Tire SEARCH FOlt ExrLovmnrrr.-Well I remember the uncertainty with which
I set out, and the adventures of that day. One of the most dis- agreeable things a working man has sometimes to do is that of searching for employment. Many an industrious man plods this vast city with aching heart, in the endeavour to obtain the means of subsistence ; happy if but the opportunity be afforded him of working out the sentence to "earn his bread by the sweat of his brow." But how often does he meet with a rebuff-al- most unbearable-for daring to ask the question if his services be needed. Too frequently is the door shut in his face ere he can venture to make known his request ; or he is looked at with a suspicion of being idle and worthless ; and, therefore, has no business to be out of employment. There are some people who really seem to think that " work," in this vast commercial city, can always be had for the mere asking for it; yet how many are there who find it impossible to obtain it, and whose sufferings in consequence would, if they were but known, awaken the deepest feelings of commiseration. Em- ployers, of course, have their cares, and perhaps an apparent harshness may sometimes result from losses which working men can barely appreciate. Still a little respect, or something like attention to the unemployed appli- cant, would often tend to alleviate that distress which too many have to battle amid the fluctuations of this world of labour, and would engender a better feeling between master and man than sometimes prevails.-Recol- /Aims of a Working Wan, by .T. Bate.
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