Perkins School for the Blind Bound Clippings: World War Blind, 1916 . Nationalsub-treasurer for the fund in this locali-ty, is directing distribution of \estpocket dime banks. Approximately$1000 has been raised in this way already All money thus collected will be de-posited in the Merchants National Bankto the credit ofi the fund, and will beused to enlarge the present blind insti-tutions of Belgium, France and GreatBritain, to build new blind homes, blindtraining schools, blind work shops, blindemployment exchanges and to startvarious agencies for the sale of blind-made products. Europes batl


Perkins School for the Blind Bound Clippings: World War Blind, 1916 . Nationalsub-treasurer for the fund in this locali-ty, is directing distribution of \estpocket dime banks. Approximately$1000 has been raised in this way already All money thus collected will be de-posited in the Merchants National Bankto the credit ofi the fund, and will beused to enlarge the present blind insti-tutions of Belgium, France and GreatBritain, to build new blind homes, blindtraining schools, blind work shops, blindemployment exchanges and to startvarious agencies for the sale of blind-made products. Europes batle-blinded soldiers numberat least 12,000 at present and the num-ber will be increased by many thousandsmore before the war is over. The woundscausing blindness result from bullets,bayonets, flames of explosions, liquidfire, nervous shock, infection and debrisa£ gra^ thiowa ligitiutlg Ju lUu Xw>^ B 0 SlOru , hAa^^ss., G-Uob^^. ^Aa^W X^u |C(lb- GREAT ALLIED BAZAR PLANNED New England Contribution to the Exhibition in New YorkAssigned to a Central Location. standing. Left to Right—Henry Jaques, S. Hooper Hooper, John S. Codman. Seated—Mrs Charles , Mrs Charles A. Porter. MASSACHUSETTS COMMITTEE OF THE ALLIED BAZAR. The industries of New Kngland are In-nted to contribute to a Massachusettsbooth as a principal feature of theMlied Bazar, a $1,000,000 fair in GrandSentral Palace, New York, June 3 to 14,for the relief of the blinded, starvingind homeless in the AlUuA<tuuiAi ies. EveiT State in the Union is planningto have representation In the bazar,which win be one of the greatest affairsof, the sort ever held In the efficient committee has been namedfor Massachusetts as follows: Hooper, chairman; Mrs CharlesB. Perkins, Mrs Charles A. Porter,Henry Jacques and John S. Codman,secretary. Massachusetts has been allotted 192square feet in a ^central location andthe committee has set out to earn $ day for each squaie foot o£ space^ This


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