. Electric railway journal . until the car stops per-fectly still. Then, to alight, place your bundles underyour right arm, grasp the left hand rail with your lefthand and step down on to the street and away from thetracks. 21. We Want to hammer it in so that young menwill realize that it is not smart to get on or off a streetcar while it is in motion. 22. There Is an excuse for everything—except aperson alighting from a street car in the wrong , madam, in alighting face the front of the car,grasp the hand rail with your left hand, stepping downto the street with your face to the fro
. Electric railway journal . until the car stops per-fectly still. Then, to alight, place your bundles underyour right arm, grasp the left hand rail with your lefthand and step down on to the street and away from thetracks. 21. We Want to hammer it in so that young menwill realize that it is not smart to get on or off a streetcar while it is in motion. 22. There Is an excuse for everything—except aperson alighting from a street car in the wrong , madam, in alighting face the front of the car,grasp the hand rail with your left hand, stepping downto the street with your face to the front of the car. Ifyou grasp the hand rail with your right hand you arebound to get off backwards. That may mean a frac-tured skull or just a spill in the street that is not at alldignified. car cards The following copy is part of what was used on carcards which are of various colors and are lettered withcard writers brush and contrasting ink: 1. We are guarding against 125 different kinds ofaccidents. How many can you name?. Safety First in aSmall City—Fig. 3—Signs in Officesand Crew Rooms She crossed 2. The B. V. T. Co. is doingits best to absolutely preventaccidents on its lines. Willyou help us in the name of pub-lic safety? 3. Dont get off until thecar stops perfectly still. 4. Dont get off facing therear of car. 5. Dont put your head orarms out of the window. 6. Dont pull the bell rope. 7. Dont allow your chil-dren to run or play on thestreets. Its dangerous. 8. Dont allow your boys tosteal rides on the cars. 9. (Fig. 1.) Death is aboutto claim this woman. It will be her fault,behind a car and did not look. 10. Young lady, why wont you learn how to getoff a street car? Always face the front of the car. 11. Please get off the car facing the front. Waituntil the car stops. Take hold of hand rail with lefthand. 12. Its easy to get off the car in the right way. Itsmighty hard to patch a fractured skull. POSTERS The following copy was used on posters, size 18x25in. Some of
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