. Curious schools. ace of a blindperson ? To me it is very beautiful — this utter uncon-sciousness of others eyes. At one of the recesses — and by an excellentarrangement they come every fifty minutes — Istepped into a room where four or five blind girlswere busily chatting together; of course they werequite unconscious of my presence till I spoke, andthey made such a pretty picture that I stood for amoment watching them. Two were frolickingtogether — just like all school-girls — but one sat alittle apart, holding in her hand a box of bright-colored beads. Every now and then she would holdthem
. Curious schools. ace of a blindperson ? To me it is very beautiful — this utter uncon-sciousness of others eyes. At one of the recesses — and by an excellentarrangement they come every fifty minutes — Istepped into a room where four or five blind girlswere busily chatting together; of course they werequite unconscious of my presence till I spoke, andthey made such a pretty picture that I stood for amoment watching them. Two were frolickingtogether — just like all school-girls — but one sat alittle apart, holding in her hand a box of bright-colored beads. Every now and then she would holdthem close to her left eye ; and sometimes she wouldput them down with a heavy sigh, sometimes with abright smile. I read her thoughts without a ques-tion, so perfectly was her mind photographed uponher face. Sight was returning — but O! so slowly. And the one delight of her life was to test the precious, priceless gift. I can just see a bit of light, she said when I spoke to her, and now and then a lit- 40. THE BUND BAND. Perkins Institution For The Blind. tie color; perhaps I shall see as well as anybodysometime! Another young girl in the little group, who hasbeen for some four years in the Institution, gives me avery interesting account of their home life. You know we girls all live in these cot-tages ; and it is ever so much nicer than it used tobe when there was only the one big building. There arefour cottages just like this one, and we have a parlorand dining-room in each house. Our sleeping-rooms are on the second floor; if the matron is willingI will show you mine. And a pretty, sunny room it was, with its brightcarpet and neat furniture. •I make the bed myself, and take the whole careof my room ; we learn a good deal in this way abouthousekeeping. There are forty-two girls here now, so we haveabout ten in each cottage, and it seems just like home,we have such good times together. We rise aboutsix in the morning, sometimes a little earlier in sum-mer, and we
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