Perkins School for the Blind Bound Clippings: World War Blind, 1915 . lled inthis charitable work had been estab-lished at Bordeaux. The plan of thenew organization here is to promoteas many more of these lighthousesin all the belligerent countries asmay be needed to care for the blindsoldiers, whose numbers now runinto the thousands. The first step tobe undertaken in this work is to re-lieve the immediate material needsof the sufferers. The second is toteach some useful trade or occupa-tion so that these blind may becomenot only self-supporting but also suc-cessfully fight the despondence whi
Perkins School for the Blind Bound Clippings: World War Blind, 1915 . lled inthis charitable work had been estab-lished at Bordeaux. The plan of thenew organization here is to promoteas many more of these lighthousesin all the belligerent countries asmay be needed to care for the blindsoldiers, whose numbers now runinto the thousands. The first step tobe undertaken in this work is to re-lieve the immediate material needsof the sufferers. The second is toteach some useful trade or occupa-tion so that these blind may becomenot only self-supporting but also suc-cessfully fight the despondence whichcomes to those who lose their eye-sight. Trench warfare has resultedin a great number of wounds to theshoulders and heads of soMiers; thelatter causing the high percentage ofblindness. Other contributing fac-tors have been the poisonous gases,running fire and concussion fromheavy artillery firing. The commit-tee is inaugurating a campaign toprovide the necessary money to affordthe relief required. v~ s y t ? ^ , r v » -^ . , . ^ ly t- FETES FORWOUNDED
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