London, May 20.
Londoners of the centre are prone to think of a journey to the outer circles with apprehension, so it was with quite a sense of adventure that I started off the day before yesterday to visit a friend in hospital on the heights above Golder's Green.
Precisely why Golder's Green should be considered funny 1 don't now, but it has taken the place in this respect, of Pimlico in Victorian days, Tooting in the early present century, Its amateur gardeners, whist drives and literary societies are all considered proper subject for mirth, and, just now, Hampstead Garden 'City' is protesting violently. against the idea of being incorporated, with it under the name of West Jdisaster are 5 to 6 pin. on ordinary days, 1112 pin. at week-ends and fon Bank holiday's.
Oddly enough in @2 per cent. of fatal cases, a speed of not more than twenty mph. was reported, but the Ministry adds that accurate speed estimates are most dificult to get.
Possibly that is really the fun-Jdamental cause of so many calamities. [The most practised motorist will admit frankly (indeed there is nothing] Po in it to be ashamed of) that the most Jdificult thing is to judge the speed Jof an on coming car, and you will notice that the best drivers always Golder's Green, It is doubtful whether the Golder' Green people are more comic than any other mortals. The place itself strikes one asa genuine and very successful piece of town-planning on huge scale. It is, of course, prin" cipally a "dormitory" for workers in central London. But the aim has been to keep for them something of sense of country even amid the myriads of houses. Practically all are provided with some bit of garden, the Upkeep of which is plainly a matter fof pride to the occupant, The designs fof the houses are generally pleasing, and the shops appear to be confined to one central area. Altogether, Goldor's Green might serve as a very. good example for' the lay-out of other new. suburbs, which some of them might well fellow with advantage.
Socialist vs. "Empire Day"
One incident of the journey worth mentioning. tu the. bus beside me was a schoolgirl of about fifteen one of the conventional scheat
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