Helen Keller Newspaper Notices . eus read to me from the newspajpersfhds morning, sa/ld (Miss Keller, accord-ing to her manager. IMass Keller, -whola staying at the Koitel Prince George,{sent out -word that she iwas too tired tobe Interviewed. !Prof. J. W. White of the New Eng-land Conservatory o* Muisio, said to acorrespondent of The World tn Bostonlast nligfht: •IBublio announcement hem been -with-held, amt I know that Dr. l« Physldan to Kins Aflpihonso, In-vestigated here, end that the SixanlshlA-mtiassador has received In^triictlonato cam on Miss KeMer. MISS KBIyLBRS FIRSTAPPMA
Helen Keller Newspaper Notices . eus read to me from the newspajpersfhds morning, sa/ld (Miss Keller, accord-ing to her manager. IMass Keller, -whola staying at the Koitel Prince George,{sent out -word that she iwas too tired tobe Interviewed. !Prof. J. W. White of the New Eng-land Conservatory o* Muisio, said to acorrespondent of The World tn Bostonlast nligfht: •IBublio announcement hem been -with-held, amt I know that Dr. l« Physldan to Kins Aflpihonso, In-vestigated here, end that the SixanlshlA-mtiassador has received In^triictlonato cam on Miss KeMer. MISS KBIyLBRS FIRSTAPPMARANCM HMRM, i Blind Woman Delivers Platform mn^fMlf^tiU of Interest— Presents Her. IHelen Keller made her first jmblioappeajramce In iNew York in the Forty-eighth Street Theatre last night. Forseveral weeiks iMdss KelSer has ibeen Italteing before ajiidienices in diifferent I cities under tlie direction «if a lyiceumbureau and it was the (platform taJlk i prepared for this purpose that she de- i llvered last iBefore Miss Keller oaine upon tlieistage Mrs. John Macy, who has been iher principal teacher, g-ave a history ofher pupils Life. I Miss Keller then came upon the stagre. 1She was directed by Ma. Macy to adesk, by whicn she stood while f-liespoke. ^\^.e wore a slinpie ««;j lacefrock over pink and carried a bouqiJietof white lilacs, which she olutched ner-vously and raised to her nose fronjtime to time. While slie talked, sat beside her and placed hechand on iher at intervals as If to ffiveher enoourasrement. i It would be far from the truth tosay that Miss Keller spoke with thefluenCy, of voice or clearnessof articulation of one not similarlyafflicted. Each syllable and word was, ^rmSa^ slowly and with apparent ef-fort, and the lack of modulation often jmade It difficult for her hearers to Idivide the syllables into words, until^it became a strain to follow the speak-ers thoug-ht. But the performancewas none the less remar
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