Show Ir J 1 L J PROPOSE REFUGE t FOR ADULT BLIND 1 1 i r M Plan Is to O Establish h Institution ti On I i t j Where r A Afflicted May Be Become Become come Self Supporting H 4 COOPERATION N OF F STATES t MEETING WILL BE IN INTERESTING INTERESTING 1 T f 2 I When the board of t directors of of the Western of f Ul th Adult B 1 meet their friend tonight at the th recep reception tion to tx h b i in Eagles E hall hail there will be more mo in hi view few than merely a pleas peas pleasant pleasant peasant ant ocl l thre buthe bu as to pros and CIT pro for th real roal work of the tha th I association th It Ito ti mont of oj the adult I blind n w I t h up and some of ot the th f 7 1 plans plaTis that Im m the lOftt for tor I IU thi U work will II bf bp ire lre Tb rr will mil Wi I be om such sudi program as asas I was as pies fin nt nl d 1 re at lit a reception held I 1 for diem mem a at th Ih with J 1 W V Jenk r liwo tuM i h blind of th the hou haul hOuI I n s will Mill iii b be given glnn by byI I II I AV w A Hints Ji s aid ad it Is 1 x t tl d that I I 1 I or r s y x will make a brief response I t I All of tu t thc r wil II deal leal with wIli the matter matterI I II I I of or r Finh h an industrial institution t for Zor II U th a M In Sail Salt I Lake ake a move mova movement fl I I meat lent li ti ir if by b all who have I I en a i i a i teti m tj in he mat matter matI I i I I ter I j q The Tb r f the association are in to no not noi i t t l j nse antagonistic to lo the State School I rl for lor the Deaf and Blind In Orden Oden nor 1 f t Ild Its member seek sek to critIcize criticise the I aj uI excellent management of ot that Institution I i r n Hut It IS s generally conceded eon ceded first that I 1 I i 4 the plan of placing the and the tho t f i 1 II deaf eaf together r is Ia far from rota a good one i i I from tilt th very vry nature of or their th r cases caces and andt t i j that the present institution is able I oj I to do nothing not king practical In the way 11 of ot I f helping the blind persons who are alre alrey iy 1 t I I grown f To Teach Useful Arts p 11 I i u The plans plana as formulated by the asso aso association 4 I Include the establishing of ot an in institution InI I where useful trades and professions 11 mons lona could be taught the blind by mea men is s sf j f I 4 of ot which they would become log ing jn It Is hoped that by joining with j Ir I some pome of or the surrounding states such an anI I I institution would be with within r in the first two years Already a sub mb substantial 1 it promise of a large contribution i h 1 in the use of ot the Judge Miners lIners home 1 11 it j has lias been secured from the Catholic J I to which the building belongs belons 1 j j L This promise s made conditional c on the I t I r securing of sufficient funds from the leg legislature legI I l J i t ure and from private Individuals to tod toi d f i begin the work to o be undertaken Muri Mue MueI I t I 1 has already been promised from private i t a I j individuals and it is known that the leg lep legislature legIslature Jf t I is to the project f t Many Suggestions Offered t Other sites have been mentioned d by b 4 I those who have investigated and in case the project of ot taking the 44 large institution up at present should be beI I j considered too heavy a smaller place I Trill vill ill doubtless be secured The a for the institute would not embody the th dormitory system as it would if it were i L for younger students as a nearly all th the I 4 adult blind would prefer the home life I This would give ample opportunity for forI I P using all available space foy fOl fo machinery 4 and equipment and would be a great greet saving in expense I ij i Results Are Gratifying 1 There would be no lack of ot materia I even een at present nt for lor good teachers along special lines several everal being even eyen now hi th inIn ia In the city who are qualified to take up I such work Miss Marie Hanson a young c 1 blind girl Is already giving instructions I t In the Braile system since the establish establishing 4 i ing of the thc reading room for the blind I by Mrs A S Rowan of Fort Others are teaching the use of the type typewriter typewriter 4 writer Mrs Emma A Riches late of nf p Birmingham England is well qualified to toL L i r teach the blind in many man lines JInes having I worked in such an institution since the ther r j loss of ot h hH her own sight One blind man in inVernal ll q Vernal Yc nl has baa fo years made a It certain kin kini I I of riding boot for which he Is famed but ft ti for which he has bas never secured a pate pat I ent nt and this movement would give him p tho the recognition he deserves for his work 4 I and enable him to teach the work to others I I What Has Been Done h t H Mrs 11 rs Riches In 11 i regard to her work in 1 1 I England said I 1 I Twelve years ago I had the misfortune j if I t r II tune of becoming bt blind through an acci acel accident i 1 dent and Ind after a year of If misery became l 1 J n a er of ot the Birmingham Blind In Industrial Int Int t h k Institution England which was as Ij then situated one and nd miles from lq to t the center of the city In three thrle months t 1 I I II learned Teemed the trade of ot brush mating maUng and andI I t later became teacher her n 11 r fancywork work suet sue l h as crocheting and knitting All AU the teach teachers i ers era were blind and had graduated from fromI I the tho blind school near by b also the work workers workers ers era The receipts from pods ge sold made madeT madeI I T by Iy the blind for the year ear 1907 1007 anK an f t to over OX the number of workers not exceeding sixty sixty IncludIng In the t 1 force who were also graduates t s from the thc theL i L blind school The articles matie ti wre re r f brooms brushes mats mate carpets baskets I 4 also oane cane seating chairs and all kinds of r wicker work Professions Typewriting ul jag ing law theology medicine music piano tuning anti and elocution and the teachers t who vho taught the bUnd blind were trained thre th re also The main m ln reason why this institution fan tion is such sueh a success Is because of Its I i alos proximity to a large city where its i products can find a ready re dy market with io 10 o freight troubles and the facility with tJ which those who had bad professions could l practice e them a large targe e population being i an absolute essential 4 In I n Other States The school of Maryland for the adult 41 1 blind employs about one dozen persons I I each fach worker yielded an average of 60 O OV V I per week The Indiana home employs employ a sixteen adult Mind bUnd In broom making t V Their sales saIes test last year amounted amoUr t to Jl ii l 1 M M In Connecticut there are nine men I and eight women besides fifteen to twenty twenty twenty ty state apprentices Their sales last year ear amounted to In Michigan three men and nineteen women are em m played Nearly Nearl all are employed in broom making The Illinois home employed eighty eight Their sales last year ear amounted 1 to Wisconsin employs men sales last year ear Pennsylvania employs 17 men sales last year Ohio home a new Institution tion Uon employed five fie men and sixteen wo women women 0 men Their sales amounted to 1163 last year California employed men and nineteen women Sales Bales last year rear nI 21 7 wages ages paid to blind last year ear 19 In the th Massachusetts shops are taught mattress making and the making of oC door dour doormats doormats mats pillows caning rugs art fabrics fabrico brooms broome and fancy fanc work In all of the York Tork Institutions caning and the making of ot mattresses hammocks and brooms are the trades taught There is one blind person to every 1000 Inhabitants in the United States I |