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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-05
BY THEODORE P. MOVES.

Today marks the beginning of mo
Accident Week." designated as such by
the Commissioners of the District of
Columbia in the interests of safety for
the motorist and pedestrian.
While it is called week" it is
hoped that the effects from the pub
1icity and agitation given this project
will have a lasting effect, and the
pedestrians of the city will cultivate
habits that will be long Lasting.
1t is called mo Accident Week" to
rivet the attention of the entire citi-
zenry of Washington to the serious
situation in regard to traffic, and aft
be changed to mo Accident Era"
Every citizen and every policeman
in the city should do his utmost, not
only this week, but in the fifty-two
dents and to encourage proper think
ing in regard to traffic problems.
Advertising Campaign.
With placards, posters. stickers.
lectures and parades it is planned to
bring the lesson of safety home to
every man, woman and child in the
District.
With the organization of the safety
council of the District of Columbia.
under the leadership of Maj. Gessford,
chief of police, on a permanent basis,
and week of publicity given over
entirely to safety, as the first demon
stration of efficiency of this organiza-
tion, the results are bound to be felt
in all parts of the city.
1t is planned to hold wrecked car
parade. That will impress upon the
automobile driver what may happen
to his car if he should even momen-
tarily forget the lessons of safety
which are to be taught during the
week. 1t is good idea, and here's
hoping that sufficient number Of
cars of this description can be found
to make such a parade a real object
lesson. There have been plenty of
wrecks in this city of late, and it
should not be hard to secure some Of
these damaged cars.
The people who do not own cars
should also take advantage Of the
week to study traffic problems. If all
pedestrians knew as much about traf-
fic as the average automobiles, there
would be less i'll feeling between the
two.
Would Realize Problems.
II this were the case the pedestrian
would realize the problems Of the
motorist to a much greater degree
than he does at present.
When car does not seem to give
him the proper amount of space in
the street he seems to think that
the motorist Is a potential murderer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-05
BRAKE INSPECTION
URGED FOR SAFETY
y. Curtiss Walker Also Ad.
vises Observance of Sig
mailing and Speed Rules.

Regular inspection of brakes. OBJ.
seryance of the speed limit late al
night and carefulness In hand signal
ing would eliminate many accidents
on the streets of the city, according
to ]. Curtiss Walker. vice president
I and manager of the Walker Motor
Company, local representative of the
Lafayette.
In commenting on mo Accident
week." which begins today, Mr.. Walk
er pointed out the necessity of rigid
traffic observance on the part of all
motorists and cited the reasons for
many of the accidents which have
happened recently in Washington.
"A large percentage of accidents
could be eliminated II drivers would
make a practice of driving more
slowly after ~ o'clock at night" said
tendency on the part OF motorists
returning from theaters and cafes
about this hour to think because
there is little tran1c on the streets
that it Is a good time to speed up
If drivers would give this a moment
consideration they would realize the
feolhardiness and extreme danger OF
such a practice. as at pracaceily
every cross-street they run the risk
of meeting another driver who has
the same idea about the streets being
safe for speeding at this hour.
Attention to Brakes.
ALSO, il motorists would give a
few moments attention TO theIr
instance-and see that they are ad-
justed properly. a number OF side.
swipe collisions could be avoided.
Very few accidents result from per
fectly1 straight skid. 1t 10 usually
having one brake adjusted tighter
, than the other. that does the damage.
do not believe that 1t Is an exag-
geration to say that poorly adjusted
brakes on wet streets are worse than
none at all.
In driving about town on a rainy
day it is more or less guesswork as
to what the car in front of you is
going to do. as motorists frequently
drive with their side curtains or win
dows up, and neglect to lower the
glass or open the door, as the case
may be. to give the necessary hand
signal before making a sharp turn.
This neglect on the part of drivers
is the cause of frequent accidents.
signal wouId Help.
Although numerous accidents arc
attributed to the carelessness Of Pc
deStrains. the fact must not be over
looked that a signal from the driver
would help matters great deal. 1t ID
bewildering for the pedestrian cross
ing the street to fnd suddenly a car
apparently bearing down upon him.
I'm cases of this sort. ~ tho driver
would signal for the pedestrian to
continue crossing the street or to
stop. whichever was deemed expe-
dent, the pedestrian would grasp the
situation In an instant. and an acci-
dent or near-accident would be
auniAad"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-05

rides on your vehicle.
Watch for the pedestrian who tries
to cross the street after you have re-
ceived the traffic officers signal to
30 ahead.
Keep your windshield free from
rain and snow.
when parking on an incline see
that your brakes are properly set
and turn the front wheel to the curb.
DO not park in restricted areas.
See that your lights are properly
lighted when driving at night.
do not stop abreast Of another
vehicle.
do not park at an angle on streets
where parallel parking only is per-
mitted. and always leave sufficient
space between your car and the car
in front to permit moving out of
parking space.
do not employ an incompetent chauf-
feur
DO not permit children to drive
your car.
"Have good lock put on your car
, and use it.
DO not leave your car with the
motor running.
Keep a record of factory number.
license numbers. motor number and
number Of parts.
What Observance Means.
THE observance Of these rules will
be a factor in:
1.-The avoidance of injury to your
self and others.
1.-THE avoidance of damage to your
own or another's property.
THE avoidance of being deprived of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-05
USE CARE WITH HAMMER.
Amateur Repair Men Often Do
Much Engine DAMAGE.

Care in the use of the machinist's
hammer, which forms part Of the tool
equipment Of every automobile, is one Of
the first things the amateur automobile
repair man must learn when working
around tho engine. says a writer in the
current ISSUE Of American Motorist
With this hammer he can do more dam
age in a moment than n good man can
repair in . week. His nryt inclina tion
II to use this form Of persuasion on any
and every refractory part, and this is q
desire which should b overcome
Not only should the hammer itself not
be used on any metal parts without the
Intervention Of block Of wood to pro-
tect the surface. but care must be exer.
ctsed to avoid hitting the other parts
through the inaccuracy Of aim that dis
tineuishes the unskilled wielder Of this
tool.
poorly aimed blow that misses it's
target and lands on one Of the valve
push rods or similarly vulnerable parts
with any degree Of force Is apt to
cause trouble of an expensive nature
1t is a good thing for the novice to be
sparing In the use of his hammer as a
cure-all. Do not resort to it unneces-
sarily. and do not use sledge-ham-
mer blow where light tap will do the
work. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-05

the use Of your car.
"The avoidance of the theft OF your
car.
"And will put you on record as one
who appreciates the value Of caution
suEgestions to Pedestrians.
Pedestrians:
Don't be a .jaywalker.' -.,-.-.-...
Gross streets at crossings.
Look to the left until you get in
the middle of the street; then look te
the right.
Spend less time in blaming the
other fellow. and more in trying to
correct your own faults.
do not stop to hold conversation in
the middle of crowded thoroughfare.
|. The wife of a careless man is al
most a widow.
mot Whose fault was it? but Gould
it not have been prevented
''Methuselah lived nine hundred and
sixty-nine years. He was a careful
man."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-05
WOULD YOU AVOID ACCIDENTS?
READ AND OBEY THESE Rules
Police Department Advises Motor Car
DRYERS and Pedestrians How to
Enhance Ciity's Safety.

In view of the large number of
traffic fatalities in Washington re-
Gently and in connection with mo Ac-
cident week." the metropolitan po-
lice department has prepared the fol-
lowing statement, which is gotten up
in pamphlet form to be distributed
among the motorists and pedestrians
of the city.
The subject is "a Word to the
Motorist in the Interest OF Accident
Prevention"
Following is the advice given to
motorists and pedestrians:
at has been estimated that auto
mobile fatalities are now occurring
in this country at the rate OF $4,000
a year-forty-one every tWenty-four
hours--an average of about one every
thirty-five minutes.
"If accurately compiled. the hgures
in property damage resulting from
street accidents would present an
appalling total. such as to convince
one of the truth of the statement
recently made to the enect that the
automobile is the most deadly weapon
in the hands Of man: ~
ut is the motor vehicle which brings
the danger into the street, and 1t is
the motor vehicle which is rapidly be-
coming the greatest single cause OF pup-
lie accidents.
'.Trafic regulations are enacted and
enforced with the object in view of
providing the freest possible use Of the
streets with the minimum loss of life
and damage to property. =,
"Street accidents that are not directly
traceable to some abnormal condition
beyond human control are the results OF
carelessness on the part of some one
or more persons and could be avoided
by the exercise Of proper care care in
providing proper equipment for the We,
in always In good repair; care in OBJ
serving the traffic regulations; care in
observing tho ordinary little courtesies
of the road.
simple Rules for Safety.
The following simple rules are pub
lished with the object of bringing about
a closer observance of the regulations
and to make the streets safer for We
hicle driver and pedestrian.
Before leaving the garage examine
your car and see that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-05
AUTO AIDS DOCTOR.
Declared to Have Revolutionized
Practice Of Medicine.

The automobile has revolutionized
the practice Of medicine" writes
prominent physician to W. l. Kissel.
secretary and treasurer OF the Kissel
Motor Car Company.
of all the professions and various
occupations which demand the use of
the automobile. the medical profes.
sion ranks among the first.
For instance. in the past ten years
j have averaged $4,000 miles a year.
and during that entire time at least 80
per cent of the mileage has been for
professional duties. My car has been
of extraordinary service to me in my
professional work. necessitating it be-
ing in service practically twenty-four
hours out Of each day."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-05

The brakes are properly adjusted.
Inspect water and oil supply.
Inspect wheel bearings occasion
ally. and make necessary adjust
ments.
See that the steering gear is prop
erly oiled and does not bind or catch.
If raining. see that skid chains are
on rear wheels.
when driving
Drive slow in entering or leaving
the garage.
SLOW down and exercise great care
corners or when passing schools.
AT Intersections always give the
vehicle on the right the right of way.
Keep Away From Cars.
DO not pass or approach within If
teen feet of any street car going in the
same direction that has stopped or is
about to stop to take on or discharge
passengers.
Never change the direction Of your
vehicle without giving definite signal to
indicate the direction Of the proposed
movement
Don't back your vehicle without first
looking behind you.
Never stop your vehicle suddenly
without giving a signal.
Always come to a full stop before
crossing steam railroad tracks.
Don't pass another vehicle while in
an intersection or while turning a cor
ner.
Don't pass to the right of a car
going in the same direction.
Keep Your Eyes In Front.
Look where you are driving. keep
your eyes to the front.
In passing another vehicle going
IN the same direction, turn out at
least seventy-five feet back Of it In
order to get a clear view Of the road
ahead, and II there is another car
coming do not attempt to pass until
the road ahead is clear.
Don't hug the wrong side Of the
street in order to enable you to make
turn at high speed.
Look out for persons lodging from
behind trolley car which is stand
ing and which came from an opposite
direction.
Look out for the jaywalker': he is
an ever-present menace.
Never, under any circumstances
stop your vehicle on a crosswaik
do not psrmit children to steal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-05
THEATERS WILL AID
SAFETYF|RST WEEK
Admonitory Legends to Be
Thrown on Thirty Moving
Picture Screens,

Inc committee on public safety of
the Motion Picture Exhibitors As
sociation of the District of co,ur,h;.
met in the Offices of Harry M. Gram
dali recently for the purpose of con-
ference with Maj. Gessford of the
metropolitan police force and other
officials vitality interested in the sue
cess Of Safety First week." which
viii DO observed in the capital. bs-in.
ming today.
After the traffic situation in the
planned by Maj. Gessford, the MN.
Der OF accidents on the city's streets
maoe clear and the unnecessary num-
Der or fatalities reeited, Il was
" decided by tho members
Of the committee that every prom
a anens motion picture theater In the
ers" upon their screens throushomt
Safety First week" To This and
tnirty sixty-foot trailers werc imms.
9lateiy ordered for use. beginning Mon
gay. IN thirty Of the city's foremost pic
thousands Of people.
The admonitory legends which will be
scrs sn during the week are. in part,
CAUTION.
Walk Right Dr,v. p;~,.
Make Washington Safe.
STOP-GO Means YOU as we'll an ME-
Auto drivers are not entirely to blame.
DO YOUR SHARE.
Look Out For the Other Fellow.
NINE DEATHS LAST MONTH.
EIGHT Notwithstanding Neeli.
gence."
Tho HUMAN MACHINE IL easier to
stop than the Mechanical one, BUT
HARDER TO REPAIR.
SToP-LOOk-LIST
YOU'LL BE A LONG TINE DEAD.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-02-20

floor. He Investigated whatever his
eyes discovered, nor did those keen
organs overlook a single article within
the habitation of the raider chief; but
no pouch or pretty pebbles rewarded
his thoroughness.
Satisfied at last that his belongings
were not in the possession of Achmet
Eek, unless they were on the person of
the chief himself, TarZan decided to
secure the person of the She before
further prosecuting his search for the
pouch.
Motioning for Chulk to follow him,
he passed out of the tent by the same
way that he had entered it, and walk
ing boldly though the village, made di-
rectly for the hut where Jane Clayton
had been imprisoned.
As he approached the hut, the ape
man noticed that crowd had collect
ed about the entrance. Fearing lest
Chulk's disguise should prove made
quate to the concealment of his true
identity in the face of so many observ-
ers. he commanded the ape to betake
himself to the far end of the village,
and there await him.
As Chulk waddled off, keeping to
the shadows, Tarzan advanced boldly
toward the excited group before the
doorway of the hut. Shouldering his
way through the crowd he approached
the doorway, and had almost reached
it when one of the Arabs laid hand
upon his shoulder, crying: "Who is
this?" at the same time snatching back
the hood from the ape-man's face.
Tarzan of the Apes in all his savage
life had never been accustomed to
pause in argument with an antagonist.
He had his unmasker by the throat ere
the mans words had scarce quilted
his lips, and hurting him from side to
side brushed away those who would
have swarmed upon him.
Using the Arab as a weapon, Tar
zan forced his way quickly to the door
way, and moment later was within
the hut. A hasty examination revealed
the fact that it was empty. and his
sense of smell discovered, too, the
scent spoor of Taglat, the ape. Tar
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-02-20
TOYS IN THE ARCTIC ZONE
Eskimo Children as Fond of Them as
Are the Little Folks of
Other Lands.

In Eskimo land the little girls are as
fond of playing with dolls as any
other children of their sex and age.
OF course their doll babies are dressed
in the costumes of Eskimo people.
Sometimes, says the Philadelphia Led
ger. their doll houses are snow huts
in miniature, provided with tiny ket-
tie, soapstone lamps and other essen
tails. The dolls are cut out of drift
wood usually, this sort of task pass
ing many an idle hour for the father
of the family during the long mouths
of the winter night. The Eskimos are
wonderfully clever carvers in wood
and ivory, the latter material being OBJ
tanned from walrus tusks. To amuse
the children a whole Noah's ark of ami
mails is thus evolved, including the
polar bear, the seal, the sea lion, the
porpoise, the sea otter and various spA
cies of whales. The animals are col
lection quite different from that COM
posing the familiar fauna of our own
nurseries. Conspicuous among them,
however, are the dog and the rein
deer. Mr.. and Mrs. Noah appear, with
Shem, Ham and Japhet. or their equiva-
Tents. Some Of the dolls turn their
heads from side to side in lifelike
way by the help of couple of strings
wound about the neck and pulled by
finger passed up beneath the mani
kin's clothing. Even mechanical toys
are not unknown to the Eskimos. One
of them has a whalebone spring
which, when released, causes an alarm
ing looking animal to jump out of
a box.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-02-20

Fan uttered q low, OmlnOus grUwi.
Those who were pressing forward at
the doorway to seize him, fell back as
the savage notes of the bestial chal-
lenge smote upon their ears. They
looked at one another in surprise and
CONSERVATION. A man had entered the
hut alone, and yet with their own ears
they had heard the voice of a wild
beast within. What could it mean?
Had lion or a leopard sought sanctu-
airy in the interior, unbeknown to the
sentries?
Tarzan's quick eyes discovered the
opening in the roof, through which
Taglat had fallen, and while the Arabs
hesitated without, he sprang, catlike,
for the opening, grasped the top of the
wall and clambered out upon the root,
dropping instantly to the ground at
the rear of the hut.
When the Arabs finally mustered
courage to enter the hut, after firing
several volleys through the walls, they
found the interior deserted. AT the
same time Tarzan, at the far end of
the village, sought for Chulk; but the
ape was nowhere to be found.
Robbed of his She, deserted by his
companions, and as much in ignorance
as ever as to the whereabouts of his
pouch and pebbles, it was an angry
Tarzan who climbed the palisade and
vanished into the darkness of the
jungle.
The course the ape-man was taking
would carry him but a short distance
to the right of them, and though he
could not have seen them the wind
was bearing down from them to him,
carrying their scent spoor strongly to-
ward him.
A moment more and Jane Clayton's
safety might have been assured even
though Numa, the lion, was already
gathering himself in preparation for a
charge; but Fate, already all too cruel.
now outdid herself-the wind veered
suddenly for few moments, the scent
spoor that would have led the ape-mat
to the girls side was waited in the op-
posite direction TarZan passed within
fifty yards of the tragedy that was be-
ing enacted in the glade, and the OPP
portunity was gone beyond recall
1t was morning before Tarzan could
bring himself to q realization of the
possibility of failure in his quest, and
even then he would only admit that
success was but delayed. He would
eat and sleep, and then set forth again.
Taglat might travel far; but TarZan
would find him in the end though he
had to search every tree in the mighty
forest.
Soliloquizing thus, the ape-man fol-
lowed the spoor of Bara, the deer, the
unfortunate upon which he had decid-
ed to satisfy his hunger. For half an
hour the trail led the ape-man toward
the east along a well-marked game
path, when suddenly, to the stalker's
establishment, the quarry broke into
sight, racing madly back along the mar
row way straight toward the hunter.
Tarzan, who had been following
along the trail, leaped so quickly to
| the concealing verdure at the side that
the deer was still unaware of the pres
ence of an enemy in this direction, and
while the animal was still some dis
lance away. the ape-man swung into
! the lower branches of a tree which
overhung the trail. There he crouched,
a savage beast of prey, awaiting the
| coming of it's victim.
CTO BE CONTINUED)
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-02-20

Within, Achmet Eek conversed with
several Of his ieutenants. Without,
Tarzan listened.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-02-20
GEORGE Eliot and Her Heroines.

To each of George Eliot's heroines
she gave a daily companion-usually
sister or cousin-who is plainly intend
ed to serve as a foil. These foils are
all of the ordinary type, with dull in
tellects and selfish hearts; but they
remain wholly unconscious of limita-
lions in themselves. Discerning no
good beyond worldly advancement and
no use for any faculties save those of
the practical managing sort they are
convinced of their efficiency and good
sense. Always pretty and attractive,
they represent the Philistine in the
bud For narrow natures like theirs
the social world exists.