| Show HELEN KELLER the tb manner in nh job kioa to tot speak aad 01 ol to 19 iton 1911 11 sp h helen keller Is U a household name both in america and foreign lands she Is blind as well as deaf that tile walla walls ot of hence silence and darkness illch shut her ber from the world hare been broken down that her soul has iwen been set free and the seal of silence taken from her lips seems inarae miraculous U IOUs to those who know not bow how it was done the limits of this article will demit only the briefest outline of her etory story rendered Ilen dered both deaf rind hind ilind at nineteen months by severe allne is she he passed the first seven years of her life in allenee dark nest nesa ant an ignorance 11 acho he could have suspected the elquis lie itc foul roul imprisoned in that mute and darkened body A bright patient lov toy ing woman came and the miracle began there was only one possible avenue of approach to the beleaguered soul the sense ot of touch remained and to that the teacher miss annie it if duill van addressed her efforts through Thron fh enger fillDs Bp the child at it length ob ol talked the idea of langu language las guage alre and with this key other doors could be unlocked having naturally a fine mind she learned rapidly when once started arted et a and nd developed a phenomenal memory while helen received information only through manual polling spelling and in limited amount hp b never forgot to tell her something was 11 illie writing it in a bock boel 11 hen you wished the fact again months or etc years afterward you bad had only to is ask alt j to 4 it but later as she began to read book to meet more people and to receive alm ilm 1 press lons through more eban channels nels and in larger numbers her memory ceased to be so absolutely reliable until she the was vas eleven years of age her only meada of communication wa wao by finger spelling then at nt her own urgent request she was given lessons in speech by miss auiler 11 princ prine pal of the horace blann school the rapid ity fly with which she acquired the still ity to speak was unprecedented she soon abandoned finger spelling and has ever since noted speech alone but 1 others still bad had to communicate I 1 with ith her by their fang f t she then expressed a it strong wish to learn lea m to read the lips by touching th them em with her fingers for the purpose of attempting this difficult task tas and to get special training in seq ab came to the school in new lork city during the tao years she remained there abb succeeded in acquiring the power of understand understanding ln people when they spoke to her and at the same time pursued the regu loir courses in lit the study of arithmetic history physical geography french and german she has read very much of the best literature and Is very in tell igent on the topics of the day iter own epee it ie Is now excellent and sag sh has entered the girl girls a school at cambridge massachusetts where she ix 1 taking a course preparatory for alaj ra cliffe college 11 aea aen being spoken to she be paces ber beir index aiger lightly upon the lips while tie other fingers rest ura the lie cheek the middle one touch Irtz the nose her iler thumb Is L upon the larynx thie this poil llon gives given her the greatest possible pos tible information concerning lie the elements of which speech Is corn com posed and heading for he the deaf by john dutton aright 11 right in a the january century |
