| Show CITIES BY POLICEMEN character of guardians ot of peace serves as criterion for municipal aties says writer it used to be said that each country could be known by the jews who lived within its borders in the same way every city can be judged by the character ot of its policemen writes kendrik willen van loon in century magazine in the policeman Is a mild and amiable citizen in a rather shiny coat coal and none too neat who stands in the of the roadway and tries to maintain some semblance of order in the democratic muddle of the cites traffic in stockholm the policeman Is a walking arsenal with sword and pistol and a brass helmet and the arrest of a disorderly person becomes nn an act of state there the policeman represents the high authority oi ot a proud country ile he fulfills ill his 3 duty with a stern severity lie he Is the symbol of law and established order let no one touch these fundaments funda ments of a well regulated commonwealth in copenhagen the policeman la Is neither the happy go lucky citizen who patrols the streets of norway nor la Is he a creature of resplendent lory glory like his bis colleague in sweden he strikes a happy medium in this he be Is an excellent representative of a land where the art of sensible and peaceful living seems to have been brought to its highest perfect perfection Ign it only the of the dan dallah I 1 89 capital would learn how to drive their cars we should not dot have a single complaint to mik make ilist a country where everybody mezzo wll wall fed where beggars are ar an schree as very tory rich people and where the tx worm wont en ive ITC up to the best bert traUt ions of t tb the ch charming arming china which is made mad la in tbt ro royal aal yal rel residence dence of denmark |
