Perkins School for the Blind Bound Clippings: World War Blind, 1917 . audience and filled hisauditors with a deep sense of the awfulpity of such suffering and an intense de-6ire to alleviate it. Following his wound-ing by a land grenade thrown by a Turkbefore Gallipoli. Maj. tola ofhis passage through the period of blackdespair until he again found hope to facelife at the training school for the blindat St. Dunstans, England, where theblond soldiers are being taught tradesand made self-supporting. Maj Middlemiss addrsss was followedby realistic moving pictures showingbattle scenes
Perkins School for the Blind Bound Clippings: World War Blind, 1917 . audience and filled hisauditors with a deep sense of the awfulpity of such suffering and an intense de-6ire to alleviate it. Following his wound-ing by a land grenade thrown by a Turkbefore Gallipoli. Maj. tola ofhis passage through the period of blackdespair until he again found hope to facelife at the training school for the blindat St. Dunstans, England, where theblond soldiers are being taught tradesand made self-supporting. Maj Middlemiss addrsss was followedby realistic moving pictures showingbattle scenes, hospital work and all thehorrors of war on the European firing line. Mme. tyiireyne captured the audiencewith her clear beautiful soprano selection of numbers covered a widerange from Jewel Song to Be-lieve Me if All Those Endearing Young Charms. The singer wai accompaniedby Mrs. EnVly Fiber in herusual excellent manner. A large sum was subscribed to the re-lief fund by the audfienee during Uhecourse of the program. * ionOf 5L&- I. egeMen Place ColicIn This Cily in H<Adding to Sum Needed To give permanent aid to the soldiers and sailors of Great?JWIUIU, llffflice and Belgium, artis-|tically designed collection boxes of Jthe A. B. F. B, permanent blind re-lief war fund are being distributed)throughout Williamstown, North Ad-ams and vicinity. The Williams College Good Govern- jment club is conducting this worthywork. The president of this club isJames S. Alexander, Jr. The otherofficers are Randolph F. Debevoise,Roland Palmedo, Edwin Powers andFrancis B. Sayre. These A. B. F. B. fund collectionboxes are decorated with unusuallystriking original designs by ChariosDana Gibson, H. A. Ogden and otherwell known American illustrators. The A. B. F. B. fund is Jhe mostwidely organized of all American re-lief funds for the exclusive benefit ofthe Entente Allies. It has 15 branch-es in Massachusetts and more than100 branches in American towns a
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