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Show p HOW BLIND CHXLDHEN PLAY. i I Many young people who have good 1 eyesight of their own will be inter- 1 ested to learn how little folks who have I no sight at all can get on. A writer in ! Little Folks gives a very interesting account o ftheir doings: "At the place called Swiss cottage, In the northern part of London, there is a large and splendid building called the Blind school. Many of the blind boys and girls of London are sent to this school to be taught to read and write and to learn some kind of work, so that when they grow up they may be s able to earn their own living. A visit to this blind school is a very interest-, i ins and wonderful experience. When the author of this article went with his I friend, the photographer, they were shown into a large play-ground. A 1 number of girls were playing together, I and at first it was impossible to believe I t that they were blind. Most of them Iwere romping about just like ordinary children with eyesight. They never ran into one another, nor stumbled against corners, so that they seemed to see exactly where they were going. Several Sev-eral of them were playing with skip- ping ropes, laughing and shouting with great enjoyment. Two g'ls would wind the rope slowly and steadily, until un-til another girl would run in and be- gin to skip, while the rope turned faster p and faster, and at last the skipper was ; out of breath. And yet these girls were I blind! How did they manage to run I toward the rope just at the right time 1 and not get tangled, or jump at the wrong moment? That is a puzzle for little folks who can see when 'they skiDl" |