Evening journal., 1918-02-07
FACE THE FTREl


To those who look at man, size him up, sp-
precste limitations and recognize humor when II is
veneered heavily. but cumsy. with ludierous attempts
at official dignity and Feasibility and who attach no
value whatever official decorum, the chief is unai
ms Of delight.
lie seems 10 labor the laughabe delusion that
II the duty OF his nremen 10 fight the fre while he
lights the citizens Of city who assemble to watch
them work. That delusion obsessed him at the Robin
nre yesterday morning.
Fortunately the crowd did not take him seriously.
II seemed to look upon him as a rubber-clad Blikn
who should be listened to and enjoyed rather than
obeyed. Fortunately, too the police seemed to look
upon him Official Joke whose eccentrcites at fires
give to them their sole humorous feature
The Bible says that God made in His image.
Wouldn't IL be well for Chief Golden TO commit that
Biblical declaration to memory and govern himself in
future he won't be papItatns announcement for
human skeptclsm? Let him try. anyway In his dealing
with the police and the Wilmington public he has
played the clown long enough. The public does not
wish be amused by either vaudeville farce comedy
when Il is watching poor DEVILS property-maybe
the accumulation of fetime-going up In fire and
smoke.
In his effort TO relieve the gloom that naturally op
presses human feeling at fire, Chief Golden reminds
US Of that substitute editor OF New Castle weekly
newspaper told about by Max Adler In his "out Of the
Hury-Burly" Prior to the departure OF the regular
editor a health-seeking or business trip OF weeks
DURATION he directed his substitute so to handle tho
death notices to tighten the gloom in the bereaved
households. The substitute editor decided to attach
few lines Of TO each formal death notice. Here are
few samples Of his gloom-dspeins work;
The death angel smote Alexander McGue
And gave him protracted reposei
He wore checked shirt and a number nine shoe
And he had pink wart on his nosel
No doubt he is happier, dwelling in space
over there the evergreen shore
Ills friends informed that his funeral takes place.
Precisely at quarter past fourl
We have lost our little Hammer
In very painful manner
And often ask how can our
Great sufferings he bornel
When her death was nrst reported
Her aunt jumped up and snorted
From the grief that she supported
For It made her feel forornl
She was such little seraph
That her father, who Is sheriff,
Doesn't seem to care II he on earth
Should over smile againi
She has gone, we hope, to Heaven,
AZ the early age OF seven,
Funeral starts of az eleven
Where she'll never more have pain
Oh Mrs McGrundy has gone from this earth,
She has left all It's sorrows and cares
She caught the rheumatics in both Of her legs
Whilst scrubbng the cellar and stairs.
They put mustard plasters upon her in vain
They bathed her with whiskey and rum,
But Thursday her spirit departed and leit
Her body entirely numb
Willie had purple monkey. climbing yellow stck,
And when he sucked tho paint all on, 1t made MIN
But in his latest moments he clasped that monkey in
And bado goodbye unto this earth and went into
Oh. no more he' shoot his sister with his little wooden
gun;
yowl for fun.
laid aside;
The monkey doesn't jump around since little Willie died
That substitute editor meant we'll He wanted 70
give happy TO the question. "Oh, DEATH where
is thy sting2" But tho fact remains that when the
regular editor Of that New Castle weekly got homo
the evening of the day Of publication he found mob
surrounding the oloe and bent upon lynching the sub
stitute editor and wreokng the plant.
And so It is we believe with Chief Golden. He would
like TO play the heroic role Of THE Boy Stood the
Burning Deck" and give color to the next lne whence
all but him had ed" by shoolng the assembled multitude
away. but the trouble Is that regards him a
hero and there is a manifest ndsposltion the part
OF the multitude to be shooed. Hence the best thing
him TO do n future is 10 turn his face the nre
and his back to the audience. BY doing he will show
up to better advantage. do efec,c work and
less as two-legged argument in favor OF paid Fire
Department.