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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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ertainly in otherdays have been a little disconcerting.Taking the Captain out for a walk theother day. I suddenly realized moreclearly than I had before that the mid-dle of his face was quite destroyed, sothat he breathed through two glasstubes where his nose ought to be, andthat the curious long lump on hisforehead was a piece of one of his ribslately grafted there to serve in the ire-construction of his features later on. A letter of thanks has just comefrom him, written without a mistakeon the typewriter which has only beenin his possession for about ten days.He must have worked almost continu-ously to have achieved so good a re-sult in so short a time. One of the things -vvhich have beenof very great pleasure to the men is aly of really magnificent surprisebags especially adapted to the blind.Many little incidents both amusing andtragic always accompany their deliv-ery. Von would have all laughed to seeme perched on a stout little night/tablein my good velvet cloak, while I helped
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TYPEWRITING AND STENOGRAPHYFOR THE BLIND SOLDIERS.SPECIAL STENOGRAPHICMACHIN ES ARE USED . a poor dear boy who had lost an armand a leg- as well as most of his sightto rummage with his one good hand ina well filled sack. As the floor of theward was at the moment covered withabout half an inch of water which wasbeing- switched energetically about bythe. sturdy little infirmiere, I foundit necessary to perch as Mgh as possi-ble to keep my best shoes out of thewet. Such a dear jolly boy, one of afamily of seven, he had just exhibitedwith considerable pride about an inchof iron screw, as big as my thumb,which they had taken out of his side. next bag went to a somewhatolder man, who face when ho ■d it made me ask if he was noted with his cadeau. .Mais oui, mais oui, mademoiselle,he replied hastily; mais vous savez-jene peux pas le voir (but yes, but yes.miss. But you know—I cannot see it iand then slowly, with many pauses anildeep sighs, we went over the contentsof the bag together, ea

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