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Evening star., 1924-09-14
new TYPE HIGHWAYS
KEEP PACE WITH THE
IMPROVED AUTO MODELS
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natural stresses which attack any
road from underneath. Asphalt
dressings on roads that have some
sort of concrete base are in reality
mose serviceable to the motorist
since they permit of a little more
give" and offer less eye strain on a
sunny day. Underneath the road is
where motorists will shortly find most
of the changes.
In Maine they have had enough
experience with frost to know how
to handle the subsoil. After the road
has been dug down to fairly firm
nntural base large boulders are set
in. On top of these go smaller rocks,
and finally dirt and crushed stone.
This forms natural drainage for
the road and an outlet for frost. II
the road starts to get rough 1t is only
a matter of adding dirt and stone
here and there to smooth it out again.
Doubtless such IA base could be used
as foundation for a more permanent
type of surface.
Much, economy will be effected
through the development of some of
these new ideas in roads. A large
area of any concrete road is seldom
used by traffic, and it is on the theory
that the lesser used section Of the
highway should be cheapened in favor
Of the Travelled portions that the
track highway has been developed
An additional saving is effected in
the same instance by building the
road right over roads that have been
slated for rebuilding
Copyright, 1924)
Evening star., 1924-09-14
ACCURACY SLIPS BACK.

\ number of motorists who firmly
believe in accuracy have raised an
interesting point with respect to the
licensing of 1925 models in 1924
point which began to receive atten
tion when the 1924 models were
brought out so early in 1928. In one
state. for instance. the car owner is
required to take an affidavit to the
effect that the information he gives
in the application for license is the
whole truth and nothing but the
truth. Between now and January l.,
1925. thousands of the states citizens
will write down bedside the line.
Year of manufacture" the numerals
1925. Obviously no car can be manu-
factared in 1925 until 1925 is here.
The matter may seem like ii detail
but there are those who contend that
if such inaccuracy passes how can
the motor vehicle officials object to
Il mere difference of Il few figures
in the engine number or any other
description of the car. Some dealers
are incenSed over the inaccuracy on
grounds that il makes for confusion
when cars are resold. If all manu-
facturers brought out their 1925 cars
in 1924 it would be nothing to worry
about. but there is obvious ground
for objection when some of them still
adhere to the idea of calling a car
1925" when it is actually made in
1924.
Evening star., 1924-09-14
WARNS OF "oNCE TOO OFTEN

One never appreciates how grand it
is to drive slowly until one has hit it
up once too often.
Evening star., 1924-09-14
SEE HEADLIGHT
REGULATIONS LACKING
C0MMON-SENsE IDEA
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way and with the spotlight focused
about 25 feet ahead Of the car. turn
ing the headlights down to dim at the
same time. He would be surprised to
find that the road is illuminated in an
entirely different way. The powerful
rays Of the spotlight seems to reflect
BLUSH white light all over the road.
In meeting another car he would find
that there Is no period in which vi
sion is obscured. And if he were in
the other car he would find that the
indirect light from the spotlight
would not blind him. Rather it would
help him see the road.
This is indirect lighting as applied
to highway illumination. A driver
would be required to keep his spot
light focused so that even in turning
curves the rays would not strike the
eyes of another driver directly. Spot
lights would be designed so that they
could not be turned straight ahead
unless they were lifted out of d
socket, thus allowing them to be used
for trouble or emergency lamps with
out permitting of abuses. Motorists
would be permitted to use headlights
only when other cars were not ap-
preaching.
The spotlight and it's various i'm
provements which would follow in
terest in this matter furnish handy
way of solving our lighting problem
When we get through quibbling over
the details of direct lighting perhaps
we will get down to brass tackS and
try simple method that is based on
less theory and more common sense.
Copyright. 1924. by the Unman Feature
Service.)
Evening star., 1924-09-14
THREE TRAFFIC TRICKS.

Drivers who wish to get through
traffic with the least amount of ef-
fort learn to watch traffic far ahead
of them as well as that which Is just
before them. Some people waste a
lot of energy tearing through the
gears when the traffic officer says
go" because the chances are that
the officer at the next crossing is get
ting ready to say stop" Often a
quicker start at one crossing Will
avoid a stop at the next
If a street car has come to a stop
and there is a parked car to block
the way just a short distance ahead
stop behind the street car rather than
abreast of 1t. Let the other fellow
try to get past the street car when
it starts. He'll give it up when he
sees the parked car, slow down and
turn in behind the street car. But
If you're there first you'll be the first
to pass the street car after it has
passed the parked car.
Don't confuse the traffic officer by
giving left turn signal when you
simply intend warning the man be-
hind to stop.
Evening star., 1924-09-14

A movement to have coal stamped
as to its quality after an inspection
Evening star., 1924-09-14
WAY TO KEEP UP ROADS.
One Autoist "Does His Share" by
Avoiding Holes.

Do you ever do anything to help
keep the roads from going to pieces?
A motorist was recently asked this
question when he had finished con-
demning the highway department for
it's failure to repair a certain road
when the first evidence of wear ap-
peared, and his reply was indeed in
teresting. Il do my share by avoid
ing the holes in the road" he ex-
planned. IF the road is very rough /
take 1T easier and try not to let my
bounding car make it rougher for the
next fellow. 1 think that if all of us
would be little more considerate of
the roads that are awaiting the ar
rival of the road doctors we'd have a
lot less need for road building tax
ation."
Evening star., 1924-09-14
WHY YOUR BRAKES BURN.
Excessive Use Creates Excessive
Heat, Expanding Drums.

There are two reasons why your
brakes are particularly likely to burn
when you are using them to hold the
car in check on q long descent. This
is contrary to the general belief that
the brake Innings burn merely be-
cause they are excessively. What
really happens with external con-
tracing brakes is that excessive heat
created by excessive use of the brakes
expands the drums SO that the brakes
are, in effect applied still more exces-
sively. If the driver would release
his pressure on the brake pedal to
compensate for this the end of the
decline might be reached without
burning the brakes. but not realizing
that the brakes are Applying them
selves" the driver is not likely to take
any such precaution.
Evening star., 1924-09-14
IMPROVED AUTOS
MARKET FEATURE
Betterment Developed to a
Degree Which Inspires In .
quiry ''What Next?"
BY JIMMY MURPHY.

So many really important improve
ments have been sprung in the last
year or two in automobile design and
equipment. that the ordinary car own
er is justified in asking What next?'
With balloon tires rapidly becoming
standard equipment IN all but the
lowest price class. with four wheel
brakes finding a place on an increaS-
ing number of models with air clean
. crs and oil reclaimerS beginning to
appear. the fortunate car buyer has
a rosy prospect ahead of him and may
be assured that other good things
certainly will come at no distant
date.
would not want to pretend to say
what will be the next big develop
ment. but l firmly believe that before
many years have passed, we are going
to see the development of a new gear
set to take the place of the present
mechanical unit. This new gearSet
will give an ntn te variation of
speeds, simply by the movement of a
lever or similar control. There will
he no shifting of gears, as we now
know the operation.
Obviates CIaShinE.
More than "A year ago one of the
popular ears began equipping with a
form of gearSet which obviates clash
ing. In this instance the gears are al
ways in mesh and shifting is carried
out so that noise is impossible. At
the recent summer meeting of the
Society of Automotive Engineers
there were shown several new de-
vices to take the place of the pres
cnt tranSm SSion. Some of these
seemed to be reasonably we'll perfect
ed. over in England a prominent en-
gineer has brought out a device
known as the ConStantineSco trans
mission. which does away with clutch
and gearset. All this shows the drift
of engineering opinion. which seems
to be that the mechanical gearshift
has got to be replaced with a more
flexible and easily handled unit.
For many years attempts have been
made to perfect the hydra ulic trans
mission. In far as know
factory. Or if any of them have
there must have been manufacturing
or cost factors which prevented their
general adoption.
Not Exactly FOreseen.
No one can say at the present time
just what form the new type of
transmission is going to take. In
ventors of devices of this sort will
claim to know exactly what the new
type is, but students of motor design
will be a bit chary of expressing an
opinion al the present time.
But just put this in your. hat. ex-
cusing the slang: Within brief
period we are going to see radical
change in gearset practice and you
and | are going to be the gamers in
The efficiency of car operation. as well
AZ in the case and pleasure of driving
Evening star., 1924-09-14
NEW USE FOR INNER TUBES.

To convert a few inner tubes into
serviceable floor mat requires but
short time and a little labor. The old
tubes are first cut into strips by wet
ting the rubber and cutting with an
old razor blade. The strips are then
woven or interlaced with each other,
basket fashion. The end strips are
made double width and turned over
These strips should be cemented in
place. A row of brass rivets. placed
around the edges. improves the ap-
pearance greatly, in addition to max
ing the mat stronger.
Evening star., 1924-09-14
PREFER TO NESTLE DOWN
Car Buyers, However, Often Find
Low Rear Seats Vexatious,

In selecting new car one is very
likely to raise an objection to any
model that seems to be high in the
rear. Most motorists like to nestle
down in low seat and feel the
springs sag down in solid comfort.
That's all very well, but sometimes
the car that offers these features at
the start grows to sag a trifie too
much with results that are not de-
sirable. Stiff seat cushions and up
standing springs are usually an ad-
vantage in the case Of new car. par
ticularly where the owner expects to
carry heavy loads in the way of pas
SenSerS-
Evening star., 1924-09-14
THIS WILL TELL.

If water is disappearing mysteri-
ously from the radiator after the CYL
inder head has been removed and re-
placed, the chances are that the gas
ket is cracked and the water is going
into the cylinders. If this is the case,
there should be some oil in the radi-
atOr.
Evening star., 1924-09-14
MORE HARM THAN GOOD.

Just because the garage man uses
q pair of pliers to tighten the screw
that holds the ignition wire terminal
to the spark plug when he inserts a
new one is no reason why you should
try to go him one better by giving
each one of the screws a few extra
turns If a screw is turned down too
far it will spread the terminal and
actually loosen 1t.
Evening star., 1924-09-14
From the Boston.

From the Pittsburgh Post.
What do they mean by the express
sion. spilling the beans?"
1t is from the Boston, and means
the divulginE of information concern
ing which one should have been more
e. irept'
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-06-27
.BUOU BILL SUNDAY AND
MONDAY PROMISES WELL

A brilliant and entertaining pro-
gram of eccentric comedy and con-
tortion, novel ideas, dancing numbers,
and pleasing and popular melodies
are promised at the Bijou theater
on Sunday and Monday next.
Comedy contortionists and novelty
wonders head the new variety pro-
gram introducing Panther and Blaise
in new and novel feats that can be
figured on to startle patrons, not
withstanding the fact that this duo
injects some extremely funny comedv
bits that bring their audience from
thrill to a scream of laughter.
Dale and Reed in "Eccentricities" are
two of vaudeville's most versatile
performers. Songs and dances are
dOvetailed with humorous sayings
making it a most pleasing offering.
Ruby Raymond trio makes its appear
ance in "A Potpouri of Songs, Imita-
tons and Original Dance Creations"
One of the male members gives imi-
tations of Pat Rooney, Eddie Cantor
and AL Jolson. Several changes of
wardrobe are made and the act is
sure-fire. Winnie Masterman' will
undoubtedly prove her ability with
her lifting melodies and inimitable
artistic portrayal "The Woodland
Songstress and Photograph Artist.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-06-27

In coming to this decision, Mr..
Wood contends he will be able to get
early reaction on the trend of the
public mood. Released through or
binary channels, the noted Para
mount director has found that it
takes from six months to a year to
collect reliable exhibitor reports as
to pictures reception.
The jury was asked to hand down
its first verdict on bluff" which
comes to the Weir on Sunday, with
Agnes Ayres and Antonio Moreno
featured. AS to personnel the jury
was distinctly different from any
heretofore assembled for similar
purpose. It has always been the Gus
tom to compose jury of studio exc
cutives and officials who gave their
opinions on vehicle on dramatic de-
velopment, building of romance and
suspense and that sort of thing.
But Mr.. Woods conception of a
jury, really qualified to reflect the
public's mind, embraces: carpen-
ter, Lasky studio night Waterman,
stenographer, private secretary, cleo
trician, movie director, publicity man,
dressmaker, day laborer, day labor
er's wife, girl clerk and a camera
man.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-06-27
BEAU BRUMMELL MADE
INTO BARRYMORE PLAY

English history was never more
colorful, nor society gayer, than dur
ing the period portrayed in BEAU
Brummel," the screen adaptation of
the Clyde Fitch play which comes to
the D. & R. theater Sunday and Mon
day.
John Barrymore has the starring
role in this Warner Brothers Clas-
sic of the screen. In the title role
he impersonates the most audacious-
ly insolent beau and wit of all times.
More than 800 costumes, typifying
periods of 1895, 1914 and 1921, were
assembled for the filming of this
screen drama. The extras used in
cluded 300 French soldiers, so mem
bers of the French nobility, 300
courtiers and ladies of the court and
go officers of the Tenth Hussars.
The Characterization is one en-
tirely suited to the stage star who
caused a sensation as Hamlet on
Broadway.
The personality of Beau Brummel
has captivated the imaginations of
men and women by his grandeur and
the dramatic rise and fall of his ca
reer. During the heydey of his pop
ularity he was king of dandies, ''the
little sovereign of futile world who
had his divine fright and his raison
d'etre like any other king" as some
one has said. He had perfect taste in
clothes, and vanity and insolence car
ried to such unheard of lengths that
they ceased to offend, but became
instead merely picturesque and anus
ing, making him one of the most
vivid figures in the social history of
Europe. Yet, beneath all he had a
broken heart, and tried to conceal
it by masquerading as a lover of
clothes.
How he rises to heights and then
becomes a paupered exile is shown
in this photoplay.
The supporting cast includes Mary
Astor, Willard Louis, Carmel Myers
and others. Harry Beaumont dir
ected.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-06-27
THEATERS
''LIGHTNIN' AT GRAND
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

The Tacoma Ledger carried the fol-
lowing report in its issue of June 8
concerning the presentation Of the
play, "Lightnin' in that city:
Everyone who was at the Tacoma
theater last night when 'Isightnin'
zig-zagged across the stage knows
just why this play is famed from New
York west as the greatest dramatic
success playwrights have offered in
years. Seasoned theatergoers joined
with those less well versed in things
of the players world in reaction to
old Bill Jones' and his shiftless,
homely whimsical ways that ran true
to form and ranged Tacoma along
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-06-27

in a matron as ever busted herself
about good cooking. 49, z..s
The judge and politician, by
Charles E. Evans was excellent, espe-
cially on the bench, and the young
divorce, Mrs. Davis, played BY Bessie
Bacon, who incidentally captured his
heart, had no difficulty whatever in
making conquest of the audience. She
was charming in appearance and had
an impeccable drawl and intonations
which were an art in themselves.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-06-27
UNION IS PUNISHED:
COURT UPHOLDS ACT

NEW YORK, June 26.-The appe-
late division of the supreme court
has ruled that when a local union
disburses strike benefits illegally and
refuses to refund the money it's in
ternational union has the right to
seize its charter.
Four years ago, Peekskill plumbers
went on strike, and that international
paid strike benefits. The information
al officers later discovered that some
of the strike benefits were paid to
members who worked at other occu-
pations during the strike. A demand
was made on the local for the return
of this money, and a noncompliance
with the request resulted in a for
fixture of the locals charter. A low
er court ordered the international to
reinstate the charer, but on appeal
by the international this decision was
unanimously reversed by the appellate
division.
The higher court ruled that every
opportunity was given the Peekskill
local to reinstate itself, and that the
local was clearly guilty of receiving
strike benefits and disbursing same
in defiance of the United Association
of Plumbers and Steam Filters.
The decision is along a uniform line
of rulings by higher courts that when
men agree to abide by rules of a
trade union or other organization they
can not expect relief from courts
when they are disciplined for violat-
ing these rules.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-06-27
JURY TRIAL FOR ALL SAM
WOODS PRODUCTIONS NOW

Trial by jury, in which will be rep
resented all types and classes found
in the average motion picture audi
ence has gone into effect for all Sam
Wood productions for Paramount be-
fore the pictures leave the studio.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-06-27

for what It is and ind It good.
Not IN Critical Mood.
Hearing this play for the first time
one can easily understand why people
have returned again and again to hear
It and laughed and wept with old
Bill from the Atlantic TO the Pacific.
The audience last night was not in a
critical mood. It took to Bill Jones'
at sight and loved him every minute
and his company with him. There has
been nothing like Lightnin'' here for
many, many moons and the applause
which burst out with a spontaneity
which was itself a tribute left no one
room to question it's instantaneous ap-
peal.
Thomas Jefferson as Old Bill
seemed not to act at all. He simply
was Bill Jones living his life 10 easy
going fashion, forgetting to provide
for his family, always 'fixin' things
as they needed to be fixed, and show
ing between drinks and the things
which SO easily beset him to his hurt,
that whimsical sense of honor which
was his saving grace.
"The story is one of the West,
opening up in Nevada where the Cali
fornia-Nevada state line runs straight
through Bill Jones' house, developing
an original angle on which the tale
hangs. It's situations are eleverly
drawn and the lines filled with the
sort of humor and plenty of it. which
the average theater audience finds in
imitable. The greater part of the time
last night everyone was shouting with
! laughter; the rest was given to tears
1or . righteous Indignation over the
craftiness which threatened Light
MIN and his family.
Support Admirable.
"The supporting cast was admirable,
Stuart Fox in the role of John Mar
vim was just straightforward young
westerner one would like to meet
'Milly,' played by Margaret Mosier,
could scarcely have given the charac-
ter of the charming young girl I'M
spotted by the world with greater
fidelity, and Mrs. Jones or mother
as Bill Jones calls her was as whole
some, maternal and comfortable look
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-06-27

Woodrow Wilson lauded as "most
famous son" at Princeton commence
ment exercises.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-06-27

with every other city which has had
the privilege of seeing 'Lightnin'' IN
q genuine appreciation Of its SIM
plicity, its humor. its pathos, and per-
haps more than anything else, its
clean, unexaggerated Americanism.
It is a play primarily for home folk
and Of home folk who take the world
for what it is and find it good.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-31
LOCAL store TO
HAVE BRANCH
Edelstein's Will Open at
McAllen in Near Flu
ture, Report

NJ. Edelstein & Co., furniture dealers
at Brownsville, with branches 4 san
Benito, Harrington. Mercedes. Neslac3,
McAllen. and H. Matamoros. Mexico, all
operated under the trade name of
"Edelstein's" have announced that they
will open one of the finest furniture
stores in the Valley at McAllen IL soon
as a satisfactory location can be ought,
built or leased.
This firm has aLsmall store IN Meal
len at the present time. located in the
Mexican business district, but their new
store will be as near the main business
section of McAllen as possible, accord
ing TO the plans announced.
Mr.. Edelstein. manager Of the firm,
is now on a trip to the large furniture
markets of the country. placing orders
for the many items which will be
handled in the new store. He recent
ly made a number of trips 10 McAllen
with a view Of securing the best pos
sible location FIR his new store. and a
representative Of the firm is spending
the greater part Of this week studying
the locations which have been offered.
The opening of a. large branch Ct
Edelstein's in McAlien il regarded as
proof of the growing Importance Of the
western section of HidaIgo county as
a trading district. "Our trucks deliver
furniture to all parts Of Cameron. Will
lacy, Hidalgo and Starr Counties Mr..
Edelstein said, land by having d large
store at McAllen with a complete stock
of furniture for every part Of a home
on display and ready for Immediate de-
livery, we feel that We will secure a
portion of the business which hereto
fore may have been sent to out-of-the-
Valley firms. We do not have any in
t%ention of trying to secure or control
all of the furniture business of the
Valley, but W. are establishing our
branch stores for the purpose Of Civ
ing better service to our customers by
making it easy for them to see the
best grades of furniture on display
within a few miles Of their homes"
Edelstein'S is noted throughout the
country as being one of the most pro-
gressive retail furniture firms and their
Business growth during. the twelve
years since Lae business was establish
cd in Brownsville h~S hepn SesG!S,
Mr.. EdelStein says, of careful buying.
reasonable prices. convenient terms OF
payment for the customers, and, above
all, a policy of giving absolute ~atisfae-
tion to all who trade with them. The
largest advertising campaign eyei
placed by a retail organization in the
Valley was used in December by this
finn when it contracted for weekly adj
vertising service with almost all Val
ley newspapers.