New-York tribune., 1909-05-09
CHIRITY H4BERD1SHERI
Philadelphia Episcopal Mission Fits
Needy for Job Seeking.

the Episcopal Missions headquarters IN HhliA-
deIphia surveyed the sad eyed applicant for
high hat with a questioning eye Apparently
satisfied from his scrutiny that the horsy ap-
pearance of the applicant marked the man as
of the stables stably, the brisk young man led
the way to a storeroom in the Of the mis-
sion building Here was a shelf loaded with
hats Of every color known TO the trade and some
cOlors that the trade would disown with scorn
Selecting tarnished silk hat from collection
of this sort Of headgear. he fitted it TO the head
OF the man who was looking for a coachman'S
Job. If the man out Of work had looked like a
coachman before he then had all the appear
ance Of the man born 10 drive horses and to do
nothing else II could easily be understood when
observing the transformation how badly handi-
CAPPED the man would be in applying for q
coachman's place while wearing the distorted
Fedora he held in his hand
That's where most Of the high hats go" ex-
plained the young man, as the horsy individual
walked proudly out of the place. we can get
rid Of any number of them that way 1t doesn't
matter how old or in what condition they may
be So long as the coachman out of work can
sport high hat he feels he is dressed for the
part and he goes after job with his head
holding the hat straight and high.
I'VE have a lot Of chaps coming in for high
hats who are not out Of work, but who are too
poor to buy high hat, Cabmen think they
stand better chance If they are got up in the
conventional rig. and as a high hat is part of
this they come here and get fitted with a stove
pipe from the stock we have on the shelves No.
We don't sell a thing Everything is given
away, just ii Is given to Us.
I'VE can always find some one grateful for an
old suit Of livery. Here again the man servant
out Of work is glad to get some sort of uniform.
IL EDOre that will belp him vrbar he
plies for q situation if he wears the badge of
his Office and looks the part a waistcoat OF
trousers that formed part of livery stamps him
as no novice and is of assistance in getting him
g place again We are adopts here at knowing
a mans trade from his appearance, and never
get caught by made UP yarn. a man accus-
toned TO wearing livery feels more satisfied
with himself when he has il on, especially If he
is going to see a prospective employer, and if
he is not accustomed to wearing II he soon
shows it when We take him to the fitting room.
Perhaps the queerest cast-of that ever came
into possession" he continued. was
gravestone- II had belonged TO some nisan-
tlrope who had prepared for his funeral during
q period Of detection when he thought a grave
stone was in order. He got over his troubles in
some way and looked On life with more cheer
ful eye. Then the gravestone became an eyesore
TO him and he presented it to We had not a
single applicant for a gravestone on list
and put it in the storehouse TO await a
claimant Sure enough one came. a poor fam
iy which lacked the means TO mark the spot
where a loved one lay buried gladly took the
stone off our hands.
1--WE once had coffin in the storehouse. This
was ordered for who seemed to be at
DEATHS door, and whose relatives had preIna-
tUrey given the order for a coffin. The man
recovered, and of course did not look with Joy
and gratitude the object purchased by his
relatives. He sent it to US to dispose of, and
we saved poor family the price OF a coffin
"Of crutches and such things always have
sn immense stock So many require the use of
crutches temporarily. When they need them
longer they give them 10 US, and conse-
quently always furnish these to any
unfortunate person who needs them We
haven't such q large stock OF boots for Grip
PIES but occasionally we are able to save some
deserving person the price of these.
Look at that lot OF wheel chairs. We get
them all the time and give them away as fast
as they come in These again are articles that
are used temporarily in many cases. When the
invalid or the injured person recoVers the
wheel chair is presented to us and furnish
some other invalid injured with IT, and
very likely it comes back to again In due
time to be presented to else Here Is
an ear trumpet Some clergyman win send tl
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