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was as extensive as it ought to
be. Then the radical sign, for in
stance, would be as familiar to
the printer as the letter A. But,
when use the word extensive
in speaking Of popular mathemat-
tcal knowledge, let it not be sup.
posed that 1 am thinking Of hav-
ing everybody a mathematician.
There are, relatively speaking,
very few mathematician, in the
technical sense OF the word, to
be found anywhere.
I myself make no pretense to
being a mathematician; very
likely no mathematic associa-
ton would accept me as a men,
Der. If offered myself for men,
bership, should probably be
blackballed. But, I know a little
mathematics-about as much as
find useful. And / find it USE
full to have, in a general way,
considerable knowledge Of certain
branches Of mathematics, the
technical handling of which 7
have not acquired. One doesn't
have to be able to run q locomo-
tive, or to design one, in order
to understand what steam can d0S
Parents to Blame.
So am not advocating anI-
thing very onerous in urging thas
more attention be given to mathe-
NAUTICAL subjects in common edu.
cation. It is possible that the
schools already offer as much as
Is needed, the trouble being, that
the students do not take, or get,
what is offered. If so, the blame
is not all to be put upon the
teaching, though much of 1t must
all there. But parents are also
largely responsible. 1t Is a ter
rible mistake to let children go
to school without any advice
from home concerning their
studies, and particularly without
any encouragement and guidance.
It is better to take little
time helping your boy with his
studies in school tnan to play
golf. 1t is better to see for your.
self what your little girl is learn
ing than to spend hours over
cards. If only a way could be
discovered 10 make study seer.
like play-and there is no rea-
son in human nature why that
should not be-all educational diff.
ficulties and problems would van
ish in a moment, and everybody
would become as much of a
mathematician az anybody needs
to be.
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Duuge ney point hOrred hands at the possible danger
ahead Now sane soul will deny that there danger
ahead Something apt to along and bump Won to
pieces if you move. BUT 1T is BETTER TO BE BUMPED
TO PIECES WHILE IN ACTION THAN TO DROP TO
i1ECES Wilde STANDING STILL AS as you per-
move, or it ceases to be Life
Ever since the world began there have been two classes Of
living thng-hose that chung to the Old and those that
reached out to the New The who chung to the Old
have always been rated Respectable and accorded the best
seats In town meeting The folks who reached out to the
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IF a thousand old beliefs ruined in our march to
ruth, we must still march on.
Consistency is deadly foe to progress
When bad men combine, the good must associate.
laugh is worth hundred groans in any market
Never where you work. about your work.
Nothing can work me damage but myself
Pagarists at least have the merit of preservation.
The man in jest is the key to the man in earnest.
good heart will at times betray the coolest head
Willows are weak, yet they bind other wood.
Copyright 1874 by Newspaper Service,
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- Accommodation.
Put it on garment, if you dent feel it as an
impulse You will find it will make more Of hit among
friends than that you buy feather
stick in it.
It is the oil that makes humanity work smoothly and
keeps it from grinding. What out souls is not
work. but friction When human relations get dry and
begin to creak and make noise like rusty hinge in
dealing with fellows; when contract with the chill
dren is accompanied by scoding and there is finding
with wife, and naggng with husband, and
toward and sulennss with employees
and SATIRE bitterness grouhine and snarng generally in
relations with kind then need liberal dose Of
the oil of accommodation.
How much Of the total Of fes pleasures made up
OF accommodations You start journey. You get your
trst wnecup of good feeling inside of you when you
man IN the arise and give his seat to Another
little thrill registered when in the smoker hands
you match It's little thing and negligible but it helps
Then when you ask the conductor what time you get into
Podunk he is not snppy and does not tell you he doesn't
Know ana wny you LOOK at the time table but real
pleasantly says We we're due at IL AS but may be
about ten minutes late And the brakeman takes your bag
as you trying to get off the and the hack driver
when you ask him to take you to the St. James Hotel
volunteers the information that the hotel is just block
away and you don't need to ride but you give him
your grip and he will take it goes BY and does
not allow to enter his vehicle and drive you around the
finally deposit you the nn which was only few steps
away, and soak you two dollars and the hotel clerk
cOmmOdatng and the bell hops and the walters in the dining
room and the people you do business WITH why you go
bed feeling like million dollars.
ALI because you have all the day been fed on the choicest
liquor OF the SOUL accommodation.
Everybody in the world likes accommodation And there
is way to get it. That is to be accommodating
Action equal to reaction in this world Just practice
eghhour day the art Of being helpful persona
cat dog and horse with whom you brought contact
It will be the best days work you did For at evening
time you will draw the most welcome pay you had
the wages of contentment.
You think want lot of things such money fame
food and fun But all the mortal goods you
duced to common denomination That they and
all valuable to you in proportion as they make you feel
good 1t that is so, you should realize that the very
cheapest way to buy that good feeling by the coin called
Accommodation.
Go out of help take the trouble to assist think
OF other people and put yourself out to make things bit
easier Tor them compliment boost lend hand and your
and your food will digest BETTER you will be surprised to
discover how many friends your critics will fod
their tents like the Arabs and silently away and YOU
in after all. ~
Copyright 1924 Newspaper syndcats1
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WE often do good in order that we may do evil with
w impunity.
Too great refinement is false delicacv and + dl;cav
is solid refinement ~ O'
We seldom praise but to be praised
The world more often rewards the appearance Of merit
than it does merit itself - ~
Men would not live long in society if thew were not
dupes of each other. = O' o ~
man emptieS his purse into his head. no one can
take it from him. ~ WV W
In too much disputng truth is lost.
Plough deep and you will have plenty of corn
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Above all, SAVE AND KEEP SOMETHING.
A Good Wheat Idea
Cheap Fertilizer Would Help.

suggested that President Coolidge may raise the duty
on wheahe has the auhorto protect American farmers
vent encouragement Of farmers who feed the notion
very important STEP better perhaps than higher tariff
would be to provide the farmers with good fertilizer at fair
price TO increase the crop per acre would help in world
competition. Fertilizer would do that
Many farms the Canadian border raise two or three
mes as bushels do farms in the northwest
Of the United States
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GARRETT P. SERVISS ON NEED
OF MORE MATHEMATICS
Popular Ignorance of Subject Prevents Clear
Statement of Its Problems.
By GARRETT P. SERVISS.
Famous Astronomer and Writer Topics Of Popular

" HE mathematics I am here
thinking Of Is elementary
\ and thoroughly practical 1t
does not even go as far as the
calculation Of maxima and mini
ma by differentiation. But it does
go p little beyond the simplest
arithmetic - addition, subtraction,
multiplication, division. They do
not suffice for this day, when
even so slippery an eel as cleo
tricity Is easily held and handled
with mathematics.
The late Professor Basil Glider.
sleeve, the worlds greatest author
ity on Greek, who has just died
tull OF years and Of honors, his
bier heaped with deserved trib.
uteS from thousands Of admirers.
would unQuestionably have agreed
with what Is here set forth con.
corning the need Of a wider train.
Ing OF young minds in the ele.
ments Of mathematical thought
and expression.
He would never have dreamed
OF maintaining that a knowledge
OF Greek grammar could make a
scholar Of q man who did not
know what a sine is. Far from
1t, I should have expected him.
with his broad human outlook. to
say to the average student: Gwen.
II you really cannot learn both
you would probably do better to
study trigonometry rather than
Creek"
Public UNIFORMED.
The occasion that has brought
me into this line Of thought is a
little odd. I have found that not
every proofreader can be depend.
ed upon to detect printers errors
when the mistakes relate to sim.
pie mathematical terms. In such
cases the context gives no aid in
the absence of elementary mathe.
NAUTICAL knowledge.
Another very striking indica.
ton Of the lack Of popular educa.
ton in the simplest branches OF
mathematics is the fact that
even the popular publications do
not, in general, possess fonts of
type that include the commonest
mathematical symbols, such as
the radical sign, or sign for
square root, cube root, etc.; the
idea expressed by these have to
. be put cumbrously into words
and sentences, often with great
loss Of clearness.
Now, this state of affairs Ger.
tainly would not exist If the pop.
ular education in mathematics
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nothing original in his utterance it involves no mature
thought no tempering of spirit But Systematically ap
piled it will keep you out OF jail Therefore, it appeals
that large element Of society who like play safe and
look wise.
But the world all its progress the folks who risked
danger and looked foolish Very often these leaders stopped
looked and listened to the Of their time. But in
variaby they went ahead after they have done So riskng
whatever unknown danger lay ahead facing the WEAKNESS
and dsrepte that fall upon travellers of the trail but GET
TING SOMEWHERE AT LAST.
Copyright 1874 King Features syndicate Inc,
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LISTEN, WORLD!

d like to tack an amendment on this
"Stop, Look and Listen" slogan which
is so popular with our leading citizens.
don't deny the wisdom of that slogan. It's
wholesome and essential. But there isn't
enough of it. 1t should read:
"Stop Look! Listen! AND THEN FOR
THE LUVVA MIKE GO AHEADI"
Any clam can stop, look and listen. In
fact stopping, looking and listening is one Of
the best things CLANS do. But why be a
clam9 No. I'm not making a joke of this
matter. I am framing this as serious pro-
test against the Stand Pat element of Ameri
can Society. These Prudent Percys claim to
be saving this country Their method of
saving it is to clamp the country in one fixed
position and stay there. If you ask them to
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By ELSIE ROBINSON

New have inevitably met with sneers and
frowns and spent most of their lives in hot
water. Why is thisf Is it because conserva-
tism is wiser and holieri The conservatives
think it is-but it isn't No, the Stand Pat
tiers have always won the applause because
it's so much easier to sand pat than it is to
go ahead. Humanity loves the easy, safe plan.
It loves it so much that it invests the safe
plan with the auro of sanctity and frowns on
any plan that may possibly lead to trouble.
Hence it has come that we look with respect
on the human clam who roots himself firmly
in the mud and warns us to "stop, look and
listen"
As matter of fact such person usually
deserves no more credit than if he were
n1o%inn Nathan Nnncn =
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If You Want to Live Longer
Than the AVerage==-Save
SAVE MONEY. Be
WORRY Is What Kills.
It's Simple.
9 Independent.

Mr. Samuel s. Hall, associate actuary Of the big Mutual
Life Insurance Company Of New York. the fact that
people purchasing annus in life insurance companies live
longer than they might reasonably be expected do accord
ing to statistics and the figures of those keep track of
such things in the most scientific manner
Purchasers OF annuies, you probably know, men
annuity They pay so much every year. they pay lump
sum down. and the company agrees pay them definite
income every year, as long they live NO MATTER HOW
LONG THEY LIVE
# you are fond Of l ought to interest you to know
that man with annuity, which means REGULAR
INCOME FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE lives longer than
the average human being
Hhe LIVES longer because he WORRIES less.
He knows that the money will be THERE that his board
and lodging his clothes and carfare will be PAID FOR as
long as he meanders up and down this earth
Being free from worry his heart acts normally does
not poison his brains and ntesnes with the poison ANXIETY
that ends so many lives prematurely
To live long, live FREE OF WORRY, free of constant
Se!fquesonng to what will happen if things 90 wrong?
Buy an annuity you like that's way. It's good
deal better however to arrange independence different
basis and have something to leave to those that after
When man buys annuity the whole thing ends when
he is dead
Above all, SAVE AND KEEP SOMETHING
AS you go along put something by. regular income
TO last all your life good thing But few thousand
dollars saved put away in the savings bank within eagv
reach or invested in good Government or other absolutely
safe bonds will keep free and make you live longer
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DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
ToqO0rdneSs
Accommodation.

XTHAT this suffering globe needs is towardness
w and less fromness.
Accommodation
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Autornotive
Automobiles for Sale

AMERICAN
Touring. Here We are first IN
line. There are better automo-
biles LIFTED below, but for cheap
er cars try to beat this one.
Specifications for this automo-
bile cannot be had in present.
day manufacture. The famous
-'Rutenber" Motor-6-cyl type,
in this automobile will give you
Z many miles Of cheap transpLftA-
I'M ton. Price, $3.50. Remember
the address. Oakland, 1903 L
st. N. w.
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BUICK

s-cylinder, 1928. 5-passenEer
touring. beautiful black body,
IN good mechanical condition,
with 4 fine semi-balloon cord
tires. fully equipped and many
extras. Will demonstrate TO
suit buyer. Car has been cara
fully used and a real good buy
Tor the price we ask. Stude-
baker. 18th q r SITS. N. w.
6otOrnac 1881 4. -.
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RlcKENBAcKER-

Used as a demonstrators. New
car guarantee. Run less than
- 5000 miles; 2 bumpers, wind
shield wings; parking light;
spare tire; etc. Hoffman, Motor
Co, 1907 14th st. ". w. Phone
Main $40.
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w1LLYs-KN1aHT-

Five passenger Country Club
model IA fine rnechanicai condi.
ton; paint looks like new.
equipped with many extras. II
you would see this bargain, call
Davies. Motors, Inc, 1923 Conn.
Ave. N. w. franklin l2SS.
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LYs-KNIGHT-

S-hNIGHT
passenger sedan, late model,
in perfect mechanical condition;
new blue paint; all cord tires.
Many extras including bumpers,
parking light, motometer, spare
tire. For sale at bargain.
Only $3.50 cash required: balance
on easy terms. For demonstra.
ton call Frey's Auto Exchange,
1913 14th st. N. w,
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ADVERTISERS

like to know where you read
their ad. When answering
these ads mention this news
paper
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Two to pick from. These cars
so at auction prices. E-lS
tour, SEQ cash---take Il away
Has late model touring, $3.50
you VIII buy this on sight
values on this page. Come In
early. Any make you want at
the price you want to pay
s'Remember the Address" 1908
\. Sss.1s. : " oakland e,
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w1LLYs-KNIGHT-

New blue paint This car IL, in
excellent mechanical condition.
and run only 1900 miles. $500 .
cash required; payments s55
monthly. Peerless Motor Co.,
14th and p SITS. Call Main ESQ
for demonstration.
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DODGE

Five passenger, 1922 sedan;
fine four-cylinder car; high
hood: mechanically perfect; all
i good tires; original paint: run
ll,ooo miles; price. $7OS; email
Co.. 1909 1Aths st. N. w.
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MAXWELL


6-passenger. sport touring, 1919,
4-cylinder, Fl 7-1O horsepower.
perfect mechanically, a beauti.
full brown Duco finish. All
good tires, bumpers, ! tour
ing spare tire: will demon.
gtrate. Price 969B.OO. H. n,
LeaFy. JF., 1891 14th st. ". w.
(Terms. II deslred.)
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STUUEBAkEH--
Light six, 5-passenger, 1921,
sedan: black body; engine Ia
good mechanical condition; the
tires are as good as new:
regular equipment with many
extras; II you can use this you
can buy. II at a low figure
during this week; any de-
monstration you desire. with
liberal terms. Studebaker, 14th
and R SITS. N. w.
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AuRuRN-

1921, B-passer ger touring, Con-
tinental motor, 6 cylinders SO
horsepower. In very good
mechanical condition. Black
color and paint In fair condi-
tion. New Tires. 33x4. Run
5000 miles. Extra tire. Will
demonstrate. Price 3426; $3.50
cash. 10 months on balance.
Potomas Sales Co., iii 18th St
Phone Main $500.
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FORD
1922--se6an. Very good tires
and paint. In excellent me-
chanical condition. Lock wheel.
spare tire and parking light.
Will be glad to demonstrate
any time. Price, $500, 500 down
and terms OF $3.50 per month
on balance. r. l.. TAYLOR Motor
Co. 1870 14th St. N. w. Phone
North $500.
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BUfCK-Ciassy sport roadster, six-cyI.
Under motor in good conditions runs
like a top; blue black body paint in
fine condition; four good 34x4 tires:
electrically equipped; starter, with
new battery. Any demonstration
y cheerfully given. This Is priced ape
ciaI during this campaign. Only $i2S,
and YOU can get terms. Rob Roy
Mackey, 513 10th st. s. e. Phone
Lincoln 1880 (ThFty-day service
guaranteed.)
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Five.passgr. touring, 1921: Con-
tinental motor 7R; 6 cylinder;
so horsepower; good mechanical
condition.; gray color; Goodyear
tires; run 10000 miles; price
1925; pay 800 down, $40 per
month. Hoffman Motor Co.,
1907 14th st. N. w. Phone Main
$50.
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1929 5.passenger touring,
powerful cylinders, in good me.
chanical condition. black body
with good rubber all around,
regular equipment, with many
extras. Priced very low IL
sold this week. Only S225 need
ed for first payment; balance
liberal monthly payments: any
demonstration. Studebaker, 14th
& r SITS. N. w. Potomac 1881
DODGE
1924; 6-passgr. sedan; first-clpss
mechanical condition; original
black paint; balloon cord tiI es
good as new; fully equipped
and all extras. A wonderful
value for $3.50. Requires only
$426 cash, balance within ~
months A good buy fer some
4, one. Studebaker, 1lth and r
Co.. 1909 14th st. N. W.. Main
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sTUDEBAKER-

d ODMD4AKAKNIb-~@ - n.
Five-passenger touring. This sig
cylinder model Is in excellent
mechanical condition; has lust
been newly painted: all good
rubber tires: many extras. Only
one-third cash required, balance
Inc. 1928 Conn. Ave. n. w.
franklin 42Ss.
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bIEFHHNk3---
1885 passenger closed car;
8 cylinder. 80 horsepower; per-
feet mechanical condition; color
IL blue and paint Is in good
condition; tires, 32x4; run 5, 900
miles; fully equipped; will DEM
onstrate. Price, $4,000; $500
cash, ~ months on balance.
Potomac Sales Co. iii 1Ath 1t.
N. w. Phone Main z500.
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1924, five-passenger touring;
excellent six cylinder car; carries
new car guarantee; mechan-
ically perfect; dark blue paint;
new tires; run only 5000 miles;
fully equipped and all extras
priced, $l,245: one-third cash.
Call The Trew Motor Co., 1909
18th st. N. W., Main 4173 for
demonstration.
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BTAtt--
Toirings and sedans Guaran-
teed. Third cash; year to pay
balance. NO FIN ANCE
CHARGES. Cars are rec6ndi-
toned; paint and tires excellent.
They will have to be seen to be
appreciated. See Mr.. Barnes.
Used Car Department, Harper
Motor Co, franklin 4307, 112S
Connecticut Ave. N. w. Open
$40 q. m. to p. m.
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STUDEBAKER
Light six 1922. S-passenger
touring, in very good condition.
runs and looks like new. black
paint. In perfect condition. (
good Ska tires. fully equipped
and all extras; any demoAstra.
ton: absolutely one Of the best
buys in town. Priced special
this week for $500: small initial
pal m I; balance monthly.
Studebaker, 14th and r SITS.
N. W. Potomac 1881
STUDEBAKER-
Special six, 1928; 5-passe1gar
coupe; little mileage; every
thing in first-class condition;
painted black and It's ike
new; Al mechanically and good
rubber all around; regular
equipment with many extras;
special price this week; only
$1.I00; $3.50 cash. with easy
payments monthly: one look
and you will be convinced that
this is an exceptional value.
Studebaker. 14th and r SITS.
N. w. Potomac 1891.
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BUICU-
Beautiful 7-passenger touring
carr 1922: cylinders; in por-
feet mechanical condition; new
paint job. Packard blue; five
new tires, s4x4h; new top; win
make demonstration; $3.50; may
give $250 cash and terms on
balance. See Stanley Horner,
J016 18th st. N. W., or phone
1aain $685.,
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1924 Special SIX, touring, disc
wheels; original paint; only run
5000 miles; extras include front
ana rear bumpers, automatic :
windshieid wiper. mirror, etc.
$500 cash: balance on terms to
you. Your car accepted in
trade. Hicks-Filnt Motor Co,
1907 14th st. y. w.
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LIBERTY SPORT
1923 model, run only O.OOO
miles; cost $3.50. Looks and
runs like new. Disc wheels
motometer. sun visor, Carol ven
tilator, combination stop and
parking light; five good tires
and other extras. A bargain for
$3.50. Will accept your car In
trade. Semmes Motor Co., 1707
14th st. N. w. Main $3.50.
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CHEVROLET
6-passenger touring; 1928; per.
feet mechanical condition; ex-
cellent original paint: many
extras; glad to demonstrate.
Price, $500, Small cash pay
meDt. balance monthly Luttrell
Chevrolet Sales Co., 14th and
T SITS. N. W.. Phone Main 2489.
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AutOInOtive
Automobiles for sale
RIcKENBAcKER-

aICKENBACKER-
Five-passenger touring. This IL
an excellent six-cylinder 1922
modes, mechanically perfect: an
good rubber tires and many ax.
tras. We will demonstrates.
Price. 800; one-thIrd down, ball
ance monthly. Davies Motors,
Inc, 1923 Conn. Ave. N. w.
Franklin 426S.
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srUDEBAKER-

1924 Special Six, touring, disc
wheels; original paint; only run
5000 miles; extras include front :,
and rear bumpers, automatic
Windshield wiper, mirror, etc.
$500 cash; balance on terms to
suit you. Your car accepted Ia
trade. Hicks-Flint Motor Co.,
1907 18th St ". W..
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sTuDEBAKER COUPE

1922; new tires. 1 extra; park
ing light, motometer and bum
per; car newly rebuilt: a snap
at $3.50; reasonable terms. Man
haitian Garage. 1905 It'll st. NV.