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There are little jobs and then again there are some pretty big ones and one that definitely fits this latter category

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But is rarely if ever given a thought by most of us is how when and where the thousands of pieces of rolling stock

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That pass over our railroad network ever get a bath

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Well a few years ago. It was a chore that demanded a tremendous crew today. However, it's a streamline as the streamliner itself

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Located in major railroad yards across the country are short stretches of track that without a doubt

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Handle more traffic than any of the others the roots of the dirty Pullman

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Here 24 hours a day cars are run through a machine

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Consisting of two sets of cleaners and two sets of brushes that in no time at all have any car looking like new

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Yes, and the entire operation is controlled by a single man from the closing of the brushes on the train

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Right down to the final rinse pretty soft one man. Did we say okay? We'll make it too

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Somebody has to give them that final loving touch

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But you'll have to admit it's still a pretty modern type of a laundry tub

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The way of life for the elephant has changed radically from the leisurely days spent in the jungle today

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He must work for a living

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But then it does have certain

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Compensations or never in error at jungle career that he find some kind and considerate animal friend

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Who would lend a helping hand to the good old bathing ritual?

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here in the civilized world it's a different story and

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Cleopatra with her milk baths and her many attendants had nothing on this pachyderm

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For every single morning error at is soaked and scrubbed from head to foot

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Lifting his feet to make sure that not one square inch of his 4800 pounds is missed

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But error at isn't the only one that received such kind attention

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Cleo the hippopotamus gets her morning scrubbing too and loves every minute of it

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Well, she should for in her nearly 20 years of civilized life. She's had approximately

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7300 soaking

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But bathing Cleo is no simple matter

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But it's a lot of surface to cover and a squirt here and a squirt there won't quite do the trick

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Taking care of her each morning in this manner demands tough bristle scrub brushes

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Pounds of powdered soap and a good bit of that well-known elbow grease

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However, she does offer a happy solution as to where to put the bucket

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Yes Cleo for one is firmly convinced that civilization is the thing

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There are many unsung heroes among the towering buildings of our numerous metropolitan centers

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People whose job it is to make the living and working of others just as pleasant as possible. Take this man for instance

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There's nothing unusual about his disappearing into this tall man-made structure

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But the work he does ah, that's a different story

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For his profession carries him high over the heads of most of us well up the sides of our mightiest buildings

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Where with little thought to himself he goes about his daily chore of letting the sunshine

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Into the otherwise dreary interiors of many an office

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To him it's just routine

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Shuffling along a windowsill hundreds of feet above the city streets to the faint of heart

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Certainly not a job to be recommended

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Inside looking out it seems like nothing at all

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However, there are angles that the common housefly might find just a wee bit disturbing

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But to the experienced window washer armed with pale brush and squeegee

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Hanging from a safety belt eight hours a day is just another job

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Including the precarious swing from one window to the next

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to the casual sidewalk observer

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well, we know how it affects us and

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Anyway, it's much safer inside looking out

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Yes, a hazardous task it is a man-sized task that requires a great deal of courage on the part of the men that undertake its accomplishment

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but it's a job that must be done to keep the building inmates happy and contented and

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What reward is there for these men that daily risk their very lives?

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Well, there's always the assurance that their work is never done

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At least as interesting as a hobby and a good deal more practical looking than most of them is this

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Mechanical fly that came to public attention two months ago

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Designed to travel to the scene of a fire and then fasten on to and climb up the permanent gear track

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That would bolt onto the outside of the building if passed effective demonstrations

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With the rotary gear fastened to the stationary one on the left side of the building

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The two-cylinder gasoline engine went into action and the elevator like mechanism started up carrying inventor

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Willis J Burnett on its maiden voyage

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Eight persons can easily be carried on the platforms that pulled up when the fly is running along the ground

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the 62 year old inventor worked on the mechanical fly for eight months and

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Hopes it will be used to assist in fighting fires throughout the country

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The fire department has not yet committed itself

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Boys in the LaSalle hotels crown room came up with something a little different in the way of dance floor pastimes a few weeks ago

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Dancing under the bar they call it and that pretty well explains the game for the first few minutes

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Then things begin to loosen up a little bit

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The five or six couples who have been talked into trying their luck and size

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Stoop a little lower as the crossbar comes down another peg

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You don't want to play all right sit and watch them. It's almost as much fun and by now you can begin to place your bets

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Naturally, you don't want to see anybody get dirty, but you know that mop is going to have a little help before it's all over

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These contestants obviously have what it takes

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They intend to get just as low down as they have to to win that bottle of champagne in that orchid

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And don't think it isn't going to be a battle

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Now we're really getting into it the rule book says they have to hold hands all the time

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They're going through and sometimes that makes the operation a little bit complicated. Oh

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Yes, they have to do it first on the stomach and then flat on the back

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It's a nasty place to be when your girlfriend mutters something like

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Who's been putting on a little weight in the wrong places honey or make some remark about fat being a curse to more than the poor

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female and

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When the battle reaches the point where you have absolutely no privacy left and you hear a disgusted

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That didn't come from those exercises you brag about you're sorry you ever got into the thing

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Obviously, you're never going to hear the end of it

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You help it if you just happen to mention once that you had a small waist

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Go ahead break the arm off honey anything to win

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You couldn't get Joe there down on the floor for a million dollars

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But there are other people who'd rather win a stunt of this sort than have that million well almost

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Boy, what a thrill when that last doubtful bump slips under the bar and you and the gal friend move up to the winners table

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Free bottle of champagne and a beautiful orchid for her and best of all the satisfaction of proving you could get lower than any of them