Evening Star Newspaper, July 26, 1925, Page 49

Radio F 1lljslir;1pg_E ;enings For Touring Motorist in Camp Battery Will Serve for Current, and Attachment May Be Made With Little Trouble and Much Enjoyment. less chemical v the less This serfous BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL. in the morning. The i - | action there is in the batt g to spend yOUE ] pgjeq ¢ will be in the BOD oAy | 1s important where static is question would | (rander rerlied If you do not care to invest in a | super-heterodyne, the three-tube re. flex set is perhaps the most satis- How ate evenings vou wvhen you 1son just get- there Is but one an- A radio set factory. As with the super-heterodyne a perfect day for the|ivne " 'no" ground connections are nowadays a concert | pace v, for the loop covers the en ite hroadea station. | tjre task’ of intercepting the radio perhaps, and a word from oseillations coming through the ether. n to let him know that the | Considering that the loop can be pur. till zoing on despite the | chased in collapsible form, and assum. ut {ing that there is space in the box of the set for the “B” batteries, a reflex is nearly as portable as a super ource of enjoyment make their s p T visable to save the radio pro- radio has v as their days of travel, b : for the camp fire, 4 dapted for the d automobile drive; @ motor tourist | radio concert while the ca ienced in radio opera- | tion. Time enough for that when cars t results from the | run on tracks with block signals to | safeguard its occupants, he figures Ear-Phones’ Advantage. gaze is most undesitable. Whatever | The portables, of course, have their radio equ t taken along, there- | loud speakers built in. This saves fore, should be of the most convenient | additional equipment. But ear-phones forni. The picture of the set, plus | have thelr advantages. It depends aerial, dry cells and tangled wiring, | very largely on the number of pet hardly appear®to the in the camping party. Loud- tion in the open is often satisfactory than ear-phone re. tion. but if a number of persons re to listen in, it is obviously un to omit the loud speaker. his question should also be consid- ered in the light of the type of motor camping contemplated. A loud speaker at a public camp might or might not be an advantage. It would all de t cloud the rizon portable pend upon the desires of the persons | congregating for the evening, and also upon camp rules. Many motorists whose experlence |in radio is limited do not know that |it is a simple matter to connect more make the finest for home use. Several important de velopments. in a »n, serve to make this por specially adaptable for use in the car or around the camp- S ibii ctatodynen scbtoT an one set of ear-phones to the set dary cell current for the fil | Take apart the usual plug that comes e et - | With a set of phones and release the must carry extra dry cell |end tips of the phone wires; then in- o denic 1 sert the ends of two small springs into the piug in place of the end tips | "flf the phone wires. the plug into the jack of the set you have two protruding copper coil Super-heterodyne | SPTings. Several sets of phones can the outfit with | then be attached by forcing the end supply it is | tibS of the phone wires between the e PRY dash | coils of the springs. ble plug and |, The tubes for the radio set should t of inexpen nit the use of nt for the fila and in T Grdes o ol Wire is | be carried in a padded box for their hich is Jtive just | Protection. "In the box it is also well from the camp |0 carry the spare bulbs for the car cuisine and » the wires into it.[itself. as well as any other small The negative wire will ta deposit, so no mistake is made in con- Siall Sots. necting this wire to the A minus post of the set If the appropriation for the trip Baitery Overcharged. does not permit of extensive invest ‘we in using the car's|Ment in radio sets, there is much trip the | Pleasure to be derived from small 1 st of | Sets. provided the camper will go to a : | little “more effort. A very effective al can be had by swinging a wire |over the limb of a tree. There is | divided opinion as to whether a dead s on e !:xrli(‘l?!‘ that need protection. One advanta battery is that on a lor bhattery will be fully cha the me, and if it is ovel I n the set exerts on it ded advanta When you insert | s fean | e Tatisey i hotii |tree, or at least a leafless limb, is O e . | preferable. One authority considers a it i well to remember to le: *| tree as an effective static killer A car at might, with whes |little ~experimenting. however, soon hloc so th: t will be | will_tell which is best for the given ade S '\(m. can then | condtione. in & The. ca S e ¢ ool Ehould e camper should remember that | morning be chilly and the motor dis- | inclined to start easily | If vou want the best possible re ception from your radio set around | the campfire, and if you use the | storage battery for filament current, | is important not to pull the battery down in trying to start the engme‘ Main 7612 NASH Distributors wmen |t DURANT MOTORS, Inc. and | Service Station | 1709 L St. N.W. || Wallace Motor e e AMPION 5 Champion X, the standard spark plug }' | for Ford Cars and Trucks and Fordson Tractors for 13 years, ‘ costs but 60 cents. ’ N a Champion Blue Box for all other cars, 75 cents. The genuine have double-ribbed cores of sillimanite. Buy them from yourlocaldealer. convenience. Toledo, Ohio § Champion Spark Plug Co. :‘ 1 Windsor, Ont. London. Parls TH the reception depenc three factors: The t, the efl proximity The poorer the set aerial should be, unless one is within short powerful station, in which case recep tlon will be good even with a very a comparatively inadequate aerial The motor camper excellént i misused regenerativ and energy losses inefficiency of the The f an ordinary neutrodyne " s frame of the car ser poise. refl Insulate the part of the bit with cars. What Smith over- hangs on the liml , however, was that the man can be accomplish ged for the job tinkers with wire to the shorte piece be 1l one particular make. fore tying a hes the latter | ne-way” mechanic studied and tossing it ove A | the situation for a few-minutes and Take some sort of radio equipment | then decided that there was too much with you on the camping trip. You | pressure in the main tank. Of course | are seeking natural wonders, and|he found a little dirt in the pinhole | radio is conspicuous (Copyright he broadc position for Its, since he selects hig not troubled with int aerial is offset SUNDAY! STAR, ¢ the | ng the better distance of make, | probably be more trouble to you than I'm worth is usually in an|’ ¢ 4 mechanic gets accustomed to | feed best radio re-| workin' on one make of car he is tand | very apt to forget that the same units sets, power lines | giyorant 15, much of the | le of t | day ves as imong then; 16 him with Low-cost Transportation Star cars Announces In the opening of a new | WHOLESALE OFFICE in the following territory I ever g me an expert on some one make 4 45/ /1, i ", i “ and you're keep away from my shop. other cars may work on entirely principles. when you order repairs. th, who lives over on the other < had some trouble with | the vacuum tank on his car last Sun The tank started to no particular reason, sy lookin' up a chap who tinkers own, of the gas tank cap, and that helped s theory. . Washington, D. C. at 1128 Connecticut Avenue in charge of Mr. R. H. O’'BRIEN, Sales Mgr. This office will supervise the wholesale business of ( STAR and DURANT N CARS and PARTS District of Columbia; Western Maryland; Virginia; Eastern Part of West Virginia; Northeastern Part of North Carolina. All members of the Automobile Trade are cordially ) invited to call at the new Washington Office at their DURANT MOTORS, INC. BROADWAY AT 57TH STREET, NEW YORK CITY General Sales Department, 1819 Broadway, N. Y. A 8 . another rm drivin® Watch this point overflow so he got He cleaned out | WASHINGTON, OTORS and to a point where T|the hole, replaced the c the owner for thing would be fine. know enough about th: tem to realizé that the m thinkin® D¢, JULY ! 26, 1925—PART 3. THE MAN WHO PARKS HIS CAR IN THE CENTER ' OF A STORAGE GARAGE AND LOCKS IT UP TIGHT FOR THE NIGHT — is n. is the oldest place on th famr Hil and a naval base f visitors seelng it | the st a total loss anyway vou look at it The vacuum tank will go dry if the iir is kept out of the main tank, as | would be the case if the pinhole in {the cap got clogged. The vacuum tank will overflow if the flapper valve between its inner and outer shells isn't workin’ properly. But, you see, the mechanic could only picture the time : Tt I e it forced to the carburetor by Ly all the while applied to the rear tank. |la system, so the repair job was were alike to him What Is Its Greatest Feature? out—immediately! Roominess! Rear seat leave the Jewett Coa disturbing those in front. assengers without ever designed. Rear leg room 45 in. Front leg room 45 in. That means comfort on long trips. at slight extra cost WASHIN Pagedewelt awncrs appreciate the valus of our W SEORGE € RICE N E) VER 601 14th Kt. N.W. E. DRIA MOTOR COMP, MOTOR SALES Aty B A xaaare 2015 14th befor miliar ing_rapidly and in Summer it is play golf or tennis, swim or go fishing In this romantic old province there are many historlc spots that antedate fellow’s poems, among them be founded in 174! a very old town, for the Nova & Loulshot the trage rine 1. But it will find much tifications of t to the many inter Paul's and the storied its of seve glittering Georges and their queen | open House. There earth roads, highways, detours and short cuts at m: Out of Halifax run th highway, 215 m South Shore other about 40 mile each coast) : way. 161 miles to the | border, mond highw | picked up at Truro. Probably the best known and most |1 traveled road in Nova | Evangeline highv ameters _and When we first exhibited Jewett Coach to the public, we knew its many ad- vanced features of design. We wondered which of these fea- tures would take most. And we found Everyonewhosees thisCoach says— “My! How Roomy” " Jewett realized the need for a roomy Coach—a coach that would carry five grown-ups—with leg room, foot room, and seat room to spare. So Jewett built it—the finest Coach And that’s not all. Jewett knew the need for a quality Coach—a Coach of rugged construction at moderate price. Jewett did not sacrifice quality to achieve so remarkable a price ($1260). This newly-proportioned, roomy Coach body is constructed like a sedan. Of the best materials money can buy. The finest workmanship we know anything about. It's a brand tor ING alifax, Nova Scotia is probably as the “Land of Evangeline | than as a. touring ground, yet in the | Cornwa future its claim to fame will, in all [ple orct probability, be along these lines, sinc the lonely old Acadian province is be. netted with good roads, an ideal to sail a | Quebec and befo a’s old fort nd Beausej of siege and n sting m with the before the lords cor sioners of trade and plantations d termined upon the magnitfcent r of Halifax for the hase of I power in the New World and t banded Many Good Roads. excellent county which p: the from which the Black v to Cape Breton ms . It leads thro; more fa continent, s founded are four main motor high ways in Nova Scotia sidiary trails, all clearly marked. I There are, besides, many excellent |? and intercount vide interest and nine sub-| gravel roads, | the diked marshes of finas ¥ miling nd pink fo (Continued on S Y “Land of Evangeli;u;”.( )ifers Alluring Trip for Touris toric Interesi. Beautiful Nova Scotia Is Liberally Supplied Wiih Good Roads and Has Many Points of Scenic and His Jewett Coac 1260 ‘Wholesale and Retail Distributor GTON-VIRGINIA MOTORS, Inc. 16th and You Streets—Potomac 772 ek, which is part ATIL o CE 0. —said the Public of construction that means years of constant service. g And the Great Jewett Chassis! Unchanged—in the slightest degree. The same powerful Jewett motor, high-pressure oiled and counterbal- anced to utmost smoothness—long- life—economy. And the result—the greatest Jewett ever built! And what a Beauty! You’ll realize this car’s finished beauty only when you see it. Double belt moulding—ball back—and bril- liant coloring give you a combination of appearance features found only in costliest cars. Jewett Coach has them at $1260. And Jewett Coach will outperform any car within $500 of its price. Roominess? Yes—and far more than that. Quality construction! Beauty of line and color! Power that talks! This is what you buy in Jewett Coach at $1260. Let us call and give you a thorough demonstration. of FR. F. O.B. Detrols, tax extra our 3 19 L 4 srrvice o AZIER MUTO! BIR 10th N WASH-WEST! 14th wipment, ipmms 3 ® ANT (5314 - s