Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-31
THE REAL GASOLINE MARTYRS
They Are the Relatives and Casual Acquaintaaces of
Motorcm Ovners Who Will Be Deprived
of Their Free Sunday Ride
By SIMEON STRUNSKY

A LEAGUE of Relatives, Friends ana
"A Casual Acquaintance of Automobile
Owners East of the Mississippi is in process
of organization for the purpose OF protesting
against the fuel Administrations restriction
on the use of gasoline on SUNDAYS. On tne
.ba sis of 1000, 900 motorcars in the eastern
United States the membership of the new
league may be estimated at anNwhere ron
IS, 900. 900 to 5000, 900 souls. In return the
fuel administrator can count on the sup
port of about 1000, 900 people east of the
Mississippi; that is to say, the m
on behalf Of the League of Friends. Rela-
tiyes and Casual Acquaintances, etc, the io!
lowing brief has been presented:
First, This being a war for democracy,
the interests of the majority should pre-
vail. For every owner VINO VIII
save about $1.96 worth OF gas on SUNDAY
five relatives, friends and casual acqualnt-
ances will be deprived of a much'neeueo
holiday in the great open.
Second. 1t follows from the preceding
that every Sunday the automobile relieves
the strain on the railroads to the ex'eht Oh
five comparative strangers.
Third. 1t follows from the preceding that
the railway fare saved by the comparative
strangers may be invested In war-saVlngs
stamps. .
Fourth. Another gain for the w. 5. ).
ensues from food economy practiced by
said five comparative strangers, since the
owner usually pays for dinner
at the roadhouse.
Fifth. To win the war we must nave
perfect unity at home. Disagreeable neigh
bors have developed the most loNable
qualities with the arrival Of ones machine
from the factory. Families have been re-
united by the purchase of a machine; one
member of the family attending to the
nurchas Sc and the Observation-Disclosures,
cousins. nephews by marriage, etc.-at-
tending to the reuniting.
Sixth. Technical skill will help to win
the war. Every owner be-
comes a center of instruction in gas-engine
principles the least we can do with a host
is TO display an intelligent interest in the
way the one-man top is operated by press
ing the adjustable dingus on the carbu-
rotor. Motor guests never weary of in
ouiring into the slightest details of auto
mobile construction except when taking in
gas; at such times they become absorbed
in the scenery until due payment has been
made.
gress of Soviets of Cousins, Uncles
Rrothers-in-law, Neighbors. Club Mem.
bers, Fellow and Associated
Golfers and Bowlers of Private Automobile
owners of the United States of America
CXTRACT from Die weser Zeitung: TT
~ straits to which the American people
have been reduced may be gathered from the
following, a feSCTlpt py their loou uictdloI
Petrol may not be used in any sort of food
preparations, except at Sunday dinner; but
even then it may not be used in sauces o.
salad dressing or on plum pudding or as g
surrogate for alcoholic drinks"
TINE large and growing class of citizen!
/ who have taken to initiating the Whit
House epistolary style are herewith re
minded that by going back to May T. fo
MAY I not they will lose nothing in clear
ness and contribute their is per cent to TIT
/ conservation Of white paper.
t0THOU shalt not kill' is among the orig
inal Ten Commandments. Last Sunday
a visiting clergyman in New York offered Q
substitute Decalogue of his own, specifying
| within the limits of a single commandment
no less than three classes of Germans who
must be court-martialed and shot as soon a
practicable. The other nine commandment
maintain Shigh level Of vindictiveness on the
part of this visiting Jehovah. On the Other
hand. it must be admitted that the origina
| Tables of the Law would occupy only one
hfth the space devoted by the New Yorl
| Times of Monday TO the new revelation.
Last Sundays c~ommandmsnts were no