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Show X - FIRE FIGHTERS TO-DA- Y. I': f p; V'? V i. A x. t'V &y Mfi&H ifcSS JVozzzx OTP WlTEX w 2&djC or jt Izpz Awr Cirjr l rrj-i-z A atool cap to fitted ever the nans I aad to thin cap Is attached a Ilf llasb tb aula portloa of which to kept car- tally eel lad la a Ola eh with a cedes In ardor that them may ho nothin to latarfarc with the flight of tha Baa ta gun ban boea discharged. The need to draw np aa the Hght line la mee-slof of a burning bnUdtag a heavier rope hereby persons may descend nr ho laws sad to th ground. t Aftor all. poshapa aa ctoaa of fliw t baa of Into nadergoM rack tmprovemeat aa tha aerial Great strides have been mads during ion la ilia Introduction at new apparatus (ur Bra fighting and in no raun-- t ry baa tba advance baaa morn aotabla than la tba United Bulan Tba program twelve seconds. which baa baaa mada la possibly atari The Bra Bghtlng force la'any modem U aoma terra to tba aicepiionxl American city might be compared to aa exigencies arblcb confront American Breaad navy combined into ono organmen Tba grant proportion rf buildings army isation. Them la one branch for of frama eonatructloa to bo found In msay flghtlag Bro oa or naar the water and another for American clLlaa and tba avar incNa.lng with battllQc flanca on thi lion-ovland, of number skyscrapers cauaca tba Taiv kea Bra fighter to lia brought faco to faea even tho organlxatloa or tho aervlco a more complata thnn that or an with many parplaxlag problema which or army navy for tho roaaon tbat tba object never trouble tbalr alower bratbraa un evor to bo kept la vice not the ar-In- g b tba oibar altla of tba Atlanti of moatha or daya or hours, but lha How really aupoiior arc Americas Bra saving of fractlona of a alnjrle minute. bum and tbalr methods waa beat prevea llorNTer, that tha fire flghtlnt forca of American " city li bo piny during tba exhibitions of tba laat later tba national Fire Congrcaa at Paris wbaro organlxatloa may wall be appreciated bea It te atatad tbat New Tork'a a Vnda 88010 Bra laddlea eama into eoa of upward of 1,000 Are figbtara la mom pailtloa with trama of pick' rep aumeroua than tha total rank and Ola la Korvay, Switzerland. 3elglum. Italy, Germany, Turkey, Mexico, India. the Spaalth :invy or tho navy of Norway Au atria, England, Scotland, Ireland and1 and Bwadea or tho combined aavtaa of Wilea. During tbeea eon mate none of tho Denmark and Portugal. Bra englnea operated by foreign compa 1 Snally tha moat wonderful thing about ana able to throw a atream nora American re fighting la found In tha than half way acroaa tba river 8alne id clentlfle apparatua employed. Tbla eov-otba foreigner required from eight ic every phaao of flm fighting operatwelve mlnutea to get up eleaa la r englnea. Tba Amaneaa team from ta-a- tions, from tbo wonderfully lngenloua City bad ateam up In Bvo mlnutea ayatema of alarm taxes whereby notificaaad threw a etream that drenched people tion la givan In tha event of a lira, to tha on tba oppoalte aide of tba river. 110 feat marveloua automobile englnea which have of atlll fluid. Upon arrival at a flm a away, la the moat Clfflcult of all coupe lately boea Introduced. Great of eulphurle acid la turned Into Improve ' quantity titlona, that of having engines, hoaa menu have been made of recant yaarw a ' tba tanka of tbaaa engines and makaa ' carbonic acid gaa which rnusen the fluid wagoa and ladder truck run a dlataaeo ct tha eonatructloa of 'flm englnea. Tha to rush a quarter of a mile, noma of tba Bremen moat opt through - amall boat, tha apeclmeaa are fitted wlifi mixed laying gaa and watar thua being directed bote, maklr eonnectlona aai largo rubber Urea and la order to mvs the blaxc. Theac chemical throwing a atraam of waUr while tba wear oa tbaaa Urea while the am agalnatand tha otbrra acaled a temporary building with at rent In tha atailoai. It la englnea protective companies whl-rtbat arranged handle thorn have done yeoman terries of laddera and reaeued of tho englaa late Imperiled persons, tba entire weight yearn in small Crea. the Americana boat all eompciltora n a la amall aupportad by atael atll! more dedalva mannar Tba American boxea. which remove all atraln from Tha are of Improvement which ban bean ladi did all tile, chut off the watar and tba time. Moat of tba englnea are, cf inaugurated la other builaau of flm fightremoved the hoeo aad ladder fro tho count. Air pumping watar through tba ing apparatus baa also axortad Ita Influburning in threw mlnutea aad forty-twhoaa of different alien but there baa alao ence la tha caaa rf boa wagons. Motor econda Tbalr cloaeat rival waa rn Ital-la- a been Introduced of late yearn, chemical wagons' tor carrying hoaa bare been Inteam whoea time waa teu mlnutea and I a tank! troduced la a number of clues and tho englnea eonalatlag of Tha erdlaary tracks rled aaly plain laddm net exceeding forty fast la lMgth am aww for tha moat part provided with Ally aad sixty-fiv- e ladder while i operated by means af tn all el see np to ninety fact, which lattar length fa anfitofant to ranch to tha tap af tha ordinary six etory baUdlng. Indeed by aerial tracks af tala latter pato torn maa havw t af a building In n apace af tarty-tw-o oeda Of oeorac I will act com para with tha tab such trial ladder la nttsburg, and which ta no eperatod by ncntpracccd air. ladder la average Weecople The cf mntod under aa airtanprnaearo tadh aqnara thra hundred pennda U laddnrn thorn In provided ea ml M many ben-lauxiliary tank wlta air nadir aa .a. pneenr tar mm to nwlnglnfl Md af the ctreet Ic meaner-ceae- y. tbo other, ao that In the event af buildings ea both rides af a r be nerwea Teleaeaple lad. cam a ta m or in nj Intervals af o foot throughout tho length ara plaeod crossbars. A ladder of kind onablas a flrrmaa to readily asala tha faco of any building whom there am windows. By moaas of tho big hook, thi ladder la secured on a wladew ledge aad tha flramaa aacaada tbo cross planes sr rungs. Taking a position aa tha window ledge occupied by tha hook bo draws the ladder np alter him and raising It to tha window directly abova fasts aa It by means of tha book and aoeeads la tha manasr described. By rapaatlag this operation, nay daalrad Boor sr tha raaf My be readied aad far from belay a alow process aa might ho supposed, aa experienced flremaa can by tba, wo af a pompier" scale the face of a five or tlx etory building la leas thaa three minutes. Tha Ufa Has la a familiar aad vary essential feature cf the medorn gppnratm for work at fires, One end of tba lino la eoavayad to lha roof of a burning building either by a fireman asing g "pompier" or alao by mesas of a shot from a We Baa gag. Tbla latter la af sea res .io mors picturesque method. Tbo gun employed la of g design similar to aa ordinary cavalry carbine but io mack heavily built, (ha otock belay of maintained la elty atrewta avaa by Tho chlaTa wagoa of thla typo ban a wall stocked tool cheat attached to tba rear and la this rhsat la Included a a ill portable searchlight. Among tha moat Intoraatlag af tha aaw appliances for tha use of fireman am those designed to facilitate the saving of human Ufa at Bren. Conspicuous among tbaaa la tha Ufa eat. Moat of those ara circular la form and fully thirty fast la diameter. Tha net la suapaadsd from a rim of teal, beiog Attached by spring! which servo to take up tha force of af a falling body. During a receut - Deb-Mar- k. i-- m ct lew apartment team la Now horseless vehicle baa also boea utilised! twonty-flv- o poraoM jumpod to provldo fir cblafa aad their MtfUtant with a maanx of quickly reaching burning i0 Injury into one of these aula, wMch supported by nigbtann flremaa. Of buildings. The maoMnaa need for the most part la this class of work are built the persons who tana escaped a nnataor oa tba order of the French racing uto-- 1 Jumped from the third etory while others mobile. Speed la naturally c. prims factor .leaped from the fourth, fifth and sixth but tbo matter of durability la not loot stories. eight of aad tha auto la much heavier Whet la known an tho "pompier" or than tha ordinary racing motor. Automo- sealing ladder la another Important modbiles for aucb use ara usually constructed al appliance la tbo present day firamaa'a to run at four speeds, oeveu, tea, fifteen 'equipment. It eonslata of a a arrow atrip and twenty miles an hour. Tho highest 0( toutt blckcry, flftoam test In . pood In. however, naod only In omorgea- w elan, aa a gait of fifteen mile an hour nrlta Sharp tooth. At armed aa hock steel ahwuld bo aa ted about rapid " ca o! alxty-gallo- ---- tbor-raght- toot axtenriaa can an ef righty-fiv- a to tbalr tall height to raised be ully e aeesada. twenty-fivflm fightfinally. In tba Hit of modern must he riven ing appliances greet credit to the achievements af th fireboats which flOOOOfl aad rang tn price a high aa of which throw 1MH gallon rf etranma la vpiar par mlnnto la many Amorlcaa clttoa th fire boat are d.i mu n to aid la tattling wMh ta flasnan aat loealMtoa aaly oa th water front tat 1a Inatane la tar away, distance toms Boston, Philadelphia. Clevolsod. nnd Bnffnto thara are nyitama rf pipes extending from tho water treat to various portions of the burin era aad ufaoturtng districts. By mesne rf: a fir Loot with tta hug ; pomps eaa Bond a atream rf watar to tho seas rf a fir that nurpaoMa la tamo aad volume say stream thrown by a nud ' angina "that young Britisher with ambitious and Dorfooa of Marlborough who waa pittw la tha past la these sctivltlea If there be tactful Amoilcaa brldot ara forging to tho to her marriage Oaomwlo Vaadertflt Tho any truth la lb gossip that she Is to Mr-- j fore-- 1 front ao rapidly that thorn promlaao to ho strong factor which tala Americas woman ry Lard Roes berry, ana af England's waa ' n grantor stampede than avar oa tha part baa bean In opening a sow career far bar most statesmen. Lady Naylar-Lelaa- d I of English politicians to aoeora as bride, husband la the more remarkable when It Jennie Chamber lain rf Cleveland. Oils Whan ffha went to England soma sixteen whan waa married aba Is remembered that of tho republic. greatest daughter tact ataeo year ago King Edward, thaa tha Prince j' A crowning example of the present day a girt Just out of school aad to make bar homo abroad no A ma- of Wales, mad her th fUhlna and tho Influence of tha American wife In British going rina woman la tha British peerage hen lata Quson, bin mother, grew very politics la found In tho general belief that more exclusively English In tsetse of tho beautiful Amorlcaa till af it waa Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain who In- been end temperament than this daughter of aha said: Jennie Chamberlain la as good duced bar dlstlnsulshod husband to enter William IC. an a cblld ta spite rf liar beauty." Vanderbilt. upon his great fight for tho establishment Ultimately, however, the beauty wbe remain that id Nevertheless the fact Mn In England. at a protective tariff had ruled eo absolutely met her Cate, meat Influence of the the solely through Chamberlain la aeeonntad proposed at the sugnaatioa of th mother erfiil woman In Great Britain,- mors bl American bride tbo ywung Doha of of tta man At loved and najoyad a brief then Queen Marlborough hag been transformed from powerful In May reaped but supremely happy married Ufa with Alexandra herself. Mr. Chamberlain con aa g lover of leisure aad luxury tba handsomest man la England. Lady sults her in everything gad It U whnm even hie friends did not regard aa Nnylor-Lalan- d tan baun on of tha boat that the only way to ranch England a person of much force Into a nag with "mlmloanrlra" who aver labored oa berife most popular leadorla ttrougnnie p parpoM M trained to win a praadnoat half of ta Liberal party la Grant BritMrs. Chamberlain who was bora in isr pise ,n Bl1Urt politics ug willing to ain. At tho very outsat she Induced her daughter Endleott. cfJV. Mien wan Mary War work for It II baa started open tale lata husband to leave the Tories and beC. Endleott who waa Boeratary of new career aa aa under secretary aad his come a Radical and so deep waa her inCleveland. under Preildsnt determination Is indicated by tba feet terest la tha eauu that when her titled had hen that tbla dawdler of other daya la now at husband died only two weeks before a Although Joaaph ChamtarUfln dewaa a hie offlra as early in the morning and with crucial aleetloB eba temporarily abo dostwice previously married there connected aa great regularity as cn y of tan deshs. ed bur first deep mourning to Ictlon-- r cidedly picturesque romance exact- Already be la being mentioned no the for th man who took her huebsnds eent with thla, me third venture. He le d wife hi than alder probable next Viceroy of Inland and It la In Parliament Now rf is educating Her ly thirty yearn aom Austin knitted that tha American birth of tha sons, ta young baronet Sir Albert, and ha first heard of her when Ms Chamberlain wrote asking Me fetter Duchess of Mariboroogh would add much twelve nnd Ms younger brother Georg on consent to PT hi. addren.ee to tt to her popularity with th Irish people Liberal party line, hoping that both may American girl with whom he bad fellen braid the be railed -upon te fin the posi- on day toko (heir place as government we tion of Vicereine. Jmay be anted that makers. madly In lor. The old gentleman somewhat ehsry of American wlven for Conenela Vaaderidlt bec.m the Duebeea Ko mention of th Infinite good which eff so he posted of Marlborough la 1S9S. Th fortune netBrltluh pollllctonn and boon aoeompllihod for British statestae the lady tled upon her at tan ttmo baa bora varIn hot baste for Amorica to Met A men by Amarlraa wlven would ta con-plestimated at from flOOJO In person nnd Inveetlgeio her family. iously to without reference to th Inlluenco arrival In Wash- tis.ooo.ooa i night or two after bln exerted by Lady Herbert, widow of ta boll at tho Britlta a wte there Amarleann hnv alwaya mnqifaatH a Into BIr Miciiael Herb, , former BrltUh ington 8r., ntrnlght-wa- y kern Intnrent in th very active Embrary nnd Chnrabnrlaln, alxM part taken Ametaenador to tbo United Eta tee. Laly with a afa band first In taken tbo at lorn la have fell daughters In British publlo affa! i by Hit Georg Herbert la a member of tbe Wilson bn loxt to family wham in earns the beautiful way girl quits nation and fair of tbo Xandolnh so famous for tho West, fcrmcrlv stately splendor of lie matrin presentation, w Bat Churcblll. ' Mrs. West whoLviy that American whee of prominent ng time In seeking rooeatly monial alliance, ber slaters baring have recently done, hence th hi nurprlz to be Introduced to Utoz ta fiftieth aonlrereary of bar married Ogden Goelet end C melius waa Endleott. Tho upabot or tba matter waa formerly Mite Jennie Jebirthday present furore. tae brother wedded Caro-11- 1 while 'a son his took matter la that vary 'tbat th old gentleman The secret of ib rome cf Mew York, aad It van la 1I7( To th world looking oa -' Aster. won the wooer and or mea . business few British poll::'-lDplace at an ardent Auaffn Chamhortoln bet she married Lord Randolph fiwy 8a Wilson appeared to make th poorest vo American beauty. wba won her aantar by foar Mtoh af ' for although Michael Hereither, for that msttar.-ba- wlvea boon la he toft partners in who had been than uncrrmealoui bablt of making their During hi career to wa Member bert waa a brother af th Earl of 'em Ineritabl Amerl-caa Brlry Counrtlpr out In th cold ntesptsd JJo i 011 brake nnd non of Lord Herbert of Lea ali their affair li the way tbat after a.1 cf pnnna.m. do. They have bean wall content nnd now It le whiepered of chnncollor f th Rxeheqnev hn wan at that time manly a secretary of 0fjPM n to state for India. The to bare their helpmates amuse themselves these years be to about CIiE53 orJlnKl&CXCiAkH Washington. Hovone wbe can help "J Mrw gMtk f Uwd rburrhlll reused hie th British Embassy I by taking part Jn tbs spectacular, super-- Americas girl. er sr th tact of aa Americas wife In a f tb' nrilvltlee eneb us .to follow In hie fatbnr's fnototnpn Man tT a for n C. lal portion to rntlr wir Am.ricsu won skillful nodal ' the rnrllamentary elrd enjoy tbo rod Or lingulsbed pollilcnl bit tb reennt tae day byIn th rad and th English bus- -' public meetinae end when tt came down White, daughter of the First Becretary Churchill Iota bend of tha former Mise Wilson wan afc.1 the iboutlnt but wiraton 'ZlRrjoLFh London to settling the grave problems of state of tba American Embassy at aglondl record whlah knighted aad . ipotatsd British Ambassaplrma,tt Hghastboagain careers tbs gentler tex were most striking Illustration' tbs plaeod Mrs. Went dor to America, th most desirable poand shaping making Ponaibly i( w ALTON TAWrETT. . I crin a sense, bo political 'a over lines ! daring t'nltel Kingdom. unequal to tba rerponiiblli-tics- . wlih Ilf. In tench political supposedly sition In the Brltleh diplr satin eervira tratail famous titled lady cn a certain wives of Crltlsh public rf rise fair Tinkecs Into tbla Another American woman whs ban re CoL Le who wen olio, one upon n tim Wu capturing .11 the novt vision holy of holies of maacullno au-- 1 arable occasion gavo a kiss fur a labor- - i men areAmerican rfc.w re all In ibis. bravely jing Brltleh Em-b"Mtches" the British snatri- eeatly returned to tho political social it tubordinsfs member of tbo vote fad come of tbem hsve taken I pealed luitanreu has a Yankee girl not 'Tr ,i4l SU ktTs , to tb baantlful psrlcrity has canxed Mmeihln akin lo;er' staff at Washington was helped . -. pro-- ! realm In Croat Britain ahead ! go dir msrriscvery Ion cm fo and tbalr bur Judgwben consery active part In camnalrui ' prior only proven itflsg la (hold-farh'ore- J ; and she may In ' bln pine In tbn present Cabinet by afl Influem e Lady Naylor-Lclan- d a th triumph stood" for rarliamen t but , ment her right to lrld Influencw beyond penalties is afforded f . . even mors prominently fiaa American wife. future -Iasi ;ierTxuvo circles of King Bd sard 'a domain', husband cor.quest, noihinc tb figure reigning been by ertni to Itsa ,S Lai bieb but IndceJ not.'. it bur domestic Political sphere of tbo j To U aura, Knglkh omcn bar beta, in tho earn, time aouo of Brittaiaua easy-goin- ; . ot aele-brat- ad ; Tan-dsrbl- lt T- ns wire-pulli- cr,,1 ; i, ! mn-dltlon- al uy Wi . , ' , re-tl- . |