Evening Star Newspaper, July 10, 1921, Page 44

. Automotive Vi s LR PN RNTLY 1T Ba a2y T HEE RS FII FARES ST TOPPE T TSP e 1 Dear Folks: “fn squintis’ over Lon’s correspond- ence after he went fishin' yesterday Usun across a letter from one of his patients named Horace Throckmorton. ip.which he gsks the kid if he don't think the erican sportsman about as game = propouition as there s to be found, an’ for fear the Il rascal wen't be back for a week I'm gonna go'te it an’ answer it myself! With everything took into considera- tidn, Horace, thers aiw't & fairer, g , gamer, more liberal sports- man en the face of God's green earth :h. average 1iI' old citisen of the ted States. An' that ain’t except- in" nuthin” in _England. Scotland, !:uu‘. ‘Wales, France, Italy, Roosia or-Hoboken, neither! ‘ “efair play” is the American's mid- dis name, & was 80 clearly showed in 134 recent set-to up in Noo Jersey, where. If the real truth was knowed, the chief veason for the wonderful tion handed Monsoor n- tigr wasn't entirely on account of his 5 u.nu:-‘r-u r&'l‘rn:.... because O o nerve an' game- ness of a poor Ii'l lone furreigner i’ skiddin’ tnto what looked to many like almost eertain death! “Big-hearted, clean, generous with ’* the Ameriocan sportsman— * man, for, buh-lleve me, ifference—don’t want & i ’'s a thing on earth but & fair fleld with no favor, whether.it a prize fight, ball game or just ordinary tee- totum! But. human-like, he's nstu- rally tickled nearly sidewise 1f, in spme big international arrangement, the party ocatryin’ his colors throws the hooks inte all opponents an’ tan- ®oes off with the bonbon! But if he et beat he dom’t fiddle over post- mgortems!! The story ends with the dee-cision rendered, so far as he's concerned, an' the onliest thing interests him then is how best to ‘bring back the honors just taken! ingin’ from a bunch o' patriots that hads fight, an' fight fair, for every inch o' ground took, the spirit o * the underdog & peep for his white alley has been hl'mmmd 23 Arthur Holmes, president of the Holmes Air Cooled Car, announced a rice reduction of frem $400 to $700, tive immediately. advertising menager of a local news- per, has become a member of the dutomoblle fraternity. Bill is now all econnected with the sales force of the This Scripps-Booth Sales Company of this i elty. The committee in charge of the sec- ond annual outing of the Weashington Trade Association an- nounced that all preparations for the trip to Marshall Hall Tuesday, July 6,000 812 14th St. ECAUSE of to you. DOPEY DAN American Sportsmen. BY W. H. AUTOMOTIVE BRIEFS Bill Bryant, for the past thres years | Enjoy Your Motor Tour in safety and comfort on new tires and really enjoy your trip. We are selling New Tires at prices that are an innovation in tire pricing. Guaranteed—Non-Skid 30x3 $9.45 30x3Y; $11.75 32x31; $14.75 CHAS. E. MILLER, Inc. Over 38 Years In the Tire Business in Washington pendability, Buick is in con- stant service wherever im- portant work is being done. If there were nothing else for you to know about Buick—that fact is worth considering when purchas- ing your new car. Coupled with this dependability in the new 1922 Buick are roominess and riding comfort, easy control and beauty of new streamlines that make.it a sound transportation investment. Let us demonstrate the new Buick ,Stanlezu HD:“Horner . 1015 14th Street Telephone Main 5296 CLAGETT. anything that might smack the queer! a particle o differ- ence whether it be war or a potato match, if the American goes In he goes in to win, an™ t's the use, Horace! There's ‘lutely no sense in gettin' het up an' ‘gufyin’ this thing. All that you, or any other old body has to do, is! Just let the average Yankee know a battle’s in the air, Then watch his eyeballs shimmy, an’ the sparks fly from his hair! It matters not a whit to him what kind o' game it be, His face will show his innerds are all bulgin’ out with glee! He's hot for any kind o' sport, from yattin' to fiy-loo— Cross-country - runs, old tug-o'-war, an’ Strong-back Billie, too! . | He'll plaster down & “buck” or two to gh up his sleeve an’ count the day as fun! H¢'ll cancel all engagements, an’ call his business off, To please some chummy pal o' his at eighteen holes o' go'f; Then through the swelterin’ sun he'll set an' cuss no one at all, If the home team ‘only batters out a snappy game o' ball! The same holds true for any match, regardless of the sort, You'll find old Yankee Doodle there Just for the sake o' sport! An' while at times it's hard for him to hold back on a cheer, A gamer, falrer, squarer scout don't tread this mundane sphere! E. Pluribus Unum! Three cheers for the flag, an' down with the reds! I thank you, DOPEY DAN. Note—Lon says the most pitiful “persimmon” on the parade grounds the poor boob who resembles a lebrity tryin’ to live up to the like- 12, had been completed. Several hun- 1 dred. members gnd their friends will make the trip aboard the steamer Charles Macalester and spend the day. i Many games have been arranged and several valuoble prizes will be award- ed. A country dinner will be served. | : i The Kline Kar Corporation an-! nounced another reduction of $200 on open models, effective July 4. is the second reduction made on ! their cars in the past eight man(hs.l the former being & reduction of $310, making a total reduction of $510. George Shugart, vice president and ;enenl manager of the United States e Comp: celebrated the twenty- Mile Factory 4 Doors' Above H St. its absolute de- N THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JULY '10, 1921—PART 3. recently drove about 1,500 mil ffth anniversary of his connection | Be with the company June 24. tributor in California. A questionnaire has been issued to operators of trucks by the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, Which has as its object the gathering of details to be used as the basis of future development of truck freight and motor express. | From the New York Sun. Denby Motor Truck announces & | price cut of $200 to $700. Prices on Apperson cars, according to information from the factory, have Dbeen reduced $250 to $750. George R. Berry. general sales man- ager. and Harry T. Gardner, carriage sales manager of the Packard Motor Car Company, have resigned. Mr. models of from $200 to $1. 3 . That’sWhat Ailed Him! I wasn’t educated to be a doctor, but, at that, I’m getting pretty expert at diagnos- ing symptoms! Fellow in this morning, for instance. He walked in unsteadily, trembling all over. In a minute I knew the spasm would pass off and he would no longer be speechless—far from itl—so I waited patiently. Poor fellow, he had Raging Batteryitis in its worst form. Iknew what the trouble was all the time. The old-fashioned insulation in his battery had broken down and not only kept him from an appointment but probably ruined the battery as well. Do you know, I'll be old and gray-haired before I'll.understand why anybody keeps on trying batteries with old-fashioned insu- lation that they know will break down before the battery is used up. Why don’t they all come to Willard Threaded Rubber first instead of coming to it afterwards when hard, sad experience has driven them to it? Maybe they don’t know that the builders of 185 makes of cars and trucks pay the additional price for Willard Threaded Rub- ber, to dved:sue:: more_miles of battery service per s YY.Sv\. Cars Equipped by Their Makers with Willard led Rubber Batteries: American Glide Olympian American Packard A HES P 3 y Panhard Austin Hatficld Paterson Henney Peugeot Biddle Crane gulmel Phianna Canadi: uffman Pierce-Arrow &h: Hupmobile Premier & Cannon Ball Jordan R & V Knight Carroll Case Kiseel Reoanlt Chevrolet ReVere 1son Eigin Noma Wills Sainte Pergus Norwalk Claire Perris Ogren Winther Franklin Oldsmobile ‘Winton Also standard original equipment on 92 makes of trucks ‘e years old, is the youngest motor cycle driver in the United States. He the morthwest with his mother. of the driving, Mrs. Scherer occupying the sidecar. Berry intends to join the Packard dis- Mr. Gardner ha= not announced his intentions. The Packard Motor Car Company hus announced a price drop on several | the summer, massage your shoulders, To Get Tan Without Sunburn. | s there any one who has ever visited the New Jersey beach, where Big Dan sits daily In sllent vigil gaz- ing into the crowd of bathers, who | has not admired the deep coat of tan worn by the lifesaver and expressed a sire to wear a similar dark maroon ade on his face and shoulders? Big n has kept his secret to himself for years, but finally he revealed his e e e e e (LHECK P LOADS | ONPUBLIC ROADS Authorities Becoming Active in Enforcing Regulations on Limitations. With many states adopting legisla- equipment on public highways, authorities are becoming increasingly active in checking up to see that load limitations are not ex- tion regulating truck ti and carrying heavy loa ceeded. states having such During this extensive tour Bobby did most method of permitting the sun to tan his skin without aliowing it to burn “Hefore you go out in the sun in a | ¥SiEht recorded, bathing suit for the first time during 0. face, meck and other parts exposed with a little linseed oll,” said the life- saver. “Try not to stay in the sun too long the first day. When you return home rub on a little alcohol. In several days you will find that your shoulders and face assume a dark tan without burning.” _———— “Milk.” manufactured from chopped oats, ground peanuts and a little water, is said to resemble the cream- st product of the cow. It’s’ not only the cost of the operation, but the inconvenience and uncertainty that makes “doctoring up” the battery so undesirable. ) If you weren’t careful when you bought your battery—if you just bought an ordinary battery—you may have to call the same operation he has done over and over again. He’ll open up the battery and take out—what? The separators between the positive and negative plates. And having - done that he'll put in some new sepa- )} Under the plan first used by most regulations, * | motor cycle officers when they sus- pected gn operator to be piloting a load abéve the maximum, hailed the offender and all proceeded to a pub-, lic scales. In the majority of cases the truck was not overloaded and the tire equipment was of the cor- rect size and type. So, considerable inconvenience, n¥. to say expense, was unnecessarily involved. Loadometer Is Used. There is now coming into general} use by these states an Ingenious and | most practical machine known as the loadometer, which is a combined jack and welght indicatyr. Placing one be- neath each axle the truck and load is lifted clear of the road and at the same time weighed. When this op- eration is completed the type and size of tire is checked up to see if same! comes within the state law, for the These tests not only enable the au- thorities to enforce the law, and as- #ist in its prgservation, bring out the interesting fact that truck tire dealers are demonstrating their qualifications as transportation experts, for instanceare rare, it not non-existent, where the truck's tire equipment has been found out of ac- cord with state regulations, or the wrong size and type according to the standard of transportation engineers. Make Careful Analysis. ‘This is not surprising, for the truck tire dealer of today, when called upon to supply new equipment, first makes a careful analysis of all the condi- | but they Why Don’t You Dodge Those Battery “Doctor Bills”? in the battery doctor any time, to perform. Go to your nearest dealer for Willard Service :ofamWillardThreadedRubberBattay:’ 3 high preservation, but ment the truck operator truck is protected, as well. equipped with the proper siz type of tire. tions under which the truck must op- erate. The roads on which the truck must travel, ts usual type of load and the truck's capacity are closely considered and then, having based tire—cushions or pneumatics—and signifies the correct size for front and rear wheels, respectively. In this way not only is the interest of the public served to the extent of close co-operation in the matter of From the Boston Transcript. where. AT LESS THAN FABRIC PRICES 8,000 MILES GUARANTEED A wonderful opportunity to get some good Cord Tires at 50% off the New Low List. Every Tire a Nom-Skid. 50% _ OFF All Non-Skids x4 . 32x4% 33x4%; $1850 34x4y; 33x4 $1878 35x4% ... One Dollar Tube Sale Good Heavy Tubss, Red or Gray. Whe Buy now—you will never buy so low again. DIXIE TIRE CO. 7 1118 H Street N.E. Open Evenings and Sunday A.M. rators, hand you the bill and fade out of sight. You've bought—at a high price— maybe a few weeks, or perhaps a few months, of added battery life. Not even the repair man can tell you how much. Why not do as the Willard Service Man says in his column, and dodge all this trouble? All you have to do is to be sure that you get the one insulation that doesn’t crack, warp, check, or puncture—and that doesn’t need to be replaced during the life of the battery plates—in short, get Willard Threaded Rubber Insulation. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washington s Fredericlabury, J. E. Brickert & Co. 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