The evening world. Newspaper, January 6, 1917, Page 14

What You Should Know * About Your Auto; How To Drive and Keep It Expert Advice How to Keep Automobiles Running Smoothly and the Best Way to Remedy Machine Trouble= | Traffic Suggestions and Pleasure Routes for Evening World Readers. | By GEORGE H. ROBERTSON. | HILE driving on Fifth Avenue, I have noticed now and then dur ing the past few weeks the tendency of a fow drivers of both horse drawn and motor vehicles to turn in the centre of the block, and making it a source of annoyance to the drivers of vehicles running north and south | on the avenue, The habitual offender is the driver of the two-wheeled hansom, who while he oan un- doubtedly turn in a very short space, should be made to turn only under | the direction of the tramMe man ata | tioned at the cross streets, Vehicles are supposed to turn only | at the cross street intersection and the driver who attempts to turn anywhere else, is a great hindrance to the movement of traffic. Conditions at the Williamsburg Bridge Plaza on the New York aide are W “MRORGE 4 ROBERTION. fiver bard to straighten out during heavy travel, due to the fact that all vs cles for Brooklyn must turn and take the narrow roadway on the south e f the plaza, An improvement might be made, however, If the news- 4 who have stands made of boxes, are kept out of the roadway at mixnt if this fs done, there will be much more room for passing. Ave cote Batters y is the direct drive or high a the best euited for average| valve remains open varies according ©o ions? A.M. 8, | to the leq at the time of opening and Wien the lower gear ratios are used | losing, # the valve opens fift consis able power is absorbed by ny hye friction vf the geare in the change e pis ureset, whi on the high compression etro| } "| mained open d equal to Heong a degrees crank ie it ' in the rear a The|Ppremetly on top centre and clos Hee are ales Ept'es be nate, |eattom entre; would" only remain who: eas the direct drive is more lod equal to degrees Wien in the direct drive position alfa revolution of the is practically no wear on the change speed gears, and for this rea- eon it Ie desirable ‘to drive a oar by throtile control, with the high ‘epecd @ny-yed as much as possible, Aer ulle Batttor: Ives the steering gear box need m. 4 iubrjcation and how often? WILLIAM WHITE. Practically all steering gears have Autometiie Exittor: T have a 1909 Packard, which wi running at a high rate of mpeod nectna to go fairly well until it starts to pore on esd third cylinder, running at a low speod, Jevel will still miss on th Same. can only worse, Have had sneto ro- paired by the Elsman people, carbu- in..ceed reduction goars, and. these | retor by the Packard concern; putting He oe tered by iY Grease packing |!" new spark plugs made no differ- Wich need not be renewed except tor 6 Had new inlet valves replaced 3.) the yearly overhauling, When | £oF old Cid cues, adjustments seem to be the \.eering tube to which the wheel pon nt ered Ge, expected. Had cylinders | is ‘tached passes through an outer new pistons, eas.ng It le necessary to put a few T. JONES, drops of oil into thie casing every| Would adviee the examination of week in order to prevent rust ng and lang_of one tube inside of the the. The motor control rode also pass through the Interior, and while no provision ie made for lubricating the gaskets of the inlet manifold and also all the gaskets of of the third cylinder. A | ae of al into the cylinder will cause a m weak valve apring will also ca! goud practice to; the miss you mention. Would at their lowor| that sufficient clearance le given b ‘them out of the steering tween the valve and lifter. A sticky ye far ope h to permit of oil pethit | | or warped valve may be the cause, or tntcoduced. “Thie need not be done th® secondary cable may be ba iit osu tan tue or thres timesa| causing @ short circuit, seaccn. Avuaodile Bitter: Is the thick and heavily tnsuiated wire the best to use for ignition pur-|I Doses?” How should the strainer of | asoline separator ahs PAUIHUR NEALE, Aatomettie Fitter: After overhauling a storage tat- on a 1915 model Maxwell Car, ind I have mislatd memorandum concerning the correct solution with which to refill battery. If 1 remem- | ber rightly it {9 six part water to one part sulphuric acid but aa to correct amount of water and acid uged I'am in doubt. | N, R, NOOMAN. | Would suggest that you purcha: hydrometer in order to properly test the solution of the battery. The lution, composed of sulphurlo noid | id distilled wator, should test 1250 on | hydrometer. The top of the of ¢t battery should bo covered by the solution, Ammomottte tank. Place nozzle on hose| p The alr will force all rticlee of fuzz and sediment out of | Vehicles Ranging in Price From | “Temple of Flowers” for the occasion, | oous and evenings during the show, when | AMUSEMENTS FOR THE NEW _ YEAR JACK SHERRILL A “MOVIE” IDOL AUTO SHOW EXHIBITS INCLUDE 400 CARS AND ALL THE “TRIMMINGS” $400 to $6,000—Previous Shows Eclipsed. ‘The annual National Automobile Show will open at the Grand Central Palace this afternoon at 2 o'clock under the auspices of the National Automo- bile Chamber of Commerce. According to those in charge of the exhibition, this year's display will surpass in alzo and splendor any of its sixteen prede- cossors. There are cars of every description, from the smallest, costing less than $400, to the big ones costing +),000. Beaides the display of automobiles, there will be shown every acosssory used by the manufacturers and own- ere of motor cara. More than four hundred complete automobiles will be on view The Palace has been made into a JACK SHERRILL and concerts will be given both after- | Jack Sherrill 1s one of the young- est stars appearing on the screen, He is nineteen years old, has been in pictures released by the World and which will end a week from to-day. It is expected that the number attending this year's exhibition will exceed that Pathe, co-starred with Alice Bra’ of last year, when $40,000 persons|in “Then I'll Come Bn « to Yor viewed the display. co-starred with Edith ‘I vilaferro tn The Automobile Salon at the Hotel] Booth Tarkington's “Conquest of Astor, which will continue until | Canaan. played the juvenile role in Wednesday “The Witching Hour" and ts co- | Wednesday, again drow many visttora| seiteing, with Dorothy Hernard tn | yesterday, W. C, Durant, President of | phe Rainbow” and “The Accom. | the General Motors Company and the Chevrolet Motor Company, was one of the manufacturera who attended. Ho purchased for his personal uso @ neta er visitors at the Salon yesterday been in pictures about two Hig mail from admirers aver- He! years. ages about 1,000 letters a month, is immensely popular with New York, Chicago and Los Angeles exhibitors. ~~ | Mrs, Keginald C. Vanderbilt, C. pray Oliver Isetin, Foxhall P, Keene, Mar- 1 E: h b wall Douger snowien Fahnewteck 1 | DUAL Exhibition M. Tilford |. Jacob Ruppert, Miss Bertha G A. D, Juilliard and 6 Liv Mr. Lavermore pur- sod a $15,000 Rolla-Royce cabriolet, the chassis being similar to that bought the day before by John T. Pratt Of Modernists at ieee LO ieee SOTHERN, ILL, HURRIES HERE CHICAGO “Jan 6. —. H. Sothern| work at the Daniel Gallery, No. 2 cancelled hi West Jan. 16. Man Ray has succeeded in produc- ing @ lot of monstrosities, They mean nothing to anybody. As freaks, they have a place, perhaps, in some museum, but as art objects they are without significance The “Portrait Il." te the most curl- ous of the assembied lot of nine num- bers. It deals with @ created plane, in which a pentagon Is featured. In the midst of this pentagonal engagements at the Blacks re and left last night for New York, where he will rest preparatory, it 1» believed, to an operation. He was accompanied by his wife, Julia Marlowe, and Dr. Joseph Bissell, who had arrived in Chicago varlter in the day. Mr, Sothern {s guffering from an acute attack of gall stones, which have left the gall duct and entered the kid- neya and bladder, The operation will be @ serious one. Dr, Gustav Putterer says Mr. Sothern has @ stone in the right kidney. Diagnosis was made ter consultation between him, Dr, Wiluiam A. Baum, Dr, Philip Kretsel and Dr, Bissell. The actor's condition ts & matter of concern among his friends, saocnenmtifee—veneasiantie Donwit, Teller Folk Dance, An entertainment and dance of the Employees’ Association of Bonwit, Tel- ler & Co, was given last night at Tor- Garden, East Fifty-eighth Street. Sixteen hundred employees of the firm enjoyed a high class vaudeville show, after which the floor was cleared for the dance. There was no grand march, Paul President of Forty-seventh Street, until is a push button, actually bought | from @n electrical supply store and screwed upon the background, Above, are two electric bells, with connect- ing wires, neatly painted upon the created plane, to indicate connection, When you press the button the bells fail to ring, which is very disappoint- ing. The thing !s objective, but gets nowhere, In “Invention L,” Mr. Ray has tried to get something out of an alr brush, but the attempt was not very suc- cessful, In “Invention IL” he used a twist- od whisp of silk, as a motif, and had a lot of fun cutting paper, as they the ase at ovary ay, | do in tho kindergarten schools. The ih roneattipas at every One| corkscrew introduced 18 good, but the finished result, like all of his crea- mana. -<chte Semaaane tions, 1s overshadowed by incoher- ANTI-PORK, ence and emptiness. Determined to eliminate the Mr. Burlin's work 19 primitive in all points and very hard, He had pork, Congress has limited the many opportunities to do some fine “i work among the Hop!, Pueblo and garden seed appropriation t0 | Navajo Indians, but because of his 000. modernism he mis: them al Daniel Gallery) , | Man Ray and H. Paul Burlin are! made such a strong fight to secure| conjointly showing examples of thel | proper weight of potatoes sends the plane | there is the impress of a hand. Below | Ine wire m Amour bite Wi tor: I have a 1914 Studebaker touring sear, It seems when you shift your epeed from third to secon’ position there te @ grinding noise, and I have © stop and start over again, Would @ clutch brake eliminate this? Also, When spark is advanced and going @bout twenty miles an hour, particu. larly up-grade, there is a knock, which eases when you retard spark, MARKIE SMITH. A clutch brake will eliminate the Spinning of clutoh and enable you te engage the peace properly, The knock you mention is no doubt due to corben in the moton dem .wodile Bilton: ‘tan determines the capacity of @torage battery? R. GREENE. battery @ and nature uf oh cell and their nm mbere, the number of cells Joined together to tery. Batteries ordi nition purposes are either of the or 6-volt 80-amp re Those used for lighting serv: -e 6 larger plates and are more eu: antizl in construction and are usu- lly rated at 6 volts 100 amperes and 6 Volts 120 amperes. Automobile 1>!!tar What |s the actual duration t,the Anlet stroke of a motor? The period during which fe intet MOTORISTS’ PROBLEMS SOLVED Gevrne , wan, America’s for ors, proapective wishing to nt fall to take @ eA atom ny ja your and Evening Classes: fustruction at hours to sult cv Special Classes for Ladies Cull or write for booklet, Stewart Auto School 225 WHST STTH STRERT (at Browdway) ————— private AUTOMOBILES “Lock Up The Grant Six Ad in :¢ Times, American, World | To-morrow And in ihe North-East Corner of The Palace Auto Show You'll See The Grant Six Ptitor ‘Will you explain tn detall the cause and remedy of a gaspline motor when the cylinders are flooded and will not start; that {s, why Is tt so hard to start the engine after the cylinder has been overprimed, how can you tell when it ts overprimed and what ts the quickest way of remedying it? BR, BROWN, A great many persons make the mistake of priming the motor too much, Too rich mixture will not ia- nite dily than a poor Raw gasoline will not ex- plode but simply burn slowly, Most carburetors have a priming lever attached, which when pulled once or sufficient to fix the mixture rting. When priming the direct from the petoocks gasoline should be us petcock has a cup wh nough to prime the cyl- Automentie Ttitors | Does the adjustment of my car Duretor have anything to do with the! amount of carbon in my cylinders? lam using a good rade of ofl and my motor usually chokes with car- | bon, | RW.N. Poor carburetor adjustments have| ® great effect upon the carbon de posit. Carburetor flooding and too rich mixture will cause a large de- posit of carbon in the form of lamp- black. The absence of sufficient oxyaen in a rich mixture renders im | burn possible the complete oxidization or a of both fuel and ci! vapors. | As a consequence carbon is deposited from the partially burned fuel and more rapidly from the highly heated junburned oil, NOTHING LIKE IT ON EARTH ‘The Most Amazing Film Achievement of the Aga —Spectacular—Dramatio—Original Unusual, at the Oooan's ‘ore witnessed by Filme: never b Ae) @ with Ootopus Torpedo Fired from Bubmarine, mr nate ar ihid 40: week apott ind oth | THE BROADWAY SENSATION out the body on ehe worked very fine, | but when [put the body on and ran | her a few days a loud knock suddenly | appeared, which 19 very hard to lo-| | oa them {fs running. | k ts very et the fourth of time to take a clal Matinee at twe has ftw! wa fl sounds ke @ gri L, PEALODY From your description it seems as though the throw-out collar of the clutch needs replacing. If this is not the trouble, look at the rear main bearing of the motor and also at the elutch il | \ TAKE THE CHILDREN Kive them the treat hool to 4.080 ie ohil= Tuke at The and eh BROADWAY THEATRE Broadway at 41st St, Bian ™ THE EVENING WORLD, SATU AY, JANUARY 17. al hell vB Enc FAD cdl wb — Sd A A DERE Housewives’ Association Can Win Honest Weights By Displaying Courage With Potatoes Selling at Over a Cent Apiece It Is Worth While for the Economical Housekeeper to See She Is Not Short Weighted, Too— Complain to Hartigan, That’s the Way to Find a Remedy. By Sophte Irene Loeb. Potatoes over one cent apiece! ‘This is what members of the Housewives’ Protective Association are reporting. Much of this high price is due to ecant weights and measures that are being meted out to housekeepers. members the housewives are asked to take Justice 1s secured. the high rates. {6 @ good medium for securing @ little lower rate on various things. However, he must not be allowed to operate on the streets of the city and cheat the public. Joseph Hartigan, Commis- stoner of the Bureau of Weights and Measures, who is working in co-operation with the Housewives’ Protective Association, will prosecute any one who violates the law of honest weights and measures. It Just takes a little courage for the housewife to make the proper report. Every woman should see that she gets her just weights and measures. By doing this she 1s not only protect- ing her own rights but assisting hun- dreds of her less fortunate sisters in not losing what 1s coming to them,| nd loss of weight at present is a hardship on account of the soaring) prices. With potatoes selling at more than a cent apleco, it 1s worth while| for the housewife to see she ts not short-welghted, too. | COUNTRY PEOPLE HAVE THEIR TROUBLES, TOO. e of the members of the House- | iar Protective Association who has Pegs, butter, coal, tables? Potatosas seem the garding weight. fore the seller. following significant account of it. She gives her name and address, but aska that they be withheld only for the reason that her usefulness in this matter might go on: Name ...cccccee “Staten Island. ‘To the Housewives’ Amoctation: “Herewith find membership applica- tion, and I earnestly desire to co- operate with the association to ro- duce the high cost of living. I have found the cost #o high this year that| I desire to make a protest. | GODS. THE PICTURE BEAUTIFUL MATINEE TO-DAY AND EVERY DAY INCLUDING 2.30 SUNDAY........ EVERY NIGHT AT 8.30 SEATS 25c to $2. A few choice Evening Seats at $1.50 & $2. Tickets on Sale 8 weeks ahead, inlcud- ing Lincoln’s and Washing- ton’s Birth- days. On all sides advantage is being taken on account of the high price of food and at the request of many firm etand ee to the weight and measure end of buying until While we are anxious to eliminate the artificial middleman, there are some legitimate middlemen that are absolutely necessary in order to get food at even The treet vender is one of these. And often where there is a surplus of food products the street vender have been named, but what about our vege- most worthy to be attacked, especially re- A few weeks ago comes a vender with potatoes, price| I per peck 650. Well, I demurred at the price, but he held to it. I always made It @ practice to welgh them be- Well, he brought me MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION Cut out this coupon, fill out and mail to the Housewives’ jme well. Protective Association, Evening World, Post Office Box 1354. Address ..ccccccccccesceccoosccccccercccscocs I desire to enroll my name as a member of The Evening World’s Housewives’ Protective Association. Inclose 2-cent stamp and membership token will be mailed. WILLIAM FOX PRESENTS ADAUGHTER eleven pounds, Talk about outrage| DYKE DE DINO DEAD AT 7%. He did not seem willing to fill in to them back, but 1 stood my ground. en and Twice Divorced, He had to give the weight, as I was| NICE, France, Jan. 6. up to his price. rice Camille de Talley “That's just one experience. An- other vender flatly refused to sell to me because I weighed the potatoes. Well, it's got so bad now that they refuse to come into my yard, as 1 am guilty of wanting fair play. 1 will say there is just one who comes occasion- ally who will fill up to fifteen pounds without arguments, but when I mi him it means a hike to the next there is @ grocer weight. (Duke de Dino) died yesterday af Villa Perigord at Monte Carlo, He seventy-three years old. The Duke de Dino American women. Mies Elizabeth Curtis of New whom he married in Nice in 1867 after having travelled extensively im he United States, Sho divorced him fe 1886, The following year SEVEN YEARS. TORTURE rho e you make mention of this fact and give to the ones that take time enough to weigh articles some help in this line and re- “L regret to add that I have ques- tioned a number of so called economi- cal housewives as to the shortage on weight of potatoes, While three fifths have scales, probably, they really don't take the thne to’ weigh their articies, aud as long as the basket appears to bear out the measure they will O. K. it. And some don't even know their weights and measures table, while the other two- fiftha have no scale and just go on being cheated and ory ‘high oost of living.’ Wile prices are so ex- orbitant one must make double ef- “FRUIT-A-TIVES” toes. And how about apples by thi peck? I would love to hear something on this @ubject of articles sold by weigit. “These are obstacles to which coun- | try people who cannot get city prices are subject. If the venders once know you weigh they refuse to serve you again; ‘either pay my weight or do| without.’ They even at times get very impudent so that one either buys or ALBERT VARNER goes hungry. Buckinghan, Que., May Srd, 1018. For seven years, I suffcred terribly from Severe Headaches and Indigestion. I had belching gas from the stomach, bitter stuff would come up into my mouth after eating, while at times I had nausea and vomiting, and had chrenle Constipation. I went to several doctors and wrote to # specialist in Boston but without benefit. I tried many remedigs | but nothing did me good. ar é | friend advised “Prult-a-tives.” I took this grand frult medicine and it made I am grateful to “Fruita | tives,” and to every one who has jable health with Constipation and gestion and Bad Stomach, I say take |“Fruit-a-tives,” and you will get well. ALBERT VARNER. 60c. a box, 6 for $2.50, trial sise, S80. At dealers or sent by Fruit-a-tives Limited, Ogdensburg, New York.—Advt, ———__———_ HER VAGUE IDEA. (Prom the Kansse Oif Journal.) “I asked for alimony of fifty a week. ,wWimmen are getting that right madame,” explained the la your loeb: ia saraing only twelve. ‘What's that got to do with i? 1 thought the Government provided the alimony 1916 0 Poe cocccccecceces cocccoscoouccoce BROOKLYN. TAR x nat ols "ee a | puxiia The French Fi Every Sunday, 2—BIG CONCERTS—=—@ CEASELESS CAPACITY CROWDS AYRIC THEATRE 42 ST AND BROADWAY This amazing, dazzling $1,000,000 photo-spectacle is more than a pic- ture. It is a lesson, a sermon-—a sym- phony filled with thrills and throbs; with tears and sobs, with the emotions that make us think and dream and dread and disillusionize! It is the 8th World Wonder History records the only others approaching it as: 1. COLISEUM AT ROME. |68. PORCELAIN TOWER OF 2. CATACOMBS OF ALEX. NANKING. , ‘ANDRIA. 3.GREAT WALL OF CHINA, | & MOSQUE OF ST. SOPHIA 4. THE LEANING TOWER OF AT CONSTANTINOPLE. PISA. 7. RUINS OF STONEHENGE. with ANNETTE ’ EXTRA: “ARTISTS’ NIGHT” NO thar te tet on ciel ea = YX ant CONTEST for Ban 5) 7 fonds FATS SELLING 8 WE > » fifteen pounds and wanted to take|Twice Married to American Wome, Nothing Helped Him Until He Teo} ¢ as ' j