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As Miss Winifred Helt, which she was until Thursday when she changed her name te Mrs. Mather, she years age dedicated all her efforts te the relief of the blind in New Yerk and abroad. Fer sixteen years she has worked long and hard a weary, discour aging struggle at first, with few te give encouraging words and fewer still te give encouraging dollars, and many te lift their hands in horror at new faddist turned loose te plead for money. But it was no fad with Mrs. Mather it was a life work, and her wedding was the culmination of a ..romance nurtured by a mutual in-' terest. Fer three years Mr. and Mrs. Mather were engaged in sim ilar work aiding the blind. This interest is net going te end at the altar, but the marriage ceremony is a joining together of hand and heart for mere united efforts in behalf of these deprived of sight. The wedding was what Mrs. Mather termed a "rededication te service," se, when a bride, she garbed herself in a rather unusual way. Her wedding dress was a beautiful thing of silver and white brocade made after the style of the four teenth century very stiff and for mal it was, but the most unusual feature was a long priest-like stele, symbolical of her call te service. She were a veil, for service or no service what is a bride without a veil? The veil was an old one that has been in the family for years and was worn by her aunt, Mrs. Camp 4ell Mortimer, en her wedding day. The ceremony, performed by Dr. Manning, Bishop of New Yerk, was lathe Lighthouse, the concrete real ization of Mrs. Mather's dreams the home where the blind are taught useful trades and occupations. She was attended by blind girls asi bridesmaids, and Mrs. Mather said . af the cucsts: I "Our guests will be only these whom we have te ask as family and family friends these whom we love and these who have helped in any way te pass along the torch of light" Wedding Becomes a Service of Rededication And se it was a novel wedding, this "rededication te sen-ice." Rufus Graves Mather, the bridegroom, is descended from the first president of Harvard, Dr. Richard Mather, who came te this country in 1635, and his unselfish work proves that the many generations of life in America have failed te dim the noble spirit of self sacrifice of the Puritan fathers. Fer hearken te the most unusual thing about the whole affair. Mr. and Mr Rufus Mather hnd re quested their friend te end them no presents of the ordinary sort, but te send money for the purchase of a Light house for the Itlind in rnris it U nee eesary te raie $.".00,000 by Deoen.ber 1C, or the home of raanv Wind men In Paris is taken from Miss Helt and her work of year will come te naught. Instead of the thrill of opening wed ding presents and pulling out Aunt Marin's gift from wad- of oiccl-ier, and of course, btrcwinz the excelsior nil ever the fleer, or instead of shaking boxes and guessing what Is In them, Mr. and Mrs. Mather opened letter"), and many very substantial checks were their reward. "If this S.'OO.OOO is net raided, just one month after we are married, we will we one of our dearest works ended. The blind in Paris net nf whom were blinded in the war. will les.. their rliib rliib heuse. Since the war. ,',2.one war blind "hfive been readied by our Paris Light house. It would be a crime, no iei. te lows thl nlaf. it W w wonderfully organized. The men there hnve a com plete Braille electric printing pre where "La Luminal" and 10.000 copies of a bi-weekly paper are printed. They have a circulating library of many thousands of volumes and It i the cen ter of life for ninny of the peer mu tilated, blind soldiers of Trance. They hava intellectual and manual training clnsMP nnd lty-twe men live there always it is home te them. "I wish 1 vvmc triplets le I could de nil that I have te these next few days." said Mis. Mather only si e wan still Miss Winifred Helt when she rondo that remark, for it was then enlv her wedding Me. Jut in from a final fitting of her wedding gown and ready te dash out te the rehear al of the wedding itself. Mls.s Helt was snatching a bite of lunch in her home at 41 East Seventy -eighth btrcet, New Yerk. 'My, eh n.y, but I wns hungry. De you knew what I did the ether day? T was tnlking en the telephone nnd found myself trying te feed It with unenii. This getting mnrrb'd is nerve- racking, I It net, Rufim?" and she looked smilingly nt Mr. Muther, who at with her. "I call Mr. Mnther the 'Lighthouse keener of Ituly, for it was he who erfunlzed the club in Rome te a great extent und he is new becretnry of It." Became Interested When Eight Years Old 'Hew did I first become Interested la htlplna the blind ura, urn let me JL , aald she thoughtfully, with a vi .f .m tnrt nelaed in mid-air. "Let Jbt fM, I fuesH I was eight yearn old i iii ii res- peenU wart swing nothing nut black l.k tvakfl Itl mv rtMlfllal with a cnpltal "C." And she had net thought it necessary te aubmcrge her femininity and chnrn; because nf that fact. Her hair is net skinned tight bnck, nor hnn she adopted tortoise-shell glasses or tint bread heels. On the con trary, masses of dark fluffy hair frame her face, nnd when her dark eyes gnre at ene kind lines and sympathy just beam out of them. 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"Isn't that beautiful? and Mr. Har ford made the sweetest remark at the time he Illustrated the poem for us In the Illustration he has Ctfpld perched en a rainbow and he said te me "Se sorry tbe rainnew is on-ceior, out i couldn't get one te sit for me that morning. ,T Wasn't that nlceT "Tbls work ei mine Dcgan ai home, but It spread. During the war I took the idea te France nnd It In this French Light louse that we are new trying te sare. Then we spread te Italv, where blind ness1 Is very prevalent. Trachoma is the usual form It takes, and since that s se Infectious, we have net only te aid these already blinded, but we have te prevent the spread of blindness. It was In Reme that Mr. Mather and I first met, wasn't It Rufus?" nnd Mr. Mather having acknowledged the eerrectnese of this statement, Miss Helt continued. "Mr. Mather was In Italy doing ar- Mrs. Rufus Graves Mather in her wed ding gown. Her sister, Mrs. Jehn Bloodgood, was maid of honor and the let ter's daughter, Wini fred Helt Blood Bloed Bleed good, was flower girl the blind, and she writes beautifully. "And I'm going te let you In en a little secret tomorrow a book of mine is coming out. It is just a collection of stories and is called "The Light That Cnnnet Fall." " ' The Lighthouse is one only in aaae built Just like any ordinary New Yerk shop, except that in the center of the show-window there is a miniature lighthouse, with a revolving light, and In this shop the works of the blind art for sale brooms and choirs and cut seats, hats and scarfs, woven en looms baskets of every sort and description, mats from tiny ones for the table te big ones that almost cover a room. Miss Helt received a letter from President Harding commending her Idea of giving her wedding dowry te aid the blind of France and well be might, for leek at all the furnishing Mr. and Mrs. Mnther are going te have te da as a result of this generosity. Ne wedding-present lamps te sit around, none of these little pitchers and glsuet that have been popular lately, and no cheats of silver no nothing that brides and grooms delight In Instead, juit check after check. It Is net very citing, te go te the deer and have tbe mail man deliver one registered lttttr after another and knew beforehand that all the gifts received can fit Inte a little envelope, but this la what Mr. nml Mrs. Mather are doing te save soot happiness for the shattered war-buM v A' imivcr "The last time I was in Francs I saw seven one-armed blind men knit ting away for all they were worth, with the most contented faces imaginable," sold Miss Helt. Befere our .Light house started they would have sat diy after day In darkness, with nothing te leek forward te, but a tomorrow juit like the hopeless today. New In the clubhouse the men are taught what ever trade is suitable for them, aid Mr. and Mrs. Mather discussing plans for furthering welfare of the blind sightless eyes, I thought that the blind I in New Yerk might enjoy hearing ' music, even though they could net see I the actors. And there was a third stim ulus te my activity. A woman whom I knew, accomplished and cultured, p was being sent te the poerhouic when I happened te hear about it. She was ' blind, and though she could speak four languages fluently, play several In- I struments nnd hnd all the attributes of n lady, she was useless, because of her infirmity and was going te the peer-1 Mrs. Rufus Graves Mather tistlc research work that menns get ting documentary evidence of the mas terpieces of Italian art," she hastened te explnin, noting quickly a mj stifled leek. "He hud net previously been in terested in the blind, but freii. then en, he wns wonderful nnd for three years we worked together, and new we linve decided te join hands nnd continue the geed work together. Then.' Is a grent need for help new, tlncc weed ntcuhel consumption results se frequently in blindness. "Veu knew," Interposed Mr. Mnther, quickly, "Miss Helt is very talented In a grent many line the was quite n hotupter at ene time, before she gave herself up completely te this weik for iC, f'lV a.?. B 1 Saat I was taken through a blind IMtwa and It made a lasting Impi TaTtae. Tbe idea that the pec IIUai et7ed in ray childish Thaa later I was at tbe opera Rufus Greves Mather house, hopeless nnd discouraged, naylng fjmj n nickel nnd drop it in ever and ever again, "There is no place net neresHarlly n nickel either, for for the blind.' the blind n.nn can't tell a penny from "These things made me renll just n nickeh Then, having done their duty, whnt sad cuses there were right here, they pass along nnd forget the Incl- in New Yerk, se I get busy. Plrst 1 1 dent. Thnt's just where Mls Helt dlf dlf feund several blind men and had them fers from the general run of humanity. She saw uie pitiable plight of these men, considered h much dead weed nnd forced te beg slnee, they were equipped te de nothing else. Miss Helt has helped change nil this. come te my own home and talk awhile. und before we knew It we hnd found n nlche in life for them. Their worst torture seemed te be the fact that they were useless; that all they could de was nit in the dark, day after day, and de nothing, Be we began finding them work they could learn te de weaving and basketry and the like and tbe Idea grew like a rolling snowball, Larger and larger It became nnd the knowledge of our efforts spread. One blind person would tell ethers, until WO nail W ubu wierreieu iuai 11 WUi possible te have tbe first Lighthouse." The tart had long slnee disappeared mA fifiv A mil) of eeffe. vnwlnv aMip minute by minute, as she spoke of her i eav night and there were two minute vr punw, as anc spoke of he :tall beya nest te my sister heart's greatest work, MlajHelt rem anltbelr facta were te Hist-' lalaced. i U IUV" "" iW BV - "-- , I . . i - "Lighthouse" Reaches 3500 Blind in New Yerk There are approximately 4000 blind In New lerk City and through her Lighthouses mere than 3f00 of these baye been reached. "Yeu would be surprised," said Miss Helt, slowly folding her napkin, for C$ t-J Vii Thete by Paul Thompen Mather-Helt briday party Left te right, Prof. Frank Jewett Mnther, who was best man; Mrs. Jeseph Celt Bloodgood, matron of honor; Miss Winifred Helt, brlde (new Mrs. Rufus Graves Mather); Bishop WilUam T. Manning; Rufus Graves Mather, bridegroom; Henry Helt, father of the bride and who is eighty three rears old. In front, Wini fred Helt Bloodgood, flower girl, and seated, Master Helt Blood good, page up his head and face bis fellow-men as an equal. In roost families a blind member was either terribly spoiled and pampered nnd convinced that be Is useiesH, or he is neglected and made te feel bis infirmity by being told con stantly hew much in the way he Is ami hew absolutely geed-for-nothing Is his existence. 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Their LkJitheuse ever there has lit keener and crew, just ns our three h in New Yerk have the same loyal snd feiiereus support from the workers, t would be n terrible thing te bar te give It up," and Miss Helt get slowly up from the table, nnd up get Mr. Mather. "A dinner was given for us at the Colony Club, and everybody was en thusiastic about the project. Hcsidte the letter fren President Harding, Secretary Hughes, General Pershing and Ambassador Jusscrnml sent as notes telling hew much they were m favor of our idea about the Light house." In this letter te Miss Helt, Presi dent Harding wrete: "It has been n most gratifying thing te note tbe establishment of these Lighthouses in Europe, and it would be a disappointment beyond measun te hnve this new undertaking fall be cause of lack of funds. I nm very sum that the situntien need only be brought te the attention of these who desire te be helpful te make certain of the suc cess of your enterprise. I am isert than glad te be considered a patron. Miss Helt hns already cabled $3500 of her wedding money ns the first In stalment of the $000,000 fund neces sary te keep the Lighthouse for Its present use, This $8500 represents two presents te Miss Helt, from her finnncc. A special committee hns been or er ganised by friends of Mr. and Mr. Mather te receive presents for licr n null, nnd William Ferbes Morgan, 71 Broadway, has declared himself willing te tierve ns treasurer of tM committee. Already a greut number f gifts hnve come seme from admirers of Mrs. Mather, seme from her friends, some from the levers of France and some from these Interested In p'Jflftn tlitf-ifftnni e.vnrlru In snnefnl hi it SftOO" (KM) U a large sum of money and recember 1(1 Is the hist day of grace. It will be exciting te sec tbe race be tween thu dollars nnd the dajsW knew If the Ultb of December will M en the world before the r00,000 has been raised. After her life of sncrlflce for ethers, it would be n nnd blew te Mrs. Mether te knew that the almighty dollar ceuiu keep the fulfillment of her dream it would be tee bad te see the LlK'" house closed und the Lighthouse keeper wandering without a home, nil en c count of n few dollars. That few "paltry dollars" sounds careless a nonchalant as though millions were Jr. lug nil about, but $500,000 Is u rath'! small sum compared te the love ami unselfish devotion of a woman te cause. , . . If u-nl,l Kk n liltlnr 1 unnimilltineni te mere tbun one French peljii te sg me uueery uym irem give n lust long blink Mrs. Mauiers fiream of the Lighthouse of : op .wPf, "'TT j ri Mien. ' vj-.iL i tA. Va.S.','ii Ajjtfii, aSMffif
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