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\ \ys ‘ , | -\* N and 8.--lce Iincrusted Equitable 122,808 0% £00 ¥ a « :. $ : O ply CHARLES N. LURIE. 603 W HY is it,\ asked a news- paper man the other ®. day. '\that so many of a @/ W the big fires occur winter?\ He was not seeking informa- C& thy; but merely starting a conversa- '-> Cor with a question He knew and his hearers knew. that most of the big Ares oceurring in winter are caused by -the increased use of heating appara- tuys. the fonger hours in which artificial Hghting is required. the clogging of the city streets with the snow and ice : _- whereby fire fighting apparatus is de- *~* Rayeg. 'the freezing of hydrants» and * - - other related causes. 20s ¥rom a consideration of the preva- ., * fence of fires in winter the talk. which :* x'Jind by a reference to. the __ Kquitable Life building fire in New <_ _ Fork. turned to the fireman's life in RL I weather It was agreed that no other class of city employees, not even .._ the policeman, has so hard a time in Winter Jas, the. fire fighters guishing blazes is not easy in any part of the year There is ever present the fear of \sudden death,\ from which the -_ Epixcopal litany begs to be delivered. . , . _ Phere is the danger of. maiming. the ***Ferit af blinding, the possibility of dis- -, &blement. , | _ ¢ Many tim#s the heat of midsummer has hé'ped to turn the interior of a 'bJazing building into an unbearable urnace, with the ~fames ° burriing tpa n (A*, ~- Keroes with medais. 6.-Fighting fire in winter. Extin-| Life building. 2. 5 and 9.-Apparatus stalled in the ice. of the common good\ are the most de- pendable of city servants, there is a chorus of acclama.ion from press and public Mayor Gaynor of New York voiced the opinion of New York well when he wrote to the fire commission- er, after the Equitable fire: away the floors upon which the fireman is compelled to walk and letting him fall into an inferno from which there 'tg no escape | Spring and fall lack their peculiar perils for the Winter, [especially ley winter, is his worst sea- l' ‘ Let the reader imagine himself in {front of a burning building. hoiding with stiff hands a heavy line of hose through which gallons of ley water are 'being pumped every second | Let him {see himself with ftce covered clothings. with frozen water hanging: from als 'hair and features. with ice inches thick land pounds heavy Incrusted on every acts of heroism wanting - The heroic inch of his exterior in a miniature Ni- |death of Battalion Chief William agara of bitterly cold spray | Le: him' Walsh while he was attempting to save ‘imagine himself member of a forlornjthe lives of others is onls another ex- hope party or following into a jample to show the devotion of the men burning building being converted into of the fire department to the safety of a fantastle tice palace aon the outside by | the people of this city \ zero temperature. with flames inside! - While the ruins of the Eauiltable 'turning the interior into a more fNeFY [ puflding were still smoking there were (furnace than the scriptural serious fires in York Pa- and Corn- or Dante ever imagined | He will agree wam. N Y - Headlines from New York that there is a very solid basis for the | papere tell eloquent stories Thev are. esteem In which our 'big cities hold} \Fight Fire at 6 Below and \Firemen their firemen (Wercome by Cold In the latter ease Big Cities Honor Firemen. It was stated that \the temperature It is pleasant to record that the brav.- | was close to 20 degrees below zero and ery of the firemen meets with unani-| the firemen were so benumbed by the mous recognition - Whenever a big fire léold that sume of them were over- teaches anew to the people of a big come\ The other report said \the city that their firemen are all heroes. pressure of. the stream of water was that the rarest thing in a big depart- reduced by the eald to such an extent ment is cowardice. that these \soldiers that it was almost useless \_ It is not to der mayor and the people of the city you and the officers and men un you who coped with the fire ai Equitable building - The bravery telligence. skill patience and fidelity of ail of you under the most trying con- ditions could not be excelled Nor were | Upon to Honor Mrs. Abraham: Lincolo \ Milan Called HILE congress has been appropriating $500.000 for the erection of a national memorial to Abraham Lincoln. to stand close to the Washing- ton monument, !t\~ movement to erect a testimomai to the wife of the war president has been taking definite shape dt has now reached the stage of accumulating the funds-$100.000 to © $150,000 in amount, with $50.000 addi- tion asa maintenance fund - needed to assure the success of the movement. The fund is srowing, but more money As wanted before the desire of those who wish to honor Mrs Lincoln car take conerete: form in the proposed memor- fat building on the campus at Sayre college, in Lexington. Ky., her birth- place. . \Mary Todd Lincoln memorial, for the erection of a memorial bullding u)I the wife of Abraham Lincoln. in Lex» - Ington. Ky. her bome town, upon the \_ campus of Sayre college. which is one of the oldest institutions in the south for the education of voung womer and .. girls « An of her relatives have been educated in this venerable institution,. 'and it has been decided that this is 'and should be the place for such monu- ment\ So reads the official letter head of the women and men who are ~ interested actively in the work of rais- ing money for the memorial At the . heag of the executive committee is ,. Major Generat Daniel C Sickies Com- modore \A V Wadhams is the vice ** - president of the committee and the ,/ treasurer is the Rev Dr J M Spencer. presidem «f Suyre college. 'The move- «. 6 'ment has been indorsed heartily by the |siab whereon will be inseribed the Grand Army of the Republic and oth- 'name of any danor of: $1.000 or more er bodies of men and women interested to the buildinz fund Some wealthy in public affairs men and women huve expressed inter- The proposed building is shown ln'est in the memorial but the efforts to 'the picture. fogether with the portrait raise money are not confined to the of Mrs Lincoln which is considered the rich | It is proposed to make it a popu- best in. existence | 'The structure will lar monument . stand on a gite given by the college It In honoring Mrs Lincoln Dr Spencer will be three stories in height, exclusive says the country will be but paving be» of the basement. and will be fitted up lated respect to the memor\ of : wo- in the must modern manner for «du- man who has heen greatly criticised hy cational purpuses In the basement , historans They calicher cold huushty. there will be a gymnasium and swim- irascible and accuse her of «siding with ming pool - The first story will have an the southern cause against assemb.y hall with a stage for the re- band - Or Spencer exlls this calumn'y. production of plays by the students. and he quotes in support of his posi- vete On the second story will be twen- tion W O- Steddard who was prac- ty classrooms and the top floor wil} tically a secretary to Mrs Lincoln sur- house the art department of the vol- ing her life in the White House < In a 'lege and the main library room - There- recent letter to Dr Spencer Mr Siod- cin will be placed a bronze tublet show- dard cavs 'ing President and Mrs Lincoln «ested \I shwll take a drep interest in the lat @ table. It will surmount a markle iproposed memorial to a noble hearted c+. # 4 Tall receptions, public or socint I Todds Mrs. Lincoin and Proposed Memorial Building at Sayre College, Lexington. Ky. her nus» 8-Coffese and sandwiches for the firemen, 4. -Rewarding fire ?--Fire Chief Kenion of New York (center) in ice covered uniform. ~ ‘reco‘rded that the efforts of the firemen to overcome the flames were reduced by the cold They withstood the tem- | coid of f The. perature and kept at work in 'which paralyzed their apparatus | steel and iron, rubber and canvas 'triumph of human fesh over ice and 'the flames is worth recording { Haven. Conn.. \several zmade to enroll an emergency corps.\ Helping at Cold Fires. As every big fire brings out hermes, J |so it serves to bring out the interest of , sans 'make eaters\ and' New York. who was formerly held head of the fire departmeni, said re- partment be i cently: 'the public in the 'their work - When the firemen are for hours at a fire provision mus! . made for thawing them ou! and warm» ing them on the inside Then come the l‘vnmnte-ers'; from the public with hot coffee and sandwiches | At the Eoul- \I desire to express the thanks of the! weakened apparatus and finally over M , In New! York who have not missed a big blaze ,eighty-nine policemen firemen were lin years the | near coliapse as the resull of continu-, in- lous hard work and exposure in below igrt policemen and. firemen 'zero weather and efforts are being) in big cities '! table Life fire. as at every other recent ments so that they are ready to forfeiticity's newspapers said of the firemen \blaze there were several men and wo- men who attéfided to the refreshment of the men - 'They came on the scene with cans of hot coffee and piles of sandwiches and saw to it that the men snatched a few seconds from their work to bury fheir faces in the steam- ing Haouid or the, substantial fond This is sometimes the special work of the \buf ' a citizen who loves to see the engines run out and to watch the fire- men at work | There are 'buffs\ in New * woman who was one of the best friends ever bad During nearly the whole of her husband's first term J was half jocularIvy described as 'Mrs Lincoin's secretary. her constant attendant at and her ididser In- many affairs was a v omion much misrepresented and s. an- calously - abused Por the siurd rs assuliirg her whu h was sincere and earnest ef cerresbondence with 'secesstonists' <te-- During all that time she would cpen no letter or parcel uftll I1 nd cpened and deeid d whether or not she should see It - 'The mass of vilupera- tion sent fer bv mall never reach. d hor o Tell your friends they are dolrg + act of simple righteousness Mrs Lincoln s ceeurse dn the White Hou-e was admirable, unexceptionable pair- whe In~'ance ctie'\ South ard north have joined in th's movement to rear an » d'Sce to the wife t the man tow recognized as a fore. most Amerlean - Mrs: Lincoln's family was a southern stock orig!- nally of Pennsvivania extraction It was one of the mest preeminent In the south. wealthy, cultured refined. with U Iv of Lincoln - Its members were prom- {rent ir the military and cliud! affairs of Kentueki@ foro many o yeurs. and the frure on atmost evert page of early Kentuek\y imistory | Et gs recorded. that Mary Todd wa« probably the first person to predict that she would marry a president of the United Stites und with almost - supernatural prescferce she accepted Lincoln and rejected Ste. phen A Douglas Aespite the greater prominence of the Iaiter man when he progased to her Much has been written of Mrs [in- «coln's infirmity af temper On this point the testimony of General Sichles is of value In a recent address he said 'It was my privilege: to know Pres. dent Lincoin and his consort through all the years thev «pent at the White House | have rever seen a more de- voted couple He alwnis called her 'mother and she always called him father' In their) domestic relations and in their devotion to their children [I have never seen a more congenial) imuple He alwavs looked to her for pomfort and consolation in his trou- \bles and eares - Indeed the onlv jovs i poot Lincoln knew after reaching the White Mouse were his wife ar ehil- aren She shared all his troubles and never recovered from that culminating blow when he was assaesinafed \ Mrs Lireoin was born at Leyingten Dec 12 1818 After the death of her husband her- mind - became - elouded She died in Springfield IH op Puy 18 1882 (Mer halt sister Mrs: Emily Todd widew of a Conf: dorate general ,who was kifled at Clueckamniueca dives now at an advanced age ir Lenisiiffe, Ky. fikli'l'lilJR J, BRin LGN. Coun A mme ens aceusitions all the advantrges lacking in the famt- ' : the slips bearlhis i as the re- . . f sult of injuries received while on duty 'The question of the relative heroism 'The is often nemes of vighty-séven victims in Naturally it is an the same period of time - But the po- open question, since it is not suscepti- lice department hasznow on its rolls ble to. proof by figures « 9.960 officers and men, while the sister Fach sort of bluecoat has its parti- Police Commissioner Waldo of: men | The percentage is thus greatly at the in favor of the argument that fire de- service is more hazardous than pelice work \Both uniforms cover a body of | Hot Work In Gold Weather, brave men. men who take chances on A few days after the Equitable Life losing their Hives in the discharge of | building fire in New York there was a their duties | Training and discipline big Philadelphia fire which destroved have developed the men of bot depart- 'two seven story buildings - One of the their Hives, if need be. for the public that they \Fought Fire In Icy Blasts\ good \ Which was of course, diplo- |The story of the fire reads: matic of Mr Waldo, but searcely help-| \The fire fighters. their rubber coat- ed to throw light on the subject ed coats and helmets covered with ice, It is interesting to note. however climbed to near the seething mass with that the records of the firemen and the lines of hose | They deluged the build- polibemen of New York. kept officially. ing but the water seemed ton have little indicate that the life of a fireman is effect upon the fire Instead of forcing filled with moge perils than that of a the rushing flames back into the build- poltceman - For ten vears beginning ing the water fell upon ladder rungs with 1991. the police records show that and froze High up above the streets {fell to the street an fire department records contain- service consists of 4.450 officers and. the firemen. their bodies numb from the 'cold. fought on, heedléss of the. thick Ace that covered the ladders | One by one they were forced to give up the fight, and it was not until then that 'the perilous task of climbing down the, ladders confronted them O. \Unable to Obtaila foothold several were carried un« conscious to ambulances, 'where phy= sicians revived them - Others were istruck by fying debris. while still oth« ers fought so close to the'fire that dropped from suffocation. l \Icicles several inches long bung from the fremen's helmets. while their faces were covered with toe | The driv» ing water forced against the ice cov» ered shell blew back into the faces of | the fire fighters, making long continued: Ieflqrts in front of the building almost impossible.\ © New York's Biggest Fire With Below Zero. | The biggest fire New York ever had took place dn Dec 16. 1835, in intensely cold weather The loss was estimated: at $18,000,000 If is recorded that the \ mereurvy dropped below zero. the hy» [Grants were frozen. the water in the slips was low. owing to a long con- tinued northwest wind (the fire started near the water front) and unless work» ed continuously the engines froze and became useless - One engine worked: all night. and when finally her crew quit her for a moment to thaw themselva® hut in the ralley of a vessel fying at pier nearby the engine froze and wouldn't work again - The wine was so high on the night of the big fire that burning embers were carried across the Fast river and set fire to a house in Brooklyn. ~ they . ‘Mireury‘ x ST. VALENTINES DAY x. N paper curiously shaped Scribblers today of every sort In verses called Valentines To venus chime their angnal court. OL. too, will swell the motley throng And greet the all auspicions day Whose privilege permits my song, My tove thus secret to cemvey. HEXRY C. BOLNE, to Lovers' Note Paper-The Newest vaicatine Day Wrinkle. CURIOUS OLD VALENTINES. In the good old\ days of Pepys the \drawings of- moetlees \ as the names ot biush- Ing young ladtos and a verse of twoo if \them soft senityitients' | were called, were qulte the thing Al a later dote the sending of high flown pectic effu- sions became the rage ino England as well in this conntry Chesterfield ana Maesitliyv were much given {o sending valentines of this characier, LJ In those days proper thing which had to be original Persons who have investigated subject of S10 Valentine's day assert ti at if is misnamed of the a doy for fevers br. Thomas considet ed gentlemen It. was a «18 Waisi, the that the old saint cxlemiar has nothing to de wiih ‘bearmg tong winded and pnmhnuslylsvholar. who has made an exhaustive sainuel | wordeg devlarutions of love in filme. , study of the history of popular cus- the i toms, explains St of i saying that. in the old Norman-French to write their owh valeniines, Valentine's day by ' tongue the word \gallantin.\ meaning beau. being similar in sound and spell- ing to valentine, the Norman-French | reached the conclusion that, mas nuch as the old Roman holiday fell on Sto Valentine's day. that worthy wis evidently the patron saint of luv» . the emineut | ers.
