Show 4 I Gi WJ ml LET TO Oo TIN J o IW 1 t E 1 FIRST ATTEMPT AT r 3 COMMUNICATION TION i To Be Printed or Embossed on Sheets of Foolscap Size Four or or Five in L Letter otter SOCIETY DOING GOOD WORK Western Association of the Blind Has HasI I About Twenty Members Members All All Blind Invited to o Join S A circular letter Jetter will shortly be sent out by the Western Vestern Association of the i r Blind BUnd to all aU blind people In the state who are able to read It will be printed print print- t f ed or embossed In American Braille I on sheets of foolscap size with four e or five of them to the letter tetter and the H J i work will be done b by A. A N. N Talmage of ot Provo a former teacher In the e i state school for tor the blind at Ogden t who ho owns a prin printing ng machine I The letter Jetter is the first attempt to it J establish communication among the thet t b blind of ot the state It will contain an invitation to Join the association of ot the blind bUnd and if it it ft meets with re response re- re r 21 and approval al it will likely be followed by others The plan Is to publish such a letter quarterly It will v h contain matter of interest to the blind ho and may ay at length develop into newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- III paper or magazine form rat M i Because the publication entails idl dl lJ stereotyping work and plates must be made for tor embossing embossing- the expense will willbe willbe be considerable Fifty copies willal will III al Tal- Tal Talmage make up the first edition and Mr tr Tal- Tal tl mage has a a. mailing list of that man many names The letters can be rolled and sent through the mails for 1 cent each ili A correspondence club may be another another an an- other development but the prime object object object ob ob- ob- ob i. i at present is to enlarge the membership membership membership mem mem- of the Western Association of ot the Blind This society whose purpose is chiefly chief chief- chiefly ly Iy social intercourse was organized in April 1908 1905 and now has about twenty members with the following officers W. W A. A Hodges president A A. I N. N Talmage secretary Mrs Err Emma na Riches treasurer Among the members members members mem mem- bers are George Timpson John Fowler and Fert Ferry Ross The next annual meeting for the election of officers will be bo held October 7 at a place not II yet Pt designated All blind persons in inthe the he state are invited to attend the J meeting meeting- and join the society Regular meetings of ot the board of ot control are held quarterly and social affairs somewhat oftener The president Mr Hodges was born 6 In London in 1838 1835 and came to Utah in hi 1861 1561 where in 1879 he opened an assay office that is still maintained by his son under the name of W. W A. A lit 1 Hodges S Son Mr Hodges lost his sight suddenly through disease about ten years ago o. Since that time he has familiarized himself with various arious s forms of ot printing for the blind andt and t boasts that he can read more kinds of cb type than any other person in the 1 state of Utah Before BHore the illness tt which cost him his sight Mr Hodges i was a great student and an inveterate It reader Now he Is constantly bus busy t with books book and a large Mc C vf a k r 1 2 r y j 4 4 r S F 45 1 S' S p W a mod yr y y y Est v r y 3 a fr l' l rYk i d dy 4 y e 4 a piNh 3 rn s sf f R S Sd d ky 2 f W r Ym r c 7 t t S 'S e ef f Re i t r yi aF d W. W A. A HODGES President Western Association of the Blind I dence dente all done in one of the different blind types He also uses a standard typewriter for other letters and business business business busi busi- ness affairs Two styles of American Braille the contracted and the English Braille and three kinds of or New York point are the systems systems SS S'S terns with which Mr Hodges is fa fa- fa This year ear three blind students are enrolled at the University of Utah Murray l Allen William illiam W W. Nichols and Miss Mary Mr Ir Allen now nowa a sophomore is one of the most brilliant bril bril- and popular men In the school He is exceptionally good in class work maintaining maintaining- a high average of scholarship scholarship scholarship scholar scholar- ship last year in the re regular ular freshman studies of the arts and science school chool which Include courses in English elocution elocution elocution elo elo- cution German and economics Heis Heis He Ho Hois is a participant in all class activities and last Jast year was a regular attendant at the football and baseball games Mr Nichols and Miss cr satisfied satis satis- satisfied fie fied all entrance requirements with credits from the state school for for- forthe the blind and bid fair tair to be excellent stu stu- stu dents At the tho reading room for tOl the blind blindin in the public library there Is an average average average aver aver- age attendance of ten or twelve at each of the four sessions during the week reek Three Gays days are devoted to 0 readings and Saturday morning the Braille s system stem and standard typewriting ing are taught A class in United States history has also alo been organized by the attendant in charge Miss Felice Domenge |