Perkins School for the Blind Bound Clippings: World War Blind, 1917 . onboxes 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 andcities. It seeks to raise a permanent?endowment of $2,000,000 to teachthe many blind soldiers and sailorsof the Entente Allies trades not re-quiring sight, to furnish them withtoo
Perkins School for the Blind Bound Clippings: World War Blind, 1917 . onboxes 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 andcities. It seeks to raise a permanent?endowment of $2,000,000 to teachthe many blind soldiers and sailorsof the Entente Allies trades not re-quiring sight, to furnish them withtools and materials to work with andto sell their work at good prices sothat they may be always assured ofhappy, useful and independent nation-wide collections will bedistributed under the patronage ofthe monarchs of England and Belgi-um and the president of France. A combined concert and dance forthe A. B. F. B. funds benefit is to begiven at the Masonic temple in Pitts-field on Easter Monday, April 9. , t p / ,_ j -__ y ?- -? Q -O - > -. Persons in Williamstown andWilliams college who are interestedin work for those rendered blind inthe world war have asked the Wo-mans club to give them what helpit could. , This was discussed at yesterday smeeting of the club and what maybe done will be fully determined lat- 61. It was the opinion of the club that,in such work as may be done for warrelief, such work as the making ofsurgical dressings, be done by mem-ber? of the club through the agencyof the local Red Cross. This suggestion was made by M. Sanford, president of theclub, and was received favorably byhe members. The Red Cross is doing so wellhere at the present time that it isthought inadvisable to increase agen-cies and no better thanif all the effort was made through Hi^e^sa,- *?- iV- X,
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