Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-27

roam this garden effect Is carried out.
Overhead crimson canopy. richly en-
broidered, takes away the sight of raft
ers and structural iron work. This can
opy contains some 1900 square feet of
material and Is an ingenious feature of
the general decorative plan. Roped open
allowing soft mellow light to filter
through. the lights being masked SO as
to produce a moonlight effect. italian
marble and thing cover all the unsightly
posts. not square inch of the present
interior remaining in view. A crimson
carpet has been provided for and the
spacious balconies will be transformed
into terraces. the whole forming the most
ambitious decorative plan ever attempted
at an automobile show.
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Authority has been given to Postmaster
Bacharach of Atlantic City, N. j., to
wagons for carrying mail in that city
and substitute runabouts. This gives to
Atlantic City the distinction Of being the
first postal district where collection equip
ment is composed entirely Of automobiles.
For some time the Office has been using
two cars and these were supplemented
recently by three new ones. The five
cars accomplish more work in less time
than the horses.
AS the plans for the show become bet
ter known 1t is evident that the eleventh
national affair at Madison Square Garden,
New York, which opens January Z, ana
continues for two weeks. will be the
greatest automobile show ever held, either
here or abroad. Joining with those max
ers that have always exhibited in the
garden will be almost all the members
of xI4 NJ Mnfo No. No.
facturers Association, who have hereto
fore exhibited at the Grand Central Pal
lace. With the passing by limitation of
the A. NJ. c. NJ. A., all the members,
as licensees under the Selden patent, and
will exhibit their products at the Madison
Square Garden show next January. BY
reason of this great addition to the list
of exhibitors the whole interior of the
garden has had to be reconstructed, in
volving the use of structural steal to q
large extent, but every 4. l.. A. NJ. IL
censee will be cared for.
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A good thing to take after All auto ride
is cruel, especially when going to bed.
To make it, take three ounces of Scotch
oatmeal and half a pint of cold water.
Put the meal in a basin and pour the
water over it, adding a pinch Of salt to
it. Stir 1t. and leave to soak for a quar-
ter OF an hour. Now drain the water off
into small saucepan, put it on the fire,
and stir 1t until it boils. It should be left
to simmer for ten minutes, being stirred
all the time, and then be served with
sugar or salt to taste. Should the ap
proach Of a cold in the head be felt, it is
a good plan to take sixty drops OF sal
volatile in a wineglass of hot water. sip
ped slowly. and to follow up by glass
of hot lemon and water, made by squeez-
ing the juice of lemon and filling up the
glass with boiling water. Sweeten this
with honey instead OF with sugar.
The time is past when the average au-
tomobile owner, at the arrival Of the
rains and SHOWS and cold Of early win
ter, sighed, drained his cars radiator,
lacked up the wheels and took to umbrel-
las and the trolley. Nowadays he raises
the top. buttons on the side curtains,
gets out the robes. and keeps the car
in commission all winter long. In almost
every city throughout the country this is
proved by the number Of automobiles
daily seen in the streets. for the decrease
In motor car trafiic Is SO small as to es-
cape notice entirely.
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Speaking Of race drivers coming
back" there is one pilot who has been
big surprise to motordom, particularly the
experts who follow the racing game. This
point was most decisively demonstrated
recently in the grand prize race. When
Ralph De Palma had his right leg
broken and sustained other injuries at
Danbury, Conn. last year some Of the
wise ones declared that he would never
be good for racing again. He not only
came back. but soon began to slaughter
more worlds records on dirt tracks and
on the board motordrome at Los Angeles.
His work in the grand prize race was
especially noteworthy.
On the opening day of the next state
legislature the New Jersey Automobile
and Motor Club will present a bill RENE
dying the present defects In the motor
lam to-