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Title: Perkins School for the Blind Bound Clippings: World War Blind, 1916
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Perkins School for the Blind, formerly Perkins Institution
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Contributing Library: Samuel P. Hayes Research Library, Perkins School for the Blind
Digitizing Sponsor: Perkins School for the Blind

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the war. When there is so much hardship andsuftermg in this country right now,because of the extremely high cost otnecessities of life, it seems a shame tolet huge sums of American money goover to England to finance anotherEnglish scheme. If England is bank-rupt and cannot take care of thejwounded soldiers, thats a question ofpauper charity and should be so passedupon. Ihe Telegram with delicious and pro-bably unconscious humor said Mondayin its report of Middlemiss money-mak-jing mission; The audience stood up, asusual, when the band played God savethe King. Washingtons little armj-suftered much in order that a certainbunch of cheap, Worcester Tories couldhang onto the coat-tails of the English,and this, too, at a time when EnglandIS doing all it can to harm and injureus. But Middlemiss gets away withthe cash and the swell set which isnearly always the toady set, gets itsnames in the paper. AN AMERICAN. y B^^Je-^Vvf, yv\i^^s., c.-^ ■4 , Kj ^. \- v^T^g/Vv T\ ^-Jevw 3;6-r \<^^ \a^
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SIX LEADERS OF AMERICAN MOVEMENT FOR ALLIES BLIND. LEFT TO RIGHT—MRS. AND MR.GEORGE A. KESSLER, SERGEANT MAJOR ROBERT MIDDLEMISS, MISS HELEN KELLER (SEATED),3 MRS. JOHN A. MACY AND MRS. R. VALENTINE WEBSTER, AT B. F. B. PERMANENT BLIND RELIEF• WAR FUND HEADQUARTERS, 590 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY. BEVEKLV WJLL AlDALLIEfS- HI.JNl) Local sympathizers witli the nianythousand blinded soldiers ol Britain,France and Belijiuni have organized acommittee to issue ajipeals and raisemoney so that these lunnerous Euro-pean war victims may he trained inpractical paying hlind trades and leadhappy useful lives in spite of their Ttrag-ic misfortune. The work of organ-izing tlie Committee has been conductedby Mrs. Ernest F. Bell of ti (^uincy Parkand Mr. V. G. Haskell of the BeverlyTrust Company is acting as sub-treasurer. Contribuion btixes, litera-ture, etc.. will be distributed through-out both the business and lesidentialsections of the city, (ieneroiis contri-butions will be sought from all

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