As she locked the last 

 door a horrible thought 

 cime to her— suppose a 

 fire should start? 



With a one cent 

 post card you 

 might save many 

 lives from fire. 

 Send today for 

 our booklet. See 

 below. 



Barred windows, locked doors 



'"'PHE new officer of a girls' reformatory in a 

 •*■ Middle Western State was very young and 

 she hadn't learned that one must wait for the 

 public to wake up to the cry of humanity. 



So she made the first night's rounds in her 

 corridor with a hopeful heart, glad that she had 

 her chance to help these unfortunate girls. She 

 looked into each little room with its barred 

 window, saw that each girl was "safe" and 

 locked the door behind her. 



Locked in! Windows barred! Suppose a 

 fire should start? 



She put the question to the superintendent, 

 an earnest woman of unusual capability, and 

 learned that similar conditions exist in such 

 buildings all over the country. They exist in 



asylums for the in 



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 and Their Remedy" 



If you feel too indifferent to 

 send for a free booklet telling 

 what to do, what right have you 

 to blame others when a horrible 

 calamity occurs in your town ? 

 Think of your schools, hospitals 

 and asylums and write today, now, 

 for this intensely interesting 

 booklet. Address General Fire 

 Extinguisher Company, 293 West 

 Exchange St., Providence, R. I. 



sane, prisons, houses 

 of correction, etc. 



The common dic- 

 tates of humanity, 

 you think, must pro- 



vide some sure and certain means of putting 

 out fire as soon as it starts. 



But the trouble is that the officers in charge, 

 who realize the danger, are generally without 

 influence to secure any such equipment. 



Only automatic protection like the Grinnell 

 Sprinkler System can protect the inmates of 

 training schools or penal institutions where 

 locked doors, of necessity, prevail. Night and 

 day the little sprinkler head is on the watch, 

 ready to find fire, put it out, and send an alarm 

 — all automatically. 



Where the inmates must depend on the presence of 

 mind or heroism of some officer who carries the keys, 

 you may be sure that death by fire will be faced by some 

 victims sooner or later. 



Some five billion dollars of business property has been 

 protected from fire by automatic sprinklers. 



Meanwhile our wonderful humanitarian institutions 

 and our fine schools continue to burn and the toll or 

 victims grows larger each month. 



With a one cent post card you might save lives. Who 

 knows? Should you hesitate to send for a free booklet 

 that tells what to do? 



GRINNELL 



AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM 



When the fire starts the water starts 



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