Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 197, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1911 — How the Blind Tell Time. [ARTICLE]

How the Blind Tell Time.

The fingers of a blind man were skimming over the pages of a book in the reading room for the sightless In the New York public library, when he| suddenly drew fa watch from his pocket, opened the face, closed it with a snap, and then placed his book on the table, says the New York Times. “It’s 4 o’clock. I guess I’d better be going,” he said to the librarian, Miss Lucille Gothwaite, who was hovering near to attend to the wants of her readers. The tg>ok was replaced on the shelf ana the blind man rose and departed. The blind man’s telling time by a watch Impressed a visitor, who asked Miss Goldthwalte. “You will find that most blind persons carry watches, and often consult them. The watches are of the hunting case sort, but they have no crystal, and the numerals are embossed. The blind person opens the case and by pressing his fingers lightly on the face he can tell the time Instantly by the position of the bands. The watches are especially made for the sightless, the hands being made differently, so they may be distinguished at once.”