New-York tribune., 1907-07-01
WARE "TOY" PISTOLS.
City'S Precautions against Fourths
Lock- jQ1U Dealers.

Already the nearEess OF the Fourth is announced
by the poppn.; of frecrackers and the swapping of
toy pistols. Also since such is the order of things,
the Department of Health has established supply
stations Of tetanus antitoXin throughout the city
From to-day until July the antitoxin Will be on
tap. so to speak. IN al the departments norouSh
offices, well as IN large drug stores Patriots
who have been too intimate with fireworks VIII oe
treated Tor q small sum and those unable pay
VIII receive free attendance.
OF an the forms Of noise makers the most dan
gerous is the cheap revolver or pistol 1t Is this
which most often drives into the flesh of the user
hand germs of tetcrUs. or lockjaw. Warnings have
been published all the country that anybody
who hurts his hand in the independence Day rum
pus had better GO to physician at once. Authori-
ties have announced that the immediate use of the
ant!toXin viii prevent the malady, but that day
delay may put thc victim beyond the pale of medi-
cal aid
But Just az present the small boy Is not thnkin;
about tic aftermath. Instead, he Is selecting the
noise End color producing affairs that will make
his Fourth a rattling success. Ard this year tire
manufacturers have made special efforts To put
forth "harmess'' explosives. 1he most ingcn'ons
novelty IS the electric Sparker,' stick of some
compound that looks Ike clay. When lighted Il
throws off streams Of blue sparks that cold.
The sparkrr can be used in a room without dan
&c, and the secret of the compound is still kept
- the German chemist WAC discovered IT. The
srbrlei~ are Niciy to become popular with careful
parents. since they sold in five and ton cent
boxes and Cnt2il hospital attendance aftarward.
The ronIcn candle has hnen improved upor, and
soma are for sale guaranteed to throw out all
sorts Of weird deVices-stars streamcrs OF many
colors and glowing globes, Tho principle of ''ser
pieces is made of in skyrcckcts and the
familiar flower not. and fountain displays have
been worked up into remarkably elaborate designs
All idea of the beautiful effects this year may he
gained frC:n tho names given the various pieces by
the dealers. rhcrc are geyscIs. volcanoes, trees,
mines. batteries, canoes and aerolites.
But the nrcCTnCker is still the foundation of all
the noisc-and ambulance cases. For many months
tramp steamships havc been bringing in CargoeS Of
frecrackers from China and anybody living I'm
New York the Fourth this year viii probably
think that all tho products of the Celestial Empire
have been set Off at once. To add to the pleasure
of exploding crackers, The House That Jack
Built" is on sale. This is a cardboard cottage in
side Of which the string Of frecrackers is placed
When they go off the doors and windows of the
house fly open. The house is likely TO he popular
toy. for ii he used many times before It IS
worn out or burned.
One interesting result of the list OF deaths and
serious accidents In years is that dealers
trying to make their fireworks harmless.
Nearly every invention In this line Is labelled
Not dangerous" and in most cases this is ap
proXimatey true. Still, the grim fact remains that
the National Volunteer Emergency Service has
established field dressing stations In the thicIy
populated sections. The work Will be under the
general management of Surgeon Major General J.
Adolphi Gottleb, who is commandant Of the emer
gency service. Aiding him Will be DR.. +. Ebert
Davis. assistant adjutant general Of the service.
and large corps of physicians and nurses. The
hospitals also expect 10 have their usual busy day.