Perkins School for the Blind Bound Clippings: World War Blind, 1917 . nearly 25,000 blinded in one eye,a large proportion of whom willeventually lose the sight of the otheras the result of shock or of the woundsthemselves. In adition there are inFrance alone neariy 200 who besideslosing both eyes have also suffered,by explosions or amputation, the lossof both arms or both legs, or a legand a hand, and in many cases havebeen rendered stone deaf into the bar-gain. I should like to emphasize that theblinded soldiers who stumble fromthe battlefield, having made the su-preme sacrifice of their sigh
Perkins School for the Blind Bound Clippings: World War Blind, 1917 . nearly 25,000 blinded in one eye,a large proportion of whom willeventually lose the sight of the otheras the result of shock or of the woundsthemselves. In adition there are inFrance alone neariy 200 who besideslosing both eyes have also suffered,by explosions or amputation, the lossof both arms or both legs, or a legand a hand, and in many cases havebeen rendered stone deaf into the bar-gain. I should like to emphasize that theblinded soldiers who stumble fromthe battlefield, having made the su-preme sacrifice of their sight so thatthose they left behind might neverwitness the scenes that froze theirblood, and so that all peoples mightdevelop in freedom and peace for alltime, want neither pity nor charityThey ask only a chance to take theirplaces again among their fellow menequipped to earn their own. living atan honest trade. You and yours, whomthey have helped to save, owe helpto them in your turn. CORA PARSONS , France. H^vU y0^rK, X. M., %Uo-rlds. oCjbftT %U Is! ll-. This Number Includes Only Men ? From England, France and Belgium and They Need Help. s PERMANENT BLIND FUNDASKS AMERICA FOR CASH. Money Required to Support Vic-tims and Americans Requestedto Adopt Them. In making a plea for further publicfinancial support, the Amerloan-Brlt-ish-Frencb-Belglan Permanent BlindWar Relief Fund, one of the mostnotable humanitarian efforts of thewar, presents new and authoritativestatistics regarding the eyesight cas-ualties of the war among the Allies,gives a general public accounting ofwhat it has done with contributionsalready made and seta forth certainspecific purposes for which moremoney is wanted—purposes of strik-ing appeal. In England, France and Belgiumthere are 3,000 soldiers Who have .beentotally blinded and 25,000 who havebeen blinded In one eye, and In theusual -course of the weakening ofsight will In time also be totallyblind. In France alone there are 200soldiers who, bes
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