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Gilpin observer., 1920-05-06
CARE OF BRAKES
PREVENTS Wear
Equalization and Proper Atten-
ton of Cars Machinery Are
Explained.
NEGLECT Of CONTROL RODS
cIevisea and Other Parts Are Not
Provided With Any Means Of lu-
brlcation-Beaav,e Quite Noisy
and Rattiexcn,e.

The automobile owner Is hardly to
be blamed because he neglects the
brake and control linkage on his car.
It is all beneath the chassis, and 1t is
certainly not arranged in such way
he can give 1t any marked attention.
The clevises, and other parts of the
points of the control rods are not pro-
vided with any means of fabrication,
SO that there seems to be little or moth
Ing that the owner can do to take
care of this part Of the car.
Yet 1t is the brake and control
rods which eventually become the
most noisy and rattlesome parts of
the car. The little yoke cOnnec-
tions with which the little ends of
the rods are held together, become
full of grit and are naturally bound
to wear.
The connections through which the
brakes are operated are simple and
easy to follow. The pedal or lever
is pivoted and connected with a set
Of rods and linkage arranged in such
a way as to transmit the motion of
the foot or hand In reduced and
hence more powerful leverage to the
brake mechanism.
Brake Adjustment.
In adjusting brakes some precau.
tions must be kept in mind. In the
case of the foot-brake, which is gen.
orally the external or contracting
type. the bands bear on the exterior
Of the drums in securing the braking
effect. There is generally an adjust
ment on the exterior part of the
brake itself where the adjustment can
be made without. any danger of
changing the throw Of the linkage.
This is very important. because if
the throw or centers of the links are
changed in their relationship they
will be affected by the motion of the
springs.
Perhaps you have noticed in some
cars that II you watch the brake
pedal, it will move in or out as the
car springs are DETECTED. The rea-
connects the brake linkage with the
brake operating units, sr, In other
words. the last link in the chain Of
rods is centered so that the upward
and downward motion of the chas-
sis centers about such point in re-
latiOn to the pivot point of the rod
that 1t becomes relatively longer or
shorter and consequently moves the
brake mechanism.
There are great many manufac-
turers who are not putting equalizers
on their cars and in these makes it is
very essential to see that the brakes
are adjusted uniformly.
How to Test Brakes.
An easy way to test the brakes is
to drive at about ten miles an hour
while some zone is watching the car
Apply the brake slightly and allow
the observer to note If one wheel was
locked before the other. If so, tight
en- the adjustment on the last wheel to
lock and FRY it again. The test can
be made on any kind of road where
the surface beneath each wheel is the
same. A fiat piece of asphalt makes
q very good place to hold such test.
Gilpin observer., 1920-05-06
"Smoked irishman."

"Smoked irishman."
"Shure. there's no man livin as can
mock me good County Clare brogue
without feelin' tn weight O. me
hands,"
Sergeant James Xavier McGiliin.
United States marine corps. told this
to the wide world as he stepped ashore
at Charleston. 8. c.. recently from the
transport which had carried him back
from two years in the West Indies. He
had tale to tell, and this Is how he
told 1t:
"On the way up" he continued
(brogue deleted for the benefit Of the
linotyners), 1--WE stopped of at Nassau.
In the Bahamas. was walking along
the street when Up to me steps one OF
them natives with n face as black us
me cid mothers stove.
"'s;hure an tls foine day fer til
OirIs.i. says he 60 me. l mikes to
slough h'r'. when another marine grabs
me by liie arm. He'd been there before
this other marine, and he explains II
nll.
at seems that hundred years ngo
or maybe II was n thousnnd-tht
British sends one OF their English scgi
ments of Irlshmen to the Bahamas. and
the natives learned English from them
Ever since they've talked with q
brogue."
Gilpin observer., 1920-05-06
AUTOMOBILE
N@F1UN-IS@CA

Men who wash their own cars will
find spray brush handy.
The wise owner will each year clean
the exhaust system thoroughly.
Air leaks are a common cause of
misfiring, though they are often over.
looked.
No good tire of standard make will
be cut by any standard rim If proper
ly used.
The choking devices now supplied
with most good cars make starting
easy even in the coolest weather.
There is more wear reported on the
side walls of the right tires. due to the
increasing use of the left side drive.
Gilpin observer., 1920-05-06
A Study in Tips

The average waiter in the ho-
tells of the big cities receives 1928
day in tips. The walters of
Washington, D. c., hotels are the
most favored, their average being
$3.67 a day; New York coming
next, contributing $3.1O.
Travellers stopping at Indian
apolis hotels become quite stingy,
tipping their walters but $1.16 a
day.
The average hotel porter picks
up $1.60 day with which to aug
ment his weekly salary; Pitts
burgh being the most liberal, with
tips amounting to $S.67; Mil
waukee running a close second
with 1922.
Again, the air, or something
about Indianapolis, makes trav-
eler so parsimonious that he has
but thirteen cents day for his
porter.
Hotel bellmen (or bellboys)
fare better than the porters, tho
not so well as the waiter. The av-
arage tip to bellmen is S2.16 a
day; those in San Francisco far
ing the best with S3.78, the aver
age being pulled down at Louis
vile with. $1.27.
The chambsrmaids fare the
worst. They receive but forty
two cents a day in tips. Travel
ers stopping at New Orleans are
liberal with them to the extent of
lightweight cents a day, but in
Omaha their lot is hard one.
Eleven cents a day is all they get.
These figures are extracted
from detailed tabulation con-
tanned in the United States Month
ly Labor Review, covering twenty
five of the principal cities of the
United States.
Gilpin observer., 1920-05-06
THE SAN FRAN
CISCO CONVENTION

Judging from the present out
look of the political horizon, the
Democratic party when it meets
in the national convention will
have an opportunity which is sell
dom given to any party. In all
probability the Republican party
will adopt a reactionary platform
and nominate a reactionary can
didate for president.
There are conditions to be met
in the coming election which new
er before existed in presidential
contest. Millions of voters are or
ganized and are still organizing
into non-partisan farmers leag-
ues, non-partisan labor leagues,
public utility ownership leagues.
and other non-partisan political
leagues. The avowed intention of
all these different political societ-
les is to vote as unit for that
party and those men who stand
for constructive legislation, which
as they see it will meet the needs
of the time. These societies have
made a study of present condi-
tions. They know what they want
and every we'll informed man from
ocean to ocean knows the nature
of their demands.
Many of the most able men in
America will be at the Democratic
convention, advocating the adop-
tion of platform which will sat
isfy these demands. If the Demo-
cratic leaders have the vision and
the courage to adopt such a plat
form and will nominate a candi-
date who has the confidence of the
people, they will receive the sup
port of these millions of non-par-
tisan voters and will solidify the
progressive sentiment of the
country into one party and the
road to the white house will lie
clear and unobstructed before
them. If all of the progressive
element of this country can be un-
tied in one party it will sweep
everything before it.
United we stand; divided we
fall"
Gilpin observer., 1920-05-06
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY

AS the time draws near for the
national conventions of the two
leading parties Of the country it
becomes the duty of every patriot
ic voter to fairly consider the
claims which either of them may
advance in asking for his support.
1t is the aim of this article to
deal mainly with the Republican
party
For nearly year and half the
Republican party has been in con-
troll of both houses of congress.
During that time no constructive
measure has been advocated. This
is an admission by the party that
no constructive legislation is
intended and that they are not
favorable to any change except
that they should be given greater
power, by turning over to them
the presidential or executive pow
er.
If the Republicans had passed
reform and constructive legisla-
tion and Wilson had vetoed it,
then they could come before the
country and say, we made an hon
est effort to better conditions but
were blocked by the actions of
the Democratic president and be-
fore we can do anything for the
country it is necessary that we
should have a president who will
work in harmony with us. But
the leaders of the Republican
party are not in favor of any re-
form .legislation-they are salts
fed with conditions as they are.
The honest voter, if he believes
that conditions are right now and
should remain as they are, will
make no mistake if he votes the
Republican ticket. But if he is
opposed to private monopoly and
is against special privilege in all
forms; if he is against profiteer-
ing or believes in public. owner
ship of public utilities-in short,
if he believes in reform or con-
structive legislation of any kind,
he is blessed with a large amount
of blind faith if he ever expects
to accomplish anything by train
ing with the Republican party.
1t might be said of the Demo-
cratic party that they lost the
power to control congress because
the people were dissatisfied with
their policies. The Democl attic
party cannot continue the same
policy and rely upon the failure
of the Republican party to do any
Gilpin observer., 1920-05-06

Bob Higgins seems to have the
lead among the Democratic press
and party members thruout the
state for governor and it is un-
derstood that he will consent to
make the race provided he is not
forced to a primary contest. Bob
has proven himself a good official
in both state and county offices,
and having a wide acquaintance
ship and hosts of friends, would
be a splendid candidate to oppose
Shoup and the Midwest barrel.
Gilpin observer., 1920-05-06

the Drivers Foot.
teeth at the end which engage steel
lip screwed to the car dash, was fitted
to the back of this member. The saw
tooth edge engaged the lip, ratchet
fashion, regardless of the wear on the
lining of the band which the low-speed
pedal tightens around the drum in the
transmission.
To engage the teeth, the driver
pushes the pedal forward until the car
is on low speed, and then, with an
upward movement Of the knee, he
causes the teeth to engage. To release
the pedal, the pressure is applied on
the portion of the plate Just below the
pivot, SO that the teeth rise and dis
engage. When driving under ordinary
conditions, the drivers foot prevents
the teeth from dropping to the level
Of the lip, and if he wishes to travel
on low speed for few minutes, he
presses the pedal forward in the usual
way; but whenever he finds it neces-
sary to travel for considerable dis
tance on low speed, the teeth are al
lowed to fall, thus engaging the lip
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
Gilpin observer., 1920-05-06

Many people express surprise
at the heavy vote which Hiram
johnson is receiving in the presi-
Dental primaries in the east.
There is no mystery about this
vote. The organized non-parti-
san voters are voting in a body
for johnson. The big interests
are up against a situation which
their money cannot control and
are liable to receive a great many
jolts before the campaign is over.
Gilpin observer., 1920-05-06

B. E. Seymour was reelected
president of the school board
Monday. g~
Gilpin observer., 1920-05-06
Men Wanted to Sell Groceries

Selling Experience Not Necessary
One of the worlds largest Gro
GERS, Capital over $1,000, ,O00.00)
wants ambitious men in your To-
cality to sell direct to consumer
nationally known brands of an ex-
tensive line of groceries, paints,
roofings, lubricating oils, stock
foods, etc. No capital required.
Write today. State age and occu-
patton. John Sexton & Co., 1852
w. Illinois St., Chicago. III.
Gilpin observer., 1920-05-06
SHEET STEEL PLATE
HOLDS SPEED PEDAL
Handy Device When Driving Car
at Moderate Rate.
saw.Tooth Edge Engages Lip, Ratchet
Fashion, Regardless Of Wear on
Lining Of Band-Wearisonne ~
Task ls Avoided.

In using car with planetary trans
mission, it was found wearisome to
keep the low-speed. pedal down by foot
pressure when driving uphill or trav-
cling through sand or mud. The pedal
was therefore equipped with a piece
of A-in. sheet steel, with ears or
flanges on both sides, by means of
which it was pivOted on small pin
fitted through a hole drilled In the
pedal just below the pad. A long piece
of u in. sheet steel, with number of
Gilpin observer., 1920-05-06

Stanley Harris was an arrival
on this mornings train.
Gilpin observer., 1920-05-06

Horace N. Hawkins has an
nounced finally that he will not
be a candidate on the Democratic
ticket for U. S senator. This
comes as a keen disappointment
to his friends who saw in the
brilliant lawyer all the ability re-
quired of one in this high and i'm
portant Office.
Gilpin observer., 1920-05-06

Governor Edwards is out with a
statement that he never took a
drink in his life. Is this bid for
the prohibition vote? 1t will
probably be some time before he
will have chance to take his
first drink.
Gilpin observer., 1920-05-06
better, as reason for their return

better, as a reason for their return
to power.
If neither party comes out
squarely for constructive legisla-
ton the only course open for the
progressives of both parties is to
unite and organize third party
movement in the interests of the
people. 1t may not win but vic
tory gained by the sacrifice of
principle is the worst form of de-
feat.
Gilpin observer., 1920-05-06

Ike Bolsinger came up from
Denver Wednesday evening.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-25
Readers Debate Merits
OF Screen and Stage as
Entertainment Mediums

Readers Of this section have come to
the fore in great numbers. answering
the invitation to write and tell whether
they think tho motion picture or the
spoken drama Is the better form Of en-
tertainment. Last Sunday in it's sym
postum The Tribune printed the views
of many Of the leaders in the motion
picture field and in the field of spoken
drama. Now the readers who represent
the public take up the cudgel in behalf
of their favorite, and lack of space
alone prevents the publication Of more
letters than are reproduced here. Even
these letters cannot be given in full,
but the editor has selected the most
impressive argument or arguments from
each.
"On tho whole, in both cases, the
argument so debonairly advanced
against the spoken drama is mere
tinsel, the braggadacio of assured sur-
cess. Nothing fails to succeed like bad
cessl And the curse Of the hour, as it
happens, is on the legitimate theater.
Hence, the movie msn can afford to
crow. But when it comes to designat-
ing the motion pictures as q better
form Of entertainment, one wants to
know what exactly the motion picture
men mean by that word. If the uni
verse, as one screen producer boasts,
Is the illimitable arena Of the movies,
then all l can say is that it is mighty
poor universe. In point of fact, it is not
| the movies that can reveal the universe
to US, even suggestively, but the poet
New-York tribune., 1920-04-25

and the artist, who. having glimpsed
unawares q deeting hint Of aus
tere immensity, fashion the rest out Of
the inexhaustible reservoirs Of imagina-
ton and thought. Moreover. if the NOV
les are better why do tho scenario DIR
ectors pay such fabulous prices for the
plots Of novels and legitimate plays,
and then proceed to bowdlerize the vir-
tue out Of them for mysterious reasons
Of their own?" So writes Pierre Low
ing in reply to the question as to
whether the motion picture or the
spoken drama Is the better entertain
ment-
II. A. Leonard writes as follows:
"The stage invariably fails where a
plot involves more than eight or ten
scenes, whereas the indefatigable
camera can depict more vividly and
with more accuracy and precision any
thing from sordid environments to OBJ
jects Of celestial grandeur. Where the
stage requires imaginative power the
screen employs reality, such is the
marvellous stride photography has
made"
Frederic c. Dierking thinks that
nothing can ever adequately offset the
human appeal of the actors own per-
son and voice as exemplified in the
spoken drama. We could hardly do
without the pictures" he continues,
"but they can never be the means of
dramatic expression that the stage is"
Here is the view of one reader who
signs NJ. c. L., writer who believes
both mediums have their worth 1.-THE
stage producer who says that the
screen lacks any drawing power or
dramatic worth is, in my opinion, ig-
norant or unjustly prejudiced. And
the screen producer who believes that
pictures are far above the spoken
stage is also wrong, in my opinion"
"The human voice and emotion is a
great factor in favor of the spoken
stage. No matter how improved a
moving picture play is, lacking the
human voice, it is dead" is the opinion
OF George Kouchakji. 'Its compare
New-York tribune., 1920-04-25
Kisses and Love Pats
Have Won Over Small
Partner i'm Sextet

Dark-eyed little Miriam Baptistta,
the baby Of "Florodora,". is an accom-
plished young actress Only seven
years of age, she is member of the
children's sextet in the Shuberts' re-
vival at the Century and nightly takes
her place at the extreme right of the
stage and proceeds to harass her
partner, Junior Tiernan, who is per-
haps an inch taller than she is. Some
times Marian pulls the lads silk hat
down over his eyes; sometimes, TAX
ing an interest in his appearance, she
takes it off, smooths his hair, adjusts
his necktie, and hugs him for good
measure. Miriam never fails to stoop
over and kiss him vigorously when,
with the other "young men" of the
seNtet, he pleads on "bended knee"
When "Florodora" opened for sveral
days OF week following the premiere,
Junior blushed uneasily and SHE'D away
:rom the attention he received from
his little partner. He was "man." he
thought; he didn't want anything in
skirts to caress him and make love to
him in public So he did not fail to
New-York tribune., 1920-04-25
Wesley Barry To Be Star

Wesley Barry, the freckle-faced
youth who played the part of the bell
boy in Marshall Neilan's latest produc
tion, Don't Ever Marry" is to be
starred in the near future in the screen
version of story written by Mr.
Neilan and Read Houstis, a newspaper
humorist.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-25
Aim of Edith Ellis Is
ToRestore, Not Rewrite,
Works of Shakespeare
Continued from preceding page

OO'ecsss~0H JfOUC ~ Pf0ICWtft0 FNyV
How much better, then, to eliminate the
padding, the superfuous dialogue that
fails to help the action Of the play, the
endless plays on forgotten words, the
tile speeches that Shakespeare wrote
for his own generation and that only
bewilder a modern audience or make it
lose interest in the central theme of
the drama! There is much in Shake
speare that reminds one of people in
real life who are continually making
plays upon words: such people are usu-
ally avoided.
"No one now produces Shakespeare's
plays as they were orig nally produced.
In that sense Shakespeare is rewritten
by every one who produces his plays.
But to bring Shakespeare back as the
abounding vital man that he was. the
actor, the dramatist of his generation,
is what shall try to do. There is too
often to-day a conception of Shake
speare as Of an academic creature go
ing to school to English literature. We
have much to-day in the way of light
ing and scenic effects that did not exist
in Shakespeares time that will only
enhance the charm of a Shakespeare
ian production which abides by
the spirit rather than the letter of the
great dramatist and that ignores the
ridiculous stage traditions, created
not by Shakespeare, but by the legion
who have interpreted him."
Miss Ellis, whose father was a
Shakespearian actor and who was her.
self child actress, went on to say that
she had learned to read from the
Shakespearian prompt books in her
fathers dressing room. There was no
time in the schedule of company on
tour in those days for the education
of a tiny member Of the cast, and in
those Shakespearian dramas and in
other old English plays Miss Ellis
found her first lessons in Engl sh. Per-
haps it is for this reason that Shake
speare has become to her a real per-
sonality, a vital dramatist that she
would like to bring to American audi
ences freed from tradition.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-25
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tive value with the spoken drama IA
negligible" says Joseph P. Poklop in
reference to the motion picture.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-25

nal costume. Clifton Webb and Helen
Kronoer will appear in costumes of
the hustle period in special color de-
sign. Dorothy Dickson and Carl Hy-
son will typify the crinoline period.
With these and other principals, whose
names are to be announced later, there
will be dancing chorus Of fifty Pier
rots and fifty Pierrettes.
Other numbers will be announced
shortly. There will be many, for the
"cast of thousand stars" will include
all ages from Mrs. Thomas Whiffen to
the youngest ingenue. In one act
there will be hundred leading men.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-25
Able Will Direct Pictures

James E. Able, the we'll known New
York photographer, according to a
contract recently made with Mack
Sennett, will direct two reel art mo-
tion picture for Mr.. Sennett, to be re-
leased through Paramount. Mr.. Abbe
believes that the methods followed by
himself in portraiture can be used
with equal effectiveness in motion pic
tures-that the lighting effects and the
grouping Of figures that have dis
tinguished the artistic camera experts
can be made use of for the photoplay
New-York tribune., 1920-04-25
Plot Is Most Important Thing

J. C. Brownell, who has just re-
turned to New York from a visit y
Universal City, found the demand for
screen stories far greater than the
supply and predicts that the supply
of the stories for the screen will soon
be one of the vital problems Of the
motion picture industry
"rhe popular stories of to-day fur
nish only small portion Of the num-
ber needed" said Mr.. Brownell. 1t
is the unknown authors who will pro-
vide the majority of the photoplays
in the future. do not wish to shatter
the hopes of aspiring scenario writer's,
but they should make a thorough
study of the screen before submitting
manuscript. In writing a scenario
it is best to write just synopsis and
leave the continuity writing to writ
ers skilled in it's own peculiar tech
nquc."
New-York tribune., 1920-04-25
Tragedy of the Comedian
Is That He Must Be Funny.
No Matter How He Feels

through the actors work, whether he
is worried about things that are affect
ing his private life. If an actor is sad,
If he is sorrowful over things that are
happening, and he is called upon to
play comedy parts, it cannot help his
work. But if he is tragedian or if he
is playing serious part, l think it is
rather helpful. Ny theory of acting is
not to be natural, but to appear natu-
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New-York tribune., 1920-04-25

show his dislike for Miriam's actions.
But repetition seems to have caused
him to change his mind. He actually
seems to . like Miriams coquetry, and
you wouldn't blame him if you saw the
won over Junior and incidentally the
audience at the big playhouse.
Bisbee daily review., 1920-07-10
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