The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-06-23
The Radiator
ny MONTE W. soHN.

II you can drive car when all about
you
Pedestrians are walking in their
sleep,
If you can lie so Judges will not
doubt you
And yet not hold the roadside court
too cheap;
II you can better sixty miles an hour,
With lealxy rings and carbon by the
peck:
And not complain about the loss OF
power,
If you can queIl or keep your thirst
in check;
II you can see the stone-bEuise. heed
its warning
And never let the blowout spread its
blight:
II you can smile at seven in the morn
And keep that smile till twelve
o'clock at night;
II you can miss the ruts and bumps
Of touring.
And yet not make the street car
tracks your aim:
II you can think your wage is not
alluring,
And yet, drive dsy-in layout, just the
same:
II you can pilot Henry's lowly flivver
As though II were q Sunbeam or q
Rolls;
And keep your boss from jumping in
the river
When he has paid excessive fuel tolls;
II you can buy supplies and scorn
commission,
II you can aptly make your own re-
pair:
Nor tell your wife what's none OF her
affair:
II you are fond of horses and their
II you will guide their steps before a
pillow;
II you can keep q flower garden
blooming,
II you will rise at five and milk q
COW:
You may select from many jobs this
minute,
Thousands of owners advertise in
vain;
OF course-fifteen a week Ii all
there's in IL,
But think OF the experience you'll
gain.
The new STORY Of the Automobile"
by H. L. Barber is one OF the most
interesting volumes ever brought to
our attention. 1t is thorough, a quail
fly which few latter-day works on
this subject may boast, but it is dis
iilusioning in spots.
For instance, We learn that the
first automobile ever made was built
by Nicholas Joseph Cugnot, =
Frenchman. in 17T5. and in view OF
his association in the French engI-
neering corps, was in the form of q
tractor for a field gun"
This tractor"-stilI In the Paris
Conservatory-"has a single drive
wheel actuated by two single acting
brass cylinders, connected by an iron
steam pipe with a round boiler OF
copper containing fire pot and chin
neys.
"on either side Of the drive wheel
are located ratchet wheels. Pistons
acting alternately on these ratchet
wheels revolved the drive wheel at
quarter revolutions.
For the copper boiler additional
water was needed after the machine
had Travelled a few feet, the exhaust
steam quickly leaving the boiler dry. |
at had, unfortunately, no steering I
gear. and the oversight resulted in |
wreckage on its first trip"
Of late we have been making an
intimate study Of tire construction
and building. We have learned a |
number of things about the muscles
Of the tire builders forearms and
have come to the conclusion that the
proper price for retreading a casing |
should be about $73.13. To our mind, |
the qualifications of an expert tire |
repairer would be the patience of |
whatever guy had it on Job, the |
strength of a Samson, a smooth flow |
Of language, Chinese skill, the abil- |
ity to guess right and about forty |
years experience.
%Why," asks Harry, "do you sup
pose it is a Chahmers?"
Nothing could be simpler.
For the same reasons as Fawd,
Aubin, Dawt, Willis Knight, Oaklind,
0wn-Magnetic, and Jeffres.
The Stewart Lever quotes Mr..
Ford:
"If a man k1otcs tcheTs he . going,
soothing tOiH stop him"
Which is poor consolation for the 1
guy who is headed for bankruptcy.
After the Chicago motor races last
the track was sprinkled
with kindling and sawdust, torn up
by the cars in their tremendous con-
test OF speed.
Last week a misguided boob park
ed his car on the south side of the E
street car tracks, between Thir-
teenth-and-a-half and Fourteenth
streets.
By and by another NJ. B. came
along and parked alongside of the