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Show THE ECOLE BRAJiIE FnCNCII aCHOOLWHEIIUf.D CMILOncfV ARE EDUCATED, r CM.ny ii7 ou.rrall..-y.lStly Blthl l'in,m., ,y tlata liWl" III. lory lloyi and OtrU AJw' Skllld la Uaaral Trader '" J (1'ails IWier.) M fOST visit, if to t'arls ond other large, Fteiict towna have beenfl turns moved amlV sguat ed by the Ui Ithtly mass of 'I 'ggara who crowd round the porch each l'rench chip h and public UeVJIng. More pari Sifrly Is the French lorn of chlldrcnlshame fully exploited, and tho blrfh of blind child Into a poverty-stricken family la often hailed with rJjolciog. for tho unfortunate wilt very soon become be-come a very profitable source of Income In-come lo all those conrjeted with him. A well-known philanthropist, II. rp-ban, rp-ban, mado up his mind lo provide a remedy for (his deplorable state of things. After many fruitless efforts, lie Interested the government In his scheme, and on Jan. 1, 1S83, was formally for-mally opened the 1'colo (school) llrallle, which, though originally founded In Iurls, has now been transferred trans-ferred to the pretty country town of Balm Monde. Onco, however, tbsl a Mind child has the good fortune to find lilroaelf on Inmate ot the Kcolo llrallle, his lot may be envied by his more forlunsto brother or slater, for each blind scholar Is not only carefully care-fully taught all that tha ordinary French child learns In the primary Rovernmeut schools, but also shares In the advantages of a splendid gymnasium gymna-sium and delightful playground. Moat people halo heard ot the llrallle system sys-tem of teaching the blind, but probably prob-ably few realise exactly In what It conslats. The senso of touch or feeling feel-ing Is very highly developed among thoso who are without alght, and It Is extraordinary to what an extent thla sense can be cultivated nnd Increased. The llrallle system simply conslats of developing and applying the huh of touch till through It the pupil can be taiiKht everything, from the alphabet to basket-making. In other words, al though It may seem paradoxical 10 say so, everything Is done to develop among the blind tho sense ot observation. observa-tion. Indeed, In some waya th Inmates In-mates of the Institution would teem to bo even more Intelligent nnd quick than are ordinary children, and, ss a rule, they reply to tho questions pet to them by their masters nnd mistresses quickly nnd accurately. Nothing can be more strange, aud at the suret.me mora palhotlc, than the spectacle of n natural history lesson nt the Kcole llrallle, Ilcforo each pupils Is put the model ot an animal. Immediately a number of little hands are seen rapidly rapid-ly passing over tho model, seeking out the eyes, the feet, the teeth, the tall. Then conies the answer In chorus, "This Is a dog," or "This Is a duck, teacher," giving as clearly aa may bo what has led each pupil to the right conclusion. Tho sitme system la pur-.sued pur-.sued In every euse, and some extraordinary extraor-dinary results havo been schlevcd with the help ot raised mo pa and terrestrial ter-restrial globes. As tho visitor turns round the globe, ho ran ask a pupil to Indicate to him a town In Ann, (Europe (Eu-rope or America, and after a few moments, mo-ments, the right spot or railed dot, will be indicated. Another excellent faahlon of teaching geography Is by the help of thoso wooden pussies which, whon completely tilted together, togeth-er, form tho section of a map. The blind child docs not, as a rulo, caro to play or run about. Ho his to bo taught all the usual games, but after n very short time at Holnt Uande a new pupil become as keenly anxious lo take his part In the playground as elsewhere. When each pupil, boy or girl, attains the ago ot 13, he or she Is apprenticed to a trade, brush-making nnd all kinds of rough straw-work being taught to tho boys, whllo tho girls become artlflclal-rlawer makers or take part In the manufacture ot thoso hundred-and-one articles which MAKING UASKina delight the paaoors by In tho chief thoroughfaree ot larls It it algnlfl cant that, although both In bruahtnak Ing and kindred trades many sharp Instruments ara used, a blind workman seldom It ever cuts himself. AWge trade In cbalr-canlng Is dons at tho school, |