The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-04-04
BARRED OUT By FAT.
But the Civil Service Commits
sioners Will Fix Ii.
FOR THE PRESENT POLICEMEN.
50 They VIII Not Lo~~ Their Positions,
Notwifssran fling the Extent Of
Their Girsh.

Tse clFf service ecgrrss <xsors-s n rh<sr
rates. -Aks AZ exception r. favor Of IN.
present zssrsb~rx os ne ;.asse@ fore IN r.
gar- % tss zxs lns<- ard .hoaxAt they
sat X thss respect Aetea sssa fairness ard
ir aeeor1AncA VIII whax they ee1s4x-sf ID
- popular feeling B4 taes- excsqstca
&C 10; 60 far euczSA. as their sxceyssors.
10 d Of aoy value Il. the setsr ton u tb@
p-~se1r members os tae FORE. s1ou.a have
made 81 exception On ne scor~ Of weigh.
asa. As tod y veS.r4av-s psest-fnsesH-
gsnee-. seventeen q tss prasszt foree are
100 sSsxaty Tor consideration. even x the
age aEssst Is suspended.
Il Is source q wonder why TIE police
OF American cities get 80 far In the old
er 1suaArrh-rulesi countries % the weird
obesity Is found &C the b-zrA OF the lower
nnasistracy. Amsrg sAvzges the rulers
alone are tat II the civilization Of Amer
La. th= po.seesssan NAV o. may nos be q
p1.Ftaezd ruler. bsS rue he IS fat
The police surgeon OF New YORK wanted
e a2se a man taken o5 he fores because
ne weighed 80 pounds. The man conyez-
isIzziy fe2 SICK. and In four months ab-
ssnce. with pay. scaled down % 20 pounds
TIE surgeon still thought han too fat In
MS report tbs surgeon writes. The life
or q policeman IS at best very Inactive
oHe-' and IL Is a matter Of surprise 10 our
e!vA service commissioner. sha are row
SfNrs&a.y fc6AllE al these statistical ard
scientific reports that such - the fact
IL Is a contrsssictSo. Of the idea OF the ccn-
pacen; citizen shat the force, as guardian
OF the peace. Is the embodiment Of sapsie-
hess alertness ard athletic strength This
Police SURGEON saws Any ore can notice
that as soon as a man is appointed on the
force he begins 20 increase il weight ard
eex Measurement His muscles become
naooy. ard as result Of all This he moves
more slowly than was hts won't" Pre-
fAAeiy. therefore, AT the period when one
inag.nes the policemen being srnSrtened
out Of the loose conditions Of civil life,
stFaishtenef by discipline and urged by
tue traditions of his calling 10 a fox-Ike
activity. the man is accommodating fat. with
an overwhelming sirth and an ever-in-
creasing aversion to iocomotion
One Of the eiviI service commissioners is
student Of Shakespeare. ard he fnas thar
Falstar excuses himself In these words:
Thou seess have more iiesh than another
man. and therefore more fraslty." and so
IL has come TO be seriously considered
whether there Is rot an Intimate Ink be-
tween roiundlty and rsscality
The board however undoubtedly intend
ed 70 except ell the members OF the pres
eFt force. beth as 10 age and girth meas
lrenen'. but. the suh1ec, having been
presented In all It's bearings. IL IL probable
that when they again amend the rules on
Menday tn favor q the present policemen,
other amendments viii be made as to fu-
t1re members, and a recommendation to
the chief that his force shall be regularly
put through course Of athletic
sprouts" that will keep them spry and
active.