The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22

I must not use roller skates or coasters on the streets. | I must not touch any part of anauto- bile see standing on the street | I must not become frightened and try l to run home if my clothing catches on fire. for that will cause the blaze to burn stronger. I should lie down and roll over ! to smother the flames. I must not start or take part in a panic when fire starts at school should re- main in my seat until I can walk out without danger of being crushed in the aisles.
 | I must not light match if find ilum- l mating gas escaping in room. I must | find grown people and tell them. | I must not run my bicycle too close to street car or automobile or catch on either | of them, or use shotgun, slingshot, or pea shooter within the city limits, or play near the railroad tracks or play shinny anywhere except on the public play l grounds.
 | The federation has compiled statistics ! to show the yearly mortality by acciden. among school children and the cause for l each casualty. From these will be de- duced the relative importance of the pre- l cautions to be urged. 1 Questions for Convention | The safety first or school children | propa ganda is only one of the many | | Other national committees which will | submit proposals to be acted on are the finance. atreet traffic, automobile, i fire prevention, health and sanitation, casualty insurance, legislative, transpor- tation> Are insurance and statistical. Much | work has been put upon me plans for | a national fire prevention campaign, and among the recommendations to be made to the convention by this committee are: ! 1. Enactment of fire prevention laws l in all states.
 ! ?. Appointment of fire marshals in all states.
 8. Enactment of state building codes.
 1. Legislation regulating traffic in com bustibles and explosives l 5. Legislation making persons liable for loss to others from fires caused by care lessness or criminal intent. ! 6. Establishment of 0 national ire pre- vention day.
 1 The health and sanitation committee will recommends l l. That all bread be sold in wrappers 3. That anti-tetanus serum be placed at public stations quickly available when | needed.
 a That the sale of paper matches in paper cards be prohibited
 4. That poison be sold in receptacles l distinguishable in the dark as we'll as in the light
 | 5. That laws be enacted prohibiting the l overcrowding of street cars The recommendations of the street traf- fc committee include one for a standard code of traffic regulation. l It is to be hoped the Birmingham 1 schools will take up this matter at once and assist in every way the Safety First federation.
 The creed of safety Is particularly val uable for children in large cities. Hardly one of us but has seen some child risk | hif life after a baseball that has been | thrown in the street, ride his bicycle | so close to a car as to make us shud- | der.
 Every mother and father should teach | the little one the dangers of the street and how to avoid them, and in this way lessen the heartache that we would suf- l fer if danger came to our child. l Here Is another of the little verses in | the book that the Safety First federation will place in the hands of every s<iool cEi!d:
 | There is a boy in our town, | And he Is very wise; II He always stops and listens, And uses both his eyes
 -s-> He's never in hurry II To get across the street. 2 Hell never get run over, - Because he is discreet