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Sure Pop and the Safety Scouts


          _Being a Safety Scout means doing the right thing
          at the right time._
                                           --COLONEL SURE POP



SURE POP AND THE SAFETY SCOUTS

by

ROY RUTHERFORD BAILEY

Published Under the Auspices of the National Safety Council

Illustrated







[Illustration]

Yonkers-on-Hudson, New York
World Book Company
1916

_Get the Safety Habit_

Copyright, 1915, by World Book Company.
Copyright, 1915, in Great Britain.




CONTENTS


                                                             PAGE

    Introduction                                                1

    Adventure Number
      One: Bob Thirsts for Adventure and Gets It                3
      Two: The Royal Signet Ring                                9
      Three: The Woman and the Wizard                          13
      Four: The Persistent Pigmy                               21
      Five: The Magic Button's Warning                         27
      Six: The Live Wire                                       32
      Seven: Betty Evens the Score                             38
      Eight: Little Schneider's Fire Alarm                     43
      Nine: "Chance Carter's Way"                              49
      Ten: The Twins Meet Bruce                                58
      Eleven: "Just for Fun"                                   62
      Twelve: Getting Down to Business                         69
      Thirteen: Dalton Patrol                                  74
      Fourteen: Six Timely Tips                                82
      Fifteen: Twin Uniforms                                   89
      Sixteen: Where Safety Was a Stranger                     95
      Seventeen: Giving the Other Fellow a Square Deal        102
      Eighteen: An Adventure in Safety                        110
      Nineteen: One Day's Boost for Safety                    117




THE SAFETY SCOUT'S PLATFORM


  _I will bear in mind the value of human life and a sound body._
  _I will take no risks to endanger my body or any of its parts._
  _I will do nothing to endanger the life or limb of any other person._
  _I will be vigilant not only for my own safety, but for that of others,
       in the street or indoors, on foot or in conveyances, anywhere and
       at all times._
  _I will try to do at least one Good Turn for Safety every day._




INTRODUCTION

SAFETY FIRST--THE PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS


AMERICANS are realizing the need for preventing accidents. The general
conservation and efficiency movements and the Workmen's Compensation
Laws first directed the attention of employers to the needless waste of
human life. The discovery that by the safeguarding of machinery and the
education of workmen ninety per cent of the industrial accidents could
be prevented, has proved the value of educational methods in Public
Safety work, and the Safety activities of public officials, trade
organizations, public schools, churches, and other agencies have been
directed toward the prevention of accidents on the street, in public
places, and in homes. Every phase of human life is affected by
accidents, and their elimination means saving human life and the
avoidance of destitution and misery.

The National Safety Council realizes the importance of educating school
children in the principles of Safety; for they will be the future
industrial workers and the representatives of public opinion; their
interest must be aroused to practice and preach "Safety First"
everywhere. Children can be taught to become alert to their own safety,
and can influence their parents to a deeper realization of their
responsibilities.

The National Safety Council has directed the preparation of this book
and hopes that through its pages children will be brought to realize the
manliness of caution, the importance of courtesy and consideration;
that, in short, the Safety way is simply the right way of doing things;
and that the efficiency, comfort, and happiness of many individuals will
be increased by the practicing day in and day out of "Safety First."

                              R. W. CAMPBELL
                                   _President National Safety Council_

          _You have no right to take a chance; some one else
          may have to take the consequences._
                                            --COLONEL SURE POP






SURE POP AND THE SAFETY SCOUTS




[Illustration]




ADVENTURE NUMBER ONE

BOB THIRSTS FOR