Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-19

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Motor bonnets can be ordered to match
auto coats if money is no consideration
However, the costume Of coat and bonnet
may be safely attempted by the home
! dressmaker
The pattern selected for the coat should
be loose model, allowing plenty of room
| and giving protection to the gown worn
beneath 1t should also button close to
| the throat, but at the same time allow
OF being made so it can be thrown back
! If necessary.
| The bonnet is arranged with three tucks
set in around the face, the bag-like
crown drawn in at the ears and held
down with ribbon rosettes. The ties start
from under the rosette.
| Inc marked down sales occur so early
| this year that it is possible to take ad-
vantage of them before going away on
vacation.
AS the New Jersey state legislature has
adjourned without amending the motor
vehicle law of the state. which requires
| non-residents to take out New Jersey
registration before they can drive their
cars In the Mosquito state, it is likely
that a great many Automobiles of other
states who had intended to tour in New
Jersey II the law were changed will keep
OUT OF the state, as they have for several
years past. Pennsylvania now requires
New Jersey Automobiles to secure reg
! uiar pennsylvania registrations before
saalio"ng them to enter the state with
t .nelr cars, and 1T is expected that sim
iiar law VIII be passed in New York.
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During the bicycle days rider was
never satisfied unless he knew how to
inquire out the gear Of his machine The
same may be said to be true about the
automobile Instead of the gear as in
/ former years 1t is horsepower today. Any
BODY can figure for himself the rating of
his car if he will follow this formula:
D-xN I'd square times divided by
i 10 two and one-half), wherein d
represents the cylinder BORE n the num-
Der or cylinders and 90 a constant based
on the average view of the engineers as
cycle motor at 1000 feet per minute
piston speed. All there is to do. after
knowing the cylinder bore, is to square
the same, multiply by the number of
and one-half.
AS per example, the application of the
formula TO- a four-cylinder motor with
hve-inch bore would be as follows:
by 4, the number of cylinders, equals 100:
divided by 2ls gives 40 horsepower.
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The thief reasons for painting the sur
face of an automobile body are the pro-
lection of the surface by the pigment and
! the sense of luxury conveyed by the col
| ors. fitting color which is properly
placed upon an automobile of unpromis-
ing design will often serve to relieve the
ugly features of the car
Probably the most preferred color is at
| TINS time. the one which is termed as red.
1hlS color covers d multitude of shades
running from light American vermilion to
dark maroon. AS this year fewer varia-
| lions of lighter red are being used than
during the past years. the public seems
TO have tired of the pillars of fire"
| The red shades seen most frequently on
city thoroughfares are automobile ma
room, new maroon, beautiful. deep, rich
red, etc. Grosbeak red, deep Agostein
dunn and deep. These are opaque coors
not recurring, necessarily. supporting
! ground.
According to the provisions of the new
automobile law of New York state which
will go into effect August /, motorists
must pay annually tax according to the
| horsepower of their cars, based on the
|
ago by the Association of Licensed Auto
! mobile Manufacturers and known as the
A. l.. A. NJ. horsepower formula.
| Inc annual taxes are as follows: For
cars of % horsepower or less, So for cars
| of more than % and less than 30 horse
power. $40; for cars of 35 and less than
| 80 horsepower, SO; for cars of 80 horse
| power or more, $25.
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| tour are now making their way through
| the New England states. Great effort is
being expended by them i'm selecting and
| recording points of historic interest.
The EMF car, with Tom Skeggs al
| the wheel, received brilliant send-off in
| Philadelphia Wednesday. At luncheon
at the Hotel Walton hundreds of autoists
| were guests of the Munsey newspapers
| Mayor Reyburn and other officials spoke
| BugleIs from the battleship Georgia
| sunded the call to start. a large parade
| of autoSistS escorted the pathfinder
| through the streets.
| The Munsey historic tour promises to
| be the big automobile event of the year.
| Already there are twelve entries. and let
| ters and kilograms indicate that the run
will be representative of almost every
car in the market. Entries received are
Premier. Columbia. Selden, Maxwell, two
Washingtons Reading Ford Gilmore
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| The test for calls will ice under grade ?
The additional group for privately owned
and driven cars will be for the purpose
of giving the tourists an opportunity to
| take advantage of what is believed to be
| one of the most attractive and instructive
tours, from a historic and scenic stand
point. ever laid out for an automobile
| event.
| Roy A. Dent of the Goodyear Tire and
| Rubber Company has returned from a !
| ten-day southern trip and will depart to-
morrow night for Akron, Ohio, to attend
| the wedding of Louis c. Wilson, disburs-
| ing officer of the District in connection
with which he will be an usher. After the
| ceremony he will spend few days at
| the factory of the company, which is To-
| Gated in the same town., returning the
| latter part of next week.
| Herbert Lytle dean of the American
| racing team, as the result of the recent
accident on the Indianapolis speedway
| will probably be retired from COM
| petition for all time. He is now
laid up with fractured leg, which will
keep him In the hospital for a couple
of months at least. the break being in
| the thigh bone of the left leg. The ac-
cident happened at the Decoration day