The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-14
BUSINESS MEN FIND
 JOBS FOR FAMILIES OF MEN AT BORDER

The increased number of applica-
 tions from relatives of national guards men for aid at the headquarters of the Active Service Auxiliary in the Seventy-first Regiment Armory has led to the formation of a committee of employers which will be known as the Merchants and Manufacturers Employment Committee. The plan, which was suggested by Col. Theodore Marceau is indorsed by Robert C.. Cook, president of the Fifth Avenue Association, and Jeffer-
 son D. Thompson. president of the Broadway Association.
 Merchants and manufacturers who are willing to give work to relatives or absent guardsmen will register
 with the auxiliary, and applicants will be assigned to the firms according to their ability and qualifications.
 Col. Marceau is acting chairman of the committee and Robert Cooke, act ing secretary. The members include Rodman Wanamaker, Samuel w. Ray
 burn of Lord & Taylor; Jefferson D.
 Thompson, w. A. Saks. E. F. Albee, United Booking Offices; John McE. Bowman, Biltntore Hotel; George C.. Boldt, Waldorf Astoria: M. Friedsam, of Altman 6 Co.,; Richard W. Meade, president of the Fifth Avenue Coach Co; Chester Alexander, of Rogers, Peet & Co.,; Samuel w. Fairchilds, O. J. Guide. N L. Ottinger, John David. Paul H. Zagat, Ancel H. Ball and Douglas L. Elliman. ~ N Applicants Placed, Up to Date. Seven applicants are young women who were. married as soon as they left school and have had no business training. A very limited number of positions is available for them, but, so far, all have been placed.
 One soldiers 18-year-old wife who became a mother the day the troops received the mobilization ordr, appeal ed to the auxiliary for help. With her three-weeks-ol old baby in her arms she told pr. Hedgers her first ven ture from home after her illness was
 her trip to the armory to ask money for food. Her husband, who is .21 years old, has been member of the
 Forty Seventh Regiment in Brooklyn for two and half years. They have been living in three rooms. for which
 they paid $9 a month. Two months
 rent is due and $200 in payments on their furniture. sik
 Since her husbands departure. the younE woman said she had been get ting food from grocer on credit. but
 now she owes him $10. and he will not trust her for any more, She has
 reached the end of her resources.
 Neighbors have lent her s5, but they
 are all struggling and cannot lend her
 more. Her parents are very poor
 and have to support her Ave young sisters and brothers.
 The auxiliary will immediately ask
 this guardsman to apply for his dis
 charge, and if he refuses will appeal to the War Department. 3t. ~ No Food, Facing Evictd6n.
 Another young wife. whose case justified speedy request for her hus- band to apply for discharge. has two young children, delicate mother and younger sisters and brothers. all of whom were dependent on her hus- band for support and how, are desti- ute. yThey are living In four rooms. The wife sent back all her furniture. which she was buying on time. The rent $17 a month, Is due soon. and the food supply has 1ong been ex- hausted. <.
 A heart-broken mother, whose eigh- teen-year-olds boy swore that he was 21 and enlisted, has appealed to the auxiliary to work for her boys dis charge. thus making 1t possible to have
 him sent to prison for false enlist ant 41 ~ ' Ga Y. ,. q .