The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-17
FOURTH OF JULY, NBV STYLE
H0W SNAIL NEW IORk CELE-
RRaTE INDEPENDENCE DlT:

Nothing Done Were 20 Give the Chtlareu
s~meshinG IN P,as~ ~ Fareeraehers.
Nrs. RIre Points out Prop~s~d
srs-sssssssn= - NaFssas 9sh~r C,sles.
From her home in the AnsoniA Mrs.
Isaac = Rice. president of the Society
for the Suppression Of Unnecessary NOISE.
- wagng her third annual campaign
AEAins, noisy and dangerous Fourth
~ July
Mrs. Rice is pleased AZ the partial sup
rort gwen IN the movement by Mayor
GaynoS IN h,s letter to Fire Commis-
Nioner waldo approving tho order tina,
M arpuerks shall be sold IN the city
from June 10 to July 10. but she thinks
much remains tn b. done.
New York - fAr behind in this move
Hent.- sayE Mrs Rice. to give the chill
dren something IA place % instruments
~ death and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF
eyes. fingsrn. to~s. limbs and life. Trenton.
Cleveland. chicago. Pittsburg. bag and
little towns all over The country are max
ing preparations for sane selebrAtion.
but here IN the empire city absolutely
nothing 20 the Kind has been done.
In chicago there IN to bs no lack of
celebration. Five thousand troops will
90 through mAnRuvres on the Fourth
~ July and the five days following: air
ships. pOntoon bridges. a large arena
With free seats for :S.OOo children will
~ some or the features. In PittsburR
siSo.Ool has been subscribed for two
celebrations IN which Percy Nackave
and John ". Alexander will direct the
pageanis and parAdes. In Trenton. much
smaller and less wealthy. $50 ans. ahous
twenty floats promise to do much. do
not know what became of our Hldson-
Fulton hoats here IN New York. but at
sny rate We are making no preparations
toward giving the children a harmless
glbAtitUte for their explosives.
when We hrpt began our work.
and Mrs. Ricss use of the we 10 strictly
editorial. for she began all alon@-sthe
later hig idea NRs not yet present. We
qserely strOve AGAINST celebrating the
Fourth Of July with Unnecessary noise.
hoping to be useful 10 the sick. Of whom
tens Of thousands were suffering acusely
trom the prolonged period Of noise max
ing which las 81 from the middle oG June
70 the middle Of July
That first yoar. 1919. the hosp tails
were protected nv the police. through
wv = NnAnA&AANN u commissioner nUR0Aln.
and they all called up the night of the
Fourth to tell how much better con-
ditions were than generally
This was the beginning. bur that was
before We realized the full extent Of the
price paid for the barbarous mode Of
celebrating our national birthday. In
New York alone during the last three
celebrations Of the Fourth I.sse person.
have been killed OF injured. a number far
in excess OF the casualties recorded IN
even famous Revolutionary battles. Lex
ington. Bunker HILL Fort Monroe. White
Plains. Fort Washington. Monmouth and
COwPens. and most Of the victims wer.
little children. So although the noisy
Fourth was well worth fighting against.
the horribly insane and dangerous Fourth
was and IL still more 30
That second July I wrote Our Bar-
harOus Fourth. giving some actual facts
and dctails regarding the manner in which
a great nation commentaries the most
solemn event In its history. burning uo
yearly sum Of so. OoO.OOO In fireworks.
paytng an additional price Of Thousands
az deaths and injuries.
The society had already been formed
and shis article seems to have Appeared
at the psychological moment. Criticisms
and comment appeared all over the coun-
try. So little about unnao~...-,, -.
"a a.. I,o,,-.t'.. -s,.I---.r-. sO's7
0 Se"Iauon hAd Deen
written. one medical Journal and a little
association in Springfield having done ali
that had been done until our society
took No the work.
Our work forged steadily ahead. mid
winter a. vel n summer. and an interest
hitherto unknown was aroused The
public had not not At the facta r,rc,,l.,.,,
caIr IN g., I,r,;,,',I -. \. -,'
$3.50 -, n.'''L IN one neuicni
journal 30 We ende@Nored Ia Get these
together and send them out all over the
country. especially making them known
a thos. who co,,Id helr-tha 1,,,,,.--,-..-
e States. the Mayors Of Citien Are ohi.f.
health boards Dolice cornu,,..Sg,,.,. -;
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