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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-09
SIDELIGH TS
 ON BIG DA Y
 AT ALABAMA
By A Staff Correspondent

VBy "A 6I0IK CUEECSpVIIucHVT
 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. Nov. 8.-Initi- ation ceremonies of The Jades, an inter-frat>rnity social organization, to- day adsed somewhat, to the festal aspect of Alabama's Homecoming Day. Neo- phytes were. attired in bathrobes and were forced to carry towels with them on their trips over the campus.
 Generally speaking, the crowd did not come up to expectations and some de- clare it was smaller than that which at- tended the Homecoming last year. The special Louisville and Nashville train which carried Birmingham alumni to to from the game was scarcely half filled.
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AID TO CAR SELECTION
LESSONS FROM ACCIDENTS

A recent skidding accident offers
the average motorist valuable hint
with reference to brake adjustment.
The driver in the case had always
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UNIFORMITY iN MOODS

Traf,c ofYicsrs are beng criticised
flor their frequent variation In TEN.
permanent and moods. A driver viii
run slowly at one crossing for fear
Of getting bawled out by thss man
who 10 strong for giving psdsstrians
. chance. while II he doesn't speed
up at the next crossing he II quite
certain to be asked, Hey, whsre'd
sou learn to drive. The situation
a perplsxlng to the conscientious
driver, and many persons have been
led to offer suggestions Tor remedies.
The best OF these have been sifted
down by this department and found
to b along the same general lines
Of thought as follows:
Moods should not ne tolerated by
the chief OF police. The trafhc sys-
TEN should be standardized to such
. point that the same piece OF care
lessness would meet with the same
degree Of rebuke at any intersection
IN the city. There should be such
uniformity In. regulations and In the
enforcement Of such regulations
that a careless driver would be bawl-
Cd out In the same terms one day as
another.
A. matters stand automobilists
often find that they set away" with
hold infractions OF the law because
the offlcer happens to es too warm
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the music of neishbor Smith testing
out his motor.
There should be a fortune await
ing the man who pelfeCts a wind
shield with integral lenses that
would make everything seem nearer
to the average driver who never
seems to know when to put on the
brakes.
Wouldn't it be fine Is motorists
would adopt 1925 models and
rules Of safety in 1924?
Copyright 1924 by the Ullman Fea-
ture Service)
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upward trend is shown in the retail
sales of Ford cars and trucks for IN,
last 10 days of August. During tia,
period sales exceeded by more than
900 per day those of the previous Ia
days. kilograms asking for additional
shipments TO take care Of the retail
demand have been coming in to III.
Highland Park plant from practically
all sections Of the country. and all In.
dications point to September sales be.
Ing the greatest September business in
the history of the Company.
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LITCHFIELD

Mrs. Josie Stockholm was calling
or friends In Richmond Sunday.
Wilbur Gowell, Ben Hinkley and
Harry Fish are making extensiv,
repairs on the kendalrs mill In Rich
mond.
Eva Stevens was the TUESDAY
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Adelbert Har.
fiman.
Waterman school opened Monday
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WILLIAM ULLMAN

at che mement to bother with en-
forcsment. Sometimes the corner Is
too chilly to have an argument with
the offender. Other times the officer
II inclined to take II out on some
innocent motorist who happens to
follow some smart AIAck who talked
back to the officer and got away
with It.
with q little naturalization. It
seems. all this annoyance could be
cbviated, to the satisfA ction Of the
police department and local motor
lists alike. Under the present sys-
tenn motorists are somewhat justified
In suspecting that It 10 all a question
Of how the cop feels. and this fire.
quently leads to the mistaken notion
that the trafiic cop 10 always to
blame for misjudsing the situation.
It IL a bad thing 20 have the
motoring public suspect that every
reprimand Is merely the result Of the
cops being "grouchy'.
THE OLD MECHANIC SAYS:
Do you know how 70 handle tools,
what tools you ought 10 have In the
kit and when to use EN-?
I've just removed a bolt from the
transmission cover plate of chap )
car. He got too strong with a socket
wrench and sheared or the head Of
the bolt. That's an old mistake.
Greenhorns who use these wrenches
always seem to forget that they get
extra leverage with 'em that can
cause a lot Of destruction.
The big screwdriver is important,
but the short handle ones are handi-
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fender collision 1t is a safe bet that
he would be a trifle more careful

1enQer cOllSlon II Is Safe Oet th1t
he would be a trifie more careful
CARS AND CONGESTION
1t is rapidly being recognized that
business is following the automobile
and that better distribution of city
congestion, real estate values and
population is already In process be-
cause of the necessity for parking
and the difficulty unde: present con-
ditions.
DIFFERENCE IN MOTORS
Just because your new car is a
six like its predecessor. or four or
an eight, and of the same valve type.
there is no reason TO suppose that
it requires the same treatment.
From an engineering standpoint it
may be very different.
The use Of piStonS with aluminium
skirts of the constant clearance type,
for instance. makes it practical to
operate on a lighter grade of engine
oil than is customary in cases where
cast iron pistons are used. In one
type of six cylinder engine the oil
pump is unusually high above the
level of the crankcase oil so that in
cold weather an oil Of TOO heavy a
nature will not properly prime the
pump. The bearings may suffer as
a consequence.
Between motors of exactly the
same type there is often a difference
in the valve stem clearance due to
the variation in valve metals and the
consequence variation in expansion.
Vibration results in other important
variations.
y motorist must understand the
particular make of engine under the
hood of his car for best results. even
though he thinks it is just like
twenty-five or thirty other makes.
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Sale of FOrds Is
Business Barometer

Detroit, Mich, Sept. Robustness
conditions of the country generally are
showing a decided improvement. ac
cor6ing to August sales reports of the
Ford Motor Company.
The most striking evidenCe of this
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DID YOU KNOW

That the choker needs adjusting
the same as anything else on the
car, and that If never attended to it
may not pull the choke valve all the
way shut. thus rendering it more
difficult to start the car?
That the valves need attention
when. in cranking over the engine
by hand after it is thoroughly warm
ed up. compression is unusually low
in some one cylinder? Whether the
loss of compression is the result of
valve held open through sticking
or by reason of a weak spring. or
whether it does not seat tight be-
cause Of carbon, can be determined
by removing the valve cover plates
and investigating. Do not make the
compression test when the engine is
cold.
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est. Also, you ought to have one Of
the midget screwdrivers for repairin'
the wirin' Of light sockets. You'd
give anything to have one OF these
little fellers II the tail light wire
should break OF near the socket.
A hammer II better for testin' out
spark plugs than q screwdriver.
Hammers have wooden handles that
save you q shock. whereas some OF
the best screwdrivers nave steel run
ming up to form part Of the handle.
II you've got an all-wood handle on
the screwdriver so much the better.
Then you can short one spark plug
with the screwdrtver and. one with
to ind out which plug amt hrin'.
Try to have as many sizes OF open
end wrenches as you can carry. but
don't fail to have one with v-shape
jaw. They will 1T over a nut in a
crude sort Of way but sometimes il
the nut amt too tight they'll help out
II you can't find the exact size Of
regular wrench.
For your valve tappets have thin
wrenches. and the strongest you can
buy. Keep these together SO that
when you want to take a click out
Of The motor you don't have to ex-
pertinent with different sizes.
Have pliers. of course, but my ex-
perience is that the less you use 'en
the better. Don't hack at your car.
AID TO CAR SELECTION
Are you interested N the Swift
Six. the Fast Four or the Easy
Eight? Has it resolved itself into
a matter OF mechanical choice? Well,
then there is a way to solve your
problem. Obtain an instruction book
for each car and study 1t carefully.
There you will find the uncolored
facts bearing upon such matters as
design, care. adjustment and trouble
shooting. 1t will be a revelation to
you. You'll know these cars before
you actually acquire one of them.
And what could be more profitable?
LESSONS FROM ACCIDENTS
A recent skidding accident offers
the average motorist valuable hint
with reference to brake adjustment.
The driver in the case had always
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The sjrf wire fses heP sWeetio
kiss her while ht's driving q mo.
tor csr should remember that she
mey b kissins him sesd.bys .
II 6asti.
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OBSERVATIONS

1t has been definitely determined
that the use of alcohol as a beverage,
however moderate the habit. short
ems life. Considering. the frequent
demonstration Of the fact on the
highways of the country this news
comes as a sort Of anti climax
The village of Colonie in New York
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State has raised it's speed limit to
thirty miles an hour. 1t had previ-
ously extracted many a hard-earned
dollar from many IN unfortunate
motorist who was so ullucky as to
pass through the town when it was
trapping automobilosts. Under the
new plan the town will doubtless find
it necessary to build i hospital and
invest in wrecking equipment. This
is the price a town has to pay for
becoming unpopular through radical
severity.
Now that New York State is ex-
amining all of its drivers the local
public may shortly EXPECT a record
breaking exhibition of assorted nuts.
A prominent English physician, in
eXtolling silence. says that modern
man finds great relief from the hum
drum of our noisy existence in the
motor car. Evidently the doctor
hasn't heard the American flivver in
TIE a~olinI OF startin.: nor enjoyed
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SAFETY SUPERSTITION

Comparisons may ne odious but
they are frequently opportunities.
Almost anyone. whether supersti-
tious or mechanically. hesitates to
take a chance on breaking a mirror.
Millions Of people feel that one drop
of the mirror and a view of them
selves as lucky forthwith vanishes
for seven long years. Other millions
feel that this is first class bunk and
claim they wouldn't oate if they did
break a mirror. But the supersti-
ton prevails because everyone seems
to be extremely cautious in their
handling Ut a looking glass. Now
the comparison to be drawn from
this is the speculation as to what
would happen If the general publ.
felt the same way about the tenders
Of it's automobiles. II the average
driver felt that he was bound over
to seven years of bad luck with every.
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taken great pains to see that his,
service brake would lock both rear
wheels simultaneously as a means
Of skid prevention. hut he never
thought to make a sirnilar test of
the emergency brake, ncr to see that
when using both brakes at once the
wheels would be stopped equally.
There came a time when it was
necessary to stop abruptly. The
streets were wet. He reached for
the emergency brake and uncon-
sciously applied 1t more vigorously
than he did the foot brake, because
he had been trained TO apply the
latter gingerly in wet weather so as
not to lock the wheels. Not being
accustomed to using :he emergency
he pulled SO far back as to apply
too>much braking force TO the wheels.
Because the lever caught in one of
the notches it required a second or
two too many to release the brake
again. And to make matters worse
the emergency brake was so badly
adjusted that 1t locked but one wheel.
The result was that the car was
thrown into a skid before he had
time to know what happened. If
both brakes had been properly ad-
5usted and he had known better than
misuse the emergency the collision
might have been averted.
New Britain herald., 1924-06-27
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Minga the witch thought for sure that she had captured the Raggedys at the side of the ice cream soda wa ter spring. but Raggedy Andy fooled her just in the nick of time and escaped with Raggedy Ann upon the back Of the nice magical hobby horse.
 Minga theS Witch scrambled to the side of the Vice cream soda water spring. she was very wet and cold with the ice cream soda water trick ling from her clothes Her magical charms still were just where she had dropped them when Raggedy Andy had given her the push which sent her head first into the ice cream soda water spring.
 Just you wait" Minga howled shaking her fist in the direction the hobby horse had taken. "I will work the magicalest magic you ever saw, and then you will be sorry, I'll bet"
 The witch placed her magical charms in q circle and would have said her magical words but her teeth chattered so from cold she could not say it rightly. To work magic, the witch had 10 say "Hokus-pokus," but Minga had SO much ice cream down her back and her clothes were so wet
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T go looking for it? The other fel- low is always the one who gets in bad"
 There was something behind the apparently testing words that 10 me vas like curtain drawn aside for q flashing second from the hidden na- ture of the man. l knew in this sec ond that in these secret enterprises of his. he was ruthlessness personi- fed. that in his own parlance the other fellow" indeed. would be " al- way the one who gets in bad
 But the Puritan in me for the time was too badly routed for me to give the sinister side Of my coul- panions's thought. The sybarite in me asserted itself, and luXuriated in the sense Of safety which was mine.
 IL was pleasant to lie back in the car-the last word in motor smart ness and comfort--to feel the warmth Of the robe drawn up around me, to watch Harry Underwoods strong, sure hands on the wheel, to feel all responsibility lifted from me. and to know that in all human probs bility should succeed in the task I had set myself. that of getting Mamie and the fur cloaks safely to Lillian in our apartment in New York.
New Britain herald., 1924-06-27

magic charm and make the hobby horse return with the Raggedys. My, Won't they he surprised when they find me sitting here waiting for them" Again she arranged her charms in circle and was just about to say "Hokus pokus." when down the path came another queer old woman just about the same size as Minga.
 Don't you know any better than to build a great fire in the deep. deep woods?" the woman cried.
 Go away and don't bother me. am about to work magic" Minga the Witch howled.
 "Oh. You are, are you?" the new old woman cried. Then you just work magic and put that fire out as quick ly as you can! Don't you see that it is melting the ice cream in the magical ice cream soda water spring."
 "Ha," Minga replied. Who cares for an old ice cream soda water spring! I am working magic on some thing much more important so run away and let mo be-
 III ItRtA Ru Lllcs Ailt hfN ltkNif hlh woman took her stick and scattered Mingas charms hclter skelter, then gave Minga a hearty crack upon the top Of her bonnet. There" she cried as Minga gave a howl and ran away through the bushes, "I guess that will teach you a lesson, Then the new fun ny old woman took off a false face and her cloak and shook the wrinkles cut Of her apron. "Now we can enjoy the ice cream sodas in peaee" she said as Raggedy Andy and the hobby horse came out Of the bushes Nld helped Raggcdy Ann put out the witch's fire.
 My. You fooled her that time, Rargedy Ann!" the hobby horse laughed. She never expected for a minute tho old woman was you!"
New Britain herald., 1924-06-27
SISTER, MdNS
 N!Q4EN { l2(k;. i;
EAT AND LOSE WEIGHT.


 One-half cup stewed rhubarb. 1 cup chicken and asparagus soup ta- blespoons beet greens with beet marbles, 4 ounces broiled hamburg steak, l large baked onion. 1-2 head lettuce with tablespoons diet French dressing, 3 radishes. green olives. ? crisp pieces gluten toast, 1 bran roll. l whole slice whole wheat bread, 1 pint skinned milk.
 Total calories, 105s. Protein. ooa: fat, 346; carbohydrate. 4SS. Iron. .0241 gram.
 Chicken and Asparagus soup.
 One .4-pound fowl, medium-size 1 carrots, stalks celery. l medium sized onion, . teaspoons salt, 1-4 tea spoon pepper. tablespoons butter. ? tablespoons flour, cups skinned milk, cup asparagus tips.
 Wash and disjoint chicken. Put in soup kettle vita onion. carrots and celery diced. Cover with : cups of cold water and bring slowly to the boiling point. Let simmer three or four hours. Add salt at the end of the first half of the cooking Strain stock and let stand until cool. Re move fat. Make white sauce of the butter, flour and milk. Add ? cups chicken stock and rehest Add cooked asparagus tips and serve very hot.
 Total calories. 7aS. Protein, 2SS: fat, Sl1; carbohydrate. e04. Iron. .0151 gram.
 This rule is calculated to serve four persons.
New Britain herald., 1924-06-27
AJ AJOln AinSEX W:1DMaNeK Thief
 S Copyright 1904, NEA Service Inc N EGE R DEmAN ks

dered as I stepped from the close at- mosphere of the pawnshop' upon the sidewalk. I had promised Mrs. Gan non her money within an hour. l could keep my promise and still have time. before paying her, in which to satisfy my anguished stomach. walked up Sixth avenue toward a mean little restaurant where I could dine cheaply.
 l was as near to an animal as it is possible for a man to be. My whole being was concentrated on the effort to conserve my energies so that l would not collapse before reaching the restaurant. So, when man laid a hand on my shoulder, halting my feeble progress, I turned on him with a snarl l was at the door of the place where I planned 10 satisfy my hunger, and delay maddened me. Let go.' I cried.
 recognized my gentleman of the fur collar at once. He stepped slight ly back. then smiled insratiatingly.
 Take it easy. son. he said T want to talk to you"
 I shook my head; the effort of speech was too much I moved again toward the restaurant door. He
New Britain herald., 1924-06-27
ON HEALTH-- GOING SWIMMING

The advent of summer always set Mr. Mann reminlscing about the old sWimmin' hole" of his boyhood days.
 Mr. Mann, you see, had never really grown up. The first real warm day always set him yearning to shed his clothes and take a long cool swim.
 Fine" said the family doctor. You cant beat swimming for healthful exercise. But swimming
 like anything else. can be oyerdone.
 When I was q boy NC always made tracks for the swimmin' hole on the first warm day of spring. re- gardless Of the fact that the water
New Britain herald., 1924-06-27
EAT AND GAIN WEIGHT.

one-half cup stewed rhuharb, cup uncooked cereal with l sliced banana. 1 tablespoon sugar, l-2 cup cream, ? eggs scrambled with tablespoons minced ham, 1 cup chicken and aspar- agus soup, tablespoons beet greens with beet marbles and tablespoons hot orange sauce, tablespoons shrimp and egg salad, Is Washing ton cream pie with strawberries, l cup cream Of spinach soup, ounces broiled hamburg steak, tablespoons creamed potatoes, large baked onion with 1 tablespoon butter 1-2 head lettuce with tablespoons French dressing, radishes, 2 ripe olives, { tablespoons strawberry Bavarian cream. slices buttered toast, bran rolls slices whole wheat bread. ? tablespoons butter, pint whole milk.
 Total caories, 374i. Protein, 45i: fat, 1868: carbohydrate, i7277. Iron, .0e5s.
 The same soup is used for the gain ing menu but tahesroons heavy cream is added before serving. The normal person will And the soup quite rich enough even If 1t is made with skinned milk.
 If tiny beets were on the greens re- move them after cooking and serve in wreath around the mound Of greens If the boets were good sized, cut in marbles with a French vegetabel cut ter after cooking and slipping skins and serve the same.
 Ripe olives have real food value. as they are rich in fat, while the green ones are merely a continent
 Copyright, i924, NEA Service, Incl
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with the ice cold soda water, she said, "Hoehoke Use pochokus!" with A lot Of chattering Of teeth, and of course her magic did not work even 8 smidgin,
 Anyway, I'll build nice warm fire" shc said. "rhe Raggcdys cant get very far away before get warm so my teeth won't chatter. Then. look out. I'll work lot of magic and bring them right back here faster than they len."
 So Mings the Witch built a huge Are near the Ice cream soda water spring. The fire crackied and pop ped, throwing sparks high up in the air and Minga the Witch soon began 10 get nice and warm, she rubber her lands together and turned, first with her back to inc fire, then with her face 10 if, so as 70 thoroughly dry her clothes.
 "I 'spect I'm dry enough now so that my teeth won't chatter, chatter" the witch hoaled. "so nov to work
New Britain herald., 1924-06-27
Letter from Leslie Prescott to Leslie
 pre@ott. Care the secret Drawer.

Prescott, lAre The se'IfT DTaNffs
 Dear Little Marquise: don't know why f. is. hut I address these letters from myseuf 10 myself, and then. when I am writing, I talk tO you. ] seem to put myseuf into my concep- ton of your soul and bUdy--that Ieunds rather complicated. doesn't it? Nevertheless. when l write ti you J am two pcople-Leslie Prescott, who goes along with her everyday affair, wno records her actions and her rt- actions in the average manner; and smother Leslie Prescott who com faents upon these actions and reac- tons. who solves h1rtiDn=. who solves Ter prob sms. sympathizes with ,ser mistakes and passes judgment upon the everyday Leslie Prescott. wife ot John Alden Prescott. in reality.
 In other words. Little Marquisf, you srs inc escape valve which aIlogs the rfa} Leslie Prescott 10 get all surplus tram out of hnr system, and you nre very comforting 20 me.
 Mother Prescott showed me this morning where she thought our iIttle secret drawer vas placed. When sne invited ms f0 20 with her 10 look over the outside Of the beautiful desk she had given ns. could not refuse. but vas sick at heart for fear she had rcaEly round our hidden receptscle.
 Much to my relief and Jny ] Vas able 70 demons rate tc her. however, that she vas wrong. That place was filled uith 2 locked box for jewels IL. too. was hidden aNay behind a litile cabinet door, and she had never found that when she had ouns5 ihs desk. vas particularly glad to show her this. beca yse nov she v be s.fsns1. and I 7fn never have 10 rorry aoout somebody interrupt
New Britain herald., 1924-06-27

vas a blamed sight colder than the air. We'd shiyer around for an hour or more and then go home 70 get q licking.
 Mother really knew more than I did. If you're going to take a plunge in cold water. don't stay in very long, Cold water is more or less of shock to the nervous sys- tenn. It's bracing for few min- utes, but after that it's eneryating and sometimes dangerous.
 Keep these things in mind when you do your swimming. The beach is a great health resort-if you use your head"