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Show f f f ft TtTtt-ttt'tttttt J REMARKABLE BLIND STENOGRAPHER. s sy One of the most wonderful cases on recotd where a totally blind f person Ins become .itcustomed to the performance of a (omplltaled me- f f chanlt.il operation Is that of Miss Katie Cm son, a soung lady who two -f , seats ago giaduated from the Illinois School for the Itilnd. All the corre- -f spondenco sent nut from the olllco of tho superintendent, Plot. Trunk s s II. Hall, Is now handled by this blind stenographer. -f f The work Is taken down by Miss Curter by oral dictation by using nn f f emhosred shorthnnd writer, and II Is then transcribed upon nn ordinary s -f tspewrlter. The work Is very perfect, and page nfter page will be writ- s f ten without un error, rrof. Hall Is gieatls pleased with the lesult of bis -f effort lo use n blind stenogiuphcr In his office work. In reference to the -f f work Tiof. Hull said one evening: "We nro much gratified with this f plan of doing the work, and believe that It mukes It possible for a blind -f pel sou to become quite valuable In correspondence work." -f The embossed tspewrlter used was Inipoited from England, as none ate made In this counlrs. This mat hlne wns built from tho llralllc w liter -f Invented by 1'rof, Hall nnd Introduced Into Hnglaud a numbei ot seals s ugo Tho modifications mako a machine, which writes upon a stilp of -f paper, und hence a cairlagc Is unnecessary. Tho characters used nro u sv modified llralllc, and by tho use of nhbicvlatlnns the stenographer Is enabled to take down work as fast as It Is required In any correspondence s work. The strip of paper upon which the notes havo been written Is to- -f -f wound on the loll nnd passed through tho machlno as tho text Is re- -f corded upon nn ordinary tjpcwrltr. -f -f So elated Is 1'rof. Hall with the results of his experiment that bo now -f -f has till tho students In the high school studs Ing tspewrlter work, nnd thoo who show the greatest accuracy und proficients- will bo allowed to -f study the embossed shorthand ts pew titer with a view to fitting them- -f -f selves for tho work. -f -"---f-f-f-f-f-f-f-ff-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f |