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Show 1 FEW RECRUITS FOR LIFE-SAVERS mall Wages and Lack of Pension Fund Are Driving the Surlmen Into Less Hazardous Callings. IZ III V J ' ' men of Ibl i guul do 'tyf nut seem iu willing to MJf lOMPl small (alary y and great dangers of tin service aa were their forefathers It la atlll possible to find father and aon serving In the nun crew, and there am long laland fnni Hies that ran boast or balni( every main member a meat guard; but these Instances ara by no means as Ilrniupbi na they used to le Tha surfmon nrr beginning to dnuM tha value of a Mi (Id thnt paya at most, a nilaiy of l.n a year. with no proa part of pension or Indemnification If a man dlra In tha srrfnrmnncr of his duly. Whv should a man adopt aurh a Ufa when ha rnn do hotter and live safely aa fishermen or oystcrmnn. or rnniblnntlnn rarprntrr and yacht-kipper yacht-kipper In tha aiimmer mnnlha? Why. Indssdt Along tha in.nnn miles of ronst Una Ihrre a no strrtrh thnt la ao iinlform-ly iinlform-ly dangemua aa tha tenuotia aand a pit that run. along tha south aldo of laotg l'lnnd. projecting l!o miles Into the Atlgntle Tha Oreul Houth beech, it la railed or Kirn Inland bench. '! to mm of tha arn It la known na "tha Ornvrynrd of tha Atlantic " because of thr ahlpa that have hrokrn thrlr larks on tha shifting bars Unit dot Ita length Hlitro lha white mnn flrat anlled thraa sens, tha tlrrnt South hrarh tins tnkrn Ita toll. Hluff bowed Dutrhmrn out of Itnrterdnm; Hpnnlah gntleona from Cubft high pooped Kngllsh mrrrhnntmrn that moled to tha loyal rolony of Naw York; king's ships and fishing hoafa of tha old daya; stout rtlpiiers and oraan llnora all these and nmny mora havr drifts In with .lha flying send, ptllnar I heir alrma darp In tha mucins annd Hint hns io rldnm Irt loose Ita pray. You find evldcnrra of lham In tha Shattered thlmhrra that Una lha hrarh from Klrr laland to tha Hamptons and hayond- stout apnra. aartlnna of 1 MteaJUaaj ctr aoekrrf iimi.era or - nmny shapes and ages; and olt shore. anmeftrne onr rntrnes a gMmpec of a abntfrrrd hull, drapad wlili thr grern rmwrr.t or a sunken mass of enitlnea and hol'crs and twisted Dlpsg Thr government lone ago recognized tha peculiar dangers of tha l.ong laland la-land "bora, with Ita mrnara to tha llnrra thai ply hrtwrrn Nrw York and Kuropcnn porta, and measures to safe-guard safe-guard It were Inkrn. At Intrrvala of fire mllra along tha moat dangrrnua artlnn, tiny atatlona are plantrd Thrra nra lit of thrm. anrh mnnnad b right man from tha flral of August to tha flrat of June Hctwecn thraa datra all tha rrewa. axrrpt rnptalns or kraprra. go off duty without pgjr, Thraa ara nra atatlona at Nrw Ynrk'a door Thry ara alao tha alatlnna whhh do lha greatest amount of work and hanr tha heaviest raaponalhllllv alatrmrnl that raata no reflection on tha rrmalndrr of I he unit atmtona Soma of tha men In these nation hnva prrformrd notrwonhy drrda of ' va'or. hut thr moat they have avrr re- 1 reived In rrrognltlon hns Iren a few models, and In ona Inatnnra tha Ihnnka of lha Naw York legislature Despite Iho undouhtrd hardship of thrlr work, nnd lha fart that thry nrr rnllrd upon to rlak thrlr Uvea mora ofirn than aoldlrra or aallora, it even In. in 11 probably, thr govrrniiirnt hni no ii-en fl o rnlaa thrlr l ay or In runaa lha romforta of thrlr aurrouod Inr- line wondrra how long urh an ttltudjf will la prriarvid It arema unfair nnd uuwlHa. Inaamiirh na li tin a alrrnilv hrgun to rrarl hy curtailing the aupply of rrrrulta ll ahould lie home In mind Ihui In 'I tha hlatory of the life aavlng aerv- j Ira Ihrra haa nrvor bMM an Im-lnnra of cowardice -nol once There haa poor hern a time when n captain had any dlfflculiy In gelling hl men to follow Mm tin n the aurf Thrra haa never hern lime when It necea anry for the rnplnln to repeal an order. or-der. Now and then, mm have heen known to drink nnd neglect patrol duty, hut even theae have never allowed thrmaelvea to he rowarda. And perhnpa. after all. thai la the thing the service la moat proud of. "Yea. they do any ll'a a hard Ufa," anld old f'npt (leorga (loddnrd of Lone Hill, when noma ona once naked him why he allll at'irk to Ma joh tit aev enty. Yea. It may he a hard life," he mUMd "Bill I like It. 1 hlil Vl.dil yeara I've heen on Ihr hrach. for I was n mlddkHlgad mnn when I Joined thr trrvlre Hut I'm good for a tpell yet. and thru I've Inlil nrlde a little, ao'a I run live comforlnhln. They d. n'l give ui a prnalon. you know." This loal wna nol a pomplslnt, fart. It waa apoken. loo, hy a man who Md rracheil three aenrr yenra and ten nnd who wna still uble to Hand ui In he aleru of a big aurf boat and handle a kicking aleerlng oar. wbh the lena piling In higher every minute and the North tierman l.lnyd liner f'rtnzeia Irene faat on the outer bar. Ilia tones expreasrd a certain amount of aurprlac, but no icemplalai In fart, no sHWbW of the strrlea complains about hie lot. even when he realgna A man went to the raplaln of his ft M long ago laat auminrr. to be (Mel nnd remarked Tin goln' to quit, t ap Too much wurk faajdiu' the folks home, now we've got anoth er baby " The raptnln took bis pipe out of hla tm.uth nnd grunted Thai was all He knew perfeelly well, aa well aa the man In front of hltn. that with a family fami-ly of young children to be brought up ami tdUMtud In theae days of !-prnatve !-prnatve thing It waa Impossible to get along on I he roaat guard'a pay of ft'.:, a month and 19 ettra for ratlona If the roaat guarda are somewhat rough and uncouth outwardly, they nrr na gentle and rourteoua aa women wom-en The visitor will find nothing too clnaa ami calling broad ahouldered, alrong llmhrd. with drop rheala that hnvr been devrloprd hy houra of tug ulna ni oi ra that bad lo mret the undertow un-dertow and bite of the surf. In a way one la sorry to arr umtrrlal like this wasted on the ara Hut tbrra la an other sldo to the jiory. Is It wasted, after all? Theae youngstrra Irad rour ngeoua. healthful Uvea, out In the open air The city menna nothing to them Kddy Maker, who bossed the Job In bis father's ahaenre when the An tonlo I. opes cup ashore near Point o' Wooda two aummrra ago, and went out to her with a arralrh rrew of rot tagera ard bay men, waa onre Invited to apend a week In town with some of Iheae same rotlagrra, who had lakan a fancy to his strong, simple nature, lie waa ao dismayed by the confusion of rlvllltatlon that he lost himself at J Jour tuna ted iinex jly dlalodged Mt from ii. saad dm Td Ilk., to be aboard her." aald s ; tnnn. slatfnlly, at he thought of the ! King trip In, k o ,t (in B. ,,, a,,d train Why"" naked young linker "To n to New TOTbt Ibuekll What do you want to go there for?" Some of the LoM atlll aurfnien hnd br.n aianding around when Maker 1 Bttdt this remark and. afterward. In , II - 1 ssiruoB of their atallon. juat Iff St nipper nnd lha 'atinaet" patrol had st art ad out, the aubjert waa braugbl up sunln They were mildly ninuaed by their I Mior'a Inclination to return to S, rorl and finally. Jim RsyUoldi, UbO, aa he aald himself, him-self, had had more arhoollng than lbs ' teat, ana Induce,) to frame the phlloa-opby phlloa-opby of hla matra In concrete phrares. V fBaW good fur him When you all down to rat with lb SU you liro cKpccted lo forage for yourarlf. They lake It for rusted ibat every ono dors that at My table Kvery mnn knows how to reueh for the condenaed milk ran. according ac-cording to the const guard'a view laslut, Mut If ihry once gel It Into their henda that a Visitor la not far trig properly they will make amrnda Any itrUniter who goea to a Mleanv-lllg Mleanv-lllg alntlou and lipprura to be a decent cltllefl CUU have bonrt' and lodging and he UMl aaked to pay, either. Thnt part of Ihr hprgulu la lull to himself. Kven If bp does (my be won't bs allowed al-lowed lo tai hlmanll more than the coal price of everything Tbla la not nld unknowingly; It la a" fact The llfranvera of the Long laland roast Iiiivp a code of hospitality aa ilgld as the American indlnna I hry are of the purest American atock, often with a atrong vein of old Dutch blood from the rolony at '.Veat Sayvlllo In maul ruaea they have followed fol-lowed the aea from futher to aon (or from four lo al genrrallona One la almost Inclined to believe thai they art born leather aklnnrd nnd IwJo to pull the heavy fourteen loot ash BWSSpe thai tow tha surfbontB and sell buUeN " Home of the Long Inland Itching famlllea have eniab-llsbed eniab-llsbed envltble reputnllnna for them elvea In the service. Take the Ithodea fntnlly. the BeklrU the tleynoldsea, the Huynors. the Senmans and many i.lhers They have all furnished al lOull one hero CupUlu Maker of the Point o' Woods cttttlon baa two aons In the service. The oldest. Bddy, Is No I man at Molnt o' Wooda; iho aeculut. Witlly, Is . Mine Point "nd the younreat. Simmy, Sim-my, la already ou the eligible Mat for ppolntloenl at UOUI Hill They are lint, husky, strapping bnya. the beat type of )oung Ameilcans of Ihelr Jauiulcu, where he bad to change cars, and It took the police hull u day lu llnd him. He hud never seen Ihe In side of p big theater before bis visit, and he went Into ccatai les al the din tier table over some Ke cream that had been frozen In Inncy molds. Mut hu could try barn and eggs na dell cloudy aa Ihe best rhrf that ever bundled a griddle, nnd he knew his way through the mysteries of flap (lobs, plum duff, and other dishes that form the life-saver's menu. It was litis Mm Kddy linker, hy tha wny. who summed up lha whole viewpoint of hla kind as lha big I'rln rcas Irene headed for Nrw York, alter W tMf "You are, down here, we've got lbs clean sea and lha wind," hu anld "Kverybody knows vrryhody slss. Ami ibs every bodice arent ao thick that ws can't have Ida of space and air und sunshine on ull four sides of us. ouldoora and In Nobody down hero Is sfler your money I don't need to knork the rlty. Hut down here they Ilka you for yourself. Kddy Maker's right. I ran't sec how anybody likes lo live In the rlty Why. think of the hreukers and the flghta we have with latest Ihr yon have anything like that In the city? No, sir; I guess not." The fact la. these men do not mind the dangers and privations they undergo. un-dergo. They are nervrlrss, or practically prac-tically an. They are not wholly Ignorant Ig-norant of fenr; Ihry renllre It In grad untcd degrees. Men like t'aplnlu Hod dsrd of lxins Hill or the linkers of Point o' Woods huve reduced the apprehension ap-prehension of danger to a minimum. Allhougb, It ahould he anld. even Cap-lain Cap-lain Oooddurd, atanch old veteran lhat hu la. haa been known to break down and cry. |