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Show THE OLD MAN. "What can an old man do but die?" sang an embittered singer. What, Indeed In-deed T In tho Osier-obsessed world what rcmalnB for tho elderly man whom human needs will not permit to sit by tho flresldo? Tho cry In all lines of human endeavor Is for i young men. Tho older men, steps slowing, eyes dimming, shoulders I drooping, aro "scrapped" and sent to tho human Junk heap along with other wasto material of humanity. In sane Europe, previous to August 1, tho old , man had a place. Ho wnsa mender of roads, a tender of looms, a gato i tender, a toy-finisher, something that gave him somo part In the day's work. In American cities ho has been a sweeper ot streets nnd a watchman, . but tho tondency Is toward tho employment em-ployment of younger men In these places. In this America of the feminist femin-ist trend women aro doing much of tho work that has for generations fallen to tho malo whoso powers wero beginning to fall. Wo havo not yet como to tho plan ot qld-ago pensions, but theso must como unless a placo can bo mado for old mon of America in tho vast and complicated machinery of American industries. With every period of business depression tho necessity ne-cessity for making a decision comes n littlo nearer. To placo tho old man at work might mean tho slowing down ot somo ot these Industrial dovlccs of ours that nro somewhat ovcrspccdcd. To assumo old-ngo pensions means additional ad-ditional tax burdens. |