Evening Star Newspaper, November 10, 1929, Page 61

LOW-COST ROADS NEEDS STUDIED Secondary System of Nation Considered by State and Federal Officials. BY JAMES W. BROOKS. Director, American Highway Educational Bureau. The growing need for a greater mile- age .of low-cost roads as a means of spreading the benefits of highway im- rovement over the entire country is be- given intensive study and applica- tion by State and Federal highway au- thorities. This need is recognized as a most essential part of the country's highway *:mmm. It has been at no time over- ooked, notwithstanding the immediate necessity for high type construction around heavy traffic centers to prevent the absolute wrecking of the whole pro- gram by excessive road repair costs. As a matter of fact, road replacement on many of the originial projects is already ing hardly , and there is no prospect of the Nation's road-building enterprise ever reaching anything like an easy stage. There can be no let-up at the risk of heavy loss to the public. Is Needed Adjunct. In the matter of the low-cost road, it may be set down as a truth that its | ultimate goal is toward one of the high- er types as it advances in social and economic service to the public. In the meantime it is needed as an adjunct to they heavy traffic lanes, functioning somewhat in the capacity of a branc] line railway and over which traffic re- quirements may be met with less expen- sive roadbed. The claim is made that farms are not bef motorized as rapidly as they should be, and that to achieve this re- sult more highway capital should be spent in that direction. Perhaps, but it must be remembered that highways are being bullt from motor vehicle rev~ enues, and that of the approximate 26.- 000,000 cars now in use, only about 5,500,000 were owned at the farm end of | the road as late as last year. Original sources of highway income therefore indicate where motor traffic is heaviest ‘nd where the most money should be sg:nt. but notwithstanding this guide, the farm end of the road is already getting a much larger percentage of it is paying mh';yenmtpur;l :rl:: e K , when s suczzdpo!m xn‘;‘ t:P:‘n- menme:. i neern| e task which fron! highway officials and en[\neer? l}n ld"f Jjusting the various types of construc- Hon to fit traffic demands, it should be remembered that since the first step in Federal aid road-building was taken in 1916, the power equivalent of more than one billion horses been thrown upon the highways of this country. This new power lppxrd in the form of gasoline approximately 21,000,000 in number between 1916 and 1928, accord- ing to motor vehicle ition fig- ures for that an 50 wer to each en- gine. The amount of increased tonn: moved by this new power is utterly beyond caleulation. Never before in the history of transportation have engineers had to cope with the difficulty of pro- viding adequate and economic traci for sich an amazing volume of already in motion. | Commendation Due Officials. looking back over the achievements e last few years and noting the ge of new h&l:w-{: both low cost high cost, t have been’ con- ted under such heavy demands both ends of the road, the discov- ery is made that commendation rather criticism is due the officials and engineers who are striving to keep new trackage apace with increasing highwa motive power. It is a very difficult task, and one that is being made increasing- ly difficult by the fact that the Federal [Plans for Highway From U. S. Line { To City in Alaska rapidly, partment of Il’l‘l{«brdhuplbuflfllnthnu any! but timely for the motorist who is of Southern tours. An extract follows: The ent of the Interior, Tl in the preparation of plans development of an automo- bile highway which will extend from the boundary of the United States 2,000 miles to Fairbanks, Alaska. This road will be an e: of | Pacific Highway, which begins at Tia Juana, Mexico, and skirts the coast to the Canadian borcer. It will also tie into the park-to-park th- ways in the United States and link them with the Mount McKinley Na- tional Park, the heart of Alaxka. It will connect with the road systems of Alaska which may be followed to the coast at Steward or Cordova, with Yukon transportation which leads to the Bering Sea and with that system of airplane transporta- tion which centers at Fairbanks and reaches practically all of Alaska. FACTORY TESTING INPROVES AUTOS Moterists’ Demands Re- quire Precision and Trained Engineering. ‘Today, automobiles must not only be built upon well defined precision methods from parts and units that are of the best quality of material, as well as being mechanically perfect, they must, after being constructed, be tested thoroughly in order to determine be- yond the shadow of a doubt, whether these parts and units are so co-ordi- nated, so finely adjusted, as to function efficiently and render the high type of service rightfully demanded by the modern-day motorist, according to G. C. Patrick, automotive engineer. In the last two decades the testing of automobiles has risen from the some- what careless slipshod methods of the early days to a well defined, systematic procedure which tod: definite place in try, along with the other branches of automobile ‘Test engineers are literally and fig- uratively obsessed ~ with one mnflx‘\l thought and objext—t> satisfy them- selves that:the cars they test are as mechanically perfect as human in- gne;my and engineering skill can make Trained Men for Tests. Today, the testing of motor cars re- quires ur:trvleu of trained ;:ah:x- engineers, men wl ve w:mm to detect the slightest thing amiss even the smallest mechanism in the car, and men who have the ability and the knowledge necessary to alleviate or remedy such , if and when it arises. The first test of the engine, known jas the block test, takes place after its various units are assembled and before it is swung into the chassis. In this :r‘i.otckl,‘ hmmnml l}&el G'h‘:h or es} ly ed for pur- pose. The test, in which two distinct methods are utilized, then begins. In the first method, known as the dy- namometer test, the engine is run from 5 to 8 hours, during which it is moti- vated by power derived from an elec- tric motor with which its drive shaft is y | hooked up. In the second method the engine is run under its own power for as many hours as conditions warrant. During these tests the operating effi- Government is running far behind in nnmclnfulu share of the cost. There have been rumors that chemists were seeking a way to make rock out of dirt, but Uncle S8am and his State sand-clay where it belongs, gravel where | gine it belongs and other types where they belong, according to existing traffic needs, and against the day when a higher type will be needed. AUTO COLORS SHOW NEW VARIATIONS Green and Maroon Advance in Popularity as Blue Records Sharp Decline. The important Autumnal color fam- ilies for motor cars are brown, green and maroon. Brown continues to hold ity und, green and maroon Aare E advancing and blue records a sharp dceline in popularity, says the No- ;‘enher issue of the Automobile Color ndex. It further states that in the list of leaders, Bennington, a deep. lustrous ! blue, tops the blue color family. Classic biue, slightly lighter than Bennington blue, is steady in its position next to the top. Throne brown continues to lose ground slowly and has lost leader- !mg in the brown color family to Cos- sack, a considerably lighter shade. Alken still dominates the green color family and indicates a preference for greens of a slight olive hue. Pewter {m is again at the head of the gra; list, with English TK a close second. Bluish and greenish hues of gray are much in demand. ‘The Index also forecasts that the out- standing color characteristic of the forthcoming - automobile salons in this country will be the variety of lively, clear colors used in conjunction with darker colors for contrast. A great many new shades and tints heretofore untried on automobile bodies will make thelr debut at the Chicago, New York and San Francisco Salons. Some of the recently developed style colors which will be on view include Yedaz tan, & mellow, grayish hue of yellow brown, Lackawanna brown and Ascot maroon, already described; Riviera, a leasing, soft, grayish hue of medium lue; Cayuga, a neutral, grayish hue of blue, suggestive of distant hills; Ma- homet, a rich, warm gray; Paul Revere, & misty, mellow green, and watercress, & brilliant, rich tint of a slightly bluish hue of green. AUTO EXPERTS MEET. Lower Operating Costs Will Be Topic at Toronto. Special Dispatch to The Star. TORONTO, Ontario, November 2.— erican tr: mm?fi»m&w&mw— of wheh:ldfinflu clency of the engine is carefully checked at intervals, through the use of deli- cately adjusted precision gauges, some of which have a capacity for measuring one-thousandth part of an inch. ‘Then there is the chassis test, one of the most thorough of the tests to which this major unit of the automobile is subjected. It takes place after the en- e has been tested, okayed and mounted in its place forward in the chassis. The method used is what is known as the “roller test.” The A which is now in a relatively completed stage, is driven upon the ‘“rollers,” unique device, which is perhaps the most eficient mechanism for chassis- testing in use today. Under its own power the chassis is driven on these rollers for what on the ground would be a distance of 15 miles and at a speed of 18 miles per hour. This test not only limbers up all chassis mechanisms, it at the same time gives the engine an additional test. Under each of the car's four wheels is & set of two heavy iron rollers, which are sufficiently heavy to test well the tractive power of the car as it runs upon the rollers under its own power, since they impose upon the engine. drive shaft and differen- .tial a condition very similar to the one encountered by these units when the car is driven over both steep grades and level stretches. Ready for Road Test. Once past the critical eye of the en- gineers in charge of engine and chassis tests, the body having been mounted on the chassis, the car is then ready for the road test. In this test it is driven a distance of 15 miles or more at various speeds, during which it en- counters a sufficient number of tests necessary to determine its operating efficiency, fuel economy, roadability, speed, etc. After passing the road test, the car is ready for a going over and check-up by the final test engineers at the fac- tory. Only after this check-up by the factory 15 the car released by the final test engineer, ln? lhen': and then only, is it ready for shipment. In this_enlightened day, before the car is delivered to the owner it has been thoroughly tested and “limbered' up, so that it can be driven with ease and confidence. since each and every unit in the car’s mechanism has been tested in such a way as to thoroughly satisfy the test engineers, before the car leaves the factory, as to its oper- ating and performance qualities. FITTING OF AUTO TIRES LIKE SHOES IS ADVISED Car owners are beginning to realize more and more that it is poor policy to simply go into a tire store and buy a tire without thought as to whether that type of tire is best suited for their needs or not. Tires, like shoes, should be fitted. According to tire men, there@are sometimes eight different t: of tires that & man might buy for car, But yrohbly only one type is best suited for his needs. So he has one chance out of eight of getting the best tire for his purpose unless he ts & com- it tire man to e the selection Then ypes are four and six ply tires, each having its distinct purpose. . All phases of transportation discussed and several papers by i transport managers, garage nts, rallway and bus ex- in deter~ #3523 I rates in the British Isles It has : | Motor Works, Capt. E. L. t been announced by the Olds Lansing, Mich,, that ir of the Washigton, D. G zor.e mal 0f . C., o e regional dealer accounting manager at i roads which their money has helped to build. THE SUNDAY STAR. ITOLL BRIDGE ISSUE URGEDONCONGRESS Senator Oddie to Press Con- sideration of Measure for Finance Probe. A congressional investigation into the methods of financing the construction and maintenance of toll bridges will be sought during ths next scssion of Con- gress, Senator Tasker L. Oddle, Repub- lican, Nevaaa, told the legislative com- mittee of the American Motorists’ Asso- ciation, in session here this week. Senator Oadie announced to the com- mittee that he will introduce in the Senate on the opening day of the Sev- enty-first Congress a resolution provid- ing for a thorough study of every phase of the toll bridge problem. Senator Oddie's efforts to obtain a | show-down on the toll bridge question will have the full support of the Ameri- can Motorists' Association, Thomas J. Keefe, general manager of the organiza- tion, declared in a statement following the Senator's announcement. Abolition of Tolls Advocated. “The American Motorists’ Association has for years been waging a determined fight for the abolition of all toll bridges in the United States,” Keefe states, “and such an investigation as Senator Oddie Fmpos(‘s should receive the sup- port of every motorist in the country. The toll bridge system is just as repre- | hensible as the toll gate system. { “It is difficult to understand the pres- ient policy of Congress in granting | highway toll bridge franchises to pri- | vate interests. Congress has given, 2bundant evidence of its intention that the Federal aid system shall be free for the use of tolls on all roads in the con- i struction of which the Governmont | participates. Furthermore, the use of | Federal funds for th> improvement of roads which constitute immediate ap- chhea to toll bridges is expressly orbidden. I , Congress Fails to Heed Requests. “In the face of these legislative ex- pressions, and in total disregard of the recommendations of the Bureau of Pub- lic Roads, Congress during the last reg- ular session enacted 115 bills authoriz- ing the construction of toll bridges. No reliable figures are availablc showing the total number of toll oridges in the United States, but Government data indicated that 424 toll bridges operation on October 31, 1927, and is a safe assumption that .kis nunber has been materially increased since that time. “us'.)yur American motorists, in the form of special motor vehicle taxes, {nid more than 35 per cent of the en- ire highway bill of $1,500,000,000, and the proportion will be increased this year. Toll bridges impose upon these motorists a tax upon the use of the $118,000,000 Collected Annually. “It is estimated that motorists pay out about $118,000,000 annually in the form of bridge tolls, If were used for the retirement struction costs, looking to the ulthnate elimination of tolls, there would be no objection, but, unfortunately, it goes for the enrichment of private bridge own- ers,” Keefe declares, “The last justification for the whole- sale granting of -toll bridge franchises was removed by Congress itself when 1t adopted the Oldfield amendment to the Federal aid act, which its the use of Federal funds up to one-half the emo!t of br‘l‘dn hcom&uclbm 2 n(ur- er granting by Congress of private toll bridge franchises will and should be unanimously condemned by motorists throughout the United States.” 16 STATES CURTAIL Keefe Declares Highway Develop- ment Should Keep Pace With Growth of Autos. re in % BUILDING ACTIVITY |neciii e Despite the Nation-wide appeal of motorists for more highways, 16 States of the United States this year curtailed their road building programs, a survey just completed by the American Motor- ts’ Association reveals. The survey also discloses that in seven other States road building expenditures will fail to keep pace with the increase in automobile registrations. Official figures from State highway departments show that the following States will spend less on State highway projects this year than during 1928: Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, New Hmpshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island and South Carolina. In the States of Georgia. Idaho, Kentucky, Massachu- setts, Mississippl, Tennessee and Texas State highway programs provide for in- creased expenditures this year, but the increases will fall below the respective increases in automobile registrations. “Automobile registration figures re- flect the rapldly growing use of automo- biles and the need for more highway construction.” Thomas J. Keefe, gen- eral manager of the American Motor- ists’ Association, declared in comment- ing upon the failure of some States to provide adequate road building pro- grams. “State governments should at least provide road constructive programs which keep pace with advances in reg- istrations, yet the survey of the A. M. A. | shows that the opposite is true in 23 of the States. “If account is taken of all types of highways, the estimated mileage to be constructed by the end of this year by State governments will be 30,287 miles, or approximately an average of 1 mile for every 808 automobile registrations. “American motorists last year con- tributed something like $627,000,000 to State governments in the form of license fees and gasoline taxes, and they have a right to expect that highway pro- grams will be expanded at least to the same extent that they are called upon to increase their contributions,” the | A. M. A. statement declares. ADS TO BE RELEASED BY WEATHER FORECAST 200 Key Cities Chosen for System of Calling Public Attention to WASHINGTON, D. C., NOVEMBER 10, At Community Centers The first production in Washington of “The Torch Bearers,” George Kelly’s most r play, will be the opening event of the season of the Community Drama Guild on November 14 and 15 in the McKinley auditorium, Second and T streets northeast. The interest of Takoma Park citizens is opening a new center. A da ing instruction group for chi by the Women's Club of ts g ting | saxophone, 10:30 Mondays, and the Takoma Park which ’W!;ll jve a cantata in December. Centers 10 to 13 are planning for “girls’ week,” December 8 to 14. Girls' groups are rehearsing for programs, and girls’ industrial art clubs are arranging exhibits of their work. \ Central Center, Thirteenth and Clif- ton streets: Monday—S8 p.m., Wheatley faculty bas- ket ball team, Drakes' basket ball team; 8:30 p.m., Capitol Forest, No. 104, T..C. of L., drill team; 9 p.m., Sigma Nu Frat basket ball team, De Molay basket ball team. Tuesday—7 p.m., Strayer girls' basket ball team; 7:30 p.m., Citizens' Band re- hearsal; 8 p.m. National Press Cardi- nals’ basket ball team; 9 p.m., Stewart Bros.' basket ball team, Washington Grays’ basket bal¥ team. g ‘Wednesday—17 p.m., St. Paul's Boys' Club and Strayer Alumni basket ball teams; 7:30 p.m., National Capitol rifie team; 8 p.m. Security Club girls' and Crescents’ basket ball team; 8:30 p.m. | ¢ Kallipolis Grotto drill team; 9 p.m., Se- curity Club men’s and Washington Loan & Trust basket ball teams. Thursday—7 p.m., Dumbarton basket ball team; 7:30 p.m., automobile class; 8 p.m. Mount Vernon girls' and Com- pany C, National Guaid, basket ball teams; 8:30 p.m.. Almas Temple drill team; 9 p.m., Mount Vernon boys' and Potomac Boat Club basket ball teams. Saturday—9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m, Civil Service examinations; 2 p.m. George ‘Washington University foot ball team. Chevy Chase Center, Connecticut ave- nue and McKinley street: Monday—3 and 4 p.m., music; 3 p.m., French conversation for children; 4 p.m., French for adults; 7:30 p.m., gym- nasium for women; 8 p.m., Drama Club, lecture by Miss Harriet Garrels on in- terior decoration. 3:15 p.m., model aircraft 3 and 4 p.m, rhythmic dancing and music. ‘Wednesday—10 a.m., music section of Chevy Chase Women's Club of Mary- land; 3:15 p.m., carpentry for children. rsds d 4 p.m, rhythmic .m., carpentry for chil- French conveisation for Saturday—7:30 p.m., social dancing for juniors, beginners’ group; 8:30 p.m., | advanced group social dancing. East Was| n Center, Seventeenth and East Capitol streets: Tuesday—6 p.m. Boys' Band basket ball team; 7 p.m., Tivoll Whirlwinds, Vandal A. C. (girls); 7:30 p.m., making, the Washington Boys' Inde- pendent ‘Band; 8 p.m.,, Eastern Preps A. C., Parents’ Club of hington Boys' Independent Band: p.m., soclal dancing; 9 p.m., Nativity A. C. Thursday—6 p.m., Trinity Light- weights; 7 p.m., The Pilots A. C., Trin- ity Girls’ et Ball team; 7:30 pm., Woodmen of the World, Uniform Rank drill team. dramatic group; 8 pm., Trinity Boys’ Phi Theta basket ball team, basketry; 9 p.m. gum ball in girls' gym, Pon- tiac Saturday—7 p.m., Miller A. C., rhythm for nennx{erl‘ pBoy Scouts of America, Troop No. 93; Capitol Court No. 4, Juniors of the Maccabees; 8 p.m., West- ern Electric Basket Ball team, com- munity program, moving pictures; 7:30 p.m., junior rhythm group; 8 p.m., senior rhythm m: 9 p.m., Phoenix Club, Inc., of Washington, D. C. R Columbia Heights Center, W Normal School, Eleventh and Harvard streets: Monday—7 to 10 p.m., three periods for Blptzll Young People’s Union Ath- e. letic Leagu 7 Choral Club, TS, tion bridge, Cap- 0 p.m., contract bridge; 9 pm., Als A. C. —17 p.m., Arcadian A. C.: 8 .;.‘.‘“r‘isglgld ’gime Dance, Columbia . ayers, Northern A. C.; 3:30 pm., rhythmic dancing: 9 p.m., Monroe A.C. Friday—7 p.m., el A. C; 3:30 P ‘hythmic dancing, violin instruc- t p.am., 7:30 p.m., Boy Scout Troops T 8 pm, Capitol City Orchestra; pm., Irving Political Club; pm., American Automobile Association in- struction for woman drivers, with lec- ture and motion pictures. : Georgetown Center, Gordon Junior High, Thirty-fourth and Wisconsin ‘v'!r‘:x‘:es&ny‘a p.m., Burleith Citizens’ Association. h Wednesday—3:15 p.m., beginners’ p. advanced rhythm. rhythm, dramatic grou| Priday—3:15 p.m., Langley Center, Second and T streets t: ”"m —7_p.m., Atonement basket ball team, Central-Tech basket ball teams; 7:30 p.m., Elks Boys' Band, B. P. O. E,, No. 15; 8 p.m., Wallace Memo- rial basket ball team, Ben Pranklin bas- ket ball team; 9 p.m., Ben Franklin basket ball team, Dixie Pig basket ball team. Macfarland Center, Jowa avenue and Webster street northwest: Wednesday—7 p.m., Meridian basket ball team; 7:30 p.m., Nomad Players: 8 p.m, St. Paul's Lutheran basket ball team; 9 p.m., Tremonts basket ball team. Friday—7 p.m., Clark Griffith basket oall team, rhythm; 7:30 p.m., Boy Scouts, Troop No. 30; 8 p.m., Mosean basket ball team, Macfarland Junior High School P.-T. A., bridge, Children’s Game Club; 9 p.m., Petworth Mets bas- ket ball team. Park View Center, Warder and New- Wednesday—3:30 p.m., plano instruc- tion, beginners and advanced; 8 p.m.. Park View Citizens’ Association, special ‘meeting. Friday—7 p.m., Children’s Game Club: 7:15 p.m., Girl Scouts; 7:30 p.m., Boy Scouts, Drum and Bugle Corps, Boys' Afrplane Club; 7:45 p.m., china paint- ing instruction: 8 p.m., Dramatic Club; 8:15 p.m., tap dancing instruction for girls and boys. Registrations taken for bridge group. Southeast Center, Hine Junior High, Seventh and C streets southeast: Monday—7 p.m., Cobra A. C.; 8 pm,, Roxie A, C., Public Speaking Club, car- nival committee; 9 p.m., basket bal practice. ‘Wednesday—6:30 p.m., tap dancing and acrobatics for boys; 7 p.m., Samo- set A. C; 8 pm., Friendship A. C., Ladies’ Drill Team, Veterans or Foreign Alcohol for Autos. Weather Bureau reports will be em- ployed this Winter to release newspaper advertisements of denatured alcohol for anti-freeze purposes, in accordancs with a unique plan devised by the Industrial Alcohol Institute, Inc., New York. When a cold wave is reported as ap- proaching a city or district, advertise- ing” motorlsts to. Protect.thelr engines motor; pro v%) be released by telegraph. The newspaper list covers more than 200 key cities. Another original feature is that the . | cold wave warnings and advice will be broadcast from 34 radio stations in as many cities. The radio broadcasting| will take place every night during the Winter, the announcements to vary in ‘l:,onl’dlnu with local weather condi- tions. - Always Use Low Gear. ‘While it is possible to start car in sec- and gear, or even in high, low gear should be used except when you are dv'.mhl.ll, “‘:t::n“ one of the T ge®s puts a on Wars; § p.m., Saks Trojans A. C. Friday—7 p.m., children’s dancing in- Struction, group No. 1 and group No. 2; 8 p.m., dancing instruction, up No. 3, drama rehearsal for carnival; 8:30 community dance, with orchestra. :30 a.m. for beginners; piano instruction; 10 a.m., dramatics for chil- dren, Jolly Junior Club. Thomson Center, Twelfth and L M eiday—5 pm.. Dram ay- pm., a Guild re- hearsal; 7 p.m., Pranch wxh .m., lecture by Harriet Garrels, ~Att in the Home”; auction bridge practice and ad- vanced players, registration for dra- matics and French; Washington Choir practice, open to Washington singers. Wednesday—3:15 p.m., Iren’s group in beginners’ tap dancing; 3:40 p.m., children’s grou advanced tap dancing; 7:30 p.m., Boy Scout court of honor and court of review; 3:30 pm., instruction in violin, cornet, clarinet, for_children. ‘Thursday—5 p.m., Drama Guild re- H instruct! " basket ball team, the | A tra rehearsal, French registration, dic- Priday—3:15 pm., children’s begin- ners' group In rhythm; 3:40 p.m., ad- vanced chcu:un‘n gr:ugmm ;nythm 1 .m., French group, ., young = gle'a social d-nte:pimder Club meem Saturday—9 a.m., second. 10:30 a.i two saxe e groups for ”lm; am.; advanced group in drug group, ad- vanced, 9:15 a.m., beginners 10 am; piano groups, E year piano, 10:30 a.m.; third-year piano, 11:30 a.m.; beginner: nou%trmbune instruction, 10 a.m.; xylophone grou] 10:45 am. Cello and flute classes organization. Birney Center, Nichols avenue and Howard street southeast: Monday—7:30 p.m., boys' handicraft, game group and basket ball, girls’ hand- icraft, bead and wax work, embroidery, nursing group, Hillsdale Citizens’ Asso- Clation, lampshade making, Birney Cen- ter general committee. ursday—3:15 p.m., music group. A Jolly Juniors Burrville Center, Division avenue and Cqrcoran street northeast: Monday—3 to 6 p.m., music for be- ginners, use of library and games for rls. Tuesday—3:15 p.m., children’s class- ics (consisting of story-telling. drama- izing the story pantomime, rhythm and athletics) ; 7:30 p.m., Burrville Women's Clvb, Young Women'’s Social Club, do- mestic art, children’'s clothes specialist, games for boys, art shop for boys, radios, toys and chorus. Friday—3 to 6 p.m.. advanced groups in music, children's chorus, library for study. Cleveland Center, streets: Tuesday—7:30 p.m., Amphion Glee Club, Washington Concert Orchestra, Masonic Orchestra, S. Coleridge Taylor Choral Society, lampshade making, Dennison art and bead work, home hygiene group, Educational Dramatic Club. Thursday—7:30 _p.m., Community Center Band, Hoffman's Music Associ- ation, home hygiene group, Dennison art and bead work, la ade making, Educational Dramatic Club, adult music group, Burleigh Singers, registration for first aid and speed shorthand groups each night. Dunbar Center, First and N streets: ‘Thursday—7 pm., Silver Leaf Club, Elite Social Club, swimming, Organ Practice Club: 8 p.m., Columbia Tem- ple Drill Team, Pleasant Plaines A. C., dramatic group, East Central Civic As- soclation; 9 p.m., Carlisle A. C. Friday—7 p.m., boys' game group, girls' game group, music group; 8 p.m., Manchester A. C. Garfield Center, Alabama avenue and Twenty-fifth street southeast: ‘Wednesday—3:15 , pm., symphony orchestra, children’s classics; 8 pm., dressmaking, shoe mending, arts and crafts, self-improvement group, dra- matic club, chorus, athletic club, game group. Garnet-Patterson, Vermont aveaue and U street: Monday—8:30 p.m., Arrow Athletic ssociation. Wednesday—7:30 p.m.. Arrow Ath- L:lm; Club, Columbia Lodge Marching ub. Military Road Center, Military road near Brightwood: ‘Wednesday—3:15 p.m., Excelsior Ath- letic Club. Friday—3:15 p.m.. Buzzing Bees Dra- matic Club. The Buzzing Sees Club is preparing a small exhibit and is re- hearsing a pllaylet for girls the week of be! ington Center Eighth and T West W (Francis ) 40 RONEY MOTOR CO. Frederick, Md. A —— tation group, speed-up Group for ANy | girees writer. ‘ ! | Club, girls’, club room, girls’ work, play ¢ | sroup. basketry; 8 p.m.. Choral Society, home | W. C. A. their minimum. 1929— PAR1 FOUR. Jr.), Twenty-fourth and N streets: Friday—7 pm., handwork for adults and children; 7:30 p.m., meeting of Regular Fellers' Club, Paramount Club, Georgetown Community Five, Girls' Athletic Club, West Washington Ath- letic Club, uv.:s-y' Center, Twelfth and D Monday—3:30 p.m., music_groups: 7:30 p.m., lam de making, Dennison art work, athletic groups, Manchester, ‘Togan, girls' group, club room recrea- tion club. Wednesday—7:30 p.m., Manchester Jr. A. C., recreation club, Blue Ribbon |YW ANews‘ There will be no music hour at the Y. W. C. A, Seventeenth and K streets, this afternoon, as the members will joint with the Y. M. C. A. in the world friendship service at the Mayflower Hotel, 4:30 p.m. Miss Saran S. Lyon, national secre- tory of the foreign division of the Y. . C. A., who is one of the speakers at the joint Y. M.-Y. W. service at the Mayflower this afternoon, will be the guest of Miss Helen Hudson, chairman of the world fellowship committe=, and members of the staff, at & buffet sup- T at the Y. W. C. A, Seventeenth and streets. this evening. - The Y. M.-Y. W. recreation com- mittee will sponsor a camn fire supper on November 16 at 8:30. The party will be given at Vacation Lodge. Cherry- dal: Va., one of the Y. W. C. A. cente: The regular meeting of the executive committee will be held tomorrow at 11 o'clack at 17th and K streets. The World Fellowship Committee will meet Tuesday, at 5 o'r'ock. when plans will be made for the annual Christmas dinner given for forsign students, Other committee meetings scheduled for the week include: Tuesday, the E Street House Committee at 2 o'clock and Food Service No. 1 3 614 E street; Wednesday the Food Service No. 2 at 2:30 at 17th and K streets and the Elizabeth ers Committes at 8 at the Residence. Business and Professional Women's Department. . The International Club will be the gueut of Mrs. Willlam Adams Slade. 425 Ordwev street, on Monday night at 7:45 o'clock. Mrs. Slade will begin an American series, planned by the program committee, speaking on “American Poetry.”" ‘Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock Mrs. Constance Lathrop will speak to the | Tuesday Club group on South America. Mrs. Lathrop who formerly lived in Rio Janeiro, will give sketches of some of the Latin American countries. The clubs will precede the program hour with supper at 6:15 o'clock. Among the supper guests will be Mrs. Lathrop. | Mrs. Harry France, Miss Doak and Miss | Helen Hudson. Mrs. Fereba Croxton will give the third talk in a psychology series “About Ourselves” for the Elue Triangle Club on Thursday night. The club will have supper at 6:30 o'clock and adjourn to the assembly room to hear Mrs. Crox- ton speak on “Personality and Success.” Girl Reserves. Girl Reserves are invited to attend the world fellowship service at the May- flower Hotel this afternoon. The girls will meet in the Girl Reserve Club rooms on the third floor of the Y. W. C. A. building and will go together to the service. Miss Mabel R. Cook, Girl Reserve director, will speak to an assembly of sixth, seventh and eighth grade girls at the E. B. Brown School tomorrow mam‘l’n{hlt s‘.'t:;clock to invite them to attend the morning program at the “Y” for Girl Reserves. n_at 3:15 the ‘Tomorrow TTIOO] Adelphae Girl rve Club at Western High School will meet at the school. You are going to lose money if you keep your old car two months longer. January lst, your present car becomes a year older in the eyes of the man to whom you might want to trade it—gyou lose a whole year in “'trade-in"" value. You face an added loss through the mounting maintenance expense of driv- ing your old car through another winter. In the spring, used car stocks are at their maximum and allowances at That PRICES AS LOW AS ‘845 DETROIT means a far less favor- able trade-in deal. Conse- quently, you lose again there. F. 0. B. At 4 the Girl Reserve Club at Friend- ship Houss will meet. A Girl Reserve Club has been organ- t the Silver Spring High School, | m '-vm meet Wednesday at 11 o'clock to make ‘gll‘lm for the month. Miss C. Vera itty is the faculty adviser. and Esther Stockton has been elected president, ‘Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock the Girl Reserve Club at Dennison Voca- ticnal School will divide into hobby groups, including toy symphony or- chest: dramatics and clcg dancing. at 2:15 pm. the two Girl Reserve Clubs at the Jefferson Junior High School will meet. At 3:30 the Semper Fidelis Gi:1 Reserve Club of McKinlsy High Schocl will have a social service meeting. At 4 o'clock the first re- hearsal of the Girl Reserve Inter-High Clee Club will be held in the Girl Reserve club rooms. ‘Thursday afternoon at 2:20 the Girl Reserve Clubs at Macfarland Jun. High School will mest, and at 3 o'clock th: Fidelis and Les Camcrades Girl Reserve Clubs at Eastern High School will meet. At 3:30 the Tri High Girl Reserve Club of Business High School will have games and dancing in the Girl Reserve Club rooms. At 4:30 n.m. the Girl Reserve Club at the PFirst Congregational Church will make scrapbocks for Children’s Hospital. Friday afternoon at 2:20 the three Girl Reserve Clubs at Stuart Junior High School will have hobby meetings. A Girl Reserve Club has recently been organized at the Brightwood Junior High School with Miss Mary E. Taylor as the faculty adviser. This club will meet at the school at 2:20 pm. At 3:30 pm. the Bop Secour Girl Re- serve Club of Central High School will gavAe a bowling match at the Y. W. Saturday morning at 10 o'clock the Y. W. C. A. bullding will be filled with grade school girls assisting Santa Claus by mending and repaintirg old and broken toys which will be sent to youngstes in hcspitals and orphanages at Christmas t'me. Chapters. ‘The Mount Pleasant Chapter will cele- brate its twenty-first birthday, on the afternoon and evening of Mcnday, November 11. at 1100 Michigan avenue. Members and their friends will be en- tertained with cards, and a chicken supper will be served. Cleveland Park Chapter will meet tomorrow at 3 p.m. with Miss Wallace, 3021 Newark street northwest. Chap- ter nembers are asked to bring greet- ing _cards and postals for hospitals. ‘The Park View Chapter will meet tomorow at 2 p.m. May Day Chapter will meet with Mrs. Annie M. Bohrer, 101 U street north- west, Tuesday at 8 p.m. General Education Department. ‘The new class in home nursing, under leadership of Miss Ethel R. Schoff, R. N.. superintendent of nursing, oeorfe ‘Washington University Hospital, will open Wednesday. The class meets from 7 to 8 o'clock. Part of the work will be done in the education department of the Y. W. C gton University Hospital, where there :‘u complete facilities for demonstra- lon. The cour-ss in cooking. household manageme~'. and marketing offered for brides ar "~ young married women, are attracting much interest and will soon open. MNealth Education Department. The health education office has re- ceived a number of requests for clog | and tap dancing for both boys and rls from 7 to 9 years and another for girls frm 10 to 15 years. The departme is interested in receiving suggestion8 as to the days and hours most convenient to mothers for bring- ing their children to such classes. The | class will probably meet for a half hour twice a week. The individual and corrective gym- nasium has received a reducer. This machine has been responsible for the re-establishment of good health for un- derweight as well as the overweight. Arrangements; for its use should be TODAY, everything is in y: SN s o s e made with the office on the fifth Joor. CBatirdny mornings and. sftermoon on Saturday morn! a c. will increase res| to and other Winter maladies. Children (boys and tlr]l) may enter the classes at any time. Industrial Department. ‘This afternoon 25 girls frrom the In- ternational Institute of the PhiladelpHia Y. W. C. A. representing man; tionalities, will pay a visit to ington. After a day of sight-se¢ing te) at_tea by the industrial committee of the Washington Association assisted by members of the staff at the administration building, at 3 o'clock and afier tea they will attend the world friendship service at the Mavflower Hotel. ‘The Thursday Club will entertain ah | tea Thursday for the new members of the club, from 4:30 to 6 o'clock, in the clubrooms on the third floor, Sevens teenth and K streets. The Greek Club will hold a business meeting at the Y. W. C. A. day afterncon at 2:30 p.m. for the dance to be held at the Raleigh Hotel on November 21 will be made at that time. The fi;daom’e Cowboy. THOSF details of a cowboy’s raiment wEi 1 have been either ridiculed or roman ic.zed in the public's view, have actual.; a great utilitarian tmfimnu, says Ken Maynard. Ornamentation, if it exists in the cowboy's costume, is quite accidental. The hat, for in-'ance, not only shades the rider from the sun, but provides him with a drinking cup and his horse with a water trough. t it flares so gracefully in motion pictures against the westerning sun is incidental, one is to_suppose. The vari-colored scarf, too, is essen- tially for use and not adornment. “I have wet my scarf and ridden with it across my mouth many a day,” Maynard, “knowing that this shield was Emttemon against sand and dust and eat.” Such things as spurs, lassos, knives, chaps, high heels and saddle flaps, have ® Tihia ls a1 &0 reassurin, Many people 20 ring. must have always thought that these doo-dads were the invention of tailors. New League of Nations. ¢THE Love Parade” a musicdl ro~ mance being “talkied” by Para- mount, is an international affair. The swtl;y is by m‘ Hun{::hn: the ut:;m is by an American; lyrics are by an Englishman; a PFrenchman is-starred; and a German directed. The cast includes an Italifn, a Welshman, a Czechoslovakian, a daugh- anadian. Speci Ernst Vajda, the i Iyricist, Clifford Grey: the star, Mauri the direct Chevalier, and Luhl';:ch A. at Seventeenth and K | Albe: fireetl, ind part at the George Wash- | Marcita Voya, and the is Prank Martin. are 14 American- born players, plus another lishman, Lupino Lane. haps all talk in Esperanto. though the fact is not mentioned. i Estonia Co-ops. Growing. Co-operative banking is becoming & factor in Estonia and is branching out into other activities. Although' the country’s financial orgarizations had to start almost anew after the World War, the balances of 21 of its largest co- operative banks now total nearly $9,000,000. The larges sl;atonl ::&1:1:'! Br.(nk has 255 r organ! ns performing various ace tivities. These lnggde nine central co- co-operative banks buying and , 14 dairying, 6 machine users’, 3 “‘mm' tato societies. Another - tion, the Farmers' Central was started last year. % d its 12 Months Older: TRADE IN YOUR OLP CAR NOW! our favor. 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