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Evening star., 1923-01-21
MARYLAND SOON TO HAVE
ILLUMINATED ROAD SIGNS

BALTIMORE. January 20.-John y.
Nackall, director of public works.
announced recently that he expected
70 complete negotiations within the
next thirty days for the installation
"f a 100000 system of illuminate ed
road signs on all leading thorough
ares of the state, without costing the
state single penny.
Director Mackall is planning to
AIRY out a sign scheme, which he
has had under Consideration for two
years. The opposition at first regis
tered by the state forestry depart
nent has been eliminated by an act
Of the last legislature. which gave the
The rights ofway of the highways.
state Forester F. w. Besley had op-
posed the road sign scheme because
II involved advertising. He has al
ways opposed advertising signs along
public roads.
Director Mackall is now negotiating
with the American Gas Accumulative
company of Elizabeth. y. J., for the
installation of 1000 of these sign
nosts. The signs are ornamental and
sores. On top on them is a light
which indicates the kind of danger
ahead on the road at night.
The siGnposts give directions and
indicate dangerous curves and rail-
road crossings. If the state were to
erect thom they would cost $500
piece. not considering their main
ienancc.
The company proposes to inauGu-
rate and maintain the whole system
without any cost to the state. The
company gets its revenues from
advertising put on the faces of the
posts.
Tho signs will first be installed on
The Washington boulevard, the Elk
on-Belair Baltimore road, the road
from Baltimore to Frederick, Hagcrs-
town and Cumb mberland, the Annapolis
boulevard and the road from Wash
ington to IidEeyille
Evening star., 1923-01-21

without worryin' over the loss of A
little valve grindin' work. But il
car owners don't learn to make a, bet
ter job of it l may change my mind.
One trouble with them is that they
usually use too much valve grinding
compound. They flash lot of it around
the valve seat and then go TO work.
Everytime they dash some more COM
pound on a lot of IT. gets down into
the valve guides and around the
valve stems. ii couldn't get into
more unfortunate place.
"A few weeks after one of these
thorough jobs the owner comes
around to ask me why his engine
has a habit of skippin at low speeds
He tries different mixture. looks to
see that his valves are all seating
properly and cleans his spark plugs.
But still the buckin' and skippin' at
low speeds. I've seen this happen
time and time again, and the answer
is simply that a lot of valve grindin
compound has dropped into the valve
guides, worn them, caused the stems
to leave a little too much clearance
permitting air to be sucked through
the stems on every intake stroke of
the motor. This gets the mixture out
or whack just enough so that it's
noticeable at low speed. The only
remedy is to install new guides
which means that the car owner s
work actually costs him more than
he saved. But why should I worry?
It's my business to undo what motor
ISIS do to their cars"
Evening star., 1923-01-21
FRENCH AUTO MEN
AIDED IN WAR WORK
Factories Made Shells When
Germans Captured Plant in
Lorraine Section.

How Frances automotlvc industry
assisted that nation through IA most
irving wartime predicament was re-
lated by Albert NJ. Thomas, former
minister of wartime munitions in
France. during recent visit to the
cadillac Motor Car Company's new
plant in Detroit.
According to cadillac's noted Wis
itor, the German armies. in sieZins
certain factories in French Lorraine
during the first part of the war, dealt
the French stern blow in that this
move cut off almost entirely the man
ufacture of French shells. The French
had been employing powerful presses
for punching out the she'll castings.
All these were in French Lorraine.
had cut off these resources. Walter
ltathcnau. German minister of mu-
nitions, knew of the Importance of
this machinery and was watching for
signs of weakening i'll France.
Auto Factories Aid.
France fell back on her automotive
Industries. Using certain machines
IN the motor plans around Paris, the
cease. Castings of the shells were
made and the war went on. 1t was
ten months before the big presses
seized in Lorraine were duplicated
and took the place of the ma achines of
the automobile factories.
Mr.. Thomas stated that labor con-
ditionS in France were on the gain
since the war. Workmen get better
wages and the relationship between
employer and workman is much bet
ter. He and his party were in the
United States for visit. coming to
Canada originally for a conference
with the officials of the Canadian
government in connection with the
work of the International Labor Of
free. of which organization he is d
director
The Interna tional Labor Office is
connected with the League of Ma
lions and has headquarters at Geneva.
IT attempts to solve labor questions
by agreement between governments
and has made to date sixteen inter
national treaties.
Trip 10 Cuba.
In the party with NJ. Thomas were
V. j. Phelan, chief of the diplomatic
division of the International Labor
lions with employers: J. L. Herbert.
director Of the London branch; c. S.
Morgan assistant director of the
Washington office; W. \. Du Puy.
member of the Geneva staff: r. lie
Hrun. secretary. and Manley Q. Hud
son. professor of law at Harvard.
From the United States the party
will go to Cuba and then return to
Europe.
Evening star., 1923-01-21
Poor Memories Costly.

The most expensive thing about
owning car is to have a poor mem
ory. Forgetting when you last
creased q. part will either encourage
neglect or excessive attention, either
one of which may give trouble. The
motorist who keeps no track of the
amount of alcohol he uses in his
radiator may put in an extra quart
tor good measure" only to find that
it is one quart too many. The en-
gine overheats. steam forces lot of
the cooling solution to syphon out
and the motor suffers. On the other
hand. if the motorist thinks he has
enough alcohol in the system-but
doesn't know positively-he runs the
risk of having the radiator freeze.
The same thing applies to the mat
ter of changing the oil. putting wa
ter in the battery and the other rudi-
mentary things relating to car care.
A poor memory is very costly. A
good memory saves many a dollar, but
a written record of the facts kills a
dozen birds with one stone.
When n driver has the whole road
Evening star., 1923-01-21
to himself he invariably encourages
AN ambulance to share IL with him.
Worth Remembering

II is not a good plan to use the ig
milton and lighting switches any more
than is absolutely necessary. 4 loose
switch contact is about as annoying
thing as any driver is called upon 10
endure. The switches get enough wear
without working them overtime.
Here is suggestion for any driver
who is annoyed by glaring headlights ::
Make il a point 10 catch up with the
car ahead and keep about 100 feet be-
hind it. The patch ahead will then al
ways be clearly marked and the rays
from approa ching headlights will not
matter.
But in trailing behind another car
at night be prepared 10 stop on short
notice. The driver ahead is getting the
full benefit of glarinG headlights. and
il may be necessary for him to slow
down occasionally in nassing other CARS.
Evening star., 1923-01-21
Passing in the Night.

There is a noticeable tendency among
drivers to leave too much room between
cars when passing each other at night.
The tendency to drive too close in day
time is carried 70 the other extreme al
night. Much of this is due to the fact
that driver unConsciously allows for
a full car width in the belief that the
other car extends much further out
toward the center of the road tnan is
revealed by its headlights. A driver
also is inclined to get as far away from
the range of the other fellows head
lights as possible, 1t explains why so
many cars land in the bitches al night
Evening star., 1923-01-21
Emergency Traction.

Occasionally in winter the center of
the streets will be clear enough to
make the use of chains unnecessary,
but the cutters will hold enough
snow and ice 10 cause a driver con-
Sidera BILE trouble in starting. 4 handy
way to get traction in such cases is
To place the chains as near as pos
sible under the rear tires, SO that the
wheels. in spinning around. will take
hold and enable the driver to reach
the clear surface of the street. II
isn't NECESSARY to Jack UP the wheels
Evening star., 1923-01-21
BY Beck.

lar parking space and go on to an
other: If he leaves the car there the
chances are that the ash collector may
come along while the car is parked ard
damage il. Parking too near a drive
way is another way of courtinG trou-
BILE. II is also bad policy to leave the
car too near the entrance Of build
ing or a store, as cars drivinc in and
driving out do not always stick to the
straight and narrow path
Evening star., 1923-01-21
This and That.

Always brush off an accumulation
of snow when bringing the car into
the garage after storm, otherwise
the snow in melting will remain on
the various parts of the car too long
doing all manner OF damage before
finally dripping to the floor.
When passing an approaching car
during a wet spell. when the streets
are filled with puddIes. it is a good
idea to speed up for an instant. The
quicker the cars get by each other
the better. A spurt Of gas may save
a squirt of muddy water splashed over
the side of the car.
Copyright. 1923. by the Ulman Feature Service
Evening star., 1923-01-21
The Old Mechanic Says:

It's all right for an ambitious
car owner to attempt to grind in his
valves himself. because it saves money
sight into the workings of the motor.
Besides. I've got enough to do, in the
way of biz, important repair jobs
Evening star., 1923-01-21
Where Not to Park.

ought not to be parked even though
there are no official restrictions against
such parking. II the driver. for instance
sees an ash can standing on the side
walk he had better forfeit the particu-
Evening star., 1923-01-21

The under side of the spare tire.
soon becomes coated with mud and
road oil. Unless this is cleaned off
occasionally permanent injury may
be done to the tread, and to the cas-
ing, too. il there are a"y breaks in
the tread. In cleaning the car this
section of the spare which is exposed
good way to remember this is to take
off the spare and clean il every time
air is pumped into it,
Evening star., 1923-01-21
The Sunday Motorist
EDITED BY WILLIAM ULLM4N
An Abridged Magazine for Car Owners.

SO long rs secondhand dealers
thrive there is evidence that hope
still springs eternal in the human
breast.
The Washington times., 1923-05-12
FOXY GRANDPA STORY
HOW LASSIE WENT SHOPPING !.

, ed and into the shop walked Lassle
all by herself.
She would walk right over to the
counter where the balls were kept,
jump up on her hind feet and bark
at the man, wiggling her short
stump of a tail as fast as she
could.
OF course, this pleased the man
very much, and he always leaned
over and patted Lassie affection
ately. Lassie couldn't speak, but
the way she acted and the express
sion in her eyes were enough to
say:
please give me another ball."
And this the kind shopkeeper
did several times during the sum.
mer.
Winter came and the baseballs
were put away. Whether or not
Lassie knew that winter was not
the season to play with baseballs
we will never know. But when
spring came and all the boys were
out with their bats and balls, the
proprietor of the sporting goods
store put great big baseball in
the window to let them know that
he had some fine new baseballs
for sale.
Imagine his surprise shortly
after this when Lassie walked into
tse store. She lived in the neigh
borhood and had seen the big base
ball in the window. This remind ed
her Of her kind friend who had
given her the balls the summer be-
fore, and in she pranced.
Did she get another ball? She
certainly did. and barked Thank
you" and ran out, the happiest
dog in town.
Another Fine Story Monday.
Copyright. 1923. by International News
/
The Washington times., 1923-05-12
ADVICE TO LOVELORN
BY Beatrice Fairfax.

to love me-. as it is not his
nature to love anyone.
This. Miss Fairfax. is what /
want to know: Is # possible
for person to be of that ma
ture, or is he installing love
= for liking2 SALLY.
THE man may be in no position
to marry. He may be cold
and selfish-but there is always
some one to whom the most self
centered nature responds. How
ever, he is doing all in his power
to make it clear to you that he is
not taking his friendship with you
seriously. So it would, be wise
for you to accept the situation
and expect nothing from it.
The Washington times., 1923-05-12

PROBLEMS
BY Brice Belden, M. D.

A LII investigators agree that
"a from 10 to 40 per cent of
our school children are at
the present time suffering from
malnutrition Of an easily recog-
nizable grade This condition is
manifested by underweight for
age, anemia, chronic fatigue,
faulty development of the bones,
bad teeth, poor posture and nerV-
BUSINESS.
These physical abnormalities
are the result of faulty diet. In
the average home children follow
the dictates of their appetites,
which does not result in a salts
factory diet. The appetite de-
termines how much food shall be
eaten, but it cannot be trusted
to determine the quality of our
supply of nutriments. Neither
can it insure the proper compost
ton of the mineral portion OF the
diet, nor a proper supply of the
various vitamins.
The difficulty resides in the fact
that these children's food is not of
the proper composition; hence fol-
low the failure of health and
groWth, infection Of the tonsils,
the development of adenoids,
and the acquisition of bad pos
ture. The poor bodily develop
ment explains the poor resistance
to infection. NThe bad posture is
due to weakness of the poorly
nourished muscles.
In tehse cases it is useless to
insist upon correct posture If
the children are weak because
Of poor nutrition. 1t Is only
through the building up of vi
tally through suitable diet that
their powers can DO brought up
to normal point.
All this is in contrast to the
view that seems to be passing,
namely, that it Is because of in
feCted tonsils and adenoids that
these children are undernour-
ished.
1t is safe to say in the light of
present knowledge and expert.
ence that the defects mentioned
are caused by restricting the diet
for some time to foods which are
inadequate for the maintenance
of normal nutrition. A suitable
dict starts these children growing
and the improvement in health
and vigor and capacity to learn
is soon easily noticeable.
The Washington times., 1923-05-12

them, I am happy to say, were act
ors, quiet gentlefolk, who lived a
life of selfldenial and endeAvor.
One night at supper she sat next
to Van Brunt. When he was IN
troduced she did not catch mis-
name, and to him she was simply
a very young and beautiful Miss
Sands. He did not recognize her
for the girl who had passed under
his stateroom window with Paul
Henley, and whose good looks had
caused him to cut himself while
shaving. All this was a pity For
Silver might have listened to re-
assuring words about her lover and
his long. silence.
Buried in Mexico.
Curiously enough, however, Van
Brunt talked to her about the
Lost Mines. for even Broadway
was interested in Mexico at this
time, and told her how. "a young fe..s
low in his office had gene
down there to hold them against
the revolutionists. and how it was
impossible to get word from him
or to him.
THE worst of it." said Van
Brunt: is that this promising
youth has a best girl. OF course,
he told her not to count on let
tiers, but still she must be hav-
ing all kinds of fits. He's a.
charming person. If 1 were. a
girl I'd hate to think I'd lost
him.
lis she nice, too?" Silver asked.
He thinks So said Van Brunt.
II never met her. / saw her
once, and thought she was
about the prettiest girl I ever
saw. 1 suppose I ought to look
her up, and tell her to be OF good
cheer. And I would il Wall
Street wasn't in such a beastly
mess. / simply can't afford the
time. And. besides. though
know where she lives I have
quite forgotten her name. So I.
can't write. No, I'd have to go
to her city, and wait in the post
office until she showed up"
But, after ALL" said Silver a i
little wistfuliy. t'yeu haven'tmuch
to. tell. her ssYoueehavenst heard .
from him either. You don't know.
II hes alive or dead
To Be Continued Monday
The Washington times., 1923-05-12
By Beatrice Fairfax,
Who Occupies a Unique Position
In the Writing World AS An
Authority On the Problems
of Girls.

<<TNDEED won't telephone
Bert" said Luella indig-
- nantly. why should l?
He'd certainly think l was mad
about him if / dashed off to a
telephone to invite him to the
club dance. If / happen to meet
him, and it comes up in the con-
Versation, l may invite him. But
I'm not going to make a point
Of it,
By the time Luella happened
to meet" Bert, someone else had
invited him to the club dance,
and so she turned around and in
Vited a man she didn't mind max
ing a point of asking, since she
cared very little whether or not
he went from her.
81 need an escort" she said,
Struggling her shoulders. SANS
as good as anyone. He dances
well and knows how to treat a
girl when she takes him out.
He'll send me flowers and insist
on having at least eight of my
dances, and it won't hurt for Bert
The Washington times., 1923-05-12
Risking Her Happiness. I

DEAE MISS FA1RFAA
1 am Twenty-Five years old
and engaged to young man Of
twenty-four. We have decided
to be married in a couple Of
months. He being Of differ
ent faith, told me when we
first met that he would be will
ling to be married according to
my religion ana bring the chill
dren up in the same faith,
should we be blessed with any.
He has not been coming to
nay home, as my parents have
had a little trouble with him,
and 1 have to meet him at
friends houses. On account Of
this trouble he has. changed his
mind and does not want to be
married.
He was out of work for four
months, and during that time
/ have helped him all pos
sibly could, going without
things myself in order to help
him. I am willing to work
after we are married in order
to save.
don't want to lose him,
love him too much. So please
tell me what I can do.
BROKEN. HEARTED.
EVIDENTLY the young man is
not particularly stable and
has not much regard for his
work. 1t doesn't matter so much
in whose church you are married,
but it does matter that he isn't
willing to abide by his promise.
Moreover, he ought to be man
enough to straighten out his
trouble with your people. Greed
and dogma are not as important
as a true sense of religion, and
real faith is based on love. 1:
he doesn't care enough for you
to do the right thing by your
people-and to keep his word to
you-what chance of happiness
do you think you would have as
his wife? Perhaps his youth
makes him a little unreliable.
Consider this carefully from
every angle.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
~ / am twenty-one and am
going about with n man three
years my senior.
Now, this young man always
keeps telling me how much he
likes me. but says he is unable "
The Washington times., 1923-05-12
HINTS FOR THE
HOUSEHOLD

If shoe pinches, a cloth
wrung out in very hot water and
placed over the spot will expand
the leather and remove the pinch.
1t is worth while taking care
of a good pair of gloves. If kid
and suede gloves are wrapped in
flannel when not in use they will
last longer than when put away
uncovered.
To Judge the quality of ham.
run a skeWer or a sharp knife
close to the bone: when with
drawn it should be clean and
without any unpleasant smell. In
a cut ham the fat should be
white and free from yellow
streaks.
The Washington times., 1923-05-12
WINNING REAL LOVE
HE COQUETTE TAKES THE WRONG WAY

to see that I'm not dependent on
him.
Don't you know any number of
Agirls who act just as Luella did?
And how well does it work out in
practice?.
Coquetry is good enough in it's
place. If it means making one
self as stimulating and charming
and desirable as possible; if it
means being gracious without be-
ing fulsome in attentions and ap-
preciation; If it means making
the most of ones daitiness and
sweetness, well and good. But
when 1t means lying and making
believe and pretending and pos
ing and hiding all your real feel
ings, what real service can it
do?
No real and lasting love was
ever won by coquetry. No fine,
big emotion ever came in response
to cheap little tricks. Posing as
something you are not can't win
you regard for what you really
are.
If a man and woman are to
feel real love and devotion, they
must build on truth. Only a
revelation of your real self can
get for you the response to your
own nature which that nature
Graves.
Any number OF girls fancy that
the greatest charm they can pos
sess is that Of coyness, of pre-
tending not to feel anything more
than surface emotions. They
imagine that the minute they give
anything honest and real to their
friendships with men, the men
are going to tire of them.
Men do tire of whining and
whimpering. A man is likely to
be bored by ceaseless demands
on his time. When a woman ex-
presses a selfish sense of DOS.
session. a man is bound to chafe
at it. We all like to feel free, to
assert our individuality and to
come and go somewhat as we
please. But between fastening
around a mans life like ivy cling.
ing to an oak-or battering at a
mans door like a bird trying to
fly in out Of storm-and keen.
ing him guessing" there is a world
Of difference.
Loyalty, honest friendship, ap-
probation, thoughtfulness, under.
standing and consideration will do
far more to appeal to a man of
genuine feelings than will all the
lacking across his path that makes
a girl fancy herself alluring.
The Washington times., 1923-05-12

vT1S, indeed, dogs are smart,
children. knew an aire-
dale once called Lassie, who
acted pretty much as you would
expect young lady to act.
l had a friend who kept a sport
ing goods store where he sold all
kinds of tennis racquets, skates,
footballs and baseballs. 1 often
used to stop in to visit with him
for a while, and enjoy seeing the
customers come in to make their
purchases.
One day while II was waiting
there a young man came in with
a fine airedale trotting behind
him. The young man wanted to
buy tennis racquet. On the coun-
ter, with the tennis racquets, were
a lot of baseballs. Now, as you
know, dogs love to play with a ball.
The dog sat down and looked up
at the shopkeeper and barked.
"Bow-wow!" with such a plead
ing look in her eyes that he couldn'.
help but notice her.
The young man who owned the
airedale said:
BE quiet, Lassie. Wait until you
get home, then you can play with
your own ball"
But Lassie kept barking:
"Bow-wow. vow
The shopkeeper, who was a kind
hearted man and loved animals,
picked up a cheap ball and threw
it to Lassie, who caught It in her
mouth. Then she jumped around
and barked with joy as if to say:
THANK you"
The young man made his pur-
chase, thanked the man and he and
Lassie went out of the store.
My friend, the shopkeeper, told
me that several times during the
summer his screen doors had open
The Washington times., 1923-05-12
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The Washington times., 1923-05-12
XIX

There lis no spectacle more
touching than that of a sweet
and faithful girl whose lover has
tired of her. But during the first
few weeks of her life in New
York Silver Sands hardly had the
. time to realize how unhappy mad
broken-hearted she was. Certain
heroines, / know, carry their sad
looks all through dinner, theater,
and supper parties. To a certain