Milford chronicle., 1929-08-02
ONE or OUR TOWNS some months

ONE OF OUR TOWNS some months
ago put in a system of signal lights
for regulating traffic. 1t was re-
marked for some time thereafter
that the motorists were obeyins
those lights fairly we'll. The people
congratulated themselves that theil
citizens were so law abiding.
But recently it has been noted
that a good many motorists on ap-
preaching an intersection regulated
by signals, would look around cGre-
fully, and if they saw no police Off
Ger in sight, they would slip past
those signals when set against them
A few days ago, a citizen called
the attention of a policeman to this
tendency to ignore the law, which
was made for the good and safety oi
all concerned, and asked what the
police were going to do about it.
what are you fellows going to do
about it?" replied the officer. 1--WE
haven't men enough on this force to
station one on this corner all the
time, so we must depend upon peo-
pie like you to get the numbers of
the people who violate these regula-
tions and report them. If we could
bring some of them up in court, we
would show them that when the city
fathers put in that light, they had
something in view besides ornament
ing the scenery. But if no one gives
us any help in locating these fellows,
it is pretty difficult to get at them,
because they always obey the lights
when we are in sight"
That police officer hit at one rea-
son why automobile laws and regu-
lations are so commonly disobeyed.
The ordinary citizen hates to turn
informer, and go out of his way to
renort violations. But so long as
people take that attitude, they can't
expect the police and traffic officers
TO catch all the law violators, and
many of them will do as they Ike
With better cooperation from the
,,,,tlic here in Delaware, half of the
had driving and violation of the mo-
tor laws could be stopped.
AT A RECENT LUNCHEON a
sneaker observed that we find chill
.ron charming because they are
growing, wrote William Feather IN
,is 1mperial Type Magazine for
July.
liked the thought because be-
ieve it clue to the source Of what
We know as charm. Most things IN
,a+ure are loveliest in their growing
tate The minute that grown
leases, decay begins.
fortunately, human begins can
row as long as they can breathe'
Ion and women in their seventies
re- charming if their minds are
1ert. and if they are interested IN
heir environment. I recently read
from the journal OF John
urroughs. He began the journal
hen he was forty and he was max
ntries when he was eighty-three'
he quality of the observation ana
xpression in the later writings gives
D suggestion of age.
ouote a. few lines, written in his
st year, just to prove the point; {
wonderful morning, clear, calm' ;
ID warm. The valley full of fog' ]
bich does not take fight, but ebbs
ID flows and melts till, at eight, not {
vestige of it remains. At seven' /
# a leaf was stirring, only the
ummed grasses waving little. l
ak up the road. See humming i
rd bathing in the big drops on the I
liage of a small ash tree. Never t
lew before how the hdmmer bath a
:" G
Although an octogenarian, Bur- b
ughs was alive, still able to see g
auty in common things, and still o
lie to get a thrill from learning a
netting new. 0
[ have begun to realize lately that v
am getting on, and am studying S
Ter men who have charm and per- II
1ality, hoping to discover what is
, secret Of their seeming youth. v
e MONDAY speaker suggested the II
swer. Those of us who wish to p'
I'D ourselves in condition to be Il
.eptable to others must maintain IL
with our environments,
keep the channels of our mind
N so that new ideas may enter.
can keep young by always grow co
Do@ al
MALL TOWNS CAN'T provide ru
money backing that will support tn
fessional athletic teams, but aV
ny of them are remarkably sue IN
sful in producing student and am la
ur teams in various sports. IA
or instance, there is the little
n of Heath, 100 population, which ize
emily won the Kentucky state up
ket ball championship, and in co
sequence participated in the ma ac
lal inter-scholastic turnament. GU