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Proceedings of the Conference of Cities; held in connection with the pageant and masque of St. Louis, May 29-31, 1914 - Softcover
Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 Excerpt: ...apply its principles, the people of the city receive value for all the $50,000 to $60,000 a year that the city spends for holiday celebrations. Last year the city spent $17,000 for Fourth of July, and nearly $15,000 for Columbus Day. The Independence Day Committee, which has just mapped out its plans for this year, recommends to the Mayor that the amount for Fourth of July be reduced, on the ground that equally good results can be secured for less money, now that the new plan is in successful operation. Possibly this may surprise the Mayor, as it may surprise some of those present who are not used to learning of an organization's asking voluntarily for a decrease in its appropriation from a city treasury. Independence Day.--Aside from establishing a definite policy for the entire city, with careful direction, supervision and control by permanent central authority, and the securing of the largest possible results in satisfaction of the people from the money expended--aside from these general aims, the policy adopted for Fourth of July is to make it in a true sense a civic and community festival. The Director and Committee, with the Mayor's approval, adopted for their slogan, "Fourth of July is a Children's Holiday," and determined that the chief purpose should be to provide wholesome recreation and amusement for boys and" girls, and to make sure that, so far as possible, danger and menace to life and limb would be eliminated. Last year not one serious accident was recorded in Boston that could be charged against the day's celebration. The "safe and sane Fourth" idea had been introduced in 1910, and when the new plan went into effect, this was established in Boston. There was a parade the first year of the new plan, as on the two prec...
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