Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-18
EVENING CHAT

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Fully 100 persons are going up and
down the State of Pennsylvania |
In factories and schools. This is not
any sporadic movement of safety |
first people, but is a we'll defined |
state policy which is being urged |
upon employers, officials, employees |
and the public generally. The fire drill |
is being pointed to as the means of |
safety in time of trouble and the num-
berless illustrations of havoc wrought |
because of lack of organization and |
the numerous cases wherein system /
has saved life and limb are being !
used to buttress the arguments of the |
people who are urging attention to |
preparation for emergencies. This |
work is being done by everyone con-
nected with the Pennsylvania Depart |
ment of Labor and Industry and 1t is |
such an important part of the organi- |
zation of that department that a bull |
leun on the subject has been gotten |
out in which not only deals with ways |
and means to organize fire drill, but |
with ways to make it work and also |
how to have private fire fighting sys- |
tenn to back it up. For instance it is
shown that every factory or school |
should have floor captain for each |
roo mand then aisle or squad leaders. |
There has been a lot of time and |
thought been put upon the campaign |
for fire drills and the hints on the sub |
Ject are well worth noting. Here are
some:
Don't treat the fire drill as a
joke
DO not wait to get your hat and
coat"
"Obey commands"
Girard. whose daily articles in the
n a HnIn 10 /
sands of people, has this to say about |
some people well known to many resi-
dents of this city: Il suppose more
people know Victor P. Weirman. who
has won distinction as a railroader, |
than knew his celebrated uncle, Victor |
floIlet' However, generation ago, |
every farmer in this State and thou |
sands outside of it, knew about this |
greatest of all Pennsylvania grangers |
He was real power in politics and a |
decidedly bitter foe of Simon Cameron.
asked his nephew, Mr.. Weirman,
What had started that animosity My |
uncle was recommended for colonel |
of a regiment in the Mexican War"
he replied, but Cameron opposed il |
SO stoutly that the appointment was
Withdrawn. don't think they had
spoken to each other for 35 years, or |
until shortly before Mr.. Piollet's death. |
He was then in Harrisburg and I or |
some one else suggested that he drive |
down to old Senator Cameron's S house"
The veteran granger objected vigor-
ously at first, but finally yielded. Both |
ne and Cameron were very old men |
and Cameron kept his political antag- |
onist for two hours, talking over past |
events"
It's astonishing the number Of sug-
gestions for cooling off by means of |
beverage man can get If he asks !
the hrst ten people he meets in a |
block what they think. Yesterday aft |
ernoon ten people casually met in |
Ihlrd street between Walnut and Mar |
ket We're asked what they would rec
ommend for cooling off. Two sug-
geSted beer. one a highball, another |
root beer one buttermilk, one a |
lemonade, one ice water, one orange |
one gin fizz and the last |
plain corbonated water Four offered |
to buy and one said that he ought to |
be bought drink for giving his idea
IL does not take very long to get |
people dancing these days. Even on |
the hottest evenings people give them |
selves enjoyment in that line either
. ncool porches or dancing pavilions |
BUT probably the oldest place to dance |
is on the Mulberry street bridge. The
othef evening an organ grinder was
coming along with his machine when
a party of young folks went by. The
electric lights had just been turned |
on when one youth spied the organ
grinder. He gave him a quarter ana
the music of Dixie" struck nm Tbe
whole party had stopped and the yoIItb
VINO had paid the quarter seized a |
glrl and began to dance. The others
Followed and they had five minutes of
run even If they did hold up traffic
on the bridge.
This is the time of year to chop
down the weeds If YOU do not want 70
be bothered with them next wear" ra-
marked farmer of years and wears of
experience yesterday. This is the
time when most of the weeds. thistle
nurdock, chicory and the like are In
bloom and If they are chopned down
before they head or flower there viii
he just that number of seeds prevented
from getting abroad to bother evary
one Every man who sees weed and
loves good grass should cut the weed
ii this was done when the dandelions
come up there would be fewer lawns
spotted" -" ii9
The hottest days apparently do rot
deter people from going up into tbe
helghts of the Capitol dome. Yester
DAY there were half a dozen Young
men on the balcony high up over the
city at the warmest period of the aft
ernoon. They said that the view vel,
repaid the climb and that 1t was NOT so
bad after all because there was plenty
of breeze. P'''''
rms is about the time of the year
When the average driver of a horse /
ought to think about the animal that L
neIps MIN earn his bread. Although
u, the weather has been extremely hot
there are scarcely any horses TO he
seen wearing hats. Some of the ami
mails look as though they would wilt |.
and yet their heads are unprotected |,
one misses the watchfulness of the
late Maurice c. Eby these days. About
the middle of July he would get L
around and suggest to the newspaper
men that they write something advis-
ing carriers and drivers 70 N,,+ .,,-L