The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 12, 1902, Page 13

THE SUNDAY CALL. 13 AN AN/ i iy, 57" %, 2%, A 7 /) w17, Z I" 2% = = N, 3 .\\\v\\ ”/ S \ath 77 s broom the cutting at the top with a snarp knife, men are no longer formidable competitors part of the mors it Atter and you watch té see If the Angers of the with these workers in this industr corn into various & ~ YOO all this is done the m he yrn _and, tie brushes. sew it into the brooms blipd werkwoman will u&l be cut square- Many people order work and brooms f: Iy off. But, no, the knife goes down like there in preference and as time goes on 2 chepper, just missing the fingers but and the work of these afflicted ones b cutting off heatly the superfluious mate- comes hetter krcwn the demand for th P I ean see in this rfal. Tt {s seldom that these broommakers broor~ Il ir vease. As it is they h ho has a pair of mig bave an accident except in the early all tha: ihey reasonably_do. I g that func- stages of learning to gulde their fingers skilled blind ¥man at the home in_the work. make as high ar cne hundred broom: They use hammers to pound the day. Some of the workers make « e goes 10 «ghoulder’ of the broom into Shape. They cents a day and upward. prove ey A e g s wind wire till it looks as if lald side by men and women are enga side by machinery. ¥hey pick out uner- manufacturing of brooms. ringly one from the many tools needed in branch of indpstry which home, or tendir bi ing brooms bootblack board he m the work, and, withal, they do the work time and atterition of a number of them month, and when isn't so neatly that it could not be improved is mattress making. Several grades 3 o living with his upen by a seeing person. After the made, from a very good article o the her just across breom passes from the hands of the tyers small ones made from sackir it is put, with the broom end standing up- Marmalejo, a tall Mexican who ward, In a machine called a press, which is a good mattress maker and he is one holds it like a vise. Then comes another of the workers on a lot of cheap mat- exhibition of skill on the part of the op- tresses now being made fo County an gathering and w life. No less fferent countries are repre- I fate whose veil ever be broken through. + who were born blind. but »m this misfortune has come Many arc aged v d for them the A BIIND G JZAHTING ROV vy in_many it them into ards of the h ™ opposite rorw s neipruiness for others, MInglag With imdresth | » gh which fail’ 1those who are watching always for the an Interestir s 3 f his volce as he comes ihrough ensatic | = X e shops to greet and make helpful sug- 2 | P 3 st o them at their work, holds a g on for all. endent Sanders. who in long s Pau- vice at the home.has demon- y of an expert teacher., was forme in a large tion for the blind Philadelphia ight there the trade of broom- The home was organized in I8 are filled and cent- : institution and some of the still there who lsarned the teachings of Mr. Sanders eh p themselves In the eariler days Th 5 uld _rea place it A 2 % just begin- : Thirty-six y biin ho was blind by a i is an attract fying in his eye while_en- executive bufl, f one Regan who was nion Iron known T & ir an_cxolo B rms such a rehead. The ball w ildings. one side the head . one enters the optic nerves, se 2 eer- he ¢ tendent, a 1 as he in- em. Herc is COEY ace embowered among Shrubs th the power of T h r till farther on to the right = the s « dormitories 1 = have a par- on- v seventy-five men ven much at- h two men to a roum - t ere pathetic to note the . - k f ing of the articles of furni hea x s Bt : ms, an arrangement thit pite of his i ging answers hat he seo a little better you?" ¥ joke on her day when >mptly an- for T have Ves a mat f fact, he has. There are Russians and Scotchmen, jans and Englishmen, all brought er by & common affliction and all being helped to bear it men. The waitresses fly around bus ¥ big kitchen and_pantry savory odors. Home-made bread is pr vided in abundance, and t uisine Is well managed and good. Turkey, and ple of it, is furnished twice a year— on Christmas and Thanksgiving Under the management of Mr. Sanders, an expert in the care and teaching of the Dlind, materially aided by Mr. Williston, his secretary, this industrial home is now fulfilling its objects, which are, to instruct the adult blind in some trade in order to enable them 1o contriBute to their o support, and to furnish a working homs for them. erhaps he had the ic rom the fir for the fourth hat question b . I cannot S LIV LD COTTACE. nd never changed, for tns f the blind are largely gov- amillar glven distances. are comfortable and are alwayi h¢ entire home has accommodations for one h > Dot s the ndred and_two inmates and it eing people who show the now full, less one. - In the maln bullding & et Savox hat ' ate offices, " parlor, dining rooms from kitchens, and the ten rooms devoted to the use of the women, who all take care (V"hr!r own rooms. of the ., There is not a busier spot on the place than the women's shop, back of the mait bullding—a big, broad room, with no ob tions to getting around easily in it of the-women spend the day here ng handicapped by ;) aning chairs, and there may be a e tion us Dlindness Whole row of them in- line, their fingers - Sy of them fYIng inward and outward as deftly as confidence in their Possible in this weaving in straw. One of vthing useful. One them is a full-blooded Tndian woman, whe ne of the most ex- NAs memories of a northern home and . the home, spent the massacre of her tribe by warring In- when he started to learn the 4Ians, leaving only herself and & few oth. i trying to get @s far €IS to tell the tale. Taking the plotures = possible. In for this article fufnished a pleasant diver- one could @o it tsement, and one of the workers began they are, a man 10 sing unconsciously just about the lfi:' r boyhood the camera was being foqused. When told ever seen the face of the 10 get ready and keep stlll she remarked, young lad who calls him “Oh, well: he can’t take my volcg.” Over near the sunny windows Is a line is Joseph Sanders, the super- of workers tying and sewing brooms, and un years of careful it 18 wonderful to watch their fingers as ». the home has they wind the wire over and over the e of advancement bunch of broom corn that makes the be- ginning of the broom cr whisk. After it is shaped and the “shoulder” finished comes in months hands coul tor as sne sews them through and Ja. It s n = t .. t ecessary that the applicant for g:‘ausl);’ with hlnl(h c::‘-;! ’“h.t'l;:llow thle In a two-story frame building one hun- admission to this home shallphave beer luou er. de h! es her needle dred and fifty feet long by thirty wide a resident of the State of California for exterously. and the broom is drawing are the workshops of the men. It gives three near to being finished when she gets one a qucer indescribable feeling to pass through with it.” Onec of the neateSt seW- alocng through the ranks of men each received f ers at the home Is'a French woman, who busy a{ his appointed task werkine. <o euffers from. the twofold affiction of be- swiftly and dexterously with his hanc ing blind and deaf. If you compliment and to know that the lovely and grateful ber. uron her work she may smile and say. sense of sight is denled them ‘Well, I do not work very fast. but I am gy prior to his application for Applications are constantly f admission from persons liv t of the State, which is not allow- nder the rules of the institution. = shops were closed for some time, and nse of s were only reogencd akout elghtéen months I h the lower part of this building are here iS now a steady market at top :g:.l"‘l’-m! ?3‘9.19(_02 |"’:I:;!‘?:'re¥t‘fflfif kept_supplies. broom corn. etc.. about six- prices for all the brooms that can be ty or seventy ton® of which is scattered turned out and the dema an inereas- ::’I“nku)":;r“ad smile shows that she appre- und in difterent Spots. for ine Staie Ing ome. The home has am appropriatios 98 not Ingure the materfals needed, Yeurly of $22,500. It is gratifying to note -Sqme of these women make as much a3 wkich as or hand now run up in value that the institution has and a goodly tl‘ln br fifteen dollars @ month. They are to seven or elght thousand dollars. The cash surplus. No 4 d wages there at t € and best of the broom corn is obtained from quired for entras o the brooms are gold gnd find g ready mar- the last. Above is a large room divided certain requiremfents must be complied ket. Brooms aré fmade at t ome for {nto two sections. In one arc the men With. Dr. George H. Derrick is resident use In the mavy, and the raflroads order who size the broom corn and a number physician at the home. The following a ?”q many whisk brooms from thes: who stem ft, or take out the bad part are the beard of directors: Colcnel John ekilled blind workers for use in the Pull- from the good. This room looke like a F. Irish, president; N. W. Soaulding. vice ‘mans. harvest granary, so filled is it with gold- president; G. E. Rardolph, H. M. Sanbern, Chalirs are sent from all over Oakland en sheaves and bundles. Here works a . Oiney and George S. Meredith, secre- to be caned at the home and the China- man, an employe who can see, and his tary and treasurer.