New-York tribune., 1919-06-21

, little unusual. They are not supposed to
KILL But, if the whispers are true, the
mixture in these bombs would end a riot.
for all within many yards of the burst
would nave: (a) Extreme watering of the
eyes; (b) violent fits Of sneezing and (c)
thorough and complete seasickness
Who would want to riot if he felt like
that?
When cooks struck women could. of
course, do their own housework. But not
the hotels. One of the biggest, regular
hotel with six hundred rooms and service
that compares favorably with the best any,
where, found itself with one chef, the head
waiter and three waiter captains. But it
got along.
major-and V. C.-assigned you to
your room. Elevator boys were dug up
from somewhere, and the room work got
done. After while there was some laun-
dry done, too, but perhaps they did not
change your sheets every night if you were
staying right along. The real show was
in the dining room.
On the door was this sign, "Only guests
served here" And they enforced it.
guest could not bring in a friend. The
head waiter and the three captains produced
food. There was hot dish available at
each meal, on the "plat du jour" order
Also, there was a big counter with cold
joints and roasts, salads, cheeses and des-
serts. You could wander over and take
your choice. Boys cleared away-after
while. You were not ushered to a chair
but found place for yourself The coffee
was the worst. The boys brought in big
trays of coffee pots, and if you happened
to come in when tray was about emptv
that coffee was mighty apt to be chilly. It
would have been the worst of form to fuss.
and the head waiter declares no one ever
did.
The head waiter learned something. He
was a most dgnifed individual whose
head watershness never left him. even
when he was providing butter pats and
one came to wonder whether it did not hurt
MN to accept quarters as tips
"Why, no, sir" he explained. "Im mt
at all sure, sir, but that there is more
money IN being waiter than in being head,
SIR vi course, we are supposed to have
split from the other walters tips, sir; but
nave come to fear that they were holding
out on me, sir. It's really not bad, sir.
Thank you, sir"
There were 173 false fire alarms in the
first twenty-four hours after the strike he
gan, and it became evident that the yolun-
teer tlremen would soon die from lack of
sleep. SO a patrol was organized to guard
the fire boxes. and leading citizens sat
around in couples through the night with
their backs against the little red posts.
Even the inspector who saw that this natrol
was maintained thought it was little re-
markable, however, when he found a MEM
Der Of the provincial Cabinet and belted
knight, head of one of the city's biggest
grain firms, sharing one post
The strikers ordered the men in the
waterworks to cut down the pressure from
a normal 120 pounds to 80, which the strik
ers claimed was enough for common people.
such as live in one-story houses. 1t was
not enough for safety against fire, and
presently the city ordered the pressure put
up again. The men were pulled out by the
strikers, leaving the city without water.
1t took twenty-four volunteer engineers to
fill their places. They were mostly Of en-
gineering professions, and some were no
longer young. The annual income Of tho
tventy-four was well above 100000 They