THE BLIND.
There are 32,000 blind people in France, and not more than 10,000 are provided for: the remainder hare to trust to mendicity—a dog. a whistle, or an accor dion--to gain their living, and some pick up iff Paris 5 to 6fr a day in this manner, and «s.,mueh as 15fr ont'a Sunday or f&te day. .Rpypt and. Mexico surpass France" in obtaining work frr their blind, for it is only- since January last, the idea has been seriously taken in hand, to train tho blind to special occupations. The " learned professions !' are limited, though I?.nrlpn bach, the Belgian revolutionist of 1830, Thierry, the 'historian, Klinhaus. the sculptor, and Vidal, the painter, had lost their sight. One of the chief exhibitors fit: the late. International Exhibition of electricity, ■ and , who took a prize, was blindjfrbm birth. The blind have their powers of memory very highly developed ; thus the Japanese employ their afflicted to learn by rote the annals of their country., ,
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Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4310, 24 October 1882, Page 3
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162THE BLIND. Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4310, 24 October 1882, Page 3
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