Show SUICIDAL CHANCES accounts of suicides usually indi 1 cate a i preference for tho the quickest aud anil easiest way out ot at life an exception comes irma anui cuba in n a recent hopt stating that 65 girls front from 10 16 to 23 sears of age committed in fit havana during a three week period because they wore were disappointed in love or tired ot of living each soaked her clothing with alcohol and applied ft a match choosing this painful death lii in accordance with a historic cuban tradition what a way to america rejoices that she eho has haa no such tradition perhaps a cuban would conclude conc ludo however how everi that many of our cl 0 zens take suicidal clu chances inces with fire when lie reads that persons are killed by ire fire annually and as many ciany more are injured americans take chances with fire by permitting faulty construction of hollow walls unsafe achl chimneys lineys heating plants planta anti and roots and by neglecting rubbish factories and business buildings contain unprotected vertical openings hazardous manufacturing processes and lack sprinkler systems or other means ot of com batting a flame the rein remedies edles for these hazards aro are often simple in fact it la Is difficult it to visualize a fire that could co uld not havo have been prevented had corre correct ct conditions bt been en maintained conditi conditions that would at least retard tho the spread of A fire holding it in check until the firemen on could arrive perhaps wo will no longer tako take suicidal chances with tire when fully informed on this subject it la Is the file duty of those who know to spread the information |