New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 22, 1928, Page 3

UNSHINE DRIVE FOR BLIND BABIES Cavonicus Brauch fo Raise $30,000 Endowment Fund How to mmuitiply §430 by 11 und mike it reach $14,000 is the prob- e facing Miss Lillian M. Russell, superintendent of the Connecticut Nursery for the Blind at Hartford. How to help Miss Russell perfo this mathematical marvel is what the {anonjeus branch of the Interpation- al Sunshine society would like-to do. “Have you ever seen the nurs for the blind at led Mrs. George W, o fortunately, no,” replicd the Ierald representative. “Well, jump in car and I'll drive you over. Thus & reporter found himself whisked over the concrete road to the fnstitution in Farmingt miliarly known as “The Dlind I Home® Mrs. Corbin, besides b state Sunshine president. is president of Canenicus branch, the New Drit ain branch. Tthe visitors found themsclves in & frame building, which must at o1 have served as a private lic as cozy, comfortall ful but not preteptious. There as ate about the homc mpression that cffor tomake every doll 48 worth of w presumption prove when Miss Russell was lier finances. Altho epts bal birth and keeps them y are 13 years old, no stute propriation is received until they able to attend ool Then if for any peason the child is unable to ut- tend school the per priation stops for t state figures each blir worth just $450 a ve lows for clothing, food, shelter, ma irine, doctor and cducation. School hooks of especial manufacture, cost 10 times the cost of book ited In ordinary type are inc in this figure. There are 17 en in the nursery at the present e, of whi 1 are in school. Thus the state pays §4.950, w it be comes necessary for th Wls of the institution o raise enonzh more bring the total up to §14,000, the minimuin operating figure One thing for which t tion las no use is sympa wishes 1o wear out his come all ie needs to do is to drop nd begin to waste tears of mispla ~d sympatliy on “the poor little Lliud | babies.” One of the big problems in train- ing children is that of child psychol ogy, accordiog to Miss Lussell. “We find the clild who can see a little, is handicapped more than the child | she says. “The | t 15 totally blind a0 who is totally blind is given ch volunt age person, she expai the child with somie sight, defective though it may Le, gets little hiel »eople assuming that it is perfectly | able to look after {tself the same as a normal child. Becauge of thelr {nfirmities, blind | chitdren usually are ahout per cont under par physically and ment —_— —_—— helip in life by the | . While | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, MARCH 22 |we had resources, we could do many | the cross pieces on top, or sat on things for these children. We get|a nearby fence and carricd on a some help from civie clubs in con- | conversation—If one were o see nection with their under-privileged ' gro of little boys and girls dane- | on th or forming py > with the instructor, 15 diffi- child program, and from Miss Por- | i er's school in Farmington. These chlldren need the friendly human touch that comes with th kindly interest of ho Ihey want and need constructive sympathy, the ki sronp of yow . around Mrs. Cort x ved from 8 Sun- whom they had reason to - ity, v truly ber with gratitude, and put around him, crying “Louis’s he How they kney soon, not being able to sc 3 1, wi mit us the free u one of the unexplained iira les ¢ o for the Lome g st triendship Ip from a1 Ives, 11 Louis was t S0 Nowi e for Cripy rin times past whe ¢ ere drop in president arrited with 1ck 1Y hat elly, candies, warm clothi otiier welcome gifts, The building it of the outstanding ar features is the 1 y are not only e t intended, hut are found climbing and clambering up | decid S NIRRT s ABGUTELECTIONS o up ot e voron 1o won TellS 0 France’s Preparation for Event person of normal sight liesitate, not thess children, To use it s out onto a small pore sccond floor, sits on the cd porch and “Lets go.” A 4 with smoot as a politiciar 1 or her in le to tell it, safely out of danger. e is onc of the pe hildren elpless?” Well, not by a If one were to drop in ¢ summer day and > presidential swinging on a lawn swing and lect vance in its own other youngster pus four- T } may mean al- (BY MINOTT SAUNDER: NEA Service Writer Americans “Luckies On The ally, Miss Russell adds. The mien- tal lack is not duse to a lower in- | telligence ratio but to the fact that a Llind child necessarily learns more slowly than one w} tanca Migs Tue explains, a 11 who can sea has a cat pointed Some ona says “This is a cat.” u8 the child knows it is a cut A blind child must lave the Lrought fn, and must carefully ex nine the animal &0 as to ) what m cat really is. This some tines takes almost a half hour fo learn what the normal child learn in a flash. I'lie daily program at the nursery differs littls from that of the child | at home, except that children ar taught to be more self-reliant. The yrogram includes meals, school, re- tion and household dutics. Re- | ation includes outdoor gan cing, SWinging and many game: ‘h usually are thought to belong only to those who can s | Houseliold duties are :llotted ac- cording to the ability of the child, Tdind children can 1 n working 4t certain hours during the day, ing prepare tl food in the| 1en, peeling oables, setting | ping g coal in , and do. ing other s Jing upon their strength and physical ability The general utility man is a for nmer student at this school, who later was graduated from other institu tions for the blind. il a young man in his early 2u's, | rical and carpenter work, tunes and repairs the pianos, waxes floors and does all sorts of odd jobe. Miss Russell is a graduate of the, Porking school for the blind at Watertown, Mass. Miss Everard is | a graduate of the New Haven Nor- | inal school of gymmnology | “Our whole problem.” explains Russell, is one of finances. 1If does the — Your Constipation Can Be Relieved Take it in hand today! 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