Show I 1 1 ilk S I 1 10 ed THE AUTO HORN SOLUTION mayor laguardia of new york is ii 7 f in another campaign against auto mobile horns but oner makes makei the same mistake others make aher f ahe he thinks anything car can be dons don i about auto horns except abolishing abo lishin f the darned things campaigns tc t soften the notes decrease the vol J ume and dilute the pitch are silly an auto horn is an auto horn any x way you take it the human chuml being what it Is today caricature of mayor laguardia lagoardia by jack rosen which won first prize ali recently in waldorf astoria employees exhibition in arts and crafts 0 0 0 the mere presence of a horn on an automobile transforms a driver drivel into a speed maniac a pig and a fathead with the manners of a dictator and the ethics of ct a gangster 0 he can own a revolver without the slightest yen to use it he can possess a shotgun without the beasi impulse to use it but put an automobile horn under his control and he becomes a potential assassin with all the instincts of a hungry hyena it is the horn said elmer elmei twitchell today that gives an auta owner the nero complex shucks him of all remnants of civilized impulses and makes him a plain damned fool filled with the idea that all he has to do is to press the button to make the whole world jump 1 I dont care whether it isa loud horn or a soft horn a bass horn or a canary a blaster or a boop a doop er nothing can prevent the owner from making a nuisance out of it and mayor laguardia is suffering from drooping intelligence if he thinks otherwise all ali the reckless driving all the violations of automobile laws all the disrespect for the rights of other highway users and most of the auto accidents are due to the horn and to nothing else take that horn oil the car and the driver would be forced to depend on common sense back in the horse and buggy days you see teams crashing into one another at every crossroad or wobbling all over the road at breakneck speed did you and why not because they never had horns on horses yes sir air this world started going savage the day the first horn was clamped to a gasoline vehicle it started swelling up with inconsiderateness erat eness self importance and the to hell with every everybody body else spirit the first time an auto designer put a button under a car owners calloused thumb it converted a nation of tolerant easygoing easy going kindly folks into a country of bad mannered jittery wild riding mean and homicidal dogs it made bigger and better hospitals the never ceasing need ol 01 0 america and there will be no change until the horn is removed made unconstitutional and plowed under for foi all time man wont be so reckless so selfish and so pigheaded once he has to depend on brakes instead ol 01 breach of the peace pe acell 1 4 chilblains dont rush the season says the man who claims he likes winter sports but yesterday I 1 caught him w with ith A folder on southern resorts ert doris irving SHORT A motor car A little horn A hun human lan thumb and peace is gorn hats for spring and summer are being taken from the old family album instead of out of old numbers of puck and judge A new jersey court holds that anybody walking on a moving escalator does so at his or her own risk not only that but it looks so darned silly elmer twitchell in our opinion always had the right idea on e esca ca gators and energy conservation he always sits down on them |