The evening world. Newspaper, August 3, 1908, Page 3

Heroic You / x | 4 _. Risks Her Life 400 Feet Up in Air to Gratify, an Impulse, and Tells with Graphic Force, ', the Impressions Gathered While Swaying * on the Temporary Manhattan Span. Death-Defying Workmen Crack Jokes on | Their Perilous Perches as She Passes Them with Her Guide—She is the First Woman | | . ; ‘ "vy Mazle BE, Clemens, OT being the sort of young woman who hankers after abnormal sensations, I'm wondering yet just why nly determined to be the first ndden woman to eross the new Manhattan Bridge. But having come to such a conclusion | was equally determined 0 see the vame through is soon as possible, I's over now, and [im glad tis. Tam perfectly wil my next trip after ished increase ne to Make the bridge ts fla One snch experience adnilration 8 enough for ev te, to a YOSS PIAZIE CLEMENS Brooklyn ferry boat. I'm convinced (hat i am not nacural mau pider, nor will | ever wish to be since \4 that midair jaunt yesterday, when the East River seemed very, very H\| ‘9 far below me and the sky not a very great distance away } T owed my privilege to the courtesy of the Glyndon Contracting Com: Many, and I caused som yrise when I asked for a pass at No. 27 Adams @treet, Brooklyn. [ was informed that my request was the first of the sort 4 made by a woman and 1 was complimented upon being such a pioneer They have told me since that they really did not think I would cover the entire distance When the pass and a legal document called a release were handed to me by Mr. Sherk I confess that the wording of the latter document in its refer- ence to dangers, seen und unseen, gave me just a bit of a scare. The release ter upon e under- “YEW YORK or their represen- any and ‘all Mability tor y aud every ca erstood that the presence of the \undersigned on and about the work, or his or her entrance upon or pasaage over the anchorages, temporary footbridges and tower platforms, Is attended with more or less danger, the riske ef which the andersigned hereby assume as their own MA E. CLEMENS, RICHARD TAYLOR, Accompanied by Taylor, one of The Byening World's staff photographers who has ventured into many risky places, and George Henderson, a bridge employee, who acted as guide, and after some good-natured bantering by |... weveral workmen at the base of the Brooklyn tower, I started the ascent of those apparently interminable stalre—800 of them—and each step so far ng Woman Makes the Perilous. Across the Rickety Footway of the Big New Bridge. 49° FE eyes, ny knees wabbled and I pictured myself falling It ig hardly necessury to say that had I done so t THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1908, _ Passage ET ABOVE RIVER ON TOP OF BROOKLYN Towe MISS CLEMENS ON PATH OF NEw MANHOTTAN BRIOGE: e piinter, For an instant something black eeemed to flash before my | story wowld never AYbany and thence down the Hudson. above me othér cee Ty please ane ae was aed hea \have been written | % Ea esa Aaa EU Tie ATARI A fn my bs and ankle PDL analn Leruen oer) cee Sl UA Nn Nelpiig merrecoverimy aqill DRGMeARaH While TiwaRneaaplie like ' vere eats Vienugeat) ates ue b t rived, eat aurprise to hi farm day. ey ie fish out of water my guide sald: “If you keep to the middle, miss, you F leotiae Meh nad fet Reed hin. Impressed by the Task. | Won't be 60 apt to feel sick.” i She was accompanied by her youngert 8 I approached the bridge anchorage | was much impressed with the | T tried to tell him gayly that I was all right, but for five minutes reine eine eri es bigness of the task before me. Dangerous as was the andertaking, I j afterward I was thinking how delightful would be a whiff from my smell lighted, however, at the prospect of ing salts, whith I had foolisht (lento br = immed'ately setting out on another could not but admire the handiwork of man in the majestic towers |!!s ‘alts, whieh I had foolishly forgotten to bring alouy thousand-mile run. of this stupendous structure, which 1s to further cement the river-parted | The journey over the footpath was completed in just (weniy minutes, Mrs, James Starts With Son, | oo sections of the greatest of world olties. When one considers the many mil-| Walking steadily all the while. Our time from the ascent of the stalrs tn PRPFOTRT Te Be Oe OE ons waiting to avail themselves of every additional convenience for reach: | Brook! dng business centres from thelr homes some small conception at least may the had of the value of the Manhattan Bridge and the other spans that are contemplated across the Fast and North Rivers, When I reaahed the beginning of the footpath the force of the wind compelled me to remove my hat, and I, belng of slight build, had a fear tthat the breeze, if it freshened, might waft me along with it. From anchorage to anchorage I climbed a seven-foot walk until I ap- jing to seemed to me as if | resolve that before I cross a) Wot q an of N ' yn to the finish on the New York side was Who Came From St. but tt te a mental SMOKELESS TAXACABS ad spent years on the journey Louis in Auto. » and Ton the bridge will be completed, wh ing Company, will be Lee the Glyndon Contra about two and BES POT LOE CU. James, a manufacturing chem Seas - < ; e st of St. Louls, motored to the ‘Trans- only are allowed in the Parks, Do - ASCENDING THE 9OT CATCHES IN utantic Line pier to-dus pine] eset ole abe oe idel ia INCLIN FLOORING slon of @ run from st to meut : GREEN TAXACAB. FLOPIG Wi: proached the ascent to the highest point on top of the first tower. There ia be is mother ei the Mt oe was no handrail except where the cable ran along the posts here and there ! f Ch ; ie Or a Ai i a anoelthy won He yn a thousand-m! Best service and lowest rates, =not even a board on either side, It looked almost Impossible to me. 1! | wv | ( fh j F RNR eE REBEL ORE a Bouin N gazed and trembled at the prospect, but I started on the journey. It was a If ] (iAP UR ) | [| || { il | iL | { ts eitive machine on Jul ‘Digger effort than | figured upon, but I stuck to It. At last, panting but tri- | i i u U . ti be tae we rit Ms umphant, I stood 490 feet above water and gazed upon the magnificent pano- AT 4 p r roads were In frightful cor : rama of New York spread far below me. |’ i] { \ L is After a few days’ st Connc.ing all Cab Stands, Tt was at this point that the workmen paid more attention to me, and) h | 1 / Clty he ran’ on to this: ¢ eM several gave me souvenins consisting of a plece of the first cable laid, nails | ul M ‘ AR | ry ¢ He aes eae ae f 5 used to fasten the posts, &o, Then, after a brief but welcome rest, the jour- coo a Se i? | i) to be Isolated from the other ; nward route from Buffalo to ‘ @ey down the other side of the tower was begun. Ra i \ : 7 ' t i anshek Awakens io| Mrs. Rassne 1610) afjas - - — — The descent was more trying than the ascent, and I preferred walking Mrs, Selmanshek Awakens to Mrs, Rassner, Arrested, Defi eet Says Wife Left Him , Above the water rather than above the streets. | Hear Him Climbing =| Husband, hut Breaks Dowa i Brewer told dative tioft cht he knew | (VONDERED (Wy ite T have been rocked in an ordinary cradle and in the cradle of the deep ' ' Pee wwyer for Deserted Mrs. rongon ae PONG he SSeS eS Re nares and enjoyed both sensations, but {t was a new and creepy feeling to stand Through Window. When Chikt Is Taken. F Mea onl fialahey a6 er on the gently swaying, creaking structure at euch an altitude and peer down a Sree Brewer Attacks Defendant Posie ae ey, Ai : en a between the great cracks of the footboards on the rickety path to the river | when Mrs, Selmanshek put her five “Wo tong as dear Scheinerman tives | Bitterly Peta IS ue + and eventually discover that the drng MOTE WE anu WWlGul” WGK “ot below, where the big river boats were passing to and fro, looking Uke smal) |chtldren to bed in thelr room tn the | shall not return to my husband,” i reeny followed Brewer's Indlct-|—caffelne—in coffee 19 the malt Daudi Vigiciics ad deneley tugs as they swept majestically along. big double-decker tenement, No, 1M sald Mrs. David Rasener to-day, and 7 aoe P ay MPa nex trantInenprintal Cater of une ee Laan Tonatet cates No employers’ reiei ences required. Following the Instructions of the contractors I wore rubbers and low | Henry street, last night she remarked she swept by her pleading husband, | Wher J. Brewer. who de f Fatt Mes ENE 8 yore 0 a a ue alate oey acne pees Lorie Renny AecUB a mores pecurel a Wut musta li felt (eLriheldisty, 1) Wmataane avon aa tane) ov ety Prenat Pennine CRBENERT Court lal nee ae apa much’ fesh and often wondered why I 37 Naicen I clung to the arm of my sturdy gufde, who chatted cheerfully, as he after- | '° Hse bulla out i wae the fret) oe aay al BAU TOR HORI ANe: | Soe t No 18 Liberty stre was always so-pale, thin and weak. s ud " ishek hi yeen aw y < 5 ‘6 F CRM Te i salth | ward admitted, to cheer me up, He explained the different wires, where eee ree Oe fig “ navlie ve fessed love appeared before Justice Goff in 3) About Aye year ago ay ae | P is morning, >) e Cour ! " comp! yroke down anc was the cables will be placed, the nature of this guy rope and that suspender, | to go out of town on business, s) the Mee The ices fave conh to my bed. My stomach and I really felt that I was learning a great deal about the construction of | !0cKed all the doors and windows and street | from was in stich condition that I could great big bridges, Gate ie Pub aa Fae Moses | nounce hardly take sufflctent nourlshmen ; ei LUM le ae einerman and So start ning arraign to sustain lfe Tedd E at Workmen Have Their Fun. Sree cene cee On witht j W. Gavi “During this time T was drinking The edéy bears REQUENTLY throughout the trip I was greeted by workmen, who| “tr js the cat,” said Mrs. Selmanshek, Thoy had e 1 Hasila, renently e A oe Pisa Ly : goles didn’t think T could do with- | Amass a Fortuna seemed utterly indifferent to the deadly risks they were assuming to|“but don’t let it in, If you open the and dassner to. F iz in this in Bayonne on laieneacernlipetmenmartontherton: pS th} earn a living. They are types of heroes in humble life that make such | Window maybe a burglar will come country on the ka Saturday, Hea, ain RITEISHELENR RRS Res GTRAE UPN EN } | great undertakings possible. We cracked jokes with Walter Patterson,| >"° a Lied dads Rae et ; oy ee aa Maria < Irt until af [ e {t up and try 8 red on oy ne ery fr An tlm 4 t al Jim Hayes and the Assistant Foreman Dominick Coyle, a big, playful Irish- | ine Sale: ASIST CALE ERECT RC ne, ern ne: 10s Me es 4 time o the taste of | man, who tried to scare me but didn’t, and, finally, with Tim O'Donnell, |scared to move. She lay there catching ad Sy aa y y bi sues zl | Ag nay e rig the watchman on the New York side, who watched my progress with in-|‘Y°'Y Sound of @ man climbing In\o ine her to &l Bans ook et Saletan ’ ay cash p> terest throughout, and congratulated me on my success, | ad in her face that se was able to " Di i eres In one week [ t n to feel be _ One great giant with a County Kerry accent cried out: “It we'd known |* a_mask 4 f it Wan Floating In North live ie Met aie ( you were comin’ we'd have laid a carpet for you, lady Another yelled " a4 ; a RATA Catan hens fakuente an WITHiaTt “It's a long ways down to the East River, aln't it?” Another shouted: ) to : M ri Nenteny a and felt like a you're the first girl that's been up in the air to call on us at home, all right! \ aha clung on, } ee ta dws, wh tis + a y if t phir ae 4, wns vat feat ache spells entirely ‘ And my gulde, fearing [ might be offended, sald consolingly: “Don’t| they saved and struRsied all over ‘ne i Y h Fitz. tne in t Re jarrison| "My health continued t 4 mind them, miss, ‘They're always cuttin’ up an’ foolin’ on jobs like this.” |to et out of tae door, which was cl from s n we et y Smith, of} and lay 1 an we ee { Arriving at the end of the walk I had to descend 300 steps, Ag I pro- |!°ch ‘er tenants came and broke tn the 1 to-m er, who ts ; : ; pe bala ee sith 6 at eilltegly ng aall ceeded downward I felt an “all In” sort of effect just as If T had been in a door, and Pol veman Huciy Wate. Jails “ae explained 8 sears : STANT iE ; he screams from the As ) ; r : ‘al bridge crush when the service breaks down during rush hours on a wet | pushed up andl Mane ine ; ‘ i re 5 Ny ple r Y Reason ; ren : ' : , day. I realized then that the hand rail existed only in spots, and when-|>!* ei Ah sive it Lede aL) ‘ Ae : a ae Ro MN aa OTE ay a te A fort ~ ‘ tral Was tak « “ i time. T x ex ead “The Road tc ever I came to one of the gaps I sald a few hurried paters and aves, [jand the peinoner: policemin’s the frst ‘ n ¢ +E 1 height, weighed " ul We wee ee Nearly every week The Worid I must confess to one genuine fright during the trip. While attempting | tion. : na cae ad Beanie wept Hid. te i i PIDELS SSNs Fenty CORI x ENS re eore sver read the above letter? 4|prints more “Business Opportunity” ry better view of a steamer I had ventured quite close to the edge ott eg man,enve is, na ‘Tle says he te| elder. br rh te A § tie . rt te LAL had cecaarana oct UA a be Reh bd ves at No, 160 ‘ lation between taxsner and | enses Of (On 1 yank 4 1 were J morning newspapers com = ‘Aa b cerned to resume my. welhimy rebar’ best: sanght en's all |e Pr, in, ‘Yroowtyn. ” ROP Uaiag verwaen. dirs. 3th "4 UF peing the bullder of tho Groat Lahore taitoved two hands and a heart. J t