The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-26
Educated Man Seeks Oppor-
tunity to. Labor Through
Washington Times.
WILL DO COPYING
OR READ FRENCH
Expert on Typewriter, But Is Will
ing TO Sweep Ofhce-Misfor-
tune Proves Handicap.
By sELENE ARMSTRONG.

bN SELENE ARmSlRONkT.
7 am nothing but an educated, deaf
man, VINO has tried and tried and tried
again TO get work of any kind-God
knows am not proud. so the work is
honsst-and have failed 10 get it. IF
there IS a mar OF woman in Wash
Ington who has any work a willing man
can 90, I am the man who wants 10
do tt
IN a large city, the little tragedies
Of everyday life have become common
place, so that we pSss them on the
street with scarcely pang- There Is
no shadow across the sun for Us when
We have met on the crowded thorough
fares one Of these men, our brothers.
whose appeal. spoken or UuspOken. is
somehow lost in the JOY which life
holds for the most OF us. But then
and now. we meet a tragedy, which.
however unwilling we may be 10 heed
The dark side of things, makes US
stop and listen A tragedy in which
there is something compelling. some
thing that Erips the human part Of US
and VIII not let 90 until We have
needed
Such is the tragedy OF him who IS
nothing but an educated. deaf man"
The letter which he has written tells
its own graphic story. Read il, and
then put yourself in his place He
has only his name left, but II YOU wish
10 communicate with him. you may
address him 90 o. care Of The
editorial department Of The Washing
ton Times.
His Own Letter.
This IS the letter. in itself a remark
able human document
To the Editor Of the Washington Times
Sir Are You Willing 10 do as much
for man as YOU would do for q WON
sn2 A man whose circumstances are
desparate2
I want work want nothing else.
have tried hard 70 get E-. but cannot
have used classified advertisements
only 10 be disappointed again and again.
7 am handicapped by being deaf
can speak, but not hear 7 have no uela-
lives living 10 whom I can turn. and
what friends I have are about as DOOR
as am
But a deaf man Is not helpless.
lie can 90 some thing 7 am an ed1-
Gated man. middIe-ag-d. experienced in
many ways I am expert on the tyne
writer and CGn 90 accurate copvine-
have done II Icr writer's and Iavvverz.
when could Eet # 20 do. I can do
any kind q Office work that IS rne~han-
icaiy peTtOrned-addressfng fling or
message carrying I can COPY letters or
stamp envelopes as well as any Of
ice boy ever did it. I can sweeD the
Once or translate French I am not
az az partlcuLar what I DO. SO il Is
sonnet Ing decent. something honest
and sol 1ethi-- which viii 0r-r rrasrz ia
any stomach aid clothes upon nv
back
Although my deafness is a great
La-olcsp' happuyr u Is not total II
! could buy an aCoustiCou could hear
-uent OF Sufficient electrical intensity 20
be OF use . ire.
As Well Be a Million.
'Seventy-hve or 800, IT might as veil
be 100000,
Now, don't va-c TO seem hvstercal
or even bitter. but DO think that death
IS sWeetcr than SUI s-in- acceptance Of
nurdening charities unless there is Of
tereu the E--zteT -harfly-the chance 10
earn an honest living and be free from
debts 20 charity or S-ie-,ds-
Il don't want 10 take I'D too much
space or rectte my troubles at such
length as 20 be tiresome
Il an nothing but an educated. deaf
man. VINO has tired and tried and tried
again FOR work Of any Efnd-cr5 r-7ov-e
I an not proud, so the work IS honest
and have failed to get IT, It there fz q
man or woman ia Washington who
mas any work 2 TiI'iu- man can do
10 matter how small the commentator
! am the man who wants TO do IT,
II there = such q man or woman
- washington they do not advertise
here remains for me only 5ho chance
tnaL you VIII give this space. and per
haps allow me 10 IND the work which
must have II 7 am TO remain alive
20 O.
taIe OF The Washington Times"
MRS. JACKSON VISITS