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D SUNDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 5, 1920. THE QGpEN STANDARD-EXAMINER J
I Giving Crippled Soldiers Another Chance in Life I
I Institute Offering First
Gleam of Hope Sets
II Remarkable Record
I in Training Handi-
capped Men to Be-
H come Self -Support-
I New York Snturdiv
fc A BUILDING which owes tho cits Itpth-
t i - in is that where a "School of An-
other Chance " Is being held rtallv nl
Jjt. though, In truth, it calls Itself sedately "The
fB Institute for Crippled and Disabled Men"
Before this tenancy a business co'lege was
housed there and before that tho CoMega of
Physicians and Surgeons. A remarkable
record, as will he admitted, but Its most use
ful days are the present, when 101 East
Twenty-third street sees Its floor space de
voted to tho training of disabled men In
printing, welding, Jewelry making, type
writer repairing enamelling and artificial
limb making Tho school has been operat
ing since January 1917.
At the moment there are fifty-one men In
training; cisht learning to be motion pic
ture projectors, nine In typewriter repairing
fourteen each !n welding ""d Jewelrv mak-
!lng. four In enamelling and one each In tele
phone operating end plating Since tho
school first opened 336 crippled men have en
rolled, and of these 115 men have been
placed lr the work for which they mined.
This means that upward of 300 discour
aged dependents .ikely to fall Into mendi
cancy, have been restored to an earning
capacity and are contributing to the eco
nomic status of society.
That rr.ay be the way to phrase their up
lift In cold blood, but It does not express the
way these men fed. In order to do this one
must talk In terms of psychology They
have been made over and life Is to ihcm
no longer a menace or a weariness. These
once hopeless cripples now have a new state
of mind.
Beginning of the Institute.
At the start a chid of the American Red
Cross and Inspired hv the certainty that
many boys would come back crippled from
the wor'o war. the school became a (pi
rate and Incorporated Institution last Jan
uary. Tho directors of the Institute are
Samuel M. Greer nresldent: Douglas C lie
Murtrle. secretary Jeremiah MI'bank.
treasurer: Mrs. August Belmont, Mrs Arthur
Scott Burden Miss Ethel L McLean Miss
Florence E. Sullivan. C G Du Beds. W .1
Hiss. Walter E. Hope. George Murnane and
Arthur Woods
The self-art task of the Institute was the
rehabilitation of men who are suffering from
Injuria Involving the amputation or loss of
use of a limb. It undertook no medical or
surgical work, accepting the disabled man
"as Is"" and planning for hi rehabllltarlon
In the condition It found him In Tt chose
to meet the man whose limb had Just been
amputated before he left the hospital and
to cheer him up hv promising to restore
him as an economic factor of the community
Its work at the htfnnlne was spiritual: It
comforted and held nut hope before It be
gan the material task
No mere amateur, however tender his Fen.
stbflltiea may he. Is fitted for this first step
What the social worker has to do when he
seeks out ihe disabled man at the hospital
Is to rive him positive assurance that there
capped one. Without knowledge of what
it these are tho "angel of hope" falls In his
1 mission
The next step Is to bring the doubting,
disabled one o the school and let him ee
l! how men with similar disabilities are hoine
trained Then It Is seldom difficult to plant
8 in his mind that he Is to he "fixed up" as
soon ns passible In order to find a new place
In the industrial order.
jmK" Artificial Limb Made at the School.
As the rehabilitation In half a dozen cases
in ten mean a new limb or a pair of new
iwk lew and a; the cost of these In the shops
'fl was. for various reasons so hlcrh as to be
d prohibitive. l early was determined to start
an artificial llmh shop on the premises. The
tm best limb makr-rs were engaged. Improved
"I machinery Installed end nn effective organ-
I lzaffon huflt up. The expense of this would
be offset. It was hopd. hv supplying a mrf
J of the Drodi"t to the Government which
needed to huy limbs for the disabled r.
H service men And It happlh turned on
that the United States did hecome a liberal
ill natron of the Institute hhop. The Govern
ment has bought those limbs, too. at a lower
I price than they could he purchased from
commereii1 manufacturers.
For their own people the directors have
supplied llrr.be of approved tvpe and best ma
terial expertly made to 377 Civilian Tbev
sell them pme-t Irally at cost to their pro
lego and on the Instalment plan when nec
essary Dr. John Culbert Farles has Issued a
pamphlet giving a resume of three years
Work for handicapped man He '.as been
Sfl 'aeflvo In It dneo its Inception and knows
Tr ?)ow to tell abotit the work In a wav to take
ES rld of the reaeler's Imagination TbS orlp-
i Oiee) and disabled have been unforunatlj
WH always with us but how to help thorn oon-
: Structivelyt how to use their remaining
1 '.vower and faculties In a wav to matte these.
handicapped nerons pelf-support Ing Is a
t more novel subject. Tt is one. however that
j finds Its Interest readv made nt the present
t!me With the publishing of t ie casualty
j lists from the late war It became pr.'.nfully
f clear that we would have to plan carefully
j for what Is best for the disabled soldiers.
I The Institute was ready with data collected
by Its secretary, Douglas C. McMurtrle. who
had spent eight years gathering '.t In this
and foreign countries. The subiect o crip
ples and their care forms a ureal mass of
literature on the shelves of tho Institute and
It Is constantly belnc added to. From what
had been accomplished In other e,,untr!es
for tho rehabilitation of disabled soM'ers Mr.
McMurtrle prepared a nodes of leaflets cal
culated to stimulate an .nterest In the sub
ject Your Duty to the War Criptlr was
ono of theso and others were Rcrons'mclinp
ths. Crippled Roldlcr. and the Jtrhabllitatton
of hWar Cripple. These booklets are ob
I talnnblo free of expense at tho Institute.
K An appeal tp tho eye waa made by tho
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MECH ANICAL DRAFTING CLASS (
printing of a set nf eighteen poster snow.
Iiik striking pictures of cripples at various
kinds cf work. In this, tho Illustrative age.
theso posters have proved of great servico
In dualizing what can bo done. To look
nt them I" almost to believe that In certain
cases miracles have been wrought.
These means of attracting attention to a
splendid cause are very well, hut the direc
tors of the Institute realize that personal
lsits of Inspection will accomplish much
more than they can. To see the cheerful
faces of the men of all ages who have been
given "another chance" and to watch them
al useful and remunerative woi k i- better
than all tho literature that can be r-'led up
To hear but one of these cripnled man say
with a Krln. as the writer did: "T couldn't
believe In such RoeHl fortune for me. but In
a few days I shall po out from here a
skilled workman and able to earn a decent
s:ilarj'" proved the efficacy of this school as
ncthlng also could have done
When a cripple begins his course of study
In whateer branch the first aim Is to give
him confidence that what he is attempting
he will accomplish, and before he has been
at his task very long he begins to feel like
n normal man. Having Imbued him with
this feeling the Instructors know that their
most difficult task Is done.
Working With High Spirits.
In the school may bo seen tho men learn
In motion plf-turc projection, and there Is
not one of them who is not hopeful that
after ten weeks' studv to fit him for passing
on examination for a license ho can go out
and get a J3." a week Job. Other cripples
have done this, why not he'
The class In Jewelry making Is composed
at this time of younger men than those In
me oilier ciHHii ome oi nipm ;ire uos
of thirteen or fourteen and some are Just
passing out of their teenv. In showcases
are displayed their work Jewelry In the
form of brooches, chains, pins. &c . studded
with seml-preclous stones and comparing
favorably with the similar thing sold In
the shops. A fascinating display Is that
of flower, pote containing little plants and 1
flowers wrought out of tin. but so delicately
enamelled In colors as to constitute from
the smallest to the largest specimen genuine
works of art.
The typewriter repair class has been cry
successful, turning out skilled workmen
who have always found employment A
pair of good eyes two good hands and some
mechanical ability nr all thnt is required.
As this work can be done when the operator
Is sealed. It makes no difference whether
he has two legs, one leg. or no leg Tho
men are graduated out of this class after
four months' studv.
Printinc Attract Many
The printing trade Is fascinating to many
cripples, nnd an It ranks third In Importance
among NYw York Industries they have some
reason for adopting It as a means of their
future livelihood. The "School 0f Another
Chanco" runs a modern printing shop,
equipped with monotype casters, cylinder
and platen presses and compositors frames
Pupils are given practical Instruction In
caster running and operating, the elements
of hand composition the correction of gal
Ifys. press feeding and proofreading.
faster runners can be trained In two
months, pros feeders In eight weeks. Al
thoueh It Is desirable that a mnn have two
good hands for this trade. It Is not absolutely
necessary, and legs are unnecessary. Crip
ples with an artificial hand and with finger
less stumps are making good at It.
Tho oxy-acetvlene welding plant Is housed
in a one story brick shop adjoining the
main building of the Institute This nroro-o
Is used largely In shipbuilding, mending
troken automobile and machine parts, type
writing machine and various type castings.
A man with enly one hand Is able to learn
f-iittin;. in a month and welding In three or
four months. The plant Is equipped with
foven welding stations, with gauge nnd
torches and one cutting station with port
able tanks; o sheet metal shears, a power
einerv wheel, a gn.s fo-go nnd anvil An
BCefytane generntor supplies the gas while
'he oxygen Is bought In cylinders.
rested on the time made over the 300 yards,
each team to run separately. When the
writer reached the starting point the SavvJlle
team gay In Ore helmets, blazing red shirts,
blue trousers and an air of quiet confidence
were lining up for their trial.
"S-s-s-s-hl" said one member of the team
as the writer approached; "pull down your
helmets Here comes The Si:n man."
It was too late, and an Inspection of tho
team dlacloead the fact that the men holding
the rope comprised the speediest sprinters 'n
Atnerlra Every one of them could do 100
yards lr. less than eleven seconds
Those In tho line were Alex. Jordan, all
around A. A. U. champion, who was verv
fast on the cinder path.
Jack Thornton runner up In the all around
championships
Al Coplond. champion In the low hurdleo
nnd a notable performer on the flat.
Walter Bohm. A. A. U. and Intercollegiate
half mile champion.
"Dody" Schwegler. n crack performer In
the high hurdles.
Bob Fisher, who had scored in the 100 and
220 sprints In 'ho metropolitan champion
ships. John O'Brien, champion amateur catch-as-catch-cap
wrestler, and a speedy man with
the spiked shoes.
Jack Norton, frequent winner In Die quarter-mile
run.
Eouls R. Sharp, middle distance champion
runner and one of the most noted cross couj
'ry runners In America.
It fo'.lowed as a matter of cou-se that every
member of the Sayvllle tiMm wore spiked
running shoeR and all were prepared to. P '
Sayvllle on the map with a bang
While the sprinters were trying hide their
grins Charles J. Harvey appeared lr. the off
ing and was more than astonished when ho
saw the makeup e.f the Sayvllle team
"Suffering mackerel!" he shrieked. "J have
a bej down on Sag Harbor. Don't leave your
mark! till I lay It off. ' and Harvey did even
time to the spot where he had made the bet.
On his return Sayvllle got ready to start,
and when the word "Go!" came that band
Science Baffled by Scents
SOME time ago there was held M Fng
land a "Wonders or Science Exhibi
tion" which served to reveal many
marvels to tho public unfamiliar with the
work done with the microscope tho micro
phono and the micrograph.
Tho mlerophono magnifies sound ns tho
microscope does things seen Tho micro
graph Is the Instrument used hv th..- vlentlst
In faking pictures of things shown by the
microscope. More peoplo aro fnnVUar. to
some extent, with the microscope than with
the microphone. They knoxv It Is ros!ble
to make objects entirely out.vide of the range
of natural human vision visible hy tho use
of tho telescope for great distances nnd by
tho ralcroscopo for mlnuto thlngn close by:
but few have any knowledge of tho device by
which It Is possible to hear a fly walk or a
caterpillar crawl,
Many other wonders cf sclenco were
Shown at Surblton. but neither there nor
onywhero else has srlence elemonstrated Its
nt.lllty to help the senso of wnell It can do
marvels for sight, hearing and touch, but
not for tho humble and useful nose. In that
field tho accomplishments of scrcn.ro havo
been nil.
Let a man stand two miles, say, to wind
ward of the point where a herd of caribou
will cross nn open plain over which a fresh
breeze Is sweeping and It must bo apparent
that only nn Infinitely minute particle of
whatever matter may be given off from his
body or clothing can possibly reach the nos
trils of any one deer In the herd. Ye'.. If
tho man Is completed screened from sight
by a i Iso In the Rurface of the ground tho
caribou will nevertheless catch the taint In
tho air. They would bo warned of tho
presence of a wolf in the sumo way.
Yet science Is ntterlj unable to detect any
thing which the olfactory nerve of the deer
senses and ldontlde. It cannot see with a
microscope anything in the ulr which came
from tho man. It cannot And any such
substance with a chemical test of anv kind.
Instead oi aldJn tho senso of smell It la
entirely Incapable of matching It. Hi re Is
another realm for science to Invado and
subduo; but would the conquest bo alto
gether c'eslrnble? I! Is a question whether
the nverage man needs to smell tnore things
or sense moro acutely the things ho smells
already It Is thought that tho gains would.
no, offset tho losses under tho prevailing
conditions of llfo
factory, men likely to benefit by such iraln
Ing ore referred to these places. Th- Insti
tute however, conducts no placement tralrt
Ing, that Is. training on the Job In h shop or
f.t tory. But where such training Is avail
able under satisfactory conditions the pcllcy
ct the Institute Is to foster Its growth V:
Ccrdlngly It does not start training classes
lo such Industries This placement training
Is capable of large expansion, hut it requires
careful supervision and follow up work
which Involves the cooperation oj tie em
ployer It easily will be comprehended that the
r.gld requirements of a shop canno'. be met
by disabled men until their mdrale baa been
established, and in Its processes the tcaoot
B0 ks to develop this In the Individual ani
U:us lead him by easy stages Unto habits of
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O FLECTf? ICAL SWITCHBOARD WORK.
Besides training men In Its own shops the
employment department has acquired a
knowledge through Its Industrial survey of
manufacturers who will take learners nnd
Will pay them a wage while learning Where
the processes are suitable for the handi
capped and conditions of work are satis-
Industry. Cripples who find travel on the
sine, cars during the rush hours almost
terrifying at first must be given leeway in
tMeir hours of arrival and departure. Crlp
pics who have to attend clinics for tteat
nient must- h accommodated; those who
car- work only part of a day. either from
Savville's Sorrow in Memorable Hose Cart Race
By CHARLES F. MATHISON.
THE list of events at the Olymp'c
games in Antwerp does not Include
a hose cart race and no doubt a
suggestion for such a competition at th
International contests would have Created
much merriment among the managers.
However if It had been possible to stage In
Belgium a duplicate of the hose cart raee
thai took place at Patchogue. L. T . In the
sunrmc- of 1892 the spectators In the big
stadium across seas would bo vastly enter
tained. In those days on Long Island ability
to hustlo a hose cart a given distance with
o maximum of speed was regarded highly
by the community, for It was well under
stood that slow running to a fire meant de
struction. As a result, the fire companies of the vari
ous Long Island towns established an an
nual competition In which all the speedy
hose cart pu'lers participated. In order to
make the contests attractive to the firemen
and Irsnre the best efforts of the runners
Substantia CCSh prizes were offered.
The chief rivalry In this event in 1892
was hetweer PatchogUS and Sayvllle. the
former town bavins won a malorlty of the
contests Savvillo was not pleased with this
state of af.i.lrs, and James Harris, keeper
of the leading hotel, was especially dis
pleased with ;he failure of the Sayvllle hoso
teams to win first prize Harris was ac
quainted u'th Alex lordan. all around
champion track and field, of the A A U .
and he had a conference with that able
athlete. The result was that early In the
winter of 1892 the Sayvlllo Fire Company
began to receive applications for member
rhlr at a lively rate.
Sayvllle' Myiteriou New Firemen.
Tho rules of the hoso cart competition
prov'ded tha.- each member of a competing
team must have Joined the organization at
least six months previous to tho annual
tourramenc
All of tho applicants for membership In
the Sayvllle company were at once mid"
members In good standing nnd. strangely
enough, r.one of the new members van again
seen In that vicinity till tho day set for the
race
Th3 conditions of tho race were 300 yards
straightaway on the village road, with
coupling before starting and uncoupling at
tho end of tho dUiance. In order that tho
Sa.vYllle team might have nil possible facili
ties for winning tho race, Harris had or
dered a new hose cart, of light modol, with
bicycle tires and all modern Improvements
There was a great outpouring of vlllngo
folk at Patchogue on the day set for the race,
and Sag Harbor was tho favorite, with Pat
chogue second choice and Sayvllle a long shof
Tho question of superiority of tho teams
Mysterious New Firemen Had Plenty Speed
But Were Shy in Knowledge of Rules
Governing Lono; Island Contests
of sprinters got away like a flash of light.
Down the road they flew, raising a dust that
almost obscured them frrm view Suffice
tt to say tha Long islanders never saw a
hose cart rushed with so great n burst of
speed as that which carried the Sayvllle
vehicle toward the goal.
When the filers reached the finish lino
and ihelr time, which was four secend
faster than that of any other competing
team, was announced the runners were the
subject of much critical Inspection bv the
Judges The time hung up was 48 2-5
seconds
"Where do you chaps hall from"" asked
one of the Judges, looking suspiciously at
the sprinters.
"Sayvllle." the answered In chorus.
"Sayvllle?" he Incredulously repealed.
"Well, Jewhllllkens. I'm In Sayvllle nearly
every day In the year and I never saw one
of yon fellers there.'
After the last team had run Its heat the
Judges got together to name the winners ani
they held a long and. to the Sayvlllo repre
sentatives, ominous conference.
Finally the Judges called the Sawttie team
to the stand nnd the presiding Judge, after
clearing his throat nnd smoothing his whis
kers, said:
"Yon felU-rs are pretty durn quick on your
feet, and vou made hotter time than any of
the othej- teams
"nut let me tell vou young men, that this
here competition Is under certain rules, and
one of therr. Is that the runners shall not
wear shoes fitted with splkeo As everv ono
of yon fellers Is wearing spiked shoes the
only thing T can do Is to disqualify Savvllle.
Cag Harbor gits first prize and Pntchngno
second
Seeing tho Humorouo Sido
"Next time you chaps calcalnte to run In
this here competition for Sayvllle you better
study up the rules a little beforo counting
up vour prize money."
The grotesqueness of the situation ap
pealed to the risibilities of the athletes, who
laughed uproariously ns they started for
Savvllle
Charley Harvey, however, who had laid a
het off the winning team and put hls money
on a disqualified team, never cracked a
smile.
f the noted athletes who took part in
that race Jordan and Pohm have passed on:
Schweeler. O'Brien and Sharp are In busi
ness and still retain their membership In
the New York A. C. : Copland Is a writer on
racing for the Ct cn'nr7 Trlrpmm, Norton
Is active In politics, and Harvey Is a man
ager of boxers Schwegler Is a referee of
amateur boging bouts, and Bob Fisher, who
at the time of the race was a member of th
New Kochrlie Hoso Company and nn expert
coupler. Is still In the flesh.
Any time it Is desired to put one of these
veterans in good humor it is but nscessary
to ask him Sayvllle's llmo In the hoso cart
race.
lack of physical endurance or to assist lo
their maintenance by part time work, muit
have special consideration Besides, a I
I andlcapped man feels his disability when
hr has to work alongside of men completely
equipped. Where he works with other j:
handicapped persons his pride will lead him
tii minimize his disability and to strive to
excel In his work. So It Is again seen that
I -vi hologlcal problems enter Into thereat
or.c of complete restoration of mind v 1th
great a restoration of physical powerr as Jj
v- lenre can aid In giving.
The training activities of the Institute ne
gn In March. 101$. The first man trained la
now eajmjpg J30 a week as a mechanical
draughtsman In the employ of one of the
largest manufacturers of elevators. Ho has '
but one hand. All expenses connected wJ,U
this man's training were paid by the direc
tors, but It proved to be money well invested,
for after ho got paying work, although the
wage bo received at lirst -was but $15 i. week.
! be;, m paving back and he has return.-d
i. 'it advanced him H
The class in draughting has been temporarily H
uisconi uiueu inr idc rr.isuu iuv in ..it ivaw- h
tustment of industries at the close of the
war the demand for draughtsmen fell off t M
la to be hoped that a new demand m eg arise. H
for It has been demonstrated that draughting
Is a suitable occupation for men of a certain
type Who have one geod hand and a service
able stump for holding the required imple
ments In position.
The value of recreation Is not over'ooked '
I j the dliectors of the Institute, and the dis
abled men respond to every attempt to
lighten the weary monotony of the ordinal-
cripple's life Lectures are given with mov
ing picture embellishments The men have
been encouraged to start a little pap-" which
ihev edit and write for with great enthu
StSSnV P bears the significant nnd striking
name of Thttmbv Vp. Also on June 12 the
Institute band made Its official debut, fur
nishlng an excellent proarammo for the third
I n, rial field day. Under the direction of
James Watson, a crippled man. the fifteen
members showed how faithfully they had
been rehearsing all winter Watson has
'eg missing, and the others have suffer 1
major or minor disabilities. This Is the onl
band, so far as Is known that Is inado uu
entirely of handicapped men.
Interesting Viiitort.
Some of the most Interesting visitors to
the lnstltuto are disabled men who come of
their own accord to see how men with dis
abilities similar to their own are being trained
I" rnnsrenlal occupations Advice Is given as
to suitable artificial limbs and appliances
II it may mitigate their condition and the
i i( ia nought to be Implanted are that life for
the disabled Is by no means hopeless, and
that eveiy one of them should endeavor to
return to some form of activity as soon
osslble.
But the visitors who ough' to be goln
tl ere In throng" are nble bodied men and
women who upon seeing the fine work oi
reconstruction being done would be Inspired
to help It alone Society owes It to the In-
Jured men to give them a lift Bv doing so
II will only be paying a personal debt.
Superheated Steam
' I " WO decade tco few would have ad
mitted the possibility of permanently
and regularly producing steam nt
temperatures of from 550 degrees to 650 de
grees Fahrenheit within the restricted area
o the ordinary locomotive holler. Now thou
sands of locomotives use this superheated . I
steam and Its use Is increasing.
By heating steam 1&0 degrees Fahrenheit
above the saturation temperature "hot
steam" Is produced. With this Increase of i
temperature the team Is dried and the
volumo Is Increased. But the Increase of
volume Is less important than tho euppres
slon of all condensation In the cylinders if
th superheat Is ufllclently high. Hot steam ,
being a bad conductor It also reduces loss
by ending In the cylinders. It Increases the
hauling capacity from 23 to 80 per cent., ac
cording to tvpe and structure of the engine
lasfl