Perkins School for the Blind Bound Clippings: World War Blind, 1915 . president, is one tangible result ofhis efforts. When the war broke outPearson devoted himself to relief Prince of Wales fund, which hascollected something like $30,000,000, washis creation. When men began cominghome blinded from the front, Pearson sawfor himself a new field of brave fellows, who believed thatlife was ended for them, must be shownthat they could still be useful citizens;that they could even be fairly happy. With the aid of the British Red CroftsSociety and the Order of St. John t fJ

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Perkins School for the Blind Bound Clippings: World War Blind, 1915 . president, is one tangible result ofhis efforts. When the war broke outPearson devoted himself to relief Prince of Wales fund, which hascollected something like $30,000,000, washis creation. When men began cominghome blinded from the front, Pearson sawfor himself a new field of brave fellows, who believed thatlife was ended for them, must be shownthat they could still be useful citizens;that they could even be fairly happy. With the aid of the British Red CroftsSociety and the Order of St. John t fJerusalem, Pearson started a for them, but he wanted onethat would be ideal. So he went tohis friend Otto Kahn, of the famousfirm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., and coollyasked for the loan of St. Dunstans,his beautiful London home, for this pur-pose, and (all honor to the American)got it. This famous mansion, which haspassed through many hands sines theMarquis of Hertford built it, nearly ahundred years ago, and which OttoKahn has owned for upward of thir-.

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