The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 11, 1921, Page 13

* * | section two] The Seattle Star PAGES 13 TO 24 SEATTLE, WASH., FRIDAY, NOVEMBE R My, 1921, BLIND AND DEAF, GIRL CAN “SEE” AND “HEAR” M ARVELS |SHE IS MOST MARVELOUS GIRL] DONE BY pr HEROIC STUDENT Child Rival of Helen Keller Sees by Smelling and Hears by Feeling vag for other girls and for boys, She ts Willetta Huggina, whose are biind and whose cars are eat, but who sees by smelling and | pheare by feeling. ‘A IS 16 8 OF AGE | Netta t» 16 and an inmate of Wisconsin School for the Blind z & z A ins ze ing. MORE 4 i MARVELOUS THAN HELEN KELLER Today Willetta Huggins, thru the| found she had made no mistake, development of her powers of amell- ing and feeling, has become more | tions, marvelous than even Helen Keller. phone, she merely places the tip of Hearing by on seeing by smelling—Willetta Hug-' gins, listening to the tele- phone with her finger tips’ and deciding the color of a) garment by odor. “Maybe it is the gift of God fn return for the loss of my Sight and hearing,” is Willetta’s only explanation. forme have been skeptical. They thought the girl still had some pow: ers of vision. To convince them she was given yarn of aix colors. in six separate envelopes, and locked in a bank vault at Chippewa Falls. / @ay suddenly came an awakening—|in this blackness she opened the the result of her sudden perception envelopes, amelied the yarn, wrote of her powers of smelling and feel-| tne color of each strand on an en: velope, and put the yarn of that color in its rexpective envelope When the vault was opened it was She can hear by feeling vibra If she talks over the tele- her finger on the receiver dia phragm. If she ts listening to eome one converse, she reste her finger lightly on the person's throat, shoulder or chest. ‘So acute ts her sense of hearing by feeling, that she can tell what| mio: Superintendent J, T, Hooper of the schoo) in saying by standing 10 feet from him and taking hold of the end of a wooden pole, the other end of which he rests on the top of his head. HAS VISIT WITH GOVERNOR BLAINE Willetta recently visited Governor John J. Blaine at the state capito! at Madwon. She listened to him by placing her fingers on his shoulder, and she easily told the colors of his coat by amelling it. Major EB, A. Fitzpatrick, secretary of the state board of education, said to Willetta: “Can you tell the denominations of bills?” « “Surely,” she said. He tested her with $1, $2, $5 and $10 greenbacks, She identified each. “How do you do it?” he marveled. “By feeling the numerals,” she vaid. She tells the number ef persons in @ room by her sense of smell, A cat entered a root noiselesnly. “Who let the cat in?” she inquired, immediately. “I smell it,” She told Governor Blaine: “I am re happy without my vision and hearing than I was before. 1 guess it’s because I understand better, by smelling and feeling—and so I make others understand me better.” TO GIVE WORLD THE ADVANTAGE But Superintendent Hooper of the school sees a far-reaching lesson in all this, Briefly, it ts: “Willetta was miserable for years b@cause she was misunderstood. She was being forced to use her senses of seeing and hearing, which were quite deficient, while the proper thing would have been to develop her senses of smelling and feeling, which were quite extraordinary. “There is such a balance In every one. So now, with Willet ald, we are trying to work out a system | pay which will enable us to understand this balance, and to give the world advantage of it for the training of other children.” Signs of Peace Are Numerous Indeed BUDAPEST, Nov. 11.—The plight of the aristocracy of Hungary as @ result of the war is best revealed by the vocations adopted by the lead ers, Baroness Dora Banffy, daugh- ter of the former premier, has be- come a milliner, Count Eugen Kile belsburg has qualified as a mounted policeman. Herr von Szepessy, mem- ber of an old family, is to become a woman's tailor. Field Marshal von Koevess, conqueror of Ivangorod, has opened a cigar store, Soldiers Take Law Into Own Hands LONDON, Nov. -11,--Several ex- soldiers who had been living in tents at Brighton with thelr families be- came unruly when fall came, with its cooler weather, They found some empty houses and took possession of them, declaring they were ready to a reasonable rent, but would un- der no circumstances submit to being tent tenants while there were empty houses, No effort has been made to Aust them, ime Serres INSIST ON THIS BRAND AT YOUR GROCER’S Saturday Specials at Burnett Bros. | Dollar semeny Sale ; oe ee ee ak emails Sore Seteeiey. ‘These sdvertined items are merely tn m3 058 it Ue rerlar ee” We are not qung Dustceethis To ener to Fellow a 50-VEAR COMMUNITY PLATE Reduced Closing out stock of genuine 50- Plate Community hat are peariest Bown bright yy such popular num! Adams, Community Plate Tea- spoons, set of &, now.. bar ory nd Plate Tal oneart? Plate Forks, mediui cpsiininy Plate Forks, dessert, $5.70 Set each, prices 4 com- jatest patterna— eatin finish—in bers ae Patrician, Grosvenor and Sheraton. aay, \\ Comm Forka, dessert ale ee eee eceeees ' Pilate K \Redium (hollow each, Row ... Community Plate Baind Forks, set of 6, now. 85 1.95 Te, 50 Community Plate mies, gat 4.95 $5.35 coor Cake Knite, now $35 35 Olive Spoons, now. FV EDLYICYS 4 i gh Community My ll Olive Fort Community Shell, now $1.20 ie"Bile 95 e Attempt to Bury Woman Who Is Alive TOKYO, Nov. 11.—Just as the fu |meral service was concluding over woman, her coffin having bees sealed for burial, a feeble knocking was heard. The coffin was quickly unsealed and the woman was found alive, She died two days later, how er, ‘Jamo ‘Since the days of Barbara Wriciohe America’s Foremost Pianist end Composer Weitess fp Sey RC ORR aes weaberipersar awards in the ant pisces oat ait ‘Pane preeminent of persistent effort to always better a product. if lore made don’ alo hear your fea mlod Cuane Broth i Reprodscen ers Wel demonstrate either (The Meyer-Toner Co. — 210 Union St.’ Famous “Wm. Rogers” Table Silver) || MOUS WM. Rogers lan oI YOUR CHOICE $2.00 Etched Glass Bud Basket oa an idea of the beauty of this spe cial = value; 10 inches tall, heavy glass, etched with flower patterns Now $60 Diamond $95 Solid White Gold Wrist Watch _fings 14-k. ae gold, _# ogtagen. tonnes ne au fine ce Remset seadtler sisbons trace at mod rac t only, ‘Just like illustration For pis Ladi’ Eig Mist Wich $27.95 oe & satisfactory timekeeper, and sold over for $35.00. For only.. 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