Evening Star Newspaper, July 24, 1921, Page 37

| Many Inquiries Answered, Including How| o to Clean Windshield and Method N DY TIPS FOR THE TOURING | MOTORIST ON SUMMER TRIPS of Heating Tent: Judged by the number of inquiries daily received from those contemplat- ing motor camping trips in August, fmany Washingtonians will take to the road during that month, and for their benefit the following suggestions ‘are printed: To keep your windshield clear of mist on rainy days, rub a sliced onion over the glass, with an up and down motion. This will be found to be an admirable protection against rain ob- seuring the vision, but it is not as well adapted to faliing snow. In driving through large cities watch the als of the traffic offi- cers of bus ners, as regulations wvary in different cities. Always stop for atreet cars unload- ing or taking on passengers. all cities this is required by ordinance, rigidly enforced. “Right-of-Road” Rules. ‘There are two ws governing the w of cour- you would have them do unto when you find them stuck on the highw v . It takes gas to propel a motor ve- hicle—profanity won't do it. The most obnoxious animal in the world is the road hog. He is as ob- Jectionable as any other hog and you can’t eat him. It is_not, only necessary for one to know he owns his own car, but it is often necessary to prove it—keep your certificates of title in vour car. To make tough meat tender lay it for a few minutes in a strong vinegar water. To keep ants away from food put a |2 fence of powdered chalk a few inches t from the food and all around it. To keep away quitoes rub citro- nella oil on hands and neck. To remove grease spots use cold water, a tablespoon of ammonia and soap to clean the cloth. How to Heat Tent. To heat a tent on cool nights fill a bucket with stones. made piping hot %y the campfire. Place the bucket in an inverted position in the tent and it will radiate heat for a long time. A small amount of shellac will stop small leaks in radiators. Pure vinegar will clean _celluloid windows in the curtains of your car. A piece of an old inner tube placed between the casing and the blowo patch will remove most of the fri tion between the two fabrics and pre long the life of the patch indefinitely. Butter, oleomargarine or cocoanut butter are exgellent for softening road tar for easy removal from fenders. An_excellent camp clock, which, Mowever, will only function on cleas days, can be made by constructing a crude sun dial on a convenient spot. Put a stick in the ground and note where its shadow is at 12 o'clock. Then mark out the hour positions by the use of a watch. The shadow of the stick will tell the time, like the hour hand of your wateh. Can Opener Substitute. If the can opener should be lost or broken do not spoil a good knife by attempting to substitute it for the opener. Use the camp ax and cut a cross in the top of the can. bend the \ flanges back., but do. not use the fingers in doing this or you may cut them on the sharp points of the can. Use your watch for a compass. If the sun shines point the hour hand to the sun. Half way between the hour and 12 o'clock 15 south. On cloudy days the general north direction may be determined by the fact that the bark of trees is rougher and thicker on the north side, while the limbs are longer on the south \mide. Pine trees generally lean slightly to the north. A few postal cards are much more practical to take along than postage which will gum together When Shoes Get Wet. To dry the inside of wet boots or shoes put a few pebbles previously In most | | heated In a frying pan over the fire in Kerosene will softon shoee hard- ened by water. N To make a fire without matches scrape a fine lint from a p! of cot- ton cloth. On this focus .the sun through the crystal of a watch or compass or the lens of a pairof spec- tacles and the lint will soon, start to slow. Blow this into a fame. To soften water for washing ~dd an ounce of quickljme dissolved in water to every twelve gallons, or put ;somp wood-ashes in water and allow ito stand over night! It will be clear and_soft. ‘When water is hard mix with lemon egar, make quite sour and a fruit jar place a hot stone on_top of cover for a couple of minutes. While you may not believe in signs t is safe to assume that “caution” “danger” signs are not erected for mere amusement of those who took the trouble to put them up. . “Y” AUTOMOTIVE SCHOOL HERE TO BE REMODELED At a special meeting of the Y. M. C. A. board of directors last Thursday plans were anproved for the remodel- ding and the enlarge- ment of the work of the “Y" Automo- i 1728 G street. The work jof remodeiing will begin at once, and Lwher gompleted the school will have a floor pace of more than 6,000 feet, almost double the floor space it now h Automotive School has had phenomenal growth. It started March 9 of this year with three jg8roups of twelve students each, and today it has an enrollment of more than 300 students, numbering among the membership automobile owners, garage owners, mechanics, profes {sional men and potential automobile ool started with courses for automobile owners and mechanics— day and night classes. This was soon followed by other departures, one of which, the driving course, proving Imost attractive. This also has the approval of the District officials whose duty iy the issuing of driving per- mits. The new plan contemplates an cxtensive starting and lighting de- partment. to which special attention will be given. Additional equipment will also. be installed so that the night classes will have the same ad- i anta, students. he Automotive School is under {the department of education of the {Y. M. C. A with E. A. Drumm as the principal Mr Drumm now has a corps 1of seven assistants. Tt is estimated that double this number will be need- ed when the school is enlarged. R —— PAINTING PRESENTED TO CHARLES CLIFTON In recognition of his ten years as president of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, the members 'pr(-!cnted to Charles Clifton in his home city, Buffalo, last Wednesday, a paintin “La Palais Rouge, Venice,” by Le Sidaner, as a token of their appreciation of his leadership in the automobile industry. The presenta- tion was made by Alvin Macauley, president of the Packard Motor Car Company. Mr. Macauley spoke of the big part played by Mr. Clifton during a progress unparalleled in industry and of the desire of the membership to commemorate the end of his tenth year in office. He concluded by refer- ring to Mr. Clifton as the leader of real co-operative competition in this country. The committee in charge was: Mr. Macauley. chairman; A. J. Brosseau, F. C. Chandler, Roy D. C. Chapin, George C. Dickson, M. L. Pulcher and H. H. Rice. Reduced in Price to 32,990 Effective July 2, the prices of National Motor Cars are as follows: New Price $2,990.00 $2,990.00 $2,990.00 $3,990.00 $3,990.00 F. O. B. Indianapolis—War Tax Extra Touring, Phaeton, Roadster, Coupe, Sedan, Savings to You of $760, $910, $960 Confirm National leadership in providing most motor car per dollar. Judge this car by any pre or post war price standard—compare National with others at any price and draw your own conclusions. Orders are being filled now in order of acceptance. Delay on your part means delay in delivery. Y GRIMES MOTOR CAR CO. 2015 14th Street N.W. NATIONAL MOTOR.CAR & 21st Successful Year Percent Reduction 20.26% 20.26% 20.26% 18.579, 19.399, 0ld Price $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $4,900.00 $4,950.00 VEHICLE CORPORATION as those enjoyed by the day |- salt water fi e T b ; ; TON, D. C. (2 FriEND (@t \§ swP @ Torny 1108 - 1672 N.W. Wasun. D.C. MECNANICVS \ (:.«/59)2}:@ \ Chesapeake Beach—Fish: Rock, jperch, tallors, spot, croakers, hardheads, trout, fiounders and crabs. Bait for : Soft-shelled crabs, peeler crabs, cut smelt, and Solomons Island, Md—Fish: Salt water species. Salt water fishing baft. Benedict—Salt water species. Salt water fishing balt. - Rock Point—Salt water fishing. Salt water fishing bait. A NEW STEP TO HIGHER VALUES When the great new plants were built and equipped for the exclu~ sive production of this new Model 47 Oldsmobile Eight, naturally “the public were led to expect an advanced stage of eight-eylinder design and performance. s The swift response that followed its introduction, the excess de- mand that has steadily continued—the reason briefly told is that Model 47 actually realizes the demands of today’s traffic on streets and highways for a moderate sized, compact car—plus the higher ideals of smooth performance, road comfort and economy. You must actually ride in thiscar to get the thrill of its superior road performance—to find yourself trailing along steadily, smoothly, at a mile an hour and at a few seconds accelerating to a mile or more a minute—without a trace of vibration at any intermediate speeds. DELIVERED PRICE—WASHINGTON Touring, $1,875 Coupe, $2395 Sedan, $2,595 Terms May Be Arranged % OLDSMOBILE. SALES CO.’ 1016 Connecticut' Avenue s Telephone Main 7837 ol lcle—— o/ [olc——lo[c——=|a[c——|n|c——|o[e—]ale—>[o]e—D o] —F 0| —=] et o s e the manufacture of' tires. Rubber ! manufactures_for the year totaled £200,992.796. Forty-eight per cent of '5" total represented the production of tires, the amount being $146,- 421,561. $ - b i A recently issued preliminary state- meent’ of’ the bureau of the census covering the results of the 1920 cen- sus of manufacturers with reference to_the rubber industry shows that 475 establishments, devoted principal- GROWTH OF TRE. INDUSTRY SHOWN Manufacture Exhibits Phe- nomenal Increase in Only Few Years. When the government of the United States was taking the manufactur- ers’ census in' 1905 it took notiée for the first time of the tire industcy. In the census report for that year there appeared in the discussion of the general subject of automobiles about “three lines of printed matter about tires. These lines expressed the opinion, that the manufacture of automobile tires was in a fair way to become a real industry. With this brief recognition from that department of our government which records the rise and fall of the tide of American industries, both tires and rubber disappeared from the pages of the reports of the man- ufacturers' census for ten years. By this time—1914—the rubber industry had become a lusty young giant and 80 well thought of that the bureau of the census brought out from its dusty\ archives figures showing the rate -of growth of the industry in those -earlier days when its slow progress carried no indicaion of the bigness it was soon to attain, says a bulletin of the United States Rub- ber Company. First Lumped Under “Rubber.” Prior to 1914 the figures ohtained by the bureau of the census were lumped under the one head of “Rub- ber.” Under this arrangement auto- foobile and bicycle tires took their place with rubber boots, hot water bottles and jar rings as one of a mis- cellaneous lot of articles manufac- tured from rubber. There was no reason before that to allot to-tires a special place in Uncle Sam’s table of statistics regarding manufactures of large importance. Because of the fact that these early statistics on the rubber industry show the extreme limit which tire manu- facture might have attained had it monopolized instead of forming only a fractional part of rubber produc- tion, they have an interest to the student of the growth of the tire in- dustry and for that reason are given here. 1879, $25,309,648: 1889, $42.- £53,817; 1899, $99.880,817; 1904, $148,- 015,391, and 1909, $197,394,638. Gets Own Place in 1914, By the year 1914 rubber had arrived at a position of importance and had ‘ - STORAGE a place of its own in the census re- ports. Rubber tires had also come |. to an important position, and there is no doubt that the recognition giv- ! en to the rubber industry was de- \pendem on the enormous increase in | i This litlle tave piees iy ve rllyr. manently on Willys- Kuight cars wwith W‘:f the 1gucaks common 2o ouxn the mest costly cars. valve motor. Carbon packing back ly to the production of rubber goods, manufactured during the ‘year 1919 g00ds to the value of $1,135,216,000. The value of tires and tubes produced was $828,424,000. Manufacture of rubber has come to be an essentially American industry, for in this field the United States easily dominates. It is estimated that 70 per cent of all crude rubber con- sumed in the world is manufactured into useful articles in this country. BATTERY 21 | PECIAL price on TWGO TYPES of standard size, suitable for practi- cally all popular cars—including Fords. Regular Eveready Quality . ; Sole Distributors Authorized Eveready Service Station DUPONT BATTERY CO., 2007 M Street N.W. G Service Far Beyond | Common Standards * No speedometer has ever measured the life limit of the Willys-Knight sleeve Its two simple sleeves sliding on a film of oil are so perfectly lubricated i a// ~weathers that they incur no noticeable of the combus- tion ring actually sncreases the motor's i ' power after miles of use. The quiet and long life of the motor ~has-enforced the development of a car of superior refinement in every detail. It steers easily. Rides comfortably. And with its sturdy frame guards pas- sengers from the jars of the road. Light weight and careful balance secure exceptional fuel economy. HARPER-OVERLAND CO., Inc. Telephone Franklin 4307