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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-29

,hovels, watering posS. st
cetera.
Prices, SOC % tf.bo "a ~.
Dsms Trsckr for ths gard.
Rayly painted, viii delight The
small child, sf.75.
Lfosir Sfrfss Bssrr a-x
Mosks,r that move their
limbs and also move their
heads up and down and from
side to aide, and have IN
usually sxpresdvs fsc-s.
have Just arrived from
Europe, s1 20 IS.
The "Madsns Hs-n~-~
Doll, that WALKS and tab.
Ike "a live 'un," is retrr~d
70 $50 ke~p The <s~tDry
running" its nanufA~.Dr~r
says. A msrvelouslv mail
price for 70 large (ia irrhss
high and so talented a doll.
dressed "lik. q live 'un" also.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-29
An Afternoon Of "scrapplne..
Handy Takes Appeal.

The lieutenant governor stated he
y uuld decide the point later and ruled
that senator Palmer had the floor
meanwhile.
senator Handy appealed from the
tAeutenAnt sgoN ernor's ruling and re-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-29

Prices run from Zoe for a
baby" size to 81 for the
regular size.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-29
For Old and Youne-Couch
Hammocks!

particularly b~sng
for sis; other styles s115o opened 81 and 80;
to $50. brelas, and sJ, Zee. spread
Beach Umbrellas for the $40
roov, Hsvxe
The Washington times., 1921-04-02
TO PENALIZE AUTOETS
FOR LITTER ON ROADS

Discarded lunch boxes. tin cans.
bottles and similar trash dumped
along highways of Southern Cali
fornia by careless auto parties will
lead to arrests, according to a new
plan announced for keeping the
highways clean. 1t is hoped gem
eral movement that will eliminate
unsightly rubbish dumps along the
beautiful roads built at great ex-
pense through the land OF oranges.
While the entire blame for dirty
roadsides Is not placed on auto
parties. they are responsible for
great deal OF the rubbish and Will
be penalized. Riverside county Is the
first to put the anti-rubbish law into
effect and it is expected that other
Southern California counties will fol-
low at once. The campaign was in
augurated and is being prosecuted by
the Automobile Club OF Southern
California. which has branches in a
score of cities and a membership OF
over 10000.
A check will be kept during the
coming summer in order to test the
efficacy Of the campaign, which, II
successful, 1t is believed will be followed
in other parts of the United States
The Washington times., 1921-04-02

operations here yest
for the
Chl
Walter The cabs perfectly appointed
Chicago
The Washington times., 1921-04-02

throughout. built Of concrete blocks
and equipped with repair shop, store
Dom, and chauffeurs' quarters. Tx
cept for tho storage OF certain trucks.
these substation garages are used for
the emergency line service and wreck
ing truck headquarters. The most
important types OF trucks are the
emergency tower wagon. heavy line
work truck with winch, wreck truck
equipped with derrick capable of lift
ing seven tons, and five-ton TRUCKS for
construction work In the department
OF maintenance of war. The remain
ing trucks are of various sizes for
transportation OF material and sup
plies.
In addition to economy in the
handling of supplies the most i'm
portant feature is the time saved in
handling wire breaks or wrecks which
interfere with the operation of the
cars. These emergency trucks are
SO located that the entire system can
be easily protected and the proper
truck landed at the location Of the
trouble with a minimum of delay.
The wrecking facilities previously
had consisted of old 20 IT. cars
equipped with wrecking material,
but as these cars could not get close
to the scene of trouble, they were
awkward and inefficient, and while
still available in extreme emergency.
tpey will rarely, If ever, be pressed
into service.
The foreman in charge of the
trucks is held absolutely responsible
for knowing that toors and equipment
are on the wrecking wagons at all
times and is held scrictly accountable
for any negligence in the checking up
OF the tools after the trucks have
been out on duty.
Through the use of motor equip
rient. the company has made an ap-
proXimate saving OF 7o5,OUO year
In maintenance expenses, which is
equivalent to about % per cent on it's
investment in motor equipment and
gsraging facilities after the displace-
ment of horses.
The Washington times., 1921-04-02
TIRES WHICH run SOFT
MUCH LESS RESILIENT
They Also Are More Costly in
Oil and Gasoline.

Did you ever hear of tire fatigue?
A 80 by ga tire is approximately
ninety-five inches in circumference
and must make .ss7 revolutions to
the mile. In each revolution the
entire carcass flexes or bends twice
once down and once up. This
means 1884 flexstions 10 the mile
end over one and one.third million
flexings per 1000 miles run.
A 35 by 5 tire is 10 inches in
circumference and makes 571 COM
plete turns to the mile. With two
flexes of the carcass TO the revolu-
ton, we have 1,142 to the mile and
again more than a million to the
1000 miles. This friction creates
heat in an amount easily computed
In terms OF horse power in the test
ing laboratory.
when IL is considered that 1000
miles Is a very small distance in
the life of the present-dsy automo-
bile tire. the Miller contention OF
the economy of using standard
makes able to withstand the strain
of these 100000 or 20.G0O,O00 flex-
ings, is more readily understood. The
heat induced by this continued bend
ing serves to literally tear down
the fabric plies of the carcass as
well as to retard the car.
1t Is a rule well recognized by
tire manufacturers that the softer
tire is run the more the carcass
tends and the greater the fatigue
OF the tire. Resistance. too. is in
creased with underinfation. as the
motorist may easily ascertain by
pushing his own car. A tire which
runs soft is not only less resilient
hut more costly In gas and oil con-
sumption.
The Washington times., 1921-04-02

resilieney OF proper imitation. is Lack
ng. II Is In this way. say Miller
tire men. that rim fanges are bent.
Where the motorist drives almost
head on against the curb, the carcass
lis bruised either near the middle OF
the tread or close up to the. rim
Where the parking angle Is sharper.
the bruise is farther TO the side.
The resultant roughened place on the
inside OF the carcass constantly chafes
the tube. Such q. condition 10 re-
sponsible for many a tube going nat
without apparent reason.
A careful driver coasts to a stop.
frst throttling down his engine and
applying the brakes gently. 1t is
not necessary to drag the wheels or
bump the curb. The skillful driver
is repaid I'm lessened depreciation and
r"pair. The more reckless owner,
= t-.'-'""e- can take comfort in the fact
that such tire injuries are in almost
---,o .UpaI able IL taken in
ime
The Washington times., 1921-04-02
MOTOR TRUCKS CUT
OPERATING COSTS
Boston Elevated Ry. Swaps
Horses for New Equipment,
At Financial Gain.

8dward Dana, general manager Of
- Boston Elevated Railway Com
Dany OF Boston. says in the Electric
Railway Journal that during 1920 his
company made substantial progress
IN replacing horses with motor trucks.
The change was made in the interest
~ economy and efficiency.
It Is Interesting to note that with
motor trucks. this company has re-
duced the number Of men in the wire
smergency service from fifty-one to
forty-four.
When the Boston Railway Company
adopted the motor truck. II disposed
OF . large number of horse-drawn
vericies sold forty-fve horses and
abandoned four stables. all ~, which
were previously in continuous service
/ The cost of motor equipment dis
placing the horse was $13S.O00, made
up of the following units: Five 5-ton
dump trucks. three 3h-ton wrecking
trucks. two 31s top platform trucks,
one h-ton wire department truck.
nine 2-ton tower trucks. two 2-ton
platform trucks, two 2-ton covered
express trucks. one 2-ton army body
truck, four q ton express trucks,
and three q ton switch repair trucks.
having a combined capacity of 79h
tons.
Meet of trucks OF such proper
tions called for extensive housing IA
ciitties. which represented an expeni ii.
ture of $19S, 100000 embracing build
ing construction as follows:
Five modern fireproof buildings
erected and an existing brick building
remodeled as garage space.
These buildings were located at
Harrison avenue. Broadway, Grove
Hall. Roxbury: Sullivan square. Cam.
den street. and Baldwin street. Cam
bridge.
The central garage, having a stor-
age capacity of forty cars, was located
at Harrison avenue, at which point
Is located the headquarters of the
wire and conduit division and the
compapy's present machine shop.
Fhis garage is of modern construction
The Washington times., 1921-04-02
BEST BUYERS
OF AUTOS, RECORDS SHOW

More automobiles are owned BY
farmers than by any other single buy
ing class: 33 per cent of cars are in
districts under 1000 population and
90 per cent in communities between
1000 and 5000. according to a survey
by ]. N. Gum. president of the United
States Tire Company.
Thees figures check up. with STATE
registration statistics, which indicate
the heaviest use of cars in farmint
regions. such as Iowa, where ther> is
one car for every six persons.
Figures compiled by the Nationn,
Automobile Chamber of Commerce
show that the twelve largest cities
viz. all over 500. 900, have but pc
cent of the car registration.
The Washington times., 1921-04-02
Around the
Toun

A regular monthly meeting OF the
Washington Automotive Trade Assoc
citation will be held Monday. April
4 at the City Club.
The A. B. c. Motor Company, Of 617
New York Avenue northwest, reports
most satisfactory years business
for the Traffic Truck. which was
brought into Washington by this en-
terprising company one year ago.
The officials of the A. B. C. Com
pany have built up an efficient serv-
ice and sales organization and have
won an enviable reputation for keep
ing Traffic Trucks up and going
under. any and all conditions.
Traffic Trucks have been placed
with the following Washington firms
The Frank Kidwell Stores, Warner
Stutler, ID. C. contractor: Edwin Il.
Elicit, tiles and manteIs; Hermann
Bottling Works, Faber Bottiing Works
Erman L. Myers, long distance haul
ing and many truck and general
farmers in nearby Maryland and Vir-
giia.
William p. Killeen, distributor for
the Duplex Limited. ION Time All
L
Duplex Limited busses to Washing
ington from York. Pa. to take care
OF the rapidly growing business Of
the Washington Rapid Transit Com
pany. The bodies of the Duplex
Limited busses are built by the Hoover
Body Company, York. Pa. of which
Mr.. Killeen is Washington represen-
tative.
A. w. Duffy, sales manager for the
bort Distributing Comnay, of 1O1I
Fourteenth street, reports sales OF
car a day during the month Of March.
Mr.. Duffy credits seventeen OF these
sales to the bort exhibit at the Wash
ington automobile show.
H. r. Spence and M. Jarboe have
joined the sales organization Of the bort
Distributing Company. Mr.. Jarboe
was formerly with the Oldsmobile
Sales Company Mr.. Spence was for
merly with the York -Parkhurst Com
pany.
The Semmes Motor Company, OF 613
G street northwest. has inaugurated
a policy which has brought consider
liable business to the car-painting de-
partment. This progressive company
furnishes a car to be used while ones
car is being painted. The charge for
the substitute car is practically the
cost of operation.
Attractive tire bergains are being
offered by the Government Tire and
Rubber Company of 1410 Fourteenth
street during a sale to make room
for a large shipment OF keystone
cord and fabric tires, which will be
handled exclusively in the future.
Milton Spiro. the local representa-
tive of the Keystone Company, has
built up a material business on the
Keystone products, and 1t Is to take
care OF the demand for Keystones
that the stock of other makes Is
being disposed Of.
The Washington times., 1921-04-02
CURB STONES WRECK
TIRES ON MANY CARS
Motorists Shorten Life Of Shoes
BY Careless Driving.

How do you park your car?
Though parking ordinances in cities
differ. they all require driving up to
curb of some kind. Right here
many tire injuries are born. The
motorist driving up at the proper
angle unconsciously depends In a
his car. Naturally the impact fat
tens and strains the tire carcass.
In driving parallel to the curb the
tire side walls are ordinarily rasped
against the stone. The edges OF the
tread suffer. too. or courst the poorly
inflated tire suffers the most, as the
The Washington times., 1921-04-02
WANT FEDERAL LIABILITY
FIXED IN AUTO DAMAGES

The Chicago Motor Club has taken
up with the American Automobile
Association the question OF Govern
ment liability with regard to auto
mobile damages. Congress has made
no appropriation to protect the pri-
vate operators of automobiles or the
public in general from any damages
resulting from the operation OF Gov
ernment- trucks.
1t Is the desire of the club that
individuals should be compensated
promptly by the Government for
damages sQstained by them.
The Washington times., 1921-04-02
DETROIT FIRM To MAKE
new ELECTRIC STARTER

by Allen A. CantoH for instantly
starting cars in warm or cold weather
has been contracted for by some De-
troit concerns.
The novelty OF the device lies in
the fact that. although entirely cleo
trical, no motor. compressors or other
expensive mechanism Is used
1t is understood that about 100000
cars In this country alone are to be
equipped with this device this coming
year.
The Washington times., 1921-04-02
WORN CONTAINER MAY Be
USED AS AUTO TOOL KIT

A tube that has outlived it's use
fulness as an air container can be
reincarnated as a tool case in which
to carry all small tool equipment
such as wrenches. screwdrivers,
pliers, files. etc. From an old tube
piece is cut OF sufficient length to
serve the purpose, and, after being
split lengthwise, is slit along the
center to make loops for holding the
tools. The sides OF the rubber case
will curl up over the tools and the
whole can be rolled into neat
bundle. which can be held securely
by wide rubber bands cut from sec
tons OF the tube.-Motor.
The Washington times., 1921-04-02
TIRE OUTPUT ALMOST
ENOUGH TO BELT EARTH

II the 44,065. 900 tires manufactured
during 1920 were piled on top of one
another the tier would be 2,7s4 miles
high-a distance almost as great as
across the continent. Miller tire
men also figure that these tires IL
set tread to tread in single file would
reach 22,353 miles. or nearly around
the earth.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-06-11
HONOR CLAIMED FOR BOSTON
First Public School in United States
Is Said to Have Been in
n That City.

It is probable that the beginning of
the American public school was in
Massachusetts. In 1885 the people Of
Boston assembled in town meeting, re-
guested Philemon Purmont to become
schoolmaster ard voted him 80 acres
of land in part pay for his services.
The school begun by Purmont later
became the Boston Latin school and
has had continuous existence to the
present time. Other settlements fol-
lowed Boston's example and within
the next ten years common schools
were established In all the New Eng
land settlements. In 1647 the gen
cral court of Massachusetts ordered
every town having SO families to APP
point teacher, whose wages were to
be paid by the parents of the children
he taught or by the inhabitants in
general. AT the same time townships
having 100 families We're required to
establish grammar school to fit
youth for college. The law establish
ing these two grades Of schools laid
the foundation Of the public school
system in the United States. Three
years later similar law was passed
III Connecticut, but Rhode Island
made no attempt to ferm a school
system until 1890. II .f5%z>.}T 3 IN
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-06-11

good many things that Baudete merchants can't
including the windows of Of their storesBaudee Region
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virtually says it is getting ready to think abou
antung back to China.-St. Paul Dispatch.
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THE UGLY CREATURE.

ooh, / hear some one screaming"
said the girl who was adventuring to
the House Of Secrets. .5i
$50 do ~ said the boy, who was
her companion.
"Gracious," said Master Thoughtful
ness, who was with them, its that
horrible creaturetagiin."
"What horrible creature?" asked'the
boy. @@
"Come with me and we shall see
her. Well stop her this time. Hurry !
My, but it's hard for' anyone TO DO
anything with her, - @ss ~ e
"She sounds perfectly terrible" said
the girl. "What awfulN screams she
gives" a .,s. .,. g. g##
"She is not screaming" said Master
Thoughtfulness. -&,'l.E - -.
",Nho is screaming, thenE" asked
the boy. -F@.@~ ! - p. H..
Lets hurry. We mustn't even talk
as we go. Follow me-" H.
So they followed Master Thought
fitness as he went up, short hill.
He could run very fast, and he got
to the top of the hin, where there
was little red house pefore the boy
and the girl got therea @-
When they got there they found
Master Thoughtfulness talking in a
very loud way, and his face looked
very angry, so different from the
way it had looked.
Nov, you just stop that for good
and ALL" he said. you are not fair.
In the first place, you're cruel. In the
second place, you're hypocrite. And
In the third place I don't like that ex-
preston of it hurting you more than
it does the child" |.-.-.- ...-.
Lots of people use it,, and you
don't object the woman said. She
was horrible looking. Her hair was
stringy and hung about her head in a
very untidy way. Her mouth was
very big, and her teeth were very yell
| low. Her hands were enormous, and
| the veins stuck out on them. She
was tall. and quite, stout, but it was
her face which they noticed most. 1t
was such a horrible face that they
were sure her ugliness wasn't skin
deep. They didn't believe that she
was. beautiful, even when one got to
know her. .-+-
And they didn't feel as If they ever
wanted to know her, not in million
years. Such a dreadful person they
had never seen before. Her face was
so cruel looking, just the sort Of face,
they imagined, which belonged to a
person who could be cruel to smaller
children and to animals. Then the
boy remembered, with pang, that he
had kicked the little toad. He, too,
was cruel, and If he was ever cruel
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my words" ~
The boy and, the girl looked at him
in n very puzzled manner.
Here" said Master Thoughtfulness
To the small boy. .'hcre is an orange.
See, 4 got it out of my right pocket.
And here is an apple, which grew in
my left pocket"
& You're teaching the child an I'M
truth" shouted the woman.
"Now be careful, careful" said Mas
ter Thoughtfulness. ''and remember my
warning. If you only had little more
sweetness in your nature you would
know that Jokes and makc,bclieve
things and fun are among the most
Important things III life You only
think that harsliness and unkirldness
are real.
swell, I've given you my warming"
The woman seemed much quieter
now. And Il tear fell from her right
eye.
She put her arm around the little
boy, and the little boy seemed so
pleased that he looked up and smiled.
7 II do love my mummy" he said.
"You don't deserve it," cried Mas.
ter Thoughtfulness, unless you mend
your ways. Don't be so anxious to
punish. Explain things. I'm the chill
dren's friend, you know" IT,
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tile Falls huled off the other day after taking drink of
One drink of that stuff guaranteed to last etmeBau
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like that second time and perhaps
a third, he would have face like
this woman's. .Ear s.. ,,
He would certainly never be cruel
nga!n. They had been watching her
so steadily that they had scarcely no
ticed lovely little boy, quite, quite
young, with golden hair and soft
brown eyes. He was still crying, just
a little, and his little face looked as
though he had been crying quite hard.
IF you do it again." said Master
Thoughtfulness, II will take your child
away from you. Yes, I will, so mark
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can't believe that has como until girl paradng
let wearing furs.-Baudette Region. .4z
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"Miss Nancy"

This term is generally supposed to
have originated in connection Win
Anna Oldtield, an actress of the
Eighteenth century. Her vanity was
so colossal that on her deathbed she
requested that her remains be laid IN
state dressed in Every fine Brussels
lace headdress, Holland skirt. with
tucker and double rutfles. new KID
gloves, ETC." ~g. E.-::~ -. z..@ s I
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-06-11
Birds in the Dark.

Not few birds practically rear
their nestlings in the dark, says the
American Forestry Magazine. Wen
known examples of this. are seen IN
sand-martns and king-fishers-birds
that dig, or scrape out, long burrows
in banks, and lay their eggs at the
farther end of them. Il. Ill
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FREEDOM OF THE PRESS

General Hays has issued order restoring the
secondcass mailing privileges to the Milwaukee Leader and
the York CALL two notorious Socialist newspapers The
action be interpreted expressing the sympathy Of
Mr. Hays for the matter appearing in those sheets The
general takes the view that the should either be
of the mails altogether should have the
privileges other periodicals. Mr. Bureson did not exclude
them from the mails but permitted them circulate after
ing the high postal rates called for under third class rating
Postmaster General Hays does not believe in such halfway
measures The papers either good ba and should
should not be carried the mails Their future status will be
determined by the sort of matter that they print "
Mr. Harding should look first to the interests of
country That good advice and his first act should
be the business world of the thieves and rasca who
converting the word business into term of reproach
On the heels o. Big Bill Haywoods arrival in Russia comes
the report that the boshevk is financially busted
That ought to make William red. 5.,.a
Marshal Foch wants to visit the United States in Nove
her, That ought to be fitting tme between the
great American thirst is not so a-consuming.
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No Change in It.

Snickerson- is an empty purse
always the same, my boy? E. ~
Frad can't tell you
Snickerson- because you never
see any change in it Boys Life.
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if any lady disposed of poppy Van
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OVERHEARD BY EXCHANGE EDITOR
SUCCESS

It's doing your job the best you
And being just to your felowman;
It's making money, but holding friends,
And staying true to your aims and ends;
It's figuring how and learning why, H. /
And looking forward and thinking high,
And dreaming little and doing much; ".%
It's always keeping in closest touch r
With what is finest in word and deed
It's being thorough, yet making speed; -. w.
It's struggling with will to win, %*4
But taking loss with cheerful grin;
It's sharing sorrow and work and mirth =5%S% ~
And making better this good old earth @&-& -
It's serving striving through strain and stress.
It's doing your noblest-thats Success.
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