Evening Star Newspaper, March 16, 1924, Page 69

perts St condition ‘érent Meanings Attached to Same pices in Various Cities Held One of Avoidable Causes of Accidents. ©f perfect safety, udy Standard Color [EEds kst the field of vision in both directions, or a pair of glaring headlights daz- zles one's vision for all lesser bright- well? Then some colors withstand the dimming effects of smoke, fox, mist or dust better than others. When, In the interests of visibiiity, a choice of colors for signals must be made these factors have to be taker into consideration. Red and orange appear to penetrate fog better; green is more quickly rendered invisibie by fog, Again, distances must be re- membered. If the signals can be placed o close together that the Epace between each is inconsiderable. then a color need not be disqualified because it lacks fog-resisting power. signals differ with each community. We all know that in England “If you Eo right, you go wrong.” in driving. And we have laughed at the English for their loft-hand driving. But the astrous in result. Now, to what body of men is-in- trusted this vast work of standardiz- ing colors used in signals? And, what is their specific fitness for their work? This work is under the auspices ol the American engineering standards committee, a widely representative nutional standardizing body, com- posed of fifty-eight delegates from about thirty engineering fiolds, name- 1y, half a dozen of the leading pro- fessional engineers' societies, about the same number of industrial t D. C, MARCH 16, 1924—PART 3. cials for adoption. It in to be hoped | that within a very short time this British Mnsenm Secrets. code will_be ready for circulation, From the London Telegraph. and will be very widely circulated,| The archives of the British museum with the object that criticism of @ ,contain many sealed documents fore the code is put into effect—and the ultimate measure of safety pos- sible under human conditions, by its ald assured to the public. The committee to formulate the code for standard colors of trafic signals is headed by Charles J. Ben- nett, former state highway commis- sioner of Connccticat. nature, have been deposited there to wait the opening al a future date. Charles Dickens' letters were pla in the museum on the great novelist's g IR QUEENS LIKED CHOCOLATE. Bride of Louis XIII and Maria death, and they will, In accordance | structions of with 'instructions, become available |1, in two years' tim The papers con- o cerning Earl Haig's command In the west were deposited in the museum, opened when the permission. Some author of thing of u sensation by announc ton were intrusted 1o the museum | ing his intention of ng up in the authorities in 1915, to be kept for |Eritish Muscum the diary of K. of K, forty years, while diplomatic corre- | with an on its opening for sixty spondence, in accordance with the in- | years. [ HMHMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllllfllflIIIMIHlllllllfllllflfllfllmmmmflu“\ alike for motorist and pedestrian, Relative Contrast' ing, seven r':'-x.\' be regarded as unobta ® | signals) for the stop—whereas all s T of relative . contrast. S‘IA‘IH EOV fll"fl"nl. Jut that we, as a nation, trainmen would read green to mean | 7| s, © ftio e ' | cellaneous other sources. - conditions far below “Clear- end s Snatances of eons | That Is. contrast of signals with each | “wmp e Srl iGc Niness of this body to| An early writer found chocolate so : fusion arising from this laek of uni. | Other, not with their background. All [ do the work proposed is attested by | popular with the Spanish women at tainable, the list of idents in | fopmit Theresa Made It a Court Beverage. From the Milwarkes Journai. could he multiplied end on|but 2 very few cofor blind persons | the promincnce of the engineers com- {Chiapa that when thelr bishop forbade every daily paper will convince any | end. can distinguish red from green, even | Posing it. They have selected a spe U to sup it in church they changed Gha ko SEling nutconiicianE 1t will readily be conceded that if | in a fog (especially if blue green and | ¢ial group of forty-four men, repre- r pl of worship and, in X < 3 ) 71 this state of tiings cxists, it ought|orange red be used). They can do|Senting the organizations inter- e, poisoned the bishop. thought. to be re B this_with but a momentary glimpse, | ested in standardizing colors for traf- | When Louls X1I[ of France took u We need not ho that we shall| stee B “Well, then,|if they see the signal at all. But |fic signals, and it is this group who Snanlxhdb‘fldfi. she brought her fa- ever reach 'a condition in which mo| Why doesn' very many could not readily dis- | will actuaily prepare the code orite drink ‘across the mountains ach ¢ o bl tinmuish biue from eprecn. oF purpie| What has it done to d with her and laid the foundation for ¥ from blue. Thers must, therefore, be| Three working commiltees have | ity immense popularity when an even - 2 - ) in color that each color | cg digested the srmi- ammous devotee, Ma- This question, again, can be readily Toter. an URTAIRE Tontal] o e e e iiite o8 il , wife of Louis XIV. made answered: This special detail doesu't pster AR, unfailing mental] ton pertaining to visibility of differ- it the favorite beverage of the French oy Thie i ! 5 o d have reached the con- | : «n to be particularly the Presi-|holder. This nec ¥, of cours nt colors an A veduced to & minimum. To attain to = i tha 3ob of ihe | &Featly limits the r of colors| clusion that expericnce of the || England’s chocolate shops preceded 2l e or ki of satety s business, It is the Jobiof thei ;. jigtte 4 it s limitation | railroads dare disregarded by | her coffee houses, the first one being | peiny SAfelY )\ merican engincering standards com- s the 2 . Sirce patore fited to an enterprising French- the American engineering standards | it is r Know . in_primary was, aliout $806. A ‘rew committee is taking an important | that & »mmi:_tr«l» A s under | sz, ditticult. i . They wiil w‘y'm‘-‘('l;l; :;‘:'nlnf;flrfl:z'x'fi:ri:rl ‘;n tep) toward bringing the. use of VAt proieanedn the B = manding the suppression of chocolate highway traffic signals to a condition oadary ukes a1l twninads]s : along with foreign brandy, rum and of nation-wide uniformity als, except red, green wnd A lea, ~Decause these heverages . cut niformity of tratfic siznals must pedestrian can be injured by a mo- torist, or no motorist by another. But we can, ousht to and must, reach 4 condition in which accidents are g P bl ness? What in | confusion arising £ ur own mul- | constructive nature may be secured f not to be opened until 1940. Lord Kitchener,” ¢ J rooiem fOr rafflc lg 8 | nessr Wnat, abost isianal tamps in | antision sxiseay £rom ouk ol | o R aime ot N‘-nm on account of their delicate | "Documents from Sir Edward Hamil- down the consumption of brews made ‘hen e i it nay | from howe grown barley. be procured s costly i employed vard 1 red may Baman Ioes. - Not 2 a0x snecla bl ! Stations and other Jows vital | be vellow. lost in determining upon any code, |~ poiuts, but these eolors never indfeate T hi zreed that '\"‘.’":"":Y which, adopted by every stat nd primary traflic control signals. automobilists to 4 would lowe th per- e 3 cities use distinguishing h ealor | ntable accidents. Une el miskn Splon® in < in combination with colors, to | scheins of thix question of | | Ll AR st those whose color perception is | for the letters ought to be Barefol iser’s Pi bR s ot e i | esies s mhosscolor passention Ja) ot e L SN AL arefoot Baron Keeps Kaiser's Pie- arbitrarily determined by L *hold | for » red 1 and a_diamond shape | whatever color is d 3 ture on Wall in Paraguay. nd b Your horses New ) ", s that the mind can be led | ground, should equally be the s: all of Hut in P: Y and by each city in the | * When the £ s, of byt pathe | everywhero in the country. 4 aguay has long been a favorite ate and sometimes by ulmost cuch has veen agreed upon that | £t Same, O L black, whi refuge for men frow other climes who street in the city ignificance must be stand- L wreen, brown, ete in | for one reason or another felt better ardized in every Stafc, every cit Other Traflic Conditionx. fadlEantpinately for bath with many miles between them and for all the = of that signitic: S0 much for color signais. Com- | und buckground, so that a w their native countries, says the Ad- {used in them. Then that mectings are b 3 held to di- leannot tell wheth or not he should | venture Magazine. d to produce a consct sest the material bearing on these | observe a sign on the roadside until} Tn i villuge not far from Asuncion & Gotrect. mna’ lemectiv A ints. | read it I recommendsd, | 1ives u baron {rom onc of the oidest TouringCar. 795 i 0 pedestrian, no mMoLorist s Signals, of course, r traflic, at highway trafic signs in- 1d noblest houses in Prussia. On the . action in the fr: ccond, to think, “What does that question tor pedesirians shall employ 1 of his mud-floored hut hangs an Sport Towring 915 and no mind is elear for the all but 1 Jlear at home. but | ignore other c ons crent in b different color scheme from those | & craphed photograph of Wilheim Cab. . . 985 rush forward, putting One stand- | traffic. For example, instant recogni- [ used for motoris dircetions, The | 1. The baron, like his Paraguayan Coupe . . 1075 gwirt }::‘r‘u o n;‘.\ r ard usage is demanded. tion, s0 l&ajrlllr'l‘\"l‘r:; 1}:?““;-1: li;“fr‘h' committee will m.um‘l ;-pl-. eed, in ses barefoot hab. ving to solve > e attentio eir driv- [ the near future, (o the nex) step of < 10 @ menocle, last What does that colered s Quention of Visibility. ing. Even the matter of wording on | welecting the particular colors to be | remnant of his vanished splendor- nv econd. That of visibility. which | signs is importunt. Why s dri recommended to road and Working on an isolated cattle But, it may e asked. is it really | Involves the question of distance and | slowly™ if is enough? supervisors as reserved for £ true fhat this condition exists? Are | background. me colors show clear | down to e hour” if the | signs. of economy an wer; ame. e slgnals actually So confused? for u greater distance than others | brief “15 registers the same| Al these suggested col duel with & semi-royal &cion e c;d yf] 2 Pod v ‘hehs(mdy franieuhie P gution "ean beanswered off- | Almast any sart of light Will show | impression? in critical situationvven | rules will soon b drarted inio ‘U r the affections of a it OF bis Gemnine Oldsmobiie parts rear axle 3) “ms‘h esign, the long, resilient and. d, for example, is generally | up clearly and attract the eye when | the small time required to read an| ‘orm of u code of procedure to rec- | Vikinglike strength and beauty eans «can be purchased from any springs,—these wit! 3 igniti i Neld to warn, But at the cxits in| standing against a dark background, extra word may be vital. 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