Show DEAF BLIND ja ALERT unimpaired faculties developed to high degree harry L vicen instructor of walcott comb combs Is working to educate other ers like himself tells how youth enjoy enjoys play chicago wolcott coomb coombs nineteen years old was born bom without two of 0 the moat most important faculties of man he can neither bear nor eee see IP ir yelta of this handicap in life he has acquired an intellectual capacity under the personal instruction ot of bis his friend harry L L virden 2728 washington boulevard that Is akely to make him another example like helen kellar of what can be osbed by persons parsons whose perceptive faculties have been curtailed coombs attends the theaters and enjoy enjoys the plays he ile reads a great deal favoring history and economics holds decided political opinions lie ile doe doea expert hammock weaving he ile uses tag typewriter and produces clean accurate copy he ile writes in all the form forms used by deaf and blind people as well as EnI english ish script he ile altes 1 to converse with normal people and has made many friends abo na nav been only too anxious to era sate er his hi quest questions lAns mr virden was inclined to be b reluctant in admitting his part in coombs Coo rote education he ile questioned IvI nether the same might not be done with any blind and deaf person who Is in to learn the fact that coombs cannot hear or A has made him couce concentrate more on his other faculties said mr vir den 1 I do not believe that the remaining senses of a person so afflicted are more ratte rte in proportion they merely become sensitive through use us few of us normal use oar our eyes and ears prop erly 11 mr virden first became acquainted with coombs whilo principal of the oklahoma school for or the blind at fort gibson okla which la Is near the lads ad a home homed when he gave up bis his work there and came to chicago be he brought the lad with him he ile dald ed to give him every advantage in bis power dower soon coombs was able to quickly and intelligently with his teacher later ho he made many acquaintances in chicago bilig mabel taliaferro Talla ferro who was then ap in moving moring picture plays proved a helpful friend he ile also visited the juvenile court coury he ile showed great interest in the welfare of ju venile offenders and held everal con terence tere feren ces with judge Pl ackney although coombs reads all man ner of or raised type and talks lu it the usual sign ign language I 1 found that the easl evelett est ay ar for him to communicate with strangers who did not know any ign sign language wae was to have the letters of the alphabet traced on the palm of hia his band hand any one can speak with him in thie this fashion faeh lon and of course I 1 can communicate more rapidly be caume I 1 use abbreviations ebka we both understand at the theater I 1 hold bis his hand and convey to him the worda words of the play ere the pauses give me plenty of time to keep up with the dialogue mr virden ie in a member of the corn com cittee on special education of the na lional educational association and as ucb such will visit every institution for the deaf dumb and blind in the united staler he ile bel belleree leres that many of his investigation investigations will haye hats a dl bearing on the future of aduca tion for the deaf and nud blind many of our state institutions are highly ellI efficient clent I 1 aid said mr air virden the of education for persons both eaf and blind however has hardly been touched A great deal can be done for them when once we ve know what means to employ to help them M |