ST. STEPHEN'S WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION

Hutt News, Volume 19, Issue 11, 15 August 1945, Page 5

ST. STEPHEN'S WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION

The guest speaker for the August meeting of St. Stephen's Women's As sociation was Mrs. Blenkinsop, who .gave a most interesting talk on the work of the Braille Club for the blind. She spoke of the French teacher of the blind, Louis Braille, who invented the Braille type whicfi has remained the standard system right up,to the present day. A small machine, wonderfully constructed, consisting of six dots with variations of which it is possible to make sixty-three different combinations. Mrs. Taylor, a co-worker, axkibited the machine and gave a demonstration of its work. The club, said the speaker, has sixty-six members "vrho teach, the Braille system to amy aee* it, a, great deal' of their time also spent in l)U£ti*g fnto Braille type books of interest for *the I|lmd. Tkis is a v*lu»lar:jr work amd must give a aprent deal •£ and pleasure to those deprived of tlieir . eye-Bight. The ladies were heartily tlianked for their intere*ting talk and demonstration and were presented with posies «f spring floyrers. An amuiiing competition was wo* by Mrs. .J. Lopdell. A delicisus afternoon t«a was sesy&d, th« hostesses being the executive committee. A featux* of th# *ext meeting to be held on 4th September will .be a "White Elephaivt" stall, goods for which will be gratefully; received by the convenors, Mesdames Dalgliesh and Whitney.