Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-11
AS ONE WOMAN SEES 1T
We Who Cheered the Soldiers OF to
War Should Now Cheer Them on
TO Their Interrupted Careers
as Citizens
BY SARAH y. LOWRlE

/ ~. ''''s iiVSl VI hS ShN w 'hV pb|Ni y
l. last week Il brief notice Of an cx. service
man who had been crippled in tho war and
VINO had tried tn kill himself the other day
because the allowance made 10 him by the
Government while he was learning ,rnde
was TO stop with his graduation ns an ap.
had wife and child whom he feared he
would be unable to support. lie also feared
he could not support himself. And lastly.
no doubted If. having learned to paint nu.
tomobiles, he could naint them even II he
was employed.
.,lo fact, h" was mentally afraid of respon.
Sibll ~ and tried n short cut ont Of all re.
Spon>bility. That he fniled this time does
not much alter the case. 1t is not nn un-
common aftermath Of wound shock. I am
told TO be afraid Of life. TIL" Government
mas provided what seems like very reason-
holc support for men who are adjusting
themselves to new conditions after they leave
thc military hospitals and SGT about making
a, living under the handicn' Of broken bodies.
l ha' lS' an allowance IS granted them il they
SION Is taught them and II situation for pur.
SUNG that trade Is procured for them by
special recommendation.
When they are judged by the Government
ollrials in charge proficient in the new
trade or profession. notice IL sent them ns
10 the future date when their Government
support Will cease. But the notice gives
new Job
All this schedule works to perfection on
noIl Ca, ,",,'i Nv ""iuS,'" 10 "or" pt'',E
ox snrv,nn ,,nn u ,n,.'''S. nul nhhy OF Tue
nNd som" Of them are not normal mentally.
In most cases personal oversight Of a uracti.
cat sort can adjust the situation to the
s,,,nn ro.ne CIV ,,o, "oi ne. ~ w Hi' 'uatIoI III
Shields NO ,orra,inI norn "S Una. OF thr W"u,d'pe
60 y,nri,liy,,,' ~, 'tnI, oNrrslsht ouGh. TO oe
nf Ln.,itnI roai, ~ nv Nv, "',.oS' Pr"oHS"'ioh
nro,i> ION ~ ~ i; nt "e'erhln'nI ms no
'',f,or ,no t,n "rnL'aot I"r s"'ii lilu'hhi'c
cve,IIio, =; H Ii' ~ SN"i,' PFoOao'! ,ne
,'n,,,II !" a. Me', us ne ever can be'
I, h|. :"ou'u iuhr'io!, normally NJ
,,",.n. = .n' m'M .r"ae; c''r taUGh' I"
- I,,! =! p'" suPpprteu curing the process
.,,, 49, ,'.u !'an lne general aSslir-
',,,,, 'til ~ .lH start nut SoHetning mas
r,''''" mt 'nliia'lyc "nd he is afraid OF
H. ,,.'. !"it''n nv nohH ,hH laHy' ana, lhur'u'
In.,: ,' ". 'Cl,,iIH'pl'''! may ne 'Wo-thlrdS
L;i;,;,,m t ,nu omIS one Ilnlrd genuin" IN
,hIrd m,.i 'i',n m'i.""S ir'sht' out mat one
'm'iu ,'i'! nervous lear prevents MS con-
N",t imS MS I'aI !""Ih'SS: lie needs strong,
~ ,,'S' encouraging ihlHehcc TO COUNTER
m', 'he lear ana 10 help him drive out his
i'''''i"'
VIE government Is too impcrSon;l to sue
l. c""d we'll as n big sister. and most Of
our phlanthropir agencies are .fuIl mn
win tending to III" folks that ar" "lifc-
Shock"d"; rh"r cannot stop TO look after the
men that are inst "shcll shocknd Yat vn
that chrcrrd tie soldiers off to war hoye nov
n responsibility TO chccr them on 70 tokc
up their interrupted cnrocrs ns citiyens
II looks q good deal like womrn's busi.
moss. because it REQUIRES naticncc and in
yet again. patience. lien are shy of merry.
,rhn', ni''u ,, "!r" WHO are hlrhII or me-
"N'",|H ".out tHeIi. ibut t'leS
,, -; y" .''nl I"'ih hE 'housh uneS were
XII. 'In'I'n. '."" '''niSeNrS; lh"v can
ii',N iiN '"",n Mn 10 r"i1t ana then-'oh'
n"'.'r ' "'a" ~ npou' III" l'rilhS. In the
I"'" u 'h' 'h'a!l""a rN 'h"rVlrc men the
legion h"" been eagerly helpful in pur.
i""'' "' course ana it backs justice on
liI"lr hcllIf ana subsidies much philam-