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The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-07-19
ABUSE OF BRAKE
WEARS OUT AUTO
Good Driver Gauges His Speed
in Heavy Traffic and Uses
Horn InteIIigently.

It is a well known fact, frequently
commented on, that the American car
owner drives too much with his brakes
Every time you hear a traffic officers
whistle in a large city, you hear at the
same time a shrieking of brakes and a
scraping of tires on the dry pavement,
writes H. w. Henry in the Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Let it be said to the credit of the car
manufacturers that the brakes are ac-
tually built so mechanically sound that,
in spite of the abuse to which they are
subjected, they stand up under the
strain.
Fast driving between short city
blocks, followed by a sudden jamming
on of the brakes, is expensive, both in
the wear and tear on the tires, the
burning out of the brake lining and
damage to the brakes and other me
chanical parts of the al
Brakes Have Important Purpose.
There is no question at all that
brakes are extremely important for the
purpose for which they were built, but
simply because they are efficient and
reliable is little reason for their abuse
abuse which results in damage to
other parts of the cars mechanism.
The relation between the use of the
horn and the use of the brakes is sim
ply this-greater use Of the horn would
make less use and abuse of the brakes.
In other words, sound your horn and
keep going.
The better the driver, the less he
touches his brakes. Note any day how
a particularly good driver goes through
the congested districts of a large city.
He gauges every traffic stop ahead
and slows down or speeds accordingly.
Frequently in driving outside the
business center of the city, it is a case
of jamming on the brakes or sounding
the horn. Sounding the horn a half
block before reaching an i~ntersecting
street will eliminate the necessity OF
jamming on the brakes, coming to a
dead halt and then speeding on again.
Usefulness Of Horn.
Too often an automobile driver
sounds his horn when nearly on top of
pedestrians, and then it Is almost use
less. because he has waited so long that
he must at the same time jam on his
brakes. In fact, the hand movement
for the horn and jamming on Of the
brakes is almost simultaneous. thereby
defeating the purpose Of the horn.
The horn should not only be sounded
to warn pedestrians and automobile
drivers, but likewise, in night driving.
to warn the car ahead. 1t should be
sounded at all times in backing out Of
a garage. 1t should be sounded at
every turn in a road. You can make no
mistake in sounding your horn fire.
%quently. Use your horn every day in
every way-more frequently.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-07-19
Most Important Thing in
Late Hatched Chickens

The most important thing In the
success of late-hatched chicks costs
nothing but labor. feed and water.
Neglect giving the growing chicks
these essentials. and all the up-to-date
poultry quarters, h~igh-grade feeds,
good stock behind the chicks viii
prove Of no avail. Comfortable quar-
tiers. plenty OF fresh water. shade In
some form. coupled with good feed.
will go q long way toward making q
success wifh the lafe-hatched chick.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-07-19
RECESS I'M FENCE Is
CONVENIENT FOR CAR
Arrangement Shown for Tenn
porary Storage of Auto.

The illustration shows an arrange
ment used by a resident of Washing
ton for the temporary storage Of an
automobile until a garage could be
built. A seven-foot section Of the
backyard fence is removed and q re
cess, fourteen feet long, built in; it
may be built of the same material as
the fence, which is, perhaps, most adj
visable because the section of the
fence cut out can then be used or it
may be built of latticework. as shown
in the foreground, and vines planted
around it, which would be the more
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-07-19

gard to tie use Of them:
Any pudding ike rice. bread, left
over cake or plain custard. is richer
and more tasty when dotted with bits
Of jam or jelly.
Milk toast is delicious served with
blackberry or loganberry jam or jelly.
A firm jelly may be cut into squares
70 use in fruit salads. OF to decorate
cake frosting or ice cream.
Jelly roll. jelly tarts. jelly dough-
nuts and jelly omelet are all easy o
produce.
Jams and jeIlies are good to serve
OF waffles or griddle cakes: piled with
butter and jelly between, they may be
cut like pie and served as desserts.
Rhubarb Jelly is particularly good
with ham. Grape, currant. mint and
pineapple jelly are served with meats-
When serving game, a spoonful Of
currant jelly added to the gravy makes
a delicious sauce.
Tiny baking powder biscuits.
opened and spread with butter, then
with jam or jelly, make a tasty hot
sandwich.
Crush strawberries and mix with
equal parts Of sugar, stirring until the
sugar is entirely dissolved, then q In
tight cans and keep in a cool place.
These may be used III winter for
strawberry shortcake. If too sweet
add a little vinegar.
Use rhubarb with various fruits
two parts of rhubarb to one Of fruit
such as strawberry. pineapple or
raspberry, will make a delicious jam.
with not only the flavor Of the fruit.
but with the Increase In bulk which
the rhubarb gives.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-07-19
Bias of the Human Mine and Heart the Greatest
Fact in Government
By w. J. BRYAN, Address at Railroad Valuation Conference.

The bias of the human mind and heart is the greatest fact we have to
consider in government. Bias may be a matter of education, inheritance,
trolls.
In my journeyings up and down the world | have discovered a way OF
finding out a mans bias. I take him off to one side and tell HIM the story
of Lazarus and Dives. Then / wait for the reaction. Ii he is a democrat
he will sav dts too bad ANYBODY had to live on crumbs. More tables
ought to b arranged SO that Lazarus would have a seat at table" Il ne Is
an aristocrat he will say: "What a lovely thing it was for Lazarus that
there W a a Dives near from whose table he could get the crumbs
One line is drawn through society, a line separating the man who
~ 1t heart a democrat and the man who is an arlstocrat. The democrat
believes government comes from the bottom; the aristocrat believes society
and government should be suspended from the top. The democrat be-
ieves in the masses and says make them prosperous first; the arstocrat
avs legislate for the weILtpdo and then wait until prosperity leaks
through to the masses.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-07-19
ILE
~ Il SIH8

A great deal of engine trouble can
be avoided If new spark plugs are In
stalled once a year.
The vital part that spark plugs play
in good engine performance Is just be-
ginning to be realized.
The brakes should not be applied
suddenly-never hard enough to. slide
the wheels OIL the road.
1t is a good plan to save the oil
drained from the crankcase. You will
find many Uses for it about the car.
Operating the engine without sufh-
Client water or with no water at all
may result in injury to the spark
plugs.
Refill the crankcase with the cor
rect grade of lubricating oil. And re
member there is a happy medium in
the matter of oil.
Many motorists believe that rim cut
ting of tires is an unfathomable mys-
terry. determination usually is the
cause but 1t has an ally In side sway.
The best and easiest way to clean
the windshield Is to wipe It or with
n wet channels and rub dry with a
clean cloth. A little kerosene in the
water will help II the glass lie very
dirty.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-07-19

ham was deliciously favored and ten
der. Potatoes were added and baked
with the ham and the result was q
puffy, brown, w-eII-seasoned potato.
Small dainty sandwiches spread
with butter, marmalade and grated
cheese and placed in the broiling oven
to become brown on each side, are de-
licious for either tea time OF a late
guppe With hot chocolate or coffee
jungle Stew.-Scak n cupful OF
kidney beans over night. In the morn
ing boil them in water to cover, add
Ing salt when nearly cooked Put a
tablespoonful Of butter in the frying
ban and cook cne large onion finely
chopped; when the onion is brown add
the beans with one-fourth OF a can OF
tomatoes and one-fourth Of q cupful Of
elbow macaroni. Simmer until the
macaroni is done, season well and
serve.
Dutch Pot Pie.-Cut into dice a half
pound of smoked ham. fry slowly until
weIl-heated through, then add six POI
tatoes sliced and three onions, also
sliced. Cook for a few minutes, then
add them to a kettle with three pints
Of boiling water. Cover with biscuits
u into squares and boil 20 minutes
well covered. Parsley may be added
if desired. Prepare the biscuit as
usual. with either baking powder or
soda and sour milk. A delicious bis
cuit (another discovery by necessity
mad with buttermilk and baking pow
der is especially delicious as dump
lings.
Queen of Bread Pudding.--Take one
pint of milk. n pint Of bread crumbs
the yolks Of two eggs, n cupful Of
sugar, a tablespoonful Of melted but
ter and one-half Of a lemon to a cup
full or less OF powdered sugar. Beat
the white of the eggs very stiff; add
two tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar
cover the pudding with a layer Of the
g and lemon juice. then cove with
the meringue and bake until brown.
Serve with cream II desired. This may
be served hot or cold.
Satisfy 9oup.-Scrape twelve good
sized roots Of satisfy and throw them
at once into cold water. Cut into thin
slices, cover with n quart Of water
and cook gently for an- hour until ten
der. Add n quart Of milk. v tea-
spoonfuIs Of salt, a few dashes Of pep
per and two tahlespoonfuls af butter
cut into bits. Turn into a tureen and
serve with oyster crackers For q
more pronounced oyster flavor aid a
few pieces Of soaked, shredded rod
fish.
II ~
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-07-19
Smoothness in New Road
Is Important Requisite

1t is now realized that ~smoothness
In the new road is nj of the requi-
sites TO insure continuous good sur
face. If the road contractor turns over
a road that shows rolls TO the slightest
degree these rolls NEAR the ultimate
destruction of the road, for they fur
nish the means for starting the pound
ing of the heavy motortruck wheels,
which eventually break up the surface.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-07-19
IMPROVED
ROADS
Scientific Adjustment
of Highways Is Needed

OF highways LIS needed
Often IT is thought that heavy yehi-
cles. carrying heavy loads, are respon-
sibIe for the d~eplorable condition OF
some of our highways. We have seer
Photographic and other proof Of the
wrecking Of roads. indicating that
these roads had been blown up from
beneath the surface. We have seen the
calamitous condition Of payements
smashed by pressure of some kind.
What Is the answer
In the fall we find some roads ap-
pearing tosbe models Of durability. In
the spring they are wrecks. Mean
while heavy trucks had been driven
over them. Could there be a superb
ciaIly palmer case Of cause and eff
feet?
On some stretches of the very road
where the collapse of the pavements
Is most d~iscouraging nothing goes
wrong. There the trucks do not crush
the concrete or buckle the brick pave
ments. The loads are precisely the
same that are hauled over the other
stretches Of the road. The same
wheels of the same vehicles roll over
sections that stand up under the test
that roll over the strips that give
away.
What, then, is responsible?
Is it the weight Of the loads or IS
1t the manner in which the road was
constructed? Is it the way the build
ers failed to adapt their work to the
conditions they had to deal with2
Matters Of soil and drainage, ma
terials and construction methods were
not given proper attention.
When one road along a sandy ridge,
with good natural drainage. comes
through a hard winter scarcely the
worse for wear at any point, and an
other road In the same district and
the same climate. carrying the same
traffic, with the same truckloads, but
with spots where the subsoil is wet
and there is no natural drainage, is
found in a state of collapse after the
frost comes out of the ground, what
Is the logical conclusion? Is 1t lighter
roads or closer attention to drainage
and other important features entering
into the construction of our highways?
Isn't the remedy to be sought in the
more scientific adjustment of the
highways TO the natural changes in
the direction of larger vehicle units
and more economical transportation
on the public roads?
The question is vital TO the solution
of the whole problem of county high
ways, their construction and mainte-
nance. It is Of immense importance
TO all producers and consumers. 1t is
a basic transportation problem for
Americas millions of people who want
to do the sensible thing and the right
thing by all interested.
One of the gratifying evidences Of
appreciation of the value of truck
transportation throughout the country
is the determination Of responsible au-
thorities TO have real highways. not
merely makeshifts. They have profit
ed by experience and realize that TO
meet the transportation conditions the
highways must be constructed accord
ingly.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-07-19
PROTECTION FOR SPARE TIRE
Water, Oil and Heat Will Do Much
Damage Unless It Is Covered
in Some Way.

When You are looking over the tires
of your car don't forget the spare tire
you are carrying behind. Unless 1t Is
covered to protect It from light. water,
oil and heal ii will deteriorate rapidly.
These four enemies Of rubber will take
the life out of any rubber product in
a short time.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-07-19

sweet milk TO
pour over her
slice of ham for
baking, used q
cupful If butter
milk OF course
it curdled, but
when the baking
was over the
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-07-19

The Immense Popularity of Motor Camping Is
Very Easy to Understand
By ]. c. and JoHN D. LONG, in .MOtor Camping.

TA E3 OST Of us are possessed Of the desire to be somewhere else.
UWXNI Since the dawn of history hordes of men have pressed into
new countries. Sometimes the expeditions have been in
search Of food and plumber, but mixed in with these motives
has been the human passion for something better, the hope for SUMMER
scenes lying over the horizon.
Hemmed in by the restrictions of modern business life, people no
longer, even in this Western World, move by tribes or companies into
new homeands But the restlessness remains
In the United States a new and increasing way Of satisfying this
desire for recreation and adventure has swept over the country. Motor
camping has become a leading national pastime. Thousands play golf
every year, tens of thousands play tennis, hundreds of thousands engage
in baseball, but in the past few years millions have gone in for motor
camping. There are over ten million cars in this country.
The immense popularity Of motor camping is very easy to under
stand when one realizes that this pastime is romantic, healthful, educa-
tive and at the same time economical. Father can take the whole family
for a two weeks or a months trip in his car at virtually the sam cost
as staying at home. The room rent he will have to pay on his trip will
range from nothing to fifty cents or a dollar a day for the family. There
are many thousands of acres of free camping grounds in the national and
state public Fairgrounds.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-07-19
Che KITCHEN
CABINET


A little neglect ma breed great
mischief. For want Of a nail the
shoe was lost. for want Of the shoe
the horse was lost, for want OF the
horse the rider was lost. being
overta.-en and slain by the enemy.
All for want Of a horseshoe nail
Benjamin Franklin.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-07-19

a
stocked shelf Of
jams, jellies and
preserves. This Is
the time Of the
year when we fill
the shelf. The fol-
lowing are a few
suggestions Id re
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-07-19
Concrete Car Stand Is
Big Farm Convenien

There has been considerable com
plant in the past from roadside mar
kets, because there is q tendency for
motorcars that are stopped to buy
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-07-19

Concentrate all your thoughts
upon the work at hand. The suns
rays do not burn until they are
brought 10 a focus-Alex Ball
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-07-19
SUGGESTIONS AND RECIPES

Necessity being the mother Of In
vention, the cook finding she had no
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-07-19
s~EAsoNABLE SUGGESTIONS

To give variety and elegance to i'm
formal meals there is no better aid
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-07-19

the farm produce to block the traffic.
S. d. Holderman. near Morris, Ill,
not wishing TO either discontinue his
profitable business, or TO be the cause
of a traffic jam, had this concrete car
stand built with the permission Of the
state highway Authorities.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-07-19

decorative method. A strong chain is
fastened securely around a corner
post on n side Of the entrance, and
equipped with a heavy paddock that
can be snapped OF an eyebolt fastened
to the opposite corner post. If the
recess is used during winter it should
be provided with a Eight roof to keep
off the snow.-G. A. Luers, Washing
ton, in Popular Mechanics Magazine.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-19
PARTIAL CURE FOR DEAFNESS
Humming and Singing Will Be
Found Beneficial.

That humming and singing will cure
head noises and make it possible for
partially deaf persons TO regain their
hearing is the contention Of DIR. Paul Y.
Winslow, attending ear. nose, and
throat surgeon at the Brooklyn State
hospital. New York.
After lnnumerable experiments, Doc
tor Winslow has prescribed a series Of
exercises in singing and humming.
For example, he declares that It is ex-
eellent practice to hum the %eonsOnant
NJ" in such a way that the lips can
be felt vibrating, or to sing the vowel
Il" for two-minute periods three times
a day, placing the tone high up in the
nasal chambers with a decided nasal
twang.
One deaf patient who could not hear
his own voice Is said 10 have succeeded
by this method In hearing voices three
feet from his right ear and six inches
from his left. Popular Science
Monthly.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-19

car, and waved its driver a command
with its front wheels in the edge of
the loose earth, and the chauffeur
Tuning at the possibility of stalling-a
contingency upon which Newton had
confidently reckoned.
what dye want?" he demanded.
what dye mean by stopping me in
this kind of placer"
Il want to ask you,' said Newton
with mock politeness, "if you have the
correct time"
The chauffeur sought words appro-
pirate to his feelings. Ponto and his
muZZle saved him the trouble. A
pretty pointer leaped from the car,
and attracted by the evident friendli-
ness of Ponto's greeting, pricked up
its ears, and sought, in a spirit of
canine brotherhood, to touch noses
with him. The needle In Ponto's muz-
lie did its work to the agony and hor-
ror of the pointer, which leaped back
with a yelp, and turned tail. Ponto,
in an effort to apologize, followed, and
finding itself b~ayonetted at every con-
tact with this demon dog, the pointer
definitely took flight, bowling, leaving
Ponto in a state Of wonder and hui
initiation at the sudden end of what
had promised to be a very friendly
acquaintance. The pointers master
watched its strange flight, and swore.
His eye turned to the boy who had
caused all this, and he alighted pale
with anger.
1--WE got time" said he, remember
ing Newton's impudent question, ito
give you what you deserve"
Newton grinned and lodged, but the
bank of loose earth was his undoing,
and while he stumbled, the chauffeur
caught and held him by the collar.
Again Ponto interviewed, for as the
chauffeur stood holding Newton, the
dog, evidently regarding the stranger
as his masters friend, thrust his nose
into the chauffeur's palm. The chauf-
feur behaved much as his pointer had
done, except that the pointer did not
swear.
The grading gang laughed. Newton
grinned ever while In the fell clutch
of circumstance. Ponto tried to smell
the chauffeur's trousers, and what had
been a laugh became a. roar. eau
ton and mercy departed from the
c%hauffeur's mood; he drew back his
fist to strike the boy-and found 1t
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-19

among this years creations. That 10
a single fastening at the side, general
ly at the walstline. Sometimes it is q
tie, sometimes a button, and some
times a handsome buckle, but, what.
ever it is. it supplants the rows of but
tons, hooks or the belts of previous
seasons and it is an attractive treat.
ment for the long lines that appear
in autumn's offerings.
But while they are so nearly uni
form in style as to fastening and
length, in the materials and trimmings
of the new fashions a different story
is told. Every sort of wooden mate
rial, from a light blanket weave to a
fur cloth almost like beaver in tex
ture, is used in making coats, which,
in turn, are suitable for every climate
from the sub-tropic to the nearly Arc
tic. Decoration, aside from the fur
trimming on winter coats, appears in
the form of embroidery, beading and
braiding. and allows the wearer a wide
range of colors and patterns. For
heavier coats embroidery in s~elf-color
is a favored trimming.
Two extremes of the style are
shown in the coats pictured here.
That at the left is designed for gen.
eral wear and is made Of soft tan wool
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-19
CHE Brown Mouse

you're a reasonable board of public
servants" said jim ironically. I'D
like to tell the whole board what l
think of them"
"Come down tonight" said Bonner
jeeringly. Were going to have a
board meeting at the schoolhouse
and ballot a. few more times. Come
down, and be the Garfield of the con-
v%lntion. We've lacked brains on the
board, that's clear. They amt a man
on the board that liver studied algebra.
r that knows more about farmin' than
their impIyers. Come down to the
%schoolhouse, and We'll have a field
hand addriss the school board-and
begosh, III move yer i~lliction mesilf !
Come, now, Jimmy, me bye, be game.
It'll vary the program, anyhow"
The entire gang grinned. Jim
flushed, and then reconquered his
calmness of spirit.
"All right, Con-" said he. "Tll come
and tell you a few things-and you
can do a you like about making the
notion"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-19
CHAPTER II
Reversed Unanimity,


The great blade of the grading mar
chine, running %diagonally across the
road and pulling the earth toward its
median line, had made several trips,
and much persiflage about Jim Ir-
wins forthcoming appearance before
the board had been addressed to Jim
and exchanged by others for his bene-
fit.
To Newton Bronson was given the
task of leveling and distributing the
earth rolled into the road by the
grader-a labor which in the interests
of fitting a muzzle On his big mongrel
dog he deserted whenever the machine
moved away from him. That there
was some mystery about the muzzle
was evident from Newton's pains to
make a secret of it. Its wires were
curled into a ring directly over the
dogs nose, and into this ring Newton
had fitted a cork, through which he had
thrust a large needle which protruded,
an inch-long bayonet, in front of
Ponto's nose.
AS the grader moved along n side
of the highway, a high-powered auto
mobile approached on the other, max
ing rather bad weather of the newly
repaired road. A pile of loose soil that
Newton had allowed to lie just across
the path made a certain maintenance
of speed desirable. Newton planted
himself in the path of the laboring
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-19

er crowns and somewhat narrower
brims than those in favor during the
past few weeks.
SHRED velvet, in a beautiful golden
brown, forms the facing of the model
shown at the top of the group. The
crown is covered with black satin and
trimmed with a jet ornament and an
ostrich fancy which fails over the
shoulder. The model at the extreme
right shows an attractive tricorn
shape made of shirred and corded
satin and trimmed with a monture of
burnt goose. The little hat shown in
the center borrows from both summer
and fall styles. The duvetine brim is
faced with satin and bound with mar
row velvet ribbon and combined with
a cap crown Of duyetine. The trim