The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-21

containing every known appliance for the
furthclance of original investigation. and
the faculties are made up largely Of men
whose special abilities. training. and
achievements have given them worldwide
fame.
AS a result Of oil. nearly 5000 stu
dents are enrolled on the books of the
various institutions They come from
every country and province in both North
and South America. and even from such
far away lands as China. Japan. Persia,
Turkey. India ana parts of Africa
But while New York Is an excellent
place in which 20 study medicine. II is
an exceedingly bad place for the practi-
toner who Is just beginning IL Vii lie
clear that this could hardly be otherwise
when the unusual facilities for securing
treatment and medicine free ana the an
nual release OF several hundred grad
mates are remembered And there are
some among the struggling doctors here
who hold that things have gone alto
gcther too far. Some months ago. in
deed. when a new hospital in which the
treatment was TO be free was opened.
an attempt was made 10 organize regular
opposition TO the further extension OF
free facilities-but of course. this came
10 naucht.
NEWSPAPER WORLD CROWDED.
There never was a time when news
paper workers In New York were so
well paid as now: and there never was a
time either when so many fairly capable
newspaper workers were out of places as
now. The competition between two or
three papers Boosting circulations so
enormous that ten vars ago they would
have been declared positively impossible
is at the bottom OF this seeming anona-
lous situation.
For. under the stimulus Of the really
high prices paid for matter especially
suited To the columns OF these PAPERS
newspaper folk have nocked hithcr from
all parts Of the country. Men and women
earning fair wages AT the business OF
copy making i'm scores Of cities, east
west. north and south have heard OF
the unusual sums now 10 be earned here
by those who can hit the taste OF the
editors OF these papers, and have given
up certainty at home 10 try their luck
in New York's journalistic lottery. II
goes without saving that only few are
able TO reach the coveted good places
and that a large proportion md them
selves unable TO get any newspaper work
az all And 10 the resulting hosts Of un-
employed journalists there are constant
~ being added numbers Of men and wOm-
en- no longer wanted on the papers they
have long been serving, SO that in the
aggregate there must be hundreds. per-
haps rising OF thousand, now I'm this
town who have never turned their hand
10 anything but newspaper work and
have never before lacked employment.
who would fall over themselves to take
the smallest OF positions. In fact the
giut IN the journalists" market is quite
as bad az al the beginning Of the winter
OF iSe7-9S as II was I'm l93-perhaps worse.
What Is TO become Of all these news
paper writer's and editors. with no op-
norturiticr TO write and edit the Lord
only knows. 7 met one exreporter the
other day who was Singing hash" i'm a
ssham and" restaurant
NEW YORK'S NIGHT SCHOOLS.
I ran across another only yesterday
who said ne had been having a hard
time but hoped now 90 get employment
rs a teacher In one OF the night schools.
Kew York's night schools. by the way.
have afforded many q young mar the
opportunity To earn n little money at the
beginning Of his career. ! am acquainted
with half a dozen young lawyers who are
teaching several nights each week. while
Eating for clients 10 come to their Offices
and night school teaching Is favorite
employment with medical students, art
students. engineering students. and many
othcrs The nay h not large. TO be sure.
but TIC employment occupies only lew