Evening Star Newspaper, October 25, 1936, Page 20

EYES OF WOMAN LIGHTED 3 LIVES| Tragic Death of Helen Kel- ler’s Teacher Reveals Role of Her Secretary. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 24.—The se- eret eyes through which Helen Keller, the famous blind woman, sees the world were revealed today by the sec- ond great tragedy of her life. The story is that of a Scotch woman who lived three lives for 14 years and had to see everything she looked at in three different ways. Today that woman—Miss Polly Thomson, Miss Keller's secretary— lives only twice. Her third “self.” Mrs. Anne Sullivan Macy, Miss Keller's teacher, died this week. Until Mrs. Macy’s death, the woman from the Scottish Highlands was an unsung heroine of one of history's most amazing households. For a decade and a half she buried her identity in the task of serving as eyes for the blind, deaf Miss Keller and the virtually blind teacher who le Miss Keller to international fame. While she lived the teacher held the spotlight for her accomplishment in teaching her pupil to speak and to *“hear” through her hands. In death, to Miss Keller a tragedy second only to her affiiction, the teacher gave the world a secret only a few friends had known: It was not Mrs. Macy, great though her contribution was, but Miss Thom- son through whom Miss Keller saw life, saw it almost as clearly as though the eyes were her own. Kept Normal Household. To keep her employer abreast of eurrent events, Miss Thomson main- tained & blind household on lines astoundingly close to normal. The mere fact that her two com- panions could not see did not prevent their reading their favorite newspaper at breakfast every morning. Propping it up, in traditional break- fast fashion, the secretary would read as she served the meal. Mrs. ‘Macy, who could hear, would hold Miss Keller's hand and relay the news to her in finger-tip “writing.” Miss Kel- ler would comment in her monotone School gymnasium. voice, and discussion would pass from hand to hand. If the news were particularly inter- esting, the three would retire to the living room and talk it over in detail. After that, on an average day, would come the sorting of the mail. More often than not, Miss Keller would have a speech or plea of some sort to write for aid to the blind. While she went to the third floor to| write it, finding her own way to her study, Miss Thomson would go the incoming envelopes. If there was an urgent letter, thel secretary would stamp her foot on the fioor. Miss Keller would feel the vi- bration upstairs, and hurry down to compose an answer. “Heard” Radio Vibrations. 1r the telephone or the doorbell rang, the secretary must answer. I guests came, she must serve tea, and act as interpreter between hostesses | and guests. | When >vening came, there was en- | tertainment to think of. They might | stay home and listen to the radio, | with Miss Thomson “writing” the| broadeast in Miss Keller's palm. If| there was music, Miss Keller's fingers would rest on the loudspeaker to pick up vibration. They went to movies, too, and plays. Miss Keller saw the scenes as they flickered on and off the screen, thanks again to her secretary’s nimbie fingers. If Mrs. Macy went along, the relzyl worked azain. A day like this is wearing for the manial alphabet they use is a stren- | uous exercise. It was because of Mrs. Macy's fail- ing eyesight that the 29-year-old woman from Glasgow became Miss | Keller's secretary in 1914. | Miss Keller was on a lecture tour of the country then, and some one| was needed to handle mechanical de- | tails. She must be a secretary on the road, a cook in the kitchen, a co- hostess in the parlor and a gardener | in the back yard. Miss Thomson has been all those things, living two lives—Miss Keller's | and her own—for 22 years. In 1922 in Toronto, Canada, the glare of the footlights began drawing the final curtain over Mrs. Macy's eyes. The teacher's sight had never been good. She knew people by their voices rather than their faces. She read only coarse print, and could not interpret street signs. The footlights drove her from the platforms where Miss Keller ap- peared. Miss Thomson took her place, thus acquiring a third existence. — To Talk on “Peace and Labor.” | Miss Eleanor Fowler, vice president | of the District Women’s Trade Union | League, will address the District | Branch of the Women's International | League for Peace and Freedom at its regular monthly meeting tomorrow at | 3 p.m. at the Priend’s Meeting House, | 2111 Florida avenue. Her topic will | be “Peace and the Labor Movement.” | through | JOE RANDAZZA, Gloucester, Mass., boy, not vet 4, tips the scales at 146 pounds. R. Samuel Luckett, grand s mander of the District, watching drill teams Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of t R Titanic Tots in International Battle for Weight Honors LESLIE BOWLES enior warden of Virginia, and Arthur C. Shaw, grand com- erform at the arnual field day exercises of the e District, held last night in McKinley High —Star Staff Photo. he said, “but lack the necessary money. | We are willing to match him against | in height, weight and intelligence. I | hope one day he will broadcast, pe- | cause he can sing or talk as well as a boy more than twice his age.” Meanwhile Leslie has already made his first public appearances. At Rams- | gate early in the Summer—he weighed | a mere 147 pounds then—he was ex- | “hibited in a $-foot pen at a sun fair | before 50,000 people. Later he made a brief appearance in | London, but a similar exhibition in his native town of Yarmouth was cut short by the authorities. An inspector of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chil- dren told the magistrates he found Leslie facing an admiring public in a building which had formerly been used as a monkey house, and Leslie’s father was fined £5 for employing the | boy and causing him to take part in | an entertainment. Since then Leslie has just sat back | to take things quietly—and put on | weight. [ “People told me I could make a little money from the boy,” explained Regi- | nald Bowles, who is an unemployed fish porter. “He is very intelligent and we are not having anybody take | him from us. It is very expensive to keep him, as he needs a lot of food | and has to have special clothing made, but he’s our favorite. “Doctors told us he would never walk, but he has been walking for about four months now.” The father is convinced that Leslie’s | only serious rival is his younger broth. Of Great Yarmouth, England, 4er, Kenneth, who weighed nine and who weighs 154 pounds. —A. P. Photos. Joe Randazza of Gloucester, Mass., who will be 4 years old in December, today weighs 146 pounds. Over in Yarmouth, England, Les- lie Bowles, a 4-year-old, tips the scales at 154 pounds. For several years they have been in a sort of unofficial race for weight honors. First one and then the other has been in the lead. This year Leslie has an eight-pound edge, but Joe isn't bothered. Each is growing rapidly. The following dispatches from Yarmouth and Gloucester tell the latest activities of the 4-year-old welterweights: L — GLOUCESTER, Mass., October 24 (4. —Joe Randazza won't be 4 years old until December, but even today, de- spite his tender age, he is over the welterweight limit and getting heavier right along. Joe, born in December, 1932, weighs | 146 pounds and is 6 inches shy of 5| feet in height. His sister Grace, who is two years his elder, weighs a normal 49 pounds. His cousin, Sammy Ran- dazza, is 12 years old and weighs a mere 65 pounds. Which gives you an idea. There's nothing wrong with Joe Randazza's health. He's as active as any child. If there is any difference, it lies in the fact that he tires more easily than the others because of his weight. Ask the children of the neighbor- hood what kind of games Joe plays, and theyl say: “He doesn’t play; he fights.” This is an exaggeration, for Joe likes to play with the same toys as any child his age. The onl, thing A FEW 1936 MODEL DE LUXE RCA VICTOR AUTOMATIC 'RADIO PHONOGRAPHS Special Only LIST PRICE, $260 | is that he has to be careful. If he gets too rough, it is too bad for the toys, which, after all, arent built for 146-pound youngsters. His principal enthusiasm is ice cream. He gets plenty of it. He is very popular with' the neighbors, and they aren't slow in showing it by set- | ting up the sodas and sundaes when- ever Joe's in the mood, which is prac- tically always. Joe was born big and has kept right on piling on pounds through the years. He likes to box with the neighborhood boys, but they are a little wary, for when he socks, the fight's over, BRITON SCALES 154, Father Anxious to Bring 4-Year-Old to America. YARMOUTH, England, October 24 () —Four-year-old Leslie. Bowles of Great Yarmouth, claimed by his father to be the biggest boy of his age in the world, now tips the scales at 154 pounds and is still putting on weight. ‘When he heard that a challenger, Joseph Randazza of Gloucester, Mass., was in the fleld for heavyweight baby title, Father Reginald Bowles swelled with parental pride. “T'd like to take Leslie to America three-quarter pounds at birth. MRS. THOMAS HAYNES IS DEAD IN CAROLINA Wife of Southern Railway Ac- countant Here Ill Only Ten Days. Mrs. Mary Anise Corbett Haynes. 45, wife of Thomas B. Haynes, 1332 Massachusetts avenue, valuation as- sistant of the Southern Railway Sys- tem here, died last night in an Ashe- ville, N. C,, hospital, according to an Associated Press dispatch. 8he was ill only 10 days. Mrs. Haynes was a native of Geor- gia and a former resident of Colum- bia, S. C. She is survived by her hus- band, one daughter, Miss Hazel Haynes of Asheville; her mother, Mrs. Richard T. Corbett of Columbia, S. C., and two sisters, Miss Nell Cor- | bett of Columbia and Mrs. J. W. Haynes of Asheville. Funeral services will be conducted | at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at | her residence in Asheville, - in Belfast, Flour mills Northern Ireland, have raised wages. STAGE FIELD DAY Washington Commandery, No. 1, and De Molay, No. 4, Are Drill Victors. ‘Washington Commandery No. 1 and De Molay Commandery No. 4 won major honors last night as their drill teams captured first places in the annual field day exercises of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of the District, held in McKinley High School Gymnasium. The Washington Commandery teanf, captained by Ruben A. Bogley, Jr., defeated Columbia Commandery No. 2 by a close margin in the class A drill. De Molay Commandery, under Ernest F. Gude, defeated three other teams in the class B drill. Orient Commandery, under William McHenry, was runner-up in the lat- ter class. - Exercises in the Knights Templar field day, the principal Fall event in Templar Masonry, got under way at 7:30 p.m. when officers and distin- guished guests of the Grand Com- mandery, were escorted to seats of honor in the stand. Music for this parade and throughout the evening was furnished by the Grotto Band. Judges for the drill competition | were Willlam T. Burnett, past com- mander of Beauseant Commandery No. 8, Baltimore; Edwin S. White, deputy grand commander of -Mary- | land; C. Ridgway Moore, deputy | grand commander of Virginia: Master Sergt. V. L. Anderson and Staff Sergt. A. E. Tooze, Engineer Corps, stationed at Fort Belvoir. Arthur C. Shaw, grand commander for the District, had as guests for the evening Fitzhugh L. Grimstead, grand commander of Virginia; R. Samuel Luckett, grand senior Warden from Virginia, and John B. Phelps, past | grand commander of Miami, Fla. | Knights, Phelps, chairman of the Committee on Arrangements for the campment of the United States, to held in Miami, in July, 1937, told o! plans for the convention. ROUND- TABLE AIDES NAMED FOR SESSI0 James E. Smith Heads Group in Charge of International Convention. Appointment of James E. Smith, president of the National Radio In- stitute and vice president of the Round Table International, as gen- eral chairman of the Convention Committee, in charge of the 1937 Interna- ble ga.hering here, was an- nouncel last night. Dr. Fverett M. Ellison, past ine ternational presi- dent, has been appointed hon- orary chairman of the committee, James B smitn. 0 € rge B Fraser, past president of the Wash- ington Round Table, honorary vice | chairman. It is expected that the 1937 conven- tion will be the largest in the history of the organization, it was announced. The Convention Committee is being assisted by the Convention Bureau of mittee. Other officers and subcommittee chairmen of the convention group | have been appointed as follows: * First general vice chairman, Dr. David T. Gates: second general vice chairman, F. Elton Rogers; program, Page Etchison; finance, Don R. Hutch- ison; reception, George E. Harris; sec- | retary, Harry A. Havens; treasurer, | Louis L. Menne; side), Maj. Thomas J, Frailey; enter- tainment (outside), Harvey B. Otter- man; outdoor sports, Richard C. Law- renson; transportation, Frederick Carl; publicity, Edward T. Stafford; hotel and registration, T. E. Gilbert; at- tendance, William A. Edelblut; ban- quet, Samuel F. Harper; music, Ray- mond Rapp; singing, William E. Braithwaite, and photographer, Earle S. Buckingham. Slingshot Beats Shotgun. COLDWATER, Mich. (#).—Farmer Edwin Swain aimed carefully at a rabbit, fired both barrels of his shot- gun—and missed. Son John, 7, let fiy with his slingshot, hit Bunny | squarely between the eyes. End of the Month Clearance ASHERS & IRONERS TWO-TUB—WRINGERS—SPIN-DRY WASHING MACHINES $ IRONING MACHINES FLAT-PLATE ALSO ROLL TYPE ON SALE COUGHLINSEESU.S, tional Round Ta- | entertainment (in- | Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle (left) president of the Board of Education, shown last night at a dinner honoring Frank C. Daniel (right), whose, twenty-fifth anniversary as head of McKinley High School occurred last week. The dinner for Prof. Daniel was given by his associates on the faculty at McKinley, at the Hay-Adams House last night. ~—Star Staff Photo. CASH FEEDING WAR America Ready to Extend .Money Credit Again, Priest Claims. Br the Associated Press. DETROIT, October 24 —Rev. Charles | E. Coughlin asserted tonight “America | dressed man who was killed instantly any boy of similar age in the world | Triennial Conclave of the Grand En- | IS Preparing to extend money or credit | Thursday night when struck by a be | s she did before to England and | truck on the Washington Boulevard | ¢ | France for the conduct of impending | about 2! miles north of Laurel bloodshed.” In a radio address, he said: “Soon ]the drums will beat; soon the bugles | will blow, summoning the flower of the name of | American youth, in for. ‘The collection of the $11,000,-| 000,000 debt owed to the American | Government must not interfere with the collection of the $15,000,000,000 | debt owed to private American citi- | zens. These facts, my friends, you understand. It is the first time that any one has dared to tell in public the real reason why the foreign debt | has not been collected.” LAUREL TRUCK VICTIM REMAINS UNIDENTIFIED | Police at Laurel, ing to learn the identity of a well- | d., are still seek- The man is described as being 6 feet tall, middle-aged and having black hair. A “Y"-shaped scar is on his head. He had a small sum of money and keys in his pockets. Police | RECORD 700 LU, COLBY DECLARES Wilson Secretary of State Says Roosevelt Fears Past Showing. By the Assoziated Press. PHILADELPHIA, October 24— Bainbridge Colby, Sccritary of State under President Wilson, said tonight that President Roosevelt was “afraid” to let the record of his administration “speak for itself.” This, he declared in a speech pre- pared for delivery at the Metropoli- tan Opera House, exolained why the President was campaigning so vigor- ously for re-election. “His record speaks too loud,” Colby said, “and he thinks it incumbent upon him to speak a little louder, if he can—{or safety's sake.” He sdded: “All his major legis'ation has been thrown into the azh can as illegal, violative of the citizens' rights and liberties, and in conflict with the Constitution.” Colby. one of the group of prom- inent Democrats who “took a walk™ from the New Deal with Alfred E. Smith, voiced his cticism of th2 President’s campalgn in a “Jeffer- | sonian Democrat” address supportin?; Gov. Alf M. Landon, the Republican nominee. “Until a time not so long ago,” Colby said, “it was considered the height of impropriety for a President to actively campaign for his re-election.” Instead of silence, he said, President Roosevelt was giving the Nation “the unedifying spectacle” of “frenzied and reckless appeals to the prejudices, the hates and the ignorance of every man or group that has a vote” and “naked appeals to those in receipt of Govern- ment handouts.” He said the President’s claims to starting business recovery were spur- ious, adding: “Whatever progress in business, ag- riculture and indust'y which the country has made has not been the result of Mr. Roosevelt's planning, but of the abandonment of his plans and the invalidation of his legislation.” Colby defended the “Jeffersonians’ ™ support of Landon, saying President Roosevelt had “destroyed” the Demo- cratic party, while the Kansas Gov- patriotism, to defend 1937 or 1938 the | believe he may be identified by laun- | ernor was “a Republican, but first an sustained in 1917 and 1918. “This assertion I shall clarify,” he| added. “If I cannot do o, I call upon | every person in this audience to over- | whelm the opponents of the New Deal | with an avalanche of ballots. If I can | support this charge, I ask you to turn your back upon the New Deal, its siren voice and its broken promises, lest you | follow it down the avenue of de- struction.” . | As a “substantiating fact,” the priest said that Secretary Morgenthau failed to take full advantage of the war debt funding agreements to obtain payment “lest it interfere” with the payment of loans which private bankers had made in Europe. | | In addition, he charged that the| | recently concluded agreement between | | this country, France and Great Britain meant that America had consented to pay $35 an ounce for imported gold | purchased with “printing press money | manufactured at less than $35 a ton.” | | 'The priest asserted that Morgenthau 1did not take advantage of a proviso | in the debt agreements whereby huge | bonds given in security for these debts !could be broken into small denomi- | nations and sold to the public for the | satisfaction of the debts. 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