The Washington times., 1914-01-11

and firmness of flesh, a harsh express
sion of outline, and face and features
always strongly marked. Great energy
of action, mental and physical. is ITS
dominant characteristic. The man OF
this type talks very loud, Is sharp,
critical observer, taxing in every de-
tail.''
Thus it is that Prof BIumenthal sums
up his classifications in bare outline.
Combinations of his temperaments are
the most often encountered, and these
he estimates from mis- vast experience
with people of the world.
In the conduct of the vocational guild
ance bureau many cases have 10 De an
ticipated where the bureau viii not De
OF service. A vast army or incompe-
evince no capabilities to do work, ana
these will have to be cared for bv other
institutions.
The conditions here are viewed as
being unique in some particulars. That
washington Is what the analysts term
a clerical city is agreed. The vast
employment which the Government OF
fers and clerical work in other channeis
Is about all there iS heIe.
Narrow Limits Offered.
In the placement and proper distribu-
ton of employment will a proolem OF
colossal proportions present itself, 1t Is
thought.
The industries of washington do not
compare with those Of other cities, and
narrow limits of choice are ofel &C.
Vocational training has been long
felt need in washington. 1t is declared
The lack of vocational schools ana
agencies such as other cites possess Is
thought to be responsible for gooo
deal of unemployment. With the lhceP-
ton of the vocational guidance bureau
an interest may be aroused IN Voca-
tiOnaI training, and considerable efhc-
iency to this branch OF endeaVor
aroused. ,--. .--- a..
women" SAYS one authority on laoor
conditions here, "is that there Is too
great a competition for labor of one
special sort. Stenographsrs, for IN
stance, are forced to wo,k for a wage
that scarcely enables them 10 pc sen.
supporting The standard wage Is set
by the less competent, who Work Tor
small wage and crowd the better op-
orators out, no matter how etnclent
they may be. There are many eGPert
stenographers In washington working
for from $ to 80 -Ss week week !" Deja%So "a W
Not as q direct remedy to any condl-
tions will the vocational guidance bu-
r. au be of service, but as medium
for distributing labor, and giving a fair
er show to the people who need It's serV-
ices
To the children it intends to pay spe-
ciaI attention. Sixty per cent OF the
children in schools in Washington De-
tween the ages of twelve and fourteen
are forced to leave school on account OF
having to help the family. They often
are led into the blind professions,
which lead them to nothing and when
offer no opportunities for selt-adVahce-
ment. Other children. who are them
selves unable to choose wisely, Will the
bureau make efforts to help.
Boston Institution Model.
For people of advanced years, they
will have the perpetual words of en-
couragement. Its never too late Un-
fcrtunates who have found their work
ur congenial may find with the bureau
an issue out of their troubles.
The success of vocational guidance
bureaus in other cities. and the vast
help thev have been to the community,
are the strongest arguments which local
workers interested have to back them
up. Among the most hourishlnS OF
these mediums is the vocational guild