_Later, February 1st, 1899_
"FIRED THE SHOT HEARD 'ROUND THE WORLD"
Leading citizens and officials in four cities have pledged their
cities to accomplish Social Quarantine.
The General Federation of Women's Clubs of the United States, through
the president, Mrs. Rebecca D. Lowe, of Atlanta, Ga., and the National
Congress of Mothers, through the president, Mrs. Alice G. Birney, have
pledged their efforts to Social Quarantine, and will make Social
Quarantine the key-note of their administration.
The adjourned Prison Reform Congress, which convened at New Orleans in
January last, resounded with notes which advocated prevention to avoid
the necessity of punishment. Social Quarantine was explained to the
Congress by the author, and, at the close of his address, by a rising
vote, the Convention unanimously subscribed to the practicability,
desirability, and possibility of Social Quarantine as just expounded.