Evening Star Newspaper, December 30, 1923, Page 54

: THE ‘SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, EN. SM"HNAMH] | John Smith and His Car DECEMBER 30, 1923—PART 3. \Don’t Sound HornNational Motorists’ Association In Passing Other tli 2 Car on Risht Side Outlines Plans for Coming Y ear New York Auto Show, Spectacle Of Imposing Beauty,OpensJan.5 BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL- Site in'Bronx Offers Greater Advantages Than Downtown Locations of Former All the preliminaries to the great-| est National Automobile Show of all time are nearly complete. - The im- mense task of preparing for-the lat st models and the newest accessories of the third most important indust in the world. always @ labor of mug-r nitude and tremenduously complieat- | ed this vear because of a Hew locu- tion being chosen, will end about] Thursday night of this week. It is! expected that most of Friday and saturday worning can be given over to bringing in and placing the ex- hibits, so that the twenty-fourth ex- ! position will be completely ready at the officfal cpening hour, 2 p.m. turday next. The annual motor car display, here- | tofore a duwnteown fixture, Will be renewed for 1924 in the 258th Field Artillery Armory, ou Kingsbridge road at Jerome avenue. the Bronx. Tt is away from the scene of all the, former national shows. but not at all unfamiliar to New Yorkers, since it is only few minutes’ ride north from | the Yankee Stadium, which has been visited by hundreds of thousands of | base ball funs and enthusiasts in other lines of sport. The new location several respects s more populur with than the Garden or ubway station in & vity, the visitor can re without once getting Irom cover, the aehridge roud station on t ston wvemre- line hein almos of (he armory. The same of tie - Gth avenue . which ¢ the subw n a common platform st 167th str 1i s at the sam The trip from the downtown oi great botels takes only minutes over half an hour, and as there is no walk st, the end of the jouruey. visitors will find the trip a comfartable aie and not the least confusing For motorists the be @ big Improvement ne block from the Concourse, greatest line of motoy travel into stehester county and Conuecticut. | any of the other fine motor- running northwerd involves weross town only afew All the inconvenience of Gon- traffic is an ad- show in to prove | WOLOr CAr UsCrs Palace. Once in part of the it dir of the likely Nt neet with t. point seetion few location will The armory W w Using e turning blocks. zested m; H torists have previous n many fyained m visiting | shows throuzh dis- | tuclination to getting to the dense traffic of lower New York To Be One-t° 3 The coming exposit or the first time in many years, .will be a one- floor show. The drill hall of the big | armory «ffords the MOSt encrmous | sweep of spuce of any building in“the | world—600 feet in one direction aud | 500 feet in the othe At the highest | poini the reof is 120 feet from ti floor. In this vast cxpanse of disp space there net a pillar or other ction, how { ween 406-and 500 complote ¢ars ! designed for the coming year will be | display. and all these will have! ¥ space; in addition to products of a great number of | accessory manufacturers. while leav- ing wnple. promenades for the thou- sunds of visitors. The constant ' zrowth of the industry (rom the be- | ning of the century has always brought the perplexing problem of accommodating both the exhibits and | the thronzs, and for 1924 Manager | 8. 4 Miles has at last. achieved his ambition of giving an abundance of space to hoth. As a matter of fact. somé of the late comers in the ac- ceasory end of the industry have been allotted space in the west bal- cony to obviate any risk of crowding. To Be Impoxing Spectacle. Thus the exhibition of the cars and accessories for 1924 promises to be the most imposing spectacle of the | kind ever presented in the twenty-! four vears that national automobile | ows have been fixtures. In many oilicr ways it will make an appeal to tiie enthus t and the casual visitor. The east alcony, for instance, has more than 2.000 chairs cn either side of the section In which the twen'y- five-piece orchestra of the 255th Field Artillery will play during the show. In these chnirs visitors can rest while enjoying the panorama of the expo- sition. with nearly $1,000,000 worth of cars spread over 180,000 square feet of space. Everything in the huge armony is in keeping with the size of the mag- nificent drill hall, in which the auto- mobile show will be held. There is a restaurant in which 500 diners can be accommodated at one time. This will be in charge of Harry F. vens, the caterer. The preparation of the dril! hall for | the national automobile show has heen the greatest job of interior d orating for a4 one-week display ever undertaken. It invelves the use of | enough electric current to illuminate | the houses and streets of a fair-sized city, the use of half a million feet of | lumber and plaster board, 250.000 square feet of bunting, 120,000 pounds | of linoleum and 100 kegs of nails! and screws, and a vast amount of | statuary and paintings that cannot be | expressed in figures. Blue and gold are the prevailing colors in the decorative scheme, which is the most elaborate ever adopted for a national automobile show. There will be plenty of other colors, of| ccurse, presented by .the motor cars LI of . free | ally | ing the architectural couris thal | tapestry, ibé plaster praques imod, {inder Fear and , Elgin. Essex, Years. elves, Wwhich at show time usu- blossom out’ in all the colors of Aguinst this will be the form- t will tenlace the spaces allotted to the va- rious mukes of vars in previous ex- them the rainbow. gleaming white of the statuary | hitions. ~Fo inereuse the artistic effect there will be no physical separation of the spaces. us in most of the previous shows. Instead. the groups of stutu ary will merely indicate the corners and rear of the spaces, while lines on the floor will mark the limits. As at no_other show. therefore, visitors will be at liberty to wander with complite fréedom and much better able to make close comparisons of the various makes of cars, especially those whose spaces adjoin The main statdary in will be a reptica of the Goddess of rransnortation. modeled especially for this display. To break up the traightline appearance these statues will le in varying heights, a new note in decorative offect aund oue that will add greatly to the beauty of the whole exhibition. Thé names of the cars will be cut into the tab- ets thut suppert the main statues. Around the lower walls will be a serles of paintings in imitation of showing the ~growth of transportation in America- trom the ewrly daye, and suppiementing two immense painting-. each sixty by forty feel. thit will be hung on the north and south ends of the arill hall Inside the drill hull at the entrance to the show will be a court of cc umng, u sevies of pillurs in imit fon af Ivory. with a bacKground ue plush. ~Tn the embrasures will ed from f ding-of_the. and Clark ch court mous paintings - The 1 Py And the .T. Expediticn ‘to the Pacific Coast are two of the subfects, the remaining two being mythological. ice range in the 1924 show will be from $430 o $9.000; marking lower highest than a Year ago. he lowest priced car is a four-cylinder touring modet. Among the six-cyl- ars_the lowest will Le $750. wirtle -$1.875 ix_the minfmum among "eights.” e The keenest public interest at the sent time is In the scdan type of these will 1ange in price at e show from $785 to $6.500. Thers wWHI be three- makes of “fours” and one “Six” among the sedans at less than $1 The lowest priced eight- &¥linder sedan i listed at $3,075 Among the mechanical innovations of ‘recent months the four-wheel brake is-expected Lo be one of the features of the coming automobile show. Bal- laon tires will be angther radical fea- ture of the approaching display. They have been put out by two or thres Mmakers on thelr cars. Tt is certain thet many questions about them will be asked at the armory next week While the automobile show will open at 2 o'clock next Saturda fter- noon, the regular hours. beginning on Mond. will be from 10 a.m. to 10:30 p m. daily. Coincident with the motor pr jcar display will be the national motor bout show in Grand Ceutral Palace. which opens on Fridar. thus bringing out in the same week the newest products of the two industries that owe thelr existence to the gasoline motor. The makes of cars that will be dis- plaved in the big armory ave as fol- Chalmers, Chandler. Chevrolet, Cleve land. Cole. Collins, Columbia. Davis, Dodge, Dort. Dupont, Durant, Elear. int. Franklin, Gard- ner, Gray, H. €. S., Haynes, Hudson, Hupp. Jewett, Jordan. Kissel. Lafay- ette. Lexington, Liberty, Lincoln, Lo- comobile,~McFarlan, Maxwell, Moon, Nash, Naticnal. Marmon. Oakland. Oldsmobile. Oveiland. Packard, Palge, Peerless, Pierce-Arro Premier, R. & . Reo. Rickenbacker. Roamer, Star. ns, Stephens. Studebaker. Stutsz, Templar, Velle, Westcott, Wills Sainte Claire, Willys-Knight Taxicabs— Checker. Dodge, Premier. Rauch & Lang. Reo. Roamer, Yellow, Cab. Pem sl et OLDS PLANT EXPANDS. Company Making 80 Per Cent of Materials in Cars. For the first time ars the Olds Motor Works, Lansing, Mich.,, is now cars Is manufactured in its own plant. At this time, factory executives say, the reorganization of the plant has progressed to the point where within two months the company will be manufacturing more than §0 per cent of everything that goes into its product. ‘ BOYCE-ITE SOLD.IN D. C. New Fuel Constituent Guaranteed by Motometer Inventor. Boyce-ite, a new product which is mixed with gasoline in automobiles and for which is claimed elimination of carbon and greater mileage, Is now being sold in Washington. The new fuel constituent is backed by the personal guarantee of Harrison Boyce, the inventor of the Boyce motometer, who is said to be one of the leading authorities on internal combustion engines. GHTNING. MOTOR FUEL 25t035% Mont #Ep MORE POWI R-MORE M ¥ American. Anderson. Apperson. | | Auburn. Barley, Buick, Cadillac, Case, in twenty-six | approaching a basis | {where everything that goes into its MANAGER OF A.ALA. | . John Smith is a character whom every motorist should welcome. He is not selfish; rather he is a motoring martyr, a chap willing and glad to U. S. Chamber of Commerce Official Appointed to New Post. Ernest N. Smith. chief of the cam- | Daign department of tbe ' United States’ Chamber of Commierce and | former executive secretary “of thel| {Indianapolis Chamber of, Commerce, | {has beeu appointed general manager |of the Américan Automobile Asso- |ciation, @ newly created position. ac lcording to un anuouncement wade | here Monday by Thomas P. Henry of | Detroit, president’ of the A. A. A. Ar. Smith will assume his new du- | tjea January 1. i The uppointment of Mr. Emith as rgeueral manager of the “American | Automobile Association marks the {frst step In « new program of' de- | velopment. The organization is to be enlurged. new departments creat- ied. additional services to motorists rendered, and an uggressive member- i<hip campaign starteu. { The campuign department of the { Chamber of Commerce of the United IStutes was created three vears ago by Mr. Smith. Through His “efforts | department has been built up jentil it has become the most im- { portant feature of the United States {Chamber of Commerce work. His| ‘especial duties were to make effective | jthe policies of jthat organization and ! ithis " broad work of presentation | {brought him in close , contact with { | Congraxe and the country. Mr. Smith | jcarried out many nation-wide cam- | paigns, in the course of which he |traveled over 60.000 miles in- thres | {years. From personal contact he has | knowledge of conditions in_ every | {state .of -the Union. He has speken | {before organizations in all parts n'l [the country .and ix the wuthor of | irumerons articles on business and jelvic matters. i Previous to his work With the na- {tional chamber of commerce, Mr. {Smiith was the executive secretary of the. Chamber of Commere¢e of In- dianapolis and built ' that’ organiza- !tion up to a point where, during the jwar. it was one of the lurgest com- lmercial organizations in the world. {with nearly 500 emploves ‘and thres {branch offices. An extemsive motor fuck freight service wus organized ¢ ihe Chamber of Commerce of In-| aianapolis during the war to handle | hort haul freights for a radius of | {100 miles of Indfanapalis. As a rep- | {resentutive of the Chamber of Com- | {merce of Indiamapolis, Mr. Smith or- { | zan and became general manage | largest vocationd] trainine jeamn the TUnited States, which | trained 10,000 soldfers in ten trades, 12nd had contracts for training 30,000 {more at the time the armistice was | isigned. Tlis experience aloug thes: | ‘\nlh‘vl lines iy expected to be of ! | ereat assistance to . him his new | work RETIRES FROM CONTROL. Boyce Leaves Active Xnnugemem; of Moto;Meter Co. an anthorized interview regard- | {Ing his retirement from" active man-= {agement of the Motor-Meter Com- ! {pany. Inc. Hurrison Boyce. inventor ! of the Moto-Meter, has made the fol- | in in wing statement: “The Boyce Moto-Meter is today success in tie automotive acce: fleld. For yetars past, I, with George H. Townsend, | yoted all our efforts to its effairs.| Today we both feel that It is so| thoroughly organized and its policies, | both as to sales and manufacture, so | sound and proven, that I personally | can from now on devote my entire | lattention to the promotion of my new ! product—Boyce-ite, the super-fuel| | ingredient. | _ | LINCOLN CAR’S RECORD. ] | Trip of 155 Miles Made in 165 1 Minutes in Indian: | A Lineobi car is éredited with the fastest run on record between police (headquarters at South Bend. Ind., and i the state house at Indianapolis. The 1 trip of 155.7 miles was made in 165 ;minutes, an average close to a mile ja_ minute despite frequent slow- downs in cites and towns along the {way and occasional pauses and stops jdue to traffice and road conditions. The car was commandeered by Chief of Police Laurence J. Lane, re- cently in order to secure the gover- nor's signature to extradition papers which were urgently needed. W. W. Farrar, Lincoln sales man- ager for W. R. Hinkle, Inc., South Bend. Ford dealers, piloted the car on the fiying trip to the capital. EMERGENCY TRACTION. Occaslonally in winter the center of the streets will be clear enough to make the use of chains unnecessary, but the gutters will hold enough snow and ice to cause a driver considerable trouble in starting. A handy way to get traction in such cases is to place the chains as near as possible under the rear tires so that the wheels, in spinning aroupd, will take hold and enable the driver to reach the clear surface of the street. It isn't neces- sary to jack up the. wheels and at- ch the chains in an emergency of i this sort. » oYy together | have de-‘ re | i 1 {mixture to meet_the new {in {quite cold he figured that have exploited, in an interesting way, the other 10,000,000 or more membe: Ne. 20—Fighting Deprectation. It wak with quite some surprise the other morning that I found Smith actually polishing the“hickel on his bumper, He_has taken reasonably £00d care of the car,-but I had never seen him taking quite such an interest in its_appearance. “Golng to a wedding: him. “Trying (o save my investment,” he explained. “I never saw anything, depreciate as quickly as & motor car.” “That is because you have never before owned anything ko useful” 1 retorted. “A plece of furniture is something to look -at. and occasion- ally to wse. An automoblile gets the roughest kind of use all the time, Whether you 1un. it or not. If you use it constanly Old Man Friction plays ‘havoc with the working parts: if you put it away in storage, Old Man Rust has his fling, But a car that is run constantly, and cared for, \\:Ill outlast one that is stored away. You must remember. too, that motor car that is used produces tangi- ble results. and because it saves vou money and enables you to make money vou can hardly expect the in- vestment to last forever. By fighting this depreciation, sible to lox 1 greeted make a car last twice as & as the average.” Pointers on Runt. “That's why I'm doing little polishing,” ' €mith veplied. *The rimmings have been getting rusty of late.” “Yes” [ said, “and when vou re- move the rust you will probably find that the nickle has been eaten away, t00.” I pointed to a place’he had just finished polishing as evidence. “This is just a warning to get after 2 lot of other things before it late “I've-been polishing the body” re larly. if that's what you Smith sald. 1 see You have lot better for it everythin yon woul ® But the paint isn't [ wonder what valuation place on a car if the owner offered it to you with a cracked windshield. three curtatn fasteners missing: a bad dent In a rear fender, the window Mght in the back curtain broken, the floor mat stained with grease, the bumper out of line. one Ticaalight bulb burned out, a license plate loose, the speedomefer broken and valves out of adjustment. You however, it is poe- | The body looks 2 | his experiences for the benefit of rs of the motor clan. would hardly care to buy such a car unless you happened to be in the business of napping up used cars at a bargain. If you did by any chance buy it You would insist on bargain terms. Yet the actual cost of re- moving all these evidences of depre- clation would amount to very little " Parts N ng Attention. 1 stopped to point out several things about Smith's car which need- ed attention. The first was the num- ber of rust spots on the fenders and the aprons where they are joined to the running board. 1 had told him how to remedy this by means of a brush and a can of black enamel, 50 he promised to touch up the abused parts of the body as soon as he had attended to a few more important things. “Now. thik fender I said, indi- cating_iwo deep dents, “looks pretty bad. The next time you are down on 12th street drive into that repair shop. They'll pound out these dents in no time. The car will ‘look decid- edly better. “This torn rain curtain can be sew- ed in five minutes’ time, so_bear that in mind when you pass a place where they -nake tops znd curtains. Your Horn_sounds as though it was sing- ing its swan song. Yon can remedy this yourgelf by first removing the cover and'then turning the adjusting |screw at the end of the horn motor haft. One of your spring bolt grease cups is gone. Of course, you can get lalong without it, but you can ward off a lot of depreciation by paying the nominal charge for new cups gnd iacrewing them on. I could go' on !making a lot more suggestions, but i you see what is needed.” Smith a “Regular.” “True enough,” Smith replied. “The |trouble is it takes so much time to Kkeep things in order. | have been trying to do & little at a time.” “That's the only way to care for a car,” 1 agreed. “Only be sure you do_that ‘little’ often enough.” W hereupon ) putting his way. “Guess that's enough for he said. *“No one can beat but I'm going to put up a stiff fight and see how many miles— not necessarily vears—f can get out of the car. : He wasn't to kfow that a little carcleseness was going to put him at a great disadvantage in a coming “bout.” But Smith wouldn’t be in- teresting as a motorist if he wasn't human. Next week ight, 1 ar Catches Fire.” Ly the TUllman Feature b ic The Sunday Motorist An Abridged Magazine for Car Owner: EDITED BY WILLIAM ULLMAN Man wanted to buy left word for Jomex to call 1 Shackling Real Menace. nally reckless driver in Nebraska carries an interesting feature in the way of a lesson fo those who are continually anmoying the driver by encouraging him to hurry and to gommit other acts of foolishness, which naturally he would hesitate to indulge if ‘relying upon his own in- stinet and good judgment. The court ruled that the driver's license be suspended for a period of flve years, during which time he is forbidden to drive or to direct the driving of an automobile. This is believed to be the first court recognition of the fact | | that a reckless director of the driv- ing of the car is as undesirable as | the reckless driver. the courts would do well in every vestigation to discover who really to blamé for the accident driver or the man who drives driver Poesibly was the the Serves Him Right. The man Who said that only 500.000 families in the country couid afford to own automobiles is now playing “Silver Threads Among the Gold” on the harpsichord in the parior, while the lady in the hoopskirt lights the candles with the sulphur matches. The Old Mechanic Says Goin’ by the rules blindly is often an expensive habit for the car owner. I've always maintained this, but this mornin’ 1 saw agother evidence of it and now T've got to let myself out on_the subject. ~ * Brown found that there had been quite a change in the weather and wanted to regulate his carburetor conditions turned oft startin’ would be easier with a richer mix- ture, but decided not to touch the car- A temperature. * Havin' We do not claim for V-63 Cadillac all it really i simply ask you to ride in in- | buretor st until the engine ted and warmed up. Why don’t you turn the adjust- ment a notch or two now?’ I asked Lim, as he commenced wearin' out his battery in a hopeless effort to crank the fuel-starved engine. “Rule says vou shouldn’t touch the | garburetor when the engine's cold, | be explained. And then proceeded to give up the job of startin’ the bus. It was an opportune time to ex- plain to him that he wasn't applyin’ the rule sensibly. Owners are warn- had been ed against foolin’ with the carburetor { when' the engine is cold because if they don't know which way to turn the adjustments thes’]l get hopelessly off normal and not be able to start without calling for an expert. But this isn't sayin' that the driver shouldn't make an adjustment before startin’ when he knows which way to turn the adjustment and how many notches to go Matder of P;ycholozy. The insgruction book for a certain make of car stipulates that in order to take advantage of the free serv- ice offered by dealers who handle it the car must be brought in every 1400 miles for certain inspection and | every 750 Yor Other work. Clearly a case’ of psychology appiied to—the motor mind. What the manufacturer means is that the car should be | brought in at periods of 500 and 1,000 | miles, but he stipulates 400 and 750 sb that procrastination on the part of the owner will not cause him to erstep the 500-1,000 limits and pos. sibly damage the car. This and That. If the rate of motor vehicle traf- fic does not decline in 1924 approxi- mately $9,600 wiil -be saved monthly by motorists who have occasion to use toll bridges when touring the state of Connecticut, since the im- position of tolla will be lifted after December 31 through action taken by the gencral assembly at its last sese sion. _Eighty’ thousand automobiles paid $20.91255 to the state during the month of October, and it is esti- mated that approximately one-quar- ter of the cars passing over the toll Or! We the car and determine for vourself that in oll the world there never was such a motor car. The Washington Rudelph J 1138-1140. Connecticut Avenue T. W. Barrett, Associate Dealer, 24th and M Sts. Reduce the :Wear and Tear_on Your Motor' by - Using' LIGHTNING. MOTOR FUEL Becajise every drop of LIGHTNING MOTOR FUEL is crammed urally “less carbon. tear-on your. engine. is reduced, while full ‘of mileage, there is nat- That means the wear and Jup: goes mileage,” and quicker starting'is insured even though'it is as-cold as-blazes. z Cadillac Company se, President Frank. 3900, 3901, 3902 - West 2880 We have moved better seryice than WINTON SIX J our. office and parts department to our service station at “1227 R St. N. W., where we will be in position to give our friends and owners ever. -~ T.-.LAMAR JACKSON | ble, don’t warn the other driver by 1 1 i | 1 { { | | | i i i i i { When about to pass another car on the right, and when this is permissi- sounding your horn. If you touch the horn button he will be likely to turn directly in your | way, thinking you want to pass around to the left., The better way is to creep up grad- | ually until you are sure that he sees which way you are oing to pass, and then go by. At night you can flash on your headlights for an instant. If the light appears to the right of him there is no_chance for him to think you are going to ask him to move over 50 that you can pass around to the left. He keeps a-straight course. bridges bore foreign number plates. The passing of a toll bridge is always welcome news {o a motorist. Its need has passed, and the motorist now demands the open road in its! true sense. Some idea of the broader view of transportation) being taken by the leaders of industry may be seen in the recent report of Canada’s grow- ing automobile industry, made and broadcasted by the Canadian Pacific railway. A rajlway boosting the auto business! This would have ans | peared unthinkable a few years.ago, but times have changed. The ship- went of both raw and finished prod- ucts in motordom means much to the ilroads in addition to the great possibilities for more traveling on the part of everybod The Canadian Pacific has good reason to hooat Can- ada_as the third largest automobile producer. The automobile isn't sup- planting the railroads, it's helping them find their more logical place in the transportation scheme of thing: Spend Five Cents. | water leak at the bottom of | the radiator may be a sign that new washer is needed®in the radi- ator filler cap. If water spills over | the neck, either when being added | or when boiling over, it will run down inside the sheN axid drip out the bottom of the radiator. For the sake of « five-cent washer the motomist may therefore go to the expense of w perfecl radiator ‘“re- That a | Two Parking Pointers. : ‘o Parking” signs are frequently |T fal, and for that reason it is (Secretary, sion more than 378,000 N. M. quence, statement of policy as adopted at the convention: us who are leading fight peusive motoring tant, problems are sues, clouded 1 right and re | sequence. ready | slogan 3 {for the highways, but highways safe subje has already More Adequate Highways to Be Urged-- Grade Crossings Rapped—Will Seek Remedies for Other Problems. BY FRED H. CALEY. National Motorists’ Ax- sociation). “What are the plans of the National Motorists' Association for the coming year?” This was the chief topic for discus- when delegates. representing A. members n good xtanding met at the first an- nual convention of the association n- Washington last month. The progress of the organization in using its influence for the betterment of handling the motorists and its success in building up-the largest automobile organiza- ! tion in the world in record time en- courages the belief thut the N. M will carry portant “pla months. its vital broad policy in problems before motoring. A. out soma within unusually the next few %hus the the as u conse- interesting query aud, a following The big task of the M. AL will be to concentrate, even more than at any time since its organization, upon the policy of “pointing the wa eve: ¥ in ty movement calculated to help mprove the lot 6f the motorist Right Way Pointed Out. It _has become evident to those of the car owners' better and less ex- that many impor- being_approached The real is- have been for safer, ng angle. instances, unimportant details. is frequently negative as a lost, con- perspecth alts are M way’ Not A. has al- with its traffic safe For instance, the pointed the for "safety, or the -traffic.” This revealed the in an entirely new light, and encouraged much more well to form the habit of distinguish- | invelligent co-operation on the part the de- business | fro o regulations of Individuals some instances an unofiick rking” sign may be disregarded | with perfect as for jnstance. | near. the entrance of a hotel where the rign obviously Lo reserve space for guests’ cars, and where motorist qualifies. In.other instances the unofficial warning must be con- sidered carefully. If the car is left at the marked spot it way be dam- aged through some hazard the motor- | i=t hasn't figured on, as for instance, | where it is near the delivery en- rance to business house. An un- al sign is frequently xet up by a whose sole enjoyment in | take the number of the ! nd cause annoyance ! ling"! owner. . A point to consider when parking | a_car on « hill is whether the driver of the car behind has left the ma- chine with wheels pointed in. If | not, it is worth while to move on tol another space where the car behind it not likely to present a hazard. Many a car starts coasting down h of its own accord, and the car ahead usually gets the benefit of the smasa. | Worth Remembering. Ivs just as ne bolts occasionall ssary to loosen as to tighten them, | The motorist who® always gives /| everything an extra turn “for good measure” isglikely to be presented with the problem of trfing to un- screw a bolt some time. He'll eizher break something or give it4up. Blinden»for Drivers. Many years ago some one conceived | of the idea of keepinz Dobbin's atfen-, tion on the view straight ahead by at- taching blinders to his headgear in | uch a way that details of the sidelines appeared all peace and quiet to hiw Unless drivers get over the habit of | gaping to the right and left when at! the wheel some _one will decide that the Dobbin idea isn’t so very far out of date as it has seemed. (Copyright, 1923.) of and officials who are working for the elimination of the causes of accidents rather than offering temporary reme- 1N6 | dies. i in addition to those individuals. organizations Throughout the coming vear the greatest emphasis will be placed, not on traffic regulation, but on the im- portane the | adequate of highway providing more nearl facilities. Th EASY STARTING im- Thel must be done in order to catch up and keep pace with the radical in crease in the number of motor ve hicles coming Into service. In all the phases of its work National Motorists’ Association has consistently recognized the import ance of planning for the motordon |of tomorrow as well as providing remedies for the problems of toda, ¢ This particularly evident in iis legislative policy, and its announce ment that at the newest congress will support only such legislation a will oBviate the necessity of advo ating a_new set of motor laws quick as the latest ones go out date has already been declared tie most sifinificant step ever taken by an automobile organization in th. work of safeguarding the interes:s of those who motor. Grade Crossings Rapped. Because the N. M. A. is steadil building for the most worth-whils things in motoring ii cannot sub seribe to eshift and temporar olutions to the problem of the grade« crossing., Thus, following the tional couvention, the wires carrie the news that the N. M. A. had voted for the elimination of grade crossing throughout the country as rapidly a possible. It sees a motordom of the ve: near future, in which it will be ur thinkable to permit motor vehicles and steam trains to be operated o intersecting _thoroughfares at the same grade. Therefore, it appreciates importance of building for thie era of grade-crossing elimination it the earliest possible moment. In short, the big aim of the M is to encourage more pertinent thought on every big automobile is sue, and one of the most encouragini signs is the way in which its affiliated clubs have caught this spirit “With motor clubs all over the coui - try pulling locally for definite resulix and tie national organization “point ing the way” and directing thte voics of organized motorists in the direc tion in which it can be most ef fective. there is every reason to a: ticip: definite progress in the im provement of motoring conditions Commentaries. y time a motori regre:s invested in a high-powered speedy sport car is when crossing narrow bridge behind a flivver being towed by a motor cycle. the ~ The having - Naturally in cold weather your motor does not start as easily in winter as it does in summer. Good spark plugs, a well charged battery and a distributor that is in good condition will go a long .way toward helping overcome the inconvenience of a slow-starting motor. STANLEY H. HORNER Retail |1015 14th Street Dealer Main 529€ those listed in * the Bor# advertisement on page 7 ROCKVILLE, MD. Reed Bros., Dodge. Rickett's Garage, SEAT PLEASANT, MD. Seat Pleasant Garage, Ford. SILVER SPRING, MD. Stafford & Grant. TAKOMA PARK, MD. Takoma Auto Supply Co., Cedar St. Carroll Auto Supply Co., Carroll Ave. WALDORF, MD. - The Orem Motor Co., (Buick), Washington and Leonardstown Pike. ige - Jewett. 16 148 VIRGINIA / ALEXANDRIA, VA. Auto Accessories Co., Inc, Cor. King and Washington streets. Alexandria Garage, Willys-Over- land, Cor. King and Merchant streets. Aero Auto Co., Inc., Chevrolet, 1101 King street. Allen Bros. Service Station, 900 Duke street. Baker ‘Motor Cn.k 'M-x\:ell -and Chalmers, 1300 King street. Baker Motor Co, 107 South Payne street. . F. Campbell, 325 Cameron st. hé:r- Duncan, Dodge Brothers , Pitt and Cameron streets. Fletcher Motor Ce., Buick, 121~ , 27 South AMred stret. Kln:stflanp.' 1400 King st. Lyon's Service Garage, 121 North | Pitt street. National G Filling Station, | ‘Washington boulevard at Montgomery street. Remschel Mn’!’or Co., Ford, 113- 119 North St. Asaph st. Southern Auto Service, Cor. Al- fred and Gibbon streets. Union Station Auto Supply, 1800 . King street. BALLSTON, VA. Luther F. Smith, Ballston Garage, Garrison Rd. & McKinley ave. BRIDGEWATER, .VA. Motor Inn. CHERRYDALE, VA. Ernest M. Shreve, Lee Highway. Greenville Garage, Lee Highway, West of Cherrydale. CLARENDON, VA. Sh & Bros, Wilson Blvd. L. K. Trone, 14 Wilson Blvd, west. EAST ARLINGTON, VA. R._E. Reucher. E.. FALLS CHURCH, VA. Lee Highway Garage, “Jewett and Paige,” Lee Highway. Makely Motor Co., “Ford and Lincoln,” Washington st. |_FREDERICKSBURG, VA. Briscoe Bros., 1008 Princess and Anne streets. - GLASGOW, VA. Glasgow Garage. 2 HARRISONBURG, VA. Blue Service Station; 500 North St. North Service Company, C'fi'mst.'ms..mg’.s:. LANGLEY, VA. H. A. Darne, Georgetown and Leesburg Pike. LEESBURG, VA. Foye Motor Co., Dodge Cars. Lambert Motor Co. bile. McDonald & Lamber, Chevrolet. LEXINGTON, VA. Lee Highway Filling Station. Rockbridge Motor Co. Peoples Motor Co., Inc., 21 Nel- son St. MANASSAS, VA. Plaza Gara Hornbaker Milnes, Buick. McLEAN, VA. H. A. Storny, 25 State Rd. NOKESVILLE, VA. & | Central Garage. ROSSLYN, VA. Lee Highway Service, l.ee_Hixh- lefll Auto Supply Co., Mil- itary Road. Homer Lowery, Chevrolet, Mil- itary Road. Arlington Motor Co., Ford, Mil itary Road. VIENNA, VA, Watson Bros., “Star and Durant,” Tyson X Roads. Wagner Bros., “Chevrolet.” WARRENTON, VA. Lee Highway Motor Co., “Stude- baker.” W. FALLS CHURCH, VA. West End Alexandria and Leesburg