Evening Star Newspaper, January 18, 1925, Page 66

“AUTO JUBILEE YEAR MOTORDOM TOPI A. A. A. Urges Co-Operation of Manufacturer, Dealer and Owner to Insure Success. the development of co- hetween automobile manu- dealer and owner above all assets of motordom as the in- celebrates its silver jubilee throughout the country, the American Automobile Assoctation accordingly predicts @ new type of su for motordom, in a bulletin just issued from its national headquarters in this tion has been the keynote motoring’s amazing growth in the bulletin points out, and automof asset which as- country of a definite tion to the many problems which are temporarily clouding the horizon View of Genernl Co-Operat According to Thomas T dent of the A. A business ds first between ucer. sumer he s of successful organization the part of the three human fn the industry “What the man and the @ividually they have through or declares. “This ization, and nothing than the three automotive organizations that are helping the whole of motoring ‘get together.’ “Through the Natic Automobile Cham of Commerce automobile manufacturers enabled, not only to co-opera ch other in the solution of problems affecting motordom, but to co-operate with dealers and their consumers. The Automobile Dealers Assc ngles the that rwise result creased poor service ‘orphaned The American mob! Association _completes picture by helping the motorist 2nd enjoy his car. Sifting Out of Practical ldeas. “These organizations, sifting out the most practical and sugges- tlons from their memberships are able to offer to each other the most ¢ crete form of assistane Thus we find the N. A. C. C dent problen the N A operating in an effort to stabilize the retail trade to the advantage of all. and the A. A. A. uniting its afliated Touring history of transportation nger these ! be solved. The day has the individua individual conference with mbers of the Industry or AT it is the sures the n. Henry, pry in co-operation ailer and con- the result efforts ¢ factors the deaiers t do in- operation are doing Mr. Henry day organ- proves it more cturers, ould ¥ tzation al National in in- and Auto- the use ideas large co-oper- the i Tt should problems wi passed when through the trade “In addition to all the dire fits which a car owner recelvey in the way of touring information, legal ad- emergency road service, licens- ete., when he joins his local ante mobile club he automatically obtains the co-operation of those who m and sell th b It i ganization that makes this co-opera &ion possivle. It the big motor “asset of the day the most ef- fective thing a r owner can do during 1925 is to seek to enlist rs he buys the of other car owners in making till greater.” Good Payehology. of the proud boasts of th Farle Theater is the comfort its service, When the new plans for . inside adornment and furnishing were un- isideration the designers were ited with a proposition, a ently insignificant to many, but more or less vital to the of the house. And it was simply whether it yuld be wiser to cater the box flice to the patrons in the matter of seats By allowing a success space of 33 inches between the rows of chairs in both auditorfum and balcony, it was found that patrons might stretch their legs instead of being compelled to sit in a cramped position, a vital matter when it comes to the enjoyment of a theatrical performance. But to allow this space it was also found that It would be necessary to sacrifice more than 100 choice seats In seating ca- pacity The Ear! with height passed theater It had been beautiful rned with an attractive color draperies and chandeliers for pleasing lighting effects. This was all for the comfort of the patrons. Why the plans in the matter of a comfortable seat is vital to the Joyment of any performance And so the 10 or sacrificed to the dismay of the box- office interests solely that the patrons might stretch their legs during the performance and be comfootable. And that is why the management is boast- ing of the Earle's service had been depth and nstructed idth unsur- n Washington. heme not continue for en- Her A;:rican Stag‘c Debut. EDDY- GERARD, leading feminine role in “The * which Earl Carroll will first in- troduce to America in this city short- 1y American girl—now interna- tionally famous, who yet has never before been seen on the professional £tage In her own country Teddy Gerard for the past six vears more has appeared in “command performances” before King George notably in “London Calling” and the revue, “A to Z." It was in this latt music hall success t! this Ameri- can girl introduced the “Limehouse Blues,” which was first presented in this country by Gertrude Lawrence, in_“Charlot's Revue.” Miss Gerard also succeeded Delysia in the principal part “As You Were,” a play in which Irene Bordoni appeared in this country with Sam Bernard well remembered cast who has the or Alice in Modest About It. I now have my own ¥ Rudolph Valen- not mean that I will try to do everything myself. I realize that many stars have become shoot- ing stars when their contracts gave them full authority. They wanted to do cverything but turn the crank on the camera. “I do want to choose my dircctor be- cause T with a man who {s sympathetic to me, but, once e is cho T do not want to tell him how to do his work. I selected Joseph. Henab to direct me in “Cobra,” my first picture under Ritz banner, because 1 have confidence fn him and because we seem to under- stand cach other. “The same applies to the other mem- bors of the staff, “T am safe until I get the fdea that I know it all. I haven't reached that point yet" —— Broadcasting of songs.and cries of #vild birds is now a featurs begun by =% EBritish broadgasting. company i tino, problems | t bene- | ppar- | the | the automotive | going to be held u | | | | | had | them MOTORIST GAINS NOTHING SPEEDING IN Tests Show Time Saved by Hurrying and Violating John Smith BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL. Tobn Smith is a character whom every motorist should welcome. He is not selfish; rather he is a motoring martyr, a chap willin have exploited, in an interesting way, bis_experiences for the benefit of the other 10,000,000 or more members of the motor clan. NO. $1: “FOILING THE HOLD-UP MAN Upon his return from a recent trip Smith looked a bit worried and acted as though he had burned a connect- ing rod bearing or lost his best tire. Finally 1 became inquisitive enough to make Inquiry “What's the matter, nabbed for speeding? “You're dead wrongi’ “I've been robbed. Held road by a couple of thugs. I'm mi- nus one watch and $56. But the point 1 want to make clear is that it wasn't necessary.” “Of course, it wasn't necessary. It 4 outrage. Where did it hap- Smith? Been retorted. on the he up That doesn’'t make any difference,” he explanied. “It may happen to any driver wherever he chances to drive What I want to tell fellow motorists that if they are wise to a few tricks they need never worry.” “Why didn’t you know enough to put on gas when you saw you were 7 1 asked Pldn’t Recognize Trouble. “That's just the point. T didn't know I was due for trouble. 1 was too hospitable. There were two chaps fussing with their engine on a stretch of the road that was at least ten miles from civilization. I hadn't the heart to pass them by, so I stopped— and they helped themselves. 1f they had been waving their hands wildly and urging me to stop 1 would per- haps have recalled the numerous hold-ups we have been having, and would have made my getaway as quickly as possible. But these fel- lows gave the impression that they tried to get other motorists to stop and, failing, they had gone back to the hopeless task of working on their problem alone The point in this was that if Smith had telt that he ought to-be a good scout he should not have drawm up o a standstill until he was at least 200 feet bevond the other car. And he should have left the motor rup- ning. His next’step would be to see what the stranded parties would do. If they both started to walk up tc him he aould be justified in letting in the clutch and skipping off. But if one man stayed at the job he could afford to take his chances with the one who came up to him. As:the fel- low approached it would be an easy matter to decide whether hospitality was worth risking. The - seasoned hold-up man looks the part. while the amateur manifests a combination of savagery and nervousness, the partner invarfably watching "him carefully. Correct Way to Proceed. “If you find from the member he party that they are really in T sugkested, “never met out be glad to take one of them to & uge or go for a repair- man yourself. If this doesn't suit don’'t bother with them. Any one of t distress that you will BY Law Offset by Extra Besides Endangering Life and Car. - - attempt to spesd in are gaining nothing, rding to a series of tests made recently by officlals of the touring burcau of the Automobile Club of Southerh California through the con- gested districts of Los’Angeles. it is pointed out, demon- is extremely doubtful If the time saved by hurrying and exceeding the speed limit p for the extra gasoline used and the brake lining worn' by the drivers trying to -ut down time. Not only is the time saved fractional, It is said, but the hurrying motorist endangers not only his own life and car, but thousands of other lives and tens of thousands of automobiles. < When traf you ~ you really The tests strated that it Record of Scout Cars. Records of scouting cars that were operated on three different routes through city limits of Los An- geles furnished these conclusions. In order to make the tests impartial and accurate, each route was first tra- versed at highest speed possible and vet escape arrest, the car exceeding the limit in 15 and 20 mile zones by five miles wherever possible and tak- ing advantage of every occasion to make time. The same driver went over the same route a second time, observing speed laws absolutely and conforming strictly to the mandat of the law and rules of safe and efi- cient driving A summary of these trips over dif- ferent routes across the city and back again shows that the driver who hur- ried and endangered life, limb and property saved only a total of 10 minutes out of two hours' driving, or a fraction over five minutes to the e e e Unchallenged Buick leadership remains ufichallenged. There is not an automobile anywhere near its price that even popularity. In the field of fine cars, Buick— as now—has always been the popular choice: Buick leadership—sustained yvear after vear—has been justly earned—the reward stently building an automobile that of consi ‘THE SUNDAY and His Car and glad to man who can afford to run a motor car can afford to pay for mechanical help when he Is in trouble. “When you go down to the >lub to warn all your friends about this new menace don’t forget to remind them to be careful about stopping to inves- tigate accidents along the road on dark nights. This sort of thing may cost you or any other soft-hearted motorist everything he's got, car and all. Suddenly, as you drive along in the darkness, vour headlights play upon & small car which appears to be ditched. Broken glass will sparkle on the roadway. And as your eyes scan the side of the road they chance upon a ghastly sight. The form of a woman lies outstretched on the ground. How Game Is Worked. “You decide that your opportunity to be a hero has come. You stop the car, jump out and rush to the victint. But as you pick it up and discover it's @ dummy you find yourself look- ing into the barrel of a husky .44, with another party ready to empty your pockets. They usually leave you the dummy.” Smith was astounded. He did not know they committed such audacious acts, though he had heard of -the scheme of stopping cars on elther side of a narrow road in such a way that & driver is obliged to slow down and get held up. But he was wonder- ing how a driver would feel if, after passing such a scene as the -one de- scribed above, he found that the ac- cident was le; imate. “It ought to be easy enough to sat- isfy yourself that you are not being deluded,” T sald. “Look over the sit- uation carefully as you drive by Then drive down the road to a curve and turn around. When you come Back you'll appear to be another car. Drive slowly, but be on_ the alert. By this time another car will have passed the scene. If its driver has stopped and been held up you wiil be in an excellent , position to drive back a few moments later, save the real vic- tim and give chase. Jf the accident is legitimate you'll have some one to help vou.” “Buf suppose Smith worried. “Then you can make up your mind that they're a better judge of crook- ed work than you. The best thing you can.do then is to .speed up. Your second view of the situation will in- variably reveal the facts. Look at the car itself, not the victim. It it is a put-up job a second glance at the car as you pass will show tha? it is not damaged enough to cause such an apparent human damage. A motorist can accomplish twice as much in the long run by going a liitie casy with his hospitality. The MOLOrist Who travels the roads today | has to be caréful not to be an easy mark when he means to be only a Booa” Sumaritan no one-else stops?’ Old Gears and New.” by the Ullman Festurs ervice.) Next week: (Copyright, 1875, TRAFFIC Gasoline Consumed: hour. The total distance of the three routes across the city was 315 miles or 'an average of 10.5 miles to the trip. one showing a saving of five minutes, another three minutes and the other two minutes. Yiew of TraMc Experts. Police department officials and traflic experts from these tests point out that in driving to save a possible five minutes over a 10-mile trip driv- ers are using extra gasoline, wearing out brake linings, throwing courtesy to the winds. risking arrest with a fine or jail sentence and viting ac- cidents not only to their own cars and persons, but forcing hazards in the way of thpusands of other cars and thréatening ‘limb’ and life of pedestrians, many of whom are chil- dren. These. tests were the first to be made In Los Angeles, and seem to prove convincingly that high speed in congestéd districts is not only a highly dangerous practice from many standpoints, but is an economic loss. A Promising Burlesquer. AN exceptional feature is presented for Jessie MacDonald, the young soubrette of the “Hurry Up"” company, | one of the attractions this season of the Mutual Burlesque Circuit. Miss Mac- Donald, who is'regarded as one of the best dancers in burlesque, served faithfully and loyally with the Red Cross during the late war. Although her stage career has been brief she has made wonderful strides and is already rated as an unusual .per- former. approximates Buick’s STAR, MOTOR REFORMS NOW N PROSPECT Revival of Time-Honored Rules Foreseen by A. A. A. General Manager. Reviving a number of time-honored reforms will be a prominent feature of local motoring improvement during the Winter season, according to Ernest N. Smith, general manager of the American Automobile Assoctation. Despite the progressiveness usually displayed by the automobilist, Mr. Smith declares, a large number of fundamentals have been lost during the past year and thousands of car owners have literally to begin all over again If they expect to bring their motoring strictly down to date. Accordingly the A. A. A. will revive tormer campalgns against the nuls- ance of smoking motors, against the waste of fuel that accompanies un- protected engipes In Winter, and against the danger of failing to make provisions for driving over ice and snow covered streets Frozen Radiators Cited as Example. “The number of owners who were caught with frozen radiators in the first cold snap of the Winter season,” says Mr. Smith, “is exactly what used to be expected in the days before motorists had sufficlent experience, There is no excuse for such neglect in this day and age of motoring, but the situation exists, and we must re- vive our reforms accordingly. “Every responsible owner should be equipped with Winter efficiency devices, such as radiator shutters, chains for all four wheels, and heat- ers. Yet this year the percentage of owners taking such fundamental matters into consideratian is alarm- ingly low. It means low eficiency for both car and driver, with expense and perhaps accldents as the inevi- table resuit. Smoking Motors a Nuisance. “Five years ago the motor clubs were campaigning against the nuis- ance and danger of smoking motors There were immediate results such &s to warrant the hope that the evil ‘had been eliminated, yet today the number of owners driving ears with to s is unmatched in combining power, speed, comfort and dependability with economy. Buick embodies the luxury and durability of costly cars without the expense. You will réadily understand whyv Buick is the overwhelming choice of discriminat- ing motorists when you ride in the new models. secure. They make Buick leadership STANLEY H. HORNER Retail 1015 14th Street Dealer il 8 In the record-breaking erowds were nearly all the competitive dealers and salesmen in New York. They hurried in udy this car—and went away wondering, questioning whether Willys- Overland could continue to produce such a remarkable Sedan at such a re- markably low price. But let Willys- Overland worry about that! QA low- priced Overland has been the leader of . D. 0., JANUARY 18, 1925—PART 3. Just because the other fellow drives a different make of car is no reason why you shouldn’t discuss your car’ troubles with him. Tt may be his opposite viewpoint that will just give you the proper clue. It's seein’ things from all angles that helps diagnose trouble, and once you have gone that far the remedy is the easfest part. One fellow who stores his car in my garage started explainin’ his troubles to another car owner and found that the other fellow's car was bullt along different lines. The trouble had to do with the elutch, so in order to keep the conversation from goin' dead altogether, they fell to drawin’ verbal pictures of how their clutches worked. The first thing they knew the fellow with the trouble had found out why he wasn't gettin’ good results. He had been givin’ his S LAPPER sees, flapper does,” does not always run true. In the case of Clara Bow and Margaret Livingston, two outstanding 192 model flappers, however, it seldom fails. With all the talk of flapperism, it seems singular that the screen should develop but th outstanding flap- pers during the past two years. The three are Clara Bow, Colleen Moore and Margaret Livingston. WithColleen playing character roles now, the fleld seems practically deserted in favor of Clara and Margaret. I That being the case, each watches the other. Nelther ever lets the other set a style or create a fashion without get- ting Into it somehow. Very recently Margaret Livingston created a fad in Hellywood when she posed for a statuette for the Educa- tlonal Toy Company of Hollywood smoking motors s still a serious matter. “There fs much for the District of Columbia club to handle in the way of new problems without reviving old reforms, but no progress worth con- sidering is possible unless all car owners observe the fundamentals, thus leaving the club no alternative but to g0 back 10 or 15 vears and endeavor to bring the careless ma- jority down to date to a point where the bigger problems can be tackled suceessfully.” THE' OLD MECHANIC SAYS car the sort of care the other type of clutch required. The trouble with tellin’ your woes to & motorist who drives the same make and model of car is that he may be makin’ the same mistake as you. It you take his advice you may be pavin’ the way to more trouble. Sometimes one owner will admit that he treats his car the same way as the fellow who's havin’ trouble and, just because he isn't havin' any trouble, will lead the other feilow to believe that the trouble will vanish of its own accord. The chances are that thie second owner hasn'g had the trouble develop with his car because he hasn't driven it far enough or be- cause he hasn't made his mistake often enough. Better talk your troubles over with folks outside your own clan once in a while. New viewpoints are better than new checkbook fillers. Flappers Modeled in Clay. which, upon completion, became known as “The Margaret Livingston Radio Doll.” Miss Livingston posed as a character she created in her starring vehicle, “The Chorus Lady.” Margaret had scored. ler triumph was shortlived, however. Scarcely a week had gon the Livingston statue was c when Clara was being the same sculptress, not, however, as a flapper of 1925, not as a chorus girl. Nothing quite so trite for Clara he chose for herself a character she had created in a picture called “The Lawful Cheater,” in which she played the role of a tough young boy And it is as a youthful “tough" that Clara Bow, flapper de luxe of the screen, will live in clay forever. by after mpleted The Rivals™ 150 Years Old. The 150th anniversary of the first performance of Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s famous comedy, “The Ri- vals,” given at Covent Garden, in Lon- don, January 17, 1775, was appropri- ately commemorated in Boston, at the Hollis Street Theater, where Mrs. Fiske, Chauncey Olcott, Thomas A. Wise, James T. Powers, Lola Fisher and an “all star” cast appeared in the play. A special prologue for the oc- casion written by Oliver Herford, was spoken at the end of the first act by Mrs. Fiske, in the character of Mrs. Malaprop. modeled by | MOTORIST IS COMING TO NEW BUYING VIEW Local Dealer Says Not Just Cars, But Transportation Is to Be Considered. Vhat is the next big Improvement in motordom? Oscar Coolican, local automobile dealer, enswers this much - asked question by transferting attention from the car to the car owner. “We have at the present time cars that will meet all requirements in a most economical and trustworthy fashion,” hg says, “and the success of motoring would be complete with but a few fundamental rovements In car ownership. “All indications seem to support | the bellef that motordom’s next big improvement will be found in & new attitude toward car ownership. Lit- tle by little motorists are learning that the point is to buy transporta- tion, not just cars “If the average owner today wers to look back over his experience for the past 10 yvears he would be amazed to find that he has been buying auto- mobiles, selling points, paint jobs, mechanical features and other things which, while worth considering, are not fundamental. In none of his buy- ing has he considered the mater of transportation, and partlcularly the efficlency of transportation. “The day is fast approaching, how- ever, when the situation will be en- tirely reversed, for it is being rap- idly reversed by thousands of owners who have discovered that the older order of buying wil not do. The average owner will soon be saying, ‘T've just gone on a new and finer transportation basis’ He will not say, ‘I have just bought a mew car,’ for the car itself will be but a part of the ownership plan. “When a man patronizes a first class railroad system he feels tha he is buying the best, and therefore the cheapest, in rall transportation He does not think of each individual car he rides in as a Separate trans- portation purchase. “We are going to see this sort of thing repeated in the buying of motor transportation because it is progres- sive. We are going to see the typl- cal car owner selecting the motor transportation organization that of- fers the most attractive conveyance, the most economical and most trust- worthy, plus the best national and Swedish Engineer Claims to Have Harnessed Ocean Perfects Device to Control Tides to Turn Wheels of Industry. Correspondence of the Associated Pre STOCKHOLM, December 15.—How to harness the sea waves for indus- trial work, one of the oldest problems in the world, has been solved, accord- ing to the claim of a Swedish engi- neer, Lieut. Sven H. Lundberg, of the | government Road and Waterway Con- struction Corps, who has applied for patent riguts on a huge mechanism, devised by him, which might be char- acterized as a floating power station. The Lundberg invention not only produces power automatically from the action of the waves, but by means of turbine-driven dynamos can con- vert this power into electrioity. It nsists basically of a raft about 600 feet long and 300 feet wide, which Is 50 affected by the rising and falling of the sea that it utilizes about 60 per cent of the dynamic energy actually contained in a wave. It is not at present possible to give de- tails of construction, but experiments already made with 2 small-sized ap- paratus prove, according to the in- ventor, that a single wave five feet high can deliver 2,700 horsepower to the station, and that the svailable power increases at a more rapld rate than the height of the wave, so that, for example, a 10-foot wave can de- liver 15,200 horsepower. Mr. Lundberg declares that float! power rafts of this type are o stead that production plants could be bulit on top of them, and that they wou be ideal for factories that develop | soda and chemlical fertilizers out of | air and water. He makes also the | startling claim that an adaptation of | the invention cn be made for ships S0 that enough power, taken from a moderate sea, could bs conveyed to the invention can be made for ships age freighter at the normal speed derived from steam. & on the individual cars the greatest public esteem and all the other fac- tors that comprise a high typs of local service, the lowest depreciation transportation.” ALL-STEEL $135 Less with Sliding Gear Transmission ‘715 The Sensation of the NewYork Show 59,167 People thronged the NewYork City Salesroom in one Week to the elimination of bulky wooden body posts, the greater safety of greater driving vision! A full 5-passenger Sedan with four doors at a price heretofore considered impossible! Big power. Easy riding. Comfort! Q See this won- derful car immediately—and piace your order before the demand at the new low price makes it difficult to obtain early deliveries. Extremely easy terms. the Willys-Overland line for fifteen years. This new all-steel model is the leader for 1925. And this amazing $135 reduction is bound to start a wave of buying such as we never before exper- ienced. 4The new Overland Sedan is the lowest priced Sedan in the world with a body entirely of steel. That means greater strength, greater pro- tection, longer life. It means also, due World’s Lowest Priced FOURDOOR SEDAN Fio.b.Tolodo EasyTerms OVERLAND % SEDAN JUSTICE MOTOR- COMPANY FRANK N. JUSTIOE, President 1515 14th Street N.W. Franklin 5174 W. T, MONTGOMERY. R. McREYNOLDS & SON Sales, 14th and Park Road Sales and Service, 1423.1425 L St. N.W. Phones Main 7528-7229 . EDGAR SOUTTER Quantico, Va. \ OVERLAND WHEELER CO. 1821 14th Street N.W. North 9819 ENGLAND MOTOR CO. Rockville, Md.