The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-05
Many Workmen in Big Cities
Have Dangerous Methods
of Making a Living.

One does not have to go to war for
the thrills that com6 from facing dan
ger. There are plenty Of opportuni
ties In everyday life for the adventurer
10 enjoy those cold chills that on per-
ilOus occasions shoot along the spine.
Yet. even II man has the genuine
dare devil spirit. he mustn't overlook
any OF the following experiences I'M
I'll he becomes so familiar with them
that the thrill wears on.
The movie machine operator really
has the most varied opportunities for
spine shIvcrs of them all. for when
duty calls In the form OF gaspinS,
awe inspired audience Of the nicKclo-
deOn. no risk Ia too great. fic must
not only climb TO dizzy neIHh'3, but
he must drag his heavy mac ne up
with him. Forgetting that m;sste2
OF couple Of Inches Will plunge him
TO death n thousand feet below. he
must devote his attention 10 the care
full filming OF the panorama before
him.
Must Fnce Cavalry Charge.
The movie photographer mas; also
stand his ground behind his machine
and boldly face the cavalry charge in
which the excited horses are swCrvcd
ut the very last second. One step
more means the wrecking Of his ma
chine and ut least broken rI''. Sup
pose these plunging. Rnorting animals
do not Bwerve In tEme-still the films
themselves are evidences OF tho CALL
era mans courage.
A close rival to the movie man is
the photographer Of the newspaper.
II Is he who. climbing to the top Of
New York sky scraper, Cllngs des-
perately with one hand, while with
the other he snaps his picture. The
subject OF the picture IL workman
who ambles along girder loss than
n foot wide. leaning against the wind
at such an angle that twO-thlrds OF
his body is separated from the street
SEQ feet below by nothing but air.
All In Days Work.
There Is n thrill in the incident
fol- the photographer. even though he
Is holding on. but there is no thrill
for the workman. To him 1t Is only
work. Yet. II the wind suddenly stop
ped-but he knows from long expert
ence that the wind won't stop too sud-
denly for him TO ease ZIP to his nat
ural walking angle; so he smokes his
pipe and grumbles over other troubles.
These workmen who "sIt In high
places" are not all included in any
one trade. They are variously iron.
workers, painters, carpenters and
electricians. One OF them. a riveter
who was working on the Williamsburg
bridge in New York City. did moi de-
scend. as is often the case, to eat his
lunch. He perched himself on the
end OF beam with his legs dangling
over nothing below. After eating. he
went to sleep.
Afraid to Wake Him.
What was to he done? II he had
stood on his hands out there his fore
man would have called him down for
"monkeying." But he was asleep. He
couldn't be permitted to remain asleep
for. sooner or later, he. would drop
over. sleep overcoming the long devel-
Oped instinct Of balance. He must he
awakened When hand touched his
EHOuIueFt WDuIu ne JUMP OF WOul1 no
wake quietly? There was no way to
get net under him. because no was
on the uttermost projection. Tho
other workmen had Just about decid-
ed that the only thing to he done was
to lasso him when lie opened his eyes,
ynwned. stretched. remarked with dis.
guest that he was a "darned fool to
pull such a trick" and returned to
work.
The steeplejack has even n more
thrilling job But he makes loads of
money. One OF his greatest trials
while at work is to keep the gold leaf
from tluttering away as lie sways in
the breeze on slender flagpole few
hundred feet from earth. One OF these
iron nervcd gentlemen recently climb
cd out on the horizontal fagpole near
the top Of the forty-one story Metro
polltan building in New York City and
completed his task twenty feet from
the side OF the tower.