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TO ClTOIREMEN
Prwwfi'fl Visit to Engine
H tiitno Given Practical
Demonstration
AIAVAYS ON THE WATCH
. mn. Inspired by tht rcnt cam-
Wn tt publicity that ths flrsmen of Bhll-i-.
. L1. ...inr rnr tMDular ductlon
fc aipn'a "" "- ---
la bthM of more moaern wothhu tuimi
lloss. calltd t e station of englno No. SI
r SUlh strwt bslow Locust. Its MtwtJ
ts vhlnlnr apparatus and spotlessly
tinned equipment, listened with Interest
to ih eiptanatloA of the alarm system and
ether feature 'of the service. He was
about to depart when hl eye waa attracted
fc two brass tableta attached to the north
wall of the main floor. These recorded the
trt mony of their fellow to four comrades
who had given up their live In lino of duty.
ThtYi .tablets are placed directly above
tiie elation of the man on watch. Turning
to the nreman who was performing that
well at the moment the visitor Inquired :
Doesn't tho prcsenca of thoso tableta
with their Inscription tend to make you
gloomy or melancholy a; you lt hero at
reur port during the night hoursr
"ffot at all." replied the blus-clad sen
tinel. a he glanced upward: "Those two
tableta and tho lines on them nro a con
ttant lnplratlon to me and every man In
Sin station. True, they make u feel eorry
for the boys In whoso memory we erected
them, for many of ua knew ntul ndmlred
them but principally they teach tie one of
the first duties of a fireman" life. The
stlnr of life and property must be nc
eemPlUed at all hasanls. The gaps In tho
ran! that tboee deaths created have been
lilted with men Just as brave and as ready
M gte UP their lives as the men whose
runes you read there. .,,,..
There Isn't a hoseman In this house, or
any other fire station todny, but would
tike the chances that those fellows took,
en If he knew beforehand that death was
the price. It's the- spirit of the buroau
to go In nnd never to quit until every per
sn Is out of the building and all traces of
ire have been extinguished. When a flre
wan quits It's when tho hospital surgeon
pronounces his life entirely gone."
AIJtTtM INSTANTLY ANSWEKED
Further conversation was Interrupted by
the tapping of a email bell nliovo the head
ef the speaker. A marvelous transforms
tlon Instantly occurred. ,
The echo of tho big gong hid not ceased,
When, almost nsqulckly as they had taken
their' ponts. the men dismounted from the
apparatus and returned to their former
employment nbout the station.
The man on watch mado a brief entry In
a book which lay on n flat-top desk at
which he had been sitting prior to the first
6.
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summons.
"A falso alarm?" queried the caller.
"Not at nil," was tho answer. "It's not In
Mir district, that's nil. That box Is out In
Roxborough nnd wo don't take It.1'
The stranger's .curiosity Increased. "Do
jrou' mean to sny." he asked, "that your
company, which does not havo to answer
en alarm, must preparo for service like
, that every time such an alarm is sounded?"
Tes, sir," replied his Informant, "livery
'. time a box Is pulled Jn this city, no matter
where, 'what you h.-ivo 'just seen Is done In
every Are station In tho bureau. Wo do not
, Jcnow until the bell stops tapping whether
It calls us out or not. Somotlmes It hap
pens that we liavo just got homo after a
hard drill nt a night Are In our own dis
trict. Wo ore tired out and almost ready
to drop. But wo throw out the wet hose
and replace It wlthclean and dry sections
that we havo In reserve In the hoso tower.
then wo hoist tho dirty hose to tho tower,
lean it and the rest of our apparatus' and
when In shape for fire duty, wo wash up
.and go to bed, except tho man whose turn
It Is to keep watch. Jinny a tlma I've
known It to occur that wo have not been
n bed fifteen minutes beforo the 'Joker,'
that little bell you just heard, sounds ten
tips; that's the signal for a fire, and It's
, wldo awake' again. And let me say that
It Isn't pleasant for a man, worn out by
bard work at a night flro, to be drawn out
ef bed less than half an hour after lying
down to get ready for another run. If any
thing It's harder to respond and then, after
nttklng rrady to go out, to find that tho
peg pulled Is miles away from his district.
"ALL IN A FIREMAN'S LIFE"
"There Isn't a night, day In and day out,
that at least ono alarm Isn't pulled. Ope
plght last week wo had ten and wo didn't
go out once. It all gpos in a fireman's Ufa
find I venture to say that It Isn't part of
any other vocation In tho city's service.
That Is ono of tho reasons why tho men of
'the bureau are asking Councils and the
people generally If they think the present
system of pay and working hourti Is a, fair
ene for the servlco demanded,
"Would you, or any one else you know,
tutslde the Fire Bureau, care to go through
hat experience night after night and day
after day for 7B to 191 a monthT
"Jt Isn't only the duty on the fire grounds
that breaks us up earlier than men In other
lines. If yoi cars to look over the records
up at nre Headquarters they will show
YOU that of nlnetv-flve men whn have he mi
killed In line of duty, Ilka those men whose
Barnes are on those two tablets, only sixty-
EVENING LEDGEE-HlIiilBBLPHlil OTESDAY. DEOBMBEK 0, 101G
Enameled
Novelties
Toilet Bottles
Bureau Boxes
PJn Trays
Aih Hecetveri
Paper Knives
Pin Cushions
Vases
Jam Jara
Tea
Caddies
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1331 Walnut Street
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It it easy to ' 'slop oyer' '
in recommending a
book, but we'll con
tent ourselves with
merely laring that
Oy FoRTy SoM4tt by
Frank Wing, creator of
member ?) ii a book that '
will make you wi.,,pr.
JP Uuj$i ami jwtly tlr
tsemoHM of boylwcJ days
"fewkljoW
f l,f mU
lw?n7?1 Lhrt. 'J1, ,B? n4s. The otr,er
E iViiL8hl d,ea. trom accidents happen.
h5i.iL1?! mPond'n- to alarms. eltherr.
,hl! atlons or on the street.
..fi '? dr ' lrd. half-wakened
ft!? h?lpn out ot nl "I'dlne- down
thai pole or running down that stairway.
uJ . "l"81 Ptous, as our records
r?u? ,'r.. p,oc of PPraloa through
crowded or llppery streets, while several
du, m.en hve bn kUM through being
J.L-J.J" ,h0 KPHwop! Hospital, and has
been there for a month, and If he gets out
"ni V. '. dldjYk amount to anything.
, H, ln lhl" hou,,0 ' wul'1 name you
Kt " r !'nanntly hurl from fall.
Ing off the sliding pole. They don't al-
half awake. Accidents like that don't get
n the papers. But the records of the
bureau w II show you hundreds of them.
T ?r. ntl aU n..n "'' work' t0 fireman.
? ..n the pub,lc mlnd S"9. It's a case
of 'If you don't like It get out
NO TIMB TO TlttNlC OP PERIL
"But the fireman doesn't get out, ex
cept when alarms call him, and then he
gets out with all the speed that he can.
even If It co.ita him his life. He has
time to consider danger to himself: some
one else may need him. and his duty as a
nreman compels him to think of othec
first. Thoee tablets remind us of that duty,
and If we now can only remind the publlo
of this fact and suggest that It consider
whether or not It has been equally alert
nnd faithful to Its duty toward us. I think
both parties will agree. that something more
ought to be done, and done right away,
for the fireman."
TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES
,,.llUJ,n,' .8T.F Wl'ton t., and JCMisWth
ui ftnmsn, T N. WHton t.
0Wd. v ,'r,,.f.n3"". SMJ eilrtort el., en.l reerl
WlntMln, Jl NT. i8ih !.
Horn" v. Merirtn. Jr.. Ilothlrhem, Pa., nnd
..Uerlha 11. WrJ, llorlllfc Ht.
Nnthsn fjnnwils. -laj llnnlon i.. ap.l Ksnnle
. liiookar, Silts H. sl .
Jsmes 8. t.nnch. 073 N. tlth t . and Mry A.
Mshoney. SJU N. "rki' t.
Ilenjsnitn Hplro. TM VUto it., ami llolllo
. Itlf. l2l N, Th l,
Joim T. btmr;tr. MS.l Osonli are., ami Carolrn
. II. Martin. 0S.11 Oxanla mr,
Jsrk Hiijiinin. 4S0 IVUcral t.. and Ha- Coben,
VHO MonroM at.
Alfrnl dl ro. Monura Point. N. J., and Millie
. Hlmpn. lls.T H. lath t.
llanry U. Alien, Waihlnaton. . ('.. and Mar
sant t,. KuI.Iiki-, Vahltiton. I), v.
Abrahnoi flhacter. McAiloo. Pa., and Fannie
Fulmar, ITI0.N. tllh at.
Max Payer, 3221 Turntr at., and Anna flvlluck-
oivky, liOS llorrli at.
Rdward Kaiorll. 1(1H S. nth at., and UoUI4
VonotT. MS Wataina at.
OuImpiw Volpe, (V llmlcn at., and Maria IVtta,
S51 Ml. llaaant at. '
Oliver Mel-C. Wllllnma, l.MO Mrrvlno at., and
. Itaba Hudltr, -.1ii N. Alder at,
liaae ParnKIn, .18 N 00th at., and Valentin
Chnlmallan. SO M. OOih at.
Andrew Jrnncn, 4300 llodlnv at., and Anna
Bchnentwriior. 4310 .V 4tli .t.
Alfred K. Hiilme, .'Oil Master at., and Mary
Hlilatvay. CUII Mnatrr at.
Harry llenaon. 220 N. OM at., and I.ucy Conn,
1707 Ixmbard at.
Marino Mnaalno, lr. 3 1 lllalnc Hun lano, and
Kathryn Caputn. 330 Hlalnw Bun lane,
lent Akntaukn, lsnn Columbia uvo.. and Mary
A, llaln. amis N, 10th at.
Anthony Parry. 1020 H, Juniper at., nnd Harah
Lombard), 1713 a. lith at.
Harry C. Palmer. 17SD N. Norwool at., and
Hattla Tmitie. ia V. York at.
John u. Wllllame. jlid IlalnbrliUo at., and
Kllen Janklna. llllf llalnbrlde at.
Jamca n. C Johnaton, 8tl03 Kara at . and Klls-
abeth W. Harlow. (M7 N. OUh at.
William Delaney, AS Aehmrnd at., nnd niltabeth
Kmcrann. 113 Ahmead at.
0orsi II. nklllnttn, StS 8. Croakey at., and
.Maria U. MaeAlllater. '.'.120 S. Cruakey at.
Jamia A. (1. Illcka. 3L'u H. Cumuc at., and
Kalher It. Mlton. 402 B. t'amac at.
Ilarrr W U'nllnce. '.'0IH Maatrr at., and ChrU-
tlnhna K. DambacH, 21)00 N. 21lh at.
CRIPPLE CLASSES LIKE
SPECIAL SCHOOL WORK
P.jgrct When Friday Last Bell
Rings Them Homo Till
Monday
MEADE SCHOOL FEATURE
Tucked away snugly n one of the rlly'
public school nre two clasae of children,
of various ages, to xom every school day
Is one of happiness and pleasure, nnd who
see tho coming of each Saturday and sun
day almost through eyes ot tears.
H may sound unbelievable to those of
un who remember tho rampant joy with
which. In former years, we flung our school
books away still unstrapped on i rlday
afternoons, not to be touched again until
the following Monday. Hetter still do we
remember tho dreaded opening of school In
ii,. ii mtt.r ik ihraa linPDy summer
months, spent basking In the sunshtno of
Joyous vacation days.
Yet It la true. In the tteorge O. Meid
public school, at Wghteenth and Oxford
streets, are two special classes of about
twenty-five pupils each. Nearly all of these
are cripples; each, has some ailment or
nmictlon. making him or ncr timer"
other children.
At knnu haa phllctren WOtltd IlO SlHIt-
Ins. Such Is their fato on holidays, when
th best they can do Is to watch luckier
children at play In the streets nnd hear
ineir rroncxing cries.
INTKUKSTINO BTUnlEH
At echool, however. It Is different Their
Mme Is spent In Interesting studies, tney
sro surrounded with kindness nnd affeo
tl)n, and they are learning. In many cases.
to overcome the Infirmities that nature or
lilt hns bestowed upon them, rieverai
have beau victims of Infantile paralysis.
Work and study form an Idenl panacea,
under near all conditions. It Is said. How
true, Indeed, this must be, when It lends
not only to the road to happiness, buliilso
to that of partlnl health recovery, at Itast.
bringing wtlh It accomplishments and the
means ot earning a llvnlllioou.
To these children, ludirlna- from reports,
each teacher Is a I-aly liountirul. Many
of them on crutches, some In wheel-chairs,
and others wearlnr braces, the fifty chil
dren report for work each morning nfter
being driven to the echool by two special
busses from the school.
Then the day's work beslns. The pu
pits In the two rooms ore arranged in
grades, (Special benches and ehalrs have
been provided for their comfort. Besides,
the matron gives them two goou meals a
day. one Unlit, the other a substantial one
They are taught various studied under the
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direei supervision er tttlwr V. Cornmah,
associate superintendent: and Cornelius J.
alter, principal of the school.
Mr. Walter said that every effort was
made to meet the Individual needs of each
crippled pupil. Special stress Is laid on
manual training, as It Is snld to have
worked wonders with pupils with ctlppted
hands nnd arms Weaving delights many
of the pupils, ihey are taught to weave
even rugs, whll the weaving ot chairs and
baskets la of every-day occurrence.
Through manual training seven-year-otd
Anna Smith, who ban two badly twisted
hands, has mastered the art of penman
ship to a remarkable degree. I'hlllp Becker,
sixteen years old, who has a spinal nmio
tlon. comes to school each day In a wheel
chair, and nearly has learned to walk.
After school he Is wheeled to Js'lnetcenth
street nnd Columbia avenue, where he sellB
newspapers. ,
Jfflr7t
An Hour in the Morning
Is Worth Two in the Evening
Toko that SBVEN or EIGHT o'clock train to
Jew York one hour and fifty minute break
fast en route, and bo on Broadway at nine or ten.
That if what hundreds of busy men do every
morninjr who ,bave learned to depend on Reading
train service.
A clean, pmfortable journey of great scenis
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'EI''m'i1i1CiCTFy
(iERMAN WOMEN IN 1UOT
Amsterdam Kcports They Object to
Being Forced Into Fnctories
I.ONno.V, lire B. The passage of the
horne army bill mused a patilo throughout
Ilerlln when It was realized that women
would pa forced Into the factories, accord
ing to an' Amsterdam dlapatch to the Ex
change Telegraph Company.
The dispatch rays that there was a. dem
onstration of women, mostly servants and
wlves of soldiers, outside of Charlottenburg
town hall. They protested against the
measure, and demanded bread and two
day' leave for all soldiers. They also" de
manded peace, the dispatch says.
Will Receive GlfU for Poor
The Prison nnd Hospital Evangelistic As
sociation of Philadelphia, which distributes
fowl and clothing to the poor of the city
nt Christmas, has opened a receiving sta
tion on the pavilion In tho City Halt court
yard for contributions of money, food and
clothing. This will be nntlntalned until
tho day before Christmas. Mrs. Albert H.
Smith, of 35!4 I'owelton .Venue, treasurer
nf thn association, will also recalre dona
tions at her home.
Women Unfurl Flag
as Wilson's Speaks
Continued trem t'sre On
the Delaware branch Mrs. Anna Imen
berg, of Philadelphia, vice-chnlrtnnn of the
Pennsylvania branch of the Congressional
Union : t)r. Caroline Ii Hpenccr. of Colorado
Springs, secretary of the Colorado branch
of the National Womnn's Vnrty, and Mian
Mary tl. Feudal!, of IJaltlmore, who cam
paigned for the woman's party.
JUST THn I1K01NNINO
Mrs. Hllles, a Democrat, the daughter
of the late Thomas V, Uayartl, Secwtary of
State under Cleveland and the rst Am
bassador to Urent llrltaln, asserted that
today's action "merely presngea our con
stant and further activities that will never
bo relinquished until our case Is won."
Mrs. Itogers expressed surprise) that
Presldetn Wilson could havo failed to men
tion woman suffrage after the lesson ot tho
last election. Mrs. Ixiwenberg said the
President's recent statement that "ho was
'going to fight with us' had led ua to be
lieve that he would not longer delay lu
throwing his Influence In support of our
cause."
Tho unfurling of tho banner had been
carefully pKinnrd. Immediately after tho
demonstration pamphlets were passed out
by women lu the corridors, giving printed
details of Just what happened Insofar ns
the women were concerned. This printed
Information Inciilded the names t the
women who unfurled ths ba en rn.
James Orlffen, n page, wont down lu
history ns tho youth to drag down tho first
suffrage battle flag unfurled In tho hnlls
of Congress. '
Mrs. WIIon was sitting In tho exccutlvo
box with other members of the family and
watching tho President closely when tho
suffrage flag was unfurled.
Hushes Rents New York Apartments
NKW VOUIC. Dec. 6. Kx-Justlce Charles
H Hughes hns rented an npnrlment lu
the Verona, southeast corner of Madlaon
nventiA and Hlxty-fourth street. Mr.
Hughes hns taken n suite of fourteen rooms,
where lie will live when he begins the prac
tice of law here January 1
KNITI1L DIVORCE SUIT
SPRINGS SENSATIONS
Testimony Against Accused
Philadelphia Broker Ib De
nied in Entirety
ATtuVNTia CITY. Dec. 6. Further sen
sations wcro Injected Into the divorce no
tion of Mrs. Helen W. Drown Kntttcl
against Charles W. Knlttel, a broker, of
Philadelphia and this city, before Special
Master Thompson this morning, when
Frank Wade, of New York, a salesman liv
ing nt the Hole! Kingston, told of Alleged
visits ot Knlttel to u South Carolina avenue
resort two years ngo.
This testimony was admitted by Special
Master Thompson under an eleventh-hour
amendment of young Mrs. Knlttcl'n bill of
' nr-n-ineisanwnirip-iiiiimiiiiriiiiisMieT
partfcSulala lit reply la whlA txrtniirf
Khltui said they might h comatjH M
flla a counter-bill making similar H '
tlona against the pialntlft i ,
Wade today said that a tall blotidej Wwwi "
an who Is now married and llvina la ?h
Adelphla was one of Kntttel's eompantwr
upon his trips to the house wherei the wjt
ness made his horn at the time ajte
The witness said h had also seen tlta,
broker there In- company with, a short darts
woman and another who waa tall and dark.
Knlttel took trie stand and mada a awetp
Ing denial ot Wade's allegations. lie de
elared ho had never visited the South Caro
lina nvenue resort.
Mrs. Mary Clark, a former tenant of lhe
premises, ntso gave counter-testimony which
discounted n part of the star witness"
story.
Young Mrs. Knlttel, pale and handsome),
was recalled to the stand to correct a part
of her testimony yesterday. Sh said a '
certain letter to a detectlvo had been writ
ten. by her mother. Today she a!d she),
wroto tho note,
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