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Middletown transcript., 1917-01-13
Beware of MSweIled Had y

Don't get sWelled head. If you do
anything well, even more than well; if
you surpass your companions, fellow
students, anybody in anything from
lessons to athletics, from ingenuity to
popularity, let it go and treat it mere
ly as a condition, fortunate for YOU,
but let us hope not too unfortunate
for the other fellows. and if you wear
your excellence modestly, deccntly.
broad-mindedly. without showing hurt,
even if you feel it, at attempts to be-
little you, which are bound to follow.
then you will reap the surer benefits
of honest, generous and welcome praise
and cheer from others.
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Governor Townsend's Inauguration

The JOINT committee of the Senate
and House on the inauguration of Gov
ernor.elect John G. Townsend, Jr., of
Selbyvilie, next Tuesday, met Monday
afternoon, when preliminary plans for
the inaugural ceremonies were made.
The meeting was held in the office of
Governor Miller and in addition to all
members of the committee was attend
ed by Governor Miller, General ]. Pusey
Wlckersham, Everett c. johnson. of
Newark, whom Governor Townsend has
announced he will name secretary of
State and Colonel William D Denny, of
Dover, who has had large experience in
matters Of this kind. All suggestions of
the governor-elect, it was announced,
are to be carried out and nothing will
be done, in making the plans, unless it
meets with his approval.
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Modern Methuselah.

In the avis, or upper burial. ground
Of Germantown. there is tombstone
which gives the age Of him Who liys
beneath it, one John Adam. as nine
hundred and SiXty-nine years. The
records, believe. show that his
age was rightly siXty-nine, ana the OK
planation given is that the stonecuttcr
cut his nine first and then found he had
no room for the six. So he filed ip
the nine with cement ana cut behind
his first markings. Time having worn
out the cement reveals the to@ib of an
ancient fit to be classified with those
mentioned in Genesis-Philadelp
Public Ledger.
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ArpIYinn PHYSICS in a Street Car


one Of the fundamental theories iTou
were taught in your high school phys
les will save YOU i lot Of trouble ev-
cry day if YOU apply il
Straphangers in the street car lurch
forward when the car stops and back
ward when it starts. It's inCcHlenient,
especially if a 200-pOundcr hits you.
Remember that place in the physics
text: ITO every action there is an op-
pOsite and equal reaction
Well, apply it. When the car stops
lean toward the rear. When it starts
lean toward the front.
You lurch because you're tho Op-
posite reaction to the cars movement
Simple and practical isn't it?-Co-
iumhuS Dispatch.
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In Praise of the Rube.

To get into Iowa is TO feel at home.
remarks writer in the Christian ll@f.
aid. Iowa is peopled by "Rubes." The
more l see of the smart New Yorker
the more | love the 'Rube." A 'l,ubc,
rs | understand it, is 4 man Who hHS
not forgotten how to be human. Wis
tied a lot of them in Iowa and had the
time of my life. | rode behind three
horses and in a swift-running motor all
in one afternoon. Iowa takes its edI-
cation in colleges instead OF cabaretS
and the effect is easily seen. 1t is
Il wealthy state and that is not 50
easily seen. Iowans have learned
thar dollar in the bank is worth Two
in the earring and You may he conde-
scending to an IoWan capitalist with
out knowing that he could buy YOU
out and use you for hitrhing post
for his horses.
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UnbreakabIe Windows.

Repeated coats of raw or boiled lin
seed oil applied to a newly meshed wire
fabric will give a good substitute for
window glass The wire may be used
for many purposes, and is especially
good where glass might easily be
broken. The fabric may be dipped in
the oil instead of applying it with a
brush.
Middletown transcript., 1917-01-13
Sinuinq Contests in Norway.

Some of the songs Of Norway con-
sist Of hundreds of four-line verses,
which must surely be hard test to the
memory of the singers. Sometimes
two singers will have duet in such
a song, singing verse after verse alter
nately. He whose memory, or in de-
fault of memory, invention, fails him
first il loser.-From Norway, by NicO
Jungman.
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Lines 20 Be Remembered.

But the finest music in the room IS
that which streams out to the ear Of
the spirit in many an exquisite strain
from the hanging shelf of books on
the opposite wall. Every volume there
is an instrument which some melodist
of the mind created and set vibrating
with music as a flower shakes out its
perfume or star shakes out its light.
Only listen, and they soothe all care,
as though the silken-soft leaves OF pop
pies had been made vocal and poured
into the ear.-James Lane Allen.
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UpbuiIdinu the World,

If society is to be kept from slipping
back it must hold firmly TO the right Of
saying that wrong is wrong, no matter
who commits it or how guilty others
may be. If there can be no RESPONSE
bility and no condemnation till we get
q perfect world, there can be no way
of holding the world up to the level
which it has already reached. No more
than art can history be nonmoral it
is bound to give us lessons either for
good or for bad.-Exchange.
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Daily ThouQht.

It is for this purpose that we are
fricnds-that we may be of good serv-
ice one to another. Hast tnou
seen thy brothers at enmity? Recon-
cile them. Hast thou seen them
wronged? Stand up in their defense.
1t is not on them but on thyself that
thou are comforting the chief benefit.
st. Augustine.
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Estate of Carolina Clintonia Browne

Estate of Carolina Clintonia Browne
Deceased Notice is hereby given tn.
Letters Testamentary upon he Estate
of Carolina Clntonia Browne, late of
St. Georges Hundred, dece5 d. were
duly granted unto Martln ). burris on
the eighteenth day of December A. d.
1916, and all persons indebted TO the
said deceased are requested to make
payment to the Executor without delay,
and all persons having demands against
the deceased are required to exhibit and
present the same duly proba(ed to the
said Executor on or before the eigh-
teenth day of December A. H. 1917, or
abide by The law in this behalf
Address
Martin B. Burris
Middletown
Delaware Martin B. Burris
Executor
Middletown transcript., 1917-01-13
Dinner to Governor Miller

The members of Governor Charles R.
Miller's staff will tender him farewell
dinner on the evening of January 18th,
three days before the expiration of his
term as governor. The dinner will be
served in private dining room at the
Hotel DUPONT. !.
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To Improve Ones Work.

1t is good idea to hold little con-
ference with yourself before you start
in the days work, and plan every de-
tail of your work. When the day is
over and your work is done, take in
ventory of what you have done, see
what you have omitted and what you
have done poorly.
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Petrified Trees of Great AQe.

The petrifed trees of Arizona are
now of agate, amethyst, ETC., these
stone crystallizations having replaced
the original wood. They were once
submerged in an ancient sea and again
raised to earthly levels. Biologists
place their age at approximately 5O,-
100000 years.
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Hard to Decide.

Mrs. NewcOm-"Before we were mar
ried you said that my slightest wish
should be your law" Mr.. NewcOm-
Exactly, my love; but you have so
many various and well-developed
wishes that l am as yet unable to de-
eide as to which is the Slightest
Pittsburgh Post.
Middletown transcript., 1917-01-13
Word of Different Meaning.

Early means one thing to the farm
er and another thing to his city neigh
Dor. When the farmer speaks of get
ting up early he may mean four O'Clock,
while when the city man says he gets
I'D early he may mean six or eight.
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Good Reason. Too.

.One reason why we like to see a
woman with few fine children is be-
cause we know that the children keep
her so busy that she hasn't time 10
join society for the suppression of
something.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Mary Is ALWAYS Ponular

All over the English-speaking world
Mary is the most common Christian
name. Out of every 1000 English
people, 6S are named Mary, &C Will
liam, 60 John, and 60 Eliza.
Middletown transcript., 1917-01-13
Eoxy Jack.

Edith-"Oh, Jack told a dozen girls
he loved them before he proposed to
YOU" Ethel-"Well, that's all right.
When | spoke of it he told me they
merely represented steps in his pro-
gression to his present ideal.
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Ideal Community.

What a superb thing it would be If
we we're all big enough in mind to see
no Sights, accept no insults, cherish
no iealousies, and admit into our
hearts no hatred
Middletown transcript., 1917-01-13
How Some Arquments Are Won

"SOme men kin allus convince you
in an argument" said Uncle Eben, "be-
cause dey's got seech a fine flow of
language dat no matter whut dey says.
you's afraid to talk back"
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Uncle Eben.

High prices can't spoil thanksgiv-
in" said Uncle Eben. DE more de
turkey costs de more thankful you
ought to be dat you kin afford it."
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But He Didn't linoer

Tramp-"Can you assist me along
the road, mum?' Lady Of the House
PERSONALLY | cannot; but | will un-
chain my dog, and | know he will be
most pleased to do sol"
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DaiIv ThoIIoht.

look upon the simple and childish
virtues of veracity and honesty as the
root of all that is sublime in character.
Speak as YOU think, be what YOU are,
pay your debts of all knds.-Emerson.
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Breakaue,

"What was that terrible racket over
at your house this morning, Mrs.
Snith?" Nothing out Of the ordinary.
The maid broke some of our best china,
and my husband broke one of the Com
mandments"- s"-philadelp Ledger.
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PAID LOCAL ADs.

FOR SALE-Wago and Dearborns.
J. {. GREEN.
WANTED -Housekeeper, H'idower,
himself and family.
JOSEPH ! UGLAS,
@ $50, Del.
WANTED-Highest prices paid on
stump for ties, poles and other nber.
HOPES l1i..:.tI Co,
MI. { aba, Del.
HELP WANTED-Sevei;. lands for
saw-mill work. Also posi-. rai', tie
makers and pole cutters 10. wora near
Wilmington Address
HooPEs LUMBER 90,
Mi uba, Del.
have ve'y nice farm tu' sale 100
acres, stone road, right b.. he gate,
two miles of Niddletown one anu
see IlC DIT OlICt, d. l VA! = tHt ILLS
farm sold in less than ti;rtv days,
price right. JOHN HELDMYER, JR.
North Broad St, MddlelUwn, Del.
WANTED-A competent, hard work
ing, young married man to work as head
hand under the direction of the owner
on 800 acre river front farm in Cecil
County, Maryland, where field crops
and pure bred livestock are raised. Good
wages and generous allowance. Must
be able to take hold at once. None
need apply who is not thoroughly fa-
miliar with grain farming and vegetable
gardening. Refer ences will be required.
Apply at once, The Owner,
BEAUFORT FARM,
Earleville, Cecil Co. Md
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PUBLIC SALE!

At Klair Bazaar. Every Saturday,
rs to 100 horses of all kinds. Anyone
having horses to SELF bring them in and
get the cash, need not make any special
More wagon and harness
than any other place in the State. Sale
every Saturday.
VIM. H. KLAIR,
9Th g. Tatnal st., Wilmington, Del.
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ALI Qepends.

An exchange wants to know whether
red hosiery is dangerous. That de-
pends on whether a bull sees it or not
Florida Times-UniOn.
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FOR SALE-Dirt Cheap

Two Sypher incuht rrs, Que
holding 36 dozen egg oue 1
d"zen, both nearly neN; Il fine
clina closet. glass front etc zone
iron sink, % by Is inch he<, Z inch
deep. Particulars at
THIS OFFICE.
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Annual White. Sale
Low Prices of Other Years

days ago. Fogel Bun showed every color
Now, they broad expanse
of wheour January White Sale on superb display OF Muslin
excellent quality OF tabr1c and
makeup aues woman OF taste buy
few Underskirts Nghtgowns, CorsetCove
Combinations trimmed with lovely
imported elaboraey as you
z wish.
spite advances have been generally made IN
of the increased cost cotton from o
labor offering these splendid
al extraordinary LOW PRICES!
lizard credit that "Come and see for yourself our
reply seeing beeng old proveb And after
with the and carefully inspected these
wordthen and only then we
isn't now? Look but for moment
} at these prices:
Underskirts price 81 co. soc to $500
Mghgowns Special still 81 Co., others soc $780,
Muslin Drawers market 35c 75c price 25c to 5Oc
The White Goods for similar low figures
Again say, yourself, and don't buy till
the face of high and higher
Foge Buan indeed keeping good the big reputation
selling FINEST WHITE GOODS as low
anywhere earth and lower than at most stores!
Our Stock Taking "Finds'
These "Find we'll worth anyons while Odds and
while ovhauing the largest
Sore We advise all call who wish
goods below usual broken
ALL the fresh goods sold at
regular prices But this bargain Tang opportunity will
not last long. YOU care early.
FOGEL & BURSTAN DEPT. STORE
MlDDLETOWN, DELAWARE
sAASAS SASaS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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FOR SALE-Wagons and Dearborns.
J. {. GREEN.
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WANTED-Highest prices paid on
stump for ties, poles and other nber.
HOPES I1i..:.tI Co,
MI aba, Del.
The evening world., 1917-01-08
REEL man CONFESSES
REAL $1,000 HOLD-UP
Money Taken From Messenger
Is Recovered After Movie
Proprietor Bares Plot.

PITTSBURGH, Jan. s.-Announcc-
mcnt was made by county officials to-
day that John Hummel. Breckenridge,
Pa. movie theatre proprietor. has
made full confession OF the automo-
bile hold up at T%arcntum on Saturday
and has implicated others already
under arrest.
Iiummel also Informed them where
tho $4,000 taken from the Flaccus
Glass Company's messenger, the lat
ter an alleged accomplish. was hidden.
Besides Hummel. the police have
Daniel King and Carl Schwartz IN
custody.
John VI. Dunn. Assistant District
Attorney. guided by IIummel, went to
a point In the woods rear Tarcntum
and recovered the money. II was still
In the satchel In which II had been
hacked at the bank.
The evening world., 1917-01-08
BROKER DIES IN STREET.
q. ~. smith stricken On Way Ia
once From south Orange.

r. H. smith. forty-fve, n broker and
founder Of the Stock Exchange house
OF smith a. Company Mt No. II Broad
way. died suddenly to-day OF heart
trouble in front OF No. 81 Vesey street.
Mr.. Smith was OF his way TO his Office
from his home In South Orange when
stricken. lie was lead when Or. J.
Bisscll OF the Hudson street Hospital
arrived.
Mr.. Smith was n graduate Of Prince
ton In the class Of "a u n been In
the brokerage business fifteen years.
lie leaves n wife and four children.
The evening world., 1917-01-08
Police 20 Find Ills Nis.inl
Daughter.

! Albert Vekeohc. No. 20 West One
Hundred and Fortleth Street. told the
police to-day that his daughter Annie,
sixteen. who left the house Saturday
afternoon to 80 tn II store. had not re-
turned. Annie Is . feet . inches tail
and weighs about l25 pounds. She has
brown ey"s sandy hair and dark com
pleXion. she wore IA black plush coat.
white waist. black shoes and stockings
and "A blue skirt.
The evening world., 1917-01-08
IS EPILEPSY CONQUERED?
New Jersey Physician said 20 Have
Many Cures 10 His Credit.

Advices from various directions con
linn reports that the treatment Cor
epilepsy being administers by the con-
sultirfE physician OF the Kline Labora-
tories at Red Bank. n. j.. Is achieving
wonderful results. Ola ana stubborn
cases have been greatly betefited and
urcly cured.
Persons suffering from epilepsy should
write at once TO Kline Laboratories,
Branch 65. Red Bank, n. j.. for "A
supply OF the remedy, which is being
distributed Observation-Disclosures:
The evening world., 1917-01-08

Hotel Manhattan. think II looks
good for n settlement"
The photographers demand a 10 per
cent. increase, a minimum OF 80 cents
an hour for overtime. and two weeks
vacation, with pay. Tho New Haven
contends that these demands. II put
insp effect. would cost the road $780,
900 n year. The men have "A strike
vote TO back UP their demands if
mediation faIls.
The evening world., 1917-01-08
NEW HAVEN TO MEDIATE
TELEGRAPHERS' DISPUTE
q. w. W. Hanger to Begin Con-
ferences Tomorrow to Avert
Strike, II Is Announced

Mediation of the dispute between
the t~eiegraphers on the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad
will begin tomorrow at the Hotel
Manhattan. according I an
ment made by both sides to-day.
There were rumors that Judge w.
l. Chambers. head OF the Mediation
Board, would confer with the COM
pany and the men. but this was
denied by II. Il. Perlman. President
Of the International Union Of Rail-
way Photographers.
MY understanding is. he said.
shat @. w. w. Hanger will be the
mediator. He will arrive to-day and
begin his sessions tomorrow at the
The evening world., 1917-01-08
ARTIST ENDS LIFE WITH GAS.
Worried over Failure to Get Per-
mnncnt Position, Says Son..

Alfred J. l.. Houelie. fifty-two years
old. an artist. committed suicide by In
haling gas In the kitchen of his home
Mt No. 269s Valentine Avenue, the
Bronx, early this morning. His body
was discovered by his wife.
Rouelle's son. Alfred jr.. old Coroner
Hcaly his father had been doing work
for several firms. but that a recent
failure to get n permanent position
with n portrait making concern had de-
pressed him and startcd him worrying.
The evening world., 1917-01-08
"ADVISE ANYONE WITH A COLD TO
take FATHER JOHNS MEDICINE"
MOTHER PRAISES
This SAFE
FAMILY
MEDICINE

"I have been trou
blcd with colds In my
throat for several
years and get bron-
chitis every winter. ]
was advised by "A
friend TO try Father
Johns Medicine. / did
SO and received great
benefit. ! advise any
one suffering from
The evening world., 1917-01-08

colds TO use Father Johns Medicine. I also ~ ~ the
medicine TO the children. Edith and Clair. and their
colds never get bad" %(Signed) Mrs. Lettie Dunlap.
Medicine does its work in the logiAl way. It's gen
tic, laxative effect drives out impurities. Its
strengthening, bodybuilding elements build new
flesh and strength. Its soothing, healing clements
allay the throat irritation. And because II is guar
anteed free from alcohol or dangerous hays In any
form, II is a safe medicine for all III. family to
The evening world., 1917-01-08
Gns Rate Fixed by city Upheld by
I. =. supreme Court.

WASHINGTON. Jan. S.-An injunc-
ton OF the Ohio Supreme Court re-
straining tho Newark. Ohio. Natural
Gas Company from charging consumers
more than rs cents "A thousand feet, the
rate fixed In IA city ordinance OF March
6. 1911. was affirmed to-day by the SUI
prtmo Court.
The evening world., 1917-01-08
No Hope for "BuffRIo BiiI," Says
His Physician.

DENVER. Jan S.-"Col. Cody's con-
dition Is unchanged. There II practl-
cnlly no hope for his recovery" de-
clared DR.. j. II. East. the attending
physician. announced to-day. The pro-
posed trip to Cody. Wyo., Buffalo
iilrs" old home. has been abandoned.
The evening world., 1917-01-08

That is our apology,
that we are not perfect,
although we have demonstrated that
We are nearer that place than any n else
In tiredom.
A puncture Is really the hand Of fate.
If any tire of rubber and fabric runs over
the business end Of a nail, or a bit OF glass, or
a knife -blade, 1t is-well, II Is tire assassi-
nation from ambush, not a test Of a tire.
But there are degrees of puncturability.
And, while w~e-apoloaize hat ours are not
puncture-proof, we do assert that United
States Tires will resist the puncture bandit
Of the road 80 much more effectively than
any other tire, that we-and you may. too,
Hook upon the possibility as remoter than
the South Pole.
After all, the thing that makes or un-
makes tires is-wear-lDedv-WEAR;
the tire that wears lon9est-3ives most
m~ilea9e-4ives most satisfaction!
Because United States Tires piH giDe you
that longest loeaT, that most mileage. that
maximum resiiiencv. thGt efecttDe, eff
Client anti-skid service, plus the greatest
resistance to puncture. zoe assert the supre.
nacvof
The evening world., 1917-01-08

That is the u Of the matter.
The tire that gives the lowest cost per
mile Is your tire, isn't itf
What Is the answer
Everybody claims to have the lowest-cost-
per-mile tire.
But-there can be only one such-only
on peak to the pyramid.
What tirei-and how to prove III
You cannot try out all the claimants-
nor any considerable number Of them.
II you could get the jud1ments Of any
tire users, that would help you decide.
You cannot get In touch with many Of
them-but you can with . few.
Ask them.
n -then-balance up their judement
with this pointed and pre-eminent fact:
the proportion OF sales Increases Of
United States Tires for the lost year are
far, far greater than the proportion Of tn.
crease IN the number Of automobiles dur.
ing the same time.
In other words, We GOT not only our pro.
portion Of b increase, but Uerv much
more.
And motorists, As you know, continue 70
buy one make Of tire-because why1
because that one make OF tire gives mile.
aee-nOre mileaae-MOST mileage.
80
But we promised a frank apology. and
thus far we have nothing to apologize for.
We have:
the tire that riH oioe vou maximum resflienep;
the tire that is a really effective. enaeienf anti.
the tire tina. ril gire uou the lowess final cod
ice hare not a tire that cont punetu,e.
nor has anyone else.
The evening world., 1917-01-08
THIS is A FRANK


TEr Us be perfectly frank with each
other.
Because frankness besets under
standing and-con6dence.
And We want your confidence, Mr.. Tire
User who has never used United States
Tires.
In the first place, you want perfect tire:
"A the thst eii gtee vou maximum resuiency;
..S -: tue that q . really e''e'''s' efficient anti
"a tte shst wai sies you the iowet Ansi cost
- tie fhss eon's sunetue.
That 10 volv kind Of tire-the kind you
want.
That 10 also our kind of tire-the kind zoe
But did you ever get aN-mark you, all
you wantedf
Neither did we-ever.
But with United States Tires we have
come nearer-so near as almost to touch
the perfect point-than In anything else we
have ever undertaken to do, or, we believe,
than any other tire makes has succeeded
In doing.
Now, listeni
No, this Is not self-adulation.
Ii Is q. statement of f~act-which you, or
any other tire user, may easily verify.
II we are right, o will become a prompt
and steady user Of United States Tires.
II we are wrong, we will lose not only you,
but many another who would be bound to
know II we had humbueged you.
We have no apology to offer for the resil-
iency Of United States Tires.
On the contrary;-and we take a great
deal OF pride in the knowledge, beyond even
a dream of doubt, that we have that quality
par excellence.
Sidewalk construction-plus the right
material of rubber and fabric-eive us as
near the absolute Of resiliency as air under
pressure will allow.
And-note thisi-not only nearly perfect
resiliency, but In the sidewalk a stability
Of wear touehness almost beyond belief,
which make old buebear Side-wall Blowout
a~straneer to whom you won't be likely to
be introduced.
Anti-skid-efectlve. efficient to the nth
power!
No one-not even our most claimful con.
temporary-would have the face" to deny
the 0bvious-particularly to you.
Study the treads Of GU four ant-ekids,
the Nobbv'. the CHAIR. tho Royal
Cord, the 'Usco'.
Each is 90 obviously the master Of its field
that, upon examination and comparison,
the BIG fact of Its undisputed supremacy
In tiredom.
Miieaee-more for every mile of your tire
investment than ever before!