The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-12
R(JIn. .IME.FAIRY
m Enid S0M00L
IS MERELY DEAF
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| kissed her and 50 did Mrs Osborne,
and she floated out the door again a.
happily as she came IN.
"One would hardly know that Ruth
IL deaf and dumb" ! said At the be-
ginning OF this article
And 10 prove II. as Ruth dlslp-
'peared out the door, Mrs. Osborne
rushed 10 the door and called:
Ruth. Ruth, come back here min.
ute. honey, have something to tell
YOU"
Eu, Ruth--poor deaf little Ruth
sh'rpcd on her way She didn't hear
the call
Deafness Forgotten.
And Mrs Osborne. who IS perfect
" aware that the little fairy cannot
hcrr-waS so unconSciously impress
od wth RuihS ncrmalItY that she Tor.
not 'hc haby'S cars are useless
saw LITTLE Ruth later in the
day in the ward for feeble minded
where she was kept Imagine ~
She was surrounded by imbseile
children who were grimacing at
her and making the hideous nois-
es that only persons Of defective
mentality can produce.
Others were hiding under
benches and bath tubs. All were
doing the irrational things with
which such persons occupy their
irre And poor little Puth did
not know but that those with
whom she was associating were
the only kind OF people that in
babitcd the great big, wide won
derful world"
Mrs Osborne told mr. that she had
rescued the child time after time from
the clutches OF the iccble-mndcd chill.
dren They seem 10 sense that Ruth
is normal mentally, and often drag
her around one imbecile holding TO
one oi Ruth, little dainty arms and
the other to the other IL Is their
idea Of the proper way TO show her
their love
"what a place for little Ruth"
said one attendant TO me "She
might be another Helen Keller II
she were given a chance"
Ruth is not the only nearly-normal
child who is compelled TO associate
with the inmates OF the home.
Another is Lloyd Rnehart. II years
old. Lloyd goes TO the school main
tanned in the institution for training
children capable of receiving cduca-
tion. lie was brought 10 Enid abou,
two year, ago from Duncan, where
he had previously been living with an
uncle.
Mrs. Eva l.. EbbS. teacher OF the
school, called my attention to Lloyd
when | went into the school room 10
review the work Of the pupils there
LLOYD tor some reason was not IN the
room. hut Mr., Ehbs sent another boy
for him 60 the durm,l0ry
Sh, called Lloyd to the front
ri tire -chool room, handed him a
Fifth l-adcr, and the lad read a
long pis,age from the book, pro-
nounsirI every word correctly,
and evidently with an extraordi
nary understanding OF the mean
ing. question whether there
are many boys of his age in the
schools of Oklahoma City who
could have done better. He was
given long list of words to spell
and he made not a single mis-
take.
Lloyd was sent to the school on the
theory that he was an eplleptic. Dur
ing the entire two years he has been
at Enid he has never had it, Mrs
,EbbS declares.
IL sometimes think his commit
ment papers have been exchanged
with those Of some other child"
said MIS-. Ebbs to me.
James Noblet,e, Cherokee Indian
lad Il years old, who was sent to the
school from Adar, is another pupil
OF Mrs. EbbS'. 1t is understood ,ha,
he has considerable income He
has been in the school eight years.
Is "fine Boy
IameS, Mrs. EbbS says, is def
cicnt mentally. but that he is harm
less and a fine boy
He is as good as gold Mrs. Ebbs
commented
N. A. Noblette, a brother OF
James, lives on an orange ranch at