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It isn't always when one enters some new activity with the enthu- siasm and energy for that new ex- perience, that one finds a tragedy or near tragedy instead of mereiy the noveity one expected to encouniter. TiNs was my experience in mv first actuai contact with welfare work. 17 was :prepared somnewhat to eéxpect conditions-such as they are in what is kown as a section of Chicaizo's slums,' but onty, when, I was actually there and 'in contact with these peo- pie did 1 realize 'how the other haif, lives. Working through the Nortbwesterp Seutlement House, our first stop .waç, tbere. -Our arrivai caused'littie. or notý interest ýamfong those -sitting, in the bare reception rooms with their in- evitable odor of disinfectant. These people were too, intent on their o wn troubles, to consider those, of an out- sider. Here and there groups, of. men stood. together or sat alone, usualîr, sulent, someretimes speaking in Iow tones, u'ninteiligible to us if we couid ha4ve heard thm The majorlty of these people speak ônly Poiish, though they have been in this country for a good many years. There were somne womnen, short. stoiid, swarthy, sitting heaviiy andi patientiy waiting their turn to give their stnrv of neeti and to receive some promise of heip. This year there are more men than usual to be seen here-they are looking for jobs. They have tried everywhere for ,nonths. If they come to the Settle- nient they can get a card which enti- ties theni to go to a meeting of the. "Lindy" club. Here at. least there i,ý hope of a iob. Giancing aroun4t, c sees very . ittle expression on the faces of this stolid group of people. no happiness, eagerness, Iust resigna- tion, sometimes dispiaced by, the sul-, len looks (if some younger boy no! yet resigned to Wbat fate and Chicago seem to have in store for bim. Accoffpanied, by *one of. the settie- ment workers, a bu stiing littie Poli«Sh nman whose eyes are. sad front mit- nessing so much poverty but whose manner is cheerful. and assuring, we start out. He is an interpreter and the door. He speaks English but does not say miuch. Conditions speaký for themselves. There are three rooms, and in theni, one' table, three chairs and a mattress on the floor. That is ail. The rooms are dark andi cold for. there is ,no heat, thereý iS nu food, ther is no money, There -are- FIVCUIywe leave. On the waý down our guide tells us that the father is an ex-service man and haF been out of work for almost two years. We return to the Settiement Hlouse and 611l out a case card with informa- tion concerning ýthis, f anily, marking it for immediate attention an'd file1 it for then-ight with hundreds of others equaiiy as needy. And so we> return* to> comfort, and iuxury until ý next week when we again.live,.for an bour with the "other haif." ,Miss Sally Minor returns fromn Smiih coilege tomorrow to spend the hoiidays with ber- parents, Mr. ,and Mrs' M. LeRoy Minor of 929 Shefi- dan road, Wilmàette. For the convenience of our patrons, we have now. sta lIished a Loop'office where you con pc your Want Ad. SUITE 12 12-.1213 TOWER BLDG. 6, NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE, CHICAGOILLINOIS: COR. MICHIGAN AT MADISON STREET PAI"RONIZE* OUR ADVERTISM.RS> Chicago Sunday Tribune M:,tber-and-Child Portraiture Contest -TE . At .Telephone Wilmette 650: