Show THE SAFE AND SANE FOURTH each year since 1903 the journal of 0 the american medical association has been waging a propaganda against the In maiming and death dealing was of celebrating our independence holiday it has hag gathered and collated the indubitable lacta facts and the lay press magazines and newspapers have seconded its endeavors so that aa almost revolutionary change has been taking place it Is gratifying to observe that more and more the constituted authorities have recognized that it is their duty to prevent the burning and the crippling of children childre ii and their death from lockjaw by prohibiting the sale of fireworks and like destructive agencies official appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the enactment and enforce ment of appropriate ordinances many officials have in the most salutary way cooperated with governmental nongovernmental non govern mental agencies interested in the safe and sane fourth legislation against fireworks has hag been restrictive orr or prohibitive the latter of course gives the best results in european countries occasions akin to our independence day are commemorated mem orated by means of fetes and other picturesque ceremonies quite adequately qua tely just as heartily and with as much patriotic fervor as among us continental peoples have a genius tor for festivities national as well as other kinds for adult patriotism oratory may inay suffice but this is not satisfying the nouh of 0 the land and in the legitimate interests of oc boyhood and girlhood things equally brilliant slid and satisfactory I 1 is must be substituted for the noise the flare dare and the varicolored lame flame and substitutes even more resplendent have been found in abend oice wa vb beve how methods by he jhb fourth shall cease to be a day of terror and shall become one of happiness recreation and enlightenment noise is now being replaced by music the music of bands and of choruses drilled weeks beforehand by skilled leaders and the singing of national airs and popular songs there are tableaux plays floats devised by artists representing historic and patriotic biotic incidents and achievements parades in which the army and navy the police and fire departments the militia school chi ildren children and industrial organizations take part picnics circuses and pink le peanuts lee ice ere eream cream am aha water mOh sufficient to satisfy the most anac ondean digestion parks arks and other public places and P both public and private gorgeously illuminated by electricity thil childrens dreWs carnivals and dances school celebrations athletic sports with distribution trib ution of copies of the constitution and so on oil and no mair aings burn burning ingi no iio killings no lockjaw |