The Washington herald., 1922-08-04
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gency or somsthins vhsa sbs
Bradford Athlete Club vsut 10 NJ
ball park" back OF the etonsisisA
Garage and discovered . steam shsvsl
had moved In during the night and
was ready for action There vas o
consultation Of war and the esas
certainly looked like q good sub5sct
for Mr.. Briggs and his when q rellsr
Needs q Friend" The -oonsultafion'
decided that q perfectly GOOD baseball
ground was about to be ruined but
that Mr.. walker should be aricwed
TO build his ''darned old hotel" ~
Connecticut avenue and Dessie<
street The Stroller interviewed the
Kids and found they had Just nm
ished cleaning up the place enough
10 play on So 20 ahead with your
building operations. Mr.. walker. for
the kids have moved down 70 Far
rsgut Square until the next COP comes
along.
Antoine Jermain Of Paris 10 on hts
way home with a great boost for
washington's wide. tree-lined streets.
NJ Jermain does not understand why
we have any trsfic problems In this
town when the streets are 90 wide
The visitor was resting in Peacock
Alley for a moment when the Stroll
Ter found him.
The astonishing thing 10 me 10
that your pedestrian pays no atten-
tion whatever to your trafie oiicer.
Why is that? when the chauffeur
gets the signal TO go the people begin
crossing the street the other way at
the same time. Ny driver nearly
knocked down two people who were
crossing In front OF us. The police
man laughed and told them TO hurry
up.
why. In Paris. you are arrested
for hslting trafhc. think they rave
good idea In Los Angeles. There
the people have been educated TO do
one thing. as the result Of a safety
first propaganda campaign Signs m
many places say: When you step on
curb look to your left. when
you get to the middle OF the street
look to your right Now II the people
do that. much will be saved But
as long as your pedestrian pays no
attention TO your officer. all is lost
Traffic cannot get out Of the way.
D
police department does not do some
think like mention.
"Bnt your beautiful city, Some
times / think in the beautiful parts
no vehicles of any s.nd snousd he
allowed. Only allow walking in your
parks and 20 U plazas. ! tke some
pardonable pride. perhaps, in the tact
nat Enfant' helped plan your city.
Politics. bah, do not mention the word.
Germany wants time TO pay damages.
! What time was there in 1915, in
1870 ana again in 1914? You 40 NJ,
live next door TO them
Gus Buchholz. horseback rider
emeritus. can be seen almost any
day doing the paths in Potomac Park.
/ Horseback riding will not do II. Gus
Bet er get a set OF golf sticks ana
hang up the cutaway coat until next
winter.
Newton d. Baker. vino Was secre-
tary Of the war. and who kept a fine
collection Of siX-cylinder pipes in the
'uer TIEnJ hand drawer OF his desE
is now a member OF the international |,
court on comercial differences. The
Stroller has one commercial difference
he would like to have fixed nrst
and that is the return of the price
/ of pipe tobacco to where IL was De
70 de wah, Does anybody know
why it is the tobacco fields have not
been told the war is over? II you
wlIl cut price Of tobacco in two. M.
Baker. you can control the vote OF
everybody but the Anti-Cigarstte
Society OF Cohoes.
p. s. Ridsdale. secretary of the
American Forestry Association. has
gone on a vacation 10 Lake Cham
plain. He made a big dent in the
golf ball market just before depart
ing. according 10 well grounded rumor
in sporting goods circles