El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-25

seeing assistants Cvolunteers). will
also. during the coming winter. ar
range for the publication by this press
OF a series of manuals in raised type,
which viii help the blind in their re-
You descend the stairs. glance in at
the gymnasium. where couple OF blind
men are now fencing. under the careful
direction OF teacher. and your gulae
tells YOU that the teacher Is perhaps
the best known maitre d'armes IN
France. In spite Of being modified he
manages TO come three times week TO
give himself TO his blind comrades
Become Expert Knitters.
You cross the court TO the room OF
the handicrafts- Here you see sights
which. il you are inexperienced in
what may be done for the blind seen
miraculous TO you You see one
armed blind man who in five weeks has
learned to manage a knitting machine
so that he can earn q good living by
knitting sweaters and bands You see
another blind soldier with only one arm
who is weaving successfully by means
Of a device of his own invention. which
81 abIes him to make one foot do the
work Of his missing hand You see
blind men. weaving cOlOred rugs with
but slightly more supervision than IS
usually given to sighted WeaVers' ana
others who are making filet work
Then your guide steers you away ana
astonishes YOU by saying that you have
not vet even set foot inside the main
building proper. This main buildlns IS
a beautiful old palace. belonging TO the
Vatican. The entrance hall is uODly
proportional room. which serves as
general meeting place
Here come wives. sisters. sweethearts
to visit with their men. TO hear OF
progress made in re-education- 10
guide the sightless heroes out lot
walk in the pleasant paths OF the near
by Pare Monceau- Through this room
800 -sarnfnw %
writing. Braille reading and writing
clay modelling. who daily iii the rooms
of the old palace with such useful IN
custry as il can never have known De-
Now Won are TO see the stenographic
denartment. Everyone who uses type
writer knows that the best work IS
done without looking at the keys; ana
this means that in typewrltInS the
blind are perhaps more nearly on
footing of equality with the seeing
than in any other gainful occupation
Daughter OF Cleveland n Teacher
One of the teachers in the stenograph-
ic department, a tall, steady eyed, eX-
tremelv attractive American girl VINO
is another gift OF the American white
house 10 the French blind. is Miss
Esther Cleveland. who is giving all her
time to the work Of the Phare
Miss Cleveland is no amateur teacher
Of stenographv- She has mastered the
the Pennsylvania Institute for the Blind
and has been working for months IN
England
There are the dOrmitories (for this
American institution is housing and
feeding its men as well as re-educatlng
them) there are the bathrooms tstrange
innovation in this 18th century abode).
there is the clinic room. where miner
medical attention is given, where
wounds. are cared for. antiseptic treat
ments carried on; as well as the other
rooms already referred to-
1t is difficult to realize the effort re-
CURED to create and maintain the cneer-
fuI atmosphere Of the house. when
means as much for the future health
Of the men as does their careful tech
meal re-educa ton out side the classes.
the institution is like A well run club
The president OF the French republic
has several times given his box to the
blind men at the Phare, and they OFTEN
go out to the theater and the opera
Comique. Owners of automobiles Calas-
these are only the very great, In war
time France send their cars to take
the blind men out for long, exhllarat-
ing drives.
The blind men have a club Of their
own where they discuss all manner or
topics and enjoy music and recitations-
And all this comes from America