Perkins School for the Blind Bound Clippings: World War Blind, 1916 . , served through the South Af-rican war, and had done his bit inIndia. After the South African wa,r li^; purchased in America the 225-tonschooner Resolute, which he renamedCeylon. He raced her from NewVork to Southampton in 19 days, act-ing as his own skipper. He also racedher in the Heligoland races, in 1909. In 1911 he purchased from SirErnest Shackleton the Nimrod, ofSouth Pole fame, which he took toSiberia, opening thus the Arctic routeto the Yenessel river. Mrs. Websteraccompanied him in this adventuroustrip, which was
Perkins School for the Blind Bound Clippings: World War Blind, 1916 . , served through the South Af-rican war, and had done his bit inIndia. After the South African wa,r li^; purchased in America the 225-tonschooner Resolute, which he renamedCeylon. He raced her from NewVork to Southampton in 19 days, act-ing as his own skipper. He also racedher in the Heligoland races, in 1909. In 1911 he purchased from SirErnest Shackleton the Nimrod, ofSouth Pole fame, which he took toSiberia, opening thus the Arctic routeto the Yenessel river. Mrs. Websteraccompanied him in this adventuroustrip, which was their honeymoonjourney. Just before his death he offered hisyacht to the admiralty for was accepted for patrol work andmine sweeping. He died from ex-posure while commanding it. The general committee of thePermanent Blind Relief Fund is un-der the patronage of the king andqueen of England, the king and queenof Belgium, and President Poincareof France. The New York office is at590 Fifth avenue. T\e.^ ^.\/.. \, l<n( Mr. Jules Bois, the French Publicist, Says We Owe Debt to Sightless Soldiers, To an audience of more than eight hun-dred prominent men and women, Bqls, the French publicist, this after-noon will deliver an address at Sherryson The Great Martyrs of the AVar. The meeting is under t^ie auspices of theB. F. B. Permanent Blind Relief WarFund, of No. 690 Fifth avenue. Speaking of the work in behalf of thesoldiers blinded In the war, Mr. Bols saidyesterday :— The battle blinded soldiers and sailorsof Belgium, France and Great Britainhave sacrificed their .ilght for the freedomof the United States and of all this reason the American peopleshould consider the blinded soldiers of theAllies as their own. This war has revealed France to theworld and even to the French people them-aeives. The war. Indeed, has revealed hu-manity to itself, because humanity hasdiscovered many deeply hidden secretswhich but for the war would neve
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