Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-21
MAY SHOW WORK
HERE FOR SAFETY
Results of Campaign Probably
Will Be Exhibited at New
York Exposition.

Work done in Washington for street
| safety, between the time the movement
was started in March by The Star until
tie time necessary to arrange it for dis
/ play probably will be shown in the first
| International exposition of safety to be
i heid in New York city, December II to 20
/ 1913. This exposition will be held under
the auspices of the American Museum of
\ safety.
\ That. if possible. such an exhibit should
/ b. entered was decided at the last meet
ing Of the board of directors of the
! Street Safety Association. This will de-
pend largely on the amount of interest
taken b. the Washington public Already
| the association has many things which
| Gould he put on exhibit but 1t is on the
| greater things of the future which it
hopes to attain that it bases its con-
| fdence in carrying off one of the five
| awards to be made.
| All phases of conservation OF human
| life Will be represented in the exposition
| this International contest it will mean a
| great honor for the Capital city The
| success of the exhibit of the Street
| Safety Association will depend almost
entirely on the interest which the public
| takes in the movement to eliminate &C.
| cidents within the next few months.
|
Details of the Exposition.
| bulletin issued by the American Mu-
scum of Safety treats of the exposition in
detail. as follows:
| Following the usual international prac-
| tice. there will be five grades of award
| a grand prize, gold, silver. bronze and
| honorable mention-for the best safety.
| life-saving and health-promoting devices
| in every industry at the first international
exposition of safety, to be held in New
York city December IL to 20, 1913, under
| the auspices of the American Museum of
Safety.
I'm each case the diploma stating the
grade of award will be accompanied by
a medal. The juries which are now be-
ing selected. will be composed of scien-
| fists. technicians and industrialists. In
the industrial field the juries will base
the award on competition, but in the nom
industrial and non-commercial fields, such
as welfare work, educational. philan-
thropic and hygienic institutions. hospi-
tails and sanatoria. improved housing, rec
reation and everything which is included
In social economy. they will receive such
awards as the jury should vote upon.
Hope to Stimulate Interest.
THE directors Of the Museum of Safe
ty believe that these awards will be q
powerful stimulus for industrialists to
devise the best methods of accident pre-
vention and health promotion and that
they will at the same time stimulate in
ventive ability.
Safety and health promotion in every
branch of American industrial life-man-
ufacture. transportation on land and sea. |
engineering. mining. in all of their sub
divisions-will be represented at this ex-
position. There will also be exhibits from
Qf no X-0 n fe-
ty in Europe. showing the progress that
has been made abroad In the conserva-
ton of human life President Arthur
Williams of the American Museum of
Safety is now abroad studying European
industrial life, and his observations will |
be embodied in the coming exposition"
ACCIDENTS I'M THE STREETS