The Washington times., 1914-07-19

remained ever since. And because
mis- hand has been strong, his eye
Keen, and his mind quick there are
happy children playing today that would
otherwise have been picked up, crushed
and broken, from beneath cruel wheels.
Fathers who in a moment Of thought
fessness stepped IN front of advancing
cars have been saved to their families
By his watchfulness. In all the time he
mas been on that busy corner not one
serious accident has occurred there
AT a rough estimate, / should say
hat 1 save enough in damage suits
against the street car companies every
day to pay my salary for month"
said Allaband, when, at the close of an
eight-hour stretch last week, he sat in
MS little dressing room" across the
street from the Patent office, reviewing
his career. TT doesn't take many acci-
Gents to amount TO 500 day in suits"
Happy In Saving Life.
And how much do you save the life
and accident insurance companies?"
Don't ask me. l would not make a
guess. It is all in a days work, end
anyway I like best 70 think of the
good that you cannot measure in dol
lars. The happy mothers and the lit
tie folks that are kept out of trouble"
Does the corner look now like 1t
did when you came here in 1SOl?
Not much. In those days there was
so little travel on G street west Of
Ninth, that when we saw strange
man there We kept an eye on him 70
see that he didn't break into a house
or steal somebody's rront gate. The
car line was there, but the cars hard
u ever stopped between Ninth street
and the Treasury. Old motormen VIII
tell you that when they struck Ninth
frra 1ofn
70 make it up getting to the Treasury
and back Now they can't make up
Eve seconds there to save themselves.
st vincent's Orphan Asylum was
now stands and the rest Of T street
down that way was largely made UP
of residences. This old building we are
IN on the northwest corner of Ninth
and G. has remained. but L have seen
that northeast corner. where the Sc
cl1rtty Savings and Commercial Bank
stands, torn down and rebuilt three
times There used to be a fine old
residence Just east Of II, but that was
torn down to make room for the ourav
building"
Long years in the open. watching ths
cob and flow of Life as 1t swtrls about
him like the eddies OF a brook around
rock, has made quaint philosopher
out Of Anaband- He likes to refer to
the Kaleidoscope crowds as his NOV
ing picture show" which he says Is
peter than that of any place where ad-
mission is charged, for the same MIN
is never run tw1ce and the program is
infinitely varied.
The question of whether or not the
women drivers of automobiles give
crossing policemen more than a rea-
sonable share Of trouble brought
hearty laugh from him and the answer
was Characteristic OF the perception OF
You sec we men have trained the
women to believe there is nothing they
cannot do. and that their way is al
wHys the best way You can't blame
the wunen-its the way We have raised
them.
50 when see a woman driving
q car toward my corner Just hold up
everything else and shoot her through
as quick as l can. know it's the way
she is used to being treated, and It $
the way ! and the other men are ac-
customed to treating her. L just give
her the right of way and as she hur-
res along, everybody is satisfied. There
are three or four women who drive past
nv corner nearly every day, and III
= pleasure TO see them handle car.
They know all the traff1c regulations
and can make an automobile perform
ike II was q go-cart No. the women
don't bother me very much.
Knows Human Nature.
II there is one thing In the world
that the veteran policeman knows bet
ter than his book Of regulations 1t Is
human nature He has learned to read
mankind, and has learned that man.
kind beneath the surface is pretty much
the same whether It rides in hmou-
sInes or coal carts, whether its 1eWeiry
Is plated or 13-carat
How wen he understands this Is
EhoWn by the way he deals with drtv-
ers and motorists who thoughtlessly
disobey the mandate Of his uplifted
hand.
when a man breaks through the
line simply because he is careless or In
q hurry, don't jump on him and make
him mad right off the reel" Allaband
explained. Instead / go TO him and
say, Look here! II you do that again
you're liable to get me into a lot OF
nc in line here, and IL the Inspector saw
fic line here, and IL the Inspector saw
you cut in like that I'd get an awful
that person will never Offend again. II
works the same with lady driving a
siX-cylInder car as il does with man
on a pie wagon. They see 1t from my
standpoint and are glad to help me do
my duty.
The biggest part of my job, as I see
H. is to educate the public. ! believe
] have had. And it's wonderful how
fast people will learn IL you go abouj
i right.
For instance. when the new order
came out that machines should not pass
q street. car when passengers were get
ting on or of. [ told every body ] could
about IL, and explained IL the best i
could. / also told them that II they