Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1902 — Odd Use of Mirrors. [ARTICLE]

Odd Use of Mirrors.

In a village in the Cotswoids England, it is the custom to- place a small mirror on the front: door under the knocker, in which the visitor may examine his appearance before entering. The Woodbridge. (Suffolk) Urban District Council of England has resorted to novel means cf preventing accidents at dangerous street corners. Three roads in the authority’s district meet at awkward angles, and collisions between vehicles have-been rather common. Widening by demolition of house property being Impossible, the surveyor recommended the erection of mirrors. P,y this means drivers can see through brick walls, so to speak, and the experiment has proved successful.