he said. that this leg
islation dates from 1859 in Germany
and the Germans have had a who"
generation in which To feel the cfeC's
and to be put out of business 10y in
uranc If II was going to produce
hat result. As every n knows. Il,
is during this last generation that Ger
man trade and industry and scientific
advance have gone forward by leaps
and bounds.
Even England. her great trade
rival. recognized this. II "A few years
ago followed her in ADOPTING the most
sweeping INSURANCE measure yet car
ried. II was with this system in OPP
GRAFTON that Germany attained her
reputation as a leader in efficiency
and science. an attainment which We
all admire. whatever we may think of
her foreign policies. II is worth not
ing. too. that no country which has
tried health insurance has given 1t
up"
sNn,, thf,k than shaf npNn1nNnrG
have no real ground FOR complaining
that health insurance would throw a
burden on them
1T Is just as reasonable 10 argue
tina the introduction of improved ma
chinery Is n burden 20 employers.
Health Insurance only distributes on i
scientific and regular basis "A heavy
cost which society il already paying
in q haphezard and irregular way,
The better employers to-day pay part
~ the costs of siCkness through diff
ferent kinds of welfare work. while
all employers are bearing the burden,
though perhaps they do not recognize
4, IN the prevcntahle lack Of health
and consequent lack Of efficiency OF
their workers
why is II not desirable to rely on
private initiative To provide health in
/ surance in the United StatCs?"
private insurance never has and
never can reach those who most need
It. Every insurance" agent knows thai
those who are living on the narrowcs,
margin are thu last to afford policies
Moreover il is uneconomical in tina,
IT does not distribute risks widely
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days, 81. Dunstan, FOR whom it now !s
named, is the patron saint OF the
worlds sightless.
Along this hall a strip Of carpet.
rather thick, serves as a guide for
those whose feet are not directed by
sight. Three passed as ! glanced up,
each with his stick tapping "A little
in advance OF him to make sure that
he did not stray from the guiding car
pet. Each was smiling, one, a little
sailor still in his uniform, so brightly
and infectiously that ! smiled my
self.
We're just like other people" the
great publisher went N Except that
we've lost one faculty, The loss Is
great, undoubtedly. but why grouse
over ito Let's make the best OF it,
And the best Is very good"
The mans cheer is irresistible.
I'VE are distinguished here" said he,
This is practically the first Assem-
blage in the world OF absolutely strong
and healthy blind men. None Of us
was born blind. All Of us have
achieved blindness. and all Of those
fine chaps you will see go by that
door achieved 1t in the finest OF al
ways. In the service Of their country.
Difficult cases are those Of the mel
! who have lost the sight Of n eye and
may or may not lose that Of the other
have encountered several Of these
! suppose years only will decide tho
tate Of some Of them"
. asked him what might I've called
the ySsncipal cause % blindness anon
uo~' sought back from the front.
81 air not quite sure" said he, "bu
probably more have heen blinded b!
bullets which. passing through tn
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But One Man, G.. Arthur Pearson, Although Himself
Sightless, Is Leading the Blind Victims of Modern
Fighting Machines Out of Their Affliction

taken a new step toward overcoming
the great obstacle. That. I am sure.
is the way all the men here feel. Look
about and see how many who will
Ass that door in the next ,.,invie will
he smiling"
THAT door Led to a wide hall In
the superb old mansion. which once
was gayly associated with the famous
Marquis Of HEREFORD. and which. by
curious irony OF chance. was several
times visited by the Kaiser In those
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Blinded Soldiers ;.ic.c IS one really
happy blind man, whose happiness
may he said to have grown out Of
the great conflict. The last time
saw him, previous to the long visit
with him which I am about to de-
scribe, he was one of the most active
and useful men in London. proprietor
and active manager Of half a dozen
Of the empires greatest publications,
including several great newspapers. a
human entity, a vir,le influence of
vast importance.
1t may be that the blindness Of G.
=. Arthur Pearson, world famous pub
Usher, might he twisted by a soul
sufficiently dcvout into an evidence
: that Providence, fores,.eing this great
war and the vast number who would
be In its course blinded. decided t.
prepare a man especially for the great
service Of acting as their helper and
their champion.
Pearson was not blinded in the war
but as was America great newspaper
publisher, Joseph Pulitzer, 10y over,
work. The fact that he is blind, how.
ever. surely has been a vast gooG
fortune for the men who have come
home sightless from the fighting.
He Is a tall man. not over As or 40
u full of energy as he eve was, hui
with ar expression upon his dalicately
chiselled face which Is very different
from that it wore when | knew hin
years ago and he was IL the thicl
OF great newspaper competition,
lie sits ~ n desk in what once wa
the drawing room Of h great man
sioi., which 40 has changed into ::
Dui.stai's Ho-.c, and acs:Ie;y super
vises the whole management of tn
great enterprise. devoting his cd,
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moments to searching the literature
OF the world-through yes other than
his own. OF course-for new ideas
which may help him to help his fell
low u~ntorruhntes.
II was impossible for me to mention
the old days to him, but he spoke
Of them himself apparently without
regret. and then plunged at once into
a discussion Of the work which he
Is doing and the work he hopes to do
for the blinded victims Of this war.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-01
NOTICE or SALE UNDER CHATTEL
MORTGAGE,

BY virtue of ehattcl mortgage executed
by G. IT, Cote ot Albuquerque. New Mexico,
to Frank r. Hlll on the 10Th day IT No
vcmber s. D.. 1915 ana which was duly
flied and recorded IN the office Of the
County Clerk OF the County OF rornalillo.
Sew Mexico ON tho l7th day Of Novems
hor A. D.. 1915. 10 Volume II G. NJ Of
Records 0f said County of Bornalild at
Folio bff ! VIII expose for sale at pub
NE auction and VIII sell to the highest bids
dor Tor cash az the northeast corner II
West Central avenue and North Second
street being the corner at which tho
State National bank IL situated in tho ssid
city Of Albuquerque. New Mexico, on sat
urday the 9th day Of February A. D., 1916,
IA the hour ~ ten o'clock In the forenoon
of saiG DAY the following goods and chat
tells. to-wit
one Overland automobile year 1915.
Model s2 Machine humber SIS, Colorado
License Number 1876. SAID car being six
cylinder seven PASSENGER sslf starting ear
with electric fights and FUN floating rear
axle
Said car may be Inspected al Nagc's
garage on sobfh fiffh street
The principal amount due unon faid
morfrsec being -Four Iiundfed dollars with
interest at SIX per cent item the date Of
snid mortgage and an costa HCcralng By
reason oe said mortgage and sad sale
Dated AMuquerQue. SsW Mexico, this
gath day af January. a. H., 1916.
CIIAs. scliELKE.
Constable Precinct Tweniyssix, nernaliilo
County and Mortusec's Agent
FRANK y. HILL. Mortgagee.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-01
TURN HAIR DARK
WITH SAGE TEA
Mixed with Sulphur
Darkens So Naturally
Nobody Can Tell.

The old-time mixture of Sage Tea
and Sulphur for darkening gray
streaked and faded hair is grand
mothers treatment, and folks are again
using 1t to keep their hair good
even color which is quite sensible. as
we are living in an age when a youth
iul appearance is of the greatest ad-
vantage.
D., Nowadays, though. we don't nave
the troublesome task of gathering the
sage and the mussy mixing at home
All drug stores sell the ready-to- use
product called "Wyeth's Sage and Sui
phur Compound" for about so cents
bottle. 1t is very popular because
NOBODY can discover it has been APP
phed. Simply moisten your comb or
q SOFT brush with it and draw this
through your hair, taking. one small
strand at time; by morning the gray
mar disappears, but what delights the
ladies with Wyeth's Sage and sulphur
- That, besides beautifully darkenine
ene hoir after a few applications, II
aiso produces that soft lustre and ap-
peufance of abundance which Is so at
suaetNe; besides. prevents dandruf.
henlng scalp and falling hair.