Perkins School for the Blind Bound Clippings: World War Blind, 1916 . ers are to be useful. Thie charity is en-deavoring to relieve a condition tlie trag- ;edy of which passes the barriers of raceand national prejudices. According tostatistics, the world, a year before thewar broke out. contained ,(iO0 blind-The number of blind men wlio will beidded to this total by the war cannot besatlmated until years after the conflictlias ended. Contributions have alreafi>- been re-ceived by Eugene V. R. Thayer, presi-3ent of the Merchants National Bank,who is acting as sub-tr
Perkins School for the Blind Bound Clippings: World War Blind, 1916 . ers are to be useful. Thie charity is en-deavoring to relieve a condition tlie trag- ;edy of which passes the barriers of raceand national prejudices. According tostatistics, the world, a year before thewar broke out. contained ,(iO0 blind-The number of blind men wlio will beidded to this total by the war cannot besatlmated until years after the conflictlias ended. Contributions have alreafi>- been re-ceived by Eugene V. R. Thayer, presi-3ent of the Merchants National Bank,who is acting as sub-treasurer for thefund in this locality, as follows: PreTlousiy acknowledged $ O. \. Bates Sarah .^l. Hicks .Mrs. Harold Jefferson Coolldge Fannj- Young C. C. K. and E. J. H Dime banks 14,20 Total $1, Checks may be made payable to R. Thayer, sub-treaaurer, and sentto the Merchants National Bank. Bos-ton. ^y BLINDED SOLDIERS HANDS \ New York Artists, Surg:eons and Military FolkDiscuss War Relief New York, May 24—If your sightwere suddenly destroyed by a bullet,would you instinctively raise yourhand, palm inward or palm outward. This is one of the subjects discuss-ed among New York artists, surgeons,army folk and war relief workers,just now. The picture F. C. Yohn has drawnand donated to the B. F. B. IermanentBlind Relief War Fund started thediscussion. Mr. Yohns drawing wasexhibited at Sherrys recently, and isnow being shown at the Funds head-quartei-s, 590 Fifth Avenue, New York. Mr. Yohns picture shows the blind-ed soldier with his hand raised palmoutward—to express complete help-lessness and supplicate Divine aid. Certain of the uninitiated, on theother hand, question whether, on theactual battlefield, suddenly blinded sol-diers do not raise their hands theireyes palm inward, following i, ? uni-versal human instinct to cover woundswith the inward-turned palm. I^«C^__is Mr. Yohns much discussedpictur
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