Evening Star Newspaper, August 3, 1930, Page 52

16 MANY DEAF-BLIND HIGHLY EDUCATED Afflicted Persons Learn of| World Through Sense Every one knows of Helen Keller, but | how many persons know that there are 2,000 to 3,000 Helen Kellers in the United States and Canada? To be sure, these deaf-blind persons do not have the fame or perhaps the brilliance of the famous Helen, but at least 900 cases of deaf-blind persons and their accomplishments have been | studied by Corinne Rocheleau and Re- | becca Mack. They have put the results of their studies in “Those in Dark Sllence,” & book describing the remarkable teach- ing of the deaf-blind. Many of those studied are persons of surprising at- tainment. The authors of the book themselves constitute a unique pair. Miss Roche- leau, American despite the name,.is completely deaf, but speaks English and French, learned through lip read- ing, and has been named laureate of the French Academy for a book in French Miss Mack is all but blind. The two | have specialized in studying the deaf- | blind. When they travel together Miss Mack hears and Miss Rocheleau sees. The authors point out that few per- gons are born deaf and blind, but that most. cases result from disease in in- fancy—spinal meningitis, scarlet fever and sleeping sickness being frequent destroyers of the optic and auditory eorgans. Often Sense of Smell Lacking. The greatest problem is to establish s contact with the deaf-blind brain. Often touch is the only sense that can be used, even smell being gone. The problem is to awaken the brain, ‘which, as the specialists put it, is Jike that of an unborn child. The body of the deaf-blind child may be perfectly healthy, but without hearing and with- out sight the brain remains infantile, learning practically nothing. Then comes the teacher, who puts an object in the unfortunate one’s hand and at the same time spells with the manual finger alphabet against the other hand of the deaf-blind person. Gradually the brain begins to associate these consecutive signs with the object. Other objects are discovered. Letters and words begin to be born in the iso- ain. language is used ihe af- ted person is taught to place the fingers on the lips or neck of the speak- er to feel the vibrations. By the same of constant association, certain ‘while, she was the world with the manual alphabet. Helen Martin’s music became 5o re- markable that she has given concerts in dentally, Beethoven was deaf when he wrote some of his later com- positions. Ira N. Rathbun, New London, Conn., deaf, dumb and blind, is an expert shoemaker and a well known figure in his city. He is more than 60. Miss Rocheleau and Miss Mack point out that there are an astonishing num- ber of ways for communicating with the deaf-blind, despite the fact that only a few generations ago they were usually called idiots. In addition to the methods already mentioned, some deaf-blind persons use the phonetic hand alphabet, various spots on the fingers and palm of the hand repre- senting different letters or ideas. Most deaf-blind persons also understand words written with the finger on the back of their hands. Oral Method Jumps Barrier. Raised type and the braille system are used for writing. With braille ma- chines the deaf-blind may correspond ‘with one another. But most of these methods isolate the deaf-blind persons A Perfect Permanent Wave Special Price during August $7.85 Including Shampoo and Finger Wave When one of our expert Operators gives you a Per- manent Wave you have the assurance of being per- fectly groomed at all times —the Permanents we give remain smooth, natural looking and deep set. Phone National 5100 for appoinlmcnt. (Powder Box, Pifth Ploor) Tur . Hecut Co. F STREET AT SEVENTH Rome Mint to Coin Vatican City Money Under New Treaty By the Assoctated Press. ROME, August 2.—The Vatican City ‘authorities "and Finance Minister Mosconi of Italy today entered into a convention under which the royal mint at Rome would take over the coinage of Vatican City currency, which will be recognized as legal tender throughout the Kingdom of Italy. The treaty regulates the quan- tity of Vatican City money which may be coined during the 10 years of the agreement. from the unskilled persons of ordinary life. The oral method jumps .this barrier. For instance, Tad Chapman, 15-year- old deaf-blind prodigy of Redficld, S. Dak., recently made a visit to Mil- waukee, He spoke to a reporter,asked him questions about Milwaukee, the lake, the processes of making & news- paper, and so on, and he “heard” the answers by placing his finggrs on the reporter’s lips. This boy could “hear” in nine ways (Copyright. 1930, by North American News: paper Alliance.) 4 Ways to Pay 1. $10 Deposit will hold your coat. 2. $10 now—Dbalance in between now and when you take your coat. 3. You may charge it on MODERN “DON QUIXOTE,” AGED 17, IS INTERRUPTED Immniigration Officers at Border Halt Boy, Bound for Adventure and Carrying Girl’s Hair. KANSAS CITY (N.AN.A.) —With the spirit_that activated Don . Quixote in his tiit with the windmills, Forest All- | britton, 17, set forth from his home | armed with a revolver, a cartridge belt, | a dagger, a_Bible and a lock of his | girl’s hair, but reality intruded upon, |.the adventure. | Immigration inspectors at the Wind- sor ferry dock, on the Canadian border, returned him to Detroit and Detroit | police arrested him on a charge of being a wayward minor. He had 35 cents in his pocket. While the police were notifying his parents, the young man had a photo- | graph of “the only girl” to console him. 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