Evening Star Newspaper, February 22, 1925, Page 52

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, .F_E_}BRUARY,%, 1925—PART 3. : ! LI T Do e e L e T e B S R G cra s o mlere o o st | CONSIDERING. THE CAR [T [0ld Auto Engine quate. In 1932 there were 6 B X pusscneer’ car and truck” aasiers. | AS - PART- OF :HOME o Is Used to Propel he number of dealers, but of en- ? EYE : . 3 ‘l:’x:ng their individual busine: TEACHES GOOD LESSON (Prepared by the public information committee of the Washington Passenger Boat An Abridged Magazine for Car Owners for lust year,thera were 3,105,000 per e i Automotive Trade Assoéiation.) 3 ’ S SIplos el I EheT Jadtas cestiEs sl ot When is a joke not a joke? What becomes of the old automobile EDITED BY WILLIAM ULLMAN : and allied lines, as-against 2,431,400 : A new answer to this old riddle has been found in what is known | |after it has gone 60,000, 80,000 or in 2025 think he's Qute 1t ihe' .chewn qn:the| | ss “garage talk. 100,000 miles is a question often ask- > 1's a wante of time to learn it to- | ciroulating over the eylinder block, It's a Big G curtain tasse Garage talk is that light, scemingly meaningless, conversation ed by motorists. A drummer travel- Washlngton Auto Trade Body [dar i you arc gotug to formet it to- (manifolds and accessories a so-called s & Big Country. No Longer Stops at Front Door. which car owners indulge with the idea of picking up tips on the ing recently on a new chain-drive morrow, but doing this very thing is | “water-cooled” engine will run at an One thing usually overlooked in Purely a matter of ignorance of the |. | industry, the progress of certain cars or the success of individual ferryboat, running between New Ord Co-0 tion With kst makes repairers, garage keep- | efficient temperature even when | discussing the present popularity of | fact that the home no longer stops at| | dealers. ' This talk could help motoring progress, but as usually Rochelle and Glen Island, N. Y., offers raers Lo- pera on I ers, and sach like, rich and sasay. climbing hills under difficulties. With | different makes of cars, as well as|the front door. The majority of peo- handled this talk serves only a stumbling block. a bit of enlighiening Information. e 5 the water supply considerably below | their“future,” is the size of the sales | plo now have a composite home, but With the idea of being cynical a motorist will often make a Conversation with the engineer of D. C. Officials Would Stimplate Progress. pormal and the engine in rather bad | territory. Up to December, 1924, a | yntil they discover that the car is the | | statement in the presence of some other motorist who is easily | | that vesse), he said, revealed the fact R v conditfon a driver recently kept the|car that has won all kinds of con-|petter half the idea {sn’t’ going to influenced. It may mean that some truly worth-while feature of car that its sole motive power was a Motor progress in America Is suf-|motometer at a_safe point while | tests, and one that is known to every | make much headway. All the motor- construction will be passed along through the community as a total old four-cylinder Cadillac engine, fering from the want of definite con- | climbing a long hill just because he | motorist, rolled up the remarkable | st needd to do is to study the house loss, thus handicapping the progress of the automobile. built in 1913. This engine was dis- operation with District | victions, according to those who see pt the car's speed up to between |sales record of one in the State of | ha)e of the proposition. Ideas will Almost invariably the automobile itself is blamed for what is covered at a garage in New Rochelle, work of safeguard unnecessary losses in too much vari- and 30 miles an hour. Near the|Vermont for the year. In the first| omo 4o him in a fiood. really due to faulty ownership, and this false note is struck by persons part of the remains of a wrecked through more intellig ance of opinfon as to design and me-|end of the climb he was obliged to |1l months of the year a car that 8| por example, he will see that one who seem to feel that when they are talking cars it is better to talk car. The chassis was cut loose from ile driving is a | chanical principles. slow down behind another car, and | Singularly successful brought two | .oson why he attends to the leak in| | for effect rather than for progress. the wheels and set up amidships on t of the issuance of an important Engineers, for instance, who have | immedlately the engine overheated.|orders from Vermont, yet sold in the |ty "toqia¢0r "Dipe immediately is be- The average motorist has no idea how far his irony may travel. & wooden base In the boat. order to motor car salesmen by sc made exhaustive tests of present|This was because at low speed in|amount of 59 in the State of Rhode|cayuge he knows that to let it slide He makes some senseless statement about something new in the way While the engine originally was of the leading members of the Wash- [models on the automotive counter) high gear on a hill the throttle was |I8land. would mean courting .the additional of car design, and the first ‘hing you know the people who overhear built to haul seven passengers, it v e ociation. | state that a large number of mechani- | wide open, though very little air was e L trouble of spolling the wall' paper &nd it are passing the story along as fact. Let's have discussion about now hauls as many as 500 a trip, The dealer membe { cal principles still found incorporated | circulating around the engine. Three Trafic Tricks. - the flooring. If allowed to run on cars, manufacturers, dealers and conditions, but let's have facts. making as high as 100 trips a day ington Automotive Trade Association’ in many cars are already obsolete. | Drivers should figure that with “air- | Iceep the left front window of the | indefinitely, the leak might ' easily It takes long cnough for truth to reach the average ear without The fuel consumption is said to be taking his step have instructed]Yet thousands of dollars are wasted|cooled” motors u proven fact any|closed car down a few inches when |damage some of the furniture. He| | switching it off with “garage talk.” from five to eight gallons of gasoline salesmen and demonstrators to dem- |annually in an effort to preserve the | “water-cooled” engine should perform | ariving through trafe so that you |belleves in prevention, so he has the - a day, depending upon how many onstrate safety as. well the carlold order of things, excluding what|petter when the fundamentals of air | can signal complete directions to of- | trouble remedied béfore ‘it develops 5 trips ‘are made. and to make every possible effort to | the public spends in order to stand | cooling are applied. It is often b ficer or other motorists instantly. |into something worse or encourages | he knows that the roof over his headintact. Whether it rests on brick or e s dis e carelessness upon the part | by the old guards. P ter to run uphill at a moderate speed | You have too much elee ta do without | follow-up. troubles. = Al this fs in|ls Secure; sitting there at .the wheel | rubber makes little difference. The motoring public Is sald o be|in “second” rather than to trv to keep | counting on turning the window |striking contrast to his way of han- |of his car he is wondering whether | 1f Blank sits on the rear seat his TIP ON BACKING CAR. ociation has no super- | entirely to blame for this situation. | the engine coof by running slowly in | pencrs in an emergency dling @ similar, matter on the car. If | the tires that he should have repldced | thoughts are likely to need censoring. [ o oo poo = W00 E0F vision over the sales policies of its | Most car owners, it Is pointed out, In- | “high.” The fan runs faster. The| 'If there is & shoking exhaust di- | the radiator leaks, he does not bother | miles before are going to hold out. | But it would be a valuable contribu- | I You bave been eittng in your members it Is suid to favor the “sell- | bor under the delusion that their 0Wn | pressure on the bearings is lessened. | rectly in front of you and trafiic is | to consider what neglect of this might| Household security must be carried |tion to motordom if more husbands | ;e without stepping out a moment ing ty plan” and to have already | car is the best to be had for the|Less gas is required for each power | blocked, less of the dangerous fumes | mean to the engine-itself. along to the car, security considered [ COUld observe the attitude of their | /' yio whether any one has parked a rtaken the work of exchanging |money and that the features it carries, | gtroke of each piston will come up into your car if you| Many a motorist drives along de-|in its fullest sense. Blank doesn't|Wives toward the family car, for it |,y oo " h vty T08 @t Tan BRI O expericnces of individual mem- | even though behind the times, are| You can keep a “water-cooled” en- | switch off your engine while wait- | pending upon slipping his clutch to|attempt to attend to the furnace un-|Would show them that the trouble is| e e PETANG You. \PRAITONE T0w : and of making the | plenty good enough. gine cooler by tiying to give it all|ing. The fan of your motor acts as | compensate for--a‘skipping engine. | til he has learned how. Yet he seems |Not confined to the titular head of the | ., " 0ry in o 0 FOUT ARE WIS 300 s and details available to all the | " Owners, for example, very rarely | the air cooling possible. Coast where |a suction pump, pulling the fumes|Would he use.an.oriental.rug to plug | to think that its good judgment to |tyPical household. S i s anlens You dook (e 1 automobile dealers. complain of any dissatisfaction With |t ig possible to do so with safeiy. Get | where they're not wanted. up a leak in the roof of hifs house? |travel' a road that he knows abso-| ObServe any wife at the wheel of |1 t& 0% BIEr Benefits Are Cited. new principles when they happen 1o | the car up to a speed where it does The man pulling out of a parking| A dosen striking instaricés could be|jutely nothing about. Naturally fl{lydca{ Does she take a duster in the opinion of Paul B. Lum, | Pe incorporated in the cars they buy.|pnot drag, but do not force it to high | space may not be unaware of your|given to the .average |home life feels a trifle uneasy when hl:n I'kth_e nuo‘d Ivul:s sickly? Does |= = sident of the organization, the | 1D fact, they are usually enthusiastic.|gpeed. Run faster in shaded sections |approach. Your brakes, not the horn, | motarist is illogical when he comes|on wheels. k: U mflwf;}luy ‘n:ve‘c, ions dordghevuar composite home of the American fam- plan is certain to improve local con- | Yet If someone else is enthuslastic | where the air is cooler. The air is|are thus in order. Some drivers dart |to continue his home life-on the high- | When a tuse blows out in the house B e e oy TaiEht be meeded? [Dogs |ily must be operated on some sort of Itions by teaching the motorists the | 300Ut something that they haven't as|there—why not use it? out deliberately, not unthinkingly. [way, but this ‘is sufficient to show | Blank calls up the public service peo- | 8he seem to take any interest In it, |standard plan. One half cannot be need for a higher type of personal | Yot be e “"“‘1‘““““ with they are iy = that the trouble is ‘l-rs;lv 2 hatter|ple and has the matter remedied by s e o sauesssiont Hreey Suwes truly hsulumm vith the other balf 1 St ikes at | Plainly skeptical. i ‘What's of fallure to recognize the similarit: mpetent help. He resists the temp- | 2 e - 2 only hitting on five. responsibility beeause it strikes at | P0qk 80 cohvictions, progressive Along the Motor Trail. _What's the st between the two mediuma of home. | tatian to be & tenth-rate electrician, | Without her co-operation? If the family has got to forego the Ihe public regards the automobile | enEineers say, would ‘make a vast| Juring the early part of January f 1. What I the engincer's objection | o gunership will never come Into | 1s a home manager, and is quitc s S e Vleisis ot wiociing uabure o som salesman or demonstration driver as | ifference in American motoring. E 79 persons and firms obtained new | 0 B8 EE B ORE Wl 8 o the cyl. | 1ts own until this similarity becomes | content to try to hold up that job as 5 fine Summer afternoon just becaus in exbert he says. “The automo. | €ineers have their standards, and |license plates from the Conmecticut | designed to scrap e e e | as tamiliar as the total of two plusbest he can. On the car, however, it's| The average wife looks to the |it forgot the fmportance of tre B e At be ot miss the | When they are in doubt they get busy | motor vehicle department by giving | inder wall and force rough the |4 oo, different. He'll take a chance on any- | average husband to keep the car in |the car with all the respect one ha man must, therefore, not miss the | ;4 gee who's right. The average mo- [ bad checks. The amount involyed |holes in the piston under the ring to Feeling at Home in the C thing once. And then if it's beyond |order. Somehow, she seems to thinks | for home, it's a foregone conclusion opportunity of reminding the mo-4 ot “on “the other hand, seems to|was over $3,000. The department |keep the piston pin generously lubri- ik Bim he'll be just as likely to call a|that because he seldom pitches in|that the house will be nothing b that the cxpert Is also the | r ™ot he would be assuming a|gave these persons eight days in cated 4 "How many motorists feel at home | radiator repairer for battery trouble |with the household tasks it is up to|a bore. The situation is just as bad e oy great loss to discover and to be con- | which to ceme acr nd is author- | & 18 there any car now made With |, "¢peir cars? Here is another point|as to get the right party. him to assume the burden demanded |as that to be found in cases where _“It has heen brought to the atten- | 3rlrc, 'Sh ) B O etting the | ized by law to add a chs of §5 in [ the engine in the rear instead of in| p,¢ peeds to be-brought into focus. by the car. There, then, is a problem | the car gets so overworked that ti tion of & dumber of local automotive | o5t out of motoring because of [ each case: In five 3 the depart- | the front? John Blank.can sit by the fireside and What Friend Wife Thinks. for each family to decide for itself.|family returns to the house to fir prehants that the averuge Person | griving a car with obolete features.|ment has coll 15 in forfeits| & Why should the spring clips be |7.e) ot peace with the-world, but too | Meanwhile Mme. Blank, sitting on |Let the men who help with the din- | the fcebox empty and the cat stray Who takes a demonstration in an au- | TS & FOL B0 0 O S T lizes | for giving bad checks. Kept tight on a car embodying What | ¢roquently he sits at the wheel of his | the back seat, thinks a bookful. There | ner dishes reach their own conclu- | aw: tomobile fails to appreciate that any |y ¢ the minority of progressives are = 1§ Xnown ‘as:SHoichkisei duiy oz ear and wonders. whether he's going | seems to be no management, no re- |sions Every family needs to know how grant ) G e °s can -be | 1o vs getting twice as much out of | Owing to an interesting decision on ‘dfll"““ these over during the week | \," got ‘nome without hocking his|spect for the outdoor home, no reco However the work is divided, or|to run its two homes as one. P« done nly because their motoring the situation is not ex- | tne liability' of a motorist who runs | 31 look for the answers In this de- | w,¢ch, The difference is this: Sitting [ nition of the fact that the home is|whoever attends to the managing of | haps a matter of viewing the ques iy e e e aut pected to be materially different. down a pedestrian at a crossing, | PATtment next Sunday.) there in the glow of the dying embers | always home 0 long as the family is| the work, the fact remains that the tion Inside and out dling the particular ca N drtare Tt dkee oficere’ S0’ Copyright, 1925. forgets that he cannot do the same signs so literally. Justice Kephart thing with the same degree of safety Now You Have Tt. SF ithe Potisviuania Nipreme Couxt Pay What You Will unless he is as experienced as the vi veek' sti sustained the judgment of a common inri o hio sold D! thécems: (Answers to last week’s questions.) 1. Arkansas imposes the highest|pleas court by awarding damages to Effects of Discipline. gas tax on motorists. Four cents on|a Philadelphia pedestrian wno was “The automobile men in Washing- | every gallon. Injursd by a Philadeiphia driver who ton have done much to encourage re- |- 2. A gasoline engine depends upon | thought that “go” gave him carte spect for traffie regulations -by not | its speed for its power, and it must | bianche. seeking any special favors from the | be turning over a certain number of A 5! police and by driving in a cpurteous |revolutions—even without a load—in or- pi“:f:; ;‘;‘J:“O;‘"’[",f’e“‘,‘,‘c"l‘,‘}f_’: last year, You Can Buy No Finer Car manner at all times. Thera was a | der to actuate its valves amd raise s time when the automobile salesman | compression to a point where the gas felt privileged to salute the trafiic | vapor drawn into the cylinders will officer and then disregard his direc- (fire. A steam engine works on an en- tions, or when he gave the prospect | tirely different principle, though it is V&4 ’ the impression th | success in |a cvlinder, piston and valve combina- driving followed one's ability to run | tlon, too. The steam engine's power L] the road, but those days have passed. | Is entirely dependent upon the pres- Now the automobile salesman is |sure of the steam. Friction, conden- —until April to renew your top. Take advantage of these being encouraged to give the prospect | sation and other rhatters tend to make Euni i 1 £ di 2 the benefit of his experience, to teach | it 1abor when forced to pull a load at production prices on small to medium size touring cars. the less skilled motorist and to show alrreel'lng speed, bul‘l(! th‘elre l: n;.lfl‘il- COI\IP]E(E JOb lnclud1nfl- G‘ psy St\le rear cur!am covcnng e is sel motoring as well | clent steam pressure it will not stall. et R s el it eattiilelectun wair- | f| Bowssndiparsiinevs straps, 6V4xI8-inch oblong glass, sup- S¥inen Ic is necessary o rewsal|Sssiss apgmated e 1912 M;d;ul- “;I'Y_‘;; ported by double material; a first class job in every respect certain remarkable qualities o e | battery to operate it measured 10x10x! : i F R ¢ car several dealers Iur» .;,—.smlf\ tg::, inches and was fastened to the run- at ‘he amazmgl) low price ot structed their sales force to select | DIng board so that it would be acces- the most logical places for sible for operating the switch neces- and not to make them at points w! ern sary to shift from 6 to 24 volt circuit there might Be any possibility of | When using the starter. If the same unforseen conflict with regular traffic. | grade of gasoline were used then as This process mot only makes for a |now the starter probably would not Made possible by specialization in top work more intelligent demonstration but | have been practical also shows the motorist very plainly REBUII 'I' 'I'OP CO that the full resources of the car 0 . are not to be tampered with In ordi- | hn‘ There—Use ‘It' 4 nary driving, but merely in event Vhether or not motorists appre- = - of emergency. We belleve this will |clate the fact, every gasoline-pro- 3412 Ga. Ave. (Continuation of 7th Street N.W.) do more to encourage saner use of | Pelled car is “air cooled” to a certain powerful cngines and brakes than | extent, and drivers should understand Below Park Road Col. 10082 any other method now in use. alr cooling in order to obtain the best = 5 i results from their cars. It is possible, Open 7:30 AM. Qove This Ad! OFen, Sunday e PP . for instance, to handle a motor so ex- Close 9:30 P.M. . 10-2 Uivery vear a very large percent- | pertly as to keep it cool when It Is age of motorists take demonstrations | thy of water, ! v < 5 new. models; whAthe: THevs by oL | e i esv st et et After All It’s Service That Counts” Unconsciously they are inspe blowing through the radiator and the latest mode in driving as Here, then, is the logical op- 3 portu for the Washington Auto- z . . A motive Trade Association to do its bit i i in the important work of making the b automob driver take his safety problem more seriously.” ST WHEN T0 SHIFT GEARS. One Shot Economize on your movements 3 R X when driving in congestion. When L“btieauon \ you are slowing down to a point \ / \ 4 where high gear is not sultable and \ . i when you know that traffic will move \ ’ again in a = A4 a moment, disengage the clutch and shift into second gear. This will save you the trouble of disengaging the clutch twice, and the shift into lower gear will prob- S g - - ably obviate the necessity of using N | your foot brake to slow down. i 3 { : AVOID CURBS IN PARKING. AT S 5 R CAROWNERsbyhnndndaofwmeqmm Real Balloon Tires must have light, strong, flexible There are many reasons why the 4 : fi with Firestone Balloons — not only for comfort and walls. Gum-Dipping gives this extra strength and endures car should not be parked with Wheels i FE i i : safety—but o save money. this extra flexing strain. flush against the curb, but one -of 16 likely. to_be averlooked. . 1t fi : : i L Everybody knows Firestone Balloons protect the chassis Equip now for safety on the wet, muddy pavements St LG T o - = = —stop vibration—and reduce repair bills. Your carremains and roads of early spring—for comfort during the summer cannot move will likely cause a seri- : Mw—'filtflhmhhw&. dnwnguson——loracommytheym round. Take advan- ous break in some vital part - e of thing has to yleld to the irresistible ° ° Andther basic feature exclusively Firestone is the Gum- tag the new low prices and our liberal allowance on oe S lelTHoRD your old tires. Have us make your changeover to fali-size o e his is the way D s et g K T ST LT LOCK EMERGENCY BRAKE. “ is the very foundation of balloon tire success. MOST MILES PER DOLLAR When leaving the car in gear as a means of holding It securely, sivade ° l l : d : h : ABSHER’S GARAGE HUNDLEY’S AUTO SUPPLY STAR SERVICE STATION e e v you oil the Cleveland Six chassis esmimirgy 2k Y IO . e e ase aany : : AKRON AUTO SUPPLY CO. 514 Four ang-o hatt Strest SW. SMITH'S STRVICE GARAGE i e O g g o ek IMPLICITY of lubrication is one of the reasons 509 7th Street S.W. SRR 216 Warren Street N.E. 1 the emergency brake were set. why all America is acclaiming the Cleveland Six. BENNING SERVICE STATION 600 New York Avenue N.W. SOUTHEAST AUTO SUPPLY CO. > 4203 Ga. Ave. N.W, 629 Pennsylvania Avenue S.E. — Wi —_ Benning Road N.E. i i _Step. on the plunger—winter or summer—and a ::00 o 3 la Road MIKE’S SERVICE SPEEDWAY AUTO SUPPLY measured .dose of oil is flushed into every chassis part 2203 Nichols Avenue S.E. 332 14th Street S.W. IM : under-one ton pressure. Four fillings of the reservoir BROOKLAND GARAGE 2 MOBILE AUTO SUPPLY CO. - TRUCK TI B ALL wnz§ with crank case oil suffice for a whole year’s driving. IWe Mickigt, Anenmo it : 1012 H Street N.E. 1324 “fiE&Sril‘!!lst o Rundlett Rim Co. Thousands of Cleveland Six owners hail “One-Shot” w%pmm s - MUTUAL TIRE CO. UNITED TIRE STORES 1336 14th St. N.W. as the biggest improvement put into motor cars since 15 ' Penayivaala: Avense N:W. | 908 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. A48 Pennayivauia Avextio N.W, the self starter. { : SR NORTHWEST GARAGE ECONOMY AUTO SUPPLY CO. As EBONITE “Strings™ to a Stick, 2 . . CORD TIRE SALES COMPANY Rear 1213 13th Street N.W. Capitol Heights, Md. It is on all Cleveland Six models—on the dashing 14th and -V Streets N.W. O’DONOGHUE BROS. COURTHOUSE SERVICE Solt Win 7 Around the Gears touring car—on the spacious, popular Coach Premier— CROSSTOWN AUTO SUPPLY. CO. 14th and Irving Sts. N.W. STATION on the sumptuous de luxe models. " 1801 14th Street N.W. PLAZA AUTO SUPPLY Clarendon, Va. MRT MOTO T Get the details on this revolutionary exclusive feature. DUKE'S TIRE SHOP 4ok Mazenclmatin; aoppeme: NW. SHEESendon.%f e EBONITE pothe Trkomie See it at our sales room and get the booklet, “What 1207 9th Séreet’ N.W. POTOMAC SERVICE CO. : : e 5 it S LEE HIGHWAY SERVICE P O el DUPONT TIRE SHOP 14th and P Strects N.W. Resslys, Va. Truck. - (Tho “One-Shot” Lubrication System is licensed under Bowen Products Co. patents) . 2002 M..Street N.W. POTOMAC TIRE CO. MONTGOMERY GARAGE o S TE™ 51005 - Premier 51295 . Brougham $1545 ARDS MOTORSERVICE CO. AL Tarest Nwe Raciio s o e Mo o Prces o Cievdand. _ EOWARES SR S REESE TIRE HOUSE MAKELY MOTOR CO. Cold does not affect it, T - psh 702 R. 1. Ave. N.W. . Falls Church, Va. clings to. thedgeats at all HERBERT’S TIRE REPAIR SHOP IO SE N STAFFORD & GRANT apeeds sikee| genrehanging Warrington Motor Car Co. 1230 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. SCHULTZ GARAGE Siiver Spring, Md. easy, lubricates thoroughly. 1496 H Street N.E. Buy with your mind made Established 1912 \ NORTHEAST AUTO EXCHANGE MINUTE SERVICE STATIONS (SR up. Demazd EBONITE. GARAGE .. SEATON GARAGE Georgia Avenue and Upshur Streets Mueed Take no substitute. . A BRY At doiters in tropound cuns. e “fl."“"‘;ga“t e - 60:H Street NE. et o ; 10th and E Streets N.W. and st service stations from ocker- 17th d L Streets N.W. e A ' ' HIGHWAY AUTO SUPPLY CO, SECURITY AUTO SERVICE, Inc. Pennsylvania Aveitis and it Stroot NW. EBON'TE CLEVELAND AUTOMOBILE COMPANY CLEVELAND i 2106 Rhode Island "Averiue N.E. 11th Street and New York Avenue N.-W. T vl 4 g _ JOHNSON’S AUTO SUPPLY FRED D. SHEPHERD 1705 L Street N.W. ITS SHREDDED OIL) 2101 K - Street W, 3320 M Street N.W. Florida Avenue and 3d Street N.E. FOR TRANSMISSIONS = . i i bl i AMERICANS SHOULD PRODUCE THEIR OWN RUBBER.. J{58iuloma ERSON OIUWORKS MEIAS . oL