whole are ready to give every man with a handicap a fair start if they can only be made to realize that he is willing to fight the good fight with cheerfulness and without complaint. I have found it well to go out among my fellow-men and take my chances on getting through. Some people seem to think that deafness should shut them away from travel or society. I cannot agree with that. I think we should move about among people. It is, I grant, a peculiar sensation at times to realize the appalling loneliness of a crowd. You stand in groups of people, see them move about, know that they are talking and laughing; you can reach out your hand and touch them; yet, for all that, you are living in another world apart from them. It gives one at times an uncanny feeling to realize such a situation, yet I think it is well for us to seek our fellows in this way, and live among them. It gives us opportunity for the finest study of character, and if we would only think so, there are few things more interesting or exciting than the attempt to locate strangers in occupation or habit by their appearance. Some deaf people seek to hide themselves, and shun society and travel through fear of ridicule or accident. This is, I believe, a mistake. So long as one has eyes of reasonable strength which may be trained for quick and close observation, it is far better for the mind and spirit to get out among men. When you go on a journey, always plan to carry a flashlight lantern and an abundant supply of paper and pencils. You are quite sure at some point of your travels to find yourself in darkness along the way, and there is little hope for the deaf man in the dark. Unless you are expert at lip-reading, my advice would be to insist upon having the message written out. With the very deaf attempts to make them hear or to communicate by signs are little better than wide guesses. In all my experiences I have never found but two people who refused to write the information when I called for it. One was an impatient, selfish man, and the other a woman, who evidently feared that certain young men would laugh at her if she made herself conspicuous with a deaf man. In one of these cases a bystander, seemingly ashamed of the discourtesy shown me, volunteered to help me, and was ready to fight the man who had refused. Oh, I shall have to repeat it once more! I have found this a good world to live in. It is filled with people who at heart are kindly and sympathetic. Many of the fancied rebuffs which we experience are due to the fact that people do not understand how to communicate with us. Above all things, the deaf man should never lose his nerve. He should always believe that he is the favorite “child of fate,” sure to come through every obstacle. Then let him go bravely and confidently on his way, supremely sure that he will be cared for.