Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-11-24
CALENDAR FLASHES
DANCER Warming
P. R. R. Adopts Novel
Method of Keeping Child
rem Off Railroad
CUTTING DOWN THE
FATALITY LIST

As part Of camnaign TO teach
children the dangers Of taking short
cuts" over railroads. playing on the
tracks or using railroad rights Of
way. bridges and trestles as highways,
the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad System has
issued an illustrated calendar espe-
cially designed to appeal to young
neoDle The calendar is intended par
ticularly for use in school rooms and
will be supplied for that purpose
throughout the cities. towns and
country districts served by the Penn
svlvania lines both east and west OF
Pittsburgh
A picture az the top Of the calendar
shows a typical crowd Of children.
just out OF school, hurrying across
the tracks near the school yard They
are taking the dangerous short cut.
despite warning signs. They could
walk 10 nearby bridge which
would mean safety but that
would require a few more steps. One
boy Is seen stumbling on the track in
front of an approaching train. An
other is indulging i'm the dangerous
sport of balancing on the rails Be
meath the picture is this legend
Every year moro than 5000 Ameri-
can boys girls and grown folks who
take such risks as these throw their
lives away DON'T YOU BE ONE OF
THEM"
ON tfc first sheet of tine calcrdar is
printed This explanation of the purpose
for which 10 IS issued.
"Ihc Pennsylvania Railroad system Is
doing AN ip its power 90 reduce the loss
of life which results from trcspassing on
railroad tracks; vet on its lines. alone.
tharc is man. woman or child killed.
while trespa-sine. for nearly every day
of tho year
"Ou the railroads of the United
States. as q whole. an average Of 10
people are killed eacn day while walk
ing on the tracks. where they have no
right TO walk This has been called
the most needless waste of life i'm
America. About am equal number of
people arc manned daily from the
same cause. many of them perma'
nenuy.
"A large proportion of the killed and
injured are children. The country
cannot afford loss of this sort %
The calendar starts with November,
10 cover the remaining weeks Of 1916,
and is complete for the year 1917. An
extra sheet inserted before the OPEN
ing OF the New Year urges these reso-
buttons:
"I viii do my part to end the dark
record of railroad trespassiug in this
country.
of will avoid the danger Of using
railroad tracks for highways and
short cuts.
OF will STOP. LOOK AND LISTEN
at railroad crossings.
"a win cnGcavor geo persuade others
from recklesslv inviting danger" Every
month of The calendar tells a. brief les
son of tho dangers and extent of tres
uas-ing ON railroads. and OF the efforts
of the company to end it. One shows
that in o. single year 1897 people were
sent to Jail and PISS were fined for
trespassing on the Pennsylvania Rail
road
-Four important warnings are:
Don't steal rides and don't Jump on
and OIL trains while they are moving.
Thousands of boys. and older people.
TOO. have beou killed and manned that
way"
Never 20 under or around the
safety gates az railroad crossing
when they are down. There lis no way
20 save people who won't take warn
ings.
"A short cut across the tracks may
save YOU a hundred steDs-and cost
YOU a leg or an arm or YOUR life.
Don't take this chance
Don't use railroad bridges and
tresCles for short cuts. You can never
tell when a train NAV come. even il
YOU think YOU know the regular
nnes"