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of three weeks, when I returned to the little
German hotel and I
my friend, was a full
fledged painter with thirty dollars, which was
more money than had ever earned before.
I
My new found work was short-lived. Christian
left town for a Western city and I, with
my best friend gone, was no longer interested
in the German hotel. I rented a small room
near Cooper Union, in an entirely different
part of New York.
HPHEN I
WHERE HIS STUDY REALLY BEGAN
started hunting work as a painter.
'
Conditions were hopeless; more than a
year had passed since the great panic, and
labor was still a drug on the market. I
tramped the streets from early morning until
the last shop closed, but I could not find employment.
My
little hall bed room was so
unfriendly that formed the habit of spending
I
my evenings at Cooper Union. Here I first
read of the mysteries of science and tried to
reason out the phenomena of sound and light.
"After 1 had hunted work in vain for several
weeks I
finally created a job for myself.
1
followed coal wagons and when the coal was
dumped in front of its destination, I would
offer to put the coal in the cellar for fifty cents
a ton. It was back-breaking work. I frequently
toiled two days to make a half a dollar.
But when it was over,
I could buy a bowl of
filling bean soup and a chunk of brown bread
for five cents at the Bowery Mission, so 1 never
starved.
"When the coal was in the cellar I would
suggest that 1 paint the walls and ceiling of the
basement. My story of being a journeyman
painter out of work and forced to carry coal
for fifty cents a ton was so heartrending that
owners were often glad to help me by giving
me painting jobs. Carrying coal and refurbishing
damp, dismal cellars were not cheerful
occupations for the winter, you will admit."
In the spring, Pupin paid a return visit tc
the German hotel keeper. He was full of sympathy
for the unfortunate immigrant and
promised to get him a steady job. Within a
few days he had made good his word. Pupin
had a position in a cracker factory, working
with a squad of boys punching the name of
PUPIN S BIRTHPLACE
In Idvor, in Banat, Hungary. The house is the first on the left. Pupin
left his native
Hungary in 1874 to come to this country where he landed with scarcely a cent in his pocket