The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-01

1 ty. middle Tennessee, al Statesville," hoping that there he can find work
 At least he will be with friends. AL most exhausted he ss huddled in ope corner of the room
 MT. Simpson told vivid story of I how when the old man arrived he was almost unbelievably hungry and weak. and the boys" hustled around over town. begging food for him, and came back with 1t.
 l Tt was touching illustration of how even in their own suffering, tho
 unfortunate men are quick to think ] of another fellows misfortune.''
 VIII Start Soon
 The old man told me he intended 1 to start out walking again maybe to- l day if he is able. He needs pair of 1 shoes. He wears No. on double E last-and anyone who has a discarded i pair would do a real kindness by making the donation. Such a dona- tion can be taken directly to the po- lice officer at the Hotel de Gink."
 This Is the name the men them selves have given the place. trying to be bit gay, even in their misfor- l tune.
 The little shelter in the time of stress is kept very spick and span 1 by the boys" who each day scrub it's entirfe floor surface The house as kept after the form of a barrack. the men taking their beds up daily and standing them against the walls. There is a lavatory and two wash rooms. where the men can bathe, thus keeping themselves neat. They do all their own cooking, which is really a hard job, but they do not complain. Great Help
 l The stove has been great bless Ing, and. says MT. Simpson: "If Rob- ert Prowell could see the men en- toying 1t. he would be doubly glad he had given it.
 Some Who Give 1 As an illustration of how kindly are the people in the neighborhood of the stranded men, Greek restau- rant has been giving them many meals, and one dealer sent over a whole box of cigars that had been broken. J. Murray Norment has vis- ited the home several times. taking donations of foodstuffs and meat. But there are not enough donators. The place Is so crowded that men even sleep on the top of the little built-in bath room.
 Almost every kind of employment lis represented. There are plumbers and carpenters, iron and steel work CTS, a deputy sheriff. who came here from Florida. and a man whose home is in South Africa. The latter came to America to go to school.
 T arrived.' he said, with five dia- monds. The customs officials took them, charging l was smuggling them in, and fined me $2,66o. This left me only s40o. and I could not | ant Schnal< Ariffinfr from place to place to try to get work but cannot succeed"
 1 Concrete Example | All the men said they would be willing to do anything to earn a liv- ing. Among them are men like these: l:
 The deputy sheriff holds words of recommendation from prominent cit izens and from Florida senators. He has been here two weeks. A man from Detroit is an ailround mechanic, and won. for the Ford com . 1 pany, a construction contest held in Detroit in which many motor com panies were entered.
 A first-class auditor, bookkeeper { and accountant. who has family, s lthere--a splendid man. "I would be ! glad to get any job.' he said. l U. G. Hazlewood, officer in charge of the place, says that he has seen ! some of the men cry at times. They 1 are all ages, from IS to S3 years. I One iron and steel worker came 10 l Birmingham all the way from San Francisco, remembering when he used ro work at Gate City, and at Besse- mer mills. He is T. Harrington.
 when he was laid off in the west
 he had only ss. but finally made his
 way here. only to find his old friends