El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-06
THE BLIND CAN
De MADE HAPPY
Blind jim Says Education
Gives Them Reading and
Many Pleasures.

In one OF Guy de Maupassants IA
nous stories he tells Of the sad. sor-
rowful life Of a blind unfortunate,
shut off from the sight Of the glori-
Gus sunlight and the beauties Of ma
ture. But Jim isn't sad at all jim
! is the blind negro who sells news
] papers in front Of the Mills building
on Oregon street His real name is
( Jacob 5. Bright and he is well edu-
Gated. a Herald reporter handed him
( q copy Of magazine published Tor
I the blind.
{ -Its The Christian Record and it's
published at Salem. Nebraska said
I jim as he is popularity called when
] given q copy. And it's mighty
good magazine, too
He deity felt with his fingers over
I the little groups Of dots, each ar
! ranged in different manner, that
] stood for letters and words
Never Give Up Political Pay,
/ Question Box What the blind ought
and should not do The Blind of chi
/ caEO. are some Of the subjects In this
{ issue, which is for October added
jim
This magazine is published in New
Point" Jim says, which is an lm-
provement on the old fashioned
BraflIe alphabet and the later New
I
explained. the unit is q group Of SIX
embossed dots, two by three, as IN
the Braille. or nine, three by three.
as in New Point.
To form different letters and words
there are different arrangements OF
the dots showing. ANY number OF
dots from one TO SIX or one 20 nine
may be used. depending on the char
acter or word used. In the Ola
BrailIe, originated by Louis Braille
in France in the sos, there were 55
combinations possible.
Il can read any system said
Bright. Il am 40 now. and lost my
sight near Louisville, Ky. when out
hunting rabbits ] was l5 then Ine
shotgun exploded and my sight went.
was educated at the jefferson In
stitute for the Blind i'm Louisville.
and have taught in Little Rock. Ark
Naturally you have to be little bet
ter in your work than the folks you
teach. / can also read PiJmanle
shorthand for the blind and also read
music written for the blind
To illustrate the difference be-
tween the various systems Jim toOE
out his slate" with which he figures
M his profits every day from the sale
of Heralds.
Il was a steel frame with a num-
Der Of small 0bloug divisions. Be
low was a steel surface with linden
tatiOns The thick coarse paper law
between. With a stylus Jim punched
out the various dots needed TO form
the letters for Ell Paso." first in
Rraille. then in New York point and
finally I'm New point. To the man
with good eyes il was hard 10 tell
the difference. but Jim could tell IL
very easily with his trained fingers.
The indenratious made by the stylus
appear as embossed dots on the re-
verse side Of the paper. The punch
ing is done from right 20 left, but
the reading is done from left 70 right
There are only 10 or Il blind per
sons in FL Paso. and Of these but few
read any OF the point systems said
jim.
I'm a date line man" he said,
chucklinE. me- uinE that he was
strictly up-to date in every way II
keep a book with me all the time and
when I get time I read. I keep right
I'D with what's going on the world
Then have a hundred regular Her
aid customers every evening, and ]
know most Of them by name No I
don't have time TO get lonesome