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12 THE ATLANTIAN Undoubtedly something will come of this, since the movement toward re form is backed by a powerful organ ization, which has already shown its sincerity by financing a protracted and expensive investigation. One must re gretfully admit, however, that indi vidual efforts to install protective de vices in manufacturing plants have not always been received with enthus iasm by the persons they were design ed to safeguard. Pieceworkers have complained that such appliances slow ed the machines, and employees who had less reason to desire speed have professed to find the new apparatus bothersome. There is, however, sub stantial agreement on one point be tween the employers and the employ ed. This being that the risk to life and limb in industrial operations is vast and deplorable and should be minimized. Apparently the men who have to bear the responsibility, includ ing the suits for damages, are now uniting in a sincere attempt to im prove conditions. We shall hope that the working people they plan to bene fit will meet them in the same cordial and helpful spirit that has been dis played in another field by the men of the Chicago and Northwestern Rail road. JACK AND ROSE. A daring theft Jack wrought last night On daring little Rose; • He stole some things he wanted, right Beneath her very nose. —Philadelphia Press. ’Tis to be hoped that if fair Rose Returned the blissful smack, Jack did not overlook a bet, But turned and kissed her back Houston Post. That may be as they do this job Down in the Sunny South; But it Jack lived in the North He’d kiss her on the mouth. —The Commoner. Why rouse again the bitter strife, And north and south wax hot? Let’s all agree to compromise— Jack kissed her on the spot. —St. Louis Post-Dispatch. ; Why so much racket o’er a kiss, Or e’en about the spot? It Would interest us more if we Had been the one who got it. —Birmingham (Ala.) Age-Herald. Yet Jack perhaps had little glee, Though on the mouth he kissed her; We have as yet no proof, you see That Rose was not his sister. —Chicago Record-Herald. That smack smacked not of family ties. The truth’s not far to seek. If Rose were Jack’s dear sister, he’d Just peck her on the cheek. A GROUP OF STINGERS, Who Work the “Hump” at Inman Yards, Southern Railway, Atlanta, Ga. The Gentleman With the Stick in Hand is McGee Ferguson, Who Has Been Made An Invalid for Life by Accident Since This Picture Was Made. INDUSTRIAL RISKS AND SAFEGUARDS. The section foreman and trackmen of the Chicago & Northwestern Rail road are organized by divisions in safety committees, and each year the central committee awards a banner— now held by Sioux City, Io.—to the division which shows the best record, that is to say, the fewest avoidable accidents to the road’s employees. Some of the dangerous conditions that committeemen are warned to look out for are defective walks, public and private crossings, broken platforms, snow and ice in winter, drawbars ly ing along or between tracks, buildings, or any obstructions too close to tracks, boards or planks with spikes or nails in them "lying around.” Frog-switch and guard-rail blockings, rubbish that trainment might stumble over—the trifles, as they seem that sometimes pave the way to loss of life or serious injury, and frequently imperil passen gers as well as railroad men. It is a distinction to be coveted, that the Chi cago & Northwestern is the first rail road corporation to adopt this plan of organizing for safety. It is greatly to the credit of the men that they have made it heartily their own, and that in operation it has already shown re sults. We recall this matter at this time because the chief theme of discussion at the annual convention of the Na tional Association of Manufacturers, which opens at New York today, will be the prevention of industrial acci dents. Two commissioners employed by the association have been making an exhaustive study of accident pre vention and relief methods practiced want him to come. “She said there wasn’t any sense in the whole per formance,” he declared. Mr. Clark insisted that the reason a majority of men no longer wear whiskers was because they were all trying to look like William Jennings Bryan. He rather rapped the whis- kerites when he said that a good- looking man could afford to have a smooth face, while an ugly one had better keep his beard. "Observe, gen tlemen,” he concluded, “that I have a smooth face.” in Europe, especially of Germany’s successful experience, and have brought back specimens of all kinds of safety devices, together with many photographs, drawings and blue prints. C. D. KNIGHT, Passenger Conductor Southern Ry.; Member Ga. Div. 457, O. R. C., and Police Commission. The exhibition along this line will be very complete, and it will not stop short of demonstration if the officials who are most actively concerned can have their way. They have invited manufacturers to name the weak spots —the dangerous places—in their sev eral plants, and have agreed to pro vide working drawings of appliances that will make such machinery safe to operate. T. MINEHAN, Member General Grievance Com mittee Southern Ry., and Pop ular Member Ga. Div. 457, O. R. C., Atlanta Lodge of Masons and the Shrine.