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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25
Chevrolet, at So,
Still a Daring Driver
Veteran Frenchman Who Starts
at Sheepshead on June ID Has
Been in % Accidents

Louis Chevrolet, who at fftv-thr.o
10 the daddy Of all auto racers ~
entered the international sweepstakes
the the sneepshead Bay Speedway on
.uhe IA to prove to the motor world
mat despite the handicap Of many
years, ne IL still as speedy as Tho
Youngest daredevil. Records in snort
faA 70 produce the equal OF this
swafthy Frenchman after nearly tb;rtv
gears speeding with Fate.
This will be the seventeenth so.xo,
for the intrepid veteran. Cbevro,et
nfst came here as the personal driving
representative Of Alfred Vanderh;l.
MS nerve, courage and racing sliii
.h@de MN admirers by the thousands
~ sn,S country. In the Vanderbilt and
.1fand Prize contests Chevrolet demon
tSfated ms claim TO be ranked with
me fastest divers Of that period r.
MAKE THIS wonderful record posnih1e
However, nearly cost tho daring French
man his life. Chevrolet has bean IN
t~snty~two racing accidents.
One especially bad smash-up IN a
rscc In Chicago In 1910 sent the French
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25
Jordan Shows Some
New Things in Chassis
Squeak Prevention Is Well
Worked Out by Two.Coil
Spring Devices

Motorists who viewed for the first
time the new Jordan models now on
McCurdy Brainard's floor discovered
several improvements to the chassis.
Most of these improvements can be
classed as reinements rather than inn
provements, because the Jordan chas-
sis is still the same in its essentials.
Not satisfied with an aluminium BODY
to eliminate the most annoying rattles.
the Jordan Company adopted a pat
ented spring device which now prac-
tlcally eliminates "the last squeak"
The device consists of two coiled
springs, one on each side of the main
spring, with ground steel washers in
serted between the chassis spring and
the coiled spring to provide good wear
ing surface. A self-adjusting grease
cover incloses the coiled springs. The
whole device is packed with graphite
grease.
Specially designed rear springs allow
the car to hang lower, which is always
a factor in improving the looks of a
car. The springs have been designed.
too, for fast driving over rough roads.
Much weight has been eliminated
from the car, the Silhouette four-pas-
senger tipping the scale at only 215O.
The seven passenger weighs 3,24O
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25
Chalmers Turns
Up a Fuel Record
Twenty-three Miles to the Gal.
lon Is Mark Returned in
Test Over Ohio Roads

More than twenty-three miles to the
gallon is the gasoline record made
by a Chalmers in Ohio. according to
information received yesterday by
Harry j. De Bear, Chalmers branch
manager here.
"This is perhaps little better than
the average Chalmers consumption"
remarked Mr.. De Bear, "and it is all
the more sensational when it is known
the record run was made with three
passengers and over dirt roads near
Bellevue, Ohio, where great quantities
OF sand make auto touring very hard
at places.
THE Hot-Spot has much to do with
this record OF economy. We have
owners right in this section who are
getting maximum mileage IN their
Chalmers. 1t is not question of go
ing farther on gallon OF gasolene. but
OF extracting more power and allow
ing less wastage on every gallon that
passes through the manifold
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25
Motor Course Will
Help Owners to License

The automobile course given by the
Colt-Stratton Company has become
popular among motorists because the
lessons enable car oVners or opera
tors to obtain broad understanding
of their machine necessary to obtain
the greatest amount of pleasure and
service from it.
The course gives a sound, funda-
mental knowledge of the mechanical
construction, the care Of the car, the
prevention of common troubles and
the principles of correct driving Au-
thorities from the Willard Storage
Battery Company, the Northeast Elec-
trio Company, the Goodyear Tire
Company and the New York Police De-
rartment lecture on their respective
subjects.
Enough emphasis cannot be laid on
the necessity for competency in motor
car operation, the lack of which is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25
Another Maxwell
Goes Far in "a Hours
Virginia Car Goes 673 Miles in
High Gear Twice Around
the Clock

That Maxwell sturdiness is as
prominent in the Easr as the far West
is proven in news Just received by
harry j. De Bear, local Maxwell man
ager. The first twenty-four-hour nom
stop, high-gear record by the Maxwell
was in Los Angeles, April, this year,
when 734 miles was made in twenty
four hours. Several weeks later a
rival car in Oklahoma attempted to
beat this twenty-four-hou record, but
failed by seventy-three miles.
"The latest Maxwell triumph has
been in Virginia." says Mr.. De Bear.
"In the face of far more serious
weather difficulties the Virginia Max
we'll was unable to equal the sensa-
tional mark of the Maxwell in Los
Angeles, but did, however, surpass the
mark of it's Oklohama rival by twelve
miles.
"The Virginia car was standard
stock Maxwell and had low and second
gear removed before starting, and the
record made by the oriver at Fairmont,
Va, has never been approached in that
section Of the United States. The old
673 miles was made on an average of
twenty miles to a gallon of gas under
very trying conditions. Twenty eight
miles an hour was the average speed
maintained all day and night"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25

daredevil to the hospital for eight
months. While lying on his cot the
veteran announced his retirement from
the dangerous sport. But recovering
from his injuries the great wish to
try out his speed creation lured the
veteran back to racing, and he's been
steering wheel ever since with in
creasing success.
In action Louis Chevrolet is spec
tacular figure. Daring in the extreme,
he is Of the circus type of driver.
who is either showing his rear wheels
to all opponents or making hasty re-
pairs in the pits because an over
strained engine couldn't yield little
more speed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25
5OO-Mile Race at
indianapolis Nav 81

The 5oo-mile race, which makes .
Hoosier holiday, will be run next S..
urday at Indianapolis. The contss, :;
for purse of $4,000, and the cr,.,
drivers of this country and Eurona
are entered. The list of those W.
hope to start totals forty-three. NV
The contest provides a great ava.
for Indiana generally. 1t WASN'T hs,s
IN 1917 or 1918 for patriotic reason,
or so the promoters said. '''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25
Jim Vaughn Was Once
A Nash Factory H..

Jim Vaughn, star pitcher for ~.
Cub team, performed in Chicago rs
Gently under the admiring ewes =,
1900 fellow townsmen who trave,,ss
nifty miles on special trains to see ,hs
former employee of the Nash Motors
Company pitch against Cincinnati. Thu
occasion was known as Vaughn. Ko,'
osha day and Hippo" made good "a.
his fellow townies, defeating the Rad.
by score of 4 to 3.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25
Great for Both Car and Tire

A tire mileage record which illus
trates the durability of Goodyear cord
tires is one established on a Franklin
touring car belonging to E. M. Murray,
of Pasadena, Cal. This tire has now
travelled 10000 miles and is still in
condition to go several thousand more
miles. Included in this mileage are
$500 miles Of transcontinental touring.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25

pounds M This is the lightest ch..,,.
on the road for 127-inch wheelh.ssssu
Ordinarily, the extremely l;yht
~ snort wheelbase vibrates up ana
aswn' and the extremely heavy ~.
on the short wheelbase cannot GO. car
the wear and tear of side sway Jossp ps
CLAIMS for his new car that Il S ~.
oanlshed both difficulties. The wha as
secret he says, is in the haneins as
the car and the design of the snr;,s -.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25
''Wag" in the Tire Business

Fred J. Wagner, long known as
"Wag, the flag wager" because of his
years as starter of automobile racing
events, has started in the tire bus;nes.
The Fred ]. Wagner Tire and Rubher
Company is at 2s1 West Fifty-eighth
Street, just west of Broadway.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25
Hitting on All Twelve
GET. Scharps

Following upon the conference called
yesterday in this city by the Secretary
OF State to get suggestions as to the
form that examinations for automobile
operators in Greater New York should
take, it will not be long before the
system of examining all applicants for
driving licenses here will be put into
effect At present the 81 fees are in
force and have been ever since Gov
ernor Smith signed the Knight
Wheelock bill. The only part of the
law which does not go into effect until
August l is that section which provides
for Today permits to be given to ap-
plicants for licenses while they are
learning how to drive their cars.
This should be a good season for
automobile schools, because it will be-
come imperative for owners to know
more about their cars before thew can
qualify for licenses. An increase in
the enrolment of a great many schools
has been noticeable. Automobile COM
panies make it a practice to give at
least three hours of instruction to
purchasers of their cars, and this
coupled with the driving practice under
the permit system will be enough to
qualify the more capable and me-
chanically-inclined car buyers to take
out licenses. But in the main it will
be found necessary for most motorists
to get rather more instruction than
this permits of.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25

of Overland cars right now and will
have its effect upon subsequent OUTPUT.
The trouble at the Thinker axle plants
has had Its effect upon those automo-
bile manufacturers who use Thinker
axles. Some of them do not have any
considerable supply ahead and their
production will be held up for lack of
aXles to finish off their cars, unless the
trouble is soon settled. The Fisher
Body Company also is having trouble
with its employees and this again will
have an unpleasant result for those
companies which buy Fisher bodies to
mount on their chassis.
What the extent of passenger auto
mobile traffic is from state to state
there is no means of knowing. Here
and there, though, are figures which
give some indication of its extent
There are, for example, the statistics of
private car travel in Yellowstone Park.
No less than 1900 persons travelled
through the park in the season of 1918
IN private automobiles Naturally. the
greatest number of these came in cars
bearing the tags of states which border
the park-ldaho, Montana and Wyo-
ming. But 456 travelled in Colorado
cars, 1854 in Utah cars, 648 in Wash
lngton, 152 in Illinois, 235 in Iowa
SUI IN Kansas, 1o1 in Michigan, 224 in
minnesota, FOG in Missouri, 529 in
Nebraska, 80 in Ohio and CT in New
York cars.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25

Labor unrest Is seriously affecting
automobile production. Such trouble,
for instance, as that of the WHY'S
Overland Co. checking production for
considerable time means a shortage
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25

HIGGINS WRONX)
INDIAN HEAD TIRE co
JENNINGS ST. GAR. co
GEO. IEVEENE a co. INC.
LEMON AUTO TIRE WKS,
METCALFE & JAMES
MANHATTAN MOTOR SUP. CO.
NEW YORK TIRE & SUP. co.
III. RAY PAIGE & co.
PREMIER TIRE co.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25

BERGAN g. ZAAGER
NJ. c. CUEFE
HARRY N. DOLKART
JOHN r. DRISCOLL
DRUBIN TIRE co.
FORDHAM SO. AUTO SUP. CO
Q. GOLDBERGER
GLANTZ AUTO co.
HARTFORD TIRE co.
HUDSON RUBBER co.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-08-23
Make Most of What You Have.

Shakespeare says, you can't turn
the wheel with the water that is past" T"
The modern age says, you can't excel
in fitness when you spend the hours
in idleness." Dreams of the glory that
is to be are largely dreams still long
after the Gays are past that should
have witnessed the crowning. But life
is more than dreams. Most folks have
learned to their sorrow that it is a
rather stern reality. 1t promises much,
but it's always conditional. 1t teaches
men that in the using of what they
have they become the heroes of the
days that are to be- It's the filling Of
present hours that brings the full hours
of the future. It's folly tc mourn the
past. It's all made in the present and
today passes so swiftly into tomorrow
that we scarcely realize how swiftly
go the speeding hours
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-08-23
ST. dP9:;e:E::zzI..Ig5E g.: s z.|'SIA2 z51z21
Author of AT GoodEOTd SfWssa" 81
STENOGRAPHERS.

A stenOgrapner IS a young lady
who takes down the hard thunk
thoughts of her employer in note
book and afterwards edits and i'm
proves them on Il typewriter, as
soon as she has done up her cuffs, re-
vised her hair, manicured her nails
and modified her complexion.
There was time when there were
no stenographers, and business Off
men swore and wore hats, smoked
cigars and kept their feet on the
tables and their coats on hooks in
the closets Then the CHEEKY stem
Ographer was invented and through
her coming, most or the gloom har
been dispelled.
StenogTaphers are manufa ctUrel
by business colleges out Of shop girls
farmers daughters and assistant
Aousekeepers, with now and then Z
high school graduate as a prize pack
age. They have good educations and
can spell almost any small word by
ear. However, the memory Of the
average stenographer is somewhat
defective, which makes it almost i'm
possible for her to understand her
notes after they have stood for Q
few minutes.
" Stenographers are great linguists
and are forever inventing new words
and phrases. A stenographer will
write Supreme Cuff,' ''snuborgin-
alton" witnesses be noses and
says" and other remarkable improve
ments on the language, without CIV
ing It a thought Indeed most Of
them are very modest over these
achievements and will take half an
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-08-23

Wings Of cellulose acetate, being
transparent, make an airplane invfsi.
bic at the height of a few thousand
feet, also increasing the operators
field of vision. Sheets one one-hun-
dredth-inch thick are about as strong
as the ordinary wing cover, and the
weight Of nine ounces to the square
yard Is but slightly greater. The rap
Id spread of a tear when started is a,
disadvantage that may be overcome
with a reinforcing of loosely woven
silk.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-08-23

It used to be thought that sleep hap
pened because the circulation of blood
through the brain grew so feeble that
this, the seat of consciousness, could
work no longer and sleep took place.
Many years ago surgeon study
ing the subject watched the failing cir
culation OF the brain through a hole in
the skull of sleeping animal. Yet
this is only effect. not cause. Tho
brain has less blood because 1t sleeps;
1t does not sleep because 1t has less
blood.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-08-23

The cult Of the candle plays large
role in Roman, Jewish and Eastern
ecclesiastical history; and many are
the customs that have their birth In
some magical or rltualistic use to
which the candle has been put. In
some parts of Ireland, for instance, it
was usual on Christmas eve to burn
a large candle which no one was per-
mitted to snuff except those who bore
the name of Mary.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-08-23
Important Rivers.

Just as Egypt has been made by
the Nile, so MesOpotamia has been
made by the Tigris and the Euphrates.
The view put forward with some au.
thority that the rivers should be kept
exclusively for irrigation and not be
depended upon for transport is chnl-
leDged on many grounds, one of which
is that irrigation and navigation can
be effectively combined, and indeed
made mutually advantageous for
many years to come.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-08-23
The First Gas Resnirator.

The first apparatus to enable per-
sons to enter a noxious nfiammable
atmosphere was called an "aerophore"
and was the invention of M. Denayr-
rouse, a French inventor and scientist
1t was first tested at Chatham, Eng
land, "A years ago, and was reported
successful. Vast Improvements on
this device, which comprised an air
pump, lamp and flexible tubing, have
since been made and these have saved
the lives of hundreds in mine accidents
and other disasters where rescue work
would be impossible without their use.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-08-23
EatefuI DAYS.

Certain days have been marked ones
in some persons lives. Nearly all the
chief events of Thomas a Becket's
career, including his murder and the
translation of his body-occurred on a
Tuesday. Henry VIII and his three
children-Edward Mary and Eliza
beth-expired upon the same day OF
the week-ThurSday.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-08-23
Dark Aces.

The term is applied to a portion Of the
Middle Ages, including the period OF
about 1000 years from the fall Of
Rome to revival Of letters in the If
teenth century. 1t Is generally re-
garded as beginning with invasion OF
France by Clovis. 486 A. D.. and clos
ing with invasion of Naples by Charles
VIII in 1895. Learning was at low
ebb during this period.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-08-23
Test of WooIens.

One test is to cut off a bit of the
.selvedge and touch a match TO it. If
1t shrivels up, but does not burn, it is
wool, but if the fabric burns with a
flame it is cotton. Another way is to
put a bit of the cloth in a test tube
or other glass receptacle with a solu-
ton of caustic soda. The soda will
,eat up the wool, leaving that which
Is not wool.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-08-23

In spite of the old adage TO the con-
trary, some things done by halves ara
done most satisfactorily. as for exam
pie the much-used Quinslgamond
bridge at Worcester, Mass. Here traf-
fic suffered minlmu1 of interruption
by completing and putting into use
one longitudinal half OF the new struc~
tTre before the other half was built.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-08-23
The World Is cnee n. z

Doctor JuhnSon'S old sh0olmate said
that he could not be a philosopher be
cause 'cheerfUIness was always break
Ing in" Our world of mankind cannot
be that kind of a philosopher either
for the same reason. 1t may have its
moods and deHressiOns, or prove 70 the
utmost the reaSonabienesS of despair /;
but there is an inexhauStible we'll
spring of vigor within 1t. and vigor is
another word for joy.-From the On
popular Review.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-08-23
lime Is Money.

In Korea, both among prosperous
Christians and among those to whom
money is hasty and infrequent vis-
itor, a favorite subscription blank is
one which says: "T promise to give
- days to church work this year"
The days thus given are devoted to
evangelistic services or to the building
of churches and scho0ls.-World out
look.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-08-23
ORDERING Ones Life.

Take time to scrutinize your life.
Try to define just why you are run"
and decide for yourself that If you are
going TO be ruled, as most of US are,
it must be by something or somebody
we'll worth the arduous sprinting we
are all indulglng in. If the goal to-
ward which we are being steered is
worth while, only then can we look
back and feel that the race has been
well run.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-08-23

hour Of their employers valuabls
time to convince him he is entitled
to all the credit of the improvement
Stenographers get from So a week
to $4,000 a year and earn less and
more than this. A poor stenograpber
is dear at So week, while there IS
always waiting list OF eager en-
ployers for the $3.50 a month stenog-
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-08-23

Robert had lost his little pet dog and
felt bad about 1t. His father told him
poor little Tido must be dead or he
would return home. His mother sent
him on an errand, when he met wom-
an friend of his mothers who asked
him II he was Ill, as he had little to
say. "Oh, no." he said. "but my little
dog Is dead and 1 am wearing black
look"
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-08-23
The Lee Family.

The Lee family OF which Gen Robert
e. Lee, commander of the Confederate
army during the Civil war, was q NOM
Der. was Of>English origin. One of his
ancestors emigrated to Virginia in The
reign Of Charles l, and the family was
prominent then. during and after the
Revolutionary war-COlumbus Dis
patch.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-08-23
Rusty Steel.

To clean rusty steel, we'll oil the
rusty parts and set aside in this state
for two or three days. Then wipe dry
with clean rags and polish with emery
or pumice stone. When very rusty and
a high polish is desired rub the article
with a little slack lime.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-08-23

A lake near Blggar. Saskatchewan.
has been found to be saturated with
sodium sulphate, and the deposits un-
der the lake and alongside the edge
to be nearly 81 per cent pure sulphate.
The mineral is used extensively in the
manufacture of sulphuric acid. In pho
Biography and other industrial pur-
poses.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-08-23

Said the facetious feller: These
golf fanatics get lot Of satisfaction
out of reducin' their strokes from last
season. but the real Joy of life comes
from bein' able to reduce the number
of tons of coal from the winter be-
fore"
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-08-23
How Could He!

"Pm terribly worried ! wrote Jack
in my last letter to forger that l had
told him / didn't mean to reconsider
my decision not to change my mind,
and he seems to have misunderstood
e."-Life.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-08-23
His Ruling Thought.

One hears u great deal about the
absent-minded professor. but it would
be hard to find one more absent-mind-
ed than the dentist who said soothing
ly, as he applied a tool to his automo-
bile. under which he lay Now. this
is going to hurt just little"
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-08-23
Size of the Foot.

The foot should be as long as the
ulna, or chief hone Of the forearm
that is, from the small head of the bone
to be seen at the wrist to the point of
the elbow should be the length Of the
foot.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-08-23
Fortunate Is Our Country.

1t is stated that the United States
has 5 per cent of the worlds popula-
tion and SO per cent of its wealth. In
other words, one-twentieth of the peo-
pie and one-third Of the money of the
whole world.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-08-23

Psychological tests are being used
by the United States employment serv-
ice in New York to aid in determining
the work for which applicants are beat
fitted.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-08-23

In England during the early days Of
motor vehicles, there was a decided
preference for the name "motorhouSe"
rather than garage"
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-08-23
Use Reason.

You've got to leaven your work with
some planning and thought. A fire
less cooker doesn't do the business un-
til heat Is applied.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-08-23
Cai: noucnt.

%'is23in is o'tri.!ieS nearer when we
SrCcp than when. @e soar Words
worth.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-08-23

When a man lacks principal he nat.
orally fails from lack of interest.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-08-23

typeuorite d letter or too. a
rapher who sharpens her pencils In
her spare time, and writes letters
which can be "signed but not read"
Stenographers should always dress
modestly and refrain from anything
but business conversation during of
fee hours. Unless they do this, they
ire very likely to become million
aires wives, or to meet some other
equally terrible tate. Gs