Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-06

ly during the morning, the trip via Elk
ton and Perryvile was abandoned and
the run via Lancaster, Pa, made that
afternoon instead. The roads into the
Quaker city were found to be excellent,
while after leaving there the toll pike for
about thirty miles was found to be In
good condition, the toll for this distance
being 20 cents The roads from here on
were not found to be so good. especially
through 1.-The gap" After paying q cents
more toll on the last stretch the tourists
pulled into Lancaster. with total
for the day of 14S miles. That night
their rest was broken by fire in the
garage where their machine was stored,
but fortunately all Of the machines were
saved. $50,
|. The last day of the run was via Column
hanna river, where 40 cents toll was paid
in addition to Is cents on the Columbia
pike and % cents on the York end At
York they were advised to take the Old
Hanover and Westminster was in bad
shape. This run was via Cockeysvllle.
the latter porto nof the road Oeing In
excellent shape. The trip from Balti-
the stretch in the vicinity of College Park
and Bladensburg, which is under con-
struction. On the last day III miles was
covered. making total Of 67S miles FOR
trouble. TIL. mileage for the entire trip
was LIS. four passengers being
carried. with 300 pounds of luggage. The
| members of the party thoroughly enjoyed
the outing, no serious trouble occurring
since leaving Washington.
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Discontinue Service Station.
The Goodrich tire depot and service sta
ton, located at 1902 18th street northwest,
has been discontinued and the organiza-
ton in charge has moved to the Diamond
division store, 1919 14th street northwest.
Invents Valve Grinder.
been Invented by g. New Yorker who has
taken as his model one Of the simplest
mechanical devices, the carpenters. breast
drill. and modified it in such a way that
one, who looks at the tool is struck with
its remarkable simplicity and ingenuity
and universally of application to both
pleasure and commercial gasoline cars.
and it's rapidity and ease of application
in the hands Of even an amateur.
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Makes Long Journey.
Starting out as novice driver, the day
following the purchase of his machine
and covering over 5000 miles, is the record
street northwest, who has just returned
to hts home in this city. Accompanied
by his wife and SOP Morris. Mr.. Cohen
left the National Capital the early part
of July in his new Maxwell special tour
ing car. The itinerary included Hagers-
t pvts Gum6eEiand, Bedford T SPRINGS Springs
thence along the great lakes to Buff
falo, N. Y Crossing New York state
the tourists continued their journey to
Saratoga Springs. thence over the Green
mountains to Concord, N. H. From there
the route was to Boston and thence over
the Boston post road to New York. From
the Metropolitan city the route was to
Trenton, Philadelphia and over the
short route to this city. The trip
consumed slightly over two months, dur
ing which time they covered 5000 miles
without any trouble, except one pune
ture, which occurred after covering LOO
miles. A camping outfit was carried
and camp was established along the
roadside from day to day. This In itself
proved an enjoyable feature Of the trip.
1t was Mr.. COhen's first experience as a
road pilot and he feels none the worse for
tie various cities. pennants being Sc
cured at the different points. which
formed part Of the decorative feature of
the machine throughout the entire trip
They expect to motor to California next
slIlng taking it leisurely.
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Donor to Participate.
Charles j. Glidden, donor of the famous
Glidden trophy, the chief prize of auto
mobile reliability competition in America,
will participate in the Glidden tour from
Detroit to New Orleans, starting Oc-
tober IA. Mr.. Glidden will drive a. new
Maxwell no. touring car. similar in de-
sign to the trio which made the only per-
feet team score in the contest from New
York to Jacksonville. Fla. last fall
1t has always been MIR. Glidden's Gus |
tom to accompany the tourists, although
not as competitor. His machine there |
fore. will be an official car and will run |
In the tour under precisely the same con-
dit1ons and schedules as the cars which |
compete for the Glidden trophy.
The route of the contest through the |
states Of Ohio. Indiana, Kentucky. Ten
nessee. Alabama, Mississippi and |
Louisiana, terminating at New Orleans |
Is not entirely new to Mr.. Glidden.
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Care of Leather Tops.
Hand-buffed leather tops seldom re-
quire any treatment other than a gentle |
washover with CASTLE soap. Machine |
buffed leather. when the enamel becomes |