. 4 SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1921. "WHEN A MAN HAS LOST HIS JOB By the Rev. Charles Stelzle. & Bread lines are forming In our] big cities. The churches are being invaded by the unemployed. - Many | Industries have reduced their wors-/!| jung forces fifty per cent. Many shops | spud factories are running on. half} time, In the United States theresare to- gay probably 2,600,000 workers out | of jobs. The largest groups among thém are the following: Building | . 'trades, 300,000; automobiles, 250,- | 900; textiles, 325,000; clothing, 150,- | 000; railroads, 200,000; steel and | iron, 160,000; shipping, 125,000; food proddcts, 100,000; others hav- - oie 50,000 to 100,000 are fa sements, metal mining, ship | buflding, rubber, shoes and leather, | printing and casual labor. } Charity organizations and relief | socleties are besieged for work and assistance as they have not been in| many years. Fortlnately for the | poor their suffering" has been mini- mized because of the warm winter weather, | No doubt, a very considerable per- centage of the unemployed consist of men and women who were taken on | in certain 'industries during the war when 'the demand for labor was so great that many inexperienced and in 'competent people were employed. | The bosses are now simply letting | them out. On the other hand, it is | insisted by the trade uulons that in | many of the industries men are being | laid off so that they may be hired agtin at reduced wages and apparent- Ty thete is godd ground for this state ment. It is a shaking down Process which some employers seem to think | is justifiable, . . - There #iWiways ® large unem- | Rloyable class, particularly in our | great cities--employable because of | physical and mental inefficiency, old age, or general incompetency. Also, | there is usually unemployment of | abaut 10 per cent. due to changes of employment, voluntary days off, and a certain amount of shiftlessness. These percentagess!must be consider- ed when studying goverimental re- ports on the amount of unemploy- | ment in industry. Furthermére, in a targe number of | | objection to the eh | cope with the unemployment situa- 3 streets at night because they are out { of jobs, 'robberies, and hold ups al- | unknown trahsien ways increase. : Growing out of the unemployment sitiation is the increasing spirit of social unrest particularly amohg the | unorganized groups and migratory workers--2the men whe during the summer are employed in éonstfuctio camps, in the wheat fields and f other seasonal -occupations, but who iz the winter season flock to the cities, expecting to find jobs there. So great has the amount of unem- ployment~ become Yghat" considerable ng of foreign- ers Las been aroused.W jan government has orde Mat all immigrants must possess be - stead of $50 as {srmerly, the order applying to mechanics, artisans, and | Jaborers. In the.United States, sev- eral bills are now befors Congress, chief consideration being given to one practically prohibiting all immi- gration for the period of one year. . . . It is commonly charged that white working men had good jobs, and were earning big wages they squandered their money recklessly, but one of the great industrial life insurance com- panies has pointed out that because the workers were enabled to eat good food and to enjoy more comforts of life, death rates have greatly de- creased and the amount of diseases due to mal-nutrition has also been lgwered fn both the United States and Canada. Working people are therefore better prepared for the svils of a period of unemployment than they are ordinarily. It is deplorable that in spite of the constantly recurring unemployment situation--for: these periods seem to come In cycles--nobody adsumes the responsibility of getting readyy to tion. . One of the worst effects of unem- ployment is the demoralization of the workers. A mechanic out of a job rirely 'comes bagk." As a matter of self-protection, therefore, .em- ployers of labo: should find jobs fer their men whenever possible. When the necessity for production is de- creased, it is.a good time to clean wy *. 'and the manless job together, < workers, A n ¥killed worker who is the first. to lose states, child labor is increasing which ju) the shop, thus giving a certain means that childen are taking the amount of work to the unskilled men places of adults in certain Industries. | who usally suffer most during & In most of the states in which child {time of unemployment. labor in decreasing, it is due to new labor, school, or continuation school laws, To what extent the great incréase | in the number of crimes committed in our large cities may be attributed | to unemploymerit is problematical, | but it usually hapnens that when large numbcrs of men walk "the | | meng Fmorrs Leper Jello If unemployment. should greatly increase, it will be necessary for the national government to function in this field through the establishment of employment agencies. It may be possible in some cases for the gov- ernment to furnish work, but where this 'cannot be done, the government may at least bring the jobless man ~~, Even under ordin stances, there is toom in many of our industries. Th children should be replaced by ad: loan fund judicio but available ts, will help. * * not administered, | However, there are some funda- i mental things which may be done t decrease unemplovmeht, «O | most important of which, is th | cation of the worker so as areate his efficiency, for it i un- his job. ' Industrial education will help. Our public schools are today conducted | primarily for the 6 per cent. of the | scholars who go to college. Many | young men and women at 18 and 20 | ind themselves in 'blind alleys," | unable to go any further because | they got a wrong start. Vocational guidance might have helped 'hem. Large Industries should seek to | change the curve of employment so | that there will not be such great fluctuation in the labor market. This | has already been done in Some of the | It should be done | big hoe factories. {in the clothing and other industries. | Compulsory subsidized unemploy- iment insurance, the trade bearing the { cost, will some day be an important { factor, and the courts will decide | that it is just.as unlawhl for a large | Industry to suddenly throw its work- ers out of employment ag it is today in some parts of the country for the workers to suddenly and without warning leave their jobs. An industry is not self-supporting unless it ylelds wages not: only' for the time of employment but also for the time of inevitable unemployment. Every industry that is not self-sup- porting is a parasite. It remains alive only because healthy industries are giving of their life blood to sus- tain it. » - - Men who are walking the streets looking for work are peculiarly sen- sitive. They feel! that they are not to blame for the industrial situation which has thrown them out of jobs and they become very bitter when they are brutally repulsed by those who have it in their power to give them work. Therefore---- Don't turn a man down simply be- cause you cannot give him a steady job. Sometimes a day's work will put new life into a man who has lost all hope. Don't turn away minor positions on account of their poor appearance. If you give them a little work it-will help them to pull themselves together, Don't fail to pass applicants along t, any other jobs that you may have heard about if you cannot find jobs for them. applicants for regation Towns of Hawaii. Copyright, 1920, The International Syndicate. EPROSY has always been a dis-) wallan islands, 1s located what ts the ode loathsome to man and als though It has never been abso- lutely sure how it is contracted) those suffering from it -have always been segregated. Egypt has been called the cradle of the disease and certainly it existed there in a very remote time, for reference to it has béen found in the tombs of the kings. It also existed in Chipa at ledst 2,000 years ago. It was probably taken to Arabia in the time of Mohamisited and was known to be common with the Jéws 260, B. C. The troops of Pom- pey are sald to have carried it into Italy, in the first centufy, B. C. Ac- cording to Simpson, pilgrims from the Holy Land carrfed jt Inte England, and the returning Crusaders In the tenth, eleventh and tweifth centuries spread the disease thoroughly. Final. ly dvery land became infecfid, but its progress was less rapid in some coun- tries and every once In a while we * hear of the isolation of a leper in the United States. There are leper hos- pitals, In Louisianf, California and Massachusetts. Other States build shacks for lepers If any are found. : In Fraace during the time of Louls "XIII, there were 2,000 leper houses in that Jand.and the lepers were uni. ~. formly garbed and provided with a rattle to warn persons of their ap- h. In Havana there is a large hoepital where they are and in Panama .and Porto R! the United States Government has small segre- gation caliph, but the disease makes little progress and the are few, about forty or fifty In camps. ~ Beautiful Location The annexation of Hawali'to the .United States opened up the leper problem to our country and greater thought wes giveh to the disedse than ever beford In the very heart of this ©. "Paradise of the Pacific" on the island 4 af Moloksi, one of the group of Ha- * > : world's most famous leper settlement. It is, Perhaps, not as large as that of the Philippines or the one in South Africa, but it is celebrated because its segregation is along the most hu- mane lines, and because the lepers are under the constant care of physicians and nurses equal in ability to any hos- pital In the country. The United States Marine Hospital has a constant over- sight of the place, but it has been al- lowed to remain in charge of the Ter- ritorial Board of Health of Haw.il and they are doing everything to re- lieve the suffer of these unfortunate creatures and to vent the spread of the disease. Leprosy was brought to Hawall by Chinese immigration more than fifty years ago, and it was known at that time as "Chinese sickness." Segregation soon became a necessity as the Hawaiian is often careless of the most common laws of hygiene. A section of the island of Molokal was selected as their place of residence. Its location And climate are admirably adapted for the purpose. Always sei tropical and so wonderfully located that one feels that if one had to Stay in one place all the time no prettier spot could be selected--a "tongue of land surrounded on three sides by and on the fourth by almost im passable cliffs two or three thousand feet in height Luxuriant grass, tress and beautiful flowers are all about, have some money of th are severil churches, a Y. M. a steam laundry, a pol factory THE DAILY BR Sie \ RITISH WHIG. 1s Bote waititg DOLLS . » with a word 3 : eo By Juanita Hamel t preach at a man who is.ask- job, teiling him is his It. Maybe it i 3 ind work now, it fault. Don't forget that the nt problem must be de: 's job to he 5 : forget that some day > the 'fellow who is st on the other side of the rail ple for something to do. i Don't forget that the average man | fears being out of work more than he fears going to Hell. Pon"t "lose sight of the fact that | after all, the best cure for unemploy- ment is employment. HOW T0 BE HEALTHY ~~ DURING THE WINTEK Many Troubles May be Avoided if | "the Blood is Kept Pure. Do not let your blood get thin this wintér. For people who have a ten- dency towards anaemia, or bloodless- iter is a trying season. Lack lack of fresh air, and a cted diet are among the | at combine to lower the of the body and weaken the As soon as you notice the tired feeling, lack of appetite and short- ness of breath that are. warning symptoms of thin blood, take a short course of treatment with Dr. Wil- liams" Pink Pills. Do not wait until the color has entirely left your cheeks, until your lips are white and YOu are dqll. It is so much easier to- correct thinning of the vlood in the earlier stages than later. 'T!} well illustrated in the cuse of B! M. Day, Newcastle Bridge, N.B., who says: "From my own experience with Dr. Williams' Pink Pills I can most heartily recom- mend them Some time ago 1 was Ladly run down and my blood seem- ed th and watery, accompahied by the usual symptoms of this condi tior A friond recommended Dr. Wiillams' Pink Pills, and after taking several boxes I felt like a new man." You can procure Dr. Williams' Pink Pills through any dealer in medicine or they will be sent you by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 by writing direct to The Dr. Williams Medicine Co., BroeRville, Ont. ves i FN Don't speak gruffly to the chap! WOMEN_BANDITS They Are Growing in Numbers in France. Paris, Jan. 22.--Women bandits are becoming nearly as numerous as their male counterparts in France and a number of them have already been arrested. he polica have just arrested a gang of burglars who have long been 3 "Coprsihe, 1921, by Bowspaper Feature Sucvice, Inc., Groat Moin eights resarvet. * | The dpinty little doll' designed to hide a telephone or decoratively to serve some oiler use, is no more dainty, and no more lovely--thinks he who buys it for her, than is she, herself. But if he thinks SHE is a - nor yet does love of playing. his sorrow if she doesn't, that her doll "another guess is coming to him'"--if not a shock ! heart doesn't play. breaking in the suburbs and dis- covered that the gang was led by a widow aged 54 and her three sons. Another of the burglars was aided by | v-anted by the authorities for house- | hi; sister and two otlver women form- ed part of the band. Many of the robberies were com' | brutal as- [tariff that will make farmers rich panied | saults. by particularly For finery and the love of it doesn't make her a doll, Just let him touch her heart and learn--to his joy Af she truly loves him--to er rs Ar ren IRE onthe Drury's Tariff Policy. ' (Toronto Telegram) 'Premier Drury seems to want a jand city dwellers poor. ice plant, a store and a post office. There is also a jail and order is pre- served by policemen who are them- selves Mepers. Few visitors are al- lowed at the settlement and none from curiosity. Permits are not easily se- cured and must be had from the Ter- ritorial Board of Health. The isiand can be reached only by a small freight Steamer which runs once a week: The passage 1s usually, anything but pleas- ant and owing to rough water and the absence of a wharf the visitor must go ashore in a small boat. Salling from Honolulu in the eve- ning the steamer lays off Kalaupapa [the second night out and unloads her supplies early the next morning. This place is the larger of the 'so leper towns. Everyone who goes to the settlement does s® at his or her own risk, for while the physicians have many theories as to how the disease is contracted they are not absolutely sure, because there are people on the island who declares they never saw a leper before they found that they were Sufteriig with the disease'" Recen!'- and mosquitoes spread t disease; also that the germ may come fram sasal secretions. : Disease Not Heredity is not considered a factor and for this reason many physicians jadvocate the allowing of a 'leper to remain &t home under the care of his or her family. The heredity theory has bee proven of mo account at 'Molokas, for out of the one huhdred and five girls born at the settlement during twenty-one years only six have returned to the settigment with the disease. Even these might have escaped had they been separated from their parents at birth. In order to avoid this in future a day nursery is being built where the children may be kept until they can be removed to the home. in Honolulu. There Las been much talk about al- lowing the lepers to marry, but ds this is permitted perhaps it is wise to be- Heve that the Hawgilan Government knows what is best for their people. Much of the suffering which must CAPR CoE Ble CITA #2 | - Larrea os | While segregation causes great grief jat first the distress wears away, and {altogether the patients seem to be a rather contented lot. of people, and {they soon reall®® that they are far | better in segregation on account of the | constant 'medical attefition. « The dis {ease is hardly more ldathsome than, {tuberculosis and certaifly not as dis- necessarily accompany the disease has | agreeable as cancer, nor is there as been alleviated in late years by op- | much suffering. Naturally this disease erations and the breaking down of the Weakens the whole system and, the 1t hap been found that bed bue-, acid lim system for a time arrested. In per- forming operations the physicians coat their hands with a parafine like sub- stance, asa slip of the knife might cause infection. While there have been many so-called cures for leprosy {tre Chu!moogra. oil treatment has * sn used with good effect, aiso a sparation of distilled eucalyptus The latter treatment has been wnusu- ally successful with women. The phy- siclans at the islands Instead of selling the formula for this have giyen if to the Board of Health, where it may de obtained by medical men in charge of lepersoriums In all parts of the world. The two physicians with thelr families reside at Kaladpapa, 2lso several Sis- ters of Charity. who act as nurses, and men and yomen who are helpers. All thése are non-leprous, {leper generally dies of pneumonia orf some other ailment than leprosy. Home Life Home ffe is enjoyed among the people, but the leper is not allowed to do much cooking, . thiy disease there is an ahsénce feeling and those In charge fear that the lepers may burn themselves. without' know- ing it. The cottages are unusually well kept and are always surrounded by flowers. Female children are re- 'inoved as soon as possible to the Kas plolanl Cirle' "Home near Honolulu. The boys are not so fortunate, for the home for them is mot complete, but they are usually adopted by their rela tives. g There are three "homes" at the set. tlement for those who cannot go into the cottages. , > for leprous young men, and was the gift of one of the sugar barons of the islands. It is in charge of a non- leprous man who does all in' his power to make life easy for "his boys", as le calls them. They have picnics, Tide horses, play games, vie with each oth- er in climbing trees and shooting. In fact, if it were not for the hospital at: tached to the homie and the few marks on their faces one would think they Were just a few young men out for a holiday. This home is at Kalauao, the smaller of the two settlements. Father Dam!en's Church is also there and the mortal remains of this grand good man, who saarificed his life in the leper cause. rest in the church yard. / The Bishop Home at Kalaupapa is maintained for young girls and they have plenty of land abgut the house. where there is a tennis 8ourt and piay- ground for the younger children who especially seem to enjoy life. The Bay View Home is for the aged and Infirm and is in charge of tre Sisters of Charity. : Many Work Fog Pleasure , 'The disddse has not robbed the man of his franchise and political spenlery some time come to the island hopieg + CHR T Fors SME ties | Molokal {is cosmopolitan, there is aAlinost every nationality at the settlement, rich and ipoor alike, for the disease is no re- specter of persons. Only eight, how- ever, are Americans and they have {another is the engineer at the lavhdry. {The leper 's not forced to work unless {he cares to labor and If he does he Is paid a fair wage. Sometimes he cares to engege in a little business entere prise of his own. There is considerable soefabllity among them and they have parties among" themselves. Somes have good volces, others play on various instru- {concerts. They are natural orators land political meetings are fre- quent. The visitor to Molokal regard« less of his position, if he does not in- tend to remain, Is not allowed to visit | the homes of the lepers. | Before' segregation the relatives of {those MMicted refused to report a case iand the physicians were able to give no freftment. At present there are |Health wardens, who report suspected {esses in any part of the island after | whieh the "suspect" is Invited to come !to the hospital at Honolulu for a test.| {Affer a thorough examination and if [tient If found free from the disease is {allowed to zo home, all' the expenses | being borne by the island government,' nd If found to have the disease the patient must go to Molokal, Even [then he or she may ask for a re-ex |amindtion and be found free from the | dizease and returned home. While leprosy is a tery, for there seems to be {manent cure, as it for ten years in mahy cases, and then \reappesred, the United States ) Hospital is continuing its experiments and perhaps will some day S serum which will drive that 'Baldwin Home isito obfain votes Suffragstigs have notifrom the earth, ments and there is a band which gives