The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-05-13

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trades. lin. which. they, can anyppqrt
themselves ana a.. least, poEtially sup
port their faM4liea,seiWogk. Of this
kind has already been begun hxsn
Arthpr RearaAn.l tha, blind, EuGliah
newspapers propriet0r- and (! phslsn-
throp;sts al, st. Dnnsean,s. In Bnsiand,
by M. Rene yallery,Radot tl,rcush
LES Amis, des Soldats Aysuglsa" In
the. "Maison du CoIivaieecence,, I. In
France. and BY. Mi,s. WipifHsa Holt ef
the Comite Franco American pour. lea
Avspsle&i,of whtah the Hons sJosslh
HI GAsa6as issIxesidAxt. ei Th4 B. EN1A
Hsxmanants Blind qRsAel, MEar oynpA
seeks tes assist. develop and enlarsS
these effprtes Ga. s.5aia.gS ss;,s!issse
TIE American bankers, business
men and .philarthropists. who are ,isz
suinK ,ths' appsaA include, Frank, a
vanderlip. President Of the. National
CITY sRank.sAugpst RelmoAt the Hp1E
Elihu 'RNat.eeXtANent Aster. ,sths Hans
Robert Bacons DR.. Nicholas Murray
Butler. u. s. Senator Thomas p. Gore,
the Hon. Myron T. Herricls, Otto. H.
Kahn. Joseph Widener ana George A.
Kessler. ~
/ These, gentlemen. and their, aaecs
ciAtes intend IA organize an. Amesican
fund 0fssaAfleiant prop0rtians to- can,
dpGt stAarou&hlN thFauahouts Xuroper
the. .Wsrk which Mr. Pearson. at Ht:
nAnatap'os d n. u Rere Nallazy. .Radst
threngi, Los .Amis des soldats Ave-
ugles." in Paris. Miss Holt OF the
Comite. and kindred institutions are
now doing locally.
\ The first work Of the fund will be
to enlrage and nNAernize all the, pres-
ept blind institutions Of Europe by
meana af financial donations, a., we'll
az assisting the work Of Mr.. Pearson
In England. M. valleryRadot ana Miss
Holtx IN France. Tho. fund later in
tends toaorsanize in variaus European,
cities additional modern. equipped
blind schools. blind workshops, blind
employment exchanges. and, agencies
for eommercial!sins blind nraduets, so
that All this particular class OF war
victims may be saved from, their pres,
ent hopeless and q helpless. situation.
and may be rendered self-supporting
for Life.
/ ;Self-respecttnE. sable,bedisd. pass,
Ing daily, thgough q living death. these
.thppsands aof blinded war victims ara
being slowly. killad.g not; by their IN,
1uFies, ,.net by Starvation. but hy,. tho
appareatlx psrmaRent, ,hopslessness OF
their situation. SIX mnoths, training.
on the other hand will educate each
one OF them In some, trade not re-
'quirlng sight. /. A single contribution
or several hundred dollars will go far
to. make ona Of these blinded soldiers
self-supporting for life." the appeal
states.
The appeal is being sent to one
hundred and twenty thousand people
or prominence throughout the United
States,
The patronage of their Maiesties.
the King and Queen of Great Britain.
and tho Queen Mother. Alexandria. as
We'll as M. Raymond Poincare, presi-
dent Of France. and King Albert and
Queen Elizabeth Of belgium, has been.
obtained for the distribution of the
from the fund in their
respective countries.
Among the ladies who are active In
the funds work in Europe and Amer
lea are Lady s(Arthur) \, Paget, Mrs.
Harry Payne Whitney. Mrs. O. H.,P.,
Belmont, Mrs. John Astor. Mrs. Peter
Cooper Hewitt, Mrs. George A. Kes,
sier, Mrs. r.. Valentine: Webster. Act
Ing as honorary treasurers, with Mr..
Vanderlip. are Sir Edward Holden.
Of the London City and Mid
land Bank. and M. Georges Pallain
dOvernor-General Of the Bank of
France.
Mr.. Pearson. the English nowspa ner
proprietor, who Is on the funds execu-
tive committee, Is now, living at st.
Dunstan's with one hundred and thirty
blinded soldiers and sailors to whose
rehabilitation he Is devoting his life.
This fund. although specifically ar
sanized to,'aid tho sblind of, three
Nations will ultimately contribute
bcncfactaons upon every blinded per-
son throughout the entire world, its