Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-01
FIREMAN AND COP TILT
OVER MUTUAL AFFINITY
Reporter in Hammock Oyerhears Pay Day Problem Diatribes
Not Designed for "SchIapmauling," Between Depart
nknt Men Twixt Dog and House Watches.

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or two to that visit of a committee Of
firemen to the offices of the city treas
urer and the city auditor to demand
their pay forthwith; a few more chap
ters to write.
It is an open secret that iremen and
policemen pull we'll together in a com
mon cause, but now and then a cos
slips and distrust floats in the wake OF
that better feeling. Odd remarks oc'
casionally ooze through lips hat arc
usually mum. Here are a few thing'
overheard by a reporter who was re-
calling himself with a three-for-a
quarter perfecto in an endeavor &c
court a siesta on the net-barricaded
front porch OF his $50 per month town
house. The sound of voices in earnest
conversation aroused the knight of the
pencil. Peering through the mosquito
defying screens he observed two "boys
in blue moving along. One was tall,
swinging a club, and walked with a
long Marathon-like stride; the other
was of medium height, thfck-set, and
had a short. springy step.
They stopped almost directly opposite
the spot where the reporter was re-
clining.
well, thank goodness, there's a d.
vinity that shapes our ends" remark
the cop, who, 1t developed, had a schol-
arly tip to his tongue. 1t was the ter
mination of his beat. HENCE the re-
mark.
"a what? ?" asked the fire-fighter.
ga divinity" I said.
IAN affinity, you mean
0kJnf roY1eb. s1txj1i@x,s DC u1na4 I aafN
and divinity is what I mean" This
with a tinge of sharpness and positive
ness.
"Ah, that's talking church talk. l
reiterate Ca display of erudition on the
fireman's part) that affinity is the
word. We have a mutual affinity"
How do you make hat out?' and
the policeman's tone indicated that he
was puzzled.
Wake up, old man, and send in your
duty call. Our mutual affinity is the
occasion when salaries are passed over
to us for our services to the city; pay
day is our affinity, and, oh, let it be
soon Are you wise to it, you gay pave
ment pounder?" There was a note OF
triumph in this.
affinity lie the WOrd.p
That's so. I accept your amend
ment. Allow me to congratulate you
on your wisdom. Affinity Is the word.
Somebody must have told you. Would
have thought of it yourself"
ooh, 1 don't know; not as thick as
some people we read about" returned
the fireman.
"Of course, of course; you are all
heroes" was the haunting retort.
Much heroes as you. You ave
lives with our ladders and put out
fires Gith your clubs. to hear some
people talk"
And you get all the medals and
your pictures in the papers,"
Matters were verging or the acri-
monious. Then followed a deep silence.
which was abruptly broken by the cop.
About that payday. You fellows
didn't do a thing but fooozle that
proposition. Cute bunch of Smart
Alexis, 1 don't think Even snubbed
your commissioners and chiefs. Now,
we are more respectful. Better read
your rules, and at least be courteous"
Yes; but don't blame us for the
dumb plays of a few of our chronic
grumblers. They're hot air. Only a
few of them left. Think they know
more than the commissioners and the
chiefs. they do"
why don't you give them a can?'
Leave that to us-it's coming. Any
way, you cops f1im-flammed us.
Agreed to go with a committee to see
about your pay and our pay, then side
stepped, f1unked, made us look like a
.lugged pie-plate. Willing to let she
1900. o1{..I A.. 49,. 49, l-I-Hl-.
the apples for you. That's how you
get off"
The policeman could not refrain from
chuckling at this. .
you needn't laugh; it's no laughing
matter exclaimed the fireman, with
some temper; 'it will all come out"
"But it won't come out in the papers.
We've been tipped off to play dead.
The pokey reporters won't get next
unless you schlapmaul it," :
The reporter pinched himself to make
sure that he was not the victim Of a
midsummernight's dream.
I'VE are not gossip-mongers or fish
women" flung back the fireman. But
1t will come out; see If it don't"
why didn't your constitutional
lawyers go about it in the right way
same as we did? Don't work any spit
ting on the sidewalk game with me-"
"They are moi constitutional lawyers;
they are not wen statesmen. They're
only sea lawyers"
"Sea lawyers? What in thunder are
sea lawyers"
why, sea lawyers are the kind that
know more about running a ship than
the skipper does. You should have
learned that on your way over, unless
you came as a stowaway or in the
steerage." Sarcasm evident.
Come off that; you look more like
a foreigner than. any mar in Newark"