South Bend News-Times, Volume 38, Number 213, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 1 August 1921 — Page 7

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ii'.n on rarth where light for the inmates has failed fcrvvcr is, in fact, the brightest spot tn the ijh'le. President Warren G. Herding of the United States of America will attest to fM.-t paradr-.-rlcal a?xcrtin will a teure you that the Neu.' York Lighthouse for the Blind fiirlj gUaris 7 .-; the briUlnv c cheerfulness and happiness. He paid it a visit and found it so. Ilardicappd ax they are by that ino3t awful afflieticn of lost sifjht, the men, women and children of th institution turn darknesx into light by easting aside that pitiful tiynidity which hc$ ever been the super-brdcn of the porely burdened spirit of the blind, or indiSfirig in sports with the nt hits it run and the skill of these u ho have not ben bereft of vision. Th,- camera ha fid the story of what President Harding sav; and the remarkable photograph are reproduced here to prove that the blind do just uhat the Executive at Washington saiv them daily performing stunts of gymnastic grace ov the horizontal bar, swimming as so many fishes tn the institution's tank, whirling about a hardwood floor on roller skates, climbing trees and picktrr; wild flowers, ever bowling with an accuracy astounding. President Harding did not know whether to laugh or cry when he saw these wonderful things. "It if unbelUvcble" he whispered to one wKo ttood by. "Put, how inspiring I"

Bv Althca R. Avrcs SKAT"::?, tr.kc lue! and look to your laurels! Thcs.' little Kirl.s from the New York Lightr.j:2 fr th VA'wA canr.ot see fven a tiny f-krv.n'er of h.ht. yet tho city has no more en-thusi:.-t;c :uivt cnt s cf the hfe on wheels. Can you liiie perilously on one foot? She ran. Can you whirl in Krareful curlicues and EK;;te backward in long, even strokes? She is n.i.-tivss of all these arts. Yet she must ccptr.d -:por. a -or: of sixth sense of direction ot i physical nearness of objects to take l(r wh-r w.ir.ts to o. For she learned to t:iW im if recreation hali of the Lighthouse, wi.cif, tou'ethr with the other blind pirls from her school, she has been jroinpr for her pymr.as.um work. The sightless, just like the sightt;i, ir.ust have spcrt and exorcise to keep them fit. What -amo5 do the blind play? The number is surprisingly lare and varied. For instance, it n-iay ho news to some of you to leurn that eyes ere ir. r.o sense a part of your equipment as an expert swimmer and diver. Ten years agx, when the Lighthouse was built, in spite of much scoffir.c:, a swimming pool was installed in the base-n-.er.t. An instructor was enpageJ. At tirst he experienced much ditTiculty in persuading his pupihs even .0 r.uch as to enter the water. But lir.aliy one hardy mariner was found who learned th strckes and grained such proficiency that he t or. had the ethers on their tip-toes with envy. Cr.,- or .wd more ventured, a spirit of rivalry developed and today meets ;ire held and many rpinted cjr.te'is tnjoyed. Ti e ju- were not to be left out. A class vr..s formed and in connection wiih this particur.r little voup an interesting story is told. On ü f.vo wicks' Vampinr-out'' in the country last ;jmmcr. two nis slipped out of their tents an ! without a word to anybody went for a midnight hp. They returned without mishap and rercunte l their experience with great glee at th breakfast table next morning. The adventure brought a swif: reprimar.il from the teacher in charge, but she confesses that she was not unVu?.id since the girls had showed such absolute freedom from that instinctive timidity which has always accompanied blindness. "Midnight meant r.o more than noontime to them," she added. Astonishingly High Scores Are Made Bowling has proved to be another sport for which the blind show special aptitude, even though it is a game depending greatly upon accuracy of aim. The blind bowler guides himself by the run on which the balls are returned, calculates his distance and lets dhve. The pinboy, who alcr.e U sighted, immediately calls out the number knocked down with the information as to where to ami the nest shot. "Up numbers four, five and six," he sings out, cr "Aim for the Apparently the bowler carries in his mind an e ecu rat plan cf the pins niter each shot, for with the experienced player some astonishingly

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Actual Pliotogfrapliic Evidence of How tlie Mysterious Sixth Sense of the Sightless Js Being Utilized

V A V " This Is "John Wilson:' Star Dowier of the Blind Men's Team, Who Ran up His Score to 163 One Night and Amazed Witnesses. WS fr These Hlind Girls, in Uloomers and Middy the Veteran Apple Tree. cur blind pirls have made," the instructor answered. "You understand that the blind can learn nothing from direct imitation as we understand the word. In order to teach movement cf any sort, you must actually move the arms and legs. And you must remember that the Hind have never learned to step freely n.nd confidently, which is the secret cf graceful dancing. The group of girls who are our best danrvrs have been coming to us frjm rhihiheed and they have overcome that halting timidity, that sense cf feelinp: their way, whrh is so characteristic of the blind. When they dance they are provided wpur fMt.tur Ürt1;P, 1.21. v.

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f - J ' si Iv-frr'-:; i W : " r with no equipment t:mi we of the peeing world o not have. They do intricate folk and aesthetic dances as well as Bocial dancing, depending entirely on the music for keeping together." Play Poker, Pinochle and Bridge For summer vacations the Lihthonse maintains the "Riverlight" at Cornwall-on-the-Hud-ron, a preat rambling, eld farmhouse with every facility for a royal good time for all ages. The younger members roam at will over the fields v.-ith no fear of whizzing automobiles. They are up and over fences and into the topmost branches cf the gnarled old apple trees. The boys run foot races, guiding themselves by a wire along cue side of the course, and row boats are provided for those who have learned the art of rowing. The boys are in khaki, the girh in bloomers and middy blouses, and no more bronzed and healthy young men and women are to be found anywhere than these on their return. For quieter hours all the year round, thero are checker boards with raised and sunken squares alternating, so that the clever fingers that have been trained to work without eyes need make no errors. Checkers for one player will ba rDund, fcr the other square, and when the checker reaches the king row, instead of teing crowned it is turned over so tha: a small depression on cr.e side may mark it oil from its fellows. Dcminocs have tiny brass buttons to indicate the numbers, and are made interlocking1, or sawtoothed, so that they fit tightly together and cannot slip out of position. Poker, pinochle and even bridge are by no means beyond the powers o: the sightless, when regular playing cards aro

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Danger of Sunstroke and Freezing in Mountain Climbing

M ANY mountain climbers have reached 20,000 feet elevation in the Himalayas, but above this height there is a rapidly de creasing list. Gen. C. G. Brace, a veteran climber ::. the Himalayas, calls it enjoyable up to 20,000 feet, but a serious grind thereafter. Camp at 13,000 to 1G,000 feet is far mere comfortable than above 20,C0O, where s-pecial equipment of all kinds i: necessary to maintain life. Most stoves refuse to burn above this altitude, tut one must have pood and hot food. In spite of warm clothing-, a sleepins-batr, and the protection of a tc:;t, there is usually little rca comfort at night. By day the ultra-violet light, which it far less hindered by the atmosphere at high rltaudes than at sea level, literally burns tha fc'cln. and fevr results. The intense cold of hih altitudes i3 most dif Ulliiltlllinililittlltlltil

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