The evening world., 1911-05-20

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fires for tina OF preventing them. SO
when I asked him to tell me wherein the
public might aid In alleviatlns this loss
Of life he said.
The great trouble with most people
lies in the fact that the subject OF IRE
Is not given very much thought until we
arc in the midst OF It. For Instance, a
person will GO into a hotel, say IN the
evening. register. take an elevator to
mis- room without taking any observa-
ton a. TO the surroundings. lock his
door and retire. There he 10 for the
night and has not the least Idea as 10
the locations Of the fire exits. 6tairways
| and in fact might not wen be able to
| find the way TO the elevator again.
after the Asch Building disaster girs
on the witness stand swore they did
no. know where the stairways were,
and some OF them had been employed
there for a year or two. This Is reck-
less, to say the least. The truth Is that
that there are more ways tina one
OF getting away from a fire II people
will only try their utmost to keep cool.
A Common Error.
"a great common mistake MADE
10 At the nrst outory OF nrs
70 try and run away from It. In
cases without number . nrs At h
beginning IL very easily put ont
ono bucket OF water Will do .
great deal--so that instead OF
running away from 1t, the thing
to do 10 to try to nnd It. Ths next
requisite 10 to keep cool. Right
hero I want to say that women,
as Q rule, are cooler In grsst en-
srgenciss than men. They seem TO
ira 81 the situation moro clearly.
zone brave woman taking the in'ti-
alive in cases of great trial can accom-
pl!sh much In calming the fears OF the
others. When people become panic
stricken they are apt 10 follow a leader
more readily than at any other time
Therefore, fire drills should become a
matter OF law. especially where many
people are employed. Thus everybody
becomes accustomed 20 tho clang OF
alarm and they go right 20 their places
perhaps not even knowing II there Is a
real fire or Just a drill. They are out
even before they have had time &c
realize which It IL.
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think that every company OF employees
should insist that doors be kept I'M
locked at all tlmes-in other words. they
should demand this from the proper All
thorities.
A Duty for the Men.
Another overwhelming reality Is thai
nine people out Of ten do not know
how 20 use fire appliances. This Is q
gross mistake. At least men Should
know exactly how TO use common FIRE
extinguishers, especially those on hanC
where they are employed, They mus
learn their use before a fire that thu
work may be dine quickly when |
breaks out. Il IL an easy matter ever
for women 90 learn this. They DALI
handle much more dinlcult tasks; WIZ
no, this? Many women have more pres
ence OF mind than mon"
.Then you think woman Is not as hys
tarical az she Is usua painiedr'
asked.
mo, indeed" he answered. "A hre
man suffers more at crucial moment
from tie supemodest creature tina.
from tho overexclted kind. For In
, stance, she wall 1dhe Al' N''h' w "itN
the point OF putting on more clothin
. before she will allow him to help he
to safety. She does not realize tina
J he Is only thinking OF her as a huma
: being TO be taken out O. danger, tn!
| call false modesty.
"Ho one should resist e fireman
At q time OF rescue. ! remember in
= the windsor Hotel nrs this was
ono OF our greatest d~ifncultiss.
; some Of the observations there
wsr- wen ludicrous.
Z "A s~rievous mistake Is that OF to
= much haste in the matter Of jumpin
; from high places. Many people thu
!. might have been saved become hop
a less cripples In their csgerness TO q
G cane by jumping, \ fireman will n,
s urge any one to jump unless he rea
ICES a measure Of safety in 50 dom