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Show THE HUMANITY - I OF THE ROADi Much has been written about the road as an innate thing. Authors have word-painted the beauties of the 1 broad highway. Poets havo sung the j praises of tho open road. Artists havo painted the silent mysteries of na-! ture's wonderful breathing spaces. ; The geniuses of verbal expression ( havo done a master work in drawing i forth an appreciation for the routes of common travel; theso great stretches stret-ches of land with numerous tributa-ries, tributa-ries, which are the connecting liks , between a rural and urban people binding them, grip-like, into a more sociable family. This fact, no doubt, j is responsible for the oft-used term good roads." If their goodness ended hero, their influence would be some-' what limited. As it is, they are cosmic for good. The pleasure-seeking motorist glides over the smooth-surfaced roads with I positive contentment and breathes ! with freedom the freshness of woods . and fields. But what is true of life relationships applies equally to tho broad hiiz-ay. One cannot always receive pleasure and not expect to give something in return. The road ' being a constant giver of enjoyment, 1 exacts a 'toll in exchange an expression expres-sion of self in an emergency. This is the personal side of the road that which Invites helpfulness to the distressed and makes the disabled motorist a newly-made friend. If tho goodly influence of the road were here circumscribed, its righteousness would be restricted in scope. There is another an-other characteristic radiating .from the road which makes it In truth a missionary. For here at limes birth is given to the highest and noblest qualities of human nature. A pedestrian pedes-trian may be roaming idly along the highway and ho is met by a motorist alone. The walker Is asked to ride, tho men exchange words, and, although al-though strangers, they arc made sociable so-ciable people. Selfishness has been ;-obbed of being. Then, again, the car may seat several occupants, and the knight of the highway is invited to share an unoccupied place and I their society. He reads in the ln-! ln-! vitation sympathy, kindness, and realizes that there is humanity in ev j ery mile of the avenue of mortal i wayfaring. All that is needed is the j circumstance to call theso finer in-i in-i herent characteristics into cxpres-1 1 sion. American Motorist. i i i ; i |