Evening star., 1925-01-28

There are lessons" and courses"
on everything-how TO get rich, how
to have a good memory. how to be
an orator. how to inveigie the boss
Into increasing yoIr salary fourfold
within a year, how to make people
do what you want" how to compel
them to buy something they do not
want
But as far as ! can recall no one
has ever offered to the eager public,
greedy for self-fmprovement. a course
on How to K eep From Getting Run
Over, and so I have decided to do it
myself. This ought to be even more
valuab BILE than a course of seff-im-
provement. since Ii Is in reality lee
ture on seif-preservation-
Do you juggie around in the middle
Of the street while automobiles dart
at you? What would you do IL, while
standing on a. car platform, you saw
an unusually pretty girl wink At you
across the way?
How would you handle such a sttu-
alton as this: You are standing at
the rear OF a parked car. when sud
denly you feel yourself impeIIed for
ward the motorist starting TO back
out without realizing that you are
back therez
What, you never thought about it?
Then. by all means. you should read
this course. which may save you from
imminent physical ruin, complete
demolition, and allow you to continue
TO grace the family fireside for years
TO come.
These Lessons in Crossing the
Street cost you absolutely nothing
you do not even have to sign a cou-
pom or send them back after Eve days
IL you do not care to keep them.
Trv thSse eight au tn tbe
privacy Of your own city. II honestly
practtced the accident rate here
would be greatly reduced, I am con-
vinced
INTRODUCTION.
The very fact that scores are killed
and hundreds are injured in the
National Capital every year points to
the necessity for these lessons on
how to keep from getting run over.
It il not possible to put all the
blame on the motorists any more
than IL Is to say the pedestrian is
entirely at fault, or the traffic laws.
Where human nature is involved
there will be errors of judgment.
1t is very necessary, then. for the
pedestrian TO give thought to this
matter. for by doing so he will be
able to avert injury and perhaps even
death.
LESSON I.
Do not walk out on the street at
any time, day or night, without first
looking both ways.
This primary law of street navi-
cation is violated thousands of
times a day. especially by women.
who are lacking most in the essential
of agility.
IT will not do to look just one
danger lies in the other direction
How can the pedestrian tell which
car will run over him? He cannot
so the only sensible course is to re-
gard every car source of danger.
II is especially necessary TO look
both ways when walking out from
the curb between parked automobiles.
The pedestrian who takes this
principle well to heart has gone a
long way toward preserving his own
life and freeing the motorists from
heart strain There are very, very
few automob biiists who actually like
to run over anybody.
LESSON II.
Don't stand long at the rear of
parked cars.
Having fully observed Law I, sur
veyed the avenue for approaching
carr II VIII not 90 10 sldhu lnilo-
Gently behind the big Limousine while
you gaze across the street at the
snappy lady
The street is no place for such
open admiration even of a thing of
beauty The niotorist, starting to
back out cannot see directly behind
him and may give you quite a bump
according to his initial velocity.
LESSON III.
Don't get caught mapping on a
street car platform
This Is one of the most dangerous
places for pedestrian to start day
dreaming The danger, commonly