The Washington times., 1916-08-08

Men Refused Jobs
From Sick Record
By SOPHIE IRENE LOEB.

A NAN writes to me az follows:
"a Il have been to about q hundred
places In answer to On advertise
ment to SEX Job. About seven wears
ago was injured. and otter consider
able time and q lonR rest I reclaimed
my health. but at present am capable
Of doing any kind OF work that I used
to do as shipping clerk or printer. On
account Of losing my last two positions
az a result Of this Ill health. Il seems
impossible for me to get work. Am q
married man and certainly In need Of It
at present. The great trouble In that
tho minute you tell the employer that
you have. been sick he says: I can't
use YOU ! wonder why It In that EN-
ployers will not aivc q man a chance
who has been Ill and has recovered.
think there arc many others In the Same
DSsi,ion who would appreciate an article
, Yes. there 10 considerable To be said
on the subject. The chief reason en-
ployers do not hire people who have
Ge oS sfs or S.y .sr sSsy &c
efficiency will not be secured from such
a man.
/. All . Fallscy.
or course. It is all fallacy. Even
though q man were to have a sickly
tendency that very tendency would be
the thing to make him more faithful.
more anxious to please. In order to hold
down his Job.
Aside from this, II a man has recov.
cred from an illness. he should be given
chance. ! venture to say many an
employer loses faithful worker just
because the appearance has been some
R pale or even tired and DO perfectly
Leastwise. the simple principle of
humanity would we'll be exercised in
the everyday dealing with unfortu-
opportunity to work. and thus avoid
being burden on the community.
Furthermore. what an easy matter II
would be to lie to the employer--to
simply state that you have been entirely
we'll. Ia not the employer safeguarded
by q man who tells a straightforward
story about his past physical disability
Cases In Point.
I know a young man who has the
most faithful servant In the world. He
found the man on the street one day
with his arm broken. and after he he'd
helped him the man went to work for
him. He 10 now the most trusted en-
ploye in large concern. and though his
arm is useless he performs the most
efficient work In the plant.
know a young woman who rose
out Of a sex bed in q hospital and
took a position in order to help keep
the family. She did not tell them that
she had come out of hospital. else
abe could not have secured the position.
She has proved to be invaluable to her
employer, a man WHO has not patience
with anyone who 10 Ill.
30 that II 10 not always physical dis
ability In the past that retards the USE
fulness Of the worker in the future.
Most often Il accelerates II.
At any rate q little fair play every
day to the man who IL seeking a Job
cannot but make the employer q better
man in the end.
A little Of tolerance. q little bit OF
tenacity and q little bit Of time are
all that 10 needed to secure the greatest
efficiency even from . "has been"
The employer who turns deaf ear
to the man who has been sick, for that
reason alone, has cash register where
his heart ought to be.
A little patience. Mr.. Employer. for
the sick man who socks Job. just
reflect. you might have been THAT
man.
Copyright, 1861