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Show Games for the Blind . Which May Be ! Played Anywhere 1 y Harold Molter, Principal of Doys I L Department, Perkins Institute 1 ' For the Blind I t a rocont exhibition of tho nctlv I le of bunii children, tho visitors I 're very much lutorostod In tho ; , """omenta of tho boys nnd girls, f'ftmnastlo exhibition in a school J Wind children dlffors vory llttlo 0n Blvon nt a sniynaslum for ''j children, for It Includes calls-lf. calls-lf. marching, apparatus work, nnd pyramid building. The boys play hoclcoy with a tin can, on a comont floor, nnd football with tho assistant of sighted pluyors. Tho girl's danco and piny ring games with plcasuro and caso, so that to n visitor thero would scorn to bo llttlo difference bo-twoon bo-twoon the nmusemonts of a bUnd and a soolng person. In running wires nro often used ns guides and for Bomo gnmos, bolls nro placed Inside In-side of footballs and baseballs. Whon wo oxumlno tho quiet games vo find that cortaln dovlcos nr usu-nly usu-nly nocossary to onablo the blind plnyor to play tho gomes of his Blghtcd associates. Tho Gnrmuns havo proven themselves tho most nc-tlvo nc-tlvo and voisnlllo In preparing tho gnmos for tho blind nnd It Is Inter-ostlng Inter-ostlng to noto In this tlmo of war, that their gnmo of slope Is characteristic charac-teristic of how theso pooplo train thctr children, in times of ponco and play, to think about military strategy. A number of games horo plcturod havo been Imported from Germany. Any amateur mechanic enn mnko nil of them, and ns tho apparatus is light and easily handled, tho games may bo P'aed anywhere In tho homo having one or more blind members; mem-bers; on n park bench whero blind friends nro wont to meet on sunny dnys; or In factories or offices during dur-ing lunch hours. In gonoral, wood Is tho most convenient con-venient material to use. Linos mny bo represented by llttlo tacks, raised strips of wood or enrdboard or grooves aro tho least desirable, for, to tho flngors of a blind porson, a raised lino is easier to follow than a groove, in tho caso of checkers and similar games, tho llttlo disks or indicators, shou'd hnvo small projections pro-jections underneath, which will It into holes drilled In tho proper places plac-es In tho board, ns In tho mill gamo. In others, tho board consists of llttlo llt-tlo pockots formed by thin strips, as In halma. Sometimes It, Is possible to uso thick enrdboard In plnco of wood, for tho plnylng bonrd. This should bo varnished or she' lacked after af-ter tho cardboard has been put Into In-to proper form. Any gnmo of cards may bo adapted adapt-ed by using tho raised dots which represent lottors. Theso dots arc punched by menns of a sharp pointed point-ed Instrument called a stylus, which resombles an awl. Tho raised port of tho dots should bo on tho face of tho card. Blind peoplo enjoy using enrds with pictures and for that reason rea-son tho gamo of baseball Is very popular. Plain cards aro often used however. Theso games, so commonly UBOd In Institutions, should be introduced into overy privato homo which haB one or moro blind members. They afford pastlmo without danger, and tho sightless soon becomo proficient players and often worthy opponents of anyone. |
