Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-01
A BEGGAR holds out in mute
~ appeal two haunting stumps
~ of arms. Miserable apologies

~ appeal two haunting stumps
~ Of arms. Miserable apologies
for arms; both hands are MISS
ing. Poor fellow! he'll never be able
to do anything" people think. and he
rcar;s a toll from the passing crowd.
Well, what can lie do? More things
than at first seem possible. He can
learn stcnography This is not a
llippant Joke August GremOcl or
Munich, Germany, was born without
hands. With the aid OF special APP
parutus he writes with pen and has
become fairly proficient as stcnoS-
rapher Other kinds of possible work
are tending ncws-StundS or serving II.
time keeper ana Waterman. IT the man
Is Intelligent ne could answer questions
nj the information window III II rail-
road station.
When 1t Is realized that every
minute some one in the United state"
is being killed or injured, the need
for an agency TO md suitable JOBS
for the disabled Is obvious. Approx
mately half a million Eeop!e year
are injured in factories. mills ana
foundrics, by accidents on railroads,
trolley cars and boats. and in mines
and in other industrial cntastrophes.
How arc we to help the handicapped
to earn Il living The special employ
ment bureaus rur the handicapped IN
New York and Chicago partially
answer the question. a porter who
has lost foot must change his work.
The bureau finds him position
Winding Il private telephone exchange.
A typcscttcr lost his right hand from
blood poisoning His friends piticd
him and thought he would never ne
able to work again. 1t did seem so.
He could not dress himself or cut his
own food. His aelf-rcliancc was gone.
AT the bureau he was met with
bracing contempt. you've got two legs
and two eyes and strength. Why, you
might have lost both hands. Then you
would have been in n fix"
The typesctter was sent to farmer
on trial a month later he was seen
by the manager of the bureau driving
four-in-hand.
Often 1t is difficult to get a man
into n self-reliant frame of mind. II
he is suing some company FOR
damages he believes that he VIII get
more If he can plead that he Is un-
able to work. While waiting weeks,
months, and even years for the trial.
he Is acquiring the habit OF not work.
ing.
A man who loses an arm Is IN
dustrinlly more seriously handicapped
than one who lacks Il leg. Almost any
trade calls for two hands. There are
possibilities open, however. such n
man can serve as Il telephone operator
In n small private exchange, or as a
theater usher or messenger. not to
mention tending a news stand or serv-
ing as timc-kecpcr or Waterman.
onc-armcd man Is one of the the tele-
graph operators on q great daily
paper in New York; receiving news
paper copy Is one of the hardest tasks
in the telegrapher's trade outside of
work In Wall street.
The disability of old age Is the
| heaviest handicap OF all. Two wears
| ago many men who had held steady
!, Jobs for decades lost their work. !,
clerk who has labored for 30 year!
In house dealing in wool l.
practically unable To get out Of thu
| riit
For such men places as errand boys
elevator operators. or hall porters az
sometimes secured. The choice Is lim
tied and II Is depressing to see men who
have held responsible posts reduced
to work that is such n contrast to theii
past.
Special employment bureaus are not &
sufficient solution of the problem. Tho
man with one leg. the woman with hir