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To be sergeant-at-armS at the headquar-
ters of a political organization is a task
which requires the combined skill of a
statesman. diplomat, a politician and a
'bouncer.' A daily demonstration of all
of these qualities is being given by Mr..
Joseph ]. Sinnott at the annex to the
Colonial Hotel-the headquarters of the
congressional campaign committee. Sin
mott is wearing his job as he would an
old shoe. He is familiar with every de-
tail. having had experience with the ma
tional democratic committee in the same
capacity, as well as training as a Senate
employe for years. @
Here is an illustration of how Joe" as
he is cordially called by the man who know
him familiarly. can give you a cold turn
down and still make you go away feeling
that You have at least made one friend at
the political headquarters.
Ihe desk of Chairman Griggs of the COM
m1ttee Is located on the third floor of the
annex. The judge Is a constant worker,
and has much correspondence and many
conferences on his hands. He is neces-
sarily very busy. His orders to Joe are to
let only those see him whose business is
both imperative. and of use to the cause.
Consequently it is Joe's part of the game
to get your business errand on the tip of
his tongue and to stand as a barrier be
tween the Judge And the gossiping public.
one day this week the Judge had just en-
tered headquarters and was being held
up In the entrance by several newspaper
men. AS the queries We're being propound-
ed a woman entered with a letter in her
hand and determined look in her eye.
Sinnott bowed her into the adjoining wait
ing room graciously. She asked first to
see Secretary Edwards. He was out She
would wait. Suddenly she changed her
mind and proceeding into the hall where
Judge Griggs was still standing she went
up to him before the sergeant-at-arms
could intervene, although he reached her
side Just as she put the question squarely
to the Judge:
rs Judge Griggs in?'
Pretending without hesitation that the
question had been addressed to himself
Sinnott replied. Il think the judge is in the
building. but he is very busily engaged
Just at present, and 1 doubt If you could
see him. This was said without a smile
and in the most matter-of-fact manner
ana the queStioner was again escorted into
the waiting room. The judge ascended to
his roll-top. and Joe proceeded to find out
All about the business of the fair caller.
When he had done this he answered her
questions satisfactorily, and the Judge was
spared what might have been a protracted
interview.
Many methods for the rescue Of drounine
persons are recommended by experts, but
the life-saving service Of the Treasury
Department after years Of hard work,
completed a course of instruction for its
employees at life-saving stations throughout
the country that are believed to embody
the safest and simplest of all plans for the
rescue of those in serious danger while in
SnnprintpnHaDf oIol
saving service. who is one of the Oldest
employees Of that bureau in the treasury
has given years of study to the subject of
rescue of drowning persons and he is con-
fldent that no better plan can be adopted
than that which guides and directs his
NE savers IN this work At this time Of
the year, when the sea and lakes at sum
mer resorts are filled with swimmers and
pleasure Seekers. the instructions are par
ticUariy valuable. The methods employed
by the life-saving service are as follows:
l. When you approach person drowning
in the water assure him with a loud and
firm voice that he is safe.
2. Before jumping in to save him. divest
yourself as far and quickly al possible
Of all clothes; tear them off if necessary:
but If there is not time, loose at all events
the foot Of your drawers. if they are tied.
as. If you do not do So they fill with water
and drag you
3. On swimming to a person in the sea.
if he be struggling do not seize him then
but keep off for a few seconds till he gets
quiet, for it is sheer madness to take hold
of a man when he is struggling in the
water, and if you do you run great risk
4. Then get close to him and take fast
hold of the hair of his head, turn him as
quickly as possible onto his back, give him
a sudden pull. and this will cause him to
float, then throw yourself on your back
also and swim for the shore, both hands
having hold of his hair. you on your back
and he also on his, and of course his back
to your stomach. In this way you will
get sooner and safer ashore than by any
other means. and you can easily thus swim
with two or three persons; the writer has
even, as an experiment, done it with four
and gone with them forty of fifty yards in
the sea. One great advantage of this
method is that it enables you to keep YOUR
head up and also to hold the persons head
up you are trying TO save. 1t is of primary
importance that you take fast hold of the
hair and throw both the person and your-
self on your backs. After many expert
ments 1t is usually found preferable to all
other methods. You can in this manner
float nearly as long as you please. until
a boat or other help can be obtained
;. 1t Is believed there is no such thing as
death grasp; at least 1t is very unusual
to witness it. AS soon as a drowning man
beg,n ms TO get feeble and to lose his recolec-
ton. he gradually slackens his hold until
he quits it altogether No apprehension
need, therefore be felt on that head when
attempting to rescue a drowning person.
IT, After person has sunk to the bottom,
if the water be smooth. the exact position
where the body lies may be known by the
air bubbles, which will occasionally rise
to the surface, allowance being of course
made for the motion of the water. If in a
tide way stream. which will have car
ried the bubbles out of a perpendicular
course in rising to the surface. Oftentimes
a body may be regained from the bottom
before too late for recovery, by diving for
1t is in the direction indicated by these bub-
bleS.
q On rescung a person by diving to the
bottom, the hair of the head should be
seized by one hand only, and the other
used in conjunction with the feet in raising
yourself and the drowning person to the
surface.
s. If in the sea, 1t may sometimes be a
great error to try to get to land. If there
be a strong "outsetting tide, and you are
swimming either by yourself or having
hold of a person who can not swim, then
get on your back and float till help comes
Many man exhausts himself by stemming
the billows for the shore on a back going
tide. and sinks in the effort, when, IL he
had fioated, a boat or other aid might have
been obtained.
.. These instructions apply alike to all
circumstances. whether as regards the
roughest sea or smooth water.