Show HOME FOR SIGHTLESS QUEEN ELIZABETH OF roumania RuU MANIA FOUNDS BLIND COLONY carmen sylva invites samuel bow man the blind plan st of eldora la to dinst tut on I 1 shed in rouman a aidora la Q een elizabeth who reigns over 5 loyal s injects in far away roumania Pou mania and who does much literary work under the nom de plume of carmen sylva has lecent ly established a cosmopolitan blind colony knoon as the city of light in bucharest roumania she has writ ten to a banker in eldora about her and has invited samuel bow man a blind of eldora to come to bucharest and become a member of her colony she has taken a gibat liking to mr bowman and he is con si dering seriously the advisability of becoming one of the first american wards at the city of light horace G knowles the american minister of the capital has taken a deep interest in the work of her bajes and writes to the lidora banker with the queen s utter he says in part the fundamental principle of her majesty s noble work is to make the blind feel that they are not merel dependents and objects of charity they are to have their own world where they will be not only happy but useful and self sustaining already I 1 have seen enough to enable me to testify that what seems to the unac merely a dream can by pa tience generosity intelligence and christian charity be made a reality all of these qualities and more are possessed by the good and gifted wo man who needs no crown to make her a queen queen elizabeth in her own writing says the city of light is called luminosa at bucharest already there are 80 membris of the colony ten languages seven confessions bt faith and 13 trades she davs that one man although blind has invented a new printing machine and an english woman blind seven years attends to the correspondence queen elizabeth in part says in her letter to her eldora banker friend I 1 know your friend will be happy they all laugh and sing so that per sons in the street stop to listen to the songs and sounds of real joy they are like one family it is so nice and so sweet and I 1 am so happy among them I 1 took supper there the other night and they all sang most beamut fully the thanksgiving instead of only saying a prayer the words have been arranged su that they may suffice for any creed without giving offense to an the other day a macedonian ar rived after a six days journey and he was so happy he had undertaken the journey alone the american minis ter takes a deep intel est in the city of light |