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Show fcaching the Armless and Legless to Barn a Living KUSID a man has only one leg is no MBboil why he may not work with his yJBjdB as well a3 mem whose lower gJjgleBs men 'have difficulty in finding gtfent, no matter how expert they may TBthelr hands. Employers are averse .jK cripples about their shops. J.Bult Is that these unfortunates oecome oojects 01 pudhc jBiUhough possessing both the jjlRacd the desire to earn their fB8 y their own efforts-By efforts-By tllis situation is one of djjBs of the unique institution iBfi the Trade School of the Kpf Hope, which first teaches Kid disabled men a trade and Klts influence to secure work JKtltutlcm occupies an old-time ;Bojm house in Franz Slgel -SBMott avenuo and One Hun-vaB" Hun-vaB" Flfty.ninth street, iUBt bo-?Bopelllns bo-?Bopelllns ot the Concourse, ''--,MB City, and, what is iperhapu r'ilBl ha institutions of this kind B0tk itself' Is 1110 fact that iiBls soliciting students, and I'-a The latter ore supplied by 2B,m8 "VVard, who founded the Bttd tte former are recruited iJflBjtime Parlor of this building strange machines which ,w8B. instruments of torture, but Bct, gentle mechanical con-.B con-.B trShten or strengthen lB?' arms or leS3, where in-m in-m etlll capable of modiflca- jSBjnacbineg are known as me-.apy me-.apy machines," explained TJBle& H. Jaegar, Jate. of tho German Hospital, director of the work. "For each arm, leg or trunk (movement there Is an apparatus, appara-tus, which by means of Its adjustment, adapted to the anatomical conditions, allows of tho actlvo exercise of a certain cer-tain group of muscles. "The resistance to be overcome is accurately known and can be In- creased or diminished as occasion requires. re-quires. In all these machines the part to be exercised is so adjusted that the moving joint is In exact line with the axle of the machine. ThJs Is Important, as it insures the correct physiological action of tho muscles." Among the trades which the cripples crip-ples are taught are cabinet-making, metal beating, engraving, drawing, basket and wicker Xhrnlture making and leaded glasswork. Becauso of the infirmities of the workers, special tools and machines have been devised to enable them to turn out a product equal to that of their more fortunate competitors. In one of the pictures on this page men who have lost an arm are shown I is BSBS 1$ 1- ivwm, .. ... .... , , --ag 1 nrmiii Armless Men Working in the Qlas Mysic Kooffl, Specially Cleansed Clumps Are Used to Take the PUvce-af Missing Hands. Copyright 1814, bjr-the Star Company. Groat Britain Rights ResexYjad working on glaBS mosaic work. Whereas a fully equipped workman would hold a piece of glass in one hand and break it with the other, special clamps operated by foot are used by these cripples to take the place of their missing arms. Some of them still have their arms, but the. use of them .is rcstrioted through paralysis or other defects. These students are taught how 'to overcome their hundica-os hv em ploying the special devices constructed construct-ed to help them. Their work Is naturally slow, but the finished product is equal tp that turned out by normal workmen. Men with weak or missing legs but strong arms and hands rapidly become be-come experts at 'reed work. In this class orders are taken for repair work outside of the school. The directors of this school realize toat besides teaching these unfortunates unfortu-nates a trade it is essential to inspire them with hope. Held back by their physical limitations hopeless because helpless it is natural that the cripple Bhould drift into an abnormal mental condition unless constantly encouraged- The growth of cheerfulness among the students at this school Is one of the most gratifying and promising prom-ising achievements of the institution. The intention is to give willing, healthy young men who are handicapped handi-capped by some deformity an opportunity oppor-tunity to learn a trade, and to give this in assistance and not as a char tiy. For this reason, pupils are for bidden to receive any aid from visitors. visi-tors. They are trained to become self-supporting, eelf-respectlng members mem-bers of society. The product of the pupils la offered of-fered for sale Irom time to time. |