Show CHICAGO S DEAF MUTES they are educated Indus and fairly prosperous there are between six and one thousand deaf nitea scattered through the city of chicago and they are all industrious and fairly prosperous earning their living honestly and uncomplainingly they can do anything in which hearing is not absolutely necessary and one would be sur to know how many callings this includes there are deaf mute printers painters cabinetmakers cabinet makers and some good ones too shoemakers wood carvers barbers who never gester the subject in the chair with re marks about the weather or the races bookkeepers cigar makers molders machinists ts and electricians four deaf mutes are employed in the post office where they do their work quite as efficiently as their companions one is a lawyer and another is a chemist among the women there are dressmakers milliners printers ers paper box makers and seamstresses most of these says the record have homes of their own in which both husband and wife arc mutes in about one case in twenty five the mute has a husband or wife who speaks it is exceedingly cee rare that the children of such marriages are deaf and as the fataei and mother grow old they have tie which connect them always more closely with the speaking world every provision is made in chicago for the proper education of deaf chil dren there are four regular day schools conducted by the city board ol 01 education one catholic boarding school and mccowans Mc Cowana school at englewood A child who graduates from any of these schools and wishes to obtain a higher education may go to the college for the deaf at washington D C if the pupil is poor but worthy he is not compelled to pay tuition otherwise it will cost him about two hundred and fifty dollars a year this college is the only one of its kind in the world most chicago deaf routes receive their education at the state school in jacksonville ial A great part of the foreign element was educated abroad and usually associate according to nationality the deaf mutes of chicago do not neglect the social side of their life they have organized a society which goes by the significant name of alye pas a pas club it lias a nicely fv p dished hall where frequent and social entertainments are held the members also meet from time in one an others homes and they have quite as happy a time if it 13 not so noisy as a corresponding of people who can hear and |