Some helpful advice from the front page of the Bryan Daily Eagle, August 28, 1928:The People’s Column
Attention of our people has been called to the ordinance which forbids automobiles from rushing to fires when the alarm is sounded and to park in the proximity of the blaze. This may seem like a needless restriction at first glance, but it is of utmost importance. In many instances the sparks will fly around and might take such a turn that the presence of spectators would hamper the fire boys in extinguishing the flames. Flocking to a fire is really a “Hick-town” custom that has about passed out with the advent of the radio and other new discoveries. If spectators could do any good at the fires the humanitarian appeal would be strong, but in reality they only hinder and never help. Let’s observe this law.
And an unrelated headline, also on the front page: “Murder Orgy is Blamed to Insane Man”
Sadly the accompanying story was not nearly as intriguing as the headline...
4 comments:
fire boys!
Maybe I'll try some of that 1928 rhetoric on Mary, like "Not paying for my bar tab is a real 'Hick-Town' custom, Mary."
Anonymous beat me to it ... I was going to say "fire boys!"
Bryan, Texas in 1928 sounds like a real party, what with all the murder orgies and fire flocking! I bet over in Austin, where those old customs had already passed out, folks were just sitting around listening to their radios and other recent discoveries.
That columnist is a scold and a jerk. Watching fires is fun and exciting, and anyway, history has shown his or her admonishment to abandon "Hick-town" customs in Bryan to be utterly in vain.
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