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Show DOING UTMOST TO HELP UNEMPLOYED Commercial Club Bureau It Working Overtime to Assist Persona . to Jobs t Salt Lako, Feb. 10 Through gloom made heavy by tho shadows or nearly COO unemployed, gleams of Bunllght crept into tho Commorclal club em ployment bureau yestorday. Men of all sizes and occupations filled tho room nil looking for work, any kind of work, .Tho room was close; tho atmosphere opprosslvo mado doubly so by the heart rending stories of tho unemployed. Tho tolephono rang. There was silence. Hopo lighted ovory face, then alternated with sickening dread In tho suspense. "Wanted eighteen men at onco?" quorled tho clerk at tho phono. Hope and dread morged into a Joyful Joy-ful cheer. Tho reply was lost. Then came another sllencO almost breathless, breath-less, broken only by the low voice ot tbo clerk at the phono. "Eighteen solicitors? Suro, we'll get 'era." Hope gavo way to despair. Just'n fow expressed doubt thoy had had no experlenco in soliciting. Thoro were other bright spots on the gcnoral gloom. Work was found for an apartment houso engineer and fqr ono or two other laborers, Just enough to bring tho mon with care lined faces back today. Tho letter to tho patrons ot the public schools asking that they telephone tele-phone tbo Commercial club of any work they may have was Issued yestorday. yes-torday. Twenty-two thousand copies cop-ies will bo distributed among tho school children this week for dellv-oryto dellv-oryto the parents. It follows: "fho Commercial club Is attempting to 'assist those, who aro temporarily out',!of " employment and who, as a cbYisequenco, need assistance to help them through tho remainder of tho winter. You may havo somo work about tho houso which .can bo done now. It may bo repairing, carpenter work, brickwork, cleaning, housowork or somo odd Job. If so, will you act at onco by telephoning tho Commorclal club, (Main 88) to send you a suit-ublo suit-ublo porson. Wo bellovo wo can supply your wan(s and at tho samo tlmo afford you the opportunity ot giving practical prac-tical nsslstnnco to those in urgent need ot employment. |