New-York tribune., 1902-02-23
Fulton St., CaIatn PL livingston Smith sts.. BrooI
GOSSIP OF THE BOROUGH

Brooklyn and Queens. is a genial. whole souled
man who makes friends wherever he goes He is
great story teller. and this habit Is strong
with him that he cannot refrain from his anec-
ootes. even while directing his mon at a big fire
IL does not seem to interfere in the least with his
efficiency in handling the fire. The other night
the chief was out on two alarms he generally
is Tor call In the downtown district. When he
reached the hre he found that il WIS not serious
and the battalion chief had things we'll in hand.
chief Dale turned to chat with the insurance men
and reporters present Somebody used the expires
sion about the shoe being the other foot
when the Chief said
That reminds me Of good joke my friend,
the Rev DIR. J. P. Forbes OF ,he Church of the
Saviour A week or so age / met him. and was
speaking Of having my overCoat stolen.
oh, that Is all right said DR. Forbcr TO me-
| in consoling sort Of way If your overcoat fits
the man who got it, you ought not to grieve. He
probably needs 1t more than you do
Il acknowledged that the reverend doctor might
be right and consoled myself with that thought.
Some days later Dr. Forbes again. l noticed
that he had on new overcoat. and asked him
nv turn them 1 s1d & 9I an 1Sfre0at tnlei, ~ was
hope the overcoat fits the man VINO got IT. He un-
doT6tedly needs it more than you do
naturedly but l co1id See plainly that he had a
different opinion OF overcoat thieves than that
tertained by him few days before"
| Some years ago CHIEF Dale had a horse to draw
| his fine buggy, which noted for
| speed than 5000 looks. The animal had a peculiar
sort OF gait. which was deceptive and to casual
observer he looked like the provcrbial bag of bones
| II used 10 he the chiefs great delight. when he
| had little time of. TO go down the road and jog
along until some high stopper came along Usual
/ ~ the other man would take a hasty glance
a, the unPrepossessing beast driven 10y The chief
speed Ihe chlef seldom made reply. but he would
| give the gong under the wagon two taps
clip which left many a good roadster ignomlniogs
dnaZemFut. After an
deceptive trotter came 10 be known 20 most OF the
road
! Not long ago OF the Fire Department officials
asked Chief Dale II he did a horseless car
riage. like that used by Chief Croker He replied
NO" declaring that the horse was good enough
| for him. and that he too old TO make any *
periments with newfangled devices. The official
even went so far AS TO argue with the grizzled fire
| Eghter and explained 10 him the many advantages
| OF the horseless carriage. With OF his
no to talk to me- ! don't want one OF those
| things. and won't have it So Chief Dale still
| young woman teacher In one or the grammar
schools in the Bedford district speaking Of her
| work the other day She said that unless person
| had some experience in teaching he could scarcely
| understand how marvellously stupid some children
| were and what peculiar mistakes ordinarily bright
| children sometimes make. TO illustrate her point
, she told three stories from her personal eN-
the following one Of the topics: Name three
. the way one OF the children met the problem. He
wrote: "Declarativc, interrogative. imperative
! 2+2-4. 9<2-B. 3-6=7"
On another day Of the questions in a gram
examination read: - cannot it --.
Complete this by using the words plain
/ or plainly. Give your reason"
One bright youth wrote this answer Il cannot
see II plain Reason Because il is too far away.
Another scholar answered the question as to
saying 80 they could have a place to wash
The joys of living in Flatbush many, but they
are hard 10 discover a night like Friday wher
/ the high snowbanks turned into deceptive
pools of water and slush. One well known citizen
was relating yesterday his experience in gettint
home on Friday night. He begged however. tha
his name be used account of the ridicul'
that II might bring him from certain friends
who have been in the habit of twittng him on beins
! g. suburb rbanite. This particular citizen, who lives
in the Vanderveer Park section of Flatbush. lef
the Borough Hall for his home at IL 80 p m. Whel
he finally reached there II was 2 o'clock, and IN
was soaked the skin. The trolley car he was OF
stopped running about half a mile from his
house account of fallen wire, and the man ha'
TO walk the rest OF the way. Several times h.
stumbled and fell, and again he had TO wad
through slush up his thighs Yesterday th'
worthy citizen seriously thinking OF moving
back to town.