Show PRESS PARAGRAPHS The Fourth of July i is drawing dra ear n-ear near and ald the tho press have have already alread begun to discuss it The rho Indianapolis News thinks One point should be insisted on at the beginning be ginning and aurl that is that a suggestion tion for a safe lafe and sane Fourth does not mean nean an abandonment of its celebration Lion tion but its better celebration Yet the tho former notion is too much as ns In behalf of tf an nn orderly Fourth the tho Hartford Times remarks that Substitution Sub of a rational Fourth of July for for a merel merely noisy and dau dangerous erous one is a movement that be com corn mended d. d Ve We notice that various municipalities municipalities mu mu- have already this year begun begun be be- gun to take tale steps to reduce too the In Independence lode Inde e. e day da peril jeril and to check the volume of maimin killings and s. s The Tho Utica Press has bas sensitive ears It thinks the Fourth of July celebrations celebrations are worse than a battle in an nn international international in in- war There is no sense or reason in them no argument Jr in their defense There is necessarily no r rein rein- tion between noise and patriotism There is no apology for annoying the sick and tho the nervous us by br an infernal racket which can easily easil be avoided The children and the grownups can have havo just as good n a time tune celebrating the Fourth in a more sensible wa way The esthetic taste of the Boston Herald Tier Her ald aid is is shocked at the unusual tion Here it Tho The Fourth of 01 July usually is is transformed into a mocking carnival of patriotism and cars eyes fingers and lives are arc offered up to the modern Moloch l as as' asare are residences stores factories an and warehouses When will ill the tho American people learn the lesson T Tho Des Moines l Register Reister and nd Leader would have the festivities steered by experts It Jt says sas If there must be tumults and large noises for the fittin fitting expression of a lino line national enthusiasm it t would be bo RO so much more moro sensible to officially delegated experts With ith the details of the the hazardous ceremony We Ve can always have bae the noise and the fireworks but the time is coming coining when wo we will learn to enjoy the privilege of letting off a justifiable in ina ina ina a satisfying manner manner and yet without paying for it in human buman life See how t the he New ew Haven IIa yen Register puts un up an ingenious plea to join the thebo's boys bos bo's and girls in celebrating If parents would use ingenuity in int selecting selecting select select- ing mg fireworks that would combine the maximum of spectacular effect with the minimum of danger a great deal would bo be gained If they would intelligently participate in th that t they might supervise supervise super super- vise the fireworks proceedings a good deal would be gained The statistician of the Providence Journal gives out the following In Inthe Inthe Inthe the last five e years the tho records which are arc doubtless incomplete show that 1133 1153 persons have been killed in in Fourth of July accidents in the tho United States and others have ha been seriously injured What an indictment of our ourn n national common sense Wh Why do we allow this slaughter and maiming to go goon goon on on oat The Wai Washington hin ton Post Poet would w uld shut off private celebrations It s say There is no need of accidents no occasion to tomake tomake tomake make the Fourth of July a day of mourning instead of j joy oy y by br scenes of f disorder and tho the bursting of bombs In Inthe in inthe inthe the hands of small boys No 1 celebration celebration celebration tion at all is preferable to a Itou Uon similar to some we have bad had in inthe in inthe the tho past but it is not to go goso goso o oso so far Let the people insist that private private vate celebrations be prohibited and let them ask for a proper public spectacle which everybody can enjoy The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Chron Chron- icle ide has this Tho public is waking Ul up to the knowledge e that the suppression sion of the tho dynamite firecracker is an evidence of good sense not a lack of patriotic spirit It is is beginning to realize that there is ill nothing sacred about the nuisances which have made the tho day da a borrer horrer and that they can be abolished wit without bout curtailing our liberties liber ties or threatening the stability of our institutions |