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Show f5SKo American (Copy for This Department Supplied br the American Legion News Borvlnc.) HE LOST BOTH HANDS IN WAR Paul Bazaar, Rochester (N. Y.) Legion Man, Given Special Consideration by President Harding. "My boy," said Senator Harding, In October, 1918, "If there Is ever any- 1 A you, write me or ask me." So Paul Bazaar, of Rochester, Ro-chester, N. Y., who had both hands blown off during tha war, waited until the senator became the President, and then asked him to help him get a Job. Har-d Har-d I n c susnended the civil service rules, making a special spe-cial case of It, and Bazaar Is now employed by the Veterans' bureau, and Is punching a typewriter (Hunt system) at a great rate of speed with Ids artificial hands. In a letter to comrades In the American Legion, Bazaar said : "I have taken my draw with a grin ; that same grin is still with me. I have found the sledding exceedingly rocky at times, but my philosophy of a smile and no worry, coupled with an insatiable desire to get somewhere, have helped me surmount most of my difficulties." Premature explosion of a defective hand grenade at Fort St. Mange, France, was responsible for the loss of Bazaar's hands. He Is equipped with a complicated double hook attached at-tached to the stump of his right arm which enables him to write legibly, drive an automobile, and attend to all his personal needs unassisted. |