Perkins School for the Blind Bound Clippings: World War Blind, 1917 . of spirit and year the Glee club has a bari-tone soloist of ability, H. H. Richard-son, of the class of 1918, whose num-bers have proved unusually popularwherever he has sung. Immediately after the concert, thefloor will be cleared for dancing, andGioscias orchestra of Albany, haspromised a program combining thelatest New York successes with someof the old favorites. The aim of this Blinded soldierswar relief fund is to lift the burdenof despair from the unfortunate blind-ed soldiers in Europe and to rescuethem
Perkins School for the Blind Bound Clippings: World War Blind, 1917 . of spirit and year the Glee club has a bari-tone soloist of ability, H. H. Richard-son, of the class of 1918, whose num-bers have proved unusually popularwherever he has sung. Immediately after the concert, thefloor will be cleared for dancing, andGioscias orchestra of Albany, haspromised a program combining thelatest New York successes with someof the old favorites. The aim of this Blinded soldierswar relief fund is to lift the burdenof despair from the unfortunate blind-ed soldiers in Europe and to rescuethem from living death by providingtraining schools, workshlps, labor ex-changes and other facilities (to be inaugurated this spring) which will enable them to become self-supportingand hopeful members of their commu-nities. In all new buildings erected in con-nection with this work the cornerstone will bear the following inscription: This is given by the people of the United States of America to the French (Belgian or British) who have lost their eyesight In this BLIND !T> IN The following extract from a letterreceived from Miss Edithe May, whohas been visiting schools in Francesupported by this fund, illustrates theremarkable work being done there. Perhaps the two most interestingclassrooms we saw were those wherethey were making cane seats forchairs, and those where they weremaking barrels and putting on , the work was marvellouslydone and one almost lost ones feelingof sadness over the groping fingersand sightless reaching out, in seeingthe splendid results, and in knowingthat there was something left forthem to do after all. There is a shop where all thethings they make are sold at regular prices, for the men themselves arepaid for a regular days work, whichIncreases as they grow more course this wage is only givenwhile they are in the school; but plansare under way to secure permanentoccupation for them. There is a library where the blind
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