Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-11-27
MARVELLOUS GIRL
ALTHOUGH BLIND
IS DOING TASKS
SHE SEES BY SMELLING AND
HEARS BY SENSE OF
TOUCH.

JIM Nv iisisist WIZ NV - -- ~
mogt nlaryelous girl 10 the word H. Just
beginning - d. marvcls Tor other girls
aud Tor boys. 700
She b. Wiuetta Hugqius. wh0ss eyes
sIe blind ana wha~e eafs are deaf. but
Who sess b. smelling and hears by
ieeilng
Nilietia j. ~ aud au inmate of the
Wisconsin school fOr tn Blind here.
BEFORE Willeta became totally blind
and deaf she was fsl from q marvel,
iiankly. be- teachers thought hcr stu.
iad and indolent
Oficu tho couldn't get things
through her head Al 10 years - age
sha had got unly su tar az the second
rfass and wis really problem ior her
gfaudmothcr, who was rearing her vita
be- two sisiesa and one brother
Ailments Found.
Then teacher. little more Inclined
t0 investigate than the others. found ~
some simple tests that Winetia couldn't
see well oi hear well She Was brought
- the attention 81 field agent for
the School for the Blind. who tOok her
o. the Institution
For several years. despite the most
s1 InpatheiiC attention and scientific
methods " the officials and teachers at
the school. Willetta didn't improve
much Hcf deposition II anything
rrew worse.
Two years ago she became deaf:
year ago she became blind For a week
she was NOR, murosc. if anything than
before Then one day suddenly came
ar awakening result of her sud
den perception Of her powers Of smell.
ug and feeling
Excsls Helen Keller.
Today Willetta Huggius. through the
development 90 hcr powers u smelling
and feeling. has become more mar.
elous than even Helen Keller.
Maybe Il h the gift Of God in re.
turn tor the loss Of nay sight ana hear.
ms. BE- Willcttas only explanation.
Some have been skeptical They
thought the girl still had some powers
uf vision To convencc them she was
given yarn 81 six culors. In six sepa.
ate envelopes. and locked iu a bank
tault az Chippewa Fails In this black.
r'sg she opened the envelopes. smelled
ih. yarn wrote the color of each
strand On an envelope. and put the
Jaru oi that color in it, respective
envelope. when the vault WAS opened
30 was found she had made no mis-
f tlk.
SHE can hear hy feeling vibrations II
She talks ovcr the telephone she mere.
/ ~ places the tn Il her finger on the
/ recciyet diaphragm n she h listening
/ iu someone converse. she rests her fi,.
+ gers lightly on the persons throai.
/ shoulder or chest
/ So acute In her scnc 1T hearing by
/ feeling. that sh, can tell what Supt
v. Hooper 81 the school Is saying
. lt standing lo feet from him. and TAX
ng hnli Df The end ~ a wooden polc,
thr other end oi which he rests on the
,.p uf his head
Willotta recently visited Governor
I John j. Blaine at the state capitol az
Madison Sh. listened To- him by placing
r,r fingers un his shoulder. and she
easily told the colops IT his coat by
u,liiug II
Tells She 81 Bills.
Ma y a F1tzmtick. secretary u
tho state board Of education. said to
Wllctia
"Can YOU tell the denominations Of
nus-
"Sun,ly she said
/ Iip tested her with 81. 81. g. aud $40
srnonhacks She Identified each
lit feeling the numerals shr said
'lr tells the number of persons in
J U.u hf hor sense oi smell \ cat en-.
4 tered ru.m nnisicssiy. who lot the
. ott mf sh, inquired. Immediately. Il
nell o."
She t.ld Governor Blaine. Il am more
f1pp, without m} vision and hearing
thaU ! was before. gucys it's because
/ understand bette, hv smelling aud
/ ,oehuE and su mako others under
stand mr better
Superintendent Plan.
Eut superintendent Hooper 81 the
r'al s"cs q farroachlne lesson u III
thls briefly. II ia.
NiIl,tta was miserable for wears be.
.Husc she was misunderstood She was
Hcug Co., cod tp use her sonscs u see.
lnp and hearing which were quite de.
neicnt while the property thrug would
have been 90 develop her seuscs oi
smelling and feeling which were quits
extraordinary
Their, is such balance ln every
Hr So now. with Willettu's aid We are
II ,r ing tn work cot system which win
e1lhr posi- tH uuds stand this balance.
tnd to give the world advantage 81
o. Cor the traininE 90 other children