Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-07-29
BLIND PEOPLE HAVE VIVID Wis.
IONS WHILE ENJOYING
rs THEIR SLEEP.
GEMMEL ATTENDS MEETING
:oF INSTRUCTORS IN CANADA
Prominent Canadian, Himself siehtless,
Tells Of Peculiar conditions-R. E.
MecIenehan Visits Canada and OBJ.
serves Conditions - Families Of SOL
diers We'll Cared For.
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Des aIqines, July >2a, 1t is a strange
fact that blind people, who were at one
period in their lives able TO see, always
see in their dreams" said w H. Gem :
mel, secretary Of the state board o.
education. who has recently returned
from attending the twenty third hieR-
nial session Of the American Assoc!a :
ton for the Instructors of the Blind
-rhis was held in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
THE fact that blind people who for
,nerly could see are able 10 see things
plainlyin their dreams was brought out
in an address by Sir Frederick Fraser
himself a blind man. who for forty
three years has had charge OF the Nova
Scotia school for the blind He said
tina these people may have been en-
tirely blind for many years. in Their
dreams they have perfect sight. The
congenital blind, those born bind,
when dreaming recognize no change
between their waking and sleeping
hours
When a youth Sir Frederick Fraser
lost his sight. He was educated in
the school for the blind which at that
time was located in South Boston, but
later moved TO Watertown, Mass
called the Perkins Institute and
Massachusetts school for the blind
Under his supervision the Nova
Scotia school for the blind has grown
and developed until it is the accepted
standard for similar institutions To-
Gated in the Dominion OF Canada.
Whatever Sir Frederick says to the
people OF eastern Canada regarding
the education Of the blind is regarded
as the final word. About TWO years
ago. because of his long and success
ful experience. he was knishted by
King George, a marked distinction, and.
in our Judgment. worthly bestowed.
g The people of the province OF Nova
Scotia and especially Of Halifax re-
garded the holding of the convention
in that place as q signal honor 70
them and a fitting tribute to the great
work Of their foremost citizen. The
delegates were warmly welcomed by
the citizens, the municipal officials and
the lieutenant governor and MS wife"
Canada Cares For Soldiers Families
'Canada's system OF taking care Of
the families of her soldiers is ahead
spector Of secondary schools, who saw
so, 900 Scotch soldiers in camp near
Queenstown on trip thru the east
recently.
Il visited with a number OF these
Scotch soldiers across the river from
Niagara Falls. The Canadian soldier
receives s1.10 per day or s33 per month.
$40 Of which he is expected to sign
overJe his wife or to his dependents
Then the Canadian patriotic fund pays
the wife OF the soldier. or his depend
emit, $40 per month. This makes $40
per month she receives. Then if she
has one child she gets IS per week for
her first child For the second child
she gets SO per week and for the third
child 81. So that a woman with one
child gets $50 per month il her hus-
band Is off to war or s72 per month if
she has two children or $50 per month
II she has three,
II saw 10000 Of those Scotch SOL
diers after they had marched twenty
five miles on hot day. I asked them
if they were tired and they laughed
at me. They had been drilling for
some time and had gotten used to
marching twenty-five miles per day.
The officers give them a good training
before they send them to the war
Some Of these men were anxious
to get to the front. Their patriotism
is intense and their hatred Of the enc
mics of the mother country is so
strong they long to get into the fight
They express great confidence in
the ultimate outcome Of the war and
believe that Germany will eventually
be conquered. The feeling against the
Germans In that country is very bitter
Inning rct!cc officials a-c advising Ger
mans not to go into Canada
The United States has the pension
system, however. which Canada does
not have and several Of the soldiers
spoke about that. In this, they say
the United States Is more generous
than their country.
If the Canadian soldier is unmarried
his mother receives the money which
would otherwise go to his wife"