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Show BE CAREFUL ON GLORIOUS FOURTH You Can Make Eagle Scream, but You Must Be Quiet About It. IN BUSINESS SECTION YOU WILL BE BARRED Blank Cartridges and Revolvers Are Under Ban All Over the City. You can make the eaglo scream all you want to on tho glorious Fourth, but you've got to bo mighty quiet about It; at lenst, In tho business section sec-tion of town. This will bo the burden of Mayor Thompson's Fourth Of July proclamation, which will probably be issued today. Blank cartridges arc barred everywhere every-where and nt all times on the day the Nation goes crazy. Every person caught with a revolver or gun in his possession will bo arrested and imprisoned. impris-oned. All other demonstrations of powdery patriotism will bo permitted only In the unrestricted districts. Firemen Expect Busy Day. Tho flro laddies are expecting a busy day and are getting all tho "rest they can between runs. Careful watch will bo kept for tho small boy. and at tho least sign of a stray spark you'll get soused with water. All tho laws ovor made can't suppress sup-press the small boy. He's going to shoot and havo his little noise and burn his fingers and tie shootln'-crack-crs to tho neighbors' dogs' tails and scare you half to death with a torpedo tor-pedo and touch off tho toy cannon and blow out an eye or two and and and well, he's generally IT on that day, and this day'll bo no exception. Lookout for Small Boy. Look out for the small boy. Llfla-wlso Llfla-wlso also "look a leetle out" for tho big boy with bald head and dowberry whiskers, who's just as crazy about tho Fourth today as he was when Grandad showed his old flintlock and Mother her bit o' bunting. |
