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Spring, 1892

The relationship with Anagnos degrades.  When Helen and Anne left Perkins in the spring of 1892, it is decided that they will not return in the fall. Helen has various tutors for the next two years.

1893

Helen travels to President Grover Cleveland's inauguration in January, then to Niagara in March.  In the summer, Dr. Alexander Graham Bell accompanies Helen and Anne to the World's Fair. In October, Anne and Helen stay with the family of Mr. William Wade in Hulton, Pennsylvania, where a neighbor, Mr. Irons, taught Helen Latin grammar and mathematics.  Helen and Anne return to Tuscumbia late in the year.

  

This is a picture of Helen and Anne taken in either 1893 or 1894 at the home of Alexander Graham Bell. The picture was taken outside, and you can see a bush in the background. Both Helen and Anne are wearing fairly formal dresses. Helen sits to the left and is holdng Anne's right hand in her's. Helen was probably 14 in this picture and it appears as though her hair has been cut so that it does not reach her neck, although she did wear her hair up most of the time.

Helen and Anne at the home of Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, probably in 1893 or 1894
 

Summer, 1894

Helen attends the Chautauqua of the American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf.  While there, arrangements are made for Helen to start at the Wright-Humason School for the Deaf in New York City in the fall.
   
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