The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-06-14

tired of the 'pillars of fire" The red shades seen most frequently on city thorOughfareS are automobile maroon, new maroon, a beautiful deep, rich red, etc, Grosbeak red, deep AgoStein red, light and deep, and Julian red, me- dium and deep. These are opaque cOlors not requiring, necessarily, a supporting ground.
 Lead flows more easily than any of the common metals under pressure, and hence it has the greatest anti frictional properties. Of course, a number of metals exceed lead in this property, but their cost or some other factor render them unavailable. Lead is the cheapest of the metals, except iron, and in comparison to the other metals used in the formation of bear ing alloys their relative prices are somewhat in the following order per one hundred pounds: Lead s4; zinc S5; antimony $9; copper SIS; and tin $30 or more. It can thus be seen that the more lead is used in given bearing the softer it is. the less friction 1t possesses, and the cheaper it can be Furnished. It is, however, too soft to be used alone, as 1t cannot be re- tained in the recesseS of the bearing even when used simply as a liner and run into a shell of brass, bronze or gunmetal or some other alloy. Vari- ous other metals, have been alloyed with it, such as tin, antimony, copper, zinc iron, and a number of non-metal- lie compounds, such as sodium, phos- phorus, carbon, etc, and the effect or the different ingredients is today fair ly we'll understood.
 The good roads movement in the South has resulted in the expenditure of over $8, 000 900 for road improvement and steel bridges since the vogue or motoring swept that section. The con- victs of Georgia at present are making ten miles of good roadway every day of the year.
 A woman who is often invited for weekend motor parties should have a suitcase which is larger than one. she ordinarily carries. Even the biggest of these is thin and will pack away on the trunk rack better than a bag or be taken save when the box part of the car is equipped for it or when the trunk has been measured to fit.
 Details of the invention of air springs by George Westinghouse. of Pittsburg. the inventor of the famous airbrake, shows that device is based entirely on the idea of the plunger elevator. One of the springs is placed under each of the corners of the body. and they are said to take up shocks with much greater facility than rubber tires. The idea of the inventor is to use steel tires with the air springs.
 Women motorists are often rather uncertain in starting their car and are fearful of their safety. An absolute ly safe method is to have the car in proper condition; then. with the switch open, turn the engine over several times, allowing it to come to a stop by balancing between compressions. Af- ter this has been done, if the batteries are thrown in unless the motor is ab- solutely cold the motor will be started on the spark
 The beginner will sometimes be much kumiliated to find that the reason his car refuses to go is because the brakes are on. This condition is not an inn probability with the novice. so that one should be careful to see that the brakes are off before attempting to start the car. Another important thing to observe is that the ignition lever is always set back before at tempting to start the engine. The beginner may suffer a sprained wrist, if not worse, from a back kick unless this lesson is well learned
 When the motor stops upon the road, one of two things is most likely the cause-either the proper supply of fuel is lacking or the means for firing the gas have gone wrong. In the first in stance the fault is probably in the car bureter or with the gasoline supply. Tn the second it is the ignition sys- tenn that requires attention. If prev iCus to the stop there were weak ex- plosions or d great deal of smoke in the exhaust. the indications are car bureter trouble. If there be missing explosions in the cylinder or back-fir- ing in the muffler. the failure is un- doubtedly in the ignition system. all though both skipping and muffIer ex- plosions are sometimes due to a poor mixture