country.
No. 68.
Born in Germany. About thirty years old. Single. People in Germany did
not help him. Waiter by trade. In the Industrial Home two weeks. Had no
steady work all Winter. Never worked in the country. Expected a position
in a few days. Looked stupid, but otherwise capable.
No. 69.
Born in Philadelphia. Hungarian parents. Thirty-five years old. Single.
People dead. Had no trade. Out of work all winter. Different charitable
organizations had helped him. Had been in the Industrial Home one week.
Did not like to work. Worked in the country a little. Looked shiftless.
No. 70.
Born in Jersey City. Irish parents. Fifty-five years old. Married. Wife
dead. Had no trade. Had travelled a good deal. Out of work all winter.
Had been in the Industrial Home six weeks. The Army fitted him out with
clothing. He said he was not going to drink any more, and looked
intelligent, but was getting old. Never worked in the country.
No. 71.
Born in Germany. Twenty-six years old. Single. In this country six
years. Had people in Germany, and he expected help from them. Machinist
by trade. Did not belong to the Union. Out of work four months. In the
Industrial Home two days. Looked like a wild youth. Never worked in the
country.
No. 72.
Born in Ireland. Forty-five years old. Single. Had no trade. Out of work
all winter. Drank heavily. Worked in the country two years. Had wandered
all over the States. Looked like a vagrant.
No. 73.
Born in New York. American parents. Twenty-eight years old. Single. Had
no trade. Out of work all winter. In the Industrial Home four days. Army
gave him clothes. The missions had helped him. Never worked in the
country. Looked capable.
No. 74.
Born in Scotland. Forty-one years old. Single. Had no trade. Out of work
four months. In the Industrial Home three days. Admitted that he drank
heavily. Never worked in the country. Looked like a tramp.
No. 75.
Born in Chicago. American parents. Twenty-two years old. Single. People
in Chicago were poor. Left home two months ago and came to New York.
Spent all his money. The Army took him in, and for six weeks he had been
in the Home. He wrote home. Expected to get work shortly. Looked bright
and respectable.
No. 76.
Born in Boston, Mass. Irish parents. Twenty-four years old. Single. Had
no trade. Had wandered a good deal. Never worked in the country. Had
been in the Industrial Home one week. Did not like to
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