Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-04-09
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THE DEVOTED FRIEND OF MAN

Though the dogs who guide the
bind are taught to obey and to turn in
the direction that their masters COM
mand, they are always on the lookout
Tor danger. And one of them will not
obey an order if obedience thereto will
lead her master into danger. For X
ample, If the master directs her toward
an awning that is so long it will strike
his head she sits down to let him know
that something is in the way. Then she
detours around it, as she does a pile
OF bricks or any other obstruction. AT
curbs and steps the dog sits down close
to the edges so that the master can
feel them readily with his foot or cane.
AT crowded street crossings the dog
watches alertly, and will not lead her
master across until the street is clear.
She looks out for moving automobiles
and stops or leads him out of the way
OF an approaching automobile.
A yourg man who is blind was
graduated from college recently. His
guide for years was a little stray dog
he had rescued from the street. The
little creature had been hurt by an
automobile. He nursed her back to
health. Well did she repay him by
years of loving service and comrade-
ship. Many faithful dogs became
guides for their blind masters, without
the advantages of a school education
at The Seeing Eye But the school
training greatly broadens the scope OF
the dog-guide's usefulness.
A mar in Pennsylvania wrote that
his business is canvassing and oper-
ating candy machines that are located
in mills and factories" He said "Gesa
Cthe dog guide) and l canvass about
ten full squares a day, making from
800 to $50 calls. This involves the mas
terry of something like 1900 tons daily,
up and down, together with every
conceivable variety of porches, stoops,
side entrances, etc. In a days work,
Gesa and / cover from S to 10 miles
depending on what part of the city
our activities are confined to. This
means a daily crossing of from 20 to 40
main streets, as we'll as the intervening
half streets and alleys"
For five days each week, this mar
sells candy from door to door. On Sat
urdays he services 80 machines that
are scattered all over the city. These
machines are located lin mills, fac
tories, garages, office buildings, etc.
They are in Railways, easements, re-
mote corners and what not, with every
imaginable entrance and exit. Gesa
leads him to the machines and stops
in such a position that he can reach
out and lay his hand on the machine.
This man continues, the work could
not possibly be done without a guide.
No words can possibly express the
value of Gesa to me-"
1.-THE Seeing Eye" gets letters daily
from people who have bought dogs
there. One man wrote, Il felt as
though had been drowning and now
had a life preserver, with dry land in
sight. | got my nerves settled, walked
off 20 pounds of surplus flesh and
made hundreds of friends and ac-
quaintances. Through Hebe's (dog
devotion | am no longer bitter
at life. AT night she sleeps by my side,
and if | happen to turn over | feel her
big head peep up to see that all is
we'll"
A frail little woman from California
went to Norristown almost a physical
and mental wreck on account of losing
her eyesight. Soon after she got her
dog her health improved in every way.
She was so happy and thankful that
she goes about lecturing before clubs
and other organizations about The
Eye She has been the means
Of getting dog guides for many blind
ITO be continued