Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-17

| grant OF FIVE shillings weekly for the later
| born children. For though a blind man
may be taught to earn enough to keep
| himself and wife, IL is very unlikely that
/ his earnings will be enough to provide for
| children too.
: Sir Arthur wants too, to be able TO
! make from this fund a similar grant of
five shillings a week for each child of any
man who went to the war unmarried, has
come back blind, and yet would like TO
marry. With that assured such man
would know that should little ones come
to brighten his darkencd home with their
love and laughter there would be mingled
with this new and wonderful JOY no hint
or suggestion of anxiety.
The idea is that five shillings weekly
would be given from infancy up to the
age of sixteen when the child may be OK
pectod to take up some of life's respon-
sibilitieS for itself
Rough calculations have been made to
find out what amount of money would be
necessary to face the problem safely
financially. The calculations can only be
very rough, but experts say that certainly
it ought not to be less than f250,0O0.
EVERY LITTLE HELrs.
To do this means sum of just over
GOO for each child, and Sir Arthur
reckons that if he can get subscriptions
amounting u f250,OO0 he ought to be
able to do it.
1t il very large sum of money. of
course, but 1t ought not to be difficult TO
find for all that we can do for such men is
but small thing when We remember the
great ungrudging sacrifice they have
made for their country and for us
SO please send along anything YOU can
spare to Sir Arthur Pearson, st. Dun
STAINS, Regent Park. London, \. " l,
and mark your envelope Blinded Sol
diers Chlldrcn's Fund or If you would
like 10 hear little more first about what
they are doing at st. Dunstan's, write TO
the secretary, and any information for
which you ask will be supplied.
TIE MEN ARE CHEERFUL
The chcerfulness of the men who are
being trained is very noticeable at St
Dunstans. They whistle gaily as they 20
about their work, and if you know any
thing about men you will re alize that this
is a sure sign. The word afflicted" is
never used in speaking OF them. I'VE
SIRE merely handicapped, they say.
They generally 90 there feeling that
they viii never again be able to move
about comfortably amongst other men,
never be able to play games, never earn
s living
And after a while they discover, greatly
TO their JOY, that they soon regain self
confidence, and really enjoy games, and
that there are some occupations In which
they cannot only compete with men who
still have their eyesight, but beat them.
Massage is one of these occupations, and
the men who are training for tins pro
feSsion bid fair 10 be very, very good
indeed At it. They have already, In
most cases, been promised good appoint
nlents
BLIND DIVERS
Some men are training, to work as
divers. Diving is 8 very well-paid en-
ployInent, and as those who build break
waters and piers nearly always work IN
the dark, the lack of sight is no handicap
AS far as possible blind teachers are
employed The man who teaches car
pentry is blind, so is the shoemaker. II
has been found that such people grasp
the difficulties so much better than those
who have always been able to see.
AN OLD PUPIL.
4 letter came TO Sir Arthur Pearson
the other day from a man who was
trained as a poultry farmer at the Home
some time ago
He had just sold the first batch Of his
chickens, after trusting and dressing them
for table himself, and was very delighted
with his success.
NO GOOD FOR PUBLIC EXCHANGES
AS telephone operators the men get
very expert, too But they are not likely
to be able to work in public telephone
exchanges, as the calls received there are
shown by fiashhght, which, of course,
the blinded soldier would not be able to
see.
But in private exchanges, such as
there are in the buildings occupied by
many large firms, they would do very well
indeed, and it is hoped that many Of them
may later on be placed in such positions.