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Show I READING-ROOMS FOR BLIND. j Sightless May Enjoy the Pleasures at ( Kea'ltng. ! A good work never stops. Since the Congressional library at Washington opened a readifcg room for the use of the blind the 4irst instance of the kind known iis example has been followed by public libraries here and there througha(t the country, and the sightless are longer deprived of the pleasures of r ading. In Washington itself the worf. ; has widened in influence. influ-ence. The aftsrnoon reading In "The Pavilion of the Blind," as the reading-room reading-room is called, have been wonderfully successful. There authors and singers have come to give pleasure by readings and music, and the blind chaplain of the house frequently devotes an afternoon after-noon to the entertainment of his companions com-panions in darkness. He has a softly modulated yoice.- and often repeats poetry of a religious character. When the Eppiscopal convention was in session ses-sion in Washington, several of the bishops became very much interested in this wcrk fvfhe blind. Bishop Whipple and illsaop Whitehead read twice during the week they were there, and through their efforts and those of Bishop Gilbert; and Dr. Samuel Hart, the prayer book was printed in the New York Poir,it system and placed in the "Pavilion."' A very encouraging thing is the interest manifested in the work by the yoking ladies of Washington. Washing-ton. Amidst file distractions and demands de-mands of society they have found time to minister to; those less fortunate than themselves. ; A committee of twenty-five twenty-five have tjiken turns in escorting the blind people; to and from the readings. Several niennbers of the committee have learned the tedious system of writing in.'New York Point and Braille, and have volunteered to copy in it the " and stones, 1 the reon tne reading-tables Bh ttreo 0ne Sirl writes half irIsu p every month, and ted subi little volume, which jrcial tMeteor." She is well j 1 trouble by the eager lildiup- ?aders when the little g. the-'oun's Companion. |
