The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-23

sons is the population OF no mean
city Although the tower brought
In no revenue to its management
during the war-bocauso OF its inn
mediate taking over by the govern.
ment--it paid a per cent dividend
TO It's stockholders last year and tho
1921 return is expected to be ~ per
cent.
The chief worry of the towers au-
thorltics Is the pcnchant OF tourists
to climb TO the top and throw them.
selves OFF into sheer space. Besides
being most spectacular way OF
committing suicide, this practice has
often been adopted Ivy persons who
climbed to the towers heights In ap-
pBrently the best OF spirits and
obeycd a sudden. undernable urge
to jump.
The Impulse 10 Leap OF
II Is an. unaccountahle impulse,
that sudden something within that
leads perfectly sane people suddenly
to throw themselves into space. Just
from the effect OF looking down
from a great height, but IL Is recoE-
nized the world over. state authorl-
/ ties in many capitals Of the United
states have had to station attend
ants on the top of the capitol domes
TO guard against this sudden semi-
dizziness which seems TO seize sight
seer. and the managers of his coun-
try's skyscrapers know similar wor-
rles.
The officials at the Eiffcl tower
have taken elaborate precautions
against deaths uf this character be-
cause few years Of lack OF pre-
cautions showed them they must.
on the ground by the west pillar, IN
the first place, Ia police room.
Here are wheelharrows, shoVcls and
big pile Of black garden earth.
standing nearby are four or five
tower guards.
when fascinated victim does
succeed IN jumping, few persons
know what has happened. Grca'
heights, separate the platforms and
| the crowds are parted in different
elevators. one cannot call down.
DID someone fall?" There would
/ be no answer.
Tho falling body makes a deep
| hole In the earth. but before any
crowd can gather, the body is
wheeled into the police room. the
| hole is filled up, smothered with
| new earth, and geranium or shrub
/ may be planted there. Tourists may
| have seen the fall, at its start, with
! horror. but by the time they reach
/
/ have been removed.
/ To make the tragedies impossible
I or to prevent as many Of them as
/ can be done, seemingly idle persons
/ are stationed on the different plat
/ forms watching every s!ghtseer
/ with a hawk-linc eye and taking in
stnnt action the moment the visitor
seems to become too fascinated by
I che depths spread below him.
Unpopular Hfc savers.
These body as the
/ French call them, lounge negligent
/ ly about the platforms. watching
/ each new arrival When they see a
/ tourist stand immobiio by the rail-
/ ing. deaf TO remarks, obvious to sur
! roundings. with eyes fixed on the
abyss. they NOV carelessly forward
| The tourist suddenly Is aroused by a
/ heavy body humping against him,
| accompanied by hearty and noisy
| apologies
/ "a million excuses" tho newcom-
er will explain. How unpnrdonab'y
/ clumsy ! was. You will excuse me,
won't you?'
II the tourist signifies assent, but
still remains, peering down az the
ground below. he will find his new
/ found friend constantly at his side,
offering multitudinus comments. ap-
/ parcutiy determined to spoil the al
most sanctified silence OF the mo-
| ment.
The tourist, like as not, will even
/ tually go down TO tho ground In an
/ elevator, inwardly cursing the stu
/ pidity OF the bore who crashed into
/ him and then offered plentitude Of
/ negligible remarks The tourist does
not know the bore was there for
/ just that purpose-but that was the
/ truth Of the matter.
\ Parachute That Failed.
/ One Of the most tragic deaths the
/ Eiffel tower has witnessed was that
of Francis Reichelt, a parachute In
ventor Reichelt announced he was
| gong TO jump from the top Of the