The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-01-03
E "SELF-HELPER'S"
STORY.
BY DAVID l.. Monsoon.

TT is the aim of the Self Help Bureau
at Yale university 10 furnish stu
dents of small means with light en-
ploymcnt of all sorts in New Haven
md vicinity. 1t also provides work
turing the college vacations. \ thor
ough canvass of all opportunities is
constantly maintained; and at the Of
fee, conveniently located on the col
legc campus. is prepared a daily list
Of wants" which students may fill
To give some idea of this work, l
copy q few entries from a recent list:
i. Young man TO drive delivery
wagon for department o two
hours every weekday afternoon.
.. The gas company will employ a
student to take meter records
3. Young man of good character TO
ltuge in house where male protector
Is desired.
4. Young nan OF good manners to
distribute wedding invitations at nine
o'clock this morning.
3. -Four students as ushers tenor
row evening.
G. Experiment station wants stu
dent TO act as guide. He must be ia
uiliar with the city.
And so on for a hundred and fifty
entries on a single morning.
The number Of families who desire
the presence Of n youn- man OF good
character in their homes. for protec-
ton and company. is much larger
than one would nj first suppose. Many
elderly ladies and invalids suffer un-
told misery from fear of burglars.
tramps and sudden attacks of illness
by night. They gladly give the right
sort of young man his room rent
and often his board. in return for the
mere sense of safety and comfort that
comes from knowing thai he Is in the
house and can be called on in case OF
need.
i held such a position during my
last real at the university. j house
wa a fine. comfortable old mansion,
fun of everything that heart could
wish in the way of furniture, house
hold treasures and bric-a-brac. The
proprietress was a white-haired
charming lady. more than 20 years
old. With her lived an invalid daugh'
ter. hopelessly i'll Of a spinal malady
and n grandson of seven or eight,
punv lad. with n deformed ankle OF
which he had TO wear an iron brace
IT was. in fact. the last feeble rem
nant Of a onc happy, prosperous fam
lily.
When | first entered the house il
the character of protector the Ole
lady and her daughter received mn
rather timidly. and for some week.
l went and came without more thar
knowing them by sight. Then on
night / had TO 60 for the family ply
stefan. and performed a number o
needed services during the earl,
morning hours; thus l won their con
fdcnce.
This confidence increased as tim
passed, till / became i'm every sense
member Of the household. Indeed. tn
reliance which the old lady and tn
invalid came to rcpose in me was well
nigh pathetic. and IN my part Their
grew up n sense of responsibility TO
their safety and welfare such as vii
never be surpassed il ! have a famil
of my own. Shutters, locks. skylights
roofs. back yard gates, fires cam
within my sphere Of guardianship.
even took charge Of the orderin
from tradesmen. In return the oil
lady would have paid me with ia
more substantial favors than | fel
at liberty to accept. I may add tina
the services which / rendered wcr
among the ~pleasantest Of my Who'll
life.
One very disagrceable experienc
befell me, however, while l was in tn
house, and for a time I was under SUI
picion among the ncighbors an
friends OF the family. But i am hal
~ to say that the dear old lady he
self never doubted me.
During a portion Of the year wa
There we were distressed by a Ion
seTies Of pilferings. These thcfts wei