The Syracuse Journal, Volume 29, Number 4, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 21 May 1936 — Page 9

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» A IAaYWiJI $ I Adventurers’ Er ’ 7 ciub lE^^^Oßdr a Jr! " When World Fell In” * By FLOYD GIBBONS Famous Headline Hunter. GANGWAY for the fire department Pull up at the curb and let Joe Dooley go by. Don’t delay him because he’s on mighty important business. He’s rushing down to the Adventurers’ dub to tell the story of the big thrill of his life. Here he is now. Boys and girls, meet Lieut Joseph Dooley of Brooklyn, N. Y. All right, Joe, let’s have the yarn. * "Well,’’ says Joe, "that happened in 1903, when I was assigned to Engine Company No. 11, down on East Houston street" And bang we go, right Into the story. Joe was second In command down at old No. 11. It was a sold blustery night in January, and the alarms had been coming In thick and fast all evening. Nothing eventful—Just routine fires. You know the kind. The ones where the lace curtains blase up. and somebody has pulled them down and stepped on them before the fire department arrived. or the ones where a fire starts In a pile of trash In a corner of the cellar and the net loss Is two packing boxes and the janitor's hat When a 4-Alarm Rings the Fire Laddies Step, r That’s the kind of stuff that makes np nine-tenths of a fireman’s work. It’s only once in a while that: fire gets beyond control and biases up in a big conflagration that keeps the firemen out all night while the water freezes on the ends of the hose nozzles. Big fires are rare now—and getting fewer all the time, thanks to fireproof buildings and modern fire-fighting methods. But this was 1903. In those days, most of the buildings were old wooden ones. Ths night dragged on, and then came another alarm. Number 11 responded, and they found the fire—a warehouse In Cooper square. No set-up, this one, either. It was the plant of the Boston Excelsior Works, filled to ths rafters with baled excelsior, oakum, tow, and other highly combustible stuff. A four-alarm had been turned in, and a dozen pieces of firs apparatus were there. Joe Dooley’s company had been assigned to a position on the first floor. Vo. Il's boys went in through a driveway built for the concern’s trucks, and An Inferno of Flames Raged Inside the Building. there they were stopped. The blase inside was so terrific that they couldn't enter the building. They got their hoses to work, managed to push their way 20 feet Inside the warehouse, and there they stopped again. They held their position, though—held it while the flames beat all around them and turned the water from their, hoses into steam as fast as they could pour It on. The place was like an oven, and the smoke was suffocating. They held that position for half an hour, until a fifth alarm brought more apparatus to babk them up. Then they moved on, tp a point 50 feet Inside the burning building. Heavy Floor Falls on the Embattled Fire Fighters. The captain was off that night, so Joe Dooley was In charge of No. 11 company. Hook and Ladder Co. No. 9 had been assigned to help him, and he ordered them to clear a path between the bales of blazing excelsior so the hose could be played more effectively. While the firemen from No. 9 were clearing that path, Joe heard a loud, creaking sound. Then, fire flared up in the rear of the piles of bales, end without further warning, the floor above fell down on them. "It fell with a loud crash,” says Joe. “killing one man instantly. Two firemen standing beside me were hurled out through a window by the air concussion caused by the dropping of the floor. After being shot through the window, these two men kept on renning until they fell down In the street Both were hysterical when they were picked up. Otherwise, they were not seriously injured.’’ Joe Was Trapped in the Burning Excelsior Factory. But Joe. himself, didn’t get off so easily. He was standing between two rows of bales, and when the floor came down, he was knocked flat He hit the ground, only half conscious, realizing that be was suffocating—knowing that be stood in imminent danger of being burned to death—but unable to move a muscle—powerless to do anything to help nlmself. Dimly, he realized that the falling floor hadn't crushed him, and as his brain cleared, he saw that he had fallen between two balsa, over which the floor lay like a roof. Smoke was choking him. He had all he could do to breathe. But he began disentangling himself from the debris of broken planks and beams that hung from the bottom of the fallen floor, and to crawl along through the passage between the bales. It Takes Courage to Do What Joe Did. •My brain was reeling,” be says. "I didn’t know what direction I was going in—whether It was the right one or not My bead was cut and my leather fire bat had been partly driven down into my skull. I wanted to lie down, but I knew that if I did, I’d stay there, so 1 kept crawling on, until I saw a gleam of light ahead of me. Then I knew I was beaded In the right direction." I Another few minutes of crawling, and Joe was »*’• again—out In the driveway from which he had started. He was pr»Oy much messed up by the time he got there, and he still carries marks of that terrible ordeal, but he stayed right in the department, fighting fires, until his retirement as a chief officer in 1918, and had plenty more adventures—some of them almost as exciting as the one he’s Just told us. ©—WN'J Service.

Tailor Anta Um Living Spool* in Nest Building The tailor ant* and * few other anta are onique among all the earth's creatures, so far a* we know, in that they use their young as tools tn nest construction. Few adult insects spin silk, but the larvae of many have this ability to endow themselves in silken cocoons, from which they will later emerge as fully formed adult*. The tailor ant utilises this accomplishment of It* young In making its nests. Scientists have often torn one of the leaves that formed Its box-shaped neat and then watched the proceedings At first there Is a wild sortie on the part of the ants, all in fighting mood. They cannot sting, but they bite annoyingly. After they have given up trying to find and destroy the intruder, worker ants seise larvae in their madlble* and bring them to the damaged portions. Other workers seise the edge* of the leaves and pull them together.

The Ballet Raaso The Ballet Russe of Monte Carlo was organised In 1982 by W. de Basil, a Cossack colonel, who managed a Russian opera house in Paris. The princess of Monaco assisted him In assembling children of Russian emigre* who were trained in the old Imperial Ballet school Man Were Tw/watehee In the Eighteenth century some men of fashfam wore two watches* m* on each aide of the waistcoat.

while those with the isrvae pass them back and forth, stimulating the grub to exude silk, which sticks and holds the pieces of the leaves together. After their silk has been used for the common good, the luckless larvae have to sleep naked. The tailor ant Uvea throughout the Old World tropics and is one of the few ants that are greenish in color, though some of its varieties are red and one, in West Africa, la brown almost to black.—NattonalJfleographlcal Magazine. Poet Was Son of Slave Paul Laurence Dunbar, poet, was the son of a slave. He was born In Dayton. Ohio, where he was graduated from the high school tn 1891 and began work as an elevator boy. He published his first work two years later. He was employed for some time in the Library of In Washington, but was forced co give up that work after he contracted tuberculosis. Be died In 1906. at Dayton.

Greatest Sword-Swallower The greatest sword-swallower In history was “Chevalier Cliquot," who reached the peak of hl* fame In America and Europe during the 1890a. His outstanding performance took place in New York city when he swallowed, at one time, 14 swords up to their hilts.— Collier** Weekly. , PWain Enafiab ’ “Pidgin English'* is a mixture of Fr>git«t» and Chi near, but also refer* to * w y similar jargon.

FABLES IN SLANG • MSVedtate By GEORGE ADE WNU Sarviee % STm ja vi •j: I pal 11 IS® The Affair With the Greek Gods.

THE CROSS WORD FOR EVERY HOUR ONCE there was a man named Alfred Cumback who thought that he had a Patent Right on Physical Pain, Nervous Tension and all other forms of Agony. Up to the time that he began to feel Rocky there never had been any genuine deep-seated Suffering on the part of any Member of the Human Family. Whenever he was burning low and the whole Universe was heavily festooned with Crape and the only Flowers blooming were the Lilies used at first-class Funerals, and no Birds sang except the Hoot-Owl and the Whip-poor-Wlll, it was then that Mr. Cumback found his only Relief In cussing’ audibly and making dreadfully sarcastic Remarks to the Imbeciles who were deliberately intent upon driving him to the Foolish House. The only Joy that he could extract from a drab Existence was that of toasting, panning, bawling out and harpooning those who got hlq Goat and stuck pins into his Inmost SouL The average American is long-suffering and doesn’t at all object to being kicked thirty or forty Times In the Same Place, but not so with Mr. Cumback. In away he was a Reformer. He believed that many of the Abuses which have grown up in this so-called Paradise known as the U. S. A. could be blamed upon the spineless and unresisting Common People who were, as you might say, hollow below the Ribs. Mr. Cumback probably understood that he could not right all the a Wrongs while he had no Assists from 'the other Players, but he had the glorious Satisfaction of knowing that he put up a Battle when anyone tried to sew Buttons on him. He probably couldn’t make honest-to-goodness Men and Women out of Whippets and Snoofs but he got his only pleasant Thrills out of giving them the Medicine they needed, the old and brutal Truth. TWO PROMINENT CLUBMEN AT WORK For instance, he was the only Person who had the sublime Courage to bop onto the Greek God with the Shoulders and gummy Hair* who has consented to act as salesman in a Haberdashery, pending his Marriage to some well-known Heiress. This He-Sparfbw was meat for Mr. Cumback. He had observed that when a would-be Customer walks into a Gents’ Furr’«hing Establishment to Pajama hlmsUf or lay in a new flock of Studs, usually he Is compelled to wait until the tiro prominent Clubmen behind the. Show-Case get through discussing some urgent Scandal which Is agitating their Set Mr. Cumback had vowed that they would never stand him up, like an old Umbrella, without getting a few Keepsakes In return. He never interrupted Cuthbert and Llewellyn while they were at it, but after they bad concluded, and one of them came to Mr. Cumback and asked, as he lifted the Eyebrow, "Yes, what Is It?" that was when the molten Lava began to flow. Mr. Cumback, like the Cat which plays with the Mouse before breaking all of the Bones, always began in a very raaw Manner. “Before introducing any sordid Business Topics into a Morning which seems more or less devoted to Social Intercourse, I should like to ask a Question, if I am not presuming." he would say. "May I art the Qowttonr “Certainly,’’ the Salesman would reply, wondering what new kind of Cuckoo had come In from the Street to avoid the Crowds. "I should like to know if, when you are discussing your Private Affairs with some other Man about Town, it annoys yoa or disturbs your Temperament to have some Outsider come in and want to buy Goods? You see, Geoffrey, I want to be considerate. I would rather cut off my Right Hand than rudely interrupt a male Tete-a-

GALLAUDET COLLEGE Edward Miner Gallaudet was born at Hartford, Comm, In 1837, the son of T. H. Gallaudet. He was graduated at Trinity college In 1856 and taught In his father’s institution for deaf mutes In Hartford. 1856-57. In 1857 he organised the Columbia Institution for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind at Washington. D. C. He developed from 4t the Gallaudet college, of which be became the first president, serving from 1864 to 1911. He died in 1917.

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Tete which does not concern me. I can, if necessary, do my ordering by Mail. Certainly I don’t wish to inflict my rude Presence upon a scene with which I do not, as you might say, harmonize." It would have meant just as much to the Listener If Mr. Cumback had recited the Greek Alphabet He didn’t mind, even if his Satire was too subtle for the Victim. Usually he would continue, looking straight into the babyblue eyes of the Salesman: “I take it that you cherish a Hope to own this Place some day. You certainly have my Best Wishes.” CHUMMY PATTER WITH THE SALESMAN He would then make his Selections and depart, trusting that sometime during the Afternoon, It might soak in on the Party of the Second Part that he had been grossly insulted. So long as Murder was prohibited by Statute, Mr. Cumback had to adopt gentler Methods with the other Type of Salesman who said “Pm wearing one myself." The beaming Employee who exhibited a new style of Collar on his own Person, demonstrating, as it were, to prove that it had Class, aroused in Our Hero a kind of Rabies. “Ah, let me put on my Smoked Glasses and look at you,” would be his ejaculation. “I have seen Niagara Falls, the Sunset Glow on the Jungfrau and the Grand Canyon, but never before have I been so awe-stricken. I am not good enough to wear such a Collar. I will simply tie my Handkerchief around my neck and let it go at that" No wonder that these who dealt with him In Retail Establishments suspected that he drank, or used Opium, or had been overcome by the Heat or possibly the Nurse had let him fall on his Head while be was young. Among his Chronic Ailments were Treasuries, Porterene and Waiterphobia. The boy in the Box-Office would begin “We have nothing—” and then Alfred would Interrupt and take the Words out of his mouth, saying: ”1 get you. You have nothing ahead of the 18th Row. Did you ever figure that you could save a lot of Wear and Tear on your Vocal Cords by installing a Phonograph here In the Lobby and have It repeat over and over ’Nothing ahead of the 18th Row!’ You have a Hit in your Show-Shop and I am only a poor Goof who wants to buy a Pair at the advertised Prices, so that makes me Just as welcome as Neuralgia.” ENTHUSIASTIC PALL-BEARERS The foregoing is a specimen of Rough Stuff as distinguished from Polite Satire but Mr. Cumback discovered Years ago, that to jar a TicketSeller one must use S Blunt Instrument Very often in bestowing a Tip at a Restaurant. Mr. Cumback would say to the grasping Menial: "I hand you this money, not because you have rendered intelligent Service, but so that you may be enabled to purchase at some Book Store a Volume entitled •How to wait on the Table’." He puzzled many a Pullman Porter who came. Whisk Broom in Hand, by nuking, “Have we met before?" A dirty Dig like this always sounded impromptu, but as a Matter of Fact, he had thought It out long before hand and nursed It until the Time came. The chambermaids could have written a book about Alfred Cumback. Not that he ever called them Names. He simply asked questions. He was trying as an amateur Psychologist, to discover the Mental Processes which induced them to remove Everything from his Writing Table and make the Ratio between Bath Towels and Hand Towels four to one. Alfred passed on not long ago. He was carried to his last Resting Place by six hired Pall-Bearers, recruited from the Deaf and Dumb Asylum. MORAL: If you don't mind being a Social Outcast, always stand up for your Rights.

BREEDS OF GOATS There are several breeds of goats, the most commonly known as the Toggenbugr and Saanen. The Toggenburg derives its name from the Toggenburg valley in the Canton of St Gaul, situated in the northeast porLon of Switzerland and the district of Obertoggenburg is the true Toggenburg breeder. The Saanen originates from the Saanen valley in Switzerland. Some of the other breeds are the Alpine, Rock Alpine and Nubile.

Divided Skirt and Shorts Combination That Equips the Young Lady for Sports

Am* j-j r> *r* f * vwbm PATTERM MO. tSTS-B You know yourself that half the enjoyment of any sport is spoiled If you aren’t correctly dressed, and really there’s no excuse for not being equipped for any active sport when a model such as illustrated is so easy and inexpensive to make. The divided skirt is suitable for golf, tennis, bicycling, riding and hiking. It assures plenty of room and comfort, buttons on the side and supports the most youthful Mouse. Note the sports pocket, Peter Pan collar, raglan sleeve and dainty feminine bow. Instead of the divided skirt, you may have shorts if you prefer, for the pattern is perforated at just the proper length. Notice the small sketch. Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1875-B Is available in sizes 12, 14, 16, 18 and Traffic Policeman Is Fined for Violating Parking Rule Ed Wetherille, Minneapolis policeman who calls the roll of traffic violators In traffic court, called “Ed Wetherille.” Then he marched sheepishly up to the bench and tendered a ticket to the judge. “It’s mine,” he admitted, “but I was on police business.” “One dollar," said the judge, “for overtime parking."

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20. Corresponding bust measurements 30. 32. 34, 36 and 38. Size 16 (34) requires 4% yards of 35 inch fabric. For shorts only, 8% yards is required. Send 15 cents for the pattern. Send your order to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept., 367 W. Adams St, Chicago, 111. • Bell Syndicate.—WNTJ Service O» a Nat Man (excitedly)—Where is my hat? Wife (sweetly)—Hanging on the lamp. Man—Lamp! Huh! What crazy place will I find it next Wife (snapplly)—On your head, 1 suppose. Piling Up Johnny—Pm glad I won’t be living a thousand years from now. Bobbie—Why? Johnny—Just think of all the history there’ll be to study by that time. Can’t Agree Lawyer—On what grounds do you seek a divorce, madame? Madame —Incompatibility. Lawyer—Explain a little more. Madame—Well I want a divorce and my husband doesn’t Then It Started "You’re getting tired of me. You never call me ‘dear* as other men do.” "A-ah! Do they?" PRICELESS “What are you going to give Sam and Helen for a wedding present?” “Oh, I guess Til send the bunch of letters Sam wrote me when we were engaged.” Mother Knows “Mamma,” said little Mary Lou, "if there are any men up in heaven why is it that we never see pictures of angels with whiskers?" “Well,” replied her mother, thoughtfully, "I guess it’s because most men get there only by a close shave.” Good Location Smith—Are your fruit trees bothered by pests? Jones—No, I am not near the main road.

Ilouseliold Make sandwiches for the children’s lunch box by shaving maple sugar, mixing with butter and spreading between two slices of wholewheat bread. • • • Yellow cream cheese spread on buttered wafers and browned in a moderate oven makes a very good accompaniment. to serve with appetizers, soups or salads. Melted butter is a good substitute for olive oil In salad dressing. e e • An electric fan will help to dry paint as well as banish odor from a room that has been newly painted. •• • 4 Two thicknesses of heavy brown paper are much better than a cloth to use when pressing. Sprirtle paper with water and iron until dry. Newspapers may be used Instead of brown paper. • • • To slip rose bushes bend branches down, make a deep cut into branch and cover wounded portion with soil. Keep branch down with a large stone, * * • If a pan of salt is placed under the shelf on which cake is baked ths cake will not burn. • • • Peat keeps soil around azaleas cool, “ moist and porous during the hottest days in summer. • • o When making small buns or cakes, Hour the tins well instead of greasing them. This plan is much less expensive and the cakes never stick to ths tin. • • • The bottom crust of a blueberry pie will not soak the berry juice if after the plate has been lined with paste it is brushed over with a beaten egi, and allowed to stand for a few minutes before putting in fruit 4'• • • Hot peach juice to which a few drops of lemon juice has been added makes a quickly prepared sauce to serve with cottage pudding. 6 B«ll Syndicate.—WND Service.

Habits Live A MIEL, the philosopher, was never wiser than when he said: “Habits count for more than maxims, because habit is a living maxim, become flesh and instinct To reform one’s maxims is nothing; It Is but to change the title of the book. To learn new habits is everything, for it Is to reach the substance of life. Life Is but a tissue of habits.” Each good habit we weave in our teens means a better and happier life to its very end. Mercy is that disposition of the mind which prompts us to pity those In trouble.—Ann Flaxman.