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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-21
. Elk HUSBANDS
STYLISH
IN Holm Il. .Medbury.

CCoRpING to the social
register, It is now ccnsid-
cred very stylish tor q
woman to keep company with
her ex-husband. 81
Knowing that they're safely
divorced, there's nothing to stand
in the way of their happiness.
one woman went to dinner
with her ex-husband the other
evening and he. was such good
company that she couldn't under
stand why she gave him the air.
She went down to the court.
house the next morning to find
out what the grounds were for
her divorce. Il
she knew she had some reason.
but she couldn't think what it
was. 4s ~, .3a
Finally she remembered that
Il was because her mother didn't
like the way he parted his hair.
The average dame gets married
60 please, herself and divorced to
suit her folks.
One girl said she never APP,
pFeciated her husband until she
lost him.' Then when she got
him back she was sorry she
found him again.
ss44tsS
Another woman says that SINCE
she's been geing to the theater
with her former husband she
hasn't had to pay for the tickets :
once e
She says it's a wonderful sen.
sation to, go out with him and
not have him ask her for money.
During their married life they
ate in cafetertas. 7 Now they 60
in places where they have walt
ers. r
He insists upon taking a taxi.
cab instead of riding in the street
car. 'ts't s.
II she hadn't been married to
him once she'd be almost sure
that he'd make an IDEAL husband.
5 Every time he tells her how
wonderful she is she drags out
her divorce decree and reads his
cross complaint to him. 4.
AT the end of a ,pieasapteeye.
ming he takes her to her door
and after she kisses him good
bye she asks him If her alimony
check Is going to be late again
this month.
She may be romantic, but she's
not going to let love stand in
the way OF her separate main
fenance.
tCopyTieht. 1924. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc ~
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-21

Those who make a rash state
n1eht and then hasten to add.
"of course, present company ex-
cepted."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-21

Those who always have an ex.
perience ready to tell that beats
the one you've just told.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-21

During their married life they
ate in cafetertas. Now they go
Ia places where they have walt
0rs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-21

He insists upon taking a taxi.
cab instead Of riding in the street
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-21

The boob who makes you walk
with him five or six blocks In the
rain while looking for a taxicab
when he could have bought an
umbrella before starting and kept
your clothes from being ruined.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-21

She may be romantic, but she's
not going to let love stand in
the way OF her separate main
tenance.
tCopyTieht, 1924. by King Features
:. Syndicate, Inc. X s. T
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-21
WE'D LIKE TO
KILL

Those Of our relatives who con
stant1y remind US we shouldn't
live above our means.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-21

She says it's wonderful sen.
sation to. go out with, him and
not have, him ask her for money.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-21

Finally she remembered that
It was because her mother didn't
like the way he parted his hair.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-21

Another woman says that SINCE
she's been geing to the theater
with her former husband she
hasn't had to pay for the tickets
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-21

She knew she had some reason.
but she Couldn't think what it
was. "a w b is
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-21

One girl said she never ap.,
pFeciated her husband until she
/ lost. him., Then when she got
him back she was sorry she
found him again.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-21

The average dame gets married
60 please. herself and divorced to
suit her folks.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-21

! She went down to the court
house the next morning to find
out what the grounds were for
her divorce.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-21
No remedy
can cure all ale
ments Of the hue
man body. but
an immense
number Of peo-
pie suffer from

3CnesS PAINS Ano 0le~
easesympto swhentheiP
real trouble Is lack Of iron
in the blood. It Is the iron
In your blood that enablea
you to get the nourishment
out Of your food. Without
iron your food merely
passes through you WITH
out doing you nygood;you
don't get the strength out
Of it. There ID one univers-
ally known tonic that has
helped thousands because
It contains iron ike the iron
IN fresh vegetables and
like the iron In your blood.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-21

One woman went to dinner
with her ex.husband the other
evening and he. was such good
company that she couldn't under,
stand why she gave him the air.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-21

Knowing that they're safely
divorced. there's nothing to stand
in the way Of their happiness.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-21

"a CCoRpING to the social
register, II is now ccnsid-
~ cred very stylish tor q
woman to keep company with
her ex husband.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-21

ADvERTIsEAfENT.
Evening star., 1924-08-10
Fight to Block Depreciation
Requires Attention to Trifles
Little Things Many O,0ners Fail to
Notice Take Most From, Value of
Car in Long Run.

don't you race that MOTOR He can
hear knock a mile Off"
The writer recently tested cut
matter of psychology to his own
| satisfaction. He noti~ed that one of
the washers around the garage was
making a habit of sitting in the car
| for the purpose OF enjoying a lunch
| in perfect comfort, This was not
process calculated to enhance tha
value of the machine. and the stu
alton called for complaint to the
| management But no complaint was
made.
Instead, the owner made it a point
to give the car some conspicuous kind
of attention each day, aiming always
to do this in the presence of the man
who was unthinkingly supporting
depreciation. Each day he brushed
out the floor mat, busted the instFu-
ment board and cleaned off the run
ming boards. Each day the washer
caught sight of the proceedings out
of the corner of his eye.
Lesson for Others.
On the fourth day the washer took
luncheon in another car. Likewise
the next day, and the next. 1t was
just case of making it plain to 9th
ers who come in contact with the
cared-for car that it is not to be need
lessly deprecated.
This can be carried TO such a point
that the owner will actually come to
find the garage people. and those at
the filling station, doing little things
that help to prolong the life of the
car. If it becomes necessary to move
the car when the owner is not around
the job will be done by pulling the
car by the bumper. not by the Tadi-
ator. If the owner happens to have
the i'll luck of fiat tire during the
night the garage man will jack up
the wheel and help save the tube and
shoe. If the attendant has been
careless in filing the radiator the
garage man will polish the radiator
and rub off the spare tire where the
hose spilled few drops of rubber
destroying gas
All this because the people around
thegarage know that the owner is
particular" Something about well
cared for car draws the ton
of all who come in contact with II.
and the car owner might just as well
learn to cash in on the help other
people are willing to give him
Most car owners figure that nothing
in the way of depreciation can hap
pen to a machine between the time it
is put away at night and the hour 1t
is taken out in the morning Yet the
greatest single aid to depreciation
rust-does it's healthiest work during
these very hours when the .motoTist
least expects trouble. He brings the
car in out of the rain and leaves II,
believing that if rust accumulates on
the trimmings same will come out in
the washing and polishing process
which he intends giving the car later.
But after the cleaning materia1izes
either the rust or it's marks remain,
and the owner makes the mistake OF
blaming it on the washer rather than
on his own lack of methodizing his
nght against depreciation
1t is rare to see a motorist give
any consideration to the rain curtains
when the car has been brought in
CONTINUED on Sixth Page)
Evening star., 1924-08-10
ARE URGED
TO IMPROVE DRIVING
Local Dealers Regret So Many Are
Satisfied With Passabie
Progress.

What is carelessness in the opera
ton of motor car?
Believing that motoring would be
greatly benefited through clear
definition of the meaning of care
lessness, Capt. Harry M. Horton, To-
cal Stutz and Duesenberg dealer,
raises the above question in the in
tereStS of safety.
We talk lot about carelessness
put seldom make any effort to define
1t so that when the average driver
encounters it he will not need any
Introduction, he says.
Carelessness in driving, in his oDin-
ion, is nine tenths failure to practice
better driving, the oi.ler tenth being
composed of various acts of secondary
consideration.
The average driver" declares
Capt. Horton, has a curious notion
that If he has learned how to get
about In his car without running
up telegraph poles and getting ar
rested at every crossing he has gone
about as far as necessary in the job
of mastering the automobile. This
who realizes that he must keep
abreast of the times by learning how
to handle his car to better sdyantage.
"Carelessness-the kind that causes
most of the trouble-starts with the
decision that you drive we'll enough
You may not boast of this in public
but il you have the idea in your mind
you will not be likely to spend a few
minutes each day trying to do some
one act of car operation a little bet
ter. Because the average driver Is
careless about his practices work
stantly repeated alibi, I didn't know
.Skillful driving would do much to
relieve the accident situation. It's
rank Carelessness to overlook Ii"
Evening star., 1924-08-10
BY WILLIAM ULLMAN.

What happens to your car between
the hour you put it away in the pub
lie garage for the night and the time
you call for it in the mcrning?
Does it stand untouched. rs good
when you take it in the morning as
when you put it away? Or is it Jug
Gled around to make room for others,
used as sleeping quarters for garage
loafers and perhaps taken for spins
during the late hours of the night
when you are safely out of sight?
Car owners-particularly tourists
are complaining of mishandling of
their property, and the upshot of 1t
is that people who are trying to put
car ownership on a higher and more
husinesslike plane are now adVocat-
ing various plans to safeguard cars
that must be left in the charge OF
others.
owing to fire hazard, few owners
lock their cars when leaving them
in public garages, and the result Is
that any irresponsible employe can
use the car for his own pleasure, re
stricted only to the hours of the night
when he is not likely to be detected
This is bad enough for the owner,
but when the employe wrecks the
car the owner is in a bad way. 1t is
convicted of violation of the law with
respect TO stealing of cars, for that
does not in any way compensate for
the loss of the car nor loss of its use.
A woman experienced such loss
recently in travelling from Florida to
the north. Registering at hotel.
She took her car to a nearby garage
and left ii with instructions that IN
addition to storage, the garage was
TO repair a tire. At 4:30 the next
demolished
the garage attendant, who took II
out without permission. The fact
that the garage man served so days
in jail did not buy the tourist new
car.
Suggest Bonding Employees.
One suggestion for a remedy is the
bonding of garage employees in sums
ranging from $500 to $4,000, depend
ing upon the type of cars customari-
ly stored in the establishment, or ac-
cordfng to the class of cars various
employees may be trusted to handle
when necessity occasions the NOV
ing of such cars from one part of the
garage to another. Another sugges-
ton would simplify matters by re-
quiring each garage to be bonded up
contingencies.
Assurance that cars will not be
mishandled and that if the unfore-
seen happens the garage will be
financially able to assume its respon-
sibility is unQuestionably a require
ment in modern motoring. Whether
or not the cost of such bonding
should be passed along to the motor
ist is of secondary consideration at
this point Most car owners would
like to feel that their property is
safe when they store 1t.
The mishandling of cars by many
garages is even more extensive than
most motorists imagine. Much of this
is due to Door manQppmenf and lack
of system in apportioning of space.
Many buildings that were never
meant to house motor cars are now
being used to store cars at the rate
Of $50 a month. Under such circum-
stances car owners are only adding
to the annoyance and would do bet
ter to leave their cars on the streets
all night than to encourage such
business methods.
Many cars that are supposed to be
Evening star., 1924-08-10
SIx-WHEEL MOTOR COACH
NEW HIGHWAY VEHICLE
Machine of Revolutionary Design,
Modernly Equipped, Latest Addi-
tion to Transportation Facilities.

A six-wheel motor coach of revoiu-
tionary design, with power applied to
bled as unit, is the most recent ad-
dition to highway transportation IA
cilities.
The new coach is in a number of
respects a distinct departure from all
previous types of motor buses and
trucks. Il has been the practice of
motor bus builders to adapt motor
trucks to the transportation of pas
sengers. In the new six wheel coach,
however. precedent has been disre-
garded and a new type of vehicle
matte tires of reasonable size.
Reduction of road impact to one
fourth that of tired, four
wheeled vehicles of the same capaci-
ty, degree of comfort and safety
heretofore impossible in motor busses,
Evening star., 1924-08-10
BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL.

| Depreciation IL the real foe OF the
| automobile owner. 1t raises havoc
with car costs, steers the car straight
does everything in it's power to prove
the ease of those back numbers who
still insist that motoring and luxury
| are synonymous.
Like any other big task the prob
lem of depreciation must be handled
| first, last and always to be success
fully conquered. Most car owners,
however, are led to believe that the
first round with depreciation is fa-
tai one, but that is simply because
| they don't step into the ring until
depreciation has thoroughly warmed
up.
Depreciation goes into training the
day the car is delivered to the owner,
and If the latter would conquer the
foe he has no alternative but to COM
mence training simultaneously.
Using Too Much Water.
Depreciation frequently commences
by having the boy at the filing sta
tion pour too much water into the
radiator, and the first round can be
successfully appropriated by the
brush off the radiator core with
whisk broom even though there are
other motorists around to accuse him
of being "fussy"
Only by being particular" can the
autoist spare himself the excessive
cost of the actual depreciation on his
car. Depreciation accumulates in a
gradual way. and it's method is the
best method for the motorist to use in
the work of routing it.
a~v COZ mill
that he knows this as well as any one,
but hasty glance at his car will
suggest that his knowledge on this
particular point suffers for want of
self-starter.
Apparently he appreciates the need
for quick action in the matter of re-
moving traces of car wear, but he is
often puzzled to know where to begin
the fight, especially if he has made
the mistake of waiting until the op-
ponent has handed him a healthy
right to the jaw. In this state of
mind, therefore, it might help him to
know that the fight should start with
little psychology applied to the
situation at the time the car is taken
out in the morning.
Treatment In Garage.
IT is a fact that in any public ga
rage certain cars are treated with
greater respect than others. That is
the first point for the motorist to
look INTO IN MS ngnt against depre-
citation, for it will develop this very
important fact.
The cars that are treated with care
by the garage people are the ma
chimes that are highly respected by
their owners.
Take your feet off that running
board" cautions the mechanic to his
helper at lunch hour. That's Smiths
boat, and he's a crab about it,"
Brown wants his car delivered to
the house, orders the nrnnriafar
Evening star., 1924-08-10

greater speed and longer life are
among the advantages of the new
type of vehicle as demonstrate by
its producers. In tests made by the
United States Bureau of Roads it
was shown that the six-wheel truck
carrying load of nearly nine tons,
hit the road a blow of only 1000
mounds after passing over an obstruc-
tion, while a four wheel solid-tired
vehicle carrying a load of only five
tons hit the road with a force of
$4,000 pounds.
Pneumatic tires 80 by inches in
size are used on all six wheels, and
the height of the floor is only 81
inches from the ground
The rear axle assembly can be re-
moved as a unit in about l minutes
The engine, radiator, clutch and
transmission, also assembled as
unit. can be removed in 35 minutes
Extremely low center of gravity
has been made an outstanding fea-
ture OF the six-wheel coach.
Evening star., 1924-08-10

wholesale violation of motor vehicle
laws through tempting other drivers
to do a little bit worse. This retalia-
ton process is invariably dangerous
because it lis SO unconscious The
"other fellow" being taken advantage
of, decides to show the first violator
how it feels to be the goat He gives
him a taste of his own medicine,
adding little poison for good meas
Ure
Evening star., 1924-08-10
BAD INFLUENCE SCORED.

Drivers who have a habit of run
ming wild and encouraging others to
retaliate with acts of equal foolhardi-
ness, or worse, will do we'll to medi-
tate over the news that a Judge re-
Gently scored a vieelator for his bad
Usually drivers get fined impris-
oned or reprimanded for what laws
they have actually broken, but sell
Evening star., 1924-08-10

Watch the pin hole in the gas tank
cap. 1t is vital part of the vacuum
system. 1t must be kept open. and
these dusty summer roads fail to helm
matters any.
Evening star., 1924-08-10
SUMMER SUGGESTIONS.

Keep the gas tank full. Buy more
gas when stopping at q filling station
Remember it's summer. You are
likely to ramhle off into the back
woods. You may get lost. That's
nothing to worry abeut-if yeu have
plenty of gas.
Evening star., 1924-08-10

A leaking carburetor is not so easy
to detect in the summer, for any fuel
that drops to the floor of the car in
hot weather is likely to eyaporate
more quickly than at other times of
the year.
Evening star., 1924-08-10

A N
The Washington times., 1924-09-18
PLAN
CONCERTED
ACTION
Federal Workers Favor Adolf
!. ton of Classification
Board

While the District Of Columbia
branch of the Federation OF Fed
eral Employees last night approved
the fight that win be waged before
the next Congress to wipe out the
Personnel Classification Board. q
mass meeting of unorGanized work
ers joined in the campaign at a
mass meeting held in the Central
High School.
Under the leadership of Mrs.
Margaret Hopkins Worrell, the
mass meeting voted to press for
legislation at the next Congress
that would vest all classification
matters in the Civil Service Com
mission and favored the establish
ment of an independent board Of
appeals to adjudicate the griev-
ances of Federal workers.
Herbert w. Blandy, of the Post
Office Department. and Matthew
Halloran addressed the meeting and
supported the stand taken by Mrs.
Worrell. A letter from Senator
Sterling, of South Dakota, former
chairman Of the Senate Civil Service
Committee, and one Of the pioneers
In classification legislation, offered
supporters to the Government work
ers in their campaign.
According to word received at
the headquarters OF the Federation
The Washington times., 1924-09-18
EMBROIDERY IS.
DEFINED BY
EXPERT
Art Distinct From Tapestry
Weaving, But overIaps in
Lace Making

All branches of artistic handi-
crafts are closely linked together
in the arts of design. Material
and method of production only
separate them, and then, the div
ision, is in some instances very
subtle indeed.
The technical line Of demarca.
ton between tapestry weaving and
embroidery is distinct. With lace
and embroidery it is not so defined,
although there is a great difference
between embroidery and the fine
xinds Of lace-these crafts do con-
siderably overlap in parts.
To embroider Isl to apply some
kind Of pattern to- an already
existent material, to express form
by stitches. and 1t is the business
Of the worker to so arrange the
stitches as to indicate by their
direction the fibrous growth of
the&plant, and the varieties of the
surface of the objects represented.
The stitch method must not be
concealed or disguised, but ac-
knowledged and accepted as the
principal factor, which cannot be
separated from the art Of embroid.
cry.
The designer for embroidery has
q comparatively free hand compared
with the one who designs patterns
for woven fabrics to be executed
by the modern power-loom. He is
evidently working in the wrong
direction when he attempts to pro-
duce designs for hand work which
can easily be initiated and the
effect obtained by mechanical
means.
The monotonous filling of little
squares and geometrical forms in
repeat, on specially prepared can
vas with certain fixed coiors, no
longer satifies the intelligent work
! er. The tamehess Of its appear.
ance when finished tires one, the
very smoothness and regularity is
a defect. Such work should be left
| to the machine to produce.
A most beautiful specimen Of
embroidery, embodying every fea-
1 ture of this art, Is owned by the
Misses Ferry, 1440 Rhode Island
avenue. 1t consists of a copy OF
Gilbert Stuart's life-size painting of
Washington which this artist exc
cuted for the Marquis of Lans-
i
three feet. This rare piece of EN-.
broidery was done by a relative OF
the owners in a convent in In.
diana, nearly eighty years ago, and
| its colors are as bright as If the
frame had been finished but yester.
day. The picture is carried out in
wool and silk, the latter being
used principally to produce the deli
cately tinted shadings in keeping
within the appearance Of the orig.
/ inal.
It is desirable in view of the
work turned out by machines, that
the designer for handwork should
defy the machine by varying the
detail Of z his design, carefully OBJ
serving that such change and va.
riety does not destroy the sense or
repose or make the work in any
way assertive.
THE CONNOISSEUR.
The Washington times., 1924-09-18
MASKED BANDIT.
MAKES $500
HAUL
Forces r. Mel aughIin Back
to Gas Station At Guns
Point Escapes

with the muzzle Of a. revolver
damned into the small Of his back
by a masked bandit. Frank M. Nc
Laughlin, sOO1 Thirteenth street
northwest, last night drove his
automobile to Sixth and New York
avenue northwest, where he was
robbed Of $500. The gunman escaped.
Mclaughlin owns a gasoline sta
ton at Sixth and X streets north.
west. He closed about 10 o'clock
last night and started for his home,
when q masked hold.up man leaped
from behind pillar of the gas
station and jumped on his running
board. ss
Drive to. Sixth and New York
avenue and do 1t quick, ;" the robber
commanded as he covered his victim
with a loaded revolver.
Reaching that corner, Mclaughlin
was ordered out OF his car. The
bandit then robbed him OF the days
receipts, amounting to $500.