Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-19
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reau of Employment and the Di-
vision of Hygiene and Engineering
of the State Department of Labor
and Industry sent out a question
naire to the manufacturers and en-
ployers of labor throughout Penn
sylvania with a view to obtaining the
number of positions that they could
probably give to any soldier, sailor
or marine injured in the European
war. The responses to this inquiry
exceeded the expectations of those
in charge of the work and a num-
Der of good openings were promis-
ed to those who had suffered the losS
of limbs, or who would be otherwise
handicapped.
Several of the larger corporations
in the vicinity of Harrisburg an
swered by saying that while they
did not feel that they were in a
position to tell definitely how many
disabled men they could employ yet,
they would cooperate with the
movement to the fullest extent
One Harrisburg corporation re-
piled that it could use men who had
lost both feet both legs, or who
were deaf, at such work as grinding
castings. Another, that it could use
men who were partially disabled in
the finger joints, the wrists, or the
elbow, or who were suffering from
stiffness of one leg or who had lost
hearing in one ear. Another replied
that it could use on the drlllpress or
punch machines, several men who
had suffered a partial loss of one
foot, or total loss of foot at the
ankle, the loss of the leg below the
knee, or at the knee, and also that
they could use men who had suffered
a total loss of speech. Another con-
Germ. engaged in a commercial line,
could use as collectors or statesmen,
men who had suffered various in
juries about the hands, arms and
| legs. Another, that it could use a
man with one foot for light labor
work. or man who was blind IN
one eye or deaf in one ear for the
same purpose. Another concern.
that II could use five men with par
! tial loss of foot, or partial loss of
leg at drill pressing or bolt tap
ping.
1t is the purpose of the national
government to equip these disabled
/ veterans to perform the services
which these companies need. 1t will
readily be seen that the providing
of these openings is a duty which
employers owe to such men as may
| be injured in the great war. Har-
risburgs industrial and commercial
establishments have patriotically
responded to the QUESTIONABLE to
aid in making self<reliant workers
of men who might otherwise be re-
garded as hopeless handicaps.
They are telling a story of the
Embarrassment of a college young
man who found himself without
change when the collection plate
was passed around in a prominent
church in the central part of the
city. With him was a companion
who happened to be ready for the
offering. The young man without
change whispered to his companion
of his plight, but he apparently
failed to pay attention. AS the man
with the plate drew nearer the per-
spiration stood out on the youns
mans face. He never had failed to
respond with his Offering His COM
panion sat immovable, his face giy-
| ing no sign he would come to the
rescue. Finally, when the good dea-
con appeared at the pew the youth
with the money placed a quarter in
the basket and quietly held up two
fingers, indicating that he meant the
offering to represent himself and
friend. The deacon smiled and
passed on, but the story was too
good to keep, and was quietly told
as an unusual incident, and one
that might very easily occur.
More people have been vaccinated
in Harrisburg and Steelton and the
West Shore boroughs in the last two
weeks than probably in any other
| similar period in years due to the
| appearance of smallpox in Harris
! burg. Whole schools and the entire
| forces of some factories have had
arms Scratched with the vaccine
points. The following out of the
| vaccination programs has enabled
many establishments to keep open
and there have been many instances
where people who objected to being
vaccinated had to come out and sub
nit. In Steelton vaccination has
been the rule among the foreigners
and the newly-arrived negro popula-
ton, some of whom appeared to take
1t as a joke.
Numerous engineering parties have
been sent out by the State Highway
Department on surveys of sections
of road which local authorities have
asked improved and estimates will
be submitted in the next two months.
| There are probably more surveying
parties out now making up prelimi-
| nary data than ever known before.
High prices, however, are deterrinG
number of counties and their
| townships from embarking on ex-
tensive road improvements and only
the vital sections of bad roads are
being marked for rebuilding, the rest
being left to the future.
Farmers in Cumberland Dauphin
! and Perry counties are reporting
| finding numerous dead bluebirds and
robins along roads as the result OF
the cold and the SHOWS of last week.
| The storm covered the fields to the
| depth of several inches in some sec
| tions and as these birds are insect
eaters they were prevented from get
| ing food with the result that many
| died. Reports on quail and game
birds are that they came through the
SHOWS well as they are acclimated
but the bluebirds and robins having
| recently come from the southern
states suffered heavily.
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I Orchard Washburn Child in Col
| liers Weekly.)