The Washington times., 1921-10-16
THOSE WHO WON'T WORK FORM TWO OF THREE DIVISI(
THAT MAKE UP WASHINGTONS ARMY OF THE UNEM
FEW OUT
OF WORK
I'm CAPITAL

uAAo ASAV tMUS vvALH-
Ing Listeners But
Few Workers I'm His
Survey OF JObleSS.
again. and a little later we trouped
upstairs TO the beds awaiting US.
The next morning they gave us
coffee and rolls. and waving a hand
TO the bunch. The Times representa-
tive started out to look for a Job.
The gentleman In charge of the
counter at The Times office. obliged
the "down-and-outer" with a free
copy Of The Washington Times Of
the previous evenings issue. There
was a whole column OF male help
wanted advertisements. and right
near the top OF It was one for men
TO sell magazines from house to
housc. iHe duurebs WAS IL nufnDer
In the 1900 block of F. street, and
soon the reporter. looking for work.
was telling the manager of the place
what a good salesman he was.
EASY TO FIND
A PAYING JOB.
The proposition called for men to
get people to sign a contract to take
several magazines for year. The
salesman got s1.45 on each order.
The man from The Times worked
five hours and made four sales, and
he never had any sales experience
before. Five dollars and fifty.five
cents for four hours work was
pretty fair wages. Lefty panhandled
on Pennsylvania avenue, from
o'clock that morning until in the,
afternoon, and he succeeded In
gathering in 31.l5 cents from
suckers"
There's a little boarding and
rooming house on L street not q
mile from Fifteenth street. 1t was
here the "down-and-outer from Chi.
cago" traded the most of his $I.js for
a hall bedroom on the top floor. 1t
was here he came into contact with
the game little lady who once was q
Government war worker and Is now
almost anything from a telephone
operator to a dishwasher.
The "down-andouter";- from Chi
cago was on the job the first thing
the next morning. This time he an
swered an advertisement that call
cd for an active man to aot as a
clerk in patent attorneys office.
1t was after 10 o'clock in the MORN
ing when he reached the attorneys
the position and The Times man was
soon deep in the duties of filing, and
teaching a 1908 model typewriter
how to behave
The job paid s25 a week The
work consisted OF filing, a little
research work and answering let
ters. The hours were from 8
in the morning until 4.30 in
the afternoon. And Lefty and his
rang were out on the Avenue beg
ging a dime from any and all they
met. Funny what some people con-
slider work.
An hour later found the down
and outer" established behind the
counter Of a paint and hardware
store on Capitol Hill. This position
called for a man to be on the jump
every moment. The work was not
hard and required no especial expert
ence, but 1t kept a man very busy
every moment. The position paid
four dollars a day.
ALWAYS LANDS
A REAL JOB.
Thursday found the reporter a fun
fledged assistant to a real estate
agent in the Union Savings Bank
building.
All that he required Of his as
sistant was a little work on the type
writer and have him hustle out now
and then and show houses to pos.
sible buyers. Ten o'clock until four
In the afternoon were the office
hours and the salary was $50 a week
and a commission on any houses the
assistant was instrumental in sell
ing. 81"
An alluring advertisement mn
peared In the help wanted column
Of The Times Thursday evening.
II called for a man to clerk in a
cigar store and bright and early
Friday morning the down and
outer" was on the Job, After a few
questions promptly answered the
explained to him. All he had to
position was secured and the duties