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Show PRESS PARAGRAPHS A sane and safe Fourth of July la generally desired. Omaha Bee: "Why should not the wetle i1 telee uf the land.' thoaw out here' In tha weal. Jump In this yesr and promote pro-mote the 'safe and Bane Idea? Every conelderation urges it physical, economical, econom-ical, patriotic. And. on the other hand, what ia to be aald In defense of tha death deailng hilarity with which we have been, not celebrating, but desecrating, desecrat-ing, the anniversary of our national Independence In-dependence T" Providence Journal: "The time will come whan the old fashioned method of oelebratlng our Independence will be regarded re-garded aa wall nigh Incredible. There la leally no reaaon why the occasion ahould be observed with ao great an uproar and tumult when- the other patriotic annl-versariee annl-versariee of the year are celebrated decently de-cently and In order. The unduly noley features of the day are merely a .tradition .tradi-tion and ought to be discontinued without with-out serious protest or argument." Philadelphia Press: "A glorious Fourth without lockjaw, a suitable celebration of a great historical event of eurpaasing Importance Im-portance without calling out the ajnbu-lancaa. ajnbu-lancaa. and a development of the old Fourth Into something very much better and mora worthy of the occasion and of tha country ere the nnderlylns tdeaa In the general movement for . a new and greater Fourth of July." , Washington Herald: "The safe and sane Idea ia spreading everywhere. People Peo-ple have come to realise that erpwdeor hospitals, alrlcken homes, destruction by fire and a day of ear rplltttng noises do not constitute a aenslble appreciation of tha fact that we are a great and Inde-j pendent nation." , I Baltimore Hun: "This ally was one Of the first to adopt the Idea of celebrating the Fourth In a safe and sane manner, and to limit the sale and use of fireworks, which have proved ao dangeroua to life and propertv. Aa a consequence. In recent re-cent veara the number of accldenta and casualties has greatly diminished and the fires tbst often censed sutb. destruction bava beea prevented." ftica Press: "The temporary pleasure, f them Is any. which noise osn give, le no sort of compensation for the fearful results which accompany It. Aa a consequent- of this discussion there la a manifest mani-fest disposition all over the country to change the enethod and the procedure and to cut out and leava out the toy cannon, the giant firecracker and all their deadly associates." Memphla Commercial -Apnea. "Live vour life on July 4th. celebrate the day. rejoice-In the glad annlveraary, but do not fonget to be sensible la doing It." |