Show SAVE WILLIAM PENNS CHAIRS national heirlooms Heir looms about to fall apart have been repaired by blind women two quaint and graceful chairs that once belong belonged ed to william penn fenn have bavei just been repaired by two women who have never seen the chairs chaire says the philadelphia ledger the two women are inmates of the pennsylvania industrial dust du ilal homo home for blind women the chairs are preserved in the east room of independence hall anthe second floor year year by year the cane bottoms or of the famous old relies relics have been gradually cracking and falling out the committee in charge decided that unless the cane was replaced the woodwork might soon collapse but they did not dare to let the chairs be taken out of congress hall so they sent tor for miss aliss ira n frost ost mistress of handicraft at tile the industrial home for blind women and she brought with her to the room two of the blind women who understood chair rep repairing alfing the work was peculiarly difficult for it was impossible to erect in congress hall the caning table needed to hold the chairs firmly in place and moreover their woodwork was soft with age but the deft seeing fingers 7 of the bling women did the work in spite of all the difficulties difficult les and now tile the precious william penn chairs ure fare safe |