Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-11

nquirfngly:
"Yes: What Ia it: Is some
thing the natter"
The honker, of course, says:
mo. TIE light changed"
Then the driver walks back to
his own car, doing it 50 slowly and
deliberately that the light is red
again before he gets started.
The honker, OF course. goes into
Z slow steam.
There Is another reply for these
impatient honks from behind, this
vne invented by a Chicago man:
Fhen IL happens TO him, he
hts TO back up.
N--
This almost always enrages the
honker. One honker got so mad
that he Jumped out of his car and
rushed up 10 demonstrate. The
Chicagoan (who Is a man Of nearly
20 years. great dignity and not too
much patience) punched him in
the nose. closed the Car window.
srniied genially to the people in
his car. and drove away before the
honker recovered.
He still backs up when honked
a..
ASIDE from honkers. my pet
aversion is the bus driver who
doesn't stop when you ring the
bell.
On certain occasions I've re-
taliated by ringing the buzzer
steadily until he finally decides to
stop.
The only trouble Is. this becomes
q war of sttrition. Usually the bus
driver keeps on gong until he gets
good and ready 10 stop. -
On one occasion, though. the
buzz buzz apparently got on
the drivers nerves and he stopped
in the middle of the block.
At that. the bus drivers probably
suffer more than the passengers.
and don't lose their tempers very
often.
One Woodward driver kept say.
ins politely:
"Step hack In the coach
please. Step back In the coach (
please"
Nobody budged.
Suddenly he yowled a. the top
OF his lungs:
kA"Hey. Move back
And they did
Another abused species D
rnothers-ln-lsw.
Mrs. Gladys Nagel of 6ls7
Dominic avenue. has snake
plant. which also is called a
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. It's never
blossomed before, but finally
bloomed this week.
Our garden editor Isabel
FUCKER. says that although many (
people never persuade these
plants 10 blossom, it's because
they don't know how.
The plants real name is san
severia, its tropical. and the way I
10 make IL bloom is 10 give II a
lot Of heat and q lot OF moisture
In the air.
III blossoms only at night or
late in the afternoon
Anyway. who are mothers-ln-
law 30 much abused It-s-like
throwing a custard pie IN some
body's face. TO It's supposed to be
funny, but IT isn't.
Column readers have sent IN
letters about practically everything
else, but I've never had COM
plant about a rnother-in-law.
This winter. though. one man
sent a letter on his mother-in-law's
birthday because. he said. hist
mother : in law was the finest
woman he knew Except his Mifel ,
and he thought il was time CO.
medians stopped picking on them.
Mothers in-law are lampooned
lust because its a habit, not be-
cause they deserve II. Likewise a.
lot of other people For instance,
BARRIERS are supposed TO be talka-
,Ae. Actually. they are less gabby
In most people you meet.
Likewise women drivers-an IN
surance connpany's year book for
1912 shows that only II per cent
of fatal accidents involve women,
and 92.o per cent men. N J
Also roniy s per cent OF fatal
wrecks involve taxicabs.
Four times as many are killed
on motorcycles, and 80 times as
many In pleasure cars.
Men are accused of dropped
cigar ashes on rugs But women
are much worse. They are careful
u the ruas, but are nasty-neat
bout everything else, putting
shes I'M 'teacups, candy boxes,
NJ - svsxyx1%ipw fhst's HANDY 4!