FIREMEN'S LIFE
CONSTANT STRAIN
Idle Moments Few and Far
DBJWCBll 111' il JliUUlD
Daily Duty
UNDERPAID, OVERWORKED
In "Idle Day's Routine"
of Philadelphia Fireman
ON DUTY twenty-ono hours out
ot every twenty-four.
Answers every nlorm struck.
JIust take turn at watch, four
hours, day or night. ,.,..,.
Does share of "house duty," which
comprises sweeping, mopptnrr, scrub
bing nnd polishing of quarters and
tflecp interrupted by compulsory
response and preparedness to answer
every box alarm in any part of city
sounded during day or night.
After duty at firo ground must
clean and replace used hose in Are
tower and substitute outfit on wagon
before changing water-soaked cloth-
It on fire prevention duty or de
tailed to training school, must re
turn to station and do night duty
after completing day's work.
This rotitino is maintained for five
corisocutivo days, during which per
iod no man may sleep in daytime,
no matter whether on firo service all
night or not.
Wnding measure to increaso pay
and shorten hours would tend to
check this "idleness."
r)is(orrDh IlluitraUnc tbit ttory appear
V m the, pictorial vat.
Idleness In the nuroau of Firo exists only
In popular imagination. No busier net ot
tntni shares In the municipal payroll tlinn
the 871 members of the engine nnd truck
companies, composing, tho rank nnd file of
the fclty's flre-flghtlng brigade. On duty
twenty-ono hours of each twenty-four, the
answering of alarms Is but one of tho mnny
'ltmn In tho fireman's dally routlno. No
man In the department but would gladly
hive realized tho popular conception that
the llfe-rlsklng'gallop to a striking box and
fluty on the firo grounds wero the only de
mands made upon him tn return for the
1G to 90 a month for which ho places his
life In jeopardy and forfolta homo comfort
and family nssoclatlrns that his neighbor
may, "be secu; In property and person.
Biit that tho prevailing Impression may
be corrected and that tho Philadelphia pub
lics may bo made nwaro why their support
li asked In tho movement to secure a fair
living wage and more equablo hours for tho
firemen the subjoined day's routlno of a
buo'man Is given:
A DAY'S nOUTINE
It was obtained from one ot tho men and
Is based upon personal experience. It fol
lows: "A fireman's day ordinarily has no beginning-,
or encf, for It Is continuous. So let us
start our routine from tho" day off, which
nominally begins nt 8 o'ctock In tho morn
bur. "After being off duty for twenty-four
hours, or from 8 o'clock ono morning until
I o'clock the following day, ho reports back
to ids station for Rroduty. In many cases
,' It happens that beforo he goes off for tho
tolldny ho has dono a 'nlgnt watch.' This
: beans four consccutlvo hours on duty as
lookout man' In chargo of the first floor
while the other members of his company nro
eleplng, Tho first or night watch begins
tt 8,o'clock-and lasts until midnight. A 12
to .4 watch" follows and then comes 'last
watih.' covering tho period from 4 o'clock
, until .
f IN AND OUT AGAIN
"It often happens that beforo a fireman
fcas tlmo to change his clothing after his
day'vprt an alarm of fire will come tn, to
hlchbls company responds. There Is no
time, to.'chango his uniform. Caught In his
bet clothes,' he jumps aboard tho corn-
IB: blnatlon wagon or ladder truck and away
bo sues.
"If It Is a 'service' fire, the chemical
stream, water or dirt In whlcl ho works
may ruin his clothing.
."If he Is not called out, but remains on
tatlon duty, thoro Is housework to be dono.
He must do his sharo of swooping, mopping,
scrubbing stairs, polishing.) brass work or
Cleaning apparatus. Thero Is ho special
-day for cleaning. Stations and equipment
,are required to bo kept spick and Bpan at
all times, for the flrehouses aro all ODen far
IS Sublkj and departmental Inspection, and wa
l)ever know t what moment visitors, either
official or civilian, may drop In to 'look us
over," Brass, windows and apparatus- must
bo polished and clean at all hours.
"A man who haB a '.watch' to keep goes
to bed after his four hours' sentinel duty.
He thinks he, Is to get an hour's sleep. lie
'Is hardly In bed when the Joker taps, and
hie successor or watch yells, 'Wide awake I'
He leaps from bed, springs to the sliding
Pole and drops tq tho first floor. lie makes
ready to go out to the firo ; but after being
hus prepared ho learns that tho alarm
tame from a box located perhaps five miles
rr more from hla station and entirely out
ff his company's district
"Back to bed ho goes, again hoping to
Obtain some' rest beforo daybreak. He la
never sure tnat another alarm Is not
coming n, a call that maybe summons him
to a duty from which he will never return.
"On some nights thero may bo ten or a
dozen alarms. Each ono Involves the
awakening and preparation for response of
very man In every engine and truck house
w the city. It doesn't matter whero tho
Ore Is or what box Is pulled. Every call
strikes In every house.
NO SUOHTINO OF DUTY
"If a man's company Is called out. It
doesn't matter whether or nov ho has Just
ome off a four-hour watch or what other
VMty h"e has performed previously that day
r night. He goes out with his comrades
lint the same.
"At this time of year. If the blase In
volves water Una service), tho man holding
the line or nozzle may be covered with Ico
r wringing wet,
"It makea no difference It la duty and
J must stand up to It unflinchingly, And
does. He 'eats smoke' and takes his
JaUY like tha man he Is until the Are Is
tut Then half.froent with his clothes
,oaklng, tired and hungry, he loads .the
- " into the wagon and Boes back to
gunners, it may be daylight by this time,
s"t he, ln't allowed to resume his Inter
upted sleep.
"No ope Is allowed In the bunkrooms In
V1? morning.
h'.,Ib ' no allowed to change his dripping,
Mulling clothes until the wet hose has been
, removed from the wagon and replaced by
y sections from the reserve outfit In the
o) tower. Drivers and engineers ' look
wr their horses or engines, tha first duty
vein to get Into condition for service
fwin as quickly as possible,
t "After animals and apparatus are cared
r. then tha fireman may look after nlm-
j He may bathe and change his clothes.
Wed as he Is, he may have a middle
7L. to keP- wl'l:l ' from o'clock.
5,,.T? rae'"me Intervened during his firo
iy or watch ho loses It Every man in a
mpany does three watches a week.
j. s "oes on for live days and nights,
sunny which time the fireman may re
JP9V his clothing only to bathe or to change
"He
working to "best uniform, as ho Is
Mired to sleep jn uniform blouse and
'Many nights' It happens that before be
MS. UW & kf n, i.- t.., t...n nn nlJ
lVl ti ""y or m not '"Volvo actual
thT&tw'fti day!" hm l M"P
sim-'LTjf iht pud1,s ' fireman
aSn.nl lh.at th ' a" h do unless
actually at work at a flr.
,.. THOUOHTLKS8 CHITICS.
five Tn, .?i"in ,d0Mn't op to think that
nlah? .idit" """nuons work, day nnd
It! ho' J-.? nrmnn cnnies nearest to doing
f,t TJ ?7if ?TJ!. 'J'88 Conditions havo ex
?' LL.-ih .rhllfld"nnla department since
IIS nrganlzatlon fortyllvo years ago.
mad. . mi1?1?'" ,hal n chftne wl!1 b
cim. if .l.hl 'y? dajr' nncl WB hn0"- t "111
win .l.n ,"Ublf' RWnre of tho conditions,
Major and Councils."
AUItELIO OIOttNI'S ItECITAL
Young Pianist Plays WelUBalanced
Program With Distinction
u-'Mr,tn,nal,on of tirogrnm and dldllnc-.uSi-
i1?lJlnK " ho characlcrlzlnB In
?1 .f ' ,B r?.cltal whlch lR,,t n'Rht Kin
troduced Aurello dlornl to Philadelphia
music lovers. They wore not overly nu
merous In the npparcnliy vast spaces of
Wltherspoon Hall, hut their npplaiiso wan
bestowed unstintedly for a felicitous com
bination of player, program and performance
u was an artistically successful first at
tempt of the young Italian virtuoso to stand
on Ms merits ns an Individual soloist. Ist
winter, his first reason before tho public
in this country, ho appeared nn supple
mentary nrtlst with the Itlch-Klmller Quar
tet and other organizations, nnd his work
viewed as an Incident to other proitrnmi
brought tho wish that ho would Rlvo a
better and more extensive revelation of his
talent In a program unshared by other..
Such a program and such a revelation
he gave last night and realized very largely
the promlso that his contributions to other
programs had conveyed. Mr. Olornl built
his progrnm with exceeding skill. Al
though It contained certain fnmlllnr num
bers, such as the Schumann "Ktudes Sym
phonlques," the MacDowell B minor Preludo
from the Sulto numbered ten and tho
Chopin Nocturno In A flat. No. I, ot Opus
32. It WftM fnr frntM (tAmranllnnnl In nkitlrt
or collocation. Yet there was nothing
outre" or sensational. It was Intended to
afford appreciation of artistry and to dem
onstrato musicianship, nnd In this design
by purity of oulllno nnd sincerity of char
acter It succeeded admirably.
Mr. Olornl opened, ns Is proper, with
Bach, choosing tho Fantasia and Fuguo In
A minor. This, It will bo remembered, wna
originally a composition for tho clavichord,
and so Mr. Olornl fittingly premedltntcd his
effects to tho thinner values ot Dach's in
strument; also ho conveyed tho ctasslo con
tours of tho piece. That ho has volume,
velocity and vigor was proved by tho read
ing of the Schumann studies, which literally
lived up to tho name of voices sounding
together. A nlco employment of the tempo
rubato distinguished tho Chopin pieces,
which Included tho P major Ilallndo nnd tho
Ciharp minor Scherzo In addition to tho
nocturne. Two numbers by his master, tho
lato Maestro Sgambatl, of tho St. Cecilia
Academy, of Rome, Included tho somowhnt
fnmlllnr and very dlfllcult Tocc.itn and tho
Bolto a m'uslquo Badinage, dedicated to
Mr. Glornl, who played It "con nmorc." For
tho first tlmo waa performed tho young so
loist's ono Fughettn glncosa In F lint, a
composition that has n merry spirit, but
tho sunny humor ot tho Latins nnd not tho
sinister humor of n Teuton Till Owlglnss.
For conclusion, thero was a .resounding de
livery of tho Tnuslg arrangement of Schu
bert's Marcho Mllltatro. "W. It. M.
ART DANCE FOR CHARITY
Esthotic Numbers to Provido Fund3
for Education in. Appalachian
Mountains
An exhibition ot esthetic dancing by
Miss Marguerlto C. Walz, to raise funds
to oducato the Inhabitants of tho Appalach
ian Mountains, will bo given tonight In tha
ballroom of the Bellevuo-Stratford, under
tho auspices of the .Philadelphia Auxlllnry
of tho Southern Industrial Education As
sociation, The funds will be used to build schools
and to plnco better equipment In schools
now standing and to glvo the four million
pooplo a better opportunity to rise from
a state of. Ignorance and secure an educa
tion. The patronesses are:
Mrs. Ilobert Alexander, Mrs. Howard S,
Anders, Mrs. F. 21, Boynton, Mrs. Oeorgo
W, Cnrr. Mrs. Victor Cochran, Mrs. Walter
Clark, Mrs. Allen Chllds, Mrs. Augustus
Davis, Mrs. J, Edward Durham, Mrs.
Georgo H. Evans, Mrs. O. L. Estabrook,
Mrs. Boulton Earnshaw, Mrs. Oeorgo Hale
Gould, Mrs. John Qrlbbel, Mrs. Allen Oil
more, Mrs. James II. Hoffecker, Miss E. V.
Hughes, Mrs... William Hcsso, Mrs. It. S.
Howard-Smith, Mrs. Harry C. Lawson,
Mrs. Victor Mulford, Mrs. Spencer K. Mul
ford, Jr., Mrs. W, II. Mulford, Mrs. Oeorgo
II. Morgan, Mrs. James P. MacFarland,
Mrs. Thomas Potter, Jr., Mrs. William
Potter, Mrs. E. Sydney Prlchard, Mrs,
Horace B. Wchards. Mrs, Henry Q, niter.
Jr.. Mrs. Henry O. Illter, 3d, Mrs. Charles
Roberts, Mrs. Edward II. Well, Mrs. J. W.
Williams, Mrs. It. B. Williams, Mrs. E.
A. Wright, Mrs. Ralph Graham Wilson,
Mr. M. E. Wlstar, Mrs. Charles S. Wal
ton nnd Mrs. Charles Walton, Jr.
Diamond Gypsy Rings, $40 g
Our showing of Diamond Gypsy Rings is unusu
ally large and attractive, comprising settings with
three Diamonds, two" Diamonds and Sapphire and two
Diamonds with Emerald or Ruby.
The Diamonds are fine white stones set in 14-Kt.
solid-gold mountings.
Priced $35, $40, $45 and $50
OUR PERFECTED CREDIT SYSTEM
offers every opportunity of giving a gift of value that
represents both sentiment and intrinsic value.
We will gladly send art catalog and full informa
tion regarding our original credit plan may -we?
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EVENING LEDGER-PmLADELPHIA FRIDAY
ENJOY'LOVEFEASf
AT STATEDINNER
Political Leaders of Both
Factions Forget Their
Differences
PENNSYLVANIA PRAISED
A Republican organization ''love fcnsl."
That Is what tho first annual dinner of
tho Pennsylvania State Society, held last
night In tho ballroom of tho Bellcvuo Strat
ford Hotel, amounted to,
It was the first gathering of the po
litical leaders of both factions within the
party In mnny years nt which political
knives wero sheathed nnd, factional differ
ences Ignored.
The banquet was held to extol the virtues
of Pennsylvania ns n State, nnd In addi
tion to onlclnl Pennsylvania and tho wives
ot the Slnta official? for they wero pres
ent, too tho Governors of four other
States Jellied In the pralso of this Com
monwealth. Headed by "Sam" McCnll, of Massachu
setts, tho Oovcrnbrs who nttended nnd
spoko Included Charles R. Miller, of Deln
ware, nnd Oovcrnor-clect Walter E. Edge,
of Now Jersey. They wero born In Penn
sylvania nnd came back to mingle with tho
"homo folks" nncn more. Governor Hnnna,
of North Dakota, another Stnto chief exec
utive who was born In Pennsylvania, "was
unable to be prencnt, but ho sent sincere ro
gards nnd bent wishes to tho State.
Oovcrnor-ctect Edge received n warm re
ception, especially when hn plnlgcd n busi
ness administration for Now Jersey.
It was a purely State spirit thnt domi
nated tho State gnthcflng. Every ono
present and thnt Include 1 every politician
of nolo In the State w th tho exception
ot Senator Penrose nnd Stnto Chnlrman
William 13, Crow Joined In the most sin
cere expression ot lovo for their home
Commonwealth ever seen here.
Politics crept into tho function only nt
Infrequent intervals. Tho Vare-Hrumbnugh
lenders nnd followers wero seated together,
whllo tho other fnctlonallsts wero logothcr.
Public Service Commissioner Michael J.
Ryan beenmo political In ono part of his
speech. Ho extolled Pennsylvania ns n
bulwark ot, the protective tariff policy, and
asocrted that the wealth and progress of
tho Stnto hnvo been due to that policy.
Thero wns only ono regret about tho
Stnto dinner. That was tho fact thnt It
Interfered with tho mutual Tlmnksglvlng
dinner of tho Clover Club.
Ofllclal Pennsylvania gavo Its chief ex
ecutlvo n rousing welcome. Governor
nrumbnugh outlined tho history of tho Com
momvenlth nnd gavo little Insights Into
Colonial and Revolutionary times thnt wero
new to his hearers. Ho told of tho manner
In which tho hardy sons of tho Stnto had
carved n commonwealth out of the territory
given to I'cnn, nnil how Its varied nnd cos
mopolitan population wero at ono In loyalty
to tho country nnd tho Stntc. nnd in rcndl
ness U yield their lives, If need be, to keep
Invlolato their prestige, glories nnd luster.
Governor McCiill, of Massachusetts, paid
n glowing tribute to tho administration of
Governor Brumbaugh nnd tho Ideals of gov
ernment which havo prevailed In this State,
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WOMAN LOCKS BURGLAR
IN HOUSE; CALLS POLICE
He Merely Ynwns, but Must Fnco
Several Accusers in
Court
Madam, If you find a burglar In your
kitchen, lock him In nnd call tho police.
Mrs. Kate Sumn. of 1S35 North Philip
street, did It with satisfactory results,
Tho alleged burglar whom Mrs, Suma
locked In her kitchen Wns not annoyed or
excited by the prospect ot capture. He
merely yawned when ho heard tho bolt
scrape tn the lock. Then ho took oft his
shoes, bat, coat, vest, collar and tlo, lay
down on a couch nnd watted,
Tho Intruder. Doycr Stocken, alias VIs
colf. of 931 North Orlanna street, was held
In $500 ball today by Magistrate Glenn, nt
the Fourth nnd York streets pollco station,
for a further hearing-. He was accused by
several residents Of tho neighborhood of
robbing them after he hnd Ingratiated him
solf with their families and learned their
hours nt homo.
Forest Fires Quenched by Hain
nnADING. Pa.. Nov. :i. Tho henvy rain
hero hns ended fears of forest Arcs. Several
smoldering (Ires near the city wero ex
tinguished. Ten were extinguished In the
Inst few days by volunteers and Hoy
Scouts.
I.enps From UridKc to Her Death
WII.L1AMSPOIIT. Pn., Nov. 24. Disap
pointed in love. Mary Hitter, thirty-two,
jumped from Mnrknt street bridge nnd was
drowned In tho west branch of the Suro.uc
hanun Itlvrr.
Under
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Introduc
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New!
A military adaptation of the
London great coat exactly
suited to the tastes and com
fort of American men.
The New Store, always trie creafor
of original styles, has held back the
introduction of this handsome outer
garment purposely to prevent its
being copied.
But it is here now plentifully
here ready for you to wear out of
the store at
$20 $22.50
$25 $30
In its construction we have used
nothing but the finer cloths, and since
its splendid lines require unusual
yardage the minimum price is $20,
and it is worth every cent of it, and
more!
When an overcoat combines new
style with comfort; quality with low
price; warmth without weightiness
then you have something new under
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The
NOVEMBER 24
BEEP IS NO LONGER ASSET
TO .FOOTBALL GLADIATORS;
SPEED ALONE IS ESSENTIAL
By OIUNTLAND IlICE
Von JtenniD iaur ffsbf!
And high or low or l reit ef U,
Today, next jenr well, ih dale Is tt,
And celtlnu the icorst.or the 6eil of U
At the Women! picked by m tmfcnoicn Fate,
One quirv slnnrta or th OMtfcoimd mt
tttrt ( lon'l the nmller If Un't the date
When the bill come due ns the diufc nroiea
crciy,
tre you rcadv to pa)t
Vou fcnoto the price
Fixed for vonr brie! day tn the nn
lm! II tn't a burden, or aacrtftee
That inl.ue.i nnolfier, nnd nlto on one,
Hiil nit equal charge tor the high and low,
For thdie at the cr.t and those at bny,
.1 price Unit fciioics no frtend or toe.
flul only thts from the Game's arroy,
Are you ready to paft
CHICK IIAHI.KV. of Ohio Slate, has won
two blB Kmes almost slnRlo-handed, ns
the minlnt phrase la often put. If ho can
add Northwestorn's detnehed scalp to his
collection Chick will carry Ohio by three or
four times the margin employed by Presi
dent Wilson.
Football AVclRht
Kplsodes nnd Incidents of 1PIC hnvo
nhown boyond tho need of further debnto
thnt old-fashioned beef Is virtually null nnd
void In tho present game.
The stnrs ot thn campaign, In tho main,
are well below tho averago weight of the
averngo team.
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the Sun
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Wrap
William H. Wanamaker
1217-19 Chestnut Street
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Casey, of Harvard, weighs l&i. pounus.
Pollard, of Urown. weighs 156, 'Maubelsch.
of Michigan, weighs 167. I.o Gore Is below
170. Casey, Pallard nnd Maulbetseh are not
forced to depend alone upon their speed.
They hnva been among tho hardest runners
of tho game, driving their wny through with
unusual jxjwcr.
The Greatest Upset
What has been the season's most spec
tacnlar upsett a reader inquires;
The following Is hard to beat!
Illinois beat Minnesota 14 to It; Chicago
beat Illinois 20 to 7 ! Wisconsin bent Chi
cago 80 to 7.
This, by the comparative score route,
would make Wisconsin forty-ono points bet
ter than Minnesota.
The final scoro was: Minnesota M, Wis
consin 0. An arrangement that Involves n
comparative scoro displacement of nlnety
flvo points should bo nwnrded tho laurel
bBy, with all further nominations closed.
Wo noto whoro nn expert lists Jess Wit
lard as "absolutely Invincible, heyond tho
reach of nny contender In the ring."
It ono looks back through tho Dltca ot
thirty years ho will also find this!
Thnt In 1830 John tjiwrenco Sullivan wns
"Invincible"; that In 1000 Jim Jeffries was
"lnvlnclblo" i thnt In 1312 Jnck Johim-m wns
"Invincible." Wlllnrd's nupremncy today Is
no moro marked than Iho supremacy of Sul
livan, Jeffries nnd Johnson. They wero nil
supermen, not to bo overthrown. They woro
nil beyond tho reach of n mortal connuoror.
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Un resin, until Iho ofllclal tlmekee'peir Wj
completed his count
To Hetlrc
We hear, too, that Wllant Is planning w '
retire. So was SulllVAh. Jcftrlea hart !al .
rehdr retired. Johnson wns to retire 'Rfttr
"this Inst fight." " . '
Wlllnrtt may break the record, nutjtftir
betting Is 10 to 0 that ho doesn't Just 'oS
ho Is getting ready to, tep to one side, un
tientcn. the chanco to pick up nnothe? $50,".
000 or 1100.000 "easy money" will lur
hlm on Just onco loo often. Ono moro slit'
at easy money nhd then another '"''in
V-lnclble" will tako his place until fa to
ptekB " tho hour for ,hls BUCCcssor ,to ar
rive. Invincible wna not meant to be written
Against tho name of nny contender who; ' -enres
to stick nroiihd.
Hut how much Is a defense, worth, isnyv,."
wny? Princeton had a strong detente!, nnd '
yott may recall whnt It got her, Brooklyn
UfilMied n bmt fourth defensively, but woh
"n pennant.
Those who aro wondering -whether PitlJt
burgh or Brown will bo bedecked with the
Imlrol mem to forget that Ilrown sUtl haa
n lenmliy tho" iiamo of Colgate to' push,
out of tho wny, where tho pushing Is no part
nt n pipe. . .r. "?.
In fact, rou might add thnt even' If
Ilrown bents Colgate It will Only bo by 1
ctoso hhnveV
-The Cincinnati Heds wore second In club
batting nnd third In club ridding. Tho!?
only apparent weakness wns Inability' to
win. v - ' '
Heliig second In batting, third In fleeing
nnd Inst In games Won and lost Is no sort of
n knock, of course, at Hed pitching nnd'rted
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