Evening star., 1936-11-29

pains of men finding themselves again,
and they get better jobs elsewhere,
aided in their efforts by officials of
the home, And they leave, and some
one else takes their place.
The procession goes on, the end
less procession through the years, of
nondescript-looking human derelicts
passing through the doors Of the in
stitution to come out better men. Ex-
actly as many men are employed and
housed as the traffic will bear: il
$4,000 is made this year. exactly
S75 900 will be spent. If more comes
in, new beds and new places in the
dining room are provided and more
goes out. The home is a self-support-
ing institution; its aim is to make
ends meet-no more, no less. And
because it is organized as self-sup-
porting institution, it receives no out
side aid. nothing from the Community
Chest or other public or private fund
solicitation; its men are not allowed
to solicit or collect cash donations.
Some men don't make good. Some,
whipped by the depression before they
came in, never recover from the in.
feriority complex created by their fall
ures. Some others, humble once, but
with the wrinkles out Of their stomachs
after the first few weeks, grow re-
sentful over the small salaries paid
them for their weeks work, salaries
which do not seem to leave them
enough for lot Of new things, week
end trips. or entertainment. And the
old saw Is recalled, When the devil
is sick, the devil a saint would be-"
but when the devil is well. q devil
q saint is he" But the many who do
make good furnished the incentive to
keep it going.
THE Mems Industrial Home Of the
social service department Is one
Of the four branches Of the Salvation
Army in the District. the others being
the field department Operating the
relief service, and the five churches
here). the Day Nursery and the Emer-
gency Home. This particular depart
ment Is in the charge Of Adjt. Albert
e. Baldwin, who also directs the same
work in Baltimore and Richmond from
his Office here. The social service Sec
retary for the Southern section of
the army Is Brig. w. H. Rang.
In addition to the industrial service,
Adjt. Baldwin heads a permanent
labor bureau here, with an average
Of $50 men, which sup
plies each week an average of 1,100
hours Of work for jobless men in
homes throughout the city, a free
service to employer and employe alike.
Adjt. Baldwin Is a disturbingly hui
man sort Of man, disturbing because
he pierces instantly to the heart Of
q mans troubles and analyses q mans
weaknesses in an uncanny fashion;
human because his desk has more than
once been wet by his tears as he
listened to a story Of another tragedy
Of life. He is counselor and friend
to his men, and he is counselor and
friend to the stranger. A man Of
no less stature would At into that
job.
His assistants in the big waste fac
tory are Capt. Edward Trimyer. for
merly of the service in Newport News,
and Capt. Walter D. Needham. Adjt.
Baldwin Is soldier; he spent four
and one-half years in the trenches
with the Canadian Army and was dis
charged q warrant officer. Capt.
Needham was four and one-half years
with the British Army in France, was
wounded 10 times, and was captured
by the Germans, while the army listed
him as missing and his wife mourned
him as dead.
THIS vast Nationwide waste service,
which includes industrial homes
in ITO cities and jobs for thousands
and thousands Of men, was set up
here In 1894. It was located first at
100 Pennsylvania avenue, later moved
to 102 B street northwest, and oc-
cupied the present new $s5, 900 struc-
ture in April, 1885. The building con-
sists Of the main store, . book store,
executive offices and assembly room
on the main floor; reading room, din
ing room and kitchen, dormitories,
private rooms and baths on the second
floor: dormitories, private rooms and
baths on the third door, and In the
basement q recreation room with three
pool tables, two card tables and q
ping-pong table, q barber shop, laun-
dry, sewing room and heating plant.
In addition there are huge ware
houses, garages. sewing rooms, shoe
shop. sheet metal shop. carpenter,
paint and -upholstering shops, baling
rooms. storerooms and stables in the
four brick buildings adjacent to the
main building.
The service operates seven retail
stores in the city-two at the head
quarters, one in Georgetown, one at
Seventh and p streets northwest, one
on H street northeast, one on NJ street
northwest and one in Anacostia.
But Of all the profits from the busi-
ness, two-thirds comes from waste
paper-old newspapers and old mag
azines. The other third comes from
rehabilitated clothing, shoes and fur.
niture sold In the stores, and from
baled rags, excelsior, scrap paper and