Evening Star Newspaper, July 8, 1923, Page 57

The Sunday Motorist An Abridged Magazine for Car Owners. EDITED BY WILLIAM ULLMAN One conxolation about the accident problem is that the longer we take to find & nolution for carclensness the fewer people there'll be to worry about. Dangerous Road Signs. Highway signs, since the automo- bile was a pup, have existed for the sole purpose of safeguarding motor- ists by warning of the dangers ahead. It is only at this late date that many ‘signs are rccognized as a danger in themselves. Road signs. upon clo d into two cla 1 dangerous sign tly there is but a shade of Letween them. A warning such a point where for the automobile his neck in order to inspection, es—danger to read may the road long enough to cause an sing warnings at really not danger- @ age driver encour s disbelief in those signs which k hazardous points. s are obvious. uthoritie mobile rs inter the erection be oblivious t danger should be placed where re needed, and then only eration intended to scare drivers into careful are ruled out on the score that they distract his atten- tion. He becomes busy being warned that he promptly forgets he i8 driving the car. being The Old Mechanic Says: “In my habit of lookin® of automobile about 1 owners would simple hut necessary the car if they would only lea knack of rememberin’ how along without the instruction because the book is usually they can't find it when they need it “Here's a car which will cost its owner rous repair bill because he forced it over hills on long trip when his carburetor was adjusted for too lean a_mixture. The alfitude varied radically from point to point on his trip, and most of the time he was forcin’ the engine for all she was worth. I asked him why he didn’'t get out and make slight ad- justments as the, what do you think his Claimed he never which w when h 't have the book along. He decided it ter to injure the engine & chance on gettin' str carburetor ail vut of “What 1 did_was to s him how to remember the order of the adjust- ment so that he wouldn't need the book with him. There are two ad- Sustments for low for causes I've just e usion that car attend to more of the adjustments on n the to metj v book, ! where [ ? i h answel turns to the left for the other tu the ri plicated. But all remember that for justment turnin’ leaner mixtu the order Simple, was another burned bearing: overheatin'. P a long trip. R out owner real he was losin leak and wan couldn’t remem ing nut on the pump t left for tightening. ways and found it pre: decided to take no ch “Just think how mul money he e membering hand nut the left-hand side of the motor. Just a stmple association like that will fix a detail of adjustment-in a car owner's mind so that he’ll never fec And my 1 is that when s at his finger tips Le's p out make the ent and save him- - LilL™ Why Wheels Wobble. wabbling of the always the result parts in need of e front spring clips, o tirves, tires of un- ging r springs, hackles or broken will often cause the! i car in W muc knew he water had rned right or tried it both stiff. So he 1! W trouble and ved by re- a left- ced on| self a big That perplexing front wheel is 1 of worn parts or adjustment. | excessively oversi equal weight, worn spring spring leaves trouble. - Road Spsc; for All ride g any main highway Sunday afternoon is likely to| lead a motorist to the conclusion that | if the sale of automobiles continues at the present remarkable rate couplers will Le siandard equipment, front and rear, so that cars can run trainwise. But here's a little calcu- lation that will allay this fear of ultratcongestion: 1f 10000 miles of new roads are) bullt each year. and If about 50 feet are’ allowed for each car, 1,000,000 new gars can be easily accommodated witheut swamping the old roads. With a minimum 65,000 miles of main roadway ngland and New York state, it is seen that, with a capaclty of 50 cars to a mile (allow- ing for a car every 200 feet apart, counting traffic in each direction), 3.250,000 cars can be easily accommo- dated over these roads—evidence a-plenty that there is still room for A any Driving at Night. Keep well over to the center of the street or the road. It is the best way of avolding the possibility of injur- ing pedestrians who are about to ebring Tires Every Tire a First In Original Factory Wrappers and Fully Guaranteed FABRIC CORD OPEN SUNDAY FROM 8:30 AM. to 1 P.M. Cord Tire Sales Co. cross the street or who are walking along the side of the ro Don't pass another car unless the other driver is golng very slow or unless you know the road by heart. He may be obliged to turn over to your side of the road to avoid a hole or some other hidden obstruction just as you are about to pass. Don’t stop to pick up a tire or other article which you think has dropped off another automobile. Thera are all Kinds of hold-up games to take the motorist unawares. Catry a small pocket mirror along for use in reading the gas tank indi- cator, the oil level gauge and the| motometer. By holding the mirror 80 as to, reflect back some of the light from the headlights the mo- tometer and other things at the front of the car can be illun 8as tank indicator ci and read by reflection some of the light from the tail lamp. And if the car is equipped with torpedo lights a mirror will be found to be a handy device for sending a beam of light | to the oil level indicator. | ‘Worth Remembering. Torpedo, dome und step make handy places to carry spare bulbs. A step light gets very little use, 8o that a bulb used at this point is not likely to burn out during the entire life of the car. The bulb, be- ing but slightly used and free from likelihood of “breakage, comes in| handy as a substitute for a burned- | out head or tall light. If using it for | the former purpose, be careful to have the lighting switch on the “dim" position, otherwise the bulb will burn o lights | ut. Wateh vour speed when on a long f THE trip. In the rush to hurry, and being accustomed to the high speeds of the open highway, many an otherwise careful driver will whiz through a town at a speed sufficient to render a quick stop impossible. relative thing. You get accustomed to thinking of thirty as slow. A good way to avoid trouble is to slow down to ten when entering a town. When you speed up to twenty again you will think that is fast enough. Seed of Danger. If, in advising his. men to go into debt to buy automobiles, Samuel Vauclain, president of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, had only urged them to prepaure themselves for In- telligent car ownership, motordom would be forever indebted to him. The automobile folks are cashing in on_ his advice, imagining that it is a boom to business. Nothing could be farther from the truth. The easier it is to acquire cars the less they are cared for, and cars that are ne- glected increase costs to a point where motoring is not desirable. The continued success of motoring and the use of the automobile as the best mode of transportation depends uvon economy and safety. are contrijuting to the success of the automobild are those who have work- ed hard to earn cars and who know that reckless buying is the seed of nine-tenths of the present irresponsi- bility in car ownership. Observations. The sad example most car owners | are setting before their sons will either make or break tomorrow’s mo- toring. It all depends on whether the younger generations think papa is right or Barnum. Traffic is required to Ko one way on some streets, two ways on other: but this seems to have little effect on the sort of traffic that goes all ways. A repairer trade-marks tire man." fad, “Bill be a popular one. boy,” too. if the “doughnut” tire comes Into in a.Connecticut city himself as “Jack, the If this is going to be a the repair man.” ought to “Henry, the Ford Touring Sedan, 5-Pass., $1695 Speed Is a! The people who | SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON; D. C, JULY 8 1823—PART 3. vogue most car owners will be just about able to buy the hole. Phoebe White, who used to travel the road of Anthracite, ought to_ be pretty comfortable nowadays in her velour upholstered .sedan. The saturation point for the indi- vidual car buyer is usually the van- ishing point of the old bank balance. e Headlight Wipers? The glare of the windshield when headlights of oncoming cars play upon It on a rainy night is due to the refraction of light rays over the drops of water, which act as miniature lenses. This explains why the light from the headlights on a rainy night is diffused until the lights seem use- less. Windshield wipers help stop the glare at the windshield; there- fore, why not wipers—automatic wipers, of course—on the headlights to keep the lenses clean? (Copyright- 1628, by the Ullman Feature rvice.) DRAMATIST HELD HORSES. Shakespeare Helped Solve Parking Problem as Boy. William Shakespeare, four of whose plays were produced on Broadway st winter, was engaged in the park- | business before he made & repu- tation as a dramatist. Biographers report that when he first went up to London from Strat- ford there was a demand for boys to hold the horses of the gentry while | the latter were at the theater. Will engaged in this iine of business | which gave him the funds for beef- steak and suet pudding until wome enterprising manager decided that the | 1ad had dramatic talent. HAZARDS IN SUBURBS. Traffic surveys of Buffalo, published by the Am n Gas _Accumulator pmpany. show that 5§ per cent of serious traffic accidents in 1922 were | outside of the congested districts of the city; 6% per cent of all the acel- dents were at sireet intersections. S This steel-top Touring Sedan unites open-car range, closed-car comfort No soft-top makeshift here, butstandard steel top panels that eaves. Wide 29-inch doors admit large folks easily. Hand-fashioned coach- work, sturdy as the Stephens chassis. Sunny Sorrento blue body enhances black fenders and radiator — bright nickel accents in lamps and hubcaps. run flush to the —intimate See this Touring iehle Phone, yetroomy. Wide 45-inch rear seat. Full- upholstered front chairs fold forward. Corthnplete from cowlventilator to power tire pump and touring trunk. Last and best—a 59-horsepower motor of thrilling range and response, with manifold insidecylinderhead gives new 2est to road and ride. A dream todrive! Sedan today. Sales Co. Potomac § 1127 14th St. N.W. Main 2500 STEPHENS LONG LIFE In buying a motor car, consider what the cost will be when divided over a period of years. ‘What is the car’s reputation for satisfactory service after the first year? After the second? And after the third—and fourth? ‘These considerations, in the final analysis, are the true basis of economy in motoring. And it s this attribute of long life to which Dodge Brothers Motor Car owes its chief claim upon the unalterable loyalty of its owners. The price of the Touring Car i» $350 1. o. b. SEMMES 1132 Connecticut Avenue N.W. Detroit—3960 delivered. MOTOR COMPANY Main 6660 14th and Monroe Streets N.W. Columbia 5179 2 reasons and because of the fact it was| was decided to take a number of them Sundhy. during the summer, und it was sald After the afternoon of sports B.|pat the next one will be held on Gammie, chairman of the committee e i styiand: wheo . G. Marvel wi on entertainment, put on « few stunts, i s caraven to u country and a fishin following' which the homeward bound | which he knows well. Plnnl; fi":}‘:’.‘; run w arted. lare In the making for this outing, it the outing, that it was letics ‘were under direction of Leroy Harris, chairman of the committee on athletics, who also arranged for several fishing parties in_motor boats. While the boats brought back the usual stories of hlf catches, they brought the further information that the fish were released for hum ATOTS RESUNE SOCUBLTY RUNS First of Series Joined by 30 Cars on Sunday Outing to Morgantown, Md. Sociability automobile runs, so popular in thedays when automobiles were new, when owners gathered and made short tours, have been revived Ly the Hurléy Motor Company. Un- der plans arranged by direction of L. S. Hurley, president of the company, and his staff of employes, the first of a serles of such runs was made last Sunday, when thirty cars went in a| group to Morgantown, Md., for a day's outing. | The cars were assembled In front | lof the company's offices at 14th and Church streets early Sunday morn- | ing. and were bedecked with vari- colored balloons, after which they were directed Into places In line by 8. Lee Tucker, chairman of the transportation committee, and C. G.| Marvel, general chalrman of the com- imittec "on arrangements. Following | the legd of the pilot car, with Preston Willlams, road piiot, at the wheel, the caravan went through the | city and made a quick run to the riverside resort, where dinner served. Loaded down with hundreds {pounds of ice, gallons of ice land scores of cases of soft and other refreshments, the ser truck brought up the rear of Hne. Following the serving of din- iner, a buse ball game was played between the shop and sales forces, but the censor withheld the score. Ath-| AUTO GLASS KIND MADE OB REPAIRED, TOR WINDSHIELDS OB BODIES. | | | Cores installed i- any ! Tastaliod Wait. 10 DIFFERENT MaKEs RADIATORS. | WITTSTATT'S R. and F. WORKS | 9 13th. F. 6410, 1425 B, M. 1443, D PRIGE _ Compare the ‘Paige Point by Point with Its Two Competitors Of forty manufacturers of quality cars the two cars leading in sales are priced at $2885 and $2685; the Paige at $2450. What difference is there to justify the extra price? Check Paige points against these competitors—and you will realize that never before has $2450 bought such a car. 131-Inch Wheelbase 5-Foot Springs Paige has a wheelbase of 131 inches— Only the tremendous Champion production of more than 40,000,000 spark plugs per year makes possible the exceedingly low price of 75 cents for the Blue Box Line. was | oL Dependable Champions will save you in first cost and in oil and gas consumption and make certain the better performance of your engine. d Install them by the full set. You will know the genuine by the Double - Ribbed core. At dealers everywhere for every engine Champion Spark Plug Co., Toledo, Ohio Champion Spark Plug Company of Canada, iimited, Windsor, Ontario CHAMPION Dependable for Every Engine 1017 NPW YORK AVE. B.W. Radiators and Fenders THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CAR IN AMERICA ' COMPARISON CHART ]' All data from current tvade papers $2450 3238 131 3314 33.75 *3850 Ibs. 11.4 Ibs. 112.5 sq.in. | 34.21bs. | persq.in. 40x2 in. 61% in. 33x4% Factory List Price, 7 pass. Touring . . . Factory List Price,7 pass. Sedan . . Piston Displacement, Cu.In. . . . . Horse Power, S AE ......... Shipping Weight, 7 pase. Touring. . . . Ratio of Weight to Piston Displacement | | Service Brake Surface, Sq.In.. . . . . .| 1358q.in. providing for roomy comfort besides Ratio —Weight to Brake Surface . 3“3;5;_#' o in. roadability. Ri‘:‘;g;“e rarelyequaled || pon Spring Dimensions . . ... ... 4€2x2in. | 38x2in. is further assured by rear springs more ; | s4in. il than 5 feet long. Check thisagainst cost- || Rear Spring Dimensions &%mfiaxm Séin. lier cars! Paige leads themall in comfort. T s < o v05 606 076 . 33x5. 33x4% : Plates. ... . . 15 13 Bm{Anp.Hmm 137 115 Pummpers. - No No Stoplight . No Gas Gauge on Dash . . - No Transmission Lock . . ...... No Automatic Windshield Wiper . Yes Visor . . Yes Mirror . Yes Tire Pump —Motor Drit $2685 126-133 2684 27.34 3450 Ibs. 1261 lbs. 825 sq. in. | 4181 Ibs. per More Power for Weight Mark Paige piston displacement —compare it with others. Here is reserve power for all needs. Paige weight is 3850 pounds, yet the ratio to piston displacement is only 11.4 ds per cubic inch. This low ratio iswhy Faip out-performs its competitors—climbs hills easier and at lower speed —gets atvay faster. Compare it in the chart—nearly two pounds less per cubic inch—15% more ability! Easy Handling ‘With a driving range of 2to70 milesan hour inifl‘l.n.haevmglmllneedofgm:hflfln& though it maybe done at a bare 3-inch move- ment, without clash or missing under any guidance. Steering is easy for the frailest hand—strain is absent. What Is Equipment? You wouldn't compare a car with three wheels to a car with four wheels, in relation to their prices. So Paige must be compared as to equipment with what its'competitors would cost you if similarly equipped. Note the twelve items of equipment in the chart above—all things which you would eventu- ally buy for any car. Paige has them all! One competitor has only three of them — and the other five—least coetly items. Cal- culate the cost of this equipment, and see how much more you get in the Paige. Why Paige Can Be Sold at $2450 Tremendous volume on our smaller car— the Paige-built Jewett—reduces overhead on Paige cars toa negligible amount. This saving makes the Paige price possible. With the Jewett —Paige builds twice as many cars as either competitor shownt on the chart. Undu:é‘mhuwndimwwmm Yes jven.. KX’ Spare Tires .......... o Shock Absarbers . .. ... . No Motometer and Locking ols aie e No Trunk Rack, Body Rails, Kick Plat No 4-passenger Phaeion $2450 ot Deirolt 5. passenger Sedan $3235 7- passenger Sedan $3235 present standards could not be sold for ot Detrolt less than $3000. s To fully appreciate Paige—~see the car— drive it. Measure it against require- ments in a fine car. Call ar hone for a demonstration at your convenience. There is no obligation, of course. If desired — payment terms may be arranged. (s01-A) WASHINGTON-VIRGINIA MOTORS, Inc. 1028 Comnecticut Avenue b 2 7o N S