Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10

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% for the position Of chauffeur in the
auartermaster's department at large Two
vacancies exist in the position of chaui-
feur here at a salary of $40 per month
each, which will be filled as result @
the examination. Applications must Do
filed with the secretary of the fourth civil
service district civil service commission,
Washington. D. c., by the close of busi-
ness January 81.
With the opening of the FLORIDA winter
resort season, which was marked by the
passage through Washington of two fine
trains on their maiden trips last week,
comes the news that an automobile service
Is about to be inaugurated between Or
lhond, Daytona and Palm Beach
The Luttrell Company's big plateglass
windows in Connecticut avenue have the
1909 models of the Buick and the Packard
on view. 4 carload of Bucks was start
ed for this city a few days ago.
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One of the most striking bits of decora-
ton in connection with the Madison
Square Garden show. which is to open
January Is, will be the transformation of
the cafe into an Italian garden.
The wall. built of plaster with a coping
of genuine tiles, runs about the walls of
the room. The pergola overhead is sup
ported by stone columns. the regular
pillars having been converted to this
semblance. The exhibits of electric cars
all about this garden. in which there
is an electrical display very impressive of
itself. Over the top the tiled stone wall
inclosng the garden, instead of the walls
confronting the eye, there appears south
Italian landscape, beneath the typical sky
of that country. The garden is now en-
tirey in the hands of the show committee
and many of the decorative features are
completed.
4 new automobilst's paradise has
been discovered in northern Africa by
Capt James Archibald Of Washington,
who reached Paris recently after having
spent two months in touring through Al
geria and Tuns He predicts that these
two countries will soon become ia
vorite touring ground and considers the
roads the best in the world. superior
even to the national roads of France.
The allotment of space for the Detroit
automobile show under the auspices of
the Detroit. Automobile Dealers Associa-
ton indicates that the show will be
huge success. Every bit of available
space on both floors of the large Wayne
pavilion. where the show will open Feb
snapped up by those anxious to partici-
pate in the exhibition.
A solution of either wood alcohol or
denatured alcohol and water in proper
ton from one In ten to one in twenty
according to the temperature is recon-
mended as an anti-freezing mixture for
carbide lighting plant The former has
freezing point of about 10 degrees Fahren-
heit. Sometimes common salt is added
to the water, but its use is not to be
fyn6 +y,o IN itC
tion in the brass.
To clean and remove stains from light
colored leather the following mixture may
be used with good effect: Boil pint OF
milk. let it cool and add one drachm of
sulphuric acid. Shake we'll and then add
half drachm of oil Of lavender. one
pint of vinegar and the white of one
egg beaten to frOth. Keep in a tightly
corked bottle. Rubbed on the leather
with soft cloth it greatly improves the
appearance and removes the stains.
Valuable assistance has been given the
automobile school of the West Side Y.
NJ. c. y. of New York by motor manu-
facturers, several of whom have donated
cars for laboratory work and road in
structiOn. The school is not a money
making concern and any profits go to the
support of the regular work of the Y.
NJ. C. A. The school was aided by a
grant from the Automobile Club of Ameri-
ca for number of years.
While there is much doubt as to any
great change by the incoming Legislature
I'm the New Jersey motor law SO far as 1t
relates to Jersey motorists and speeding,
yet there is good reason to hope for the
adjustment of the ten-dollar tax i'm
posed on visiting motorists from other
states. The Newark and Atlantic City
trade boards have declared war on this
tax. and Gov. Fort has announced that
he is with them in their fight.
An automobile expert who has made a
study Of horses is authority for the state
ment that sorrels are the only absolutely
safe horses, white animals. on the other
hand, always being dangerous. Between
these two extremes comes the bays and
the black, the former being the better
natured of the two. Automobile drivers
will save themselves lots of trouble by
remembering this point and driving very
carefully past white horse.
One of the commonest reasons for oil
lamps going out is the choking Of the
draught holes in the cap of the lamp by
the heavy deposits of carbon. These
should be looked for and removed before
any lengthy drive by night. The other
Il clean dry wick.
The Automobile Club of Philadelphia
now has a membership of nearly 700.
The newly organized Chauffeurs' Club
of Boston Is holding meetings twice a
month addressed by prominent motorists.
/ A mixture Of olive oil and white lead
reduced to a workable consistency by
white lead. makes an excellent coating
for metallic parts of the engine or ma
chine tools as a preventive of corrosion,
particularly upon the coast line. Olive
oil does not dry or oxidize as linseed oil
does, and therefore is easily removable
by means of turpentine when it's presence
is no longer required. The white lead
adds metallic body 10 the oil and assists
1t in preventing the attacks of moisture
aciduous vapors. etc.
AS two ladies were travelling i'm motor
car near Roumale, OH the outskirts of
Paris. a stag hard pressed by the hounds
jumped into the car for refuge the dogS
clamoring and leaping around it. The caf
was stopped. the ladies made a hurried
escape and the hounds soon disposed of
the stag. Similarly, a stag charged a car
containing the Gaekwar and Maharonee
of kapurthala on road through q Ger
man forest, and paid the price of it's mis-
guided valor by dropping dead with a
broken neck