The sun., 1900-12-09
NONE NEED BE IDLE NOW.
THERE'S WORN ron ErERi ONf nut
JUE IAZi Avn TNfOyPITfNT'
Employment Agencies Never I"""d the
outlook M Promising for Labor q" u 10
since Election WORKERS who Are Most
I'm Demand The Hopeless brigade'

Whom n warm ,lusIiuv Weekday con-
,t,dict. the calendar and December pro-
sent, A June sky, a multitude oi 1910 mon
,prlng u IN Central Parh IKE mushrooms
All it. principal th"roughiares have the'r
irregular PROFESSIONS Of addressed figures
drltlng aimlcs,y along. and in the 10y paths
,I.oping objects with their hats pulled over
thar ewes, prccmpt every sunny bench
Frot, Eifty-ninth street to the Battery. East
and West. wherever a square Of pleasure
ground Is reserved tor the people. similar
ranorama Il the unemployed uniolds IL
sslf Around the Court House and the other
public buildings in tiiy Hall Iarh where
wandnrer, can get a moments resiNe from
the p,lirenan's ineyorable Move on
they rest comfortably on tho railings, like
chickens on a perch. Up and down the
streets, too. whore busy peup'" make qulcH
time between two given poipts men oh'
Of work. with li,t!rss air and hearted
shufIlo. seem as numerous as OhcA"errieS
on summer road.
Viewed thus. the number OF men In tn"
city, with nothing to do is appalling. and
"good tmrs" IN the face Of 30 much idle
ness might seem 10 have an empty sound.
But flr'pria, biz companies. drrartHcnt
stores and thor centres pi trade Fresent df-
frrent side rof the picture. The labor market.
accordluE ,u Them has not been better for
years The Improvement has been steady
since 1891 and now that the election has es-
tlblished The same conditions Ter another
four years. confidence. and impulse to push
out and "N' aud is noticeable all through
the business world. Many persons. II IL
trle are duius nothing. RIt tul.y hal
the unoccu' led men on exhibition through
ont the oi;y, belong t. Ia" great army -.
trlnps. who make New YORK their winter
quarters They -hun WORK as they would
emlllpox and an enforced Job would be
the acme of their uuhlplinesS There are
thousands Of men besides who want worn
AMI cannot get H. but they ar" bart Of the
in"yitn lie di~'rci lnry between labor and
demand, which exist. even in the st pros
iorous times
At the llr-est of the emrloymeut bureaus,
and INTELLIGENCE oSl .es. which act as Kind
Of clearing house Tor einploycr and enr loyed
the enc pUrlrins Hs"ec' oI'the labor market
l. strongly Ire--"I Yes" said the Super
intendent Of the salvation Army Free Labor
Bureir. u find the outlook promising. Since
election fewer a'rlirauts for work have
come ,u a sure sisn that more men are busy.
Each ~r1sun. Of course. brings slack work
f.r some trades. In the summer, tailors
suffer. lust now. farm hands. who know
nothing hut farming, and have lost their
summer iobs. find life nythIng but easy.
Next quarter will lie a hard one for builders
ani 50 on. The second season this wear
has been very late. and farm hands have
been more fortunate than usual: even now
have calls for country workmen. and that
l. unIslll"
Here tho superintendent's account was
Interrupted by ono 4 the patrons in quest
of girl for general housawork TIE details
were satisfactorily settled and tho Indy went
In ba -
Biddv for the next Monday morning
"No women who are Willing 10 do general
housework, 9ni who can do it we'll" said the
eurerlnte0 irn Soemnlv "nnei stav out =
place for dav at n time The demand for
them Il simply tremendous I can't get hold
Of enough good girls to MI IL We have more
men coming 70 us than can use and we
continually have ~ search for places for
them Du' the women who can wnsh and
iron. scrub. cook tho dinner and then serve
IT, need never know tho meaning II idenass
or want" The superintendent turned to his
book "wa have snnt o5S neonla ~ work
since last Januarv." he sail "bv. We have
had manv npplic ants whom wo could not
place The man or woman over 80 who
tries 10 get work has n heavy handioap
Women over that ace are constantlv nrnlv-
Ing to VA for n housal,ooper's positlNn There
seams 10 he fatal fascination about II I
don't know what II L. And thev como IN such
numbers that We have to refuse now even TO
put their names down. Old men are in the
same unfortunate class and il is Of no use
for US to deceive them with false hopes. The
unskilled man or woman is. of course. hard
10 place. but even ineNperiencc can be over
come by time. The workman find it hardest
To deal with is the chronic ack-of-all-trades.
willing to try anything that comes along
but never mastering II. His defect seems
to be constitutiOnay. and l don't know how
he is To be cured
At 81 Bartholomews Employment Bureau
which. even wider in its scope tlan the SaI-'
va;ion Army Bureau. reaches almost every
class II workman. from a lawyers clerk to
a day laborer. the same optimistic view
of the labor market made the superintendent's
face glad He has noticed a great improve
ment since election. partly because business
men waited to know how the election would
turn before launching out into enterprises
tnat would require new workmcn. partly
bc9llS, holiday trade in mercantile and
man IflctIring lines creates u demand at
this time for many different kinds Il workers
Just now the burel needs not only salesmen
and slleswomen 10 meet the rush II Christmas
shopping In its patrons stores, bat men and
women also who know how to sell books
picture frames. clothing. dry goods. cloaks
suits. furs leather goods, JeWelry, sllverware
and toys There Is demand as well for
bakers candymakerS. picture frame eilders,
piano tuners. plano polishers and 1nshers,
ornamental iron workers, steam filters COM
positors. fur cutters. filters and operators,
ciGarmakers. men and women: cigar factory
hands, experienced press feeders. and cx-
pert packers 4 iewe!ry and silverware.
This list reads like a dictionary & industries.
but the bureau could supply with places
the right applicants in all these lines
The surplus supply of labor. as the super
intendent finds it. II composed Of the unskiled
the arcd, and those whose personal appear
ancc or character does not 1T them for the
work they desire. and who find 1t impossible
to do anything different. The man. for In
stance. with no magnetism. who aims to
sell goods and solicit orders for some firm.
will come 10 grief in the first three weeks.
because he has not the genius for persuasion
that n successful drummer should have
The waitress who lose, her pretty outlines
and takes on IA" adipoS" tissue which Is the
foe of mistress and maid alike, IL not de-