Evening Star Newspaper, June 10, 1923, Page 63

An Abridged Magazine for Car Owners. EDITED BY WILLIAM ULLMAN The londeat horn doesn’t always procistm the best car. The same ap- Dlles to people. Etiquette for Autoists. Where is the publishing house en- terprising enough to put on the mar- ket a book of etiquette for autoists? The country is getting brushed up on table manners, drawing-room habits and the knack of avolding faux pas, But in motordom cave man and wom- an ideas still prevail. When you get right down to essen- tials it doesn’t do any harm if dad 1ucks his napkin in his vest or if the hostess parks the gravy boat too far north of the che dish, but it makes quite a differcnce just where you park a car how u do it A little etiquette—even the most boring kind— would be great aid in the work of cutting down the number of accidents, collisions, arrests and repair bills. The ma who umps into an elevator hefore & lady doesn't hurt anything but his reputation. But when he plays this trick on the street. and at the wheel of a car, there is no telling what will happen A faux pas in motoring is almost invariably the hasis of trouble. L isn't m a ping down the social ladder Toist who for slips an of siip- au- 1y A Guestion sHps | intervals. In regurd to starting the engine this is a handy thing to know, because the starter takes the best the battery has to offer. Thus, if the engine does not start in a few turns stop for about a half minute and The battery recuperates enough in 80 short a time as to be able to de- liver a much stronger current for the next few turns of the engine. This snappy cranking is what counts in starting. The 0ld Mecfinnic Says: “Pickin’ up ideas from other lines of business is about the best thing 1 do. Nowadays if vou don’t mingle and get the other fellow’s viewy you go stale and your business fers. "It may seem a little strange, but I actuaily gathered a real idea from & visit to old Doc Smith, our amily funny had it S0 bad. feelin’ in my left before. but never Finally decided to pay - Doc. because 1 got o vork with it and worse. To make short, Doc Smith simply looked at & cut in' my finger and de- cided I had a good start on a case of blood poisonin’. “For half an hour he got pretty on 1 I' tell you. But then, med satisfied he had the pain kept getti a long story Lusy | voure s | When yo { maybe That's the time then step on the starter button again. | ' THE SUNDAY WASHINGTON, D. €, JUNE 10, 7 'on u Ford is the only case where | lighting is accomplished without a | generator-battery combination. | "The reason is that since the ordi- nary magneto generates an alter- I nating current and is timed to re- | volve at one-half engine speed. « current of only twenty cycles is gen- |erated at an engine speed of 1.200 R. P. M.. This would light & lamp, ( | but would cause it to flicker™ very | badly. For ordinary lighting sixty cycles per second are necessary to produce a clear, steadz light. ~The | Ford_magneto ix built ‘Into the fly- ! wheel, with colls enough to produce | sixteen cycles per revolution. With the engine shaft turning twenty rev- | | olutions per second, an alternating c#rrent of 320 cycles per second Is | generated. Parking Pointers. It is sometimes well to consider the other fellow. In parking a car there are many anpoyances one has to con- tend with merely because of some an noying habits of other motorist good way to break these habits nd simplify parking is to start the re- form with vourself. In this case it Is suggested that when a driver is sit- ting in the car. waliting for passen gers to return to the car, he should not remain in the drivers seat. It gives other motorists the idea that he Is about to pull away from the curb, thereby occasloning hesitations and delays in trafic. When there is no one at the wheel the motorist ap- proaching from behind does not slow down and wait in anticipation that the other driver will move on. Tt pays to park cars as close to the curb as possible. Careless drivers are almost certain to inflict some damaze | on cars, parkeq to the front and to the rear, which are left too far away | from the curb. Here's an Idea. A\ miniature mirror attached to the rim of a headlight and bent over so as to catch some of the rays from the ! however, and vou have his attention tis involved—is hoodooed to an extent STAR, CAREFUL DRIVING HELPS CAR’S RESALE VALUE Even Minor Dents. Cut Dollars From Amount to Be Realized. What is regarded n entirely new step in “smafety first” campaign work is the plan of Capt. Harry M. Horton, local automobile dealer, who in dis- cussing the dollars and cents angle to the question recently pointed out the effect of careful driving on the resale value of cars. “Viewed from this new angle,” Capt. Horton claims, “the subject ought to have @ new significance for car own- ers. When you talk In vague terms about safety in motoring the average motorist thinks vou are referring to the ‘other fellow.” Touch on some- thing that concerns his pocketbook, o-operation. 1 ery dented fender is evidence of carelessness on the part of the owner; and this occasions the dealer or the prospect to bid low on any such car offered to them. The inference s that if the driver has been a hazardous | operator he doubtless displayed the L. e t of carelessness in owning the car. This automatically cuts the resale value of the car. thus showing the car awner & new reason why he | should avoid sceldents “A car thut has figured in an acci- dent—particularly where a fatality | that the owner may have difficulty disposing of it at a fair price even if the accident has done no material dumage to It. There have been cases mand for a model has ause of some horrible ch such a car has played us part and which the annot easily forget. This b wr owner eventually, be- cause he tukes @ losa on the car in any event, and the additional cutting of the resale value makes the situa- ust that much more serfous o . E 1923 - PART crossing watclmen and ull other em- ployes the necessity for doing every- thing within their power to prevent such aceidents. i Thousands of posters illustrating a grade crossing a lent have been distributed for posting along the Pennsylvania railroad — system. A million stickers with the same illus- tration will be nasted on correspond- ROAD URGES CAUTION. Pennsylvania to Conduct Crossings Campaign. The Pennsylvania railroad system, together with other railroads of t country, will conduct another “C: ful Crossing Campaign” this similar to that of last summer. T year's campaign will cov July, August his he months of June, and September. The object of the campaign is to bring to the attention of the Amer- ican people the necessity for exer- clsing the greatest possible car avold being struck and killed jured by trains while traveling over highway crossings. and to impress upon locomotive enginemen, firemen, conductors, brakemen. track forenman | Puts the “Quietus” ) 730 Taavt 53 Ou LRTE FEWNSTLVAN You can spell quick de- struction for your car i word—F-R-1.C-T-1-0- the little demon that surely and quickly destroys any car. If you want long usage and less repair bills for your car, D times. Dry crankcase lul i The six-cylinder valve-in-head power T R —— e e | ence sent out from railroad ofiices. | Luntern slides calling attention to | the objects of the campalgn will be | furnished to motion picture houses. | Autamobile windshield stickers will aldo be distributed. _— Arerican canning art will be demongtrated in France by two lowa girls. THE BROUGHAM brication of the engine with its Regarded Him Valuable. City Star. applying for the position as butler? Wasanyone in the hall when you eame through?’ “Yes, sir. There wus a there, but 1 threw him out.” “You're engaged.” constalils THE MOST COMPLETELY AND CONVENIENTLY LUBRICATED CAR IN AMERICA ESIGNED and built for the man who wants a car that is distinctive in out- ward appearance and embodies many features of construction that give long and carefree service. plant runs in a bath of cool fresh oil at all attendant advantages and been Dback hen > kno in duily light proved to be a car owner's novel stunt for lighting his motometer at night. The small mirror reflected the ght just where it was needed. thus #aving a lot of wiring and the neces- aity of burning another light. The light it took from the headlight was negligible. 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A= Doe Smith told me. a mechanic . e doctor te mixhty usetul when 3 t have .| You're In trouble, but he's a_hundred proper adjust the [ 0r cen ful it you logk Bin nor the time to do the job |PEF cent mo Sul IS sounaavintn e IE oo upioen e a chance for him to L b eEeningiLY uip the trouble in the bud All Models on Display ) COURIER McCURDY & MACWHORTER, INC. 1625 YOU ST. N.W. NORTH 7054 Priced $£1,295 to $2.300 Delivered But Do Not Try It Few drivers know that ge. Dbe shifted without using the This will doubtless seem like fancy, to the majority of those who driv because, even with a cluteh, plenty of patience and vears of ice. gear) shifting ie still in its infancy. Rather noisy, at that. The whole thing is| a matter of having the engine speed | at the correct speed for the gear change. The clutch simplifies matters and helps prevent the possibility of wrecking the transmission if the driver tries to shift at the wrong time. bands. 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Remove the cover of the | IPCes 0 ¢ onping ol R e At oo i lee e e ”\".‘Lw.'::n il hot be unexpected—nor the trouble occurs again have thelS% dangerous ;i points cleaned and the device care- | moving very slowiy and ouls ew | Y fully adjusted |feet at a time. the stop signal vaxm:;,‘,'q,,nm RYer At el 'lVr" saved a lot of unnecessary flash- | ‘h:K and the battery current saved if Lhnldr:\t‘l’ would use his emergency | brake , an cu ition by means of lockin nu me makes the adjustmen of the pedal is by means of a turr buckle directly under the front floo constant of “dis- {10 S charge" 0] N Look at Him Well. When you meet the motorist swears his car is the worst in the world, admits he gets only elght miles to the gallon of gas, agrees that the trafic cop was right and confesses that he stopped at every other repair £hop in his trip, look at him carefully Sk OPEN EVENINGS OPEN SUNDAYS | : 3 (Copyright, 1023 ) Ode to Speedeis. Ashes to ashes. dust to dust If the cops don’t get you must Rest the Battery. A battery is capable of greater dis- @harge if it is permitted to rest at 0ld Bach Wants Surety. | From the New York Sun “He says he will only marry a gir who can swim.’ “What's his idea > “He wants a wife who can keep her mouth shut sometimes hospitals Here's the Answer. "he question is often ask ordinary ed for well, and why ed as to system pur- | 2 the magneto A Statement Regarding MARMON PRICES “VE HAVE found it to be the popular opinion that the Marmon sells for ‘‘around $5,000."" Everything about the Marmon has con- tributed to this impression. As a matter of fact the Marmon is now priced at $3185—the lowest price for which the Series B Marmon has ever been sold. We are now prepared to prove that the present Marmon,- at $3185, actually costs less than any car which sells for $2000 or more. We mean the only cost that counts:. ultimate cost—first cost plus maintenance cost. - This is not a challenge.‘ It is a fact. It isone of the few really tangible, unassailable facts in the mass of generalities which dom- inates motor car salesmanship today. We can show you in actual figures how much it has cost Marmon owners to maintain their cars. We can show vou why these costs are so low. Our analysis is thorough and accurate. A Buick is a Happy Gift Typifying the very spirit of youth in the sparkling originality of design and in its beauty, this Buick six-cylinder sport roadster has won the hearts of young people everywhere. Py People say that they buy either on a ““quality basis” era “‘price basis.”’ As a matter of fact a ‘‘quality basis’’ zs a ‘‘price basis.” Fundamentally, they are one and the same. The actual dollars and cents economy of owning a Marmon over a period of years is the real proof of Marmon superiority. The Marmon, now priced at $3185, is the lowest priced car on the market of the same or greater wheelbase. (Marmon wheel- base is 136 inches.) The soundest critics declare it is the finest car of any wheelbase. Never before has any company offered such a mass of endorsement from authoritative sources. YE A The comple\teness and luxury of the appoint- ments of the Buick Sport Roadster not only » assure every motoring comfort and convenience, but give that smartness and exclusiveness of appearance in which youth revels. Then consider the low cost of maintenance. You are doing your- self a positive injustice to select any car of $2000 or more without investigating the ultimate low cost of owning a Marmon. 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