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By ELMO SCOTT WATSON ESPITE the determined effort that has been made in recent years to reduce the number of casualties which seem to be an inevitable part of our celebration of Independence Day; despite all the warnings and cautions that are issued by the authorities before that day each year; despite the constantly increasing prohibitions on the use of explosives,

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the fact remains that America is still a long way from a “safe and sane Fourth,” concerning, which we have been hearing so much in recent years. Did you know uiat more people have been killed celebrating American Independence than were in acquiring it? Did you know that Fourth of July celebrations in the last four years have taken a heavier toll of American lives than did thirteen of the most important battles of the war in which our independence was won? Perhaps you did not. but here is the bitter history of Independence Day celebrations which annually takes the lives of both children and grownups—mostly children —blinds them, maims them, or inflicts upon them dreadful burns. In 1925 a total of 250 deaths resulted from Fourth of July celebrations. In 1926, 70 died; in 1927, 30 went to their deaths while celebrating our nation’s birthday and last year the Independence Day toll of death was 209. Official records of the Revolution show that 7 Americans were killed at the battle of Lexington ; 4!) at Concord; 31 at Princeton; 12 at Cowpens; 92 at the siege of Charleston; 145 at Bunker Hill; 11 at Ft. Moultrie; 72 at Monmouth; 51 at Stone Ferry; 20 at Stony Point; 30 at Bennington ; 32 at Saratoga and 2 at Trenton. That is a total of 554 Americans who gave their lives in winning American liberty. From 1925 to 1928 some 559 Americans gave their lives, uselessly, in “celebrating” the winning of that liberty. Take two Fourth of July celebrations at random and the records show that during one of them, 22 were killed and 437 were injured. For the other the casualty list read 135 dead, and 80 injured. The total for these two celebrations is 159 killed and 517 injured. Add to this the casualty list for any Fourth of July celebration since 1900 (about the time when this “safe and sane Fourth” agitation started) and the total will be greater than the losses suffered by the Continental army when it was defeated at the battle of Germantown or during the siege of Yorktown which ended successfully the American struggle for liberty. The sufferings of the Continentals during the terrible winter at Valley Forge have become traditional. Yet, since 1925, more Americans have lost their lives during Fourth of July celebrations than were lost among the soldiery who shivered in the cold on these bleak Pennsylvania hillsides. Estimates based on government records show that there were 4,044 killed and 6,044 wounded during the six years of the Revolution, when there was scarcely a day in which there was not fighting of some character going on somewhere In the land. In comparison with that record, look at the figures compiled by the American Medical association and the American Museum of Safety in regard to Fourth of July celebration casualties. During the last 30 years—and that means 30 Independence days—there were 4,290 Amer-. icans killed in fireworks accidents and 96,000 injured. How lucky it was for our nation that George Washington’s Continental army merely had to fight for American Independence! If that army had had to celebrate the winning of independence, according to our modern methods, it would have been wiped out of existence in a very short time indeed. Now. these figures quoted above are for fireworks accidents alone and do not include the

Western Scenic Beauty Is Neglected — —- ,

Those “great open spaces” are admired by everyone, but few can write about them in words of grandeur. Stewart Edward White was one-and John Burroughs was another. Willa Cather in her “Death Comes to the Archbishop,” painted us some pictures of the wastes of the Southwest; and was particularly enamored of the topographical phenomenon called the mesm Maeterlinck and Ruskin ought t

many deaths occurring after July 4 as a direct result of fireworks accidents or drownings and deaths from accidents to motor cars. From 1903 to 1915 the American Medical association compiled statistics of Independence day fireworks casualties and found 1,862 deaths and 42,089 injuries were attributable definitely to fireworks. It was an average of 143 deaths and 3,237 injuries each year. In the celebration in 1909 of the “Glorious Fourth,” 215 persons were killed and 5,000 injured. The fire loss that lay was $1,000,000. Last year the National Museum of Safety ordered newspaper reports of firew’orks casualties from all parts of the country for June and July. The result: Killed 161 Injured 2,205 Included in the list of dead were 52 childen less than five years old; 54 persons burned to death by fireworks or bonfires; 20 children burned to death by “harmless” sparklers, and 21 children died from eating fireworks. “Unloaded guns” or stray bullets injured 32 persons last year; 30 persons lost one or both eyes, and 300 persons suffered injuries to their eyes. Recently the country was horrified at the casualty list of 125 in an explosion in a hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. It has also been horrified from time to time when a fire in a school, a tor- > nado, or a flood snUffs out from 100 to 150 lives. Yet it seems strangely unconcerned that every, year more than a 100 persons die and more than 3,000 are seriously injured in celebrating the “glorious Fourth.” Fireworks are generally held responsible for the appalling death list while as a matter of fact, firecrackers, salutes, pinwheels, . bombs and skyrockets account for not more than 5 per cent of the Independence Day casualties. Nor have all of the deaths been due to the explosions of these fireworks. Many of them result when sufficient care is not taken to keep fireworks from the smaller children. Many children have died from eating poisonous powder pellets, such as are used in dynamite canes. Even the so-called “safety” sparklers have proved fatal to youngsters who have eaten them, believing that they were candy. But aside from the dangers of celebrating the Fourth there are other reasons why this is an occasion for a high mortality rate. The Fourth of July Is the one national holiday in the year when the entire population drops all its workaday cares to swarm to the beaches, the mountains and other places of recreation. The result is an appalling number of drownings and deaths in automobile accidents which far exceeds the number recorded on any other day in the year. So it is apparent that although a great deal of good has been accomplished bv those organizations which have sponsored this “safe and sane Fourth” Idea and which calls upon every American to assume the responsibility of being a “safety engineer” on July 4, there is still much to be done in making the celebration of this day more in keeping with the spirit of the occasion. One hopeful sign lies in the fact that recreation is displacing fireworks to a certain extent. For the character of Fourth of July celebrations is changing, and for the better, according to a survey recently made by the Playground and Recreation Association of America. Without losing Sight of the small boy and "his zest for “a good show” on this holiday the association has sent out suggestions for what it calls constructive community programs which have been tried and approved by various cities and towns during recent years. i Substantial progress has been shown, according to this survey, in changing the former flamboyant Independence Day demonstration into occasions that, in some degree at least, interpret

i have seen our noble western plains. They are an inspiration; worthy of great prose which is more untram- 1 meled than poetry. Scenery such as I this may disregard rhyme, though by Coleridge or Shelley himself. Poesy can sometimes be restrictive of the flights of fancy. One Is compelled by its strict rules to overshoot or fall short. It Is often a pleasing thrallflom but a thralldom, nevertheless. £ - -iL

Some of Ruskin’s descriptions ot :he scenes of nature are as majestie as the Bible in diction, a book he almost knew by heart; which reminds us that one of the signal tributes paid to the Grand canyon—a feature of the great open spaces we speak of, was that of an Eastern visitor who said it recalled that exalted sentence: “Be still and know that I am God.” Daily Thought Never do a wrong thing to makfe a friend or to keep Robert E. Lee.

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the local, state and national events from the standpoint of history and citizenship. The Parent-Teachers’ association has recommended a rural program as follows: At 8:30 o’clock in the morning a band drawn on a truck moves throughout each neighborhood in town. A man with a megaphone calls out that games will begin at The schofe playground at 10:30 o’clock. These games are followed by a parade to picnic grounds, where there is a program of community singing and a speaker. A two-hour luncheon period follows. Then there are contests, baseball and story telling for children, followed by a patriotic pageant, the celebration concluding with a block dance. The Playground and Recreation Association of ‘ America has emphasized that the paramount opportunities of community celebrations of the Fourth of July are: “To recall with pride and reverence the courage, sacrifice and vision of the founders of American independence; to re-emphasize the principles of justice, democracy and tolerance upon which this government was founded and to encourage their continuance in the present and future; through appropriate ceremonies to dramatize the " entrance into citizenship of native-born, who have recently come of age and of the foreign born who have just been naturalized; through games, sports, picnics, pageantry, festivals and other spectacles, s- through music and brief addresses, to bring neighborhoods and communities together in unified programs of recreation and entertainment suitable to the day; to promote safety, especially among ehil-. dren, by substituting wholesome and harmless recreation for the use of dangerous fireworks.” Is there still a need for a “safe and Sane Fourth?” Let the following Associated Press dispatch, dated July 5 of last year, answer that question: The lives of 205 men, women and children were a nation’s sacrifice to the celebration of its 152nd birthday anniversary yesterday. Fireworks claimed their share of victims, as they always have since the Ui ited States first began, observing Independence day with skyrocket, pinwheel and cannon cracker. Ther > were eleven such deaths in the entire country, according to the Associated Press tabulation. Lakes and rivers, however, exacted, the heaviest tribute of human life on the holiday, 106 drownings being reported. Mptor car deaths ranked next in number with 54. Heat took 12 lives and lightning 3. while 4 were killed in plane crashes. In addition there were 15 deaths attributed to other causes directly connected with Am rice’s observance of the Fourth. Two densely populated areas—the middle Atlantic states and the midwest—had more that half the country’s total deaths for the day. In the former there were 68 fatalities, which was 5 more than occurred in the midwest. The mountain states and the northwest had the best sectional records, with five deaths in ea«’h division. Everywhere through the midwest the temperature was high, contributing both to deaths by heat and by drowning. The midwest led the coun try in the number of drownings, with 38, although the middle Atlantic area had only two fewer. • The airplane accidents were at Joliet. 111., where a pilot and two passengers plunged to death when the wing of their plane snapped, and at Beaumont, Tex., where one jvas killed. Three of the motor cty deaths came in races, drivers being killed in Oregon, Pennsylvania an-i * tv .s.'onsiii The number of persons injured, many probably fatally, ran Into the thousands. Premature explosion of a truckload of fireworks at Lamar, Mo., injured 25 persons as 5,000 gathered in the public square to witness the display.'ln the larger cities the hospital list of persons injured in observance of the day ran into the hundreds. * Chicago, with an ordinance prohibiting the sale of fireworks, echoed all day with firecracker explosions and reports from police and hospitals indicated the nuihber injured was probably greater than in recent years.

Self-Loading Pistol A parahelium pistol is a self-load-ing magazine pistol carrying eight cartridges in the removable magazine in the butt. When discharged, it automatically ejects the empty cartridge case and reloads. It is also called a “Luger pistol.” Memory Test Another good memory test Is to sit down and recall the things you were worried about at this time last year.— Washington Post.

LACE AND GAY PRINT RIVALS; SMARTLY STYLED TENNIS FROCK

IF hesitating between choosing al!-*, over lacp-or printed chiffon for your next dressy afternoon frock, here’s the solution of the problem —buy both. Have each of these frocks made with detachable sleeves and you solve both the afternoon and formal evening problem of dress. In this connection it might be well to say that in the Worth midseason collection most every dressy gown, either of lace or chiffon, was accompanied by a matching jacket or an Ingeniously contrived hip-length wrap of the same material.

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Which again multiplies the vrearabiiity and adaptability to occasion of these ever-beguiling lace, also chiffon, summer modes. Nearly all lace dresses are entirely lace, in small all-over patternings, trimming being conspicuous by its ab sence. Which fact taxes the inventive genius of the dressmaker who is called upon to differentiate one gown from another through adroitly interv/orking a multiplicity of drapes and panels, flounces and streaming scarfs or graceful capelets as best suits the I Individuality of the wearer. Os course color is an outstanding note and does more than anything else to individualize the lace dress and to invest it with radiant beauty. The interest wnieh centers around suntan shades extends to lace. One ; of the encouraging things about ehoos- : ing any of the suntan Or sunburn shades is that the color being so fashi ionable, one finds it an easy matter ! to match up the frock with accessories, including hats, hosiery, shoes, gloves, ; handbags, fancy scarfs and, in fact, I every item of dress. The gown to the ; left in the picture is of beige lace and i each item of the costume has been carefully matched down to the slightest detail. Many style points are accented in

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the flowered chiffon illustrated here. The- fact that the print stresses vivid flowers on a dark background is significant. Very smart prints register color effects such as Capuclrite and beige shades printed on rich browns, orange and flame-colored flowers on black or navy and that which is at the moment a favorite with smart I’arisiennes —black and white combinations. Two outstanding notes of special stress, when It comes to considering Important style trends, are the skirt length below the knees and the princess silhouette which distinguishes Brooch, Comb and Mesh Treatments for the Hair Hair ornaments in keeping with the. new styles of hair dressing are shown in brooch, comb and mesh treatments. The mesh or filet is made to cover a small or medium-sized knot of hair when it is worn at the base of the neck. The brooches are made with a short narrow row of teeth and are pushed into place just above, the ear. and used to emphasize a soft wave in the Italy. For those who desire some

this extremely modish print frock. In the new fad of sun-worshiping | which is sweeping over all fashionland, stylists have heard "opportunity knocking at the door” and they have gladly “stopped, looked and lis- I tened" to the call, in consequence the summer style program has resolved i itself into just one sunback gown after another. To be fashionable one really must acquire a deep coat of tan. If the I sun does not do its work well, then ‘ betake thyself to the nearest drug

store, and ask for some one or other) of the newest face powders made to; match the now-so-modish ruddy tans; and other sunray colorings. However, via the drug store is notj the only road which leads to coats of tan, for fashionists have stepped in and! offered to help the good cause along. , by designing frocks which invite the! sun rays to effect a perfect health cure at the same time that they produce the desired complexion for mi-' lady. So it is that the vogue for sun- : tan and sunray bathing suits and day- ■ time costumes is sweeping the length; I and breadth of fashiondom. The suntan or, as called by some, the sunburn frock is especially voguish on. the tennis court The dress worn by the seated figure in the picture is a very smart model. It is made of white rayon pique—a new material which is perfectly charming for sports wear. In fact pique is a very important fabric item this season. Another feature of this outfit is the cunning use of “dressmaker” bows. In every phase of fashion bows are playing a stellar role. By the way, if yon look about in the stores you will find that many of the pique sunburn tennis frocks are sold with long straight pique coats to match. Thus the sl’eeveless, backless

frock becomes tuned to informal daytime wear because of its accompanying wrap. The dress to the right features a sleeveless knitted blouse enlivened with multi-colored modernistic stripes. White with a dash of color is the watchword of the mode, both tn knitted effects and where materials are combined. There is a strong revival of knitted suits. Many of these include a sleeveless sweater and a cardigan JULIA BOTTOM LEY. (©. 1929. Western Newspaper Union) type of ornament in back, slender combs are worn, and these are made with fancy tops studded with various kinds of stones or finished with a new metal treatment in modernistic manner to harmonize with the other jewelry worn. Long Sleeves Sleeves grow more complicated and increase their number in the longsleeved category. A few gathers appear at the top of sleeves once in a while now

QOAKD QIXANINQ3 FAVORED SMALL FRUIT VARIETIES Blackberries, Dewberries and Raspberries Najned. The Georgia experiment station,'; after testing out over a period of: 4 to 24 years of blackberries and nine, varieties of dewberries, is now in ai position to make definite recommenda-, tions to growers who are interested in', growing these fruits. According to J. G. Woodroof and J.i E. Bailey of the experiment station,the Toting variety of’dewberries has' proved to be outstanding. It is among' the first to ripen and is decidedly the! heaviest bearer. The plants are veryvigorous and disease resistant. The| berry is often more than an inch long, highly flavored and juilry. An average! of 106 quarts was produced by 10: plants. The best yielding blackberries, ac- : cording to the station results, are French Lawton, Eldorado, Mersereaui and Crandall, in the order named. Any} one of these varities will be matur-l Ing as the dewberries! cease producing ! and will continue to provide berries; I until tne Himalaya blackberry comesi into bearing to prolong the blackberry season until August. Then the Evergreen dewberry can continue to provide fresh berries until early fall. Raspberries have also been tested out by the station. The order in which; the leaders stand for yield is Van Fleet, June, St. Regis and Golden Queen. The order in which they are. matured is June, St. Regis, Goldoni Queen and Van Fleet. All these varie-, ties are red. except Golden Queen, which is yellow. Blackberries, dewberries and raspberries should be set to the field in7 late fall, soon after the plants are' made dormant by frost. The rows' should be spaced from six to eight feet apart so as to provide adequate room for cultivating the plants and harvesting the fruit. The plants may be spaced from four to six feet apart in the row, depending on the vigor of the plants, and trained to any convenient type of trellis or stakes. The station is planning to issue a < bulletin that will give detailed in-< formation about the tests with black-' berries, dewberries, raspberries, blue-; berries, currants and gooseberries, with recommendations as to cultural, I methods. Shropshire Most Widely .Grown Variety of Plums To most folks the word “Damson” I means a small, late, blue plum with; tart flavor used for making jam and} preserves, and since Shropshire is the variety of Damson plum that is almost; universally planted for this purpose it is Shropshire that characterizes the} Damson plums. Yet there are many plums of this type —some black, some' blue, and some yellow, others large,, small, clingstone, until there are liter-: all >■ dozens of varieties considered as' belonging to the group. | Shropshire is perhaps the most deI pendable variety, and certainly the; most widely grown. Though the fruit; Is not large, nor overly high in quality, the tree is large, vigorous, hardy, and, productive, and adapted to a wide gion, thus making up in tree charactersfor what it lacks in fruit characters. French is the opposite of Shropshire in this respect, being inferior in tree? characters but larger and better quality in fruit. Both varieties are late in, season and very old in point of origin,; Shropshire being some three hundred years of age. King is another late: kind of larger size than either of the two discussed. | Horticultural Notes J Bridge grafting is the one way toi save girdled trees. « « * Renew the old strawbery field prop- ( erly and cultivate frequently until fall.' •♦ • 1 Use judgment and discretion in the - selection of a suitable site for the strawberry plantation. • * * Many growers set their trees closer than 30 feet, but they find when the! trees are full grown that they are crowded. • • * A few dollars worth of good nursery' stock, planted in the proper places,: will work wonders in beautifying the: farm grounds. • * * All who store apples, especially scald susceptible ones, would do well’ to make a trial of the oiled wrappers | the coming season. * * * Know when to spray, what to use, how to apply the spray to the best; » advantage, and wJiqt insects and dis-: eases it is necessary to control. * * • In grafting apple trees all cut sur--faces must be completely covered with wax to prevent drying out. Two kinds < of wax can be used: melted and soft. Practice clean gardening. Burn or} otherwise destrby all cull fruits, or,vines, stems, trash and litter about the garden or truck patch. Keep fence' row’s free from weeds. • • • There is nothing gained through} spraying when trees are in full bloom, i but on the other hand, some effective-: ness is lost through the blossoms ob-: structing force of spray from penetrating to the Inner parts of the tree. Spraying fruits is a big subject. * • ft Apples and pears drop after the set-< ting of the fruit because of the at-; tacks of scab on the fruit stem. Plum j blossoms set and then drop because; of the attacks of the curculio. All tree; fruit gets wormy, pears and apples get; scabby and plums and cherries rot j