Blind Social Worker is Overwhelmed Tokyo, Apr. 16.
All the newspapers hailed Miss Helen Keller, the famous blind and dear educator, welfare worker, and. authoress, as a "holy woman." They devoted large sections of their front pages to welcome her who has: Brought a message of cheer and hope to. the blind."
Miss Keller, who arrived in Yoko ama yesterday afternoon, was herself overcome by the welcome she received. Her eyes often filled with tears as she struggled to express herself.
Thousands of school children at! the dock waved flags and shouted 10, the distinguished visitor as she stood fon the deck of the vessel, while hundreds of persons gathered on the dock for a glimpse of her, Miss Polly Thomson, Miss Keller's secretary-companion for 23 years, touched the palm of the blind woman's left hand, thus informing her, through their manual alphabet, of all that was taking place. Miss Keller, her face beaming with smiles fenthusiatically waved her right han to the school children on the dock, So great was the rush of people! to greet her in her cabin that it became necessary to lock the door to prevent the crowd from surging in upon her, Miss Keller was presented with more han $0 bouquets on board ship by her friends and admirers, She told reporters that her sense of smell and touch was extraordinarily keen snd that she had a profound rever-fence for nature, She held a bouquet fof roses and from time to time buried her face in the blossoms, deeply inhaling their delicate perfume.
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