Mrs. Geo. B. Fryer contributed paper upon "How to meet the blind," in the course of which she said that the foreign community of, Shanghai docs not realize that there is any blindness in China' except the Chinese blind. This. said Mrs. Fryer, was far front being the case, and the object of her dress was to help her hearers to know how to trea the blind.
Mrs. Fryer said. in part:—Never meet the blind with a long face or a tearful voice for they take it as pity and they do not like or want: pity! Sympathy in large doses of encouragement and truthful is needed. Encouragement understood by all, but do we grasp the full meaning of—truthful sympathy? Be truthful in_ the smallest things with the blind for they must trust you and you must. never give them an opportunity to doubt you.
Already many blind men and women have made themselves loved and respected and done their bit in bettering the world.
Pity THe Worst Practice, Don's waste any sympathy in tears but get to work and study the individual and the true sympathy will come. Take a baby in his cradle who has just been pronounced "blind"—study that child and you will be surprised to find that he is as normal as all other children.
You give your bright-eyed baby gay coloured toys to attract his attention. With the blind baby substitute bells, rattles, anything that will make a noise—speak to him—take his hands and above all hide the tears in your voice, let smiles sound in their place and you will see how quickly he responds. In play use objects of different shapes' and sizes and quality—all things that appeal to the senses of smell and touch as well as hearing. Call all playthings by their proper names. Teach him to know the person who is talking to him by speaking the name. for the voice is to the blind child what the face is to the seeing.
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