The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-03

were preparing to pass an ordinance
allowing fireworks dealers TO sell out
their stock in hand when the State
Federation OF Women IS Clubs bounced
down upon them and prevented this
proviso.
Women in the Forefront
Women are everywhere in the fore
front of the crusade. Secretary Wat
rous gives credit for the greatest
activity IL, this whole movement to
Mrs. Isaac |. Rice of New York, presi-
dent of the Society for the Sup
preston Of Unnecessary Noise, who,
besides speakin" and writing on the
subject, indefatigably has interviewed
the governors Of all of the states, The
mayors, health officers, police and fire
chiefs of most of the cities. in order to
get their views as TO what can be done
IN their communities. And she has ell
rolled a large proportion of the gov
ernors upon national committee for
Fourth. A part of Mrs Russell
Sage's millions is being devoted to the
same end. The department. of child
hygiene of her Russell Sage founda-
tion " has this year been industriously
circulating throughout the country a
model Fourth of July programme, sub.
stituting for fireworks in the hands of
individual children such means of en-
tertainment as patriotic tableaus, folk
dances, flag drills and salutes, besides
concerts Of patriotic music, the public
reading of the Declaration by elocu.
tio,nistss and orators; the ringing of
bells. blowing Of whistles, release of
small balloons bearing flags, drills by
school children, picnics, games and
municipal fireworks displays in charge
| of committees. And speaking Of wonl-
ans part in this propaganda, 1t
must not be forgotten that Julia Ward
| Howe seventeen years ago wrote in ia
yor of safer Independence day celebra-
tions, including professions 'less mil'
tary in character and more pacific
suggestion.
| ready enrolled for non explosive
Fourth have been circulated broadcast
| by Secretary Watrous, whose office in
the National Civic association head
quarters is the great clearing house for
such data, He has been receiving more
than hundred communications per
week from municipal and civic officers
battling for a sane Fourth, against the
local politicians, who fear that the re-
form will make them unpopular with
the masses, not to mention the manu-
facturers of Independence day ey'
plosives.
Army Of Sheeted Corpses.
That 1881 deaths have been due in
tho past seven years to the old meth
DDS of celebrating our natal day is
shown by the score which the Ameri.
can Medical association commenced to
keep in 1903. The injured in the same
period have amounted to 33,O73, which
means total of over "a 500 casualties
or over thirty times as many as re
suited from the seven greatest battles
of the revolutionary war Due di-
rectly to the last Fourth there were
2l5 deaths, large majority of them
(125) due to lockjaw, and Of the others
who died II were killed outright by
| firearms, l6 by explosions of powder
| 7 by giant frecrackers and 7 by mis-.
cellaneous means Of celebration. Thirty
seven were literally burned to death by
fireworks many by small firecrackers
and 3 by "barmless sparklcrs. And
over 5000 were injured on that fatal
Independence day of a year ago, l6 OF