New-York tribune., 1920-12-06
Giue Him Another Chance
viii You Help This School for tn,
Crippled and Disabled Man,

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: During the last year I have
been deeply interested in an organiza-
ton which is doing an unusually ef-
fective work in helping handicapped
men toward sclf-support and normal
lives. This is the Institute for Grip
pied and Disabled Men, at Fourth Ave
nue. and Twenty-third Street, of which
am d trustee. 1t started at the be-
ginning of the war under Red Cross
auspices, with the object of helping
men disabled m military service. 1T
proved its worth i'll many ways. A
the outset it undertook the study Of
the experience of our allies with this
problem, and then developed into an
active and effective agent for co0pora-
ton with the government in th;s par
ticular field. Besides soldiers, the in
stitute dealt with many cases Of in
dustrial crppes, and gained an cX-
pericnce which at the end Of the var
convinced those interested in the en-
terprise that its permanent field Of
usefulness was so great it must go on
for all time
The institute to-day provides arti-
fetal limbs and appliances at cost; IL
maintains a series of training classes
for vocations suitable to various kinds
# disability, and finally, through its
employment department, it places hun
dreds of disabled men in positions
which enable them to support thcln-
selves.
The training classes are very inter
esting. Oxyacetylene welding is taught
as profitable trade to men with less
than two good hands. Typewriter re-
pair and jeweiay making airord suit
able occupations for the pa " par
alyzed, or those with impaired powers
of locomotion. Motion picture operat-
lng nickel plating, enameling, drafting.
monotoype operating and the use Of a
telephone switchboard are other sub
jects in which instruction is given.
Hundreds of eases could be described
to show IN what practical way the
plan has worked out for the rehabii-
tation Of men with what seemed to be
hopeless disabilities.
An accident to workman in a sub
marine shipyard in Quincy, Mass, left
him with his arm useless for his old
trade, and after a year and half Of
ldlencss he came to the institute and
was trained as welder the damaged
arm being strong enough to hold the
welding rod. He returned to the ship
yard at full wages as wcider and a
better job than he had before his &C
cident
Another man was painting a stack
and fell to the ground, distance Of
forty feet, and broke his back When
he came to the institute he had been
washing dishes at So a week He was
taught motion picture operating. He
was found a job as licensed operat Or.
and eighteen months later he returned
TO the institute and showed his savings
bank account Of Sl,l0O.
The records of the institute are re-
plcto with cases who're men. broken in
spirit as we'll as body, have been
given another chance and are making
good re Institute has a lieh to its
name "rhe School Of Another
Chance
The institute is for the first time
appealing to the general public for
support. One hundred thousand dol
lars is the sum asked for This, it is
hoped viii assure the operation Of
the institute Tor a year and a half or
two years. The institute is not widely
known, and because believe that your
readers viii like t. learn Of this very
practical philanthropy have ventured
to ask you to give this letter space i'm
your columns. can assure You that
my one who viii subscribe to the
ppport Of this work will receive more
than value in return for the sacrifice
Visitors to the institute are vel
come, and no one who has ever visited
the place and seen what is bcinc done
has failed to inlorse it's support. Con
tribuiions should be sent to the Insti-
tute for Crippled and Disabled Mem
lOl East Twenty-third Street, New
orc 'ity. ARTHUR WOODS.
New York, Dec. 4, 1920.
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