Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-22

sion. his family. his home. his native
place, and then, when his wound is
healing. arouse with gentle tact his
interest by talking about them. Little
by little, the ice is broken. he Is drawn
out of his silent solitude and when at
last the tears come and no drops his
poor head on your shoulders, YOU. con-
soler and educator. experience the ten
der JOY OF knowing that you are on
the road TO accomplish your task OF
regeneration.
'.At this stage one must guard care
fully against TWO mistakes: to mini
mize his misfortune or to dwell TOO
piiyingly upon it,
Yes, you say, n terrible calamity
has befallcn you, but we cannot mend
matters by crying about II. can we?
The thing is done and We have to face
you cannot supplement your pension by
work. There isn't any reason, you
know. why YOU cannot make yourself
useful. earn your living. love and be
loved and enjoy the consultations and
comforts Of II home and family of your
own.
You have Sown the seed OF hope
Hope Will cngcnder joy, which long
viii struggle with doubt. hut hope.
| which springs eternal in the human
breast will prevail. and his morale
Will return by degrees, to bc strength
cncd also by degrees.
| But words prove nothing. You
must show him that they are true
! by chance | discovered magic virtue
in "A most trivial objcct--a common
/ scrubbing brush. 1t inspired the
thought that il might not be a bad
| thing TO have someone teach our con-
Naicscent patients how TO make whisk
! brooms and brushes OF coarse fiber.
Ny only idea was that it would give
| them something to occupy their minds
! lsut IL turned out that it was an easy
| trade for them TO learn. and that the
brushes sold readily Ii was as great
revelation TO them as to me. Some
/ OF the more skilful were able the first
! day 10 turn out brush OF sorts
! III | were to live TO 900 years old.
| ! should never forget the attitude of
the most refractory, the most down
hearted and hopeless OF them all one
! morning after some tactful coaXin.
! ] persuaded him. much against his In
/ clination, to accompany me TO the
| workshop. In the afternoon | looked
! IN TO see how he was getting on. He
| did not know that was there. | saw
! him holding in his left hand brush
he had made. His face was towards
II. and. with the fingers Of his right
hand he was turning il about and
iocIlng il all over in "A carcssing sort
him heard him mutter: He was right
after all I'm still good Tor some
thing
Those words touched me to the
depth OF my soul. and have never
tasted swcctcr reward
iiut just what can "A blind man do
IN addition 10 making brushes? Let
rs sec how sp!endidly he can be help
ed by your institution to attain "rain
mat confidence in himself which comes
with TN" knowledge that he is not de-
pendent on others. that he can earn
ms own living and is worthy of his
hire.
Let us start. say. with Agriculture
and farm work. labor for which is AL
WAYS in demand. There is much n
bind man can do about a farm He
can clean the yards. fetch water. gro, m
the horses and attend to the COWS. and
feed all the dcnizcns OF the barnyard
u is easy 10 distinguish by touch oats
rom harley or bran. To ascertain