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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
Do You Turn Off Your
 Bright Lights When Car
 Is Coming Toward You?
Or Do You Let the Approaching Driver Blink and Rave You Sail Serenely On?-Do You Violate Traffic Rules?-Do You Park Your Car at Curb for
 Night Without Leaving Light Burning?
By GEORGE BIGGERs.

Do you ever drive your car through dark. narrow street and encounter another car coming towards you wr.n headlights shining brightly? You promptly turn off your bright lights and switch on your "dimmers' because it is the only sensible, sane and courteous thing to do. The other fellow, blinded by your bright lights, notices your quick change and follows suit. Oh boys To use the words made famous by Briggs "Afn't it grand and glorious feeling?"
 And on the well-known other hand. suppose after turning on your dim mers' the other fellow glides serenely by with bright lights burning full blast, binding you and forcing you to slow up or to stop entirely for your own r1,c- lection? What is the nature of the re- marks that you whisper through clenched teeth then?
 There are few motorists in Birmng- ham who have courtesy and decency enough to turn off their bright lights when approaching another car on a dark street or road and then there are many, many others who do not care to take the trouble to reach for the switch. The latter are in the majority. You know 1t if you drive a car.
 SHOULD TAKE TROUBLE
 It's such an easy thing to do and can save so much trouble that all motorists
 
 bright lights when approaching another automobile. Everyone knows that driver loses all sense of direction and measurement of space when the lights from another car are shining right in his eyes. The natural impulse when blinded is to feel that your car s mead ed straight for the bright lights and that a crash is imminent. The driver then instinctively swerves to the right and often hits the curbstone. Many stop their cars and wait for the headlight ga zabo to go whizzing by It's the safest thing to do.
 Lenses are all right and may answer many good purposes, but the average fense will blind another motorist just &s quickly and as neatly as plain glass. "Dimmers" do not afford enough light to drive by outside of the center of town and therefore, bright lights are needed But at the same time, the cour- teous and safe thing to do is to switch off the bright lights when another car is approaching It IS so easy to do and can prevent no end of slight mishaps WILL HAVE ACCIDENTS
 Hardly day goes by that there isn't an automobile smash-up in Birmin gham. E Cars go by daily with dented bodies, fen ders mashed, wheels torn off and ths like. Broken glasss from smashed wind shields can be seen at all too frequent in- tervals on the streets. This is not an infrequent sight on the downtown streets. Of course, the abundant rainfall has played it's part by making the streets slippery and treacherous during big por- tion of the time. Reckless driving is to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
CAN'T FIGIIRE FEM

And here's the last joy thought for Birmingham motorists this week. What do you do when you approach or try to pass man Or boy on a bicycle?
 Tbere's only one sane thing to do, and that is, stop your car Have you ever been able to figure yet what person on bicycle is going to do? As general rule a person on a bicycle wobbles all over the street, swerving this way and that, turning head-on into the traffic and many other things that go to make the forever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02

immediate deliveries but they are listed among those fortunate enough to have several carloads of automobiles shipped to them before the railroad men went on strike in the north.
 R. c. Enel of the Birmingham Motor Company is one of the local men stick ing in Detroit these days He is at the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02

, be held accountable for some of it and the utter disregard for traffic laws can also be mentioned as reason.
 Automobile drivers will turn corners without holding out their hands; they will cut corners; they will back out of parking spaces without looking behind them; they will watch the sidewalks in stead Of keeping their eyes glued to the street and they will take chances. There seems to be no remedy for it at all. One good smash-up generally serves as a lesson but memories are none too good these days anyway.
 DON'T USE RED LIGHTS It's a great wonder that more cars aren't smashed up at night than there are in Birmingham Go over on the Southside some night and ride up and down Tenth and Eleventh avenues and notice the number of cars that are all lowed to stand at the curb all night. They are parked there every night and without lights. Both streets are narrow and on rainy nights it is impossible to see these all-night cars until right upon them Why they should be permitted to stand there at night without a red light showing is beyond our understanding.
 AND JAY WALKERS, TOO
 And while we are on the subject or violating common sense rules and cour- tesies among motorists, let's take fall out of the pedestrians who can be classed with the same kind of auto drivers and owners.
 What about the person who crosses T'v entieth street in the middle of T block. lodging out from behind parked car right into the path of approaching r., ,otor or street carp 'Jaywalker," that s the person we refer to. The town is full of them.
 Drive car down Twentith street all most any day and you'll have this eXperi- ence: Elderly woman darts out from be- hind a parked car right in front of you Sees your car approaching, jumps for word stops. then skids backward out oe range. Glares at you and moves lips as if provoked at recklessness of some automobile drivers.
 Sure, you've had that experience. That and many others. "Jaywalkers" can be seen daily cutting across the street at an intersection, passing right by the traffic officers station.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
Do You Know the Secret
 of Essex Leadership
t Is the New Light Type With Big Car Ability. Can Any Light Car Riual It's Speed, Power Or Endurance :?

miles. In three tests it travelled 5,87o miles, averaging above mile minute. An Essex stock touring car also holds the worlds 24- hour road record of 1,06l miles
 To those who had owned light cars, the Essex was revelation. It gave chem new sensation of stability and power. They found charm of appearance, riding ease, and pride of ownership that comes from posses sion of car they know none can surpass in performance.
The Washington times., 1920-09-05

Just as the first ray of the sun fell upon
the party the Arab who brandished the
cruel needle sank II into the poor girls
skin between her eyebrows. She screamed
and struggled and begged for mercy but
with the precision of clocks ticking the
needle rose and fell, penetrated with each
downward stoke far beneath the skin, into
the flesh, and leaving behind It the in
dellible purple stain which. so far as sci.
ence had known since the beginning OF
Arabian history. could never be removed.
Between the girls eyebrows the needle
made a crude arrow of little dots. The
arrow pointed upward-"to guide the girls
future thoughts to Mohammed." Below
her lower lip a similar arrow also pointed
upward, was formed, that "her spoken
words might be waited above with rever.
ence to the Prophet" Around the edge
OF her lower lip ive purple blotches were
placed to represent the FIVE daily prayers
OF Islam. The hieroglyphic representing
the special prayer OF her masters tribe
was pricked into each temple, and the
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his tribe, so that II she should run away
she would be recognized any place on the
Arabian or Syrian deserts, where the
Arabs and Kurds roam, as belonging to
his particular tribe. 1t is one of the un-
written laws Of the Kurds and Arabs to re-
turn to each other runaway slave girls.
Accordingly, one morning, before the sun
rose, Nargig was dragged from her couch
in the harem and taken outside. Three
of her masters tribesmen held her face to
the East, where the first glints OF the sun
might fall upon her, according to the an
cient Arabian custom when branding
slaves.
One OF her captors had within a little
earthen bucket, in which had been mixed
the strange inks made from herbs and
grasses, the secret OF which the civilized
world never has learned. Another captor
held in his hand a long, cruel needle OF
hammered steel The third bound her feet
that she might be easily held and pre-
vented from squirming too much in her
agonies.
(C) 1870, international Feature Service In
The Washington times., 1920-09-05
"The Slave Market"

slave girl brand of the tribe was drawn,
with the needle heated to a red heat SO
the dots would form scared line, in the
flesh at each corner of her mouth. Other
dots in symbolic design were pricked into
other parts of her face and across her
body, reaching from her throat to below
her waist, the needle fixing series of
symbols, each signifying verse from the
Koran.
These were variations of the tattooing
to which the other thousands of Christian
girl captives throughout Syria and Arabia
were subjected by their cruel harem mas
ters. Each was marked with the brand of
her tribe among the other symbols, and
thus each lost hope Of ever regaining her
freedom.
Nargig, however, managed to escape
into the city of Urfa, and to find there
true friend who kept her hidden for many
weeks in dark, dank cellar. At last op-
portunity came for her to be spirited away
to Aleppo. From here she was taken in
a caravan to Damascus, where there lived
a rich uncle, who had ostensibly accepted
the Moslem religion as protection for his
life and property. This uncle took her in
and succeeded eventually in getting her
to Constantinople.
Relatives who had come to America
many years before learned OF little Mar.
gigs plight and brought her to this coun-
try She arrived in New York three
months ago.
Nargig was taken at once to experts in
the art OF removing tattoo marks but each
OF these told her no method had been dis
covered TO remove these secret inks i'm.
bedded so far into the flesh Ordinary
tatooing could be erased, but not this
brand OF the Arabs. Little Nargig thought
she was doomed for life to wear heavy
veil whenever she appeared on the streets;
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sisters into the desert Nargig had been
the belle of all Sivas. She had been edu-
Gated in Constantinope, and was known
throughout the city for her proficiency in
music, needlework, and for her dernure-
ness and captivating charm Many times
the Turkish governors had cast covetous
eyes upon her, but her father was very rich
and powerful among the Armenians and
she was safe then from Turkish persecu-
ton.
When the massacres were ordered, how
ever hers was one OF the first homes de-
scended upon. All her fathers property
was confscated and he was turned out,
with his family, penniless and sent upon
the long walk into exile.
After many days of wanderings, during
which her mother died from exposure and
her father was killed by Turkish Zaptieh,
Nargig was stolen one night by band of
Kurds. They now were in the Arabian
desert, and after a time the beautiful girl
was sold, for three horses, to an Arab
chieftain, the Sheikh Tashin Melaz whose
tribe had come from the south to harrass
the deported Armenians.
The Sheikh Tashin took Nargig, with
others OF his prettiest captives, to the city
OF Urfa, at the edge OF the desert. Here
he put her up for sale in the slave markets
of that Moslem city She was bought by
a wealthy Arab. Abou Seraidz, who lived
with a band OF followers Just outside the
city. Abou took her TO his harem and com.
PEELED her to submit to concubinage.
II was by the orders of her master. Abou,
that she was tattooed. Abou declared his
liking for her and gave orders that she be
branded with the distinguishing marks OF
The Washington times., 1920-09-05

Here Processes of the Removal of the Tattoo
( Tn. Kne.dd Skilled Hands That the Skin Was
(2 Bahed
Which Draw the the
Skin Dissolve
Tightly Bandsed Around the Face for Weeks
Wh the Old Was Dissolved Leaving
Resemblsd Sunburns and Which
Two Four Weeks Leaving Nsrgg
Comely Ever
The Washington times., 1920-09-05
Tattooed by Her
23 Heartless Master as
a Living Symbol Of
Ownership and
z Religion Nargig
!. Abakiam, One of the
] Few Survivors of the

A Photograph OF NaTsis
os She Appeared Be-
fore the Tattoo Brands
Were Re m o vsd by
Science. The "Hoiy
Arrows" Are ShoWn
Bstwssn Her Eyes and
Bsnsofh Her LoWsr Lip.
AZ Each Corner Of Her
Mouth 10 the Brand Of
Her Matters Tribe.
Bstwssn the Tribal
Brands Are the Five
BIotches of Purple
Which Stand for Five
Daily Prayers of Islam.
The Dots Under Her
Chin Are Sym b o 10
Which Only the Arabs
of Her Tribe Can
Translate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-19

ers during the wa were passed by
the District Of Columbia Chapter of
the Rainbow Division Veterans at its
regular meeting last week. The chap
ter also discussed at length the
charges that former service men who
are partly disabled are not receiving
proper care, and a committee was an
pointed to make further inquiry.
The chapter has voted the Service
Mems Club at 1904 E street north
west as its official "dugout." and will
hold its next meeting there January
ID. All men who served with the
division overseas are invited. regard
less Of their affil:ation with the chan
ter. A vote of thanks was rendered
c. H. Harrington. secretary of the
club. for his work in behalf of the
Rainbow men.
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gHEr SUNDAY STAR, DECEMBER 49, 192o-PART 8

and Of the elective Offices only two
sIre being contested. The nominees, in
addition to Commander Swan are
EFrank L. Peckham. for senior vice
seommander; T. P. Randall. junior vice
commander: I. w. Curry and o. E.
White. sergeant-at-arms; DIR. A. M.
EZfnkhan. post surgeon; T. A. Tracey,
Joseph Fries and o. E. White. color
bearers.
The tentative list of appointive Of
nf1cers for the coming year includes
1E. Spence, assistant finance officer:
e. Spence, assistant finance officer;
George H. Fox, adjutant; T. A. Tracey,
assistant adjutant.
A dinner dance is to be given by the
post in the private ballroom of the
Arcade on New Year eve. the celebra-
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QUESTIONS and ANSWERS
FOR THE AsyTOMOBlLLS7S

the clutch pedal is about hair way
o,a@ and the clutch is beginning 70
take hold slowly disengage tne IS
and finish engaging the Gluten.
be speeded up and intermediate gears
engaged. Do not attempt 10 ensass
high gear until you are sure ,n1
speed of the car and size OF .ne
warrant the engine pulling snoo' ~
8. If tire goes fiat while the car
is in motion do not attempt to STOP
suddenly to prevent the rim eoses
from cutting the tire. Applying the
brakes too suddenly or with TOO mucn
pressure may cause the wneeI 70 n aoIS
probably be ruined. Also do not allow
the weight Of the car to rest for any
length of time on a Debated tire.
9. Improper combustion caused by
deposit excessive carbon in the cylin-
ders. Because this mixture consists
of hydrocarbon and air 1t Will, when
too rich. be slow-burning. and II not
entirely consumed during combustion.
will result in carbon being deposited.
and, mixed with oil which works past
the piston rings. will be baked hard
upon the walls of the combustion
, chamber, tops of valves and pistons
arf ct the spark plugs
10. Too late an ignition spark will
cause loss Of power and fuel. An ex-
cessive amount pf fuel will be con-
sumed because the whole of each
charge admitted to cylinders will not
be .combusted.> Loss of power Is due
to the fact that the spark will occur
when the piston is on its downward
stroke. called power stroke, instead
of at the beginning of the stroke or
before, il besirs: as in. high sfoAd.
when the, greatest amount, Of power
, should be derived from each explosion.
This Weeks Question:. @if
/. Why is it necessary for gasoline
! to be converted into vapor and mixe
with air before it can be used in the
automobile engine?
| 2. What is a simple way to discover
I, ccn,nression leak in a spark plug?
g. What is the simplest test Of an
! ignition coil?
4. In addition to a very lean car
buretor mixture. what will cause an
engine to backfre?
s. What are the usual causes Of an
engine overheating?
s. Can old motor oil drained from
the crankcase be used again az a
lubricant for the car?
Z. What may be used to clean the
cooling system of an engine?
! 8. II the engine stalls while the car
is going uphill and the brakes refuse
to work, what may be done?
h g. Should the tires carry more air
in cold weather. than in summer?
+ 10. What metal is the best electrical
conductor?
Copyright. 1920. Thompson Feature service.)
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Answers to Last Weeks >S~(.sons.
I. An extreme method to xs&sAr in
starting an engine in-eeld ss'S Ter
after printing and choking ha-S. seen
without success is t. coply
heat to the carburetor and ir pipe.
Use boiling water or hot sand -, IS by
applying directly to cafburetor and
inlet, then crank the engine to start.
Heot rnoa = vst!v = aDa~Zes -.
gasoline and makes it readily COM
bustibIe. The spark plugs may also
be heated and replaced in the CYL
inders.
2. Six dry cells are usually suf-
ficient for emergency ignition pur-
poses, when no other source of cur
rent production is used If dry cells
are connected in place of a dead
storage battery do not allow the cur
rent from a generator to pass through
them, as they are not made for re-
charging.
3. The spark control lever should be
in the retard position when first ad-
justing the carburetor. This is the
idling or slow speed adjustment,
When the engine runs well. advance
the spark and try acceierat1ng the
engines speed by opening the throttle
lever to obtain proper hlgn-speeo
adjustments.
4. Spark plugs points too close to-
Ectlef Will uOl dliO" -FShC Sho -
run slowly, as the flame area or
amount of expansion of the burning
gas charge will be too small A
large charge of mixture will burn
mole quickly than a small amount;
The-,fore -<hnn more fuel is admitted
TO the cylinders, as happens during
high speed, the engine will operate
more efficiently. but on slow speed
when a small charge is admitted, the
engine will miss fire.
s. Deposits OF lime on walls OF wa
ter Jackets or in radiator. frayed OF
CONSTRUCTED hose connection at radia-
tor. Jacket or pump, mud caked be
tween radiator cells, water pump
broken, an air lock in the cooling
system or frozen water are all cool
ing system troubles which. il neglect
ed, will cause overheating of the en-
CINE.
s. Because of the small passages
leading to bearings of the engine in
a forced feed lutricating system. the
use of graphite mixed with the mo-
tor oil is not advised, for ciogging Of
these passages may result.
Z When a car stalls while attempt
ing to climb a hill do not try to coast
backward down the hill. The first
thing to do is to apply the emergency
brakes. Lock the lever in place. shift
transmission to neutral and crank the
engine. When it starts throw out<the
clutch, shift gears to low speed. keep
ing the emergency brakes applied, and
engage the clutch very slowly. mean
while speeding up the engine. Whel
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ready have raised almost $500 to
finance a visit Of Santa Claus to those
whose fathers were disabled in the
world war. =
has contributed 500 to the fund ma
tional Capital Post the oldest and
largest in the District, has given $50;
Equality Post SEQ; Fred Barrack
Post, $50. and Walter Reed. Hospital
Post has raised SIS.
4 committee. representing the sew
eral posts is now making the pur-
chases for the children, and will make
provision for the distribution Of gifts
on Christmas morning.
The Walter Reed Post will hold an
open meeting tomorrow. evening, at
the order will be present, as will visit
ors from all other nearby posts.
Pest Has Elghteen Brides. 5..st
Casualties" have been heaxy among.
the members of BellaAH WNQ1 SPee&l
No. 4. of the American legion during.
the last year. for no less than eight
by the young women who served in
the Marine Corps during the war,
has succumbed to ailments of the
heart and gotten married during that
time, and all but two Of them have
married men who were in the, Marine
Corps. In consequence. a brides,
meeting Is to be held some time this
winter by the post. ~
The post will hold it's election on
December %. but no opposition is ex-
pected to the ticket which has been
nominated. Miss Marie Covert, the
present commander. declined to sue
coed herself to that office. and the list
of nominees follows: Il
Miss Ruth Graham. for commander:
Mics Emily Carey, senior vice com
mander:s Miss Daisy Titus -Cahill, in
NOR vice commander: Miss Violet Van
Wagner. chaplain: Miss Katherine
Pidgeon. historian: Miss Anna Norris.
quartermaster; Miss Carolyn. A.. Pink
ston, serEeant-at-arms; Mrs. Char
lotte Drinkwater. master-at-arms;
Miss Carol Hasson and Miss Helen
Null. color bearers:
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which Edward H. Hale Is chairman,
where the bonus bill and other meas,
ures Of interest to linen who served In
Hale. Capt. Woodside appeared be-.
fore the Senate finance committee last
Thursday to urge early action on tho
bonus bill which passed the House
last summer and Is now before the
Senate.
VIII REFLECT Swan.
Charles W. Swan, commander of
0ank Corps Post. No. -, Of the,
American Legion, has again been
nominated for that Office and no CD.
position has arisen to his candida CIV.
The post election will be held tomor-
row night in the Chamber of Com
merce rooms in the Homer building,
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ROAD TESTS PROPOSED.
From Motor Life.

FROM Motor lAfe.
The Asphalt Association. in cooper
alton with other interests. is contem-
plating testing road surfaces In an
effort to discover the type Of road
which will cause the least amount OF
wear on automobile tires and reduce
the present $1,000. 0oo. 900 annual tire
bill. An average annual outlay Of
SIPS by every one OF &. Ooo, 900 oVners
of 5000 900 automobiles tAnis stfbcks
for $4,000. 900 tires makes a total cost
for tires 81 900. 600. 0eo. THE 10 far in
excess of the amount OF money. ex-
pended Oh highways each yeak, and
II annually a saving o. k~.per cent
could be effected. II. wku&6 feFult In
a sum which. kpSk- cat,
would equal 5000 900. 600.
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Hear Cenn..aer-i.-CAief.

Capt. Robert G. Woodside. command
er-fn-chief of the Veterans OF Foreign
tai Post. No. 127. Of that order at its
regular meeting last week. where he
made an informal talk on the prog
ress the organization is making
throughout the United States. = =.
mander-in-chiefs visit to washington
was to meet with the national leRis-
lative committee OF the veterans. Of
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9th and Pennsylvania avenue south

9th and Pennsylvania avenue south
east ~
Other officers elected last week
were f. d. Snyder. senior vice COM
mander; Charles Reardon. officer Of
the day. and William Nichols, chap
lain. class of sixteen recruits was
initiated at the meeting. The relief
fund Of toe post was substantially in
creased by means of fines imposed at
some moot trials before the mast.
which were a feature of the post
meeting.
Object to '.Blue Laws"
. RESOLUTIONS opposing any enact
ment or enforcement of Sunday blue
laws. and protesting the release by
the War Department of men who
were conscientious directors slack