The Washington herald., 1922-09-19
OF This
DC. CLUB LISTEN
WITH THEIR EYES
Defective i'm H e airing,
They Read Lips-Will
Meet Next Month.

The speaker stands under a strong
light which reveals to the audience
every movement of his face.
Those In the audience never allow
their eyes 20 leave mis- face. Shuu.1
they do so. many of them would
miss much OF what he says, while
about a fourth CT ;hem would miss
his words entirely.
For these men and women are lip
readers. Three-fourths of them have
detective hearing but can hear IL the
speaker Is loud enough. The rest
cannot hear at all.
There are seventy-five of them
altogether and they are members of
the Speech Reading Club. of Wash
lneton. of which Miss Florence
Spofford Is president. The club will
mold its next meeting early next
month.
Those members of the club who
can hear II spoken to In a loud tone,
do not attempt to hear at their meet
ings- They virtually forget they
have ears and listen" through
their eyes
Persons who are partly deaf
said Miss Josephine Timb srlake,
member of the club. do not like to
be shouted at. That is why men
master lip reading. With a good
knowledge of this they can under
stand what folks are saying with
out undergoing the embarrassing
experience of having someone shout
into their ears"
Arrangements for laying the cor
ner stone OF Petworth Baptist
Church, retarded by failure of ma
terials to Arrive, due to the rail
strike. will take place within the
next three weeks. According to Rev
Paul F. Langhorne, pastor Of the
church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Cans. who have
been in New York. where Mr.. Cans
attended as a delegate of the Ma
tionsl Retail Clothing Association
convention While there, Mr.. and
Mrs Cans stopped at the Waldorf
Astoria Later they spent some
time at the home of Mrs. Frank A.
Barton. the sister-in-law of Mr.. and
Mrs. Cans. at ithaca, n. Y.
Herbert Ludwig. 4313 Eighth
street northwest, recently admitted
to the District bar. has returned
from visit to Philadelphia.
II. r. Norton and family, 1928 New
Hampshire avenue northwest, have
returned from a vacation at Allan
tic City.
Miss Ray NJ. Shapiro. 1101 First
street northwest. has returned from
a visit in New York City. Miss
Jeanette Yavener, of Newark. y. J.,
will be her guest for a week.
c. B. Dyer. receiving teller at the
Potomac Savings Bank, Wisconsin
avenue and NJ street northwest, Is
back on the job after an extended
vacation.
Miss Josephine Is. TimberIake. ao02
q street northwest. has returned
from a tour of Europe.
J. II. GlChner. 1920 Highland
place northwest. left yesterday for
EastCn. Pa. where he Is a Junior at
Lafayette College. He was accom-
panied by Ronald Splitter. 1905 Fiji
teenth street northwest. a freshman.
Clarence J. Owens and family
3209 Highland place northwest. have
returned from a motor tour through
the South.
From Printer to President"
hook depicting President Harding's
life. will be on the market within
the next week. according to Shar-
man A. CuneO. 1911 II street north
west the publisher.
The book will contain about 15o
pages and most of the contents are
Hucrdotal IN character" Ounce said
lat night. 81 have endeaVered to
give the human interest touen all
tie way through, avoiding dry de-
tails. At tho sHn1 time an attempt
has been mhds To cover all salient
features In President Harding's
ilfe," hn said.
The General Citizens Association
will do all in its power to change
trc law making 1t necessary for
the District Commissioners to sub
NIT their estimates Of the city's
needs to the Bureau of the Budget,