Show Dorothy Carison Cadson Wins New Honor Honoro HonorI o OG I Crossing Essay Is Given Mention Dorothy Carlson of the East high school winner of the national oratorical oratorical oratorical ora ora- contest has just won honor In another field A letter received Monday and signed by Herbert Hoover Thomas P. P Henry president president dent of the American Automobile association and Walter G. G King president of the National Safety council awards most honorable mention for her essay on Cross Crossings Cautiously Your contribution was particularly particularly particularly marked by the committee said sakI H. H A. A Rowe chairman of the committee on prevention of highway highway high high- way crossing accidents Permit me to express appreciation of your you effort Thousands of essays were ere en entered entered entered en- en from all aU over the United States Miss CarIs Carlson's Carison's ons on's essay follows follows follows fol fol- fol- fol lows Grim Death with outstretched outstretched outstretched out out- stretched arms awaits the speed every crossing welcoming him ever welcoming him to eternal Cross Crossings Cautiously should be emblazoned in fn letters of blood on the mental windshield of every motorist its siren notes like the ominous hiss of the tho deadly deadly deadly dead dead- ly rattler should reach the consciousness consciousness con con- of ot every man woman and child forewarning of the lurkIng lurkIng lurkin lurk- lurk con j I in Ing death trap at every crossing Absent mindedness and reckless reckless reck reck- I less haste exact a staggering toll of ot human life Terrible these tragedies tragedies tragedies dies of the crossings yet they carbe car can can be avoided Life the thing of greatest value in the world can be conserved by systematic training of 01 the habit Is It not worth worthwhile worthwhile worthwhile while Stop look and listen at all railway railway rail rall- ralli i way crossings crossings crossings-at at all an times Habits are easily formed We stop at semaphore signals to save savea a few paltry dollars fine how much more important to stop at railway crossings and save life Habits are aro formed by doIng not I by merely planning to do a thing We are at most bundles of 01 I habits Dev Develop lop the full stop habit and I cheat Death Very Every auto driver Is guardian of his pass passengers passengers' lives distract his attention and you flirt fUrt with Death Decide to practice safety safetY safetY-It it pays big Tig I This nations nation's great Industrial and economic program is largely a at attributed attributed at- at to th the tho efficiency of its transportation systems to help prevent these terrible but preventable preventable prevent prevent- able railway accidents Js s our plain duty our duty our patriotic privilege in inhumanity's humanity's cause Stop Stop Look Look Listen Always |