Miss Keller has been able to be personally serviceable to those shut in like herself, es pecially to the blind. Her great heart throbs in behalf of all suffering humanity; hence, her in terest in socialism, the red flag of which means to her only warmth and universal fair play. Desiring to add to her earnings through lec turing, she has now had her speaking voice strengthened and improved in quality under the devoted instruction of Mr. Charles White of the New England Conservatory of Music. Since 1912 she has often appeared on the pub lic platform,, speaking with evident effect to many thousands of people in different States of the Union. Her autobiography, Story of My Life' and other of her writings have been translated into several languages. People who have visited Miss Keller in her home, some times doubting the truth of the unique accom plishments of this deaf-blind woman,— and in deed impossible and ridiculous things have been attributed to her— these visitors have in variably gone away convinced that Helen Kel ler represents, as indeed she does, one of the greatest achievements of objective love and subjective will known to education. Her career has exerted a profound influence upon the aspirations of humanity. The literature of the subject, which is very large, has been collected in two special libraries where it may be con sulted, namely, at the Perkins Institution, Watertown, Mass., and at the Volta Bureau.
Washington, D. C.
The other deaf-blind children who have come under instruction have been or are some at schools for the blind, some at schools for the deaf. They must always have a special teacher and use embossed books and adapted appli ances. All have been or are being taught on principles employe! in teaching Laura Bridg man and Helen Keller. At the Perkins Insti tution they attend classes with other pupils, the special teacher acting simply as interpreter and companion.
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