Perkins School for the Blind Bound Clippings: World War Blind, 1917 . and patri-otic action on the part of this well-known fund, which has local commit-tees and offices in the principal cities throughout the country, all Americansoldiers and sailors who may be blind-ed in battle will immediately be lookedafter by the fund in training- schoolsfor the blinded similar to those con-ducted by Sir Arthur Pearson at , London, and by M. EugeneBrieux and other French officials atReuilly. The amount raised for the fund inLowell on Dec. 8, 1916, from the saleof tickets to hear Sergt. Maj. Midd
Perkins School for the Blind Bound Clippings: World War Blind, 1917 . and patri-otic action on the part of this well-known fund, which has local commit-tees and offices in the principal cities throughout the country, all Americansoldiers and sailors who may be blind-ed in battle will immediately be lookedafter by the fund in training- schoolsfor the blinded similar to those con-ducted by Sir Arthur Pearson at , London, and by M. EugeneBrieux and other French officials atReuilly. The amount raised for the fund inLowell on Dec. 8, 1916, from the saleof tickets to hear Sergt. Maj. Middle-mist and the sale of souvenir certifi-cates, was $920. The work of collecting for the fundis still going on, and J. Harry Board-man, treasurer for Lowell, will receivesubscriptions or they may be depositedin any one of the 50 B. F. B. blind fundboxes, located in prominent places andstores throughout the city. Julian is chairman of the Lowell com-mittee. .oa,l~ti>y\, , Si/Qyu. PJ-v u l|nkia>, 1 a^-,Re. T^b T-TA,eLT~ ?r 1^1. Tel! of Work Among Blind.^*- A most interesting meeting was heldon Wednesday afternoon at the resi-dence of Mrs. Edward T- Stotesbury,No. 192> Walnut street, in the interestof the French War Relief Committeeof the Emergency Aid. Miss WinifredHolt gave a most interesting illustratedtalk on. the work of the committee formen blinded in battle. The conferencewas under the patronage of Mrs. Cassatt, Mrs. William Stxuth-ers Ellis, Mrs. Henry Middleton Fisher,Mrs. J. Willis Martin, Mrs. Arthur Ern-ie o Newbold, Mrs. Edward Bok, TT. Warburton, Mrs. CorneliusStevenson, Mrs. Cyrus H. K. , .lolm Cadwalader, Miss MariannaBiddle and Miss Caroline Sinkler. A number of guests are invited on theafternoon of February 19 to hear IanHay talk on his experiences with Kitch-eners army, at the residence of iMra Arthur Einlen Newbold, .South Nineteenth street. In order to co-ordinate all thei
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