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Show LOOKING FOR WORK Except in towns busy supplying material for tho warring owors, tho present winter has seen nn unusual number of applicants for work. It is a motley procession thnt passes under tho cold oyo of tho mnn who .docs tho hiring. Many of them arq 'perfectly respectablo follows, often compotcnt mon in their own lino, Thoy may havo changed employments a short tlmo heforo tho war began, and aro merely thrown out as tho last man taken on. , In moro cases tho applicants carry car-ry tho marks of less regular labor. A fow straws clinging to their frayod coats suggest tho kind of placo In which thoy spent tho night. Almost Invariably they claim to bo hungry nnd to havo gono without breakfast, though qulto frequently their prlncl pnl sufferings seem to bo from thirst. It seems a hard nnd cruel principle, princi-ple, yet most of theso pathetic appll cants aro Judged by their clothes anu" lack ot a shavo. Anient coat, In seeking work, Is worth ten times what It costs at tho store. Rather Ineffective In-effective ndvlco, to bo sure, ns most of tho men In tho work lino havo scarcely tho funds to buy a linen col lar. Tho pathetic condition of tho Job. less, often sobbing at their lack of opportunity, should bo a lesson to tho young fellow who novor saves, money. .Tho men who seek work aro not necessarily foolish or lazy. Often thoy como into tho newspaper olllco and ask for old papers, nny-thlng nny-thlng to read, showing their desiro to keep posted on tho world's doings. A mero picco of ill luck without a fault of their own may havo set them adrift. Onco thoy aro out of employment, thoy grow so seody and forlorn that tho word failure is written on tholr face. If back in tho old savings bank thore wero a fow dollars, with which they could clean up, spruco up, and travel about a bit llk0 white mon, thoy would find tholr chance all right. |