Evening Star Newspaper, July 5, 1936, Page 77

C.—GRAVURE SECTION—JULY 5, 1936. WASHINGTON, D. THE NERVOUS DRIVER By W. E. Hill Copyright, 1936, by Chicago Tribune-N. ¥ News Syndicate, Inc Julie is all right in the wide open spaces, but nervous as a witch when it comes to getting out of parking spaces. Stands and looks and measures dis- tances and knows she’ll just have to wait till the cars fore and aft are moved. Nothing upsets this boy’s nerv- ous system more than a big truck ahead. Something about the rear end of a truck gets him : jumpy. When one passes him on a state highway he gives the driver the last word in dirty looks, and this of course delights the truck driver, which makes things worse. e s \ S & ROYALTY ENJOYS THE SHOW. King Gustaf of Sweden finds a bit of hearty amusement in an equestrian performance attended with his eldest grandson, Prince Gustaf Adolf, and the latter’s wife, Princess Sibylla. It was a program of costumed riding events at the Haga Castle. © Wide World Photos. lii R \ ? This driver is nervous about hitch-hikers. Sus- pects a holdup and speeds ahead whenever he sees a pointing thumb. Dorothy gets all keyed up in a traffic jam—can’t standj waiting. Toots her| w _ 7 ke horn continuously. ' These bright folks have a wonder- -y g ; = o~ ful gift for repartee, and love to z shout, “Hey, Sunday driver, where - - do you think you are, in church?” at &7~ neighboring cars. This is very try- ing to slow-minded drivers who can’t think of a good comeback in a hurry, and causes nervous upset. SAFER THAN THE HIGHWAYS! The story behind this bear up a tree is another version of the hit-and-run traffic accident. The bear got hit and the bear did the running. The motorist followed and snapped this near Redmonds, Wash. © Wide World Photos. o seat driver, setting husband’s nerves o 3 edge by wanting to know why they are'm'\ on Route 17 when he must know it's wrong, and why he tried to pass on a wet road, etc., etc. 3 'Qrt The worrier. His car or the car ahead stops too sud- “denly and there’s a to-do i about examining bumpers to ascertain what damage * yif any. Wonders if service ' station attendant who | checked the oil put the cap on afterward. Stews over the fresh tar on the road, etc., etc. Just one thing after another. “r { Brooding over injustices %, of filling stations is what 3# causes nervous tension in many car drivers. The ones with the high ideals especially. They can’t see why gas should be 16 cents in one State, 22 in another and maybe 18 in a third, and it makes their blood boil. MEMORIAL TO CANADA’S VALOROUS DEAD. At left is a f - o o - view of the striking monument to the 64,000 Canadian soldiers ey killed in the World War which King Edward will dedicate this JOCKEY TAKES OFF—THE WRONG WAY. Bolting from the month at Vimy, France. The picture above shows W. H. Kernick starting stall in his impatience to be off, Balleroy throws Jockey Horn of Torquay, England, carving the last of 11,285 names he placed in a sea of mud at Aqueduct. Smiles may be discerned among his fellow on the monument to memorialize the unidentified dead. jockeys. © Wide World Photos. © Associated Press and Wide World Photos.