Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-09-19

industrial unit-perhaps a better chance than he
has ever had before.
One of the most important means or instlllns
this vitality important lesson will be through the
utilization Of "cheer-up men, themselves GRIP
pies, who have lost arms, legs or sight, and VINO
have. nevertheless, made good. Plans are COM
piete for the employment of a large corps OF
these "cheer-up workers. they are being en-
listed through the aid u he Red Cross institute,
the National Association of Manufacturers, in
surance companies dealing with industrial acct
dents, and from the ranks Of Canadian and Brit
ish soldiers who have suffered mutllation In this
war and are again self-supporting civilians.
Eventually, unless the war comes to n much
earlier termination than Washington is figuring
on, our own army will provide a supply of cheer
up men" from the graduates Of the reconstruction
hospitals. These workers nre to be attached to
the base hospitals, the hospital ships that will
bring the incapacituted soldiers back to America
for treatment, and to the general and special
hospitals on this side.
Supplementing the work of the 'checr.up men"
whose function is to demonstrate both orally and
usually that a cripple Is far from useless. Will be
books, pictures. motion pictures, and other ex-
hiblts calculated to inspire the will and stimulate
the ambition of the injured man. In the surgeon
generals office a wonderful book Is being com.
piled, under the direction of one OF the most
famous Oh American surgeons, III WulCH wv ~
stories of hundreds of MANNED and crippled men
who have overcome their handicaps are told In
simple but convincing fashion. Profusely illus.
trnted, copies Of this book will be available for
the perusal Of every crippled soldier In the hos
pitfalls. Motlon-picture films showing crippled men
who have undergone almost every conceivable
form Of mutilation, performing useful work TOR
good pay. with and without the use Of artificial
members are being prepared by the Red Cross
institute and elsewhere for exhibition to the
manned soldier us early MS he is nble to see them.
To insure against the habit Of %idleness, provi-
sion Is being made for the employment of every
crippled soldier ut some form OF work as soon
MS he is able to use any of his faculties. Special
nurses, male and female, are being trained as
'bedside teachers" to give the wounded man a
start ut employing his faculties before he Ii able
to leave his cot. The things he does ut first will
necessarily be trivial In their results, but they
will be required duties, gagged to the mans ca
pncity and strength. and leading to his future
career as n crippled civilian. Thus, the man who
has lost his right hand will be taught to use his
left for the things he was accustomed to do with
his right the stenOgrarher who has lost q hand
will learn to operate q typewriter with one hand
hot so difficult a feat as 1t may seem. As the
cripple becomes n cOnvulesccnt, able to leave his
bed, more work will ~ required Of him. by this
time he will be on the hospital ship, on his way
back to tho United stntcs, for every wounded
soldier who cannot be quickly restored to active
service will be sent bnck TO this country Az soon
as he can be transportcf Tor further treatment OF