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The Washington herald., 1920-12-03
Marriage Licenses

Francis NJ. Timmins. &c, and Mary
C. Hall, %. both of Richmond. Va.
The Rev. J. F. Mackin.
Elmer A. Burdette, 20, and Mary
Barnell. 20. both Of this city. The
Rev. J. I. Barrett.
Charles Harris, %, and Meisemia
Johnson. %. both of this city. The
Rev. c. A Devaughn.
William II. Phillips. a1, and Hill
dred 1. Astler, 20. both Of this city.
The Rev. w. ]. Meeks.
James B. Gay, 81. Of Pittsburgh,
Pa, and Dorothy L. Carey, 81. OF
this city. The Rev. G. N. Diffen-
derfer.
Hamczh H, BeIIah, 80. and Mary
Lee. %. both Of this city. The Rev.
d. z. wiseman.
Paul c. Moran, 2s. and Mary Z.
Handy. %, both of this city. The
Rev. ]. w. Austin.
Clifton l. Adams. 30. and Maggie
H. White, -. both of Richmond,
Va The Rev. J. +. Bryan.
William II. Lyeriy. "a, of this
city, and Susie NJ. Gamble. 20. of La
Plata Nd. The Rev. T. Il. Davis.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-03
Ccontinu.d from Yesterday,

But a sudden noise warned him to
turn. Down upon him were bearing
the captain and a monstrous long
bearded dwarf in spangled cloak
and red trunk hose. The dwarf
leaped twenty feet and clutched him
The captain seized Katie and buried
her, shrieking, back into the car
riage. himself followed. and the We
hicie dashed away. The dwarf lifted
Tansey high above his head and ran
with him into the store. Holding
him with one hand, he raised the lid
of an enormous chest, half filled
with cakes of. ice. flung Tansey in
side, and closed down the cover.
The force Of the fall must have
been great, for, ,Tansey lost con-
sciousness. When. his faculties re-
vived his first sensation was one of
severe cold alone his back, and limbs.
Opening his eyes, he found himself
to be seated upon the limestone steps
still facing the wall and convent of
Santa Mercedes. His first thought
was of the ecstatic kiss from Katie.
The courageous villainy of Capt.
Peek, the unnatural mystery of the
situation. his preposterous conflict
with the improbable dwarf--these
things reused and augured him. but
left no impression of the unreal.
I'll go back there tomorrow" he
grumbled aloud, ''and knock the
head of. that comfc-opera squad.
Running out and picking up perfect
strangers and showing them into
cold storage!"
But the kiss remained uppermost
in his mind. 81 might have done
that long ago." he unused. "She
liked II, too. She called me SAM
four times. Pll not go up that
street again. Too much scrapping.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-03
DOMESTIC HUMoR.

A young wife is very much hurt
and bewildered- She is iarried to
a man whom she loves with all her
heart, and who appears to be very
fond Of her. He praises her man
agement Of their little home. He
hands her bouquets about her thrift
and economy. He smacks his lips
over her cooking. and when they
are alone together, or just with
members of their respective fam
lilies. he registers every ear mark
of being a happy and contented hus-
band, who thinks that he has drawn
capital prize IN the matrimonial
lottery.
Let strangers come in, however,
or let them be out at some party,
and it's a different story. Then the
husband groans loudly over the ex-
pense OF having TO support a fam
lily, and represents himself as a door
en-pecked creature who has TO
punch the home time clock on the
minute. He warns all the unmar-
ried men not to be as foolish as he
was, and slip their necks into the
domestic halter, and he boasts that
IL he were free no woman would ever
be smart enough to catch him
The wife cannot understand why
her husband acts SO differently at
home and abroad. She is hurt and
mortified at the attitude he puts her
| in, and she wonders IL he really 4,
sorry that he married her. and
would like to be rid of her, why he
doesn't come out and tell her pri.
vately. instead Of proclaiming Il
publicly.
The poor little wife doesn't know,
as she will know when she has Gu,
her matrimonial wisdom teeth. that
her husband doesn't mean a thins
by his fiings at marriage. and hi,
aspersion of her character. He Il
merely trying to be witty, and Is
making his little joke after the
time-honored formula of husbands
The Oldest wheeze in the world
is the mother-fn-law Joke. The
second Oldest is the man-who-is-
sorry he married joke. Each oi
them dates back about 1000 year,
B. c.. but they are still in good
working order. and every man who
gets married takes, them on th'
| shelf. dusts them on. and start,
them going again.
why a man should want to make
the woman he loves a figure OF
fun. and hold her up to ridicule be-
fore a lot Of guffawing fools. no.
body knows There is no other tor.
ture SO exquisite as being laughed
| at, and yet many a husband ruth
| lessly subjects his shrinking anC
sensitive wife to this cruel ordea
for the sake of being funny.
All Of us know men whose best
The Washington herald., 1920-12-03
S in a Name2
JESSIE.
By Mildred Marshall

JESSIE
curiously enough. Jessie is really
said to be the diminutive for
Janet, though it is now considered
separate name and from il
Shakespeare probably named his
yessics- his most sweet Jewess."
It has been a favorite with royalty
and many OF the queens OF early
times were so called.
But misfortune has usually at
tended the royal ladies who bore
this name. while the Jesses. the
masculine counterparts, have had
mare auspicious careers. Twice. a
Giovanna- or Jessiea- reigned in
Naples in disgrace and misery and
her Spanish counterpart, JusnA la
Loca Of Castillo. went through q
royal seige OF melancholy mad
ness.
Two heroines were so-called:
Jeanne OF Flanders, or Jannedik
la Fiamm, as ting Bretons called
her. and the heroine Of Henbonne.
-eAe NaC AaoNu lhoNC uOQNC St1IhN
Ia Pucelle of Orleans. Two saints
gave Jessie and her derivatives. .
favor of sanctity-Jeanne de Va
lois, daughter of Louis XI and dis
carded wife Of Louis XII and
foundress OF the Annoncisdes. and
Jeanne Francois de ChanteI. the
disciple OF St Francis de Sales.
Whether. Shakespeare's lovely
heroine Of The Merchant Of Ven
ice" was an Improvement upon
Jessie as short for Janet. or was
really the feminine of Jesse. the
father Of David. is open to con-
lecture. However. IL may be. Jes-
sic signifies grace OF the Lord"
Her talismanis gem fs the ame-
thyst which preserves its wearer
from contsgion and protects SOL
diers from harm in battle. II has
q sobering effect upon one of light
or frivolous mind. Saturday is
Jessie's lucky day and four her
lucky number. The primrose b
her flower.
Jessie has always been a favor
ite name with the poets. especially
the Scotch poets Robert Burns
contributed one OF the most charm
ing OF lyrics written TO her.
oh fresh is the rose In the gay
3 devy morning. s...
And sweet Is the lily at evening
T. close;
But in the fair presence o. lovely
young Jessie. .--.
Unseen Is the lily. unheeded the
rose"
tcSsynsht isso. sy wheeler sysdiesss, IpeJ
The Washington herald., 1920-12-03
Her Bissss, ~

DO you have any trossie with
your furnacer slr
Getting my HUSBAND to-ioek sftse
e Is sii.--petroit Free Pres
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
GIVEN
BYHOLBROOK
Station on Fourteenth
Street Under Supervii-
sion of Expert.

Service is word that is ever on
the lips of the motorist, present and
prospective. When he buys his car
he wants to know that he can keep
1t in the running. But service. in its
relation to automobiles does not
mean something for nothing, but an
ability to provide experts who can
make repairs and adjustments in the
minimum of time and cost
Such service is being provided
in recently reorganized service sta
tion of the Holbrook Auto Corpora
tton at 1920 Fourteenth street
northwest, distributors of the Allen
and King "B" motor cars.
This service station, located in the
rear of the salesrooms, has just
teen placed under the direct super
vision OF Capt. c. W. Emerson, who
has under him a corps of expert me-
chanics and every new and modern
appliance for quickly making all
kinds of repairs and adjustments.
The fact that the service station
is under the general supervision of
Sohn L. Baker. the salesmanager of
the local branch OF the corporation
and an expert on the automobile, in
sures for patrons at all times
prompt and efficient work with a
consequent freedom from after
worry on the part of the motorist.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
Water Spraying Removes Gasoline
Impurities That Clog Carbureter,
According to InOentor of New Deuice

Freedom from the troubles Of
present-day gasoline is assured by
the use of gas" cleaner just placed
on the market here by the Humo
Sales Company of 1906 Fourteenth
street northwest according to N
Bradley Gish, inventor and patentee
OF the Humo. While the device has
Just been perfected by Gish. there
is an unprecedented demand from
truck owners asrwell as owners of
passenger cars for installations OF
it.
The necessity which brought
about the invention was the large
amount of foreign matter which
clogs the carbureter and wears the
pistons and cylinder walls. IThe in
Nentor says his patent wia take out
all of the foreign matter, and fur
nishes evidence by a display of the
glass jars showing them full OF
sand. dirt and particles OF barafine.
New Patent Simple.
The patent is simple and has no
working parts to get out OF order.
1t consists of a large glass jar. Into
this is inserted a gasoline feet pipe
which goes to the bottom of the
vessel Here is a fine spray. The
Jar Is filled half full Of water and
the gasoline flows through this
water thus moistening il and tax
ing out all Of the low grade volatile
matter. 1t also prevents excess
water from getting into the carbu-
reter.
Those who own and operate mo-
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
Lexington Company Gives
PLAY Day to Employees

The way 10 that personal touch
between employer and employe. 20
difficult OF Accomplishment in there
days OF large business achievement.
has been found by Frank B. Ansted.
president Of the Lexington Motor
Company. t
This was demonstrated in Con-
nersville, Ind, the home Of the Lex
ington Minutemsn Six, recently.
when more than 1900 residents OF
Connersville and vicinity enjoyed a
day OF rare entertainment as guests
of the Lexington Motor Company. a
elimination Of efforts 70 bind more
closely the ties OF the an
ployer and employe in ConnersvIlIe
and TO create an unparalleled COM
mUnity interest in the little Hoosier
, ity OF Connersville.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08

tor cars have noticed that their en-
gines run much better in rainy
weather and during the night. This
is explained by the moisture in the
air. The new device furnishes just
enough moisture with the charge
of gasoline to keep the motor run
ming as nicely as it does in the
moist atmosphere. 1t obviates the
necessity of constantly cleaning the
carbureter.
The Humo Sales Company has
been flooded with letters from users
Of many trucks and of passenger
cars alike, attesting not only to
the success of the contrivance in
getting ,the grit and foreign sub
stance out OF the fuel, but Of the
increased mileage uSIrNcIv, ~ ...y
fuel used, together with increased
power. Not a few of them claim
that the new machine does give in
creased power from the same quail
ity of gasoline.
Finest Particles Removed.
So effective is the Humo that no
particle of foreign matter is al
lowed to get into the carbureter.
II the water fails to catch II, a
2o0-mesh strainer throws the par
ticls back to the bottom of the, tank.
View OF tank on a machine
which has been using it only a few
days showed on the bottom a bed
of very fine sand on the top of
which were other substances look
ing much like the appearance of a
river bed to a diver.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
ouds Column the OnceOur Hes Gnanand Rice of Nrdo
Pierce-Arrow Motor Truck
Line Greatly Expanded

Announcement of an expanded
line of motor trucks, powered by
Dual Valve engines, is made by the
Pierce Arrow Motor Company of
Buffalo, n. Y. The new line INCLUDES
5-ton, 3iz-ton and 2-ton trucks and
a tractor unit, each equipped with
double ignition and electric lights.
The Dual Valve power plants
which distinguish the advanced de-
sign are declared to effect as great
a forward stride in motor truck
performs nee as did the worm gear,
pioneered by Pierce-Arrow in 1910.
The Dual Valve engines equip
the trucks with a pulling power
superior to any demand" said Rob
ert o. Patten. truck sales manager
of the company. Moreover. this
power is obtained with an Increase
in economy; gasoline yields more
miles per gallon"
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
LIVERYMAN OPENS
N STREET GARAGE

After twenty years OF service in
the livery business, the building at
42l-423 n street northwest, has been
thoroughly remodeled and fireproof-
cd and opened as a garage. Three
street entrances have been pro-
Nided, and separate spaces are as
signed to each customer 1t will be
known as Plunkert's garage, and
has been placed under management
of Leo Plunkert. Twenty-four hour
service has been provided, together
with extensive facilities for fueling
and oilinK machines
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
Cracked Porcelain.

When the owner removes a spark
plug and finds the porcelain in
sulator broken, the portion which
has fallen off may have made its
way down between the piston and
the cylinder, where it will cause
scoring of the metal. This. possi-
bility should be taken into consid-
Grafton. though more often the
broken piece will blow out with the
exhaust.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
Durability Test
Of Franklin Car
Proves Its Worth

Franklin durability was given
another straining test and came
out with top honors last Thurs
day when w. F. Kneip. mana
ger of the Franklin Motor Car
Company. of Baltimore, Nd.
drove a stock touring car from
Baltimore to Cumberland. Md. =
through mountainous country, in
low gear. The entire distance
OF l45 miles was made at the
average rate of twelve miles an
hour. and not once on the trip
was the motor stopped.
This was not a special car.
but a stock touring car which
already had seen 1900 miles 0
service. Upon completion Of the
low gear test, the return trip
was made to Baltimore at an
average of thirty-five miles an
hour.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
Kansa, City Kept Cars Per Mile.

Figuring the relation of motor
cars to area, we find that Kansas
City, Mo-, is the most auto-covered
city in the United States. In that
city, eighteen squares in area, there
are $4,000 machines, or 1856 to each
square mile. The second city Is Mil
waukee, Wis, with $1,000 autos COW
ering its twenty-five square miles,
and the third Is Cleveland, which
has 10000 carin it's hfty-six square
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
Stop Left-Hand Stops.

Automobile drivers squeezing into
line of cars Il lom the left have
aroused the members of the Rich
land CountS Ohio, Automobile Club
to action against them. The club
has ordered $50 signs reading. rThe
car at your right has the right
OF way" to be posted in the city
OF Mansfield. And the Mansfield
city council has co-operated by in
Guiding this system in the trafnc
oTdinance. =.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
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,omes in. Here's the how of It:
Deer Editer, / see by the
papers that Gov. Cox, of Ohio,
the Democratic nommina for the
precidensy resently run an auto
mobile sixty (6o) mi, inspecked
a farm and then rested.
Let me tell you editer i see
nothing unusual in what Gov.
Cox did. l have often run my
car for more than sixty (6O)
mi, and have rested and ben
arrested. ] have. however. never
ben given a opportunity to in
speck a farm, but ! don't see
why such bones shud be made
of it all
Il senseerly trust that the
necks time l run my auto sixty
(60) mi, and rest, a reporter
will be on hand to get a in
tervue and a pictuer OF me. l
consider myself as good as
Gov. Cox any day. being a out
and-out Republican. Yurs for
truth at all times.
"old Subscriber"
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
II -honk-honk-honk-

Ralph Norton. the energetic young
secretary to Commissioner Brown
low, is responsible for this one:
A speedhound was brought into
Police Court one day for knocking
down a pedestrian. 1t developed
that his car wasn't equipped with
a sounding apparatus.
Why haven't you horn or
something similar on your ma
chine?" queried Hizzoner.
Why, Judge" the defendant re-
piled. I've got a sign on the front
of my car that everybody can read
and understand. 1t says. Dodge.
Brothers."
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
In Emergency.

Five gallons OF kerosene contain
ing one pound Of commercial sui
phuric ether will serve almost as
well as gasolene as fuel for the
modern automobile engine.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
Good Jack Support.

II you are on soft ground when
the car has to be lacked up, a good
solid base for the jack is the floor
board or toeboard.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
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Cliff Meredith will be news
paper man until he buys a cane and
thereby is relegated to the lowly
ranks of the journalists. He
handed me the poem below the
other day and says, Jim. here's
something that. I think. expresses
your feelings at being turned into
a colyumist."
read 1t through and wept all
over Cliffs Palm Beach coat lapels
and sobbed that 1t did.
I'll run it in the collum," l told
him. III you intended 1t for
private consumption. you're bunked.
It's too good to waste it's sweet
ness on the desert air, as the Ger
would make kipling blush with
envy"
Well. Cliff bursts into several
piteous cries and implores me not
to ruin his promising reportorial
career by making a pote out of him.
But I was adamant. So here goes:
Oh, PVe picked up MY Jobs aUhere
I'0e found EN-.
l'Ve dubbed and Fve chased IN my
time.
P0e 'ad my biekin' of stories
From society stuff TO crime.
One zpos q job in the Big Toun;;
One uas at arritin' sob SIS"
One uus srdppir' the danes at
the track,
An no1V I'm at 1pork on this
Nop I aren't no ddrb OF q rriter,
No blind man needs glasses to see.
There's times when you think you're
knotkout-
There's times aOhen you knoau you're
N. G.
But the fun of it's sittn' and
Vie1pir'
E0erthing like 't1raJ a Joke.
The things that you learn in
newspaper charn :. .....
VIII help you a lot phen you're
broke.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
The saddest words Of tongue or pen
Are these: Repairs to car. $5.lO.
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Joe Gallaher. of the Holbrook
Auto Corporation, sold car
some time ago to a bird who
didn't know that it takes three
men to put up a one-man top.
The purchaser came in the other
day to plant a kick.
Something's the matter with
this here machine" he COM
planned. Come out and see
what it is"
Joe did, He started the In
side works going and listened
hard
There's a cylinder missing"
he announced. gravely.
oh. no. there amt" replied
the novice, confidently. Il
counted all four of 'em to make
sure"
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08

1t is the duty of every con-
scientious motorist to report in
cidents of reckless or negligent
driving to the Police Depart
ment. This action cannot SEN
sibly be construed as "squeal-
ing" on a fellow autoist.
Remember Every reckless
driver on the streets of Wash
ington is not merely a menace
to the other fellow. His care
lessness may cause injury to
yourself or your family some
day.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
Gl 0]l
STOP LOOK LISTEN
DISILLUSIONMENT.
BY
jim RING

Oh he scas shopfer big and broad
lind she 7pds parIor- maid.
He apooed her boldly. She a,us a1pcd
And Just mite afraid
OF the big brass buttons aud great green coat
That he 1Oore on his trips through to7tn
When he piloed Mddame's petrol boat
With q snpcrcilions troapn
She thought hin, d sponder until day
She visited the garage.
lind Ger the auto heard him 10y
4 dark-bluc GVord-bdrrdgc.
"The car 1ponf run" he explained. "Tish, tiSh,"
Said the energetic lass.
And looked it oVer. "Yo1 poor, blind fish,"
She exclaimed, "Ifs oata gas"
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
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Before I finish up the collum to-
day, may l not CWilson stuff ex-
tend an invitation to everybody
concerned at all with autos to con-
tribute to STOP, LOOK, LISTEN"
auto-experiences Of themselves or
friends?
II you know of something novel
or odd or funny or just human
about machines and machinists-I
mean motorists-send 1t in. Keep
everything short, and thereby take
out insurance against the Demon
Wastebasket. Let 'er rip!
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
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Six times in court has he been fined,
Has Brother Johnny Bright.
He can't keep auto rules in mind
And lights no lamps at night.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
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George G. ]. is a mesogynist-a
woman hater. Says he in note
to ye ed: PITY the poor trafic
cops Of California! The State OF the
Golden Gate has more women
motorists than any OF its forty
seven brethren"
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
THE SAVING GRACE.

THE SAVING GRACE
the Item
The Amerieon the foreign
Where the language his seemed and
Where all old things "eha good old
The Yankees face gam. NoU outrh 1t change!
Dou the seehing traffic the London thoroushfare,
Where the noise approached the etdmor of q battle,
Der aUdr of other cleft the
'T1Uas good Broadpdy Main street fSzcr rote!
With bliss the Yankee eoped through
To the fivTer, uhere 1t bumped along its 1poy
To its driver he Presented N honest, mad gdd face,
Ind he ehorled iu ecstatt rapture, Say,
Perhaps ar maybe you're crook;
Perhaps you'1e forged checks or stolen cattle;
But the Recording Angel rH bless yoH IN his book
For tha sa1rg groce-yow Yankee fiSSer rotle!"
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
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The editor Of this collum has NOT
received the following letter, but
is expecting 1t any day He doesn't
know who's going to write it. but
it's a cinch somebody will. So he's
giving you all dear readers an op-
to read it before it really
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
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Harry, the Hacker, says,

The most pathetic figure in all
the world is left-handed motorist
trying to follow the right-hand
right-of-way rule.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
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A most peculiar auto
Has little Harry Hart.
He cannot make it stop because
He cannot make it start.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
A LITTLE COMMON SENSE.

II onk-h opk-h ouk-
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-04-09
Ig Gentlemen what do you think

ing. Gentlemen what do you think
OF that? Get on the Band Wagon"
or you will have to excuse our dust.
James Cullinan Delivered q new car
to parties in Rutland today, or
course 1t is a Studerbaker of the lat
est model Jim viii not handle any
other make. He says there are many
good cars in the marke, but when
you say Studerbaker you have said
something.
There are several electric lighting
plants being installed in homes in the
center Of the village It's the old
story OF Trying to Keep Up with
Lizzie" (read the book. The next
thing will be trolley cars Shades of
our Fathers, will these improvements
never come to an end?
The st. James Guild will hold a
food sale at the Rectory Friday after
noon Food OF all kinds. well cooked
and seasoned, seasonably served and
fully guaranteed to be choice in Sc
lection and scientifically Blended af
ter the bes: receipts of the times, will
be offered for sale. P.ices reason
able and service unsu passed.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-04-09
A FEELING OF SECURITY

You naturally feel secure when you
knew that the medicine wou are about
to take is absolutely pure and con.
tains no harmful or habit producing
drugs
Such a medicine is Dr. Ki'mer's
Swamp Root, kidney liver and bladder
remedy.
The same standard of purity,
strength and excellence is maintained
in every bottle of Swamp-Root
1t is scientifically compounded
from vegetable herbs.
1t Is not stimulant and is taken In
teaspoonfu doses.
It is not recommended for every
thing.
1t is natures great helper in relev-
ing and overcoming kidney, liver and
bladder troubles,
A sworn statement of purityis with
feyery bottle OF DR. Kilmer's Swamp.
Root
If you need medicine, you should
have the best. On sale at all drug
stores in bottles OF two sizes medium
and large
However, il you wish first to try
this great preparation send ten cents
to Dr.. Kilmer & Co.. Binghamton, N
~, for sample bottle When writ
Ing be sure and mention the nenning
ton Banner