Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 232, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1918 — More Than 55,000 Soldiers Totally Blinded in France As Result of World War. [ARTICLE]

More Than 55,000 Soldiers Totally Blinded in France As Result of World War.

France has mpre than '55,000 men who have been made totally blind in battle. To care for these unfortunates is one of the most serious problems in that county. Since the war began Eugene Brieux, the French writer, has devoted nearly all his time and energies to caring for the blind soldiers sent back from the trenches, and the following appeal in their behalf is from his little paper, Le Journal'des Blesses aux Yeux: “Within a year, if we do not receive sufficient aid, we shaU have to cease all our distributions of help. It is serious. We have sent monthly to 371 families of the blind assistance amounting to from 20 to 46 francs. “We have paid the-cost of civilian clothes for some of them, enabled a particularly afflicted victim (both blind and armless) to enjoy a winter season on the milder shores of the Mediterranean sea. And now I shall have to cut out many a stricken family from our lists if more assistance in funds be not forthcoming. And this at a time when the cost of living has exceeded all reasonable limits.”