The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-02
IS A THANKLESS TASK.
How Drunk Is Awakened By
Water Cure.
Women Are Not So Apt to Go
to Sleep.

For disaereeable work in the line Of
police duty. it is doubtful if another
man in Chicago wearing five point
nickel star is harder up against the
proposition than is the GOOD natured
special officer in the Union passenges
station. who all night long keeps a pair
Of gray eyes wide open in the search
for closed eyes of whatever shade and
hue says a Chicago exchange And
more sleepy passengers come into Chi
oago railway stations every day than
into any other city in the world.
Technically. it is a slight breach Of
any man-made rule for anybody but q
soldier on duty to go to sleep after IL
O'Clock at night; but, literally and ma
terially for passenger intending TO go
out on a 1890 train to be allowed to go
to sleep at 1920 o'clock and be left to
snoIe till HAS. it is one Of the most
trying of situations from the point OF
view Of the passenger.
For this reason 1T has become the
duty of the special officer to awaken
anybody ia the station who may be
seen sleeping, and the duty of waking
Worn, tired. drOWsy man who WOui1
give worlds 20 be left alone tor thre'.
minutes more of rest is anything but 4
Job TO be desired.
After long years of experience. how
ever, waking sleepy railway travellers
may H-AIA il t-al +lA ttlE 0t1AtAA1iAie7
one of the first things to be determines
is whether a passenger is dead to thr
world from travel and loss of sleep Or
whether he is deader stiH from Canal
street whisky. In either case the OIL
Ger has not Ouly the time 10 make OBJ
servations but every opportunity, ana
in either face he may read signs of THE
better way Of proceeding with the inal-
BEST WAY TO ROUSE DgTNKs.
lf WllEk1 ffou. tlie west side of Cana1
street his heeu cri'tluCiNe 10 slumDer
safe and telling m thod If proc 7ule is
Tor the officer 10 step lightly 1ut iruly
ON the sleeping mans foot high oif
the instep is the most effective spot for
she application of pressure The effect
IS disturbing without the disturbed
one .ecocuizine the source of the irri
tatiou Two on three HassinEs of the
officer et minute intervals. each time
with the apolicatiOn of police shoe
where ~ Joes the most good. are sudi-
cient for any but aggravated cases Or
Canal street inahiietv
For these aggravated cases an appli-
cation of faucet of unboied water
alone VIII do Regulations Will not ad-
init of a conductors taking a drunken
man aboard a train. and he must be
sQbered before he passes the gates.
Water applied to the hnck cf the neck
tIom half inch faucet allowing for
the natural leakage down the spinal
column of the intoxicated one. viii do
the work in three minutes. In most
Of cold nights, they cross Canal street
for something warming. take too much
recross to the warmth Of the station
waiting rooms, and are drunk in FIVE
minutes
oddly enough, the drunken man who
IS subjected to a douche of cold water
seldom Iesents the treatment He may
even thank the officer for SOLDERING him
up and may express the most cheerful
countenance It his improved feelings.
UGLY KIND To AWAKEN
Ine really ugly man to awaken is the
man who by nature is sour perfectly
sober and yet worn out with travel ana
loss Of sleep. Such man may be nat
awaken, and frequently he strikes out
In blind rage. without realizing what
his impulses are. Several years ago a
cowboy of this peculiar temperament
and condition was sleeping i'm dark
corner of the general waiting room. and
the officer went over TO him. touching
the fellow on the shoulder at the first,
and finally having to shake him vigor-
ously.
Apparently the fellow was awake. and
IL was explained that the cowboys train
already had been called; but after the
officer had gone away he turned TO find
man was shamming the officer stood
over him fer half a minute before he
finally reached down with one finger and
ralsed the fellows chin until the light
struck into his face
Instantly. like a jack in the box the
cowboys eyes glared wide open and he
sprane 10 his feet striking out With
right and left like the kicks of "a mule.
lt was busy mixing up for two min