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Whit Sh!“ tic Speed Limit' Be xvii-um.“ ' Titonlyuquutiouollhwoehbdon Sheridmlocdwiflbcoocemammm to: wtmtoflleo. The. foflovinc (limbo of theqmuimofmed'hichwmam issue of“0utin;"-villipuren my ofout renders; thou,- vrho own “While: and than. who wand their time dodgin‘ thc'“infcn_nl whines” Vâ€"vv- -VMV _VV, _ How I»! my t... at be permitted to and on our public mu! “Sarah" 3.7“" {nationw- could he more dzficul' t. None. to legislate“ find the police, so bristles with complications. Attheoututthenisthevetynewoeuofthe problem. F0: a score of centuries man’s highways have km traveled «fly by the slow-30mg hone and hid: “he nun. Suddenly. in I decade, the motor or,» aged! exceeding the one by five and the other by tenâ€"idll. has invaded this ucred donnin. It heuoeke‘d,or.perhaps. moneorrectly, IO road tnt 53h am often but the muted motorins w hat suffered. _ » \ Permissive speed. to thou who View ”the problem broadly. in n question of- temperament, of environ- ment and of point of view. By temperament. I mean that difference of man from man in a score of ways, a tendency to let nerves. rather than judgment, be master; reckless- ness and its opposite, recognition or heedlessness of the rights of others, age. sex, and what not. Some men _we all know, from their very natures, would drive‘the most temptingly speeded car at ,all times in entire safety to the public and themselves. ’4 ...~.:.-“- 1.. .. LC“ a few women and more 1323‘ in théi'rh teens: are no constituted thit in their hands nsix .horseâ€"powetxunabmt becomes a nuisance and a menace. lTis said that the Parisian polite are permitted to exercise their judgment, ‘and required to arrest only those whose method in driving in- dicates a temperament-either negatively heedless or positively dangermis. If so, the Parisian léw-makers are Wiser than we." Indeed, I venture to assert that nine out of 'every ten motor car accidents, chronicled with, it must be said, unwise gusto by the sensaâ€" tional press, are tracahle to those. peculiarities of the man behind the wheel which we call temperaâ€" Then, there is envirtmment. In the streets and _the neighborhood of the large eastern cities, motor- ing has become soncommon that few‘ horses and only about. twice as many horse driversrtake dright at the approach of what, to, them five years ago was a road demon. Familiarity has already worked the revolution; eachâ€"the man. ’the horse and the motor. drivetwhas accepted the new conditions; and the world moves on as before. 'In such localities, pres- ent permitted speed, should be high, n'ther. than _. _--J A‘- by. In other localities, where the new road-ear an}, penetrates, the opposite has been thought the ruie Indeed, It is so thought in at least two of the States both of which have recnlatiom requinnz a motor driver. on meeting a horse-drum vehicle, whether requested to or not; to stop until his equine . ‘_.‘,,, maiesty shall gnu. While in song lodlitics the. nuthdritie: have to far viokted Ihe luv of III: had, Mwfitinbouksbutinthehumdour Anglo” Such nee, u to prohibit m in motor arikim mun pubiic ways. thunk u ImIdIIhdnu toadâ€"whines ‘to mi and rails OI late. other ”thin“ upbte of when deviMd. mntndhorse HIGHLAND PARK NEWS-LETTER flair MM neighbou. This gum o! co- vimmismhmolmrw hwsbychuuuhichwbihdefiniutholiynihln nilupetnhcur. alto "oh“! any “meta! W. MundbmbkwmtJumwfil mmmumdthehiflm." “math: mdanfihhdxninmuhdnloveunquired in the and: of flew York; yet the condition! which surround the envimmtl of a motor at in that city's inflow hosineu thoroughfares would 0M render Emilio drives only a mile in ten tum technically. as well a morally. a \iolator of the hi. On the other hand, most motorists user). and with right. that on a country rad withotit erosion got! with no other which or a oedema in “ht, I speed of forty miles per hour is u lawful a the legal rate of twenty. Conditions make laws: conditions also. in the minds of un- mindired jurors, excuse the violation of them The oomlexity of the proflem increases as men MBMMerm’oiludview. Themocor- ist'pfiwiflionmudngedoothenuud. Poimofviewwutheeldyfificokyofthehone Upon the suggestion of the pastors of Chicago . U": of word: (Minn t0 who, to the number of five hundred at a union What is I minor poet? ting. issued t call to the owe. the Anti- Snlooni .4 root not-ya: twenty-on: League of Illinois is preparing for discussion of the What is 1ij! poet? ‘ Local 0960!! Bill in every pulpit ‘h‘r‘ Wei: on" There in? any. Jmnary 39th, and now expect. not less than two \ What is a publish"? "thouund clumhes to ukeupthe Question A.mw_heitbl¢nedih The been In: applied every pastor with or . ignored if it “a. ' specie! pamphlet gotten up for this purpoee with on 5...}: an“ all may tide. was: an named.- htionhumuh: todg. Timeisthchealer,the Iudoed, in its in] analysis, who is so Wise as to nuke laws which will solve this problem? Most of the States ”he tried it, and motor cars have hren tugged and dogged and their drivers trapped and fined. It goes without saying that many of these. drivers were nuisances and deserved their. punish- ment. But the remarkable fact is,that, save in .the metropolitan district and in the city of Chicago, in no State or city, where motoring has become Suficiently common to have. taken its proper place as the newest ”and best means of transportation_ devised by man, are speed restrictions, or, indeed, my other legislative restraint, .,save that requiring numbering: strictly observed or seriously enforced .- bicycle, that the speed of a motor car is a matter of temperament and environment, rather than of law. The motorist hns'recognized present conditions, and, in the interest of a better understanding,'has consented to, nay, framed and urged, laws contain- ing, restrictions ~in which he, did not believe. He noir/ looks forward to the day, not a decade hence, when present restrictive legislation, even if still on the books, will be as much-,5 dead letter as the famous blue laws of Connecticut, and the only\ rule regulating the use ofThe public ways by'all citizens will be that which holds‘each- ‘strictly accountable to the other for any' use that shall endangerthat other's life, limb or property. ' _.«- : . . 11K: iiuum. Ia in.uuun’ xv .myw’: The coming of that day, to put the lesson con- cretely, depends, in my judgment, on the rapidity with which our manufacturers, while improving their product, bring their prices within the reach of the millions to whom a motor car is now not merely. a luxury. but the badge of the envied rich. Local Option Sunday '4 mmamwmdwunww ,iafomtioamtyinmamqu it. The Lune {amber mania ad: afimgommmmmmwm attbemiumthucwh‘um- smtiommdunioowtimuughfinmw annuity. tobeaddmudbytbemudrod- nenthymen. 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Into historical novel: and nature books. What is a historical novel? ~ One thot show: no trace of history or of novelty. What is a nature book? A volume of misinformtion‘obout animah. Because they are in fashion. . Why are nature books popular just now? y Mention some recent nature books. "- The lion: of the Lord, ” " Pig: in Clover,” “ The Octopus,” “ The Blue Goon,” and“ The Sea . Wolf " What are the best selling books? Those which tell the but people. What as a magazine?- A small body of literature entirely surrounded by advertisements. A ,Why 13 a comic paper so called? . Because it’s to funny that anybody buy: it. What is a critic? ‘ "A Critic i: a man who write: about the book} he doesn’t like; .- What is poetry? , , Line: of word: ending. with the tattle sound. What is a minor poet? .4 [met not yet Mamas; year: of at. What i; omejot poet? * There in't any. What is a publisher? ‘A man who i: bio-m! if a ~book loaf: :5”. 9n! A Primer of Literature IO