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CRANKS SEEKING THE MAYOR HIT KENNEL AND BOUNCE OFF
LltUTENANT WILLIAM KFJNEL RlCElVlNG THL FiNAL QRVM5 OF Ttit DAY FROM MaTO^ Ititfet
Police Lieutenant Who Has Been Official Guardian of This City's
Executives for Almost Nineteen Years Would Make AfH
davit to the Truth of the Axiom That the World
Is Full of Cranks, for His Expenence
Attests the Fact.
Now, bv two-headed Janua, .
Nature hath fram'd strang? fellowa in
b.r iimd ;
'.?"!?>. II
SH JOHN8TON FORBEB-ROBERT-j
80X is good, but into the readlng of
these Iin.-* t.. cannot in.iect
the napbaati ir.at Lleutenant Willlam
Kennel does. In golden notes the EngU-h
tn_gedian haB aomethlng on "Hatktoome
Rll" maybe-although not mttch What
Kmne] lacks in musical ? ?:. lence he BB0T8
than recevers in the m< vlng Blncerity of
ta iruttural ton? The explanation ls i
that Kennel for nearly nlneteen years
ki* been the offlclal guardian of Ntw
TwkMayora, ln short, hi :ed.
Th. unbalanted, the reeble-mlnded, the j
hifftted and dlaheartened are drkwn to
the Mayor*b ofnce like moths to the llame.
H ia of ten a kind of lnstinctive hero wor
?htp which brlnga them. Sometimes it
nai into doglike devotlon to the great
?*n orthe man holding the great offlce.
A pitheticaliy large number are ,
crtnk-, who pursue ihe Mayor of N< ?'?'
Tork Clty aa ..-.-. lously and relentleasly |
?a Welllngton corr.i lained that they did
him. Doubtless one reaaon why the routed
JBBBBBI of humanity have such a fond- !
lealorthe .ociety of our Mayors is that j
U17 thlnk such eminence the rcsult of j
!**. poor ereaturea! They overlook how
?*** ? nuin must work before Tammany j
*U Place hlm there.
There are many persons in this dty who
*-*? the Mayor as the "father of hla peo- j
lh," u a potentate of limitless power ,
?*-* *? thilr natural refuge ta tlme of
?tabk The alightest untoward Inddent
? the careers jf these people sufficeB to
?"Hett to them a reaorl to the Mayor.
THE FOREIGN CRANKS.
**ny of them?perhapa most?are of
aagBB astractl ? nd they probably de
i?ethtlr eeaceptlon of the Mayor'a func
|-"ufrom the patrlarchal poaltlon ol tha]
:*>>_ ofllctra in towna and vlllagee ta I
&*rope; only they believe our Mayor to
**ve much r.reat<r resources and to be
?wr? mlnutely Interested in their affairs.
"-** 8?t this Idea by llstentng to the
?^elga apeeches of the eandldatea.
?"t whatever variety the callers may be.
?tniuiat and dlplomat at the outer door
?t paraniot.r.! r. .rtance if we wouid
?*P our rulers with us. Kennel is eev.n
Cwl? o' ? ilplomat, and can talk in three
*I*A*** *nd the slgn language at on.; ani
? ?me time.
??? th?re are ihe llars.
-?ntrary to the general lmpeesslon.
?" *1 real genius, Kennel finds, are
?"*'*? He has encountered end con
rte,s wlth llars or more variety and
**'?*? of eapabillty than you would
r*** had axlatence. Instead of bein*
_****? lood lurg are pf-riodically 1m
?heBt.
. '}* different to deflne the term
^W_t" ^ht atory la told by <'omr_.de
jTjT~~. * very scholarly and learned
Jtteaan. and a ronatant worker ln
y**dlrtg room of the Prltlsh MuBeum.
J**hlch place he ?uffered repeated
J*8** because he would arrlve dothed
J*** ln a loose blanket. which he
1 hand ln at the cloak rooms, de
^'"a a check
!??_*?*'? ' ' separately claBslfled ln
H "18u?- But we au know one when
^ ***1 hlrr, Kennel thlnks that crank
,len'?r,rn?nt ln the last 'pw years has
Hj 'nt?n?lve as well as nuantltatlve.
*?ld !* *h? <iin ,1'nionH,r8-te that the
*??? "*'? ,r"* Inveatigator who can
i^.h ,h*r ,r,e atmoBphere has no
^J| the chup wlth a remarkahle
^7 tor extraettng euruahlne 1r?.m cu
hbebi?' wf U"'r,K M*ntr,ln?f l'"?" *? ftU'
?? ,] ' bead,,Kht". a." among the call
^ the oftiij. ?r ,h(. ||Byor of NfeW
'UHrvi "'* "nn"mI',*r*'d by Jogic and
?>UB to argument Thay are al
"?? hurry, but not flurried by agl
88 u, >^,|, of Kennel's tlme.
IS;
Mar.y have fmperaments that are
lympbatlc, nervoua, bllloue. They must
ii. bandled with rare ludgmenl in aomfl
aiseb fashion as the [rtabtnan Indneed
? [.. ptg to take the road to Dublia by
? ii.\ lea oi i reti ndlng t.. d: Iva
him toward Corfc.
Sumeroaa aaaong tba rallera at thfl
Ing from
our aa wi pen ? a
renl s,,rt recently announced hlm
aeli a "huinan battery." aaothei Intro
dneed bln ? alng a former Popi
thei pmclalmed himseif
??Moaefl ln l ? bulrl -' ee." They thitik
they ara anybo-ly fi-un loan .-: An W
,. i,.,- Dowla Culta are growlng
m:re numoroua
At boi '' .1 ?? movea from the lui atlc
? . , ia ti." plain aaa They g<. away
?iv of th" oplnlon tbat the) ara
right and tl.e woi ld wioni' arii tbat
notblng but i"> onklad fata .-.as prevent
ed th"m from dire.-tinx th<- fOTtunea <>f
the dty. li Ihey eouM only get a h-ar
Ins all arauld ba well ret
The genlal Ihmtenaat ln hrief, haa
t.. deal with a eomblnatlon of folly an<i
berotam that ia rodlerwna, and aome
tiaaefl it eoi tn him money
KennOl lamped him before he r^ached
the anteroom and auietly remarkad,
H,.,.. , .... a touch." as tlie pccullar
kir.d ol hurrian anlmal tipioed through
the ooi ridor.
Noaa, "whi.sc- ruiaaa red had coel hlm
many a barrel of <lai<' rad and whii*-":
no enffa; coat coiiar turned np; kal brlm
... n. ^vereoat apaeiea found la thfl
. ry at all hours. Many ru h men
hava not so rlch a BJ ?
? weii?" Koid ra?iii '* umi -v--'rn,y f?r
hlm.
-Sav. old man," BaM the visltor, "I
atirpeM Ifi i?o uae foi ma to aak to aaa
ti.. afayor Sol Well, aay- b quarter
?;| fle. I don't make DO bOajflfl of lt Tafl
. thal goee/'
-I?id-you-Bay-a-quarter?'' asked Ken-_
i n. 1. slowly and a* Impreaiivr ly aa he
? oould.
? \ . -. hat s lt That ivon'i BflBh tflTB
. ? . ity, wiii it - J.ift bav? ti.< B -ii i ai
paaa lt qulck, wi.i you? A
ler. apporttoned aeeording lo gectlon
I .1' n v r.ylred and hungry ronitlMtlon.
i" canta t<> g.-t a naaali al eenu ti ?
. two balla -ona Baoiwtng, oi Bbrht?an'
.-. ,, 11- to g< t mi fbi" Ba< d up i flaa
eharged ma v7i)et, an' m- faei li lookto'
I m.i Can you BJOgottata the apptoiria
ii< . . ? ?
?\\ <!! yea, tust thi.- ow ??." BaM Ken
r.ei. "hu( if you avar Bharw up here agatn
irell v-.u'ii listen t'> aparrow aonga aa
I ... ir.s laland far thlrty ilaya
ITI rnledletory eeenpllmenti ?rr? not
.
??V'.ui i.rt bother If I had mi ? K
! i...ok handy. i gal mv Itandard OH di\l
. t..-iia>- ah. thanki -thanki! I'll do
j ar much for >"ii ?om> fla]
riu M-.-ors ofllei ln tha Wty Haii lb
? cludea a nuinbaf of rooms. At the waat and
Bf tha boihUng i> tha flutei roetn of tha
publlc offlee. Then another small room.
at. I next to lhal lha larga publlc offb
whera tba atayor rneotvea flelegatlona an.i
hoMfl public beaiinga
lf vi,ii sl-ould want to me.-t tlie man
who has guarded afayora strong. vhi.
Wvck, Law, ateClalland, Oaynor and
Kiin". vou win raeogadaa him matantlj aa
tba muaeular, alx-faoi, Bfltaare-Jawad fet
low wearlng wavy ir^n gray bair. a 1%
smile and a devlllBh look ln a palr of blg
gray eye?.
i ir in- they blue"'
There bt prahahli no nmre entranea bi
the Unlted States. or ln the world. where
diplomacy la Btteh ? nfleded quaiity a*
nhera Kennel bbbmvU bie days. ho that In
theae nineteeg years the lleutenant ha*
had. perhflp". mor- delleate altuatieiifl to
nteot than hnvfl faii'-n ta thu lol efaltnoet
any other iiian
Kor lnatai.ee. there li nothmg more
tourhy than the citlien who pa>H taxen
and a-bora under the bnpreeelon thal the
aavmenl of laxea i arrloa aifh II tta tree
Bom af the dty Kennel baa i.-amed
th,,. aKbough 11 l- impossiiii. to iiainin.-i
aa iilea Into the head of some people it l>
poealbla tn taeed ll by tha i ibtle method
of ?.i:ga^s,lr>n
H? jolnel the pollce force ln 1*0. H>
was a lv*aahtagton Market butcher for*
nierly In NM b8 was take. to Head
quartera by Buperlntendenl Byrnea nnd
made Rne of a band ol rtfty detecttvaa
who Ht that tlme eonatltuted the etafl at
taebed to Mulberry Btreet On Harch 1.
is?.-,, Kennel araa detalled to the Mayor'a
offlce and mada good to Buch an extaori
thal be has remalned,
when be w.-nt to th. Clty Hall, Patrlck
Keenaa, who afterward becaa .. Ufo*
long friend of Kennel, gnve bha oae Ml
of advl. e. Patrlck WB8 b'".i 00 St. Pat
rlck's Day ln Tyrone, Ireland Later be
roae from plumber'B helper to .'ity t'liam
CL-L-WID G-UlttlS Ll? ? JOm l SULUVAN ARE Wtl.COM ? VfHEN
THE.IB. OEHAYIQI- IS (SOOPy OTHLRw'I.E.?-!
J
RURAL EXC-WIONISTS TAKE KENNtL fOU.
TH_ MAYOi
herlaln under Van Wyrk Said Patrick
ti Kennel:
"Mind your ov.n business anl ray noth
ing. Above all. don't talk polltlea."
DM you ever try to Intcrvlew Kennel
on poHtlesf ?
There ls something. too, of romance ln
his Job. When Miss Uladys Vanderbilt
and Count Laszlo Szechenyl ol.taliied
their llcense, Kennel was the man In
trusted to get them thrOUgb the corririors
without attractlng attenttofl
He was so suc. e.-.sful that a few days
after the marriage the lleutenant re. BtVOd
from the young couple a present of a.ne
tl.yst dress waisteoat buttons. shirt bttt*
tons and cuff Hnke thhrtaen pi.-ces ln all
No wonder he Is considered a VBluable
man for the poat, becauae. In addltlon
to his many natural quallflcatlona, ba
sp.-nks Oerman, Prench, Itallan, Bwediab
and a smatterlng of RneetaB and ' hine^e
and <an eoRveras Buentlj i" rarioua y;>i
I way of the lieutenant. Such was the i a^e I
I not long ago.
"I am the Mayor of New York Clty," '
i decluied a "middle agad man to Kennel. j
j "Vessir. yeeatr; what <an i do for you?" |
? Kennel btojulred.
' W.-ll, I was tht- Mayor of Ili.chester
. n. ?-, and I hav.- baaa tha Mayor of PlttO
BBtTgb and ChleagO and V
"Very likely, sir," interjected Kennel.
I aay," contlnued the "Mayor," "I ?ay
i ha.e been afayor of pretty near every
larga dty In the Unlted states."
Ahe .t thi* tlma another visitoi arrlved.
who Inetated that he must see tlie afayor,
for he kn.-w that all tha skysnaper
bulldlngs in the city wera built on unsolid
foundationa tbat were about to smk.
thereby nuatng tbe bu;idiniis to toppie
over, and eonaecjuently an enormous ea
lamlty to the clty. N .thing must ,!>> bul
A VlJirO1_WTHATR0J._T 70 LATOSRPETON
City's bRiDOU
diBli dial.cta Afid he ta B01 Bf 8*811
.... i. evei Impatlent
I tha a in. itatratton of M ipai
i..,w .;,.: -. L ?- llllvaa walked into th
Mayoi noon Ha - I
on aaelng Ita Ma: r, bul Kennel refuaed
to admll hlm, ..- Bu llvaa araa drui k
?it,. k-.m .1. .ioi n. Ki bboI admontehed,
-and go away autetty "
,,, ,,,,,,, | oul an --plth.-t ar.d
alm'"! ,i i.low nt Keaaei, which a
ceeefully dodged. RNth a quick Biotloa
. . : | f llvan, i'iir.. .1
Mm around and puehed blm doam the
eorridor aad the Clty Hall -*? |
v.,1, did ,a.t return. Aa a prel '? ' a i
ha win alwaya ba an Icome
Lleutenanl Kennel rlta Bl hla deeb to*
Blde a ralllng and preeenU aulte an Im*
appearanea ta his offldal coatume:
ln fact be ls frequently taken f?r tha
Mayor by country callera, and h.- doei
not deny the .-..it Impeai hmenl unlea it
iary
Ona bour to Ihe anteroom arlth Kennel
wlll sive aai one a mir i.i. a of the a_y*i
woik.
a Borloua-taok ng man wltb aomari
halr ent.-rs.
??W, 11. sir, what cn we do for you.
asks Kennel, pleaaantly.
?T want ta see the Mayor oa b very
laBportant Brntter." lhe rtattoe n plli i
?J,l_t l.t me have j.' name. and l WlU
take it in to hlm." aaya lhe Ueutenant
The man BCllbMea sonnithlng OR 8 phWR
of paper. This is I daw. Ha has no
card.
It develops that the visltor ha? S
Bcbeme t,. brldga the Atiantlc Oeaan for
180,000.801 He doean't want any BBOnOT.
HO simplv asks for B lettOT Of Introduc
tkm IO I'fince Msinarck. When Kennel
Bnalty talla Wm Blamarcb la .iead, aii
the man says is. '1 know lt."
8oni< times the temi'tatioii to play one
eraab Bgalaal another is irreststllde when
fat.- aaenai to throw such a chance ln the
i attenuat.-d looklng cltlzen, who was haif
! way through the door before he waa ap
prebended. "Have you a card?"
"Unfortunataty i havan'l one with me.
but I know the Mayor will be ltiterestert
in my scheme to carpet the four bridges.
1 thlnk we shouid aim to beautlfy our
clty ln every way."
' Thaf:-i a flne idea. but you want to
have a long talk with hlm about that.
He'a very busy now and could spare you
only a mlnute, and you couldn't begln to
tell your plans ln that ehort time. Watt
until the rush Is over and come and epend
tha afternoon with hlm"
"111 do that. and in the meantime will
| you tell him that 1 was here?"
The BBflfll whispered a name ln Kennel'a
ear after tirst maklng sure that none of
th.- oth.-rs was within hearlng distance.
Then hfl marched away, smlllng like a
man who had just aaved bis country.
At leaat .-even tlmes in his career as
lieutenant to the Mayor Kennel has been
ealled upon to exercise his pollce power
for the protectlon of the head of the city
government.
One Instance occurred during the Strong
adminlstratlon. A crazed negro became
imbued with the idea that the Mayor had
rallroad tlckets belonging to hlm, and
that he would get them or kill the Mayor
Kennel overpowered and arrested the
negro.
Anothr-r time, whm Theodore Roosevelt
was Tollce Commissloner, a disappointei
ofBce seeker stationed himseif on the
"All right." aald K'.nn.-l, "I will carry
vou t,. thi afayi i " And ba led him to
the man who aad been Mayor of neariy
every largfl cltj la tha Unlted Btatea
"Mayor," bi said. "hara la a gentteaaaa
who waata to -? ?- roa fl" buebv - - '
"All right" reaponded New York'a new
offl'ciai. "i win eaa hlm. it la tha Brat
duty Of B Mayor to look after tlie people
i indlvidually."
|oon tha two wera ln an anlmated w ??
vi-rsatloii walklng arm-ln-arm down the
itepa of tha Cltj Hall, and that araa tba
laat that araa Been of them.
"Just fl mi.. te, there, plt-aat-:" aald
Kennel, reeehtn i ? " and IntercepUrtg an
I
IP AND DOWN CITTS SOOT-CLOGGED CHIMNEYS
(ontinurd from BBBBBbI PBgr.
practlcally lmpossible eflaflay. ?b??^?
the chimneys havlng small openlngi that
would make it ImposHble for chlldren to
fall into them.
But in the good clty of Englewood
V J . there live* a gentleman who stuck
haif way down the chimney "WJ???!
to impersonate Santa daus. Hla name
? wlthh-ld here for varlou. reaaona. ehlef
of wblch la that he la trying to live It
teern and also ls a Wall Street brokrr
tho e Santa rnag*et his judgmmt. On
7h.latma. Day some years ago he donned
ne proverblal whlte whiskere and red
J.I Santa and. craw.lng through
he akyllght ontfl hla roof. plunged boldly
,own the chimney. feet mst. Hia muffl.d
crie. for aaatftanflfl affltfl aoon heard be
n/-th but laborers and fjrcmen were nec
essafv before he was extricated. hla ap
easaiv oeio no JonB#,r
JnTSkaTTo^ Kvans's "Honey
Tne'of the most lntere.tlng chimney
exnerts in the city la Oorge Smlth. fl
aSTpana in m whose father and
( ?,.,,., chimney doctor wh >?
Kiandfatbe. WttA ^^ b.cb ,o 1M5.
the naUM af the tirm uatine
r;.?rge has cleaned many a chimney and
XaaZ&Jf-ZlTaSa.
12 ":,N,:i? JS? - *>"<?""?*?
"smitii ?*? ~w aaarn ?"?? ,h-1
had happenrd to hlm In the course ot
chimney cleaning. and. summonlrig one
of his sweeps, went to the roof of his
eetabll*hment to show thi reporfr Just
how the Job was arcompliahed. The
sweep a tall old ,-olored man, posed on
the chimney and low?red his corset
cleaning brush Into Its murky d?Ttna.
"Kllly." *ald Smlth, m the sweep took
hla position, "put your cap on at the
most raklsh angle. for the gentleman Ib
golng to take your photograph for the
paper."
Blllv stood Uke the Statue of Llberty.
Kven when the picture was taken he
contlnued to stand motionlcss.
?He wants to make sure that you've
got hlm rertalnly," said Smlth. "He
wouldn't take 11.000 for seelng that pict?
ure ln the paper and showlng lt to the
boys.
TROUBLES OF THE PROFESSION.
"It'a ..ot an 888. J8* ?_g_jg* to
work on chlmnevK." the authority went
on. "I clirnhed on top of one once. and
the brlcks were rotten and gave way.
nearly OOOttag me my "J-J?* Z
_ , --.? feet went down ln the
: rop ng broke m> IPei wr"''
i . threw mvself forward
chimney and I tnrew m _,?,.,,
iThat threw me out on the roof. which
was alnplng. and I slid Into the raln But?
ter. One or two brlck. had got there
ahead of me and they save me a foot
! hold lf they hadut I would certainl>
have pitched over. for lt was winter and
the roof w_a covered wlth ice and there
was nothlng to hold on to.
"But whe-8 8T*81 worae for the boy. la
the wav that Home people treat them. he
said. "I've known People to leave pocket
books In the room where my boys were
worklng to see If they're honest 0R00 1
was at work ln B house here and we
found h pOOketbOOh sw.pt ln wlth some
old rubbtoh tato tha grgta. Wa have a
rule riot to touch anythlng, and besides I
whb ausidciouB. 80 I told the boys to go
ahead and llght the flre. The way the
housekceper came riumlng Into the room
was Bomethtng to see. She went straight
to the grate and pulled out the pocket
book. Yes, slr, I do certalnly asree wlth
you-that nai a uselesa trlck to play on
a hard worklng chimney boy who'a not
got much money.
MISTAKEN FOR BURGLARS.
"Several tlmes my boys have been
atopped early ln the morning. when
thev've been chimney cleaning at nlght.
by cops who mlstook then. for butglara.
They've had to open their bundlcs and
ahow the toola. In hotels and big restau
ranta the only tlme the boys can work ia
at mldnlght or ln early morning, when
the flrea ln the kitchen can be put out.
And lt certalnly ls dlrty work. for the
boys have to crawl Into these big tinder
Kround flues and clean them out by hand
rieanlng the regular chimney ls tn Itself
a aimple matter. The flue Is stopp.d be
neatb. the brush is lowered by ropea and
welghts and the Boot Ib then tak*.. out at
'the bottom. When a. wood tire ha. been
burned we have 88 burn out the chimney
before acraplng it. and lt BOBBBtimeo tHkes
aeveral hours. There s nothlng hard
about that. thoiiBh. But when you work
undeiground in one of the big hotel flues
its g dlfferent matter.
"In the underground chimney the sweep
has to crawl in back of the l.oller and
work along wlth the draft. Otherwlse
he would be bllnded Goggles are worn
and sometlmes a vell over the mouth.
Worklng buck of the boller is intensely
hot, and often the sweep is wrlnging wct
wlth sweat or persplratlon. It'a llne for
a cold. Better than a Turkish bath. And
lt'a a funny thing, but the men that do
thla underground work have aplendld
eheet development.
COLORED BY NATURE, NOT 800T.
"Yea, sir, ln the old days all the chim?
ney aweepB ln this clty were colored men
They started out as apprentlces and got
Into the business for themselves. After
the daye when boys were lowered Into
chlmneys the flues were awept out by
brushes at the end of long wooden rods
wlth sockcts that screwed into each other.
That was a clumsy way, and lt surely
must have taken a powerful man to han
dle slxty feet of pole from th_ top of a
chimney. Then came the rope method
that ls now being used. It's very good
"I.ots of people clean chlmneys, but
there are only a few of us real chimney
experts. Stove men clean them and so do
plunibers and furnace m.-n. But when
there's any real trouble we come ln for
tlie business. That's the tlme when the
folks call for us."
Chimney sweeplng as a known profes
aion dates back ln New York Clty as far
as 17M. at least a fact which ls proved by
the advertlsement of one Rob An.l.ews
in "The New York Oazette or Wr.kly
Post Boy" for Ma> 1* of that year. The
advertlsement say?:
Robert Andrt-ws, Air-Jack maker from
Kngland. Ilvtad "? the HlU <'om'nonly j
called I'ot Bakers Hill, next DOOT to Mr. ;
i John Roorbach s, Makes and mends all ,
eorts of Ja.ks. Also hangs BaUs to OoB*
l tlemens Houaee: and all sorta of Whlte
Smlth's Work after the best manner. The
Air-Jacks gra ot great service to Chtm
neyB that dOOt draw the smoke well sev?
eral have been already prov'd ln the City.
"Any Gentlemen or Ladles that will be
pleased to favor him with their Custom
may depend upon being falthfully Bervd
by their Humble Servant,
11..B ANDREW'S."
FORMER HORRORS.
Whlle chimney sweeps exlet to-day
and are an orlginal factor ln ruetropol
itan housecloanlng, their llfe ls free
from the hardship and brutality that j
formerly fell to the lot of the "cltmblngj
boys. ' An artlcle ln "The Edinburgh i
Re'uew" for O.tober. 1S19. gives 8, |
graphlc descrlption of the horrors that j
meb ehlldrea Rere subjected to. Boys j
gf Bva 01 six years were eompelled to
.sweep OUl chimnevH and were often,_ent,
up burnlng 1'ues to extlnguish the blaze. j
The prlce of aending boys up burning |
Baaa was Bva ahllHnga. Many of them i
weie burned; all were rendered useless j
for anv other employment. Their beds j
were aftea lha soot that they had Bwept |
durlng the day. They were blcur eyed
fram an eye dMease thit was peculiar to
chimney eweepera. Bul the purpose of
thts artlcle is not to ivview old hoitors,
rathcr to <iui>ker. the inspirdtion of dil
atory buueekeepera and to slng a sooty
lyric uprm chimneys. For no fetlings of
humanlty can now excuse a dlrty flue.
The corset brush w.iks admlrally.
LlEUTtkART
KlMLaW
t\\f $<ss&
steps of the Clty Hall, seemingly for the
purpoea of killing the Mayor. Kooievelt
was Inforni'd of it. He hurried to Ken?
nel. who, as usual, was on guard ln the
outer ofllce. and told him to arreflt the
man.
ROOSEVELT SUBSTITUTE8.
"1 can t leave this post unless rellevel
bg soini-body." Kennel said to the future
Proetdenl of tbe rnit.-d Btatea "if you'U
takt- my plaflfl h?-re for ten minutes 1*11
makO the arrest." Roosevelt mounted
guard ner- tbe Mayor'a ofllce?his flrst
an.i only BOrvt. fl flf thfl BOft
"Mondays, Wedneadaya and Fridaya are
my lnisl...st daya," BaM Kennel. "I sup
poso the crank* rest up on Sundaya. be?
cause they seem to have their grlevances.
by heart flrst thing Monday morning.
Wbea they call brlght and early to pour
them out to the Mayor. Tuesday ls en
off day, but Wednesday and Frlday we
alwaya have a proceaelon of wlld-eyed
folks in here.
"Ono of my steady men vlaltora la en
Invetitor. His latest scheme ls to ralse
the Clty Hall on atllts, so that the newe
boya and bir.ls can bave aome ihelter ln
hot weather. I gravely accept hla elabo
rate drawlngs and g'-ve hlm a recetpt
markt-d 'O K.'
"We often have people come ln here
with checka, whlch they want the Mayor
to Indorse. I remember one who drlfted
ln tome montha ago with fl bunch of
checks amountlng ln all to $2$.000. They
read something like this:
" 'Small Fatchange Bank. I and Q pay
to the order of Terrence Casey |16,000 lf
we choose.'
"Another, 'Mahogany Bank. Pay to the
order of Terrence Casey 15,000 loose."
"Then we have a whole flock of men
who coollv domand the Jobs of the proml
nent offlcials. Noi long ago I waa ep
j.roached by a Oerm.in music teaeher.
who wanted to cultlvate the Mayor'a
rotOO. He said: Tll make another TrllDy
of hlm.' "
Asked it a change of admlnlstration
mp.de any dlfference to him, Lleutenant
Kennel aald:
' Why, no, except that there ia alwaya a
larger cro-p of cranks to be looked out for
unt'l things settle down. I have offlciated
at haif a doaen lnaugurations and know
exactly how to act. I stand beslde the
new Mayor and watch keenly the out
stretched hand, not the face, of each per?
son who pahaea ln line to salute hlm."
Perhaps. ii the cranks give him the
lelBure. Kennel will some day write a
book on "Strikea and Touching Talae."