The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-04
with the
|AIibiArtists
lA Cross Section Of the
1 Daily Grind in Judge
Macdonald's Court
Read EN- and Weep.
By DONALD McDOUGAIA
TELLING THE PUBLIC.

the south side of Kenyon street
over Fourteenth street, your
honor, and It reaches the west
curb OF Fourteenth street about
six yards from an alley.
There's only room there tor q
Ford, with perhaps enough left
over for baby carriage. When
they're shy on parking space up
that way. which IL all the time.
you'll often see a Packard or q
Cadillac ease in that space with
pink blankets and b nursing bottle
showing through the window.
when people are hard up for
parking space, your honor, they'll
try any old kind Of q bluff"
"Don't these Cadillac baby bug.
gies carry . rattle along with
them. too. SOS to help the dis
guise?
mo. sir. There's generally
enough Fords around to supply
all the rattle needed"
Proceed"
s'When two cars try to occupy
that space at the same time.
your honor, one Of 'em ID bound
to overflow onto the cross-walk.
''Then people crossing there
have to execute a flank move
naent, exposed to southbound
Fourteenth street traffic, and a
croas.fire coming out Of an alley
on their left.
We put up q sign the other
day forbidding motorists to park
there, but no one paid any at
tention to it, and today we start.
ed arresting 'em.
"A Ford coupe scraped some
rust off another Ford coupe
near there this morning and
while was noting the answers
to a few standard questions, the
defendant in this case parked
on that cross.wa1k for twenty
minutes.
when we pulled out on the
way to court, another man ran
in there and I brought him
along. He said he didn't under
stand the sign"
First boob: THE sign said Mo
Parking In This Block Today,
your honor, but both sides Of the
street along there are crowded
with cars all the time. so I
thought the sign had been put
there for some special occasion
and the police had forgotten to
take it away.
'The sign is entirely wrong and
doesn't mean thing. It forbids
parking in that whole block.
while the intention is to stop
parking on the cross-walk only.
/ didn't notice the cross-walk, be-
cause It's in the middle of the
block, on that side Of Fourteenth
street. Z Few drivers ever would
notice that cross.walk unless
their attention was called to it
especially. We don't look for
such things In the middle OF a
block
"Your explanation sounds rea-
sonable, and the court will take
your personal bond. You know
whats expected of you now"
Next one: 1.-THE sign was en-
tirely misleading, your honor.
puzzled over It while and gave
it up. The only understandable
thing about it was that it didn't
mean what It said.
when you see parking space
up in that locality you have to
grab it pretty quick. You can't
wait to work out crossword
puzzle first. Some one will slide
in ahead Of you.
81 don't think I should be pen.
allied any more for not guessing
that sign right, your honor. I've
been kept away from my bust.
ness now good deal longer than
/ can afford"
ut doesn't look as though you
were entirely to blame. Besides,
the court has taken one mans
personal bond for similar Of
Tense, and we can't play any
favorites. Hold up your right
| hand"