Perkins School for the Blind Bound Clippings: World War Blind, 1917 . MISS WINIFRED HOLT Teaches Trades To Blind Soldiers Miss Winifred Holt Tells of Work for Sightless in France. The blinded, wounded soldier isusually in a state of utter collapse. Tocure him one must reconstruct hisbody and his soul. And that is what the Committee forMen Blinded in Battle is doing-, inFrance, according to Miss WinifredHolt, leader of the work, who spokebefore a gathering of society peopleat the home of Mrs. Walter C. Baylies,5 Commonwealth avenue, yesterday. President Emeritus Charles W. Eliotintroduced Miss
Perkins School for the Blind Bound Clippings: World War Blind, 1917 . MISS WINIFRED HOLT Teaches Trades To Blind Soldiers Miss Winifred Holt Tells of Work for Sightless in France. The blinded, wounded soldier isusually in a state of utter collapse. Tocure him one must reconstruct hisbody and his soul. And that is what the Committee forMen Blinded in Battle is doing-, inFrance, according to Miss WinifredHolt, leader of the work, who spokebefore a gathering of society peopleat the home of Mrs. Walter C. Baylies,5 Commonwealth avenue, yesterday. President Emeritus Charles W. Eliotintroduced Miss Holt with the hopethat her work will soon be done forAmerican soldiers in France. He urgedthe audience to contribute to the aid ofthose who have been fighting our bat-tles. The services of the committee havealready been accepted by the UnitedStates government, »s a war timemeasure. Miss Holt, who was secretary of theNew York Association for the Blind,went to Europe two years ago. Whatshe has meant to the more than 3000men she has taught, comforted, helpecTto mak
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