Show POWDER MENA MENACE E OF THE FOURTH Safe and Sane Celebration Advocated by Numerous 1 Physicians THE DEADLY TOY PISTOL I It With the Giant Cracker Should Not Be Allowed Children With the tho object In view of ot educating people toward a saner observance of or Independence day services s were held In fn a n. number of ward warel meeting houses In this city yesterday ay morning The Injuries of ot Indel Independence Da Day or Should Firecrackers Be Eliminated 1 was the tho subject discussed In the tho Eleventh ward chapel Dr Charles G. G maintained that Independence day should be bo one of ot commemoration instead of Ot noisy cele cole bration At the present time there la is too noise and bluster and thereal time the real spirit of ot the time day has been lost to toa toa toa a great extent The rue speaker cautioned c people to ta bo be careful about permitting their children to use explosives on tho the Fourth of at Jul July rime Tho heavier forms of rockets and bombs should not be bo al allowed ci- ci lowell lowed at all as there Is too much danger danger dan dan- danger ger connected with their use A better better better bet bet- ter safer and saner celebration of ot In Independence Independence In- In dependence ence day would bo for tor people to congregate cong where they may be bo addressed addressed ad ad- dressed on patriotic subjects by bJ elOquent eloquent elo do quent speakers and where they may listen to 10 stirring patriotic music both instrumental instrument and vocal l. The rhe speaker sneaker also gave a n. number of or Instructions on 11 first rat aid to the Injured in case of ot accident resulting from use of explosives on the time national holiday These Instructions were along tho the fallowing following fal fol I lowing lines I To le Prevent Lockjaw Do call In your ph physician as soon as possible Do keep the time wound open to the ai air r until tho doctor has seen the tho case Do have your our doctor call and dress dres s tho the wound eyer every day Do Insist on having your our physician n administer a full tull dose doso of anti ne ne e serum as soon as possible after the th e Injury because this will do for tor that t dread destroyer er lockjaw tt Dr E. E S. S Wright ht was the tho speaker a athe at atthe atthe t the Twelfth and Thirteenth ward meet ing He spoke In a similar r strain ria as q Dr Plummer and find cautIoned rV i parents about permitting nJ their children childre in n ie V to use explosives promiscuously li He e said The Time parents cannot shirk r rr In this matter and muc much h can be bo done by them to prevent accident accident acci dent In keeping a watchful eye 00 o otheir on n their children during the day clay The awful awful aw aw- ful tul record of or accidents on Independence Independence dence deuce da day should be a warning t to o them oh The Time stirring stirring- events of history which h led up to the sl signing of ot the Declaration Declaration Declara Declara- tion lion of ot Independence the victory o of or orthe f the time colonists and the time Institution of In Independence In- In dependence day were amon among the topics topic s discussed by Dr W. W F F. Beer at the tho th e Twentieth ward While e the speaker did not recommend that tha t parents prohibit their children fro from m using all forms torms of ot firecrackers he ho advised ad them to prevent pre their children childre n from using the tho giant glant firecrackers an and nd d bombs of ot all descriptions A i Sane Observance He suggested a a. sane observance o of f the day b by the good old fashioned d parade and a patriotic meeting at a t which speakers would give tall talks s o on n patriotic subjects In the Twenty-first Twenty ward meeting house Dr C. C F. F Wilcox was th the e speaker Ho placed the thc ban on to toy y pistols and advised parents to prohibit prohibit pro pro- hibit their children from using them thorn Many of ot the cases of ot tetanus resulting g from tram accidents all over ovar the time countr country o on n Independence day are caused by th tho ne e toy pistol Ho lie su suggested that parents patent ns nd s should do all aU In their power to mol mold d public opinion against the use of th the theto e to toy pistol In time he ime hoped to se see e legislation enacted to prohibit Its sal sale e. e The speaker was In favor tavor of or the old old- fashioned method of or celebrating th tho e Fourth that which Is In vogue i In Inmany n en es many of ot the time smaller cities clUes and towns town s of or tho time country In the time morning there thore should bo be a parade and a patriotic meeting with appropriate speeches and musical selections Fireworks Firework Appropriate te He stated that he believed that pyrotechnics properly had a place In Inthe Inthe the tho celebration of the tho day but that tho the display of fireworks should bo under un un- dot der the direction of or time the city At the Twenty-seventh Twenty ward the meeting was by Dr George Goorge F. F Middleton who gave an aim excellent talk on the proper propel observance of ot In Independence lii- lii dependence d day y He lie expressed himself as stron strongly ly In favor of ot a it sane sano celebration celebration tion of or tho time country's natal da day and condemned con con- the tho promiscuous uso use of ot all aJl forms torms of explosives es He lie recounted tho the great reat danger from Crom the tho use of at certain forms torms of or explosives and azid gave Jave valuable sU suggestions to parents on what should ho he done dono In case of or Injury to their chil dren I |