. What to do for Uncle Sam; a first book of citizenship. night. Do not light afire in a stove with kerosene, and put all hot ashesor oily rags in a metal can. Never build a bonfirenear a wooden fence or a frame building. Learnthe number of your fire alarm and how to send itin. Eemember just where some large pails are andthe nearest water taps to use, in case of a fire athome, before the firemen come. The first thing that a boy or girl ought to doat an entertainment or a motion picture showin a public hall is to look around and see wherethe big red signs that mark the exits are. Incase of fire
. What to do for Uncle Sam; a first book of citizenship. night. Do not light afire in a stove with kerosene, and put all hot ashesor oily rags in a metal can. Never build a bonfirenear a wooden fence or a frame building. Learnthe number of your fire alarm and how to send itin. Eemember just where some large pails are andthe nearest water taps to use, in case of a fire athome, before the firemen come. The first thing that a boy or girl ought to doat an entertainment or a motion picture showin a public hall is to look around and see wherethe big red signs that mark the exits are. Incase of fire walk, not run, to the exit nearest yourseat. Many schools have such exits, and all chil-dren can learn to go through a fire drill as ifthey were real firemen, taking their way throughsmoke and flames. The street department needs you, too. It needsyour work in keeping your sidewalk clean, andyour garbage can clean and covered. Do not scat-ter rubbish, or tamper with the street water hyd-rants. The fire hose is attached to these hydrants. LIFE SAVING 143. Photo by Social Press Assn, N. DANGEROUS PLACE FOR YOUR BONFIRE The street department and the fire departmentwork together in fighting a fire. Stopping thewater flow would endanger lives. In some of our larger cities where there is agreat deal of traffic the street cleaning depart-ment works at night. When you are asleep, menwith huge street brushes made of reed and mountedon a two-wheeled frame drawn by horses, go upand down. When the street is thoroughly brushed,other cleaners follow, and wash the roads withthe fire hose. In the morning the street is whiteand ready for the towns breakfast to be broughtin by the bakers, the milkmen, and the fruit carts. 144 WHAT TO DO FOR UNCLE SAM Why not brush and wash your sidewalk to makeit as clean as the street in the morning? The school nurse will tell you that a greatdeal of illness among boys and girls might beprevented if they did not use common drinkingcups. A child who is develo
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