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Gas PROBLEM IS
ONE that CROWS
Fluid Distilled Today Contains
Much That Used to Be
Known as Kerosene.
ENGINEERING SHOWS RESULTS
Intake Manifolds Are Being Designed
to Give Just Right Amount Of
Heat to vaporixe Last Drop
OF Gasoline.

Every motor car manufacturer is Of
fering In his 1922 product what he
considers an excellent device for get
ting the greatest possible power kick
out Of the kind Of gas a car has to
swallow these days.
The poor-gas problem Is one which
has grown with the motor industry.
The first few "horseless carriages
puffed along on a fluid that was 80
volatile under ordinary atmospheric
conditions that it was readily COM
bustible. Now that the use of cars
has increased to the extent that we
have forgotten the "hOrseless car
riage" and speak Of the "horseless
age" the tremendous increase in the
demand for gasoline must be met by
cutting lower into the crude oil.
Gasoline distilled today contains
much that was known as high grade
kerosene a few years ago. 1t is an
Indication Of the progress made in
cars that they hum over the hills on
the fuel and sputter as little as they
do on cold days. That's where the
more miles gallon" engineering is
showing results.
Proper combustion, in addition to its
results in acceleration and mileage, af-
fects fabrication because unburned
raw gasoline leaking into the crank
case thins the oil.
A Worthy Ambition.
The ambition of the modern motor
engineer is to introduce into the COM
bustion chamber the most rapidly
burning fuel possible. When the fuel
enters in drops only the external sur
face Of the drop is exposed to the
spark. 1t is necessary to evaporate
the drops into vapor before conbus-
ton Is complete. If fuel can be re-
duced to true gas, that is still better.
Even with the best carburetor now
obtainable the gasoline is only partly
vapOriZed.
1t would be simple to apply enough
heat to make the fluid into a true gas,
but another difficulty enters here. AS
the gas is heated it expands, it be.
comes thinner" there Is less power
in. a given volume, the combustion
chamber is not getting as many heat
units as 1t should.
Intake manifolds are being designed
now to give just the right amount OF
heat to vaporize the last drop of gaso.
line without overheating the vapor
Heat usually Is applied only to the
liquid fuel. One of the two main
methods used permits the liquid to
touch a hot plate over which the
vaporized fuel passes without coming
into contact. Another series Of hot
spot devices uses a settling chamber
into which the heavier particles droI
to be heated.
Beset With Difficulties.
Most hot devices consider another
trait of the stubborn little drop OF
gasoline-clinging to the dry wall OF
the intake manifold and thus sneak
ing into the combustion chamber with
out being vaporized. The most popu
lar way of off-setting that Is to shape
the intake manifold so that there is {
sharp corner in the internal wall. The
unsuspecting drop Of gas creeps alont
| the wall until it reaches the corner
There the rush of vaporized gas into
the manifold gets sweep at it. i
is as If the gas drop had stepped
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OH joints should be fitted with gas
kets made Of wrapping paper, while
asbestos gaskets coated with graphite
should be used for water joints.
Sediment, scale, and rust in the cells
Of the radiator and the water jackets
of the cylinders will interfere serious
ly with the circulation of the water.
A "wiggling" wheel does not nee
essarily indicate that the car has a
bent axle, but the rim or tire has
not been placed correctly on the rim.
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HAD TO STAY IN
BED FOR WEEKS
Omaha Citizen Says He 10 Now Rid
Of Treublss That Had Kept Him
Miserable for Years,


Il was almost out Of commission
when. began taking Tanlac, but It
has made me feel like new man in
short time" said w. 8. Meadville,
1904 North Twenty-nintb st., Omaha,
Neb.
my liver and kidneys were out Of
order and had terrible pains in my
back and sides and was 30 bad of
often had to stay In bed for two weeks
at time.
'The results I got from Tanlac were
a very glad surprise 10 me. It bene-
fted me in every way and I believe
the Improvement received will prove
lasting and feel stronger and better
than In many a day"
Tanlac Is sold by all good druggists.
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The Greatest Wealth.

Take your duty, and be strong in it,
as God will make you strong. The
harder 1t is, the stronger in fact you
will be. Understand. also, that the
great question here is, not what you
will get, but what you will become.
The gre 'est wealth you can ever get
will be in yourself. Take your burdens
and troubles and losses and wrongs, II
come the- must and will, as your op-
portunity, knowing that God has grid
ed you for greater things than these
Horace Bushnell.
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Friendships Of Youth.

There are few things that affect our
dyes as deeply as the friendships we
make in youth. Those are the forma.
tive years. and the closer the friend
ship, the greater the influence. Those
are our initiative years and we initiate
those whom we love or admire. Char
acter then is as plastic as clay in the
potter's hand. Would that every
young person were blessed with one
staunch and true friend, whose in
fuence would always be for truth and
righteousness. The best friend of all
Is our Lord. and next to Him are those
who take Him as their guide and
master.
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CRACKS IN HOOD FINISH

The cause of cracks in the hood
finish is the uneven expansion of the
metal and paint due TO-, the engines
heat. To avoid this, line the hood
with asbestos paper, using shellac to
hold the paper to the metal.
To eradicate squeaks in the car, try
loosening the body bolts and applying
oil to all parts where the body Of the
car touches the frame, then Tightening
the bolts.
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"Ain,t Il tho Iruth2n

"Halloa, old top" said BERTHE, gen.
Tally, did you catch that train all
right last night?"
"Oh, l caught it all right. replied
Jack dejectedly. "Saw the rear lights
disappearing as l arrived on the plat
form"
But, hang 1t all, you just said you
caught it," corrected Berthe.
Jack sighed. 1.-THE married man
who misses the last train always
catches it," he said.
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Critics.

STtktCSs
Theodore Dresser. the novelist. said
at tea in Greenwich Village:
Criticism is lost art. The aver
age critic understands the work he
criticizes about as well as-as-
But here's story. A woman was
going through picture exhibition with
her husband. They came to picture
called Saved which represented q
dripping Newfoundland dog standing
over a dripping and unconscious child
flowing in the background.
1.-The woman was deeply interested
In this picture. She said:
"'No wonder the poor child's faint
ed after dragging that great big dog
out of the water"
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Too Much for Him.

whats become of the barber who
was shaving me?
He's having Il fit in the rear" said
the proprietor. who had taken the
missing artists place.
do you mean to tell me you employ
a man to shave the people who is
afflicted like that?"
II haven't the heart to turn him
out. Bill is q good worker and he
never had fits until women started to
coming in here to get their hair
bobbed." d."-Birmingha Age-Herald.
An honest books the noblest work
Of man,
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Not Active.

"Is she marriedT asked the in
Quisitive man.
"Oh, yes" replied the native.
"What sort of man Is her hus-
band?'
"Well, he took up golf some years
ago and now think he is merely a
tradition"
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Cuticura for Sore Hands.

Soak hands on retiring In the hot suds
of Cuticura Soap, dry and rub in Gu
ticura Ointment. Remove surplus
Ointment with tissue paper. This Is
only one Of the things Cuticura will do
II Soap, Ointment and Talcum are used
for all toilet urposes.-Advertisem
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Nothing Sacred.

New York undertakers have decides
to take the righteousness out Of fu-
nerals. says IN exchange. Grene
Scott! Are they going to jazz up fu-
neral dirges, too?-Detroit Free Pyesa--
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AarsoytO urltoRM INTERNATIONAL
Sl114ldaySchoel q
' Lesson '

(By REV. p. q. FITZwATER, d. d,
Teacher OF English Bible in the Moody
Bible Institute OF Chicago.)
Copyright Ia23. Western Newspaper Union.
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Here's Good Aduice: Relieve Your
Fatigue With Sleep. Auoid StimuLants

THERE is nothing In the world
l. so reconstructive as sound, re-
freshing sleep. During sleep the
system rids itself of the fatigue
poisons that have accumulated
during the day. The food ele-
ments are taken up by the various
tissues that require rebuilding nu-
triment.
1t is important that you get
plenty of health-bringing sleep.
Anything that interferes with your
sleep hampers and hinders you
mentally and physically.
A common cause of physical
weakness and mental depression Is
the reaction following over-stimu-
lation by the drug, caffeine. and
Made by Postum Cereal
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try It. ! now feel fine and can do my
housework without any trouble ct ali.
You can use this letter for the sake Of
others 1t you wish. Mrs. WELDON G.
HATFIELD. R. R. 8. Sabina, Ohio.
Housewives make q great mistake IN
allowing themselves to become 90 weak
and nervous that It is well-nigh impos-
sible for them to attend to their neces.
sary household duties.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound should be taken when YOU first
notice such symptoms as nervousness.
backache, weakness and irregularity. Il
will help you and prevent more serious
trouble. Give it a fair trial. It surely
helped Mrs. Hatfield, justas ithas many,
many other women.
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New Steel Wheels.

Forged in one piece, steel wheel
has been invented for automobiles,
including rims, spokes, hubs and brake
drums.
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Why shouldn't wife act ike onos
possessed?
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MRS.. Hatfield
SABINA, OHIO
n Pitiable Coudidonwheu ,he Began
Taking Lydia E. Pinkhan's
Vegetable Compound
Sabina, Ohio.-'T took Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound for weak

.aene uiu Htogul&1-
ty. ! was weak and
nervous and could
hardly stand on my
feet long enough to
cook . meal. I was
this way for about Q
year and had tried
several medicines
and had . physician,
but to no avail. My
sister was taking
your medicine and
finally induced me to
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LESSON FOR MAY Fl
HlLkIAH's GREAT DISCOVERY

LESSON TExT.-II Chron. s4:14-s3.
GOLDEN TExT.-Thy word is a lamp
unto my feet. and a light unto my path.
-Ps 119:105.
REFERENCE MATERIAL. - Deut. g.:
S-s; Josh. 1:8; Col 3:16: II Tim. 2:15; 3:ll-1e
PRIMARY TOPIC.-How the Lost Bible
Was Found.
JUNIOR TOPIC.-TIilkiah Discovers the
Lost Bible.
1NTERMEDIATEAND SENIOR TOPIC.
How to Make the Bible Our Own.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC.
The Authority and Influence Of the
Bible
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other elements found in both coffee
and tea.
IF you have an idea that coffee
or tea drinking may be injurious to
your health, why not stop it for
week or 50. and drink delicious,
fragrant Postum instead.
Postum Is a rich, golden-brown,
pure cereal beverage. 1t contains
no harmful elements of any kind.
You can drink Postum as many
times a day as you or the chill
dren desire q grateful. refreshing
beverage.
Your grocer sells both forms a possums
Instant Postum I'm dns) made instantly IN ths
cup by the addition Of boiling water. Postnn
Cereal Qn packages of larger bulk. for thoss Who
prefer to make the drink while the meal ID being
pfsparsd) made By boiling for fully 20 minutsA
Inc, Battle Greek, Mich.
Evening star., 1922-11-19

find some one to go to theater with
me and have little supper after the
play"
Some man, suppose!" The sar-
casm was noted, but he came back.
"On the contrary, some lady, like
yourself, miss" Burdell believed that
a woman past actual youth is always
pleased to be called a miss, and that
reiteration in such a case is wise.
Then you aren't going out OF
town? thought you wanted the
terminal"
"Oh. that was Just an excuse. You
see. I'm candid, miss"
"I see. A little harmless Irritation
is your object" There was nothing
like resentment in her tone. We'll,
I know a theater over here a little
distance that I'm willing to attend
with you. It's not one of those fashy
Broadway playhouses. but the home
Of real drama. And there is comedy
in it, too, and realism"
II surely would like to visit 1t with
you, MISS"
'very we'll. We will attend per-
formance."
T<HEY walked on. She took Madi-
i son avenue upward and after sew
eral blocks turned again into cross
Evening star., 1922-11-19

"T>H latest thing that Carney has
L took up to make TIL fight again
nature is called Fetching. Did ye
liver hear iv it? Well, they'se a la-ad
be tn name Nv Fletcher who thinks
SO much Nv his stomach he won't use
1t, an he tells Carney that If he'll ate
on'y wan or two mouthfuls at iv'ry
meal an thurly crew thin he will
invinchooly be no more thin skin
an bone an very handsome to look
at. In four weeks man who
Fletches will lose forty pounds an
all his fri'nds. Th' idee is that ye
humble yer food fr tin minyuts with
a watch in front iv ye.
This night Carney was Fetching.
1t was a fine supper. TIL table
groaned beneath all tn indilicacies iv
tn season. We tucked our napkins
jaynial avenin'. Not SO Carney. He
laid his goold watch on tn table,
took mouthful- iv mutton pie and
begun to Fletch. At first Hogan
thought he was maxim faces at him.
but / explained that he was crazy.
see be TIL look in Carney's eye that
he didn't like tn explanation. but we
wint on with th' supper Well, twas
sloryous. .Jawn. yer health, Pass
tn beefsteak, Malachi. Schwartz
meister. OIL boy. can't help ye to tn
part that wint over tn: fence last?
What's that story? Tell it over here,
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where. Carney can't hear. 1t might
make him laugh an hurt him with
his fri'nd Fletcher. No? What? Ye
don't say? An didn't Carney resint
it? Haw. haw, haw! This eyesther
sauce is TIL best I liver see! Michael
this is like OF times. Look at
Schwartzmeister! He's fetching,
too! No, be gorry. he's chokin'!
think Carneys watch has stopped.
No wondher-he's lookin' at it! Haw,
haw. haw, haw. haw! A good joke
on Carney! Did ye iver see such a
face? Carney, me buck. ye look like
a movie comedian. What is a face
without a stomach? Carney, ye make
me nervous! If that there idol don't
stop f'r a minyit I'll throw some
thing at it! Carney. times up! Ye
win yer bet but twas foolish wan.
thought ye were goin' to push
Fletcher in a wheelbarrow"
I've known Jawn Carney. man an
boy, fr forty year. but I niver knew
ontil that minyit that he was a
murdher at heart. Tn look he give
US whin he snapped his watch was
turrble, but tn look he give ta'
dinner was aven worse. He set there
fr two mortal hours. miditatin' what
form tn assassynations wud take an
Fletchin' each wan iv us in his mind.
walked home with-hin to see-that he
came to no harm. Near tn house he
wint into a bakers shop an bought
four pies an a bag iv doughnuts
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street. And she chatted in a way that
convinced Burdell he was in for a
pleasing evening.
As they approached a rather i'm
posing building over the steps leading
to which green lights appeared a
policeman loomed ahead. She beck
oned to the officer.
! Whats. this? A police station?''
Burdell asked.
you guessed right the very first
time," she replied. And then to the
| officer who had come up: ARREST this
man. I wish to make complaint
"A masher. Ell? Come along!" said
the officer, taking Burdelrs arm.
But this isn't quite regular, miss"
protested Burdell. II haven't meant
anything wrong"
They all get that of! Come along.
I say" was the officers verbal con-
tribution.
i The three entered and faced ser
geant at the desk, Burdell still pro-
testing volubly.
| Whats up" the sergeant asked.
Another chaser?"
"The lady wanted him pinched," the
officer replied. - ~.
AS he speechlessly stared at the
woman in the better light Burdell
seemed to be paraiyzed. -. =.
Evening star., 1922-11-19
The Oceans Waves.

THERE are few things about which
more exaggerated stories are told
by people who honestly mean to speai
the truth than about the steepness and
height of ocean waves. The excitement
attending storm at sea is SO great
| that even the coolest observer Is apt to
lose his power Of accurate judgment
and the waves amid which his ship is
! tossing and plunging impress his imagi-
nation as if they were really mountain
high"
So person riding In a small boat on
a rough sea imagines that the waves
into whose trough he sinks with a
sickening> sense of going to the bot
tom are not only Of enormous height,
but that their sides resemble walls
of water rather than long slopes.
The truth is that 1t is very rare
for waves at sea. even in a furious
storm, to exceed thirty feet in height.
In exceptional tempest they may
reach sixty feet.
| A French savant finds that in the
FIVE or sin feet in height. The ofdi-
nary observer would estimate them
to be at least twice rs high.
The harder the wind blows. the
faster the waves run and the sleeper
they become: yet they are never as
steep as they seem to be. In an ordi
nary wind the slope Of a wave is
about one foot in thirty-three; In a
storm it become one foot in seven
teen or eighteen. In other words. the
slope of storm waves is only ten or
eleven degrees from the horizontal.
The impression Of great steepness
that the waves give to one in a small
boat is due to the swiftness of their
passage. Only few seconds elapse
while the boat is being lifted from
the trough to the crest OF a wave
several hundred feet in length. Tho
feeling it that Of being driven up
the face Of cliff Of water.
Evening star., 1922-11-19
MIR. D00LEY ON BANTlNG

| I've promised tc take thin home to
me Wife he says. 4 thought she was
out iv town. says I. She'll be back
in a week. says he. An. anyhow.
Misther Dooley, I'll thank ye not to
be pryin' into mo domestic affairs
he says.
AN there ye ar-re! What's tn
use Nv goin' up again tn laws iv
nature. says l.. II nature irtindsd .ye
to be a little roiy-poly. a little rofy-
poly yen be. They amt anything
to do that ye ought. to do thatll
make ye thin an keep ye thin. TIL
wan thing In tn wur1uld thatrl ray
jooce ye surely is lack iv slesp. an
who wants to lose his mind with his
flesh? I'll guarantee with tn aid "
an alarm clock to make an-ny man a,
livin' skeliton In thirty days. A lady
with a young baby won't piver get no
chubbier, nor Ia gintleman, It's
father. TIL on'y ginooine anti-fat
threatment Is sickness. worry
throuble an insomnya.
STH' scales ain't amy judge iv
lbeauty or health. To be beauti-
full is to be nachral. Ye have gr-reat
nachral skinny beauty while my
good looks is more buxum. Wh.n I
see an OIL foot in a sweater an two
coats sprintin' UP tn street and
gronin' at iv'ry step want TO join
with the little boys that ar-re throw
in bricks at him. II he takes of tn
flesh that nature has wasted on his
ongrateful frame, his skin won't At
him. They'se nawthin' more heejous
to look at than a fat man that has
rayjooced his weight. He looks as
though he had bought his coverin' at
an auction. 1t bags undher tn eyes
an don't fit in tn neck.
"A man is foolish that thries to be
too kind to his stomach, annyhow.
Fletchers idee is that tn human
stomach is sort iv little Lord Faun-
, tleroy. If ye give 1t much to do 1t
will pine away. But Dock Casey tells
mo it's a gr-reat. husky, good-na-
tured pugilist thatrn take on most
anything that comes along. It will
go to wurruk with grim resolution
on a piece iv hard coal. It will get
tn worst iv it. but what mane to
say is that it fears no foe an doesn't
dhraw tn color line.
II w'ud put 1t In tn heavyweight
class, an it ought to be kept there.
1t requires plenty iv exercise to be
at its best. an II 1t doesn't ges
enough it loses its power until
chocolate eclair might win against
it. 1t mustn't be allowed to shirk it,
jooties. 1t sh'ud be kept In thrainin.'
an. says Dock Casey. II its owner is
a good matchmaker an doesn't bacI
It again opponents that ar-re out *
its class or too nanny at wan tim
it will still be doin' well whin tn
brain is on'y fit rr light exercise"
Dye expict to 60 on accumylati
flesh to tn end iv yer days?" asket
Mr.. Hennessy.
II do that" said Mr.. Dooley. 81
expict To- make me fri'nds wurrun
fr me to tn last. They'll bel no
gayety among tn pallbearers at me
obsequies. They'll have no sinycure.
Befure they get through with me
they'll know they've been to
fun'ral."
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1922-11-19

For instance, Andy No. Is phones in
from Greenwich Village that after
he's stopped a gas leak and put new
lock on 4 studio door the lady artist
wants him to wear a cowboy outfit
and pose for an hour or so. and shall
he do it. why not?" says !. And
No. reports from Harlem that the
mother of three children has asked
him to stay and look after 'em until
she can go down to an employment
bureau and hire a new nursemaid.
Another had to help an old couple
capture green parrot that had es-
capped from his cage and was perched
on a roof water tank two blocks
away. One Andy turned In a charge
slip indicating that he'd put in an
hour and half playing checkers with
a fussy old boy who was laid up with
a broken leg. and another had been
decoyed out to fix a leaky water pipe
Evening star., 1922-11-19
GETTING THE ANDYS PUNCHED
May Settling
of
John D. When He Got Nel

r'ous kinds. from bricklayers trow-
els to plumbers stoves, so when
got back I gave Millish two tens and
told him to go bargain hunting. He
was gone half an hour or more, but
when he finally staggered down the
stairs he had both arms full. includ-
ing saws. pipe wrenches, planes and
an assorted lot of screwdrivers.
They'd have cost you a hundred
If you got 'em new" he assures me-
You shoulda heard me beat the old
motzer down. Say, I'm some shop
per. Miss Dodge"
We've both admitted that you're
genius. haven't we. Andy?" says
I. Then let's see If you can detail
enough carpenters to take those old
packing boxes and make som g
benches along the wall"
I watched his squad tackle the
Job and it wasn't long before I'd
Evening star., 1922-11-19

\ ND with that stopped worrying
"A and went out with Barry Plat
to see a new play that tho Theater
Guild was putting on. meant to try
out my old plan Of sleeping on the
puzzle. letting 1t simmer over night.
And sure enough in that nve minutes
between the time when the alarm
clock went of and before my feet hit
the floor I'd doped out the new
scheme. Before breakfast was over
1t was all clear.
1--WE got 1t. Millish." L announced
as walked into the office. mo more
Of that broadcast ad stuff. That's
fine for certain lines, but not for us.
We will now proceed to organize on
the block system"
''Eh?" says Millish.
House to house soliciting in def
mite areas" I explained. I'VE will
pick out few likely blocks in one
part of town and fine toothcomb 'em
for orders. That will bunch our hits
for US. And I shall need two bright,
smooth talking, young college hicks to