Show fatalities ARE NOW ON DECLINE decrease in death of children ascribed Ascribe 4 to safety E education du cation chicago police department statistics just made public allow that children under fifteen years of ago were killed hilled in motor accidents last year la in chicago am a compared with in 1028 according to a statement issued by the accident prevention do part apartment ment of tho the chicago motor club adult fatalities likewise were sharply reduced in 1020 the total deaths were as aa compared with in 1028 child charles charlea at M itayem president of jef tho the motor club ascribed the decrease la in child fatalities to the se safety fety education which to Is now a spar part of the regular curriculum in most public parochial and lutheran schools and to the of e operation of tho the school boys safety patrols this form of instruction has haa been in progress for or years and its benefits are now being reflected tn in the accident statistics declared mr clayes early impressions list last in a large degree through life and when the tha fundamentals of safety are stressed to little children we nay may expect them to walk more mora carefully during childhood and oven even to bo be more careful drivers when they grown up than tile the present generation says boy patrol patriot oren great fc credit Is dui dua the members of tho the school boys patrol those thoo boys standen standing at intersections near schools tn in rain snow and cold are selected fw for their qualities of and assist their younger classmates across streets street during lulls tn in the traffic le they have vidde ma de it possible for hu hundreds adress of policemen to be relieved of such assignments and thus available tor for tho more serious but no less important task of preventing crime and catching criminals |