. Electric railway journal . ductions of Three Colored Posters of Original Design Chorus—The boys own fault. A TALK TO OLDER CHILDREN Why do you think we are giving you these talks onsafety? We want to decrease the ranks of the army ofcripples. Its a large army already. We do not want any-more of our splendid girls and boys to join it. We needyou boys and girls. You are going to take our places in theworld and we are trying to help you understand the valueof a whole body and a strong, alert mind. A large numberof the cripples are beggars or engaged in some sort of workin which there is very li
. Electric railway journal . ductions of Three Colored Posters of Original Design Chorus—The boys own fault. A TALK TO OLDER CHILDREN Why do you think we are giving you these talks onsafety? We want to decrease the ranks of the army ofcripples. Its a large army already. We do not want any-more of our splendid girls and boys to join it. We needyou boys and girls. You are going to take our places in theworld and we are trying to help you understand the valueof a whole body and a strong, alert mind. A large numberof the cripples are beggars or engaged in some sort of workin which there is very little money. I know a boy who sellspapers at the Seventy-second Street subway station. Ihave been buying papers from him three years and can stillfind him at his old stand receiving pennies for papers withone hand, while with the other arm he leans on a crutch. Iasked him one day to tell me the story of his accident, andI am going to read you the note he handed me the nextmorning with my newspaper. (Reads letter telling how. Brooklyn Accident Campaign—A Wise Boy Knows that aBroken Wire May Be Dangerous first is a subject that is engaging the attention of allthoughtful people and we want to get in that class and staythere, dont we ? How many of you ever had an illnessin your homes? No doubt every one of you. First, therewas the doctor at $1, $2, $3 or $5 a visit. The next itemis money for special food, then perhaps the hospital andmore money for a stay in the country, if the patient has tohave it to get well, or still more money for the funeral, ifthe patient dies. Is there a boy or girl in this assemblywho ever had to give up something he wanted becausesister, mother or father was sick? It is very much like that with a railroad company. Ina city like New York the number of people requiring serv-ice is constantly increasing, and as the districts throughwhich trolley and rapid transit lines are operated becomemore and more congested operation becomes increasinglyexpensive. The
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