The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-17


4 spend an hour and q half day On
the chppings. che goes on. have
fIiled thsse thr~e Zig books with cIippinGs
from all over the country betwoen last
We received two pages Of comment
The comment was what ws desired. be:
cause ours has b"ca an educational
campaign. and the people learn from
the Newspapers
In bos.on seizures have nesn nsen
90 tho parents making startling figures
known Tor tho first time. In PhtlAdel'
phia The schosi tsacheTr have boon cope
ciallv instructed 30 a. tObe able 10 give
lectures TO the children. h"is IN NeS
York the Board q Ed1csti9n mas TAKEN
this month 10 parents. usarG lantern
slides. giving table. OF iigurcs and having
S.smplo. Of areTCSks th s. to shS~ and
handy nrecrecker OF me IouItcsn ince
variety. ~ hich avowed lnasrunaent o.
plea SURE she avcru. IL cspabl" 81 killing
many men.
Mrs. Rice has AZ her tongues end
figures which she has compiled Ter tnS
society Ia the LAST three yeaEs ana Snbch
have ecen her sld' IN co o. We, h's
complete list has not yet been eaIned
az persons were injured; In isos. aie; Va
ieoe. $50 totailing W persons; mostly
children. Who had osen meae onnd or
while in these three veal" respectively
=. ~ and were killed.
Chicago Y also q black .itL, slys
Mrs. Rice; holding . recoTd ~ az in
iured and - allied IN these 1rss
ysars ne have been actively 81 w0rs
In Phihdelphia I.ise have been injured
and = killed.
In the States AZ a Tlonusnsnt Of tue
last seven holidays ilS p.tScns are TO-
tally blind. SIS have had the less % one
c h. ls.ae Aana hnnfla
while {, t57 have lost nngers-s total OF
-, eO3 dead or injured. The cauaes for
this Wholesale destruction inclrde blank
cartridges In ans cAses. tetanus IN 80.
arecrackers IN lo.Isl. cannon IN :.sso.
/ 10. $50. Even this lat II not complste. ~
az first ] did not write 20 the hospitals
myself
-Yon can see Why. onoe heoame inter
ested in the subject. J could not rive u
up and am nOw devoting all my time 10
4 king the facts known: the rest follows
naturally. Too much cannot be naid
/ in praise Of the SOuFsGt o. tAs AWsrtesn
Medical Reservations and tho Spgtn gflc'd
Independent A@sociation. uhsch for seven
yeare were pionsers in printing sets of
tables. but unfortunately they did not
4 reach a wide psblic
$50 mach rests In the hAads % Mayors.
Some cities limit the are q tAoss 70 whom
| fireworks may be sold. but this precRu-
damnge brought about by hoodiuraA.
Who are perhaps mcsf u all responAihls
] Tor the casualty lists OF our ccieb-atsoa
DAYS
1T h surprising, considering she sno--
nous sums annually sDent for 1rewort<s.
that 90 ittie literature dealing sith TIE
subject can be found
! -therp are many cities laying cain 70
1 protective ordinances IN which .eat.ie-
/ ton and not prohbision Il aimed at
I n A. A.
I but permits them to be used an ~ 80
] inches in Ienrth nd half an inch In Siam-
eter: SprinGheld's neW ordinan,e alloss
them 90 lie used up 20 thres and ODe-haY
: inch cracker and Boat IN. believe coun-
| tenano~~ q nreCracker six inc.hea long and
one inch vide
when YOU recognize the tact lAst
fourteen inch cannon cracksr- are cnsn-
monty sod. eV~n in towns whsrp their
,iSe : torEidden. and that L - inipoaSibis
, for a police of,c~r to diRersntiats af,er
/ the svnksion h.ewesn A Ave and A fosn
I teen men crSckeT, ordinances Of a merely
! restrictive character appear 60 hav.
/ little practical value D- kvana Haath
| t,onnunis-ioneT IN C1icSGo- ha1 d@cIare,i
I that even a two inch firscra.,lr~T ,,os,ld
/ not he ooosider~d sase heoanSe The vvosmd
made hN- M cos,ld tuecoule infected i,tas "a
easily az tina, made by a ten inch craol.er.
4 and hi. statement has been corrOborseed
I tv tho~s I'M charrs ~ MANY Chioaro hos-
n,taI. .Tetanus aid In. S3mn,ona
'fr~o,,eutIv cTul.s from Nounsis not Tns1r-
! than a quarter Of an inch long
we are Dlaassd Nth the ~Co-ta 10
promote a better celebration o. the Fourt n
nos.g heias, uraAs In rnanv ,.itSen Ia varios.u
diTer-nt way~- NV prohit,iSioa, Nv re-
striction. hy prohibItion and sutI,ti,u-
tion and Nv RESTRICTION and suhssitufipr
OF all theh EXPERIMENT. the most in
t~r~-sinG h that which has b~~n mMde
sor ssveraI wears in Springfield. Mas.
Il .aaf wear ,be ss,on- Of the csletI-ation
~aS ride enol,ah 10 intsreet ana oleaS.
an. emIIracinx music and band co6o~T re.
a rarnds MshIatic s1ogts and exercia~s.
Z an,Ia.i~ suorta ,lixulavs Of sir-w,,rl<a aDa
hirsoricaI I.n~sants WITH doats r.Dr..sn,- :
ing sc-nes from events enacted there.
such a. Pvnchon's purchase "a the land
from the indiSns Tn. r,,rn Fls-s
defeat al ShaV'a Iusurg.ut,' AMI Tn.
/ CndeTsro,,nd Railuay.'
/ -Pittsb,Ir0 q nt Dre~~nt aRitatins ,hs
question Of prepar ring a gorReous paSsant
our national holiday a holy dSy. aid
r~verinR the heroic past and symboISsins
! the present reality with the ideal Of the