Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-30
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DR.. John Price jackson. State Com
missioner of Labor and Industry, who
mas Just returned from Germany,
| Where he spent several weeks saws
that what impressed him in his line
was the manner in which the Ger
mans guard against accidents in their
lndustrial establishments and the way
the women jump on and off street
cars. The commissioner is an advo-
cate OF safety first. but says the Ger
man women have no fear of a street
car and jump on and off cars while
| tney are moving at a fair rate of
| speed. saw women jump on and
on when the cars were going at rate
that would make some men think
twice in this country" said he THE
cars nave no doors and the women
get on and off Just like men. They
always use the right hand. too, and
did not see anyone hurt" Dr. Jack
son planned to make an extensive
study or German industrial safety
nut the war caught him in Dresden
ana interfered with his observations
He was in Berlin for three weeks and
was impressed with the preparedness
or the German mobilization. calling
out OF men, requisitioning of horses
ana vehicles and the smoothness with
which everything moved. In speaking
aoout the war DR.. Jackson said that
| II was not wanted by the industrial
classes, but by the military caste.
Ihats what comes of having a large
| number of men trained in warfare
trained to military work. They get
obsessed with 1t and think that be-
| cause they can defeat another nation
they are superior. Too much military
training is bad thing" said he. "I
| thlnk that the English now realize
| that they have a tremendous task be-
iore them. 1 was there when par
lament began to ask for half a mill
non men and the gravity of the sit
uatlon caused a big change in senti-
ment making the people see what
| war meant"
For brief moment or two the
| other morning Recorder O. G. Wick
ersham figured that he was Just SIS
| ahead OF the game-and he couldn't
| understand it at all. In the first
| place 1t seemed too good to be true;
| secondly, he wasn't wearing a last
years suit or top coat (anyway he
! doesn't believe in allowing a SIS bill
70 lie around loose in old clothes);
nnally he couldn't recollect what bill
| OF that exact amount he owed, Here's
tne story: In his mail he got one of
| his self-addressed envelopes of the
KIND that is always issued to those
VINO take out marriage certificates In
IT was filled-out return blank of the
marriage certificate that had been
Issued day or two before-a five
dollar bill. The telephone helped
solve the puzzle, however Mr.. Wick
ersham called the officiating minister
and he learned the answer, alasl that
ne WASH in IS after all. The bashful
groom at the ceremony in question
got really fused when the time ar
rived to hand the minister the fee and
ne unthinkingly slipped it into the en-
Nelope that had been given him at the
marriage license bureau. And the
minister absently pasted up the flap
and mailed return blank and the five.
Automobile tourists who pass through
the city after coming over the noun
tains or along the Sputh Mountain
ana Harrisburgers who have been out
Tor rides bring the news that the
chestnut trees are laden with nuts and
that an immense crop can be looked
Tor. In some sections the burrs have
commenced to open, but it will take
good. hard frost before the bulk of
them are ready. Some of the specially
cultivated nuts are reported as hav-
ing reached large size.
Capitol Park benches have again
become the gathering ground for
nurses and their little charges. the
autumn temperature having brought
many harrisburg families home from
the seashore and mountains Be-
tween 10 and 2 o'clock the park is a
popular place and the Youngsters have
flne times chasing each other and the
squirrels over the grass. The Mexican
monument, which was the faVorite
place years ago when it stood near
the library site, is once more the
center of attraction
"Onkle Heinrich" Houck, the vet
eran Secretary of Internal Affairs. Is
having lot of fun with DR.. Brun1-
baugh on the stump this year. For
years DR.. Houck has prided himself
upon his former pupils. insisting that
they were in every county, and occa-
sionally having joke by picking out
man older than himself and telling
now he used to teach him to spell.
However. DR. Brumbaugh has been
around the state some and he knows
the former pupils of DR.. Houck pretty
well. One day they ran across a man
who was somewhat of a wit in his
own line and both jocularly claimed
him as former pupil The man
smiled and said: You're both wrong
went to school to Frank McClain."
Schools are commencing to take
trips to enjoy the glories of autumn
on the First Mountain and Saturday
excursions into the woods will soon be
In order again. AS matter of fact.
there were more trips taken to the
mountains by city schools last spring
than known for long time before
the days of trolley cars and a1lto-
mobiles. Now the trips have recon-
menced and every week end there are
people plotting crowds of little people
up to see the changing leaves and the
way nature prepares for winter
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE