New Britain herald., 1926-08-28

| A uufnDer OIL motorists VINO haNi
guessed wrong on traffic signals thi.
summer have commented upon thu
fact that not only New Britain bu
practically every city seems to bt
policed by good natured traffic cops
1t is the universal opinion that
the village constable, with no au
thority except that of a badge and
= the vote of selectmen, and no court
except that of a justice of the peace
who runs the neighborhood store oil
farms during the day is the most Of
ficious and abusive type of police
man.
New Britainites who have Travelled
through Hartford, Springfield, Ber-
lin, East Hampton, Meriden, Plain
vile, Southington. Torrington, Nor
folk, Winsted, Canaan, Waterbury
Litchfield, Danbury, New Haven,
bridgeport. Middletown, Clinton,
White Plains and even New York
city this summer report that the old
time abusive traffic cop who treats
each motorist who makes mistake
at a signal as a dangerous criminal,
is passing away.
Probably the impudent and fresh
driver who thinks he can get away
with anything short of murder also
lis passing, and a better feeling be-
tween the two groups is resulting.
The fact that motorists are begin
ming to realize that they have the
right of complaint if treated unfair
ly may have some influence on the
situation.
Another condition which seems to
be fading into oblivion and for
(which the reason is more obvious is
the practice of bus and truck driv-
ers on the highways of forcing
private cars off the road and into
the ditch as they pass. The prompt
ness with which the state depart
ment of motor vehicles acts upon
complaints Of this character, I'M
doubtedly has helped eliminate this
evil
Now if the state police can only
succeed in keeping out of lines OF
busy traffic the idlers who only go
few miles from home and seldom
go faster than Is or % miles an
hour, things will be much pleasanter.
We notice by pictorial news
bulletin on West Main street that
chorus girls (mostly red-headed
ones, the bulletin adds) are learning
the fine points of football under the
able tutelage of that great business
man. Harold (Red) Grange. OF
course this is probably more pub
| licity stunt than a desire for learn
ing the art of broken field running,
and vet, it is never quite a certainty
lust how far the so-called weaker
sex" will carry the thing. We have
vivid imagination-all too vivid at
| times-and We can see the great
Philadelphia stadium crowded with
spectators that have come from all
PARTS of the country to see the an
nual gridiron battle between Vassar
and Radcliffe.
A sringed quartet renders Hearts
and Flowers" and at a waved signal
from the cheer leadress Gall dressed
I'D in a blue bathing suit, the
stands give a cheer, 'Hooray, hoo
raw. hooray-Vassar will win today.
And besides, we have the best team
ANYWAY. So there." The Radcliffe
section rises at the taunt and filings
right back at them, "Blah blah LOT
YOU, my dears. Our college has no
| fears. We have a valiant group OF
girls that will neer turn back, you
lust wait and see if they do" THESE
cheers are followed by general max
| ing of faces, and sticking out Oh
tongues. The teams trot out onto the
field, clad in bathing suits (of
course). Instead of the numbers that
have previously showed Ducky
Pond and Benny Freedman, the girls
have placards attached to ther
backs which give their nick-names'
such as "Chickie," Bobby blue
Ewes" and Betty" The referee
blows her whistle and after the
usual wait, the game begins. The de-
Law being caused because one of the
| players wants to powder her nose.
Vassar kicks off to Radcliffe but
the Radcliffe half back, misses the
catch and the ball falls in q dirty
puddle at the edge of the held. Time
ont ia called and a clean ball is pro-
duced. The Vassar stands jeer the
efforts of the Radcliffe back VINO
Immediately bursts into tears ana
stamps her foot in rage. The Rad-
cliffe players group around her ana
| fipalIy manage to console her AFTER
agreeing that the Vassar team Is
bunch of cats. Play is continued.
The Radcliffe quarterback makes
the catch on the next attempt ana
after stopping a minute to pose lor
the photographer of the SUNDAY
rotogravure sheet, she dashes lor
seven wards before Nassar end tags
her. The teams line up and the Ilrst
play is on. Radcliffe fumbles the pail
and the full-back sit on it, crying,
ono fair, No fair!" The referee Sc
verelv penalizes the Vassar team Tor
hair pulling in the line. Time Is
taken out for vanity case exercise
and Bubbles" the star right guard
for Vassar, is lead from the field IN
MYSTERIES She has ruined a perfectly
good permanent wave in the scrim-
mage.
So the game continues with oc-
casional penalties for scratching anu
calling names. The Radcliffe end is
taken out with a broken lip-stlck
and the Vassar center is suffering
from a fractured French heel Sew
eral long runs are made in the play
ers' stockings and the game ends
with the score to 0, and high
score it is at that, considering the
playing.
This is what might confront the
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