According to Steven's report, his father went out of business and sold his circus tent which he attributes to a gasoline shortage due to World War II. Ruben's blindness indeed gets mentioned, however, Ruben was not born blind, and his blindness according to Steven's account seems to have been no more than a matter of weeks or perhaps months. There are also no indigenous healing methods mentioned; Steven Ortiz rather attributes Ruben's recovery to their mother's intense praying.<ref name="Montaño">Mary Caroline Montaño: Tradiciones Nuevomexicanas: Hispano Arts and Culture of New Mexico. University of Mexico 2001, p. 339</ref> | According to Steven's report, his father went out of business and sold his circus tent which he attributes to a gasoline shortage due to World War II. Ruben's blindness indeed gets mentioned, however, Ruben was not born blind, and his blindness according to Steven's account seems to have been no more than a matter of weeks or perhaps months. There are also no indigenous healing methods mentioned; Steven Ortiz rather attributes Ruben's recovery to their mother's intense praying.<ref name="Montaño">Mary Caroline Montaño: Tradiciones Nuevomexicanas: Hispano Arts and Culture of New Mexico. University of Mexico 2001, p. 339</ref> |