Evening Star Newspaper, July 12, 1925, Page 48

THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. O, JULY. 12, 1925—PART 8 ;ONE BRIGHT, ONE DlM’ THE OLD MECHANIC SAYS: 1S LIGHT SUGGESTION| | If you should ask me what's the|necessary. It doesn't mean takin' it | easy. Some times you'll feel like gine pulls the vehicle against the fric- | contact with the brake bands. This | earth to the lining. Wear of the lin- tion of the brake at all times. oil can be removed by washing with |ing will also cause slipping, and if 1f the brakes slip, it may be due|gasoline, and if this does not eliminate ‘ the wear is not great enough to war- to oil which has found its way out of | the slipping, the trouble can usually | rant relining the band, the brake the rear axle assembly and come in|be overcome by apply a little Fuller's can be adjusted John Smith and His Car BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL. | biggest point in carin’ for a car I'd John Smith is a character whom it not selfish: rather he is a motoring m have exploited. in an interesting iy, every motorist should welcome. He | | yr, a chap willing and glad to his experiences for the henefit of the other 10.000.000 or more members of the motor clan. No. 106.—Reducing Windshield “Something has to be done about | these glaring headlights,” Smith com- | plained emphatically during a recent night drive ther the | are all wrong or there isn’t proper en. forcement Now look at that pair of searchlights. How is a decent driver to handle his car safely in the face of such things”" | “I wonder if it wouldn't he a good 1dea if you would take off your ‘glare makers’ on the windshield.” 1 sug gested, anticipating his bewilderment “I might have suggested this before Rad vou spoken sooner My ‘glare makers'?" he puzzled y. maybe vou've had too much rid: ing for one day: let's stop somewhere and turn in I aseured him the only thing we Bad had too much of was dust, and I relleved his mind somewh: when 1 vointed to the windshield as evidence | of it. | re. Dust on the Shield. { “Leok'at that glase,” I said. “You | could write your name on ft. Don't you suppose all that dust on the shield has something to do with the unusual | glare of approaching headlights? Isn't| it possible that the windshield's coat | of dust is acting as a lens to diffuse | the light rays in a million different directions He realized then what I had meant by “glare makers.” and he lost no | sime in dusting off the glass. There | was decided improvement when we | again started off, but as time wore on and traffic increased upon approach ing the city there was more glare than Bmith cared for “I still think it's the fault of the | lenses on the other cars.’ he re-| marked. “Look at this one rnm!ngl | | | | | | | down the road “That's,easiest of all to explain,” 1 replied. "Glance into vour rear view irror as we pass this car and note the dust we are kicking up. That's what every one’'s getting along this | road tonight, and it simply means‘ that a layer of dust i ettling on the lenses of the other cars. That makes | glare “Also you will note the bright lights from the car following us are produc ing a little glare when the rays strike our windshield. This is largely be. cause you forgot to dust off the inside of the windshield. And just to be sure that you're not making trouble for yourself, suppose you dust off vour glasses Just Windshield Glare. Little by little Smith began to see | that what he had been taking to be headlight glare was nothing more nor less than windshield glare. When he | removed the tiny lenses of dust. con ditions appeared quite normal again. | And the discovery led to new lines of | thought | “I wonder,” he began, “‘whether the extra glare on a rainy night isn't largely a matter of raindrops on the windshield. Surely if dust will re. fract light ravs little drops of rain water will do the same thing.” | For the first time in his motoring | career Smith was actually commenc ing to see through the windshield Just then, as if for his benefit, it started raining. With the windshield dusted off, the only foreign matter on the glass was the rain. That gave him an excellent opportunity to. ex- periment in an effort to find a way to minimize the effect of the raindrop lenses | “Now what's that new glare through | the very spot on the windshield where | | there shouldn't be any | softening shoes hardened by water. trouble?” he complained, pointing to the area swept by the windshield wiper Use of the W “That.” I explained. “is where you have forgotten to clean the windshield thoroughly You think., because the wiper keeps swinging over the | glass, that it cleans. The truth is, it just streaks the glass. And, while 1 think of it, don't demonstrate this use ful Jittle accessory to your passengers when ft isn't raining. You may scratch the glass and make that part | of the windshivid a permanent lens to | annoy you at night.” Just “then Smith noticed we had been losing ' ime while discussing the matter. so he decided to drive about 10 miles an hour faster. No sooner had he speeded up the car than he no- | ticed the raindrops flattening out n | the windshield, thus reducing the glare from oncoming headlights. | ‘Why." he exclaimed, “the faster 1| %0 in the rain the less glare there is “Exactly,” 1 agreed. “‘But remem ber that the faster you go the more risks vou are taking under such | weather conditions.” “But if I drive slowly and am blind ed constantly—-" “Then strike the happy medium." I replied. “You've found compromises valuable before. In reducing glare at | night any driver can do much by making it easier for the light rays to come straight through the windshield. | but he cannot afford to risk the chance of going through it himself.” | Next Week—Pranks of the Pistons. (Copyright. 1925.) 2l : S Honesty and Wealth. From the Kansas City Star “'Say. Gap!" said Mrs the midst of her reading s'pose a man can be honest and have a million dollars?" | ‘I reckon so, if you're right shore | he's got it,” returned Gap Johnson of | Rumpus Ridge. ~But I'll be b'dogged | if 1 see how he could be honest avhile he was a-gittin’ of it."” i | 1 A Johnson in| “Do_you | The camper will find a small supply kerosene handy, particularly for | of MIN Know Your Car's the public information Automotive Trade (Prepared by Every motorist ought to know of performance. It is a matter of ! maximum intensity | than ! minor | trians wh | prone to judge intensity Crane’s Idea Is Designed to Curb Danger Arising From Glar- ing Beams. Substitution of a single headlight of on the right side of the car and a lamp on the left side with moderate power for throwing a diffused light. instead of the present two headlights of higher power, has been suggested by Henry M. Crane technical the president of the General Co.. and past presiden pclety of Automo tive E Mr. Crane’s suggestion, made at a meeting of the metropolitan section of the society, is aimed at reducing danger arising from glaring head lights. He believes that the introduc tion of the dimmer “courtesy” head light would bring about a material improvement over the lights now in use. because. in his opinion, the ques tion to be decided is whether there is more ‘advantage in havin greater amount of light directed on the road a short distance in front of the car absolutely necessary to see ad « ictions and objects on or near the road The maximum value credited to the supposedly non-glaring beams, that is, the heams below the level of the eyes of drivers and pedes e approaching, according who believes that the the headlights is too of the light of the field should be to Mr man Crar behind from the brightest gf illumination part Ten-Minu-tP Stop Costs 200 Miles And $2.50 in Gas It costs $2.50 in wasted gasoline and 200 miles in travel for every ten minuets traffic is blocked on a much used thoroughfare, accord ing to the estimates of a statls- tician Every traffic stop in a city, he also estimates, costs $1 in wasted fuel and fifty miles in travel to the motorists who are thus held up TE MESSAGES FOR MOTORISTS Ability. committee of Association.) the Washington what his car can do in the way safety. It is often a surprise to a driver to find that his car does not pick up as fast [ accident. Many drivers, know they try make the Every tations of as he expects it some time they turn the way they run his car. and he should in this respect according to its age and the care it receives. who seldom make a full turn in just how much space they need for a complete turn up against figured car owner ought to be thoroughly to. It is often the basis of an do_not When fail to a street, trouhle. They familiar with the limi- that a car varies It is also remember well to test for acceleration and deceleration at least every week or so. How never considered fast will your car it of any go in car you may second. The other day a motorist importance even come a time when, caught on a steep hill in trying have occasion for all got second gear? to Perhaps you have try, yet there may » pass another the speed the car will give in caught because he thought the car was going as fast as it could when the speedometer reached 20 with the gears in second. 27 in second That was putting the cart before the horse. Afterward he found the car would do It's easier—and far safer—to test the car before you have to put it to the test tell you “regularity.” Most owners | don’t seem to figure that it's too late | to lock the stable doors after the| horse has run away. - Every few hours some one's comin’ | me for repair work that never:| should have been necessary. Owners will go for a year knowin' some vital | pacts of the car are sufferin’ and then expect that everything will be all right after 1 get busy on it. They forget that when I rip the car apart in order to get at the seat of the trou- hie 1 do a lot of unavoidable damage on the way. You can always tell the car that hasn't had regularity in care. It will look like people who would rater be operated on than take a little medicine or exercise. Regularity in carin’ for a car means doin’ what you think you ought to do to the car whenever you know it's AUTO MAKERS WAGE | FIGHT ON WAR TAX Levy Regarded as Emergency Measure by Motor Chamber of Commerce. mpalgn, having as its abject the removii of the special war- | | time excise taxes on motor vehicles. | has been launched by the National | | Automobile Chamber of Commeree | With a probable $400,000,000 surplus | |in Government receipts over expendi | tures. the automobile manufacturers | believe there is room for a complete | | removal these levies which have | been recognized as a wartime emer- | gency measure | We owe it to our customers to get | these fees done away with,” said H.| | H. Rice. chairman of the organiza {tion’s taxation committee. ““The fac-| tories have been making every effort to reduce the costs of transportation | | by selling cars at the lowest possible | | prices, yet no matter what we do in| | this direction there still remains this | Federal tax of 5 per cent on cars, 3 | per cent on most classes of trucks. and | {212 per cent on repair parts. When | these taxes are removed, there will be | | just that much saving to the pockets of our buyers. ! “The Federal Government in taxing | the motor vehicle is tapping a source | 10of revenue which probably belongs to | |the States. The automobile business |and the motorist pay all the general| wartime taxes, such as the increased | | income levies. corporation taxes, etc. | discrimination against this and against any one who | | uses transportation to have to pay | | special taxes over and above all the| | other. taxation costs.” A vigorous |BETTER BREAKER POINTS. \Nrw System M:);es Greater Con- tact and Hotter Spark. If trouble is experienced in getting | the breaker points to meet squarely and make good contact. a remedy has {been devised by one of the ignition | companies, which now supplies one breaker point with a flat face and | | the other with a rounded face. It} is easier to make them come in proper | contact under such an arrangement |and tn practice it is found they | provide a greater area of contact than | the majority of flat-face points which | often seem to be meeting squarely | | but which are merely hitting on on edge and providing a poor spark as | ' a "consequence Your First View of the1926 CHANDLER! See this Car—it will show you New Values The 1926 Chandler is bound to attract atten. tion the country over. Such a distinctive and beautiful car has an assured welcome. E ment—. detail—body lines, appointments, equip- been develop.:i to appeal tnh'all who appreciate the smartness that is also artistic. The feminine demand for luxurious environ. — ment is satisfied by this perfection of detail. aristocratic beauty and The New Chandler is a car for the critical. Even the radiator, usually only an exposed mechanical utility in American cars, is given an artistic touch suggested by latest foreign practice. Unrivaled Power and Masterly Performance This new beauty, dominating though it be, is only the partial expression of 1926 superiority. Mechanically an already great car has been made still better. Around the famous Pikes Peak Motor, Chandler engineers have developed an equally famous chassis. Chandler’s recent run of 1000 miles in 689 minutes, (an average of 86.96 miles per hour), established a new world’s record for stock cars— a marvelous demonstration of power, speed and stamina. No stock car, holds so many of cost or class, now ce records. Every important mechanical unit has been proved by thousands of users the country over, —a Chandler purchaser takes no chance on what his car will cc. It has the mastery of performance that mak: a hill a thrill, that takes every i con- gested traffic, that robs the long tour advantage in con- of its fatigue. See and drive this greatest of all the great Chandlers before you decide on any car. David S. Hendrick THE CHANDLER MOTOR CAR COMPANY 1012 14th New Coach Imperial 1595 The 1926 Chandler is especially attrac- tive in the low priced coach. The hiihly aristocratic Metropolitan ummy Sedan and Comrade Roadster, are, for their types, equally Sedan, C impressive values. All Prices {. o. b. Cleveland ¥ St. NW Dealer CHANDLE CLEVELAND | whole ‘scheme. savin' up a lot of little jobs for Satur day afternoon when you think you'll have time to burn, and right then and there you can figure on upsettin’ the Keep a record of the ‘‘mileage dates” when various parts of the car were last greased. This will help you | attend to such parts as the universal | joints as regular as clockwork. It| will also save you the trouble of | greasin’ a lot of parts more often than you need to. and in some cases more often than is good for them. | Give the car a dustin’ off and polish | some part of it every morning before | you start out, and you'll find that the car will not be so hard to clean after the rain if you go out with it clean | In the first place . ! Just keep in mind that everv day in | every way repair bills are less neces- Cool Gas Adds Pep. | Retard the spark as you step on the | gas for a quick acceleration, immedi- ately advancing the spark again Rush of cool gas vapor into cylinders improves carburetion and increases pep. Retarding spark prevents knock. Quick advance of spark Increases speed rapidly. Brake Troubles It to have the brakes in working order at all times. 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