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Show I WORK FOR THE BLIND. SMeeaage lmi Proper Occupation for ! th Afflicted. L Matlgnon iiricea the adoption of aiasstge by tho blind, citing the es-at es-at pie of the Japsnesn, among whom It la practiced almost entirely by per-eoaa per-eoaa Ihua afflicted. HlRht In not necessary neces-sary fnr effectual wnrk In this line, providing tha operator be famlilar with the muscular system and knows the art of message thnromhly. Hwed-it, Hwed-it, flwltzerland and r:tu :n are following fol-lowing the examples of Japan In this respect, and thn author describes a elaaa mcetlre; held In llrtieseia by Professor tl Itanlfl for iho Inatruc-linn Inatruc-linn of atKiut a doyen blind persons. Tout theoretical tes,.ns are slvn at the bejclnnti a of thn course a tr Ilia value of masaaca anil its appl. cation. Tho firih Ifii.vn la devoted In th ! etody of Iho skeleton iiir elvth and anvemth to Ihe niuael-.a l,leh. mova 1 tho various purilona i,r n,,. holy i:. h popll palpates the nuncios on a human hu-man etibji-oi. The fo'inwlng lessons concern inseesee Itaeit, mil an continued con-tinued until the pupils an- Individually well versed In tin art. Th-y are then admitted to pra I re In tli clinic, nnd imrfcct themselves In the vocation tV imiii of which lliey are afterward en-aided en-aided to c.rn ti i-'r iivioe |