New Britain herald., 1917-07-21
Town Topics

| to the new autOm Obblle law as IL
| refers to the right Of way on roads.
This section Of the law is a radical
departure from all previous under
standings to rules Of the road ana
should be understood by all. The rule,
| briefly, is that at all street intersec-
| tons the car on your right has the
| right of way; that is, all you have to
| remember as you come to a street
| crossing and meet other cars there, IT
| car is coming down cross street at
| your right, YOU must stop and let 1T
! cross your path. This rule will work
| out perfectly if four cars should reach
an intersection at once.
! linus, if at the corner of High and
west Main streets was going south
, on High street, and B was going west
on Vest Main street and G was headed
north on High street, and all three
cars came to the intersection Of the
| streets at once, then A would have
the rlght Of way over B, and B would
| nave the right of way over c. good
plan, If all motorists will observe it,
is 10 watch out for the car on your
| rlght. If everyone would do this
driving across intersecting streets
would be simple matter.
Speaking Of the high cost of every
! thlng else, we are often reminded,
/ particularly in the newspaper bust
ness. that the cost of advice has not
advanced. The supply is as great as
ever and advice is still cheap
SUCH is fame. We notice in some
drug stores that popular military Of
hcers are having drinks and ice cream
| concoclons named after them. AL
ready there has appeared the Rand
sundae and the Harris Boches
The gambling instinct is strong in
most Of us, but in about 513 young
men from New Britain the love of
ia king a lottery chance" will be
forever cured when the results of the
draft are fully known. The more
fortunate ones, however, may be more
firmly convinced than ever that it
pays to take chance.
n
! Do you live in this kind of a neigh
borhood? Judging from the several
| anonymous letters of complaint re-
ceived in this office, all apparently
from people in various sections, 1T
would appear that ALMOST everybody
does? We agree, it must be decidedly
| pleasant to have guests over the week
end and to sit on your cool front YER
| anda on Sunday evening when: The
| family next door insists on playing
| the phOnograph specializing in
America" and "Oh, Johnny" when
! the family on the other side gathers
on its front porch while a baby in
arms shrieks and bawls and several
other children gather on the walk in
| front Of the house to play tag and
! occasionally have childish bra.wl
! with its soothing shouts and cries of
! "Maw;" when up the street an ON
| bryo musician sits before the open
| window and practices faithfully, while
a competitive neighbours boy is just
as Industrious on his violin; when
| another neighbor starts the player
piano and jingles off everything from
| rag time to hymns; when another
| family, with younger daughters. with
much laughter shows it's appreciation
of the wit of their gentlemen friends
and they sit in the creaking couch
| hammock; when scores Of automo-
biles whiz past the house, many with
the cut-out banging like a machine
] gun; when a dog nearby adds his bay
, ing tones to the medley Of sounds and
! when pandemonium reigns supreme
/ is it any wonder they retire into the
| sub-cellar for the remainder Of the
| evening?
| Another grade crossing fatality was
narrowly avoided this week. Lee,
Mass, takes pride in one of it's pro-
tective signs which reads: This
Grade Crossing Is Protected Twenty
four Hours Day, Seven Days a
Week" New Britain grade crossings
are not protected like that and
evidently not really protected when
they are supposed to be.
| For real thrills watching the draft
numbers come has got going over
| Niagara in a barrel beaten a hun
| dred different ways. But when num-
Der 1896 is drawn and your heart
stops beating and then, on second
look you discover that your own num-
Der is 1859 instead-Oh, Boyl Amt
it a grand and glorious feeling?
Here's a chance girls. The New
Haven road has advertised for women
to work as gate tenders. Line forms
on the left-and don't push
|
Knitting, knitting, knitting. Every
where the fair sex go, whether it be
to sewing circles, afternoon teas,
shopping or motoring they can be
seen industriously knitting for the
soldiers Sweaters, mufflers, socks,
wristlets and other worsted articles
are being turned out in great guam
titles and if the soldiers and sailors
are cold this winter it will not be be-
cause the New Britain women have
not tried to be good to them. In
| fact knitting seems to have become
| a popular pastime.
Early in the week two prominent
men stood opposite a. we'll known