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Title: Perkins School for the Blind Bound Clippings: World War Blind, 1917
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Perkins School for the Blind, formerly Perkins Institution
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Contributing Library: Samuel P. Hayes Research Library, Perkins School for the Blind
Digitizing Sponsor: Perkins School for the Blind

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rtant thantheir sight. The eyes of the blind being intheir fingers, I made up my mind thatthe blind could do this work, ofwhich there is practically an unlimitedamount and which must be done. Twomonths ago I founded the DoubleDuty Finger Guild at 22 Park avenue.Ampere, and induced a few blindmen to take up the work. Under theinstruction of a winding expert theysoon learned the trade and now thereare more than a score and otherscoming In as soon as there is roomfor them. Among the blind are threecolored men and three women, all ofwhom are doing excellent work. Ow-ing to their dexterity and willingnessto take pains, the work of these blindis every bit as good as that of theworkers who have their sight. Themost important thing is that theyearn fair wages and can supportthemselves at a trade necessary to theelectrical industry. Blind soldiers from the armies ofthe allies are soon expected to drivefor training in this work, so that theymay return home and teach othersto be self-supporting.
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(Central News Photo Service) Heres an Idyl for You! The maid is Miss Lily Elsie, London Music Hall favorite; the man a soldier blinded in the war. scene is on the grounds of the hospital for blinded soldiers in St. Dunstan. The P I K L.La,olg,L;A..kia^, Pa,., Pr-.e,ss p MONEY NEEDED TO TEACHSOLDIERS MADE BLIND To teach men blinded in the wartrades stf that they may not he depen-dent, 1 tHfe American-British-French-Belgian Blind Relief War Fund hasopened^a-School at 35 Rue du Chateau,Neuilly, just outside the gates of Paris.Here married men are taught knittingand trades that can be carried on by husband and wife at home. The courselasts three months during which theblind are trained and started in busi-ness for themselves. The fund also has leased a large pro-perty (at 27 Boulevard Victor Hugo,where blinded officers and others whoin private life were doctors, lawyers,magistrates, professors, etc., and whos«intellectual attainments take them outof the category of the brush and themat m

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