Evening star., 1928-03-23

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the solution needed for the seemingly
unSolvable traffic problem. But right
! here where il is most needed, SO many
! persons forget the sublime words of
/ wisdom which they learned at the knees
/ Of their mothers. They don't translate
| il into terms of motors.
| Would YOU keep a savage dog in
| securely chained in your back yard.
/ OF course not. The animal might
| escape and bite somebody-some other
! mans little girl spinning tops in the
/ alley after school.
| You shrink in horror from the picture
| Of the foanling jaws of the beast fast
| ened IN the childs neck. Not for
thing happen.
You wouldn't fire a high-powered
rife. capable of killing at a mile. into
| the heart of the city. You wouldn't
walk around the streets with loosely
corked bottle of tetanus germs in your
pocket. OF course not. II wouldn't be
pocket Of course, not. II wouldn't be
be doing as you'd like to be done by
which is the foundation of your code
of morals if you happen 10 be the
average sort OF individual No, you
wouldn't Go any OF these things.
Human Safety Is Paramount
Well. then, would you drive downtown
with worn-out brakes on your car?
Would you cut through school safety
zone? Would you dodge by some slow
and awkward driver on the right?
Would you dash over an unguarded
cross walk. letting the frightened pedes-
trians shift for themselves? Would you
run past stop" sign upon which some
other motorist depends for his safety
and has taken into consideration in his
driving?
You wouldn't, certainly. II you paused
to consider that old, old Golden Rule
| TO whose provisions motorists are no
exceptions.
whatsoever We would that others
| should do unto you, do ye also unto
| them"
ANY Of these things is equally dan
| gerous TO others as keeping savage
| dog insecurely chained. or firing a rite
| promiscuously. or carrying a loosely
coTked bottle OF tesanus germs-which
you know that you wouldn't do.
Yet in the past five years 90 children
under Ia years Of age have been killed
On the streets Of Washington--in mos.
instances because some nlotorist forgot
the golden rule
Or have they really forgotten It?
Doesn't the trouble lie in the fact that.
although applying ii To everything else
In their lives they never have sensed
the application Of 1t in driving an au-
tomobile.
A Typical Case.
The motorist hits a child. The little
chap has run suddenly in front Of him
from behind parked automobile lie
applied his brakes, OF course, but the
car didn't stop soon enough. The am
balance comes UP the street, its bell
changing. Too bad-but they cant
blame him. He was not exceeding the
! speed limit He was driving within the
law. OF course. If he had been excep-
/ ttonally. unreasonably careful
But then again. snpposing 1t was. his
own child the ambulance was coming
/ Tor and some other motorist was in
goIyed? Wouldn't he feel that the other
/ fellow should have been exceptionally
/ unreasonabiy careful? Wouldn't he see
a hundred ways in which the accident
could have been prevented! Wouldn't
/ ne curse the other fellow?
/ Then let him consider that the in
/ itired 6hiId's father and mother feel
exactly that way toward him What
/ he thinks would have been exceptional.
! unreasonable care they think would
/ have been the minimum duty OF sny
/ decent man They can't do anything
| about II. The law will not touch him.
But Ia their hearts they think he is a
/ cad and a monster.
Perhaps the child is dead. He can't
/ put the lovely light Of life i'm the little
/ eyes again. The best he can do LIS pay
ti1e undertaken.
Perhaps IL Ia only a broken leg. He,
Q. the Insurance company. can pay the
surgeon and the hospital bills. But Is
there anything on earth that can pay
for the pain the child enduresp
Ao~~foF tte consequences Of break
ing The Golden Rule are irrevocable on
earth.
Child Actors Needed.
For the successful filming OF the mo-
ton picture IT is essential that large
number Of children come 70 The star
office tomorrow a. II am.
Group movie views of all children
seeking parts win be- included In the
! finished picture when IL IL released
for It's first local screening al the Fo,
1neaier. one week later The children
vii be given parts. supporting Babs
Beverly MacDougaL child firm star
Who takes the lead In the pIodue.
ton as the daughter u rn0tor!si
Wlo thinks that traffic laws were made
for everybody but himself Marcif
VAN. featured motion picture piayei
and The youngest grandmother of th'
silver screen VIII direct the little tots
acting as Mother ~ Gatety' 10 Wash.
jngo0n's children for a week during th'
! crusade The unusual picture vii
show That motorists cannot expect tin!
| children W anticipate danger III inn0
cent acts u play, ACTS done Withou
reason and on the spur o! the moment
Various regulations Of the tfaffle cod
/ VIII be- illustrated. ss we'll as practice
of the reckless. needless and uacGnsld
! crate minority element Of car owners
! #ho III their very altitude are uiefaC.
10 traffic Concealed cameras vii
FeeDJd the actions ~ headstrong "figh
/ II way" pedestrians. vim sonnet ltnei
forget that the golden rule works boil
ways, f0f The uotoriet and pedestrian
! | alike,
Citizens To Sign Up"
/ The strange commentary upon hlmhI
nature lbst Is ~ often Ia evidence
? Two men VINO would extend each Othe
courtesy u they mgt III au once build
Ing entg8nee At t1a same moment, on
stepping aside with q smile, and Tn
? same l~0 nen meeting 81 ani Intersection
/ r ing tbeif oan cars and the 8llnos
srajn angry look or retort. II is ib