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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-23
B|C SAVINGS F0R MOTOR GAR OWNE R
Larger Appropriations For Auto Section Of United
 States Is Asked

Believing that the research work Of the automotive section of the united States bureau of standards Is of greater value to the automobile owners of che country in proportion to tho amount of federal money ex- pended than any other activity of the government in behalf of motorists. the American Automobile association Is urging Congress to increase the appropriations for 1924 from s15, ,000 allotted in the budget to S50,o00. the minimum amount estimated as re- Quired to carry on the work on a scale equal to that of the past year.
 The automottve section in the study made for the motor transport corps on the behavior of brake lining saving of s1o,ooo,00o annually for the motorists of the nation. The annual brake lining bill was s20.00o,ooo. Through experimental work carried on, the life of brake Things was doubled without extra cost to the consumer.
 Many of the savings for motorists have been the result of tests con- ducted for the army, navy, motor transport corps, post office depart ment and general supply committee on problems involving aircraft and automobile power plants, fuels. lu- bricants and accessories. The total expenditure of the automobile sec tion was approximately $125,00O an nually. Unfortunately large part of the work for the government depart ments has been completed so that the support for the laboratories from other governmental sources Is re- duced and the public will be deprived largely of these by-products. There is also an urgent demand for the ex- tension of investigations directly beneficial to the public. This de- Y1d A very limited way. 1t is pointed out, unless the appropriation is materially in creased.
 A project recently undertaken and for which only limited support Is as yet available, Is the development or methods for testing the braking abtl- ity of automobiles. This is ques- tion now actively before the various state and municipal agencies for the control of traffic and has come to be recognized as the most vital ele- ment in the securing of safety in highway transportation. Apparatus and test methods already devised and demonstrated to many state and mu- nicipal authorities have shown the practicability of simple and effective tests of brake equipment which are satisfactory to authorities and the car users. Without the direct sup port of congressional appropriations this most important work cannot be carried on as there Is no outside agency which can support 1t. More over 1t Is one of the direct services which the national government owes to the states, cities and citizens In it's fostering of highway transpor- tation. The value of this work to the country is represented not in dollars but in lives.
 Another similar project has been undertaken in connection with the adjustment of headlights and the en- forcement of regulations therefor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-23

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-23
M 'CORMACK BROS. . MAKE UNIQUE SALE
Pape Tells Of Buyers Who Purchase Used Car
 Sight Unseen
Rin Pape. sales manager at Me

BiH Pape, sales manager at Mc- Cormack Brothers, reported a rather remarkable incident the past week.
 T have been selling automobiles for 15 years" said MT. Pape, and have made many unusual and out-of- the ordinary sales during this time. But last week was surprised by two separate used car buyers the same day. Both of these buyers advised me that they wished to buy used cars from our firm without seeing them.
 "The first one to phone me simply stated the type of car he needed and the price he wished to pay. inform ing me that he did not wish to see the car before buying but was will ing to leave the actual selection of his car entirely up to us. The sec ond buyer to phone said he was too busy to select the car himself and wished us to send him out car which we believed to be a good value in the type of car he wanted.
 q consider 1t a remarkable com pliment which these men paid us.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-23

The first correct record we have o4 geographical knowledge is from Hos mer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-23
GO-zIP STATIONS BATTERY SERVICE
Part Of Station At Eighth Avenue And TWenty-fo
 Street Leased

In order to furnish battery service facilities to motorista&o on the north side the Go-Zip company has leased a part of it's new filling station at Eighth avenue and Twenty-fourth street, north. to the Hemlock Sixty two Battery Service company, ac- oording to announcement made Sat- urday by J. Gregory Johnson, presi- dent of the Go-Zip company. An ex- pert battery man will be in charge of this department.
 Recent comparative tests in which different makes of cars were used and operated under varying condi- tlons with Go-Zip. have led to its adoption by many of the large de- partment stores of Birmingham. Due to the large number of cars and trucks operated by these concerns. It is stated that the saving in mileage amounts to a considerable item and that the quick starting powers of the new fuel and the elimination of jerks have proved convincing fao- tors in bringing about its general adoption.
 "Go Zip sales in Birmingham are mounting week by week, as motor ists are finding out about the quail ties of Go-zip," says MT. Johnson. However, to realize the full advan- tages from Go-Zip and obtain the mileage increase which this fuel gives, 1t Is necessary to have the carburetor cut down. This requires but a few minutes and Is worth while having done. At practically any Go-Zip filling station those in charge will make the necessary ad- justments without cost"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-23
FORD HAS LARGE
 ENGLISH FACTORY
Plant At Manchester Will
 Turn Out 3O,0OO Cars Next Year

The Manchester plant of the Ford Motor Company of England, Ltd, the largest automobile factory in the British Isles, will produce approxi- mately s0,000 cars during the year 1924. according to a recent report.
 The English company, formed in 1910, began operation In a small fac tory near London, where 670 cars were turned out in the first year. The factory was moved shortly aft erward to Manchester. forming the nucleus about which the present mammoth plant employing 2,20o men has developed.
 While the company was originally dependent on the Ford Motor com pany in America for parts, the new plant includes on It's 816,924 square feet of floor space complete up-to- date automotive production ma chinery for every important unit. Thus the English Ford car, originally a combination of American parts and British assembly, Is now 95 per cent British, both in manufacture and ma terials.
 Since the inception 13 years ago, the Manchester plant has grown to be the largest Ford plant outside of the United States, and 1t is estimated has directly and indirectly given em- ployment to 10000 British workmen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-23

While this work would be done only partly under the appropriation re- ferred to above. 1t is part of the same general undertaking of serv- ing the automobile using public.
 Another project of perhaps equal importance is an investigation to de- termine what is the most economical grade of motor fuel for use in exist ing motor vehicles. The results of this research, while not yet com pleted. indicate that the total supply of motor fuel can be increased some 30 per cent without sacrifice in the mileage. This project promises fur ther economic saving to the public of many millions of dollars in addition to fuel saving to the government it. self. which would pay many times over for the cost of the entire auto motive program of the bureau of standards!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-23

They realized that we were entirely reliable and would do our best to see that they got cars which would give them the greatest service for the money invested. We appreciate the confidence which the public has shown they have In us the past week and we will always do our utmost to see that this confidence Is not mis- placed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-23
LAST DAY RUSH EXPECTED
 FOR USED CARS ON MONDAY

 car market. The buyer of such car save the difference, and those with keen insight Into vaules are begin- ming to appreciate this fact as never before.
 Largely due to this reason, so ths dealers say, many of them point with pride to their sales in ths last few days and feel that they will have a real part in making many a home su- premely happy Christmas morning in the possession of a good used car, something that will be & real asset and a delight for every day of the year.
 Birmingham. dealers are vieins with each other in an effort to help Santa Claus locate any homes thae are still waiting for their Christmas ear.
 You will find reliable firms whe handle good used cars advertising In the classified section of today's Age~ l Herald. Read their ads. ] ----~e-- The first correct record we have o4 geographical knowledge is from Hos
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-23
cr.nhite For Tubes And Rims

It Is much easier to fit an inner tube by the use of flake graphite than 1t is with soapstone. Graphite lasts longer than soapstone and has no chemical effect on the rubber. It Is also useful for treating rims IS a rust preventive. The application of a thin coat of quick drying varntsh to which graphite has been added until 1t Is about the thickness of cream helps protect and conserve the rims
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-23
stopi Looki Listeni

When approaching the railroad and before crossing the tracks
 Slow down.
 Listen carefully.
 Look in both directions.
 Shift into lower gear to prevent stalling on the tracks.
 Do not try to beat the train over preaching.
 After a train has passed. make sure that no others are approaching in either direction.
 Be doubly careful at night, and on strange roads.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-23

Perfumes were first employed only in religious services, and were con- secrated to that use. It Is said that non-shellac photograph record has been invented by European chemists
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-17
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by HELEN KENDALL
THE STONE CHIMNEY

What shall | do" beSs a reader,
with stone chimney which goes up
from the living room of our old stone
house, through the room above which
l want to treat as guest room
There is no fireplace opening up
stairs. so we cannot have fire
there. Shall l put the bed in front
of the chimney? 1t looks so bare
and unadorned."
Well. if | had an old zigzag CHM
ney like yours going up through my
guest room, even if there were not
and could not be fire place opening
there. ] should be oVerjoyed There
is nothing more friendly and charm
ing that an exposed chimney, espe-
cially if it is shaped as yours is and
particularly If it is of stone, in an
old stone house.
No indeed, don't put the bed in
front of it. You could never cover it
all up anyway. as it goes up to the
ceiling, so why not make it an asset,
instead of a LIABILITY, and treat it as
decorative feature of the room
To begin with, at about the first jog,
where the chimney narrows, ! would
put up shelf, with two lovely cam
diesticks on it. perhaps, and a bowl
of flowers in the center. Cor pretty
guest room clock for winter.
Now down below at about the
place where the fireplace would be,
why not have beautiful fire screen
on a standard? You can buy such a
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-17

cious. However. most of the native
dishes contained ingredients which
we cannot describe here, but l did
learn how to make what some of my
friends have nicknamed Hawaiian
croquettes a la Bird of Paradise"
the materials for which are easily
procured. And it is a dish so won
derfully appetizing that | constantly
prepare it for guests of epicurean
tastes.
First CRATE the meat of half
coconut and add to it cup of
(cow's) milk. mixing thoroughly, and
straining through cloth. Melt two
of spoonsful of butter over low
flame, rubbing into it with the back
of spoon five tablespoonful of
flour, stirring until very smooth.
Then. add slowly the strained COCO
nut and milk liquid, stirring con-
stantly until very thick. Season
meanwhile with one and a hald tea
sroonsful Of salt; one of paprika.
and one of grated onion. Finally
add two cups of cold, boiled, shred
ded mullet. or any other firm white
fish. and two cups of cold. boiled,
chopped lobster. and after stirring
allow to cool.
Shape into croquettes, or balls. al
lowing rounded tablespoonful to
each ball; roll in fine cracker
c.umbs. dip into an egg which has
been slightly beaten and to which
one-quarter of cup of water has
been added; again roll in cracker
crumbs.
Have a deep pan Of fat, hot enough
to fry piece of bread golden
brown while you count 40, and cook
the croquettes therein for about Il
minute: then drain on paper, and
serve with olives.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-17
BLACKHEADS SHOW
YOU ARE CARELESS
Tremendous Use of the Fa-
nous Black and White
Beauty Creations Is
Proving This More
and More Every Day

Not 80 long ago renowned author
ity on the care of the complexion
Daid: Show me person who has
ugly blackheads in their face and
neck, and will show you one who is
tcntion and care at all. or is careless
IN not using the one sure and easiest
way to keep these complexion runners
away"
How true this is. Women and girls
especially will try to hide blackheads
instead OF getting rid of them, and it
Is really 50 easy to do it there is no
excuse for any one being Inundated
by going aloLx the street showing
that they do not give their skin the
proper care.
Just take a few seconds every night
and FIRST clean the face with Black
and White Cleansing Cream: then,
after wiping this of with tower,
sorbed by the skin to supply the oils
which the wind and weather have
bcnten out during the day 8 exposure.
This makes your skin live. active,
and blackheads literally wash out
after you do this one or two nights,
because they are softened and forced
out by the fine ingredients used in
making the Black and White Beauty
Creations. You will be SO delighted
with the way these Creations make
and keep your skin clear. rosy and
charming that you won't let night
go by without giving your face these
few secondS Of attention.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-17

This imparts to the hair brown
color. Apply once daily with brush
until the desired shade is obtained
Ey all means rid yourself of super
tluous hair. Nothing is so fatal to
ones appearance as this hateful
blemish.
V. k.-The fleeting pains in your
limbs are not rheumatic. Many per-
sons feel barometrical changes in
this manner. However, the follow
ing alkaline bath mixture is advised
in rheumatic conditions and may
prove very helpful in your case:
Sodium bicarbonate, , ounces So
dunn sulphate, ounce; salt, 4
ounces.
This amount is dissolved in one
full tub of hot water Remain IN
the bath Is minutes, which is best
taken just before retiring. Repeat
a. often as seems necessary.
The little white marks on your
nails are, by some authorities, said
to be air spaces; others believe them
due to sll ght injuries Try rubbing
the nails deeply with cold cream
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-17
Diplomacy
Necessary to
Train
Children
Dorothy Die
The Modern Mother Has The Most Difficult Career On
Earth-She Must Be Diplomat, Dietetan,
Trained Nurse and Psycho-Analyst

A woman asks me if 1 will write an
article en- the modern mother. 1 don't
know Just what phase of the subject
my correspondent wishes me to dis
cuss, but I'm here to say that the
modern mother follows the most diff
ficult and arduous career on earth,
and the one requiring the most wis
dom, the most courage and the most
subtlety and tact.
For it is net more difficult to know
whether we should join the League
of Nations or not than it is to know
whether Mary should be permitted to
join sorority in the high school. 1t
takes just as much backbone to en-
force discipline in the home as it
does in the army, and no diplomat
needs more to have the iron hand in
the velvet glove than does the woman
who keeps her children herded in the
straight and narrow way without
their ever finding out that they are
being gently but firmly coerced into
Righteousness.
In olden times any female could
turn out a competent job as mother,
and call it day. All she had to dc
was to produce the youngsters, wash
them when they were dirty, feed
them when they were hungry. spank
eicHl WueH they WtIc Ddu, anu Mss
them when they were good. That
was all there was to it.
If her children grew up strong and
healthy and made decent citizens, she
took great credit to herself as a good
mother. If they were sickly and died,
she laid all the blame on Providence.
which had mysteriously afflicted her.
and it never occurred to her that she
was in any way responsible fer the
little graves in the cemetery.
The modern mother has no such
comfort, She is acquainted with the
germ theory and she knows that her
childrtn's lives are in her hands. If
she doesn't see that the baby's milk
is sterilized and his bottle clean. and
that the older children are kept from
infection, she knows that they may
die because of her neglect and that.
if they do, she is Just as much their
murderess as IL she had slain them
with her own hands.
Ignorance used to be an alibi for
me Their. but it isn't nowadays. The
modern mother has to know about
sanitation. and hygiene, and dietetics.
and how to give first aid to the in
jured, and how to administer home
treatments all the way from calomel
to Coue, for she can't shunt her duty
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-17
| THE
GAME.
A CITY
| ROMANCE
|H VIRGINIA TUHuek VaHD,wAIp

Speculations regarding Donald
Muir's companion REQUIRED frequently
to Winifred's mind after Richard and
she had parted at her door.
She longed to invite Rankin to come
in and dine with her. but doubt as
to Mrs. Bates's approval of this ac
ton deferred her What Mrs. Bates
said really mattered 1ittle-yet it
would not be wise to rush things too
Strenuously az fiist. And Mrs. Bates
Trad been wounded already today. She
was good soul yet she might, if
annoyed. make it uncomfortable for
Winifred to have Richard Rankin at
the hodSe often
So she bade the young man good
by and went on upstairs. She had a
sense OF blankness as she thought of
%the empty evening ahead of her. She
almost wished that Donald were com
ing in. He was always pleasant, and
he never bored her, she must admit.
He was delightful companion
even If not as interesting as Richard.
The woman who was with Donald
this afternoon had probably found
him a delightful companion too.
- Winifred bit her lip with vexatioA
as another idea occurred to her.
Probably Donald had found his COM
should he have brought her up the
river m his car, and sat, over the
tea cups until warned by the wester-
ling sun that it was late?
He had never asked Winifred to go
Ito that lovely place with him. Nor
had he even taken her anywhere in
his car
She had seen this car as he drove
1t awaX from the restaurant. 1t was
"A handsome roadster, the girl had
observed Rankin had commented on
its good lines. Yet Winifred had
never been in it.
Probably Donald has supposed that
.she preferred taking her outings in
.her own automobile. There was a
ray of comfort in that thought. But
swiftly upon it came the idea that
sthe handsomely dressed woman sits
ting beside Muir might have her
.own car also. Yet Donald had taken
.h.r driving.
She was a stylish looking person
apparently near his own age. She
was clever, perhaps, and entertain
,ing-as younger person could not
be. That was why Donald had paid
her marked attention. She could
talk we'll and amuse him. Whereas
she, Winifred, seemed to him but a
silly girl.
ITO He COutfnued.)
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from going even a smidgin.
The Snoopwiggy tried kicking his
two back feet and finally made the
bicycle go little bit. but not fast
enough. So, when old Mister Hokus,
the magician, shook the water from
his coat. and ran after the Snoop-
wiggy, he had no trouble in catch
ing him at all. "Ha. ha" old Mister
Hokus laughed. 80 you thought
you could get away from me. did
you, Mister Snoopwigsy." And be-
fore the Snoopwiggy knew what had
happened, old Mister Hokus pulled
him from the magic bicycle and tied
string around his neck. 1t was a
magic string and the Snoopwiggy
couldn't pull away no matter how
hard he tried.
Then old Mister Hokus, the magi-
clan, jumped upon the Snoopwiggy' s
bicycle and rode home and the
Snoopwiggy trotted along behind. for
the magician held on to the other
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-17

end of the string. When old Mister
Hokus reached home. he took the
Snoopw1ggy into his kitchen and tied
him to the table leg.
Then he tied an apron around the
Snoopwiggy' front waist and said,
Now then. l have always wanted
a hired girl, SO you can cook the
meals and sweep the kitchen and
brush the crumbs away just like lit
tie orphan Annie. but if you try to
escape, then the magic string will
pull you right back into the
kitcheni"
II don't believe that at all" the
Snoopwiggy said as he ran out the
kitchen door lickety split. The
SnoopNiggy ran out the kitchen door
and almost across the porch, then
the magic string jerked him back
into the kitchen so hard he almost
upset the stove.
See" old Mister Hokus laugh ed.
Now you've got to stay right here
in the kitchen,"
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jumped upon their magical bicycles
and raced down the path in the deep,
deep woods, followed by Grinny Bear
and the Wiggysnoop.
Maybe you have never seen a
Snoopwiggy, SO 1 will draw you "A
picture of one. This is Snoop-
wiggy, SO you can plainly see tina;
he is not the kind of creature to ride
bicycle. Maybe he could ride an
old-fashioned tandem bicycle" for
tandem bicycle is built to carry
two people. And, the Snoopwiggy
having four legs, really needed a
double bicycle.
If Raggedy Ann had only thought
of this, then they would not have
had such an exciting adventure as
they had.
When the Snoopwiggy jumped
upon the bicycle. only two of his
legs had place to ride and the
other two just stood upon the
ground and kept the magic bicycle
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-17
Fauorite Recipes
of Famous Men
BY RICHARD WALTON FULLY
(P1nywrighD
HAWAIIAN OQUETTEs A LA

1t was about Is years ago that
first visited the Hawaiian Islands in
search of materialsfor my play The
Bird of Paradise" and during the
course of my sojourn l made many
friends among the natives. often liv-
ing weeks at a time with them in
out-of-the- villages. Although
their food was radically different
from ours in many of its contents
palatable. and often strikingly deli
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-17
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When the Snoo.a.

When the Snoo.i.
wiggy and. the Wig
gysnoop and Grin
ny Bear pushed old
Mister Hokus, the
magician, this way
and that way unit
they pushed him
into the brook, they
ran back to where
they had left Rag
gedy Ann and Rag g.
gedy Andy.
Hurry r. a g
gedy Ann cried.
"OId Mister Hokus,
the magician. is
climbing from the
water and my, but
he is hopping mad"
ut serves him
right" the Wiggy-
snoop laughed. I'VE
won't let him take
your magical wish
ing pebble, Rag
gedy Ann!!''
The Wiggysnoop
and the Snoopwig-
gy saw when they
ran up to the Rag
gedys that Rag
gedy Ann h a d
wished for three
more magic bicy-
cles. all nice shiny
red ones with rub
Der tires.
Quick" Raggedy
Andy also cried.
Here he comes:
Hop on a bicycle
and follow u.s." And
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