The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-27
POLICE OF SPAIN
In AndaIuSia They Are Seen In
All Their Shabby Glory.
ARSENALS ON MOVING LEGS.

easy and kindly dignity of the pulive
man Of London nor the turbulence of
the policeman of New York. but he is
very, very human And he has the
r blessed gift that no other brand Of
, policeman seems Ia possess of appear
Ing 10 he more than an ordinary person
True. he Is armed. He is an arsenal
moving on legs. But Somctl irg tells
r YOU that he wouldn't really hnrt fly.
! like him
And here must say that ne is not
10 be coufouudcl with the Suardia
civil The guardn civil is quite an
other person altogether He is stern
and 1uStero aHd he patrols country
districts and lonesome mountainous
places He was used 10 put down the
| bandelcroS. those adopts i'm the art of
swift furceful borrowing whose pres
| ence did So much 10 heightcn the 70
nance Of old sunny Spain. The guardia
! civil killed off these gay financial art
lists. but now, even after his job has
! been finished, he still wears cold
austere air He is indeed not TO be
COMPOUNDED with my friend the police
/ man.
The first time met the Spanish po-
liceman was one night IN a certain !
! town i'm AndaluSil. Truth compels me !
90 state that ! met him i'm a profeS. |
siuna way. | was indulgiug with |
others in Il row when he appeared in |
force. was gathered in 10y five of !
him But how polite he was! He put |
his pistol to my head or rather. the |
five of them put their pistols 10 my |
head. and made me feel that | would |
be- doing him the greatest of favorS by
coming with him To the police station
The whole affair was courtlincSs it,
self 70 be arrested i'm such manner
was to have Il privilege conferred upon
one. At the police station | was again
treated with politcncsS and I'm the end
with a locked door
The Spanish policeman is not too
well paid. lie sports not an ambas-
sadorial salary All he gets is pc
SetaS day He is therefore arhc-
nable TO the friendly and considerable
tip. This. | must hasten 10 say. how
ever, makes him none the less a
worthy and effective guardian of law
and order
lie is shabby. Of uniform But that
is not his fault. IL is the fault of Il
frugal government In appearance he
looks something like nm English post
man and an Impoverished Spanish
officer. But there is artistry about his
He fits into the picture.
Very often. especially i'm Andalusia.
he is old ANA rather infrm. one is
often sorry for him as he humps along
with his sword trunding behind him.
But he has the wisdom that goes with I
age. If he sees a row he looks at it I
with his blind eye and allows it 10 {
simmer down-a very good thing with {
rows. 1
IT YOU ask a Spanish policeman n I
question he is politcncsS itself. But J
bis answer will be- wrong lie is !
mine Of misleading information. He j
doesn't know. Indeed. what he doesn't !
snow about the names of streets and i
the way to get 10 them and things j
would hll an encyclopedia. d
If YOU want to know anything YOU |
must not ask n Spanish policeman.
Respect him. for ne is Of the best, but {
lent ask him questions '
lu the nighttime he sometimes car s
ri"S lance. He is then called v
'orcno, presumably because he brings h
serenity upon troubled waters. He z
ooEs very picturesque on Il clear. star
III night and makes one think Of the
ines of old-the times one reads about p
n historical romnnces But he is al
ways harmless, always peaceful and
'eady for friendly gossip. He is &
"hiIy n Sereno-a serene person. His
an.c is merely there 10 round off his y
IrtiSti" and romantic appearance. And
is not sharp lance know. for
have often felt the edge Of it-when
be serene courteously handed it To me fl
or inspection. But it looks artistic ST
when seen in the distance on a star
II night. n
The policeman of Catalonia is some. n
What different from the policeman Of s
\udalusiH He is alert, pushful and III
interfering. lie is apt 10 want Ia know
Nhu you are and what you are and
what your business may be- But Cata- II
Dnia is not Spain It is place where e,
he people rush about doing all man Ia
lcr of things. They like work, and.
what is worse they like other people Il
. work And their policemen take 49,
ftcr them
No, the Californian policeman cannot
ruly be called a Spanish policeman
{ you want 10 see the true Spanish j
oliccman you must go down TO Anda- Il
ISil.
And YOU will like him. You will reel n
or him the fricndliest regard You 81
'ill sec him ambling casually along Il
With stopped shoulders and trundling 81
word Aud should YOU have Ia make
us acquaintance In professional way al
on will find that he will deal with L
ON MS an easy and kindly father
rouId deal with you IT no arrests you
o will arrest you in II way that won't 81
1iure your feelings. ! can recommend g,
iu.-Burt Kennedy i'm London Star. hi
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He conuuers twice who rcStr'ins p'
In 'clf In victory. Syrus. al
Well Trained. ~
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