New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-27
A lob FOR SOMEBODY?
HERE'S THE MAN FOR It
He's Elderly, but of Highest
Character, and Perhaps Just
the One You Need.
WIFE WRITES TO TRIBUNE
Situation of Family Desperate,
Devoted Woman Tries to
Find Work for Man Who
Proves What He Is.

An elderly man, out OF work. living IN
modest but neat little cottage across
the Hudson. faces the street after Sep
TENDER / unless he can get employment.
prematurely old young wife, with three
growing children. has written to the
Editor Of The Tribune. without her hus-
bands knowledge, this appeal:
will some gentleman give 4 watch
mans position or position as doornian
to an elderly man trying for two months
to get position? Has family to sup
port. With one firm twenty-five years
and with his last place five years. Can
furnish the best references"
An elderly man OF fine presence opened
the cottage door to a representative OF
! The Tribune A look OF anxiety came TO
his face. over his shoulders looked
much younger woman whose dark hair
was shot with gray.
You wrote this letter."
mo, I have written no letter" he re-
sponded.
II wrote the letter, dear" she said
gently. and put a hand on his shoulder.
well, we'll" he murmured.
Ir-was the wife who told OF the typical
"eIderly gentleman who is fast eIbowed
out of the way i'm the newer and swifter
competition
My husband is az good a man as ever
lived she said But he is a delicate
man" she continued. regarding the re-
signed figure with wifcly feeling. He Is
very gentle man. too gentle for the
struggle to-day, so-well, you see. wrote
the letter for him
Suspense, strain and gathering moisture
in her eyes told the whole story OF the
man, gentle and retiring. slight OF frame
and beaten BY the grind Of the modern
city.
AT my wits end. ] wrote the letter.
felt that we must do something. hard
~ dared to hope for any response. snow
your recommendations, dear
There were three from old established
firms. in which the mans upr:ghtness of
character and faitEfulness were highly
praised. Twenty years he had fulffiied
the conditions OF one position. Fifteen
years Of that time he was superintendent
of the firms warerooms. Then sickness
incapacitated him. Another recommends
ton showed that he had been with urn
for five years. Then he gave way agafn.
And that time We nearly lost him
she said He is only recovering. II Is
really too soon for him 10 so out again.
but what can we do? II we could only
have taken him TO the hills up round
Newburgh, where We came from, 1t "ouid
have done him much good"
We'll. we'll" he said, never MIND.
am quite strong and ready 10 go to
work. It's a rather comical situation.
isn't il. for man who was a school TEL
low OF 4 former Governor Of the state?
The little parlor was painfully bare put
very neat. Not speck Of dust lay on
,he three chairs or blurred the oldtime
faces that looked from the few pictures
you came from Newburgh?'
Yes. ! was reared there
Have you no friends up there!
eyes. but they are the last you want
10 90 10. | cast my lot among strangers.
Friends don't expect such things as th's
from YOU And II has been too many
wears since we left them. They, bach
there. can't understand. y tallure III
New York is a national failure. In their
minds. you have been measured-ahd
found wanting. l am too old 10 start
anew. No. I must look for help To
strangers. BY help | mean work we
never asked for charity
Five years ago he applied TO 'ne
Charity Organization employ MEM
agency for work. But the record SHOWS
,bat because he was an elderly man
and delicate" though OF good character
and habits. there was no place Tor MN