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Show BESEFET EMaLE. TJHE Printed by tine Pupils in the Deaf Mute Department of the University of Doert, Vul. 11ME1 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, NOVEMBER 25, 1889. TRAINING DEAF MUTES iSM TllK TKAC -- : ING ADELPHIA K T:tiI)K8 AT A I stems odd in trie advancement of d Xi. ioii trial v ill mike persons use-lu- ll t tb nis-'- t bud the community -- it is only within a boit:im manual training of d af imitt t h s iceived any parti cularde. e f amnion. Incases of com-parati- vilj tiioce im tritva y d prived of bearing andsp'MC: .t sttins but natural that the? u: eatest amount of attention should be duvottrd to o'her faculties of mind, sense and toch. Yet the deaf mute, andtie.nare more of them tban is commonly .eckoutd, furnish a very stnall prujortiMD of iud.v:dualH. T v chief reason for this i hey have been taught the Is that Mh-luse of their ey s for the cultivation of their minds, the education of the use of thi ir nanus has been to a greater or esex'-nneglected. It is true tbat one of tbe chief examiners in the Patent Ofil;e at Washington Is a deaf mute, and tbat Hoy, the great outfielder of the Washiigton Base Bail Club is similarly fll d, aud also tbat both of thrse tn n, tboui la widely different spheres oi life, make more thin enoug-nioneto suUiu a comfortable living. self-suppor- been Tie immediate advantage to t b its i:u ion li suown by th fa t hat the value of he manufactures, which are exclusively for hi ma use, amounted last ) t ar to $17,250 Beyond this is the important result tbat man) )( the pupils ou leaving th i school are enabled to cb.ain lucrativeemployment in some branch of trade which they has PHIL- Institution. i: g neral i ha' tution, to compete with the wagework-tr- a of the worl . The s u c c t s tin e t y The patent But these art: examiner is an unusually bright man intellectually, and the baseball player depends solely on hist keeness of eye, strength of limb and swiftness of foot to keep him ou top in his profession. The majority of d af mutes in years never been given the opportunity of learning a profitable trade. X a matter of course.people so till -- ted vr i y in grades of intelligence but it has at length become apparent gone by have that on account of acutness of touch, abmrmaly keen sight and a wonderful aptitude for imitating the work of others qualifies them, with a sufficient amount of training, for many of the most important and useful trades. Jn order to dt n or state tbte fact, it is but ni cesr ary 10 visit the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, on South Broad steet. Great attention has been raid there within tbe pi s year to manual training, and the teachlug of trades that will enable the pupils, alter tbty leave tbe Insti remarkable. nave learned there. Within thete silent walls, tbat rarel) reecho t ie sound of speech, are to be iound workshops teeming with activity and industry. lu the sewing room aad dressmaking secion there is the rattle of sewing machines that tbe operators never Lear. Tbe girls make all their own clothes, and do all the mending for the establishment. In the department there is a deafening clatter of hammers, fbat, wbile it does cot set m to disturb any of the workers, make tbe visitor's ears ring. Tsiis is where tbe shoes for both male and female pupils are manufactured, and they re as well made as can b bought anywhere. To the newspaper reader the printing office is tbe most intt rating. Typesetting and press woik that produces excellent results are taught there. It is in charge of S. 6. Davidson, who is deaf, but not mute. It is here tbe Silent World, issued weekly, and Our Little World, a daily daring the school term, are published. The pupils became very good workmen and execute all tbe Job work of the institution, besides printing tbe annual reports, all of which are models of typographical shoe-maki- ng NUMBER 4 Th result ol all this Is manifest in be constantlv growing number of youn men and women wno leave the school ach succecd-.nyear prepared to support themselves in an in elligent and rt sf ctable calling, and who are capable t making thematjvrs and those associated with th m c intertable and appy in lif . The bt neflt of industrial raining of leal mutt-- hat now been so zed in the developed power fully ri and trained abiliy which it gives them to care for theniles hat it is brobable mother year will brw still further idvancime-i. Philadelphia Press. g a c-ig- i Uses a Type Writer. Mr. Jim- s II. Caton, of Highland, N. who was V., is a blind daf-mut- e educated at the New York Institution for tbeDoaf and Dumb. la conversa-'io- n, and far correspondence with friends .t a distance, be uses a typi waiter which was presented to him by one of the 1) rector of that school, a d he Is a rapid and correct ope rat r. He supports bims li by castseating chM a Mch be was tanght to db at school. His friends keep him posted on the news of tbe day and he Is one of the most enthuslas ic base-ba- ll cranks to Silent Worker; ie found anywhere - Gkn. Boulangku like a great many He ls noted men, is can t ti l not to get out of bed on the left sidn and If bl path If crossed by a black cat he does nothing of poUlt cal hours. His importenc for twenty-Jou- r followers recall tbat on the day of his . sentence be recklessly went under A ladder in front of bis house In Portland place It is rumored that he Is a flan believr in palmistry and takes stock In neatness. L comparatively recent department the words of a eyp- y who examined his is the carpenter shop in charge of Joon band and told him that hlschb l anioi-tio- n would one day be asttafl !. Matthews, who introduced tbe trade among deaf mute a year ago, Toe pro Tun e Important events transpired gress has been very satisfactory under the Russian sysem, wbicb is followed in tbe life of Dr. Egelston yesterday. The pupils In this class do most of the He received the cheering news of his work of repairing about tbe built ngs election to the office of register of and, in addition, are tatigiit planlrg, deed; celebrated hlsG2nd bl thday; Joining, mortising and turning, and wbile his eldest daughter, Miss Jessie, ma y of them have become expert in was married to one t f the most promthe use of carpi ctersaad joiners, tools. inent and wealthy gentlemen of CTatbe Mirror. The m ale pupils are also taught tailor- Kansas City. Miss Egelston was for four years ing and tbe girls knitting and shoe Art teacher In the Kicsas Inst. - |