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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-14
How He Stopped the Train

THE fireman thought quickly-it's a
way with the men in the engine-cab.
He knew that the engine must be stopped
and at once. But it was impossible
for him to get through that wreckage and
to the air-brake control quickly. He did
the next best thing. He took a stout
iron bar, and climbed over the top of
the swaying tender and down into the
narrow space between it and the first of
the heavy ears of the train With short,
quick blow he broke the air-hose connec-
ton between the engine and the ears.
The brake set automatically, the train
stopped, and the fireman went forward
to get his companions body.
In few minutes they were crowding
around him--the folk from the cars-and
making a good deal of fuss over him.
They said he was hero. But he merely
replied that he had done a simple thing
and perhaps the connecting-rod had
broken one of the air-pump connections
and so would have set the brakes anyway.
But to-day he sits on the right hand
of standard locomotive cab-for the
"camel-back' engines, with their clumsy
separate engineers cab set midway upon
the boilers crown, are going out of style.
He sits there. knowing that Responsible
ity rides beside him. He knows other
things. He knows that the connecting
rod may some time break again-it is
one of the most common forms of loco
motive accidents, and in the very nature
of things must so remain. He knows that
danger in thousand forms forever con-
fronts him--a broken rail, wheel. or a
bit of metal dislodged from the flying
rush of a passenger train upon neigh
boring track, the breakdown of the
human structure of the operation of the
railroad upon which his safety and the
safety of those intrusted to his care is so
very dependent.
If you would know something of the
man in the engine-cab, come and ride II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-14
The Man in the Engine-C Cab
By EDWARD HUNCERFORD

are the very fast runs. They are more
apt to be some modest local train MAX
ing its way up branch line and back
where there is little congestion of traffic
and throttle-man's nerves are not kept
on edge every minute.
Jimmie Freeman did not pick his job.
1t picked him. 1t picked him because he
had nerve, steady head, good physique,
knowledge of the locomotive and all
of its whims and vagaries. And although
his is one of the hardest jobs on the big
railroad for which he works, he is perhaps
only one of half thousand passenger
engineers it might pick from its ranks
and find fully able to measure up to it.
The Signals
AN air-signal over the engineers head
rasps twice-a starting signal He
pulls out the throttle, ever so little, and
the Limited is in motion.
"We're sixty seconds late in getting
off, says Freeman. as he replaces his
watch and settles down for the forty
mile pull up to b, the first stop, and
scheduled to be reached in forty-three
minutes. That means. with SLOW Or
ders" through station yards, as well as
one or two sharp curves and steep
grade midway, that the engineer will
have no time to loaf on the straight
aways-Jimmie calls them "tangents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-14

Green on the nlgn.
says the fireman, as the
big HI ducks her head
under a signal bridge and
her pilot trucks find their
way to a long cross-over
that brings her from the
platform track in the
tangle Of the terminal
yard over to a lead
track" which in turn
gives to the main
stretching out over the
sunshiny open country
to distant B..
yellow on the low
calls the fireman again,
as the engine slips I'M
der still another signal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-14

across this broad america there are
serenity thousand engineers - sitting
at the hrOtfie-sides of the big loco.
motives pulling Hnie trains and long.
They represent the highest type of
employee that america has produced.
:. forty miles west of Harrisburg late last
night. The limited's fireman was killed and
the engineer is dying. A score of passengers
were injured, but
From the account of almost any
railroad tCreck IN almost any pdper
"HE fireman stood on his narrow
perch before the ire-boX, and
between filling the box he would
Il look at the silhouetted form of the
engineer his little cab forward
perched almost amidships of the long
black boiler. He did not have much
time to look; for the box was forever
demanding more hard coal.
There was hiss of steam, crash of
metal the fireman dropped his
shovel. The connecting-rod had broken.
They We're going sixty miles an hour,
and the loosened end of the heavy steel
rod had come crashing up with the force
of ten thousand men and horses, and
thrown the entire side of the engineers
cab down into the ditch beside the
track. Now the rod was pounding back
and forth-a mighty commotion. not
soon to end for the hand that clutched
the throttle lay inert upon it, the life
less form of the engine-driver was caught
in the wreckage of the cab. And some
where in that wreckage the trembling
needle of the speed indicator still hung
close to the sixty mark.
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On their nerve, their judgment, and
their sense of responsibility zoe rely
as on no other class of labor in the
country. The man in the engine
cab is man of iUhOm any Ameri-
can citizen may well be proud.
bridge. Freeman repeats the signals.
For his part, he is supposed to read
them all the way to P, where his run
ends and the Limited goes, bag and
baggage, upon the rails of connecting
road. He is supposed to read, the fire
man to repeat. AS a practical thing it
is sometimes out of the question. The
cab of the big passenger puller is far
from a quiet place. There is the dull
pound of the drivers over the smooth
rail, the roar of the great fire between
them, the deafening racket of the forced
draught that pours into it, The cab
does not lend itself to conversation. But
if Freeman does not repeat the signal in
dications audibly he does it mentally.
1t is part of his job. And the mere re-
peating of the signal does not assure
safety
Once, number of years ago and upon
another railroad rode in the cab
of fast passenger train. The road ran
straight for many miles and across a level
country. Each mile of it's path was
marked by block signal, cleaning
against the night. The engineer shouted
each of those signals, and his fireman
echoed them back.
white" he would call-for white was
then the safety color, not the green that
has been almost universally adopted now.
"White it is would come the reply.
And in another mile:
white" and white she is.
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little way with him. 1t is not easily
managed. The railroads have grown
very strict in the enforcement of the rule
forbidding strangers in the engine-cabs
Yet, in this one instance it can be
arranged. You sign tremendously por-
tentous legal releases, whose verbiage,
freely translated, gives you the distinct
impression that you are going to your
sure doom. But you are not. You are
going to ride with Jimmie Freeman-crack
passenger engineer of one of the biggest
and the best of our Eastern railroads.
The Job of a Crack Engineer
EORTY minutes before the leaving time
of Freeman's train her big XII engine
backs into the terminal from the round
house The engineer went over the big,
clean. lusterless mechanism before it left
the inspection-pit at the round-house. 1t
is part of his routine-part of his pride as
well. He knows that every bolt and nut is
in condition-engine, drivers, aXles, all
the hundred and one friction parts that
must work truly, even at high speed and
under the great heat that high speed
generates in bearing.
You remember that Freeman's Linn
tied is crack train-its name a house,
hold word at least half way across the
land. He came to it five years ago-a
prize for an engine-runncr who had judg-
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Why He Passed the Danger Signal

Why He Passed the Danger Signal
AND once my heart all but leaped into
my mouth. The block showed red
red, the changeless signal for danger. But
our engineer did not close his throttle or
reach for the handle of his air-brake.
Red" he chanted in his emotionless
fashion; but the fireman, altering his
echo to "Red she is" looked up for q
moment into his chiefs face. The chief
never moved a muscle. Sixty seconds
later he shouted again:
white"
"Whte she is. repeated the fireman,
and grinned as he thrust another shovel
full of coal into the fire-box.
After the run was over and we sat at
the comfortable eating counter of the
Railroad Y Nj. c. A., asked the en-
gineer why he had run by that red sig
nal. He hesitated a moment.
Man alive" said he, 4do you suppose
| can afford to bring my train to full
stop every time one of those pesky blocks
gives me the bloody eye? l could get the
next two blocks and saw they were safe.
| know every inch Of the line and knew
that there was not an interlocking'
meaning switches and crossing tracks
within ten miles. The block was out Of
order, and | knew it, And l was right
Suppose there was a broken rail in
that block" suggested wouldn't that
break the current and automatically send
the signal to danger?"
The engineer did not answer that
quickly. He knew the point was well
4, hat 90
was penalty train meaning that it
carried the mail and excess-fare passen-
gers, and that it cost his railroad dollars
and cents if it were more than thirty
minutes late at its final terminal To
have stopped his train fiat at the red
Continued on page IS
Rock Island Argus., 1916-11-21
STATES ATTORNEY
MEMORIAL SPEAKER

States Attorney Floyd T. Thompson
VIII Be the principal speaker at the
memorial services oil Davenport lodge
1f Elkz on Sunday Dec 5 Nu an-
uouucement has come from the RgcE
Island lodge concerning plans for the
memorial services here because of the
fact that the program has not as set
been completed The hrsg Sunday IN
December will ae observed as ElEa
memorial day bg all lodges tu the
nation.
Rock Island Argus., 1916-11-21
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q, 80 e.

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Stomach and Intestiues. Auto-Intoxtca-
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and other fatal ailmants result fTon
Stomach Trouble. Thousands of Scona-
a-r sufferers owe their compleee re~
r7va~v to Mavrs Wonderful Remedy.
Unlike suy other for Stomach ALI
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Pharmacy and druggists every-whsTa
Rock Island Argus., 1916-11-21
1TFRrITR NOT NO ATTEND.

reaching their maximum al l.47 and
nulad ~ 9.4s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-03
Fresh Meat Specials

Sirloin, Porterhouse and
 Round Steaks, ID. :. .18c Fresh-Cut Hamburg Steak,
 2 lbs. for .25c Lean Corned Beef, ID. .16c Plate Corned Beef, 1b. .10c
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-03

Sunshine Biscuit Specials All 1Oc Packages, ..... SC All 5c Packages, ..... .4c Takhomas, 4 pkgs. for ..15c Assorted Biscuits, daintily
 packed, 1b 14c, l9c & 25c Sunshine Snaps, 3 lbs. 25c All Oven-Fresh and Crisp.
The sun., 1916-10-29

MIRA Stephen B. Elkins. Mrs. D. W.T.,
Tallmadge. Mrs. Ferdinand wilmerd,n.
Mrs. A. N. Beadleston. Mrs. NJ. II, swat.
MrsL Joseph r. Widencr. Mr.. and Mr,'
Edwin Parsons and Miss Mary u p,,.
ons Mrs. Chauncey Marshall. Caslrn,,
de Rham and Mr.. and Mrs. Edward 7
Wilson.
Mr.. and Mrs. George r.. Dadmun y.
New York entertained twelve FRIEND, a
tho Pines on Monday at an old fashions.
fried chicken and waffle eupper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Parson. a,
Charleston will leave the hrst wee. T.
November for New York to spend 60,
erai weeks. Mr.. and Mrs. Edward =,
Wilson left on Wednesday for New
York.
There are no fewer than twelve hone,
moor couples here. DR.. Carl =. HUM.
scher. secretary to the Swiss legation
and his bride. who was Miss shoept o,
Cincinnati. spent " weeks at IN.
Greenbrier. Mr.. and Mrs. q. p Bryan
and Mr.. n Mrs. william I. Twomhl,
are others from New York recently mar.
ried.
Mrs. Newbold Morris and Mrs. Ai.,.
ander d. y. Pratt came down from
Lenox and are taking the "kur."
Mr.. and Mrs. II. A. c. Smith and th.i-
daughter. Mrs. Kerncr Easton, arrived
several days ago.
The sun., 1916-10-29
FACTS ABOUT HORSES coLoRs

4 T present. with pleasure horee.
n in such demand It Is UP to the
4 breeder to supply the hors.
which fashion dictates. The sorrel 4.
by far the most favored. Happily th.
result in the mating Of sorrel horses 4.
most satisfactory. As long al n errel
dam and sire are mated the colts ara
sure TO be sorrel in color. Not so with
other mated colors.
DR.. L. p. McCann OF the Ohio STATE
University has compiled in,eres,ins
information about this. When a sirs
and lam Of chestnut are mated T. !as
been proved that three chestnut COTE
were produced to n sorrel. In t..
mating OF sorrel and chestnut iur~'.
the result shows a dominance ~ -.
rels. as follows-.3 sorrol. , na'. 80
chestnut and I roam. Looking e. 80
matter theoretically. II the two -.
were present In equal number =
should he fewer solrel~ than ,.,.'
nuts resulting from the uuis
tleIe are 30 SbTItls W ~ Nli'0ll
The dominance OF sorrels over c.,
nuts Ia shown in the sorrel 10y iIN
m~atings. the result being rs sorr.,. -
hay. 3 brown. s chestnut. 10 black arr!
/ roan.
The sorrel by black matings give ?
| result similar to the chestnut by blaze
matings. The sorrel by black give,
nine s~orrels. eight bays. one roar
one chestnut and six blacks. and TN"
chestnut by black union result u
one sorrel. two bays. one brown. or.
roam, one chestnut and n black
showing that sorrel and chestnut ars
aualitatively alike. The occurrence ~
the bay offspring from these mating
Wentworth In an article by him en'
tied why Is a Horse Bay
He explains that tho bay coat IS
the outcome of red and black pismcrt
in the hair tubules. There IS n prov
erty connected with the rcd piEner.
which IL able 10 keep the a%pp,arau,.
Of the black pigment to certain part.
of the horse, as the name, tai. less
n around the eyes. In the cas- 49,
chestnuts and sorrels, the color ~
coat II due To the red pigment ;'1
hut the property ~ restriction IS i.'-
ent. Since you see no black p.cW ?
present In these animals, II is heca -
the property cannot eXort IT, uoy
until the black pigment is hruu- q
into the cross by the other pur'r' "
il found In the case of black ny srrrr
matings.
In many cases ~ the mat!nGs ,.
here. II shows that sorrcls arc aha.
dant, They not only mr." sur" - r..
In the true sorrcl by sourcl mt'j".
but appear In large proportion
other colors IN tho uui,re -
neither parent IL sorrel.
The sun., 1916-10-29
GENERAL NOTES OF SOCIETY.
81. Matthews Church. Central
Park West and EiRhty.fourth

TN 81. Matthews Church. Central
Park West and Eighty-fourth
street. on Saturday afternoon
Miss Antoinette B~loodgood. daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Tracy Bloodgood
OF EOS West Eighty-seventh street, will
be married TO John Gerrish Bausher.
The ceremony will be performed by the
Rev. Arthur II. Judge and will be fol-
lowed by n reception az the ST. Regis.
Miss Bloodgood will have Mrs. Car
ter Phelps for her mntron Of honor and
her other attendants will be Miss Jessie
Hopkins n Miss Agnes Bigelow ~
Brooklyn. Miss Marguerite Nash. Mrs.
Wilson Foss. Miss Frances Ballard and
Miss Sylvia Curtis. the latter Of Plain
field. Charles L. Bausher. Jr., will be
the best man and the ushers will be
John W. B~loodgood. Harry Bausher.
Carter Phelps. Ronald Hugh Maodon-
aid. Jr.. r. NJ. Tipp. Jr.. Wilson Foss.
Harry Thurston and Vincent ARM
strong. the last two of Brooklyn.
Mr.. Bausher belongs TO the 81. An
thony Gu and was graduated from
Yale. He Is a son of Mr. md Mrs.
Charles L. Bausher.
Miss Helen Irving Phillips. daughter
Of DR.. and Mrs. Wendell c. Phillips.
will be married on Saturday afternoon
TO Monroe Van Wart De Mott. son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford De Mott OF New
Rochelle and this city. The wedding
will take place at I o'clock in the chapel
Of 81. Bartholomew Church. Only
relatives and a few intimate friends
have been asked to the ceremony, which
will he performed by the Rev. DIR.
Leighton Parks and will be followed by
n reception at the home Of the brides
parents. 20 West Forty-seventh street.
Miss Phillips will have her sister,
Miss Charlotte Alice Phillips. one of
the winters debutantes. for her maid Of
honor and another sister. Miss Lucia
Edith Phillips. and Miss M~argaretta
Romans for her bridesmaids. Mrs.
Ralph Runyon will be tho matron o,
honor. H. Henry Bertram Of Mont
| clair will serve 40 best man and the
The sun., 1916-10-29
VISITORS AT wERNERsvnLE

wERNERsvILLr, Pa. Oct. ga cos
tume ball and special week end fes.,vt.
ties are included In the celebration which
tho management OF Galen Hall has o..
ranged for Halloween.
Walter f.. Edge. Republican candidate
for Governor of New Jersey. recently en-
joyed Q rest here from his campaign
work.
Judge John ]. White OF the supren.
Court of New Jersey and Mrs. White ant
their daughter. Miss Elizabeth White.
are among tho present sojourners q.
Gaien Hall.
Among the New Workers. VINO have ~.
Gently come TO Galen Hall are Mrs. John
lie Boutillier. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert u
Sasseen and family. Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
lam HOFFMAN. Henry Hayden Sands, Mr.
and Mrs. william q. Besler. Miss Mar
Douglass Graham. Miss Mabel Graham
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry McAleenan, MIS-,
Mary c. McAleenan. Mrs. l.. lie Bou,lll!tf
and Boyd Broadhead.
The sun., 1916-10-29
HALL. 1tsts ZAh~stSe1e

among others who will assist her will
he Mrs. Robert L. Bacon. Mrs. Gordon
Knox Bell. Mrs. George Draper and
Miss Carol Hartman. Many women
prominent In society who are inter-
ested in the welfare OF the settlement
win act as patronesses.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Hamblen
Sears. who are yet at their country
place, The Other House, in Oyster
Bay. will give at the Colony Club or
November Is a dinner. reception and
dance to celebrate the twcnty-nfth an
niversary Of their marriage.
Mrs. Henry wehrhane will give a
large dance on December 80 for her
daughter. Mrs. Herbert Gardiner Lord.
Jr., at Broad Acres. her home in
Llevellyn Park. Orange. n. j.. to
which many friends from New York
have been invited.
There Is evidently conside rable in
terest In the Horse Show. which will
begin at Madison Square Garden on
November II. continuing for q week.
Many Of the men and women of So
ciety who are Interested in riding.
driving. polo and hunting have Sc
cured boxes. and among these are Mr..
and Mrs. Robert E. Tod. Mr.. and Mrs.
+. Ambrose Clark. Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
II. Wiggin. +. Victor Loew. Mr.. and
Mrs. James Cox Brady, Mr.. and Mrs.
CARL Tucker. Mr.. and Mrs. +. g. j..
McVickar, Mr.. and Mrs. w. NJ. V. Hoff-
man. Reginald Vanderbilt. Col. Robert
NJ. Thompson. Francis l.. Hine. AL
fred B. Maclay, Mr.. and Mrs. f. Fran
els Hyde. Mr.. ard Mrs. Edward r. Nc
Lean, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry La
Montagne and Walter ". Stokes.
The sun., 1916-10-29
AT THE WHITE SULPHUR.

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. w. Va. Oct.
2S.-Sports and social activities have
divided popularity his week. and the
weather has been so balmy mat no one
stays indoors willingly.
ON Tuesday afternoon In the Spring
Room 81 the G%reenbrier Miss Edith WINS
entertained al a musicale. singing a
OF songs we'll adapted 20 her dra-
matte soprano voice. Tea was served at
small tables to her guests, who included
The sun., 1916-10-29

The Theatre Club. Mre. John Hubbard
Parker president, held its first social
meeting Of the season on Tuesday at
tho Hotel Aston, when The Theatre
was the subject discussed.
The sun., 1916-10-29

Mrs. Archibald C.. Fisk entertained
the New York Browning S0ctsty- on
The sun., 1916-10-29

The Texas Club. Mrs. II. II, Sewer
president, begins Its season on Tuesday
at the Plaza. The club will have a the
dansant on November IS at the Plaza.
The sun., 1916-10-29

On alternate Wednesdays beginning
this week at Aeollan Hall a series OF
lectures on current vents will he given
by Miss Jessica Lozler Payne under the
AUSPICES q! the New York Diet Kitchen
Association. Tickets may he had At the
office OF the association. l West Thirty
fourth street. and at the hall.
The sun., 1916-10-29

The New Workers.. Mrs. Henry Russell
president. will again have a booth at the
annual baxaar of the Little Mothers
Aid Association. which this year will -
OF December . at the Waldorf-Astoris.
Mrs. Henry Hawkins 10 chairman Of the
New Workers. booth. Mrs. Edward c..
The sun., 1916-10-29

and Mrs. Adler will give a rec ption for
The young people on November 8.
Miss Eleanor Frances White viii be
one Of the debutantes OF the winter. she
Is the daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. sumner
W. White. who will entertain for her
during the season.
The sun., 1916-10-29

Mr. n Mrs. Edward M Adler of
$50 Riverside Drive. announce the en-
gagement of their daughter. Miss Lsnors
Adler TO @vsrsou NJ. Rothschild. Mr..
The sun., 1916-10-29

Arrangements are being made for an
entertainment to he followed by dancing
on November 81 AT the Plaza, for the
benefit Of the Catholic committee OF the
Children's Court. Miss Teresa O'Dono-
hue has charge OF the AFFAIR.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-07

ter. | remember some years ago
was about discouraged when girl
friend said to me:
Don't djspair. Emma. Re.
member, 20 succeed you must have
the courage OF lion. and spite
fully | assumed the determination of
tiger, the cunning OF a fox, the
cooling tones OF a dove. and the
beauty OF a peacock
Are you describing a menagerie.
Emma, or a successful woman? l
asked with q smile.
Both, kid, both" briskly answer
ed Emma, for the successful woman
has 10 take on at times the preda-
tory instincts OF every beast OF prey
and the charms OF every wonderful
bird
Emma. can't understand with
your experience why you have not
grown pesslmistlc.' said, curiously
What's the use?' she asked
quickly. Pessimism doesn't get
anywhere. After all, Paula the
game is worth the candle and when
YOU have reached even a modicum
of success you viii have learned
that however much the friendly
sons OF peace made fuss about IL.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-07

It, for you viii make at least 5000
a week IN tips the first month
q" Please don't ask me. Emma.
simply can't Go it. must look for
another job and, Emma. | am afraid
/ shall never succeed
Why not, pray?' asked Emma,
sharply. and then she answered her
own question. 4 expect IL Is because
YOU have found you cannot be stared
at by ginks who have minds only
big enough TO lodge nasty thoughts.
Don't be discouraged, hddo.
However. she continued quick
ly. 4 put the proposition up TO you
as Il meant money to you and TO
the boss.
Aren't there some things With
more than money. dear Emma
Darn few, Paula darn few
when il means your bread and but
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-07
THE CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE
Paula Refuses Restaurant Owners Big Offer; Emma
Heartens Her.

You ought to have been there"
cried Emma as she burst into my
room at o'clock the next morning.
We could not accommodate hall
OF them. A lot OF people wanted TO
know il the girl checking hats was
you. and We affirmed she was.
You see, Paula, / made the boss
get girl with eyes and hair Ike
yours, so almost all the knowing
ones who were not there tho night
before were sure they were looking
at real society girl ar close range.
When IN fact they were gaping at IT
to Patty Scarlet. the chorus GIL!
1.-The boss says IL you will come
back he viii give you 500 a week
next month and then 1925 week.
twice what he ever gave to a check
girl
d" II ! were you Paula, would Go