The Brussels Post, 1924-1-16, Page 2MANY TRAFFIC ACCI15 NTs LAID TO PEDESTRIANS.
The poor pedcatrian-how he is int- earful drivers undertook to avoid hit,
posed upon by motorists—according to ting jaywalkers,
the ,general Mitten. Whenever thexo' CAU9`IDN ADDS 'r0-SAPS'rY,
IS a motor accident and somebody sly Fortunately there are many pedes.
foot la injured folks just naturally dans Who have a sense of soli pxoser-
take it for granted that the fellow
Who was driving the ear was to blame, Vation and respect for traffic rules.
oke a matter of fact, owe is just They are in the large majority. They
*Mont as much chance that the pedes- recognize the dangers of auto -filled
Irian was at fault as that the dI'iStreetsand act accordingly. They be -
Ver i
Made a mistake, It is about a fifty- lieve it is batter to play safe and con-
ilii, Proposition—with a slight margin time life and the pursuit of happiness
in favor of the driven' as the less rack- rather than to assert their right to
less of the two. the road, especially when that par -
At any rate, that is what they found ticular part of the road is very apt to
out in one city after a careful invest!- be occupied immediately by an oneom-
ation of a year's accident statistics, ing automobile, and when to assert
When, all the figures were in and the .that right is likely to mean another
adding machine had done its stuff it job for the undertaker,
was cliseovered. that 54 per cent. of the The peculiar thing about this whole
lem is that there are really no
automobile accidents were caused by twobclasses, pedestrians and motorists.
the carelessness o`f pedestrians and 46 Practically every pedestrian is at
per cent, were due to the fault of the times the Occupant of an automobile
drivers. and every motorist is at times a'
Let those who walk digest these sta-
tistics and get busy picking the motes The problem, therefore, should be
out of their own eyes before they easily solved Let pedestrians amble
undertake the jab of casting the beams cautiously, recognizing the righta he
out of their brother motorists' eyes. enjoys as a motorist and as a motorist
Another fallacy which seems to ob- let him drive carefully, appreciating
fain in the mind of the pedestrian is the rights he enjoys when on foot.
found in the assumption that he owns Saxe is an ideal place for the Golden
the streets, or at least has some su- Rule to function.
prior claim to these public thorough-,
_
fares. But they are public thorough -1 The House of lien Leaves.
fares. They belong to the public,
which is made up of pedestrians, mo- So he came at last to the Hoose
twists and a few others --very few, I Of Fallen Leaves;
EQVAE D2vtSiON OF fIIGIiTS. - There was rustle of aspen houghs.
About tate eaves,
Consequently, the motorist has as And a drooping stook stood near
much right on the public highway eel Of withered sheaves.
the walker—no more, no less. The one:
has as much obligation to be careful The vacant windows gaped
while on this common property as the And mowed at him;
other. In spite of this fact, the crowd There were faces weirdly shaped
of'?n gives the pedestrian all the ad-- In the aspen Dub,
v -...rage of the doubt if there is an, And he sawan open door
se ' 'ent. The courts sometimes do the} And a room half dim.
s.
.,is is probably due to the condi-, The walls were tattered and grime
t•.. s that obtain, The walker is doubt - i Lay along the floor;
le: , more often the injured party in� A dumb clock told of a time
e:` accident. Ile is seen under the car! That would come no more;
en:Tering. The ambulance arrives Then something drew him in
and he is carted to the hospital. People <i t the open door.
Say "Poor fellow!" They look at the
driver seated comfortably in his car And a hollow voice cried out:
and jump to the conclusion "There is! "This is your past!"
the criminal who did the damage!" And he gazed and groped about,
Yet the entire fault may have been Amazed, aghast;
on thepart of the pedestrian. ( And forth he Red from that house
p a We are
naturally sympathetic with the per- With no look back cast,
eon who appears tobe getting the
worst of a deal. I The future beckons and beams;
Might here Iet us consider the jay His sight perceives
walker, lie ie a menace to the whole Irradiant golden dreams
automotive situation. It is stated' Of love's golden aheavautomotivethat 85 per cent of the people killed But he cannot forget the House
on the highway are jaywalkers. The Of Fallen heaves.
most reckless motorist hardly has any- —Clinton Scollard.
thing on the jaywalkers when it comes
to possible automobile accidents. And The stout old lady was struggling
the most careful driver can at times valiantly, but against odds of seine 200
hardly avoid running down this nuts pounds, to mount the high step of the
ance tosociety. waiting jitney. "Come along, ma,"
The jaywalker who takes awful urged the conductor. "If they had
chances on our public highways ought given you more yeast when you was a
to be arrested for his own safety, He gal, you'd be able to rise better." "Yes,
should be treated with the same eon- young man," she retorted, as at last
sideration thatshould be dealt out to she ,hoisted herself triumphantly up.
a reckless driver. This pedestrian who "And if they'd given you a bit more
frequently takes his life in his hands; i yeast you'd be better bred."
refusing to abide by carefully worked' -----:
traffic regulations, ought to be ostra- Thoroughly Modern.
cized from civilized society. tie not Landlord (pleasingly, at doorway)—
onlyputs his own life in jeopardy, but "Well, how do you like your new quer-
also the lives of others, for many ac, tars?"
cidents have happened to innocent Tenant (gazing sadly around)—"I
people when, cars have been wrecked should hardly call them quarters. Why
and people have been run down as not say eighths?"
Fat But Not Stupid.
CANADA iS SHE LAND OF WiNTER SPORTS
Canada is the winter playground of
North America- Blessed with an equit-
able climate and all the natural facili-
ties
acilities. for the enjoyment of winter; Cana-
da is able to offer to her citizens and
visitors a variety of winter sports to
be found nowhere else in the world.
Skiing, snowshoeing, ice boating, curl
ing, skating, ice hockey and toboggan -
ing are but a few of the sports which featured. The largest of these le Mont-
real, where, commenciug in, January,
the largest winter carnival in the
world will be held. The carnival con-
eludes
oneludes with a beauty contest in wftich
will be entered the prettiest girls from,
all parts of Canada, each dressed in
the costume of the sport in which she
is most proficient
can be enjoyed in Canada in winter..
Highland Inn, a winter resort which
compares, favorably with anything to
be found in Switzerland, is operated in
Algonquin Park, Ontario, by the Cana
dian National Railways, and the same
system serves all the important towns
and cities where winter sports are
Advertised by Wireless.
The United States is generally sale
posed to be the home of "stunt" ad-
vertising, but France is now challeng-
ing the supremacy of the land of the
dollar in this respect.
One of the latest publicity devices
to set Paris talking was the action of
a French women writer In broadcast-
ing some pages of her latest book by
wireless from an aeroplane.
Peaceful citizens with wireless sets.
are a little afraid of what may be the
next development in radio advertising,
but it is generally agreed that it can
hardly be so bad as the intensive
phone publicity which is now annoy-
ing all telephone subscribers.
The system of these phone "stunt -
lets" is to ring up people unknown to
them, to tell them all about the merits
of whatever article is being "boomed."
PEACE AFTER STORM
The motor schooner shown above was buffeted by the waves in a great storm off the Cornish 'coast, and
finally left la the fantastic pose as the picture shows,
Schoolboy Howlers.
Where are the kings of England
crowned? -0n their heads!
This was one of several of the latest
schoolboy howlers related by Mr. Lud-
ford Freeman, Director of Education
for Bristol, at a luncheon the other
day.-
Other extracts quoted from recent
examination paperswere:—
An optimist is a man wholooks af.
ter your eyes; a pessimist looks after
your feet.
The feminine of Tsar is sardine,
A circle is a line of no depth running
round a dot for ever.
The chief clause in the Magna Char-
ts was that no free man should be put
to death without his consent.
R.S.V.P. stands for Royal Society
for Vermine Protection.
Guerilla warfare means "up to their
monkey tricks." ^
The wife of a duke is a ducky
Solomon had 300 wives and 700 cu-
cumbers.
The Same Treatment.
Hiram Jones, a resident et a country
village, discovered a fire in his home
and endeavored to extinguish it. Be.
lag unsuccessful, he hastened to the.
telephone to give the alarm to tise vil-
lage chief:—
HI Jones—"Myhouse is on fire,
send help."
Chief—` Ie that so? Have you tried
any water on It?"
HI Jones—"Yes, I have,"
Ohiet—"Then there ain't no need of
us comin','cause that's what we would
use."
Eagles and their allies live to a
great age -100 years er even more,
The youth of the golden eagle lasts
ten years.
You may censure the faults of
others when you have none of your
own.
Over the Rim.
(Chantey of the liouthwesteru Seas,/
'Vilma the warm, wind sighs of a coral
reef,"
Dream o' hiine,
` Over the Rim.
It; speaks of ii land unknowa to grief,'
Dream o' Mine,
Over the Rim;
Over the rim of the western sea,
Where the paths of the world are wide
and' free,
With ,the mainsheet tacit, avid a swish
Igoe,
Dream o' Sine
Over the Rini;
Follow thaaalrift of the flylyg a'pume,
Follow the clear call far,
Whore the twisted palms on the white
beach loom,,
And tlse"dream and the Dreamer are.
Where the white` yawl heels "to`• -the
•eteady wind,
Dream o' Mine,
Over the Rim,
And the billowing miles slide off be-
hind,
.Dreamt -o' Mine,
Over the Rim;
Over the rim where the islands rise,
And the South Pacific drowsing Iles,
The coral is pink as^the sundown shies,
Dreams o' Mine,
Over the Rim; ..
Follow the rustling South. Sea Trail, ,
Follow the treee wind's track,
Where the salt spray sings on the
weather rail,
Over the rim—and baekt•
Weed Dickinson,
His Ideal. •
He strolled with lovely English Maude
Beneath the silver moon,
And heard in newly 'budded woods
The nightingale in tune—
With Scottish Jean he' toured the lochs,
W1th Irish Nora danced,
And gazed in Spanish Lola's eyes,
But none of these entranced.
In Venice, city of romance,
On purple nights of stars
He: floated down the Grand Canal
To laughter and guitars,
With proud Francesca at his side
Her dazzling beauty bold,
01 crimson lips and dusky looks
And lassies, left him cold.
Among the cherry trees ha sat
With geishas of Japan,
As quaintly clad as figures gay
Upon a. paper fan,
The golden girls of China, -too,
Engaged him sipping tea
In queer pagodas red and gilt—
Still he was fancy Igoe,_,
He saw the fairest of the fair
In every land on earth,
Returned and met a flapper in
The village of his birth,
A little freckled slangy thing,
A saucy minx, and felt
So very hard for her, behold!
He rang the wedding bell,
—Minna Irving.
OH MA 1 PLEASE
DoN'T WASH MY E• t 5
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The Natural itesources, Intel-
ligeneo Service ,of the Depart-
ment of the interior at Ottawa,
gays:
Thera has been a tendelsey on
the Part of'niany persons inter-
ested 10 natural resources 10
emphasize that this or that par-
ticular resource is the most lin-
portant. Some have contended
that the fgreets are the most
important asset, ethers emit,
others maintain that the soil,
with its fertility, is the most
important, and, of late years,
greet strase has been laid' upon
the statement that water is the
Chief asset -the prediction he-
ing made
e-ingmade that the station which
has the most and cheapest
water=power available, is des-
tined to take precedencein the
world of commerce. As a mat-'
ter of fact, however, all these,
various interests aro interde-
pendent. If any one feature of
our natural resources is to be
placed before others, probably
it eouid be most reasonably
urged that a fertile condition of
the soil is the most important
natural asset to be safeguard-
ed, because, for his sustenance
on the earth,;inan requires food,
raiment and shelter, and these
essentials are supplied him, in
one form or another, either di -
redly or "indirectly, from the
Soil. It must be manifest,
therefore, that the factors
which make for the permanence
of the soil's productivity are of.
paramount importance; and
hence the subject of the con-
servation and use of waters as
e natural asset must, among
other things, be considered in its
prime relationships to the sub-
ject of the productivity of the
soil.
I1 should be borne in mind
that the greatest danger which.'
besets the natural resources of
not only this gauntry, but of the
world, is the undue disturbance
of the 'balance which Nature:,
seeks to maintain,
The. Miracle of Mouth
Watering.
When you hop out of bed in the
morning and are speeded in your
dressing process bythe soma of bacon
and eggs frying in the kitchen, 1f you
take the tine you will observethat
your mouth is watering.
Pavlov, the great Russian physiolo-
gist, found that if a clog was shown his
familiar feedingdish, even if it were
empty, certain glands In his mouth'
immediately got into action and fiber-
ated a saliva having the same Chemi-
cal composition as that ,produced by
snuMng food. Many of us have had
this Involuntary mouth-watering ex-
perience
xperience which compliments a highly
Colored food advertisement in one of
the magazines.
"Psychic reflex" is the polite physio-
logist's name for suck excitations.
Than atter the food: has started en its
downward journey there are millions
of other minute cella pouring out
ohemical subatanees to aid In the db.,,.
gestive process,
The modern scieutlst points with
pride to a rainbow pt dyes snatched
from sticky black coal tar; iia makes
deadly mustard gas and then when
war 15 over traneforins it lute vlulot
perfume that outdoes the most ins.
modest violet; corn uuder his geld
ance yields whiskey or Oxplosivos; his
flaming electric arcs fix the nitrogen
of the air so that plants can feed upon
it.
But the chemist cannot yet rival the
laboratory of the living organism'
where the starch of our bread, the fat
of our butter, the proteins at our
meat, all insoluble In water, aro Won-
derfully transformed into substances
that are smoothly and raptdly takes
into the blued. The enzymes produced
in living cells that effect these trans
formations have not even' been !so-
lateS by the chemist. They aid in pro.
doting carbohydrates, alicaluids, glu-
cosides and Other complex substances.
The biologist and chemist would he
thankful if he could only learn a little
more about the chemicals of the body,
Making them is the distant and only'
dreamed -of goal,
If mouth watering was not such a
common tiling, how startling would be
the news of its discovery, We are just
a bunch_ot living everyday miracles,
Jimmie Khew,
A teacher was instructing a class in
Bngiish and culled on a small boy
named Jimmy Brown,
"James,,' she said, "write on tlto'
board, 'Richard can ride the male if
he wants 10.' "
"Now," continued the teaehee when
Jimmy had finished writing, "can yeti
find a betteforni for that. sentence?"
"Yes, ma'am; I think I can," was
the prompt answer, "Mallard can ride
the Mule if the mule wants him to,"
Veterans.
Flapper (after the aoeldent)--"It
was all your fault. I've been driving
carefully, I've had two years' evperl.
encs;'
Old Boy (pick -lug hi n:elf up) ---"But
I've always walked carotnlly. I've
had 60 years' oxporienes,"
It is a wise woman will both
take a eotraplimant and forget it