The Washington herald., 1922-10-31
The Herald,s
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Anent -jaywaikers." please a1Iou
. daily pedestrian to say q wore o
two.
Ny daily walk is between Eight
ssnth street northwest TO bsyon<
the Capitol grounds. thus compris-
ing the crossing Of eighteen or nors
streets.
Now. where there are trafnc on
GERS crossing is comparatively easy.
but consider how few crossings th.y<
are Cup Pennsyivsnia avenue) WHORE
these officers are stationed
The crossings back Of the white
House at 4:<b y. m are thronged By
scores Of autos going both ways
BY waiting many minutes one car
get across IL he will run. but more
than often when at last an oppor-
tunity to cross arrives. the car back,
OF ehe nearest one coming forGet1
ahead ana cuts on the chance. Ths@
driver, OF the latter car sees that .
bunch" 10 waiting and could cross
II he deferred passing at that poine,
but what 10 that to him.
II q pedestrian. using care and
waiting for q sure chance. crosses
In the middle Of a block. he 10
doubly. nay. quadrupiy. safe. By
So doing he has only TO watch one
car track and one-way autos hall
way across the street. and the same
on the other half
Going over on a crossing. say az
Seventeenth street and Pennsyi.
vania avenue. there are car tracks
four ways and autos four ways.whils
there are chances Of autos turning
in from around the corners
At a junction where there are the
numbered and letter strets and an
avenue one has to watch six ways.
have seldom seen an auto slow
up for a crossing. II 10 ones obli-
cation to wait and wait for q chance
to cross. and then go on a hop. skir
and jump. The only inconvenience
to an autoist in having a pedestrian
cross in the middle of > block Ia an
implied necessity Of curb .ng betweqt,
cross streets. but as they seldom
curb their flight at a crossing. what
is the difference. II 10 always to be
considered. also. that an auto ca}l
reach its goal much quicker than
pedestrian. who Is often inconven-
fenced in keeping appointments. Ell, !.
by DELAYS at crossings. So much Tor
the streets
Though Il Is only correiauve &C
the subject just discussed. good Her
aid. can you not aid a lone crusader
who has endeavored 20 set the fash
ion Of no jaywslking on the side
walks?
The absolute perversity with which
most washingtonians walk on the
left side Of the sidewalk. the inge-
nuity they display in passing you az
the left when they meet you. zno
at the right when they come from
the rear is worthy Of a better cause
No matter how far over on the
right you walk some one squeezes
ny on the WRONG side. They take
corners that way. so that. progress
ing calmly around on your right. yoU
nearly fall into the arms Of cor
ler-turner who is plsstercd to ths
eft side.
It results that during the
of busiest trafic one edges u,
ont there. ducks unde-
arms. and waves q lab
course. growing more pee
desperate every moment
II is understood that reft
sometimes wish to walk on TN
wrong side of the sidewalk rheS
they desire to look into shop vtn-
dows. but that purpose is easily res
ognized: whereas take a sidewalk
or pa;h in a park with nothing &c
choose on either side. and ten out
of twelve persons elect to walk On
the left. "TOTA"