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HELEN KELLER'S KISS. WASHINGTON, January 12. Helen Keller, the authoress, who is deaf, dumb, and blind, called at the White House and kissed President Coolidge. who, though somewhat embarrassed, allowed the photographers to take snapshots. The story of Helen Adams Keller, who is now 40 years of age, is one of the strangest ever told. Though apparently cut off from all perception of the world, she was able, by perfecting her sense of touch, not only to communicate with her fellow-beings, but to graduate with honours at Radcliffe College. When 19 months old she was deprived of sight, smell, and hearing by an attack of scarlet fever. Miss Anna Sullivan, of the Perkins' Institute for the Blind, taught her the deaf and dumb language by touch, reading by the Braille system, and writing and typewriting. In IS9O she taught Helen how to speak. Miss Keller has published several books, including "The Story of My Life." "The World I Live in." "The Chant of the Stone Wall," and "'Out of the Dark."
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 16, 20 January 1926, Page 7
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