A great lesson was taught to a large gathering at the Chinese Institution for the Blind, on Saturday afternoon, when the schola: gave an exhibition of their prowess in work and sport, preparatory to the formal opening of the new buildings in which they and Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Fryer, who have charge of them, are housed. Quite 280 people were taught what can be done by a little patience and a great amount of care to render the dark lives of the blind not so colourless as they would otherwise be and to make an otherwise help-Jess person of use to himself and an effective unit in the community. Indicative of the work that the youngsters are capable of, the various classrooms of the school contained samples of their work from paper-folding and mat-weaving to the serious and bread-earning work of bosket-making, in which quite a fair proportion are already proficient.
The great lesson learnt, however, was concerning the amount of self-reliance with which these Chinese blind boys could be endowed by Repairs to cameras @ speciality.
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