The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-28
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Animals Have Sports.
They Think In Addition.
More About Brunswick.
Sunday, Stores Cease.

They never play. They sit around
croaking solemnly. Human be-
hgs who never play are much
the same way.
The little ant, busiest of insects,
doing the most work finds time
for sport. Ants, wrestle, scuffle,
have mock fights, run races.
They lug each other on their
backs. like boys playing picka-
back. They have game some-
thing similar to hide and seek.
They dodge each other behind
blades of grass.
go TO the ant, thou sluggard,"
II you wish to learn to work, and
60 play also.
NEARLY all animals have their
~ sports.
You have seen dogs and cats
chase each other. And roll around.
Monkeys play a great deal. So
do squirrels. Porpoises seem to
have a barrel Of fun when they
get together In schools, chasing
each other, throwing themselves
out of the water.
The birds in the trees play.
The writer once watched bunch
Of snakes acting for all the world
MS If they were having q lot Of
amusement with each other.
MANY animals, birds, insects,
AVA display a lot Of thinking
ability. Others seem to think
less than some humans.
The black duck is extremely
shrewd. The canvass-back duck
is one of the dumbest things that
flies; it is dumb because it is
curious.
A dog playing along q beach
viii bring canyass-back swimming
inshore to their destruction.
In Maryland, Chesapeake dogs
are trained to disport themselves
on the beaches to attract the
ducks. This is called s'tolling.
Al similar method once fire.
Quently employed was to wave
q red cloth close to the surface
Of the ground. The canvass-back
would hurry in to get close
look at the cloth.
CURIOSITY, has brought de-
~ struction TO wiser things
than canvass-back ducks.
The black duck warily takes
close inventory of surroundings
before it makes a landing among
even the most inviting decoys. 1t
circles overhead time and again.
The slightest movement sends 1t
away for good.
Are you a canvass-back or q
black?
YOU must not .jay-walk" IN
Il Brunswick, thriving little
Georgia seaport, the wharves piled
high with lumber and turpentlne,
the streets paved, a street car
line in operation.
aJay-walking" is to Cross q
street between crossings. A Jay,
as you know, if you have ever
lived in a small town, is coun-
tryman, a "rube." When "jay"
or "rube" comes to town he wan
ders across streets without refer
ence to traffic rules.
At least this was once true.
Now the former "jays" are better
educated in the matter of cross
ing streets than city folks. Every
small town out West and in the
South has its "jay-walking" rules.
In New York the city "rubes"
still chase across the street at
win.
In Brunswick, if you go "jay-
walking" a policeman may tap
you on the shoulder and request
you to display little intelligence.
THIS is good law. It pre-
i vents accidents. 1t teaches
traffic discipline. Motorists should
appreciate this law.
In Brunswick the citizens are
meticulous in their observance of
the law. They use the street
crossings for what they are in
tended.
In New York, on Fifth avenue,
policemen are stationed at some
crossings where traffic is heav-
lest to prevent people from rush
ing headlong into the stream OF
traffic.
Most persons are Immediately
highly insulted when a policeman
stops them from risking their
lives under the motor wheels.
They perhaps sit down and write
letters to the mayor.
Small towns can teach the big
cities many things.
IN Brunswick, at IL o'clock Sun
4 day morning, all stores must
close, remain closed until 3 o'clock
in the afternoon.
This is very old law. The
idea of it is to prevent business
from interfering with spiritual
duties.
One wonders if the percentage
Of church attendance is any high
er in Brunswick than it is where
The stores may remain open all
gay Sunday.