| Show H p r I Ip Ic th t I t c SLEEPS ALMOST uN n nr j y LITERALLY r ik ON iYE YE OPEN BUT r c g I r k COMPLAINS r t LOSS OF a it N I Ie y r e ii ir y 3 J 4 1 n I I Il r S t f i CY k w F Fr t r r a Hr r el B en n Occupants o of a Burning I ft I CHIEF f CRO If l f BG BIG RID RED MOTOR lIOTO R L y I IY till the moat P L man In n Am rk N Is I Edward Rdward f CJ I hl ht f if of f the New Sw York Tork city illy lire fire department For Fr nearly eight yeon yr tore thin I pie phe phenomenon has h b been n 11 at 1 t the head of 01 the theire In Jre lighting forms force fon in the th t city It at In n this continent tend nd the second tar Lr tent teat city Ity do m In the globe Iob It may ma be ba said MId MIdith with ith almost mt literal meaning meanna that Chief Croker roker sleeps Bleep with one un eye ee open for lor lorIe forM ae M dont Ands time to get pt both eyes hut shut for a comfortable nap maR White WIt more than four fur million millions of peo peon pie serenely n In the Ave borough boroughf i f tb tic tM greater ater city F Croker Ira abed with a lire Ar e alarm rm gong at 1 the tho dg of his hi bedstead ready to leap jeep out Md mad ruh rush In hi bla big bla red devil automo ao aoto WI to a tire lire which may ma Imperil peril the tho liven live of wine Borne of the million millions over i whom he keeps keep constant watch atch There are ore a chief who wo u use their as a It private nap naps In to the main maint b Mt t Croker Ia bI I not of that breed He H I Ii Ic Ica i a born lire lighter Gainer and the U root t yf tI make moke with a Ane relish b Betides Beddes theta there I la hi his mighty responsibility which would ouM keep him alert rl evon even without t his natural propensity for Area Are Just Jul how bow many man hour houn tI sf seep ataop P Chief Croker froker average v In the tha tb hour tou the year r around la lanot I 1 INt not Nt say to approximate From rom four to eo all hour boon to Ie maid to be hi his average v between the ue not above the th maximum mal named He Re believe It I hi his ID to be ho a at t Ars I where ho he think the tho chief la I I Id eadd nad d and d consequently ba hi U Is Croker C goo goer to all I fires Are mouth tit of III In Manhattan ly lyt I J t g w A f fl 1 I 1 l 1 t 11 t I on oa a tb the tint arm heat Oa Om UM alarm alana b lie he jess goo ia t all en n lane Are MUtIa of 01 street and end OH oa tb the third till t ft alarm to e aa all n tier on sm Manhattan north of 01 that There are lit ill alarm station la Is what la Is called the Croker district to which the chief coble responds on tin the INt AM alarm at night Now and then he may ma get pt a full nights night sleep but that to is exceptional for tor New NewYork NewYork York Tork has many mall Are Ire alarm alanna or Insignificant No matter how ll the lire fire may ma be the chief make mall the therun therun therun run for fur the blase may m be Physically Chief Ch Croker to I a perfect specimen pei meD Imen Were We he otherwise he 41 would not be able to stand tand the tram strata Itra But Butt the t of hi his calling call dose doe d not MOt appear to hi hll hi health unto it bo he that It add acid to hie hi A As Aa to Lee Lae L of f Sleep Somebody once eked Croker when he made mad up ap the sleep p he lot let at al t night I never DeVer make It up he replied The rile sleep deep I have lost It tonight I t goose gone The Tho Bleep I lose 1 very every VI night of my m life III IIII I never caught up It goes on the ac cc account a count of ot profit and loss loa J o f 0 N t J l axe ClaW Chief cr to N a enman dreman not n t n preacher but U ho he delivered a ar ocular r to an Interviewer which hleb the tile health Mal may two toe for f capital This thing of ot deep said ald the tb chief eleC ell all 11 depend upon the he I man Ninetynine persona out gut of or u o hundred who ho been bom Bremen will try to tomake tomake tomake make up liP for lout loat aup by taking a drink of whisky hl or a cup of or There Thre never nver waa a wore mistake ml I 1 cut out coffee collie soon after I became bram br ame chief My X call calle c out of bed multiplied then and nd I found that coffee wa w aa worse WOrM than th Ih the lose Iou of oC Neep no so I de decided decided decided to let It Il go IJO 80 So far tare a hl ky la ie concerned that only makes make k matter matten worse wore and a u man mn who ha last sloop Ip should hould shun ahun stimulant a a poison Cold Vold old water ar Is the stuff tuff for tor a Ii man who hse ha h beer beott out all night and ha has h to togo t tP togo go P to work In hi an the th next mom more log Ing I I 1 have nU road read the opinion of ut wine ome doctor docton that w ale all drink too much water that every very drop dro of water witter taken Akan Into the stomach make that thai much more work for far the Ih heart That Thale all nonsense I J drink five In or r six elx giantess IM i leo water with every meal mea For hr ForI I drink driB a whole of M It It cad aNi M 1 I do tile the Mine acme me when I t go ao to lied bad at night WItt If It I teal feel drowsy in the tho mommy when whon I tart about my work ork I 1 drink freely of III cold water and I t am aroused Another thing till to offset the loss lo of ot sleep loop I ls a cold bath Every Ivery morning of ot mr my life I take a Ii plunge In water ater that warm wana enough to tart dry ula Un tion going at a good dip clip cad and then turn tm on the cold It inch little difference to me mo whether I have Kept eight hour houn or Jut Just halt hall hallaD haltan an aD hour during durl the night ao a long ton aa as itan I Ican Ican can tan take this cold caM bath baUI before going aol to my m at In the morning Truly Trill a water cure olIre extraordinary His Dally Daily Chief Croker gnu goe to In lit East Kat street about 10 le and ad work works until about 4 I lu III a the afternoon HI His work there I IA executive He I II Is the Ih commander of about 4 00 uniformed firemen nt It II fire stations One of nt these stations at nt Kai Yal Rock Rk easy away a a I le IA Unity mites Imo Hum ten ter te from all mut be looked over or by b the chief cob The Tb sick ht 11 list hat II lit h he must mut examine with the tile department doctor dO tor All 11 transfer tran feno charge repair and Mild other things Incidental to the Ih de department d department he h look hark after lIfter not to toor peak of or the multitudinous letter leUere he heOM receive OM chiefly from women who write wai anon complaining that i ite the te landlord hus hua not provided Ore are areca es e escapes capes cape ca according to law la or that the neighbor bor In the th flat below ha has put flowerpots or r an outdoor Ice ke chest cheat on tb the Ore Ire aJ Thou These totter letters U the tb chief do doe d not Ignore To do so ao might leave opportunity for a frightful Are with lou loa 1 of ot human Ufe life All cum com complaint plait plaint are Investigated by order of ofte the te chief or they Uw are turned over to tot the t fire fir commissioner with Ih recommendations recommendation l lIn In hi hl bill off oN hours hour the chief climb In Into Into into to hi hl I big bla rut n Ing automobile of f fifty horsepower and und speed away awa to visit and the fire tatton I Ho H Hm m It a point to Inspect each Pah of them two or three Ih time tims tI a month When he be In t he Inspect He II gives the II fire nr engine wheel a Jolt with hi his hili br brawny wn hand to see gee If It I is on straight and If there Is I any an he orders order ord the captaN pta to make a requisition for repairs At his bl night headquarters headquarter in III Gnat Gret Jones Joan J street treet Chief Croker sleep deeps Iee with most t of hi hl clothes clothe on 08 for tor at t any ft mo me moment mot ment t he may m be b groused by b one Idle of ot the W first ularm alarm station on Then ho he last ail into the big red M devil and nd cuts cut cou through the th streets street at al a tulle mile II a minute clip lip lie U Is I the only man malt In Now New Tork York who ha has eminent right t of way without regard ald to the tho speed laws laII Frequently the chief reaches reache c a fire are considerably In advance of or any aD of hi his IA firemen and aDd Walt waits al for tor them to corn come up lip Inee he h Introduced the th big bI au automobile hi his hili men mn have bestirred them themselves selves frantically to malt make lightning time In order to got get there If it possible before the chief baa bU toured found out all about the blase bla Net Nat For Fec Mere Ornament Chief Croker I la not an ornamental commander Quite often ho he h grabs grab the hose and rushes rushe hee In with It Il himself lf yelling to the mon men m hi hl h old battle cry Felt Bat t er r up ap boys bo Eat Bat or u up lip One line of hi his lieutenants say says Ill IU tell you ou what they the s say y of nt the tha chief cheat In the tb department lie I Ces not lIot the theman theman man IDan to stand outside a burning build building log ing I and order the men mn to go 0 In He H says nays Come Clone on and lead leads the way wy At Ata a fire II he In It on OM top of It through I I It all over it Never caw such a man know knew what t fear t I 1 In the U old oW I day It wa was different The Th chief chlof In I IthOl those thOl days day used to stand outside and an I swear at lit the men to tn drive drift them Into th the lire Rat But red not t robot I never r heard beard him utter an M oath and fee Ive seen en a him working Ilk like a at many a tire Hed Hd have ha been n chief a great t deal sooner nr If hi hi tame name been bee Croker that sure cure Nephew f E BM rails Which reminds remind WI tie u that ht Ed V N raker roker I ia a nephew of ot Richard RInt the thO former Tammany boas boa now roaM I I I I I y s t ti I I i I f rl r ing In In I Ireland lland But It I 1 not pr i d Ihla that the tho Croker tame name kept him r the chiefs Ier place any eny ah ron con time for he h wa we only thirty old when he h succeeded Hire Pire iro i I i iRona Boner Ronner early arl In III ISM roki i pointed a n fireman reman on tilt his hi M tI birthday June 31 U U f n no ni i i been a fireman every very day rhy m f 1 IP q night since alne Inc No these thre th re war rl q week In IMS IMI when he II sti tt A practically dismissed by II the th i t I charge bring being i f r 01 t him The Tho t personal and wl I i p 5 1 Ing Ina something about ml of the t department d But th I h court court reinstated him bun and i year eat when wh n the il tIn tian of or Fir Fin Engineers n Ii York the tb secretary east t th t h ballot of t the body for tor hk hart the tc new nw president of thi thu amid a n yell of lusty au flu fit shook hook the tb Palisade Pal air aa a r rIOn son IOn It was wan w l f M n chiefs chief that they elected o nh u 1 him Edward F oKi oust something about a the tha fire Bro ni nr ness ns Re R ha has h t mon m n I In fires n In n his h twe y yen n nIce Ice Ie from the beginning i ia Ia a 8 life Ht It of 01 Ms his hi r would rather light fight t Are It than Ih I b proved by la the that th n l p two meals a ada day noir r t for Mr midday luncheon u then He lie II I a a good ond eater cater ateI how 11 rr With 1 a Merest M at Men Man M Crokers men mart look upon u the soldier under looked upon u Oa their enmIn ull 11 d dh he h goes like l I th and get pta there Iliff 11 it t ls is I full of stork storto lito of Ci I 1 i bravery how h he has h re r u II from upper stories torl a MI nol t I falling Calli floors floor from the t r n nto i ito to th lh the how bo 1 h L for tor brutes brul and i hi and that sort of thine t f Is tried to t g get att t ill ii talk about these theoe taa 1 i Dont think of these the n I I Isaid said shutting hi his lawn Jaws They y r part of 01 the t busts bunin wH He Ne fears fear nothing I a n u t s T TIn r rIn In III the he presence of af one OD t Croker Intimately tat 11 He v w vInto Ii I Into a bIa ae a It If Are Ire r tor o f 1 him but he bo has baa no 0 heart Hold 1101 on there their said the th know knew t I remember n I wo woe III Ill ho he hut himself up u I i iJar Jar lor Are Aft ee day laid lover i P f faMe aide aMe till ek sets wee was well there tit al as t ROBERTis J I rte l |
