The Washington herald., 1916-02-15


and around.
Washington was not exciting enough
for "Cleve" Campbell, so he has hied
himself to France where he will act as
the foreign representative of a company
making artificial limbs. Probably he
will find more business in that line over
there just at present than there was in
the motor car trade in Washington at
this season OF the year,
Prospective purchasers Of the Bowser
line OF gasoline and oil tanks will here
after be called upon by Ralph Gibbons.
the local salesman, in Buick car,
"Gibby" having just purchased a road
ster Of this make.
For those who were unfortunae enough
not to have pair of skid chains, yes
terduy was a bad day to get around.
Once out of the car track, the wheels
slid about on the iced street so that
il vas very hard to get good traction.
But 1t is an i'll wind that blows no one
the end. benefit by this spinning of the
wheels.
Hank" Ward, known to most everyone
in the city who owns an automobile, will
hereafter devote his time and energy to
extOlShg the merits of the OdsmOble
line to the prospective car owner. lie
is now connected with the Pollock Car
Corporation, in the capacity OF a sales
man.
Beware Of Petromortis"' is the title
OF a paper contributed to ''Horseless
Age" by Dr. c. D. Enfield, who warns
the mOtorist that a deadly poison turks
in the fumes emitted by a gasolenc
engine.
During the last year several deaths
have been caused by carbon monoxide
gases confined in poorly ventilated
garages. This gas is created from the in
complete burning of EasOlene vapOr.
In the case of a gasolene engine, "
SAYS DR.. Enfield, this condition might
obtain as the result of poor Carburetor
adjustment, weak explosions, Over-supply
of gasolene: in other words exactly
those conditions which are very likely to
be found in a mtotr which is being run
in a shop.
Carbon monoxide is a very active
poison. 1t is the most poisonous con-
stituent of ordinary lighting or fuel gas;
it is the poison which kills in the tradi-
tiOnal Latin Quarter method of suicide
with a brazier of charcoal, the same
which accomplishes its work so quietly
in coal-gas poisoning. 1t does not cause
a feeling OF suffocation at first, so that
tho victims rarely try to reach the open
in time to save themselves; rather, they
fall quietly and easily into a state of
Inconsistencies from which. If its lasts
long, they do not return.
Carbon monoxide, as a poison, acts
on the blood. and through the blood on
the other tissues, particularly the nerv-
Gus system. 1t can and does cause pa
ralysis, deafness, convulsions and a large
group Of other symptoms. Often, if the
poisoning is not fatal, 1t leads to chronic
invalidism and mental weakness, which,
in varying degree, may last throughout
life. These are the severer non-fatal
cases.
"A little of this poison every day in
you to lose the use of your legs nor
your ears, but it will certainly make
you think a little slower. 1t will cut down
the amount of really frst-cIass work you
can do in a day.
THE remedy, for a small garage, is
simple enough, merely the lessening OF
this source of pollution as much as pos
sible and a more frequent exchange of
air. 1t Is often possible to have a pipe
with flexible connections so that the ex-
haust of any motor which has to be idled
can be conducted out of doors. Usually
It will be possible at slight expense to
nit two or three adequate ventilators
in the ceiling. 1t will always he possible
to open the windows wide occasionally
and let the poisoned air escape"