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Title: Helen Keller Newspaper Notices
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Unknown
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elen Keller,the famous deaf, dumb and blind girl,the first musical sound that she hasever heard. It is like the voices of singing an-gels, she told her teacher, Mrs. JohnMacey, after she had caught thestrains. Miss Keller was nearly exhaustedfrom the excitement incident to her newexperience. The astonishment sheshowed when the melody was carriedto her brain was most gratifying toMrs. Macey and to Professor FranzKohler of the Oberlln Conservatory,who played for her. Miss Keller held her teeth firmlyagainst the scroll while ProfessorKohler played strains of a St. Saenscomposition on his violin, an instrumentTvhich possesses remarkable sweetnessof tone. He used both the high andlow registers. -^,», i After the experiment, Professor i Kohler declared that although MissKellers ear drums are useless, she ! had undo-btedly caught the s riins. TjELEN KELLER, famous deaf, dumb and blind drLJlI who can now enjoy violin music by placing her teethagainst bridge of instrument and feeling strains.
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^o-rt l£LYucl-, )^V^^>-^^.. wT^-p-ress. CLx^ ^ 5< ;?~ 1^ \3 3EL£N K£LLP: VISITSMAINE COAST TO RESTENJOYS DAILY SWIM Is Enthusiastic Over Boating===Has Idea Fishing Isnt *Fair Play. IS RESOURCEFUL INFINDINa ENJOYMENTCREED OF OPTIMISM (By Mina H. Caswell.)•Miss Helen A. Keller, with two com-panions was on the cliffs at the rearof the White cottage at TrefethensLanding, Peaks Island, when anE X p r e s s-A dvertiser representa-tive called today and where on theveranda with Miss Ruth Moor, MissKellers secretary, a delightful morningwas spent. Miss Moor explained thatit is her principal duty while here inMaine to make Miss Keller forget herbooks and her work, and to assist herin participating in all the lighter formfeof diversion which a girls life shouldknow to make it natural and completeand which, to an extent, Miss Kellersnotable career has denied her. In other words, the press reportersuggested, you are the Secretary ofFrivolous Affairs. Miss Moor laughed and did not deny(i

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