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Evening star., 1926-02-21
BY WILLIAM ULLMAN.

How soon will America awaken to
the possibilities of raising it's own
rubber under its own flag?
This question transcends all others
that have been asked in connection
with the present rubber situation, in
the opinion of those who can see
beyond the petty differences and
sealousies aroused by the crisis in the
world rubber market
Already claims are being made that
the Philippines are potential pro
ducers of enough rubber to meet the
worlds demands for the next thou
sand years. Some credence is given
this assertion by the United States
Department of Commerce in report
based upon an exhaustive investiga-
tfon OF the Philippines capacity to
alleviate conditions now creating an
international furore. Government
scientists also are conducting expert
,nents in Florida, Haiti. California and
the Canal Zone to determine the feast
tropical rubber plants in such rela-
lively northern climates.
Views Vary Widely.
Perhaps no question has been sub.
Sected to so much misinterpretation
as the world rubber industry and
market. British rubber officials do
not concur in the view of Herbert
Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, that
a rubber monopoly has been set up.
The National Tire Dealers Association
believes that the recent publicity
given to the high crude rubber price
was unwarranted and has publicly
expressed the opinion that nothing
can come of the action of the Auto
mobile Chamber Of Commerce in
duplicating the efforts of the indi.
ridual American rubber manufacture
ers In organizing to produce and deal
IN rubber.
Through all these claims. contradic.
tons and official opinions, the motorist
the rubber user, the business man,
the investor and the patriot are try.
ing to see daylight. The latest view
Is that. regardless of the British re-
Etrtctions on rubber production. the
rubber market and the many compli.
cations and technicalities in crude
rubber speculations, regarding which
even officials cannot hope to have in
side data at all times, the whole
situation is a tip to Americans to raise
their own rubber under their own
flag.
In the final step whereby American
soil Is selected for the American-owned
plantations. simplicity will play a vital
role in stabiliZing the rubber market.
This simplicity, it seems. can be had
only at the cost of research and In
vestment. 1t will mean the elimina-
ton Of excessive prices, shortages.
shipping difficulties and other com
Dlexities involved in dependence upon
Il. foreign-owned production
Growers Far-sighted.
Motorists are warned to keep in
mind that. whether or not there Is any
justification for the belief that the
charges Of manipulation Of costs in
the existing crude rubber market,
there would be a world shortage of
rubber today had il not been for the
farsighted British and Dutch planters
and business men, who staked their
future on the present unprecedented
demand for this basic commodity.
That there was overprodaction and
All unwillingness of the American COM
Janies to buy when crude prices were
low is another story.
Without the present supply OF plan
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MARYLAND MAY LIFT
BAN ON DEAF DRIVERS
Conference Is to Be Held Soon
With View to More Lib
eral Policy.

Before long, deaf persons may be
able to obtain automobile drivers
licenses in Maryland if they are
otherwise qualified. and a battle
which has been Waged In their behalf
for years will have been won.
A conference Is about to be held,
1t is said, between E. Austin Baugh-
man, commissioner Of motor vehicles,
and Ignatius Bjorlee, principal of the
Maryland School for the Deaf at Fred.
erick. and, following this conference.
1t is believed that the motor vehicle
commissioner may lift the ban on
deaf drivers.
Efforts hitherto made to this end
have been unavailing, but It is now
understood that a more liberal pol
icy toward the deaf Is contemplated
by the commissioner. Hitherto, the
policy OF the commissioner has been
that hearing Is one Of the senses de.
manded by the driver Of q motor car.
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in tho ordinary sense (th6 clumsy do
mestic will no longer be able to say,
"It Just broke in my hands'0. it can
be broken with the bare hands with
out risk because the edges of the frac-
ture are not sharp or Jagged. In It's
manner of breaking II resembles
"toffee" as much as anything. says
the Motor. 1t does not break off in
sharp splinters like ordinary glass.
Another important property Is that
its specific gravity Is only about half
that of ordinary glass. so that a sheet
of the new material compared with a
similar sheet OF ordinary glass Is only
half the weight. Sheets and rods of
this new glass can be bent between
the bands to a sharp curve and they
will fly back into straightness like
highly tempered steel. "Organic glass
has big pull over celluloid In that It
is not tnf1ammable. and exhaustive
tests as to its "scratchability showed
that It could only be scratched when
considerable pressure was applied
Forms Vfscous LIQUID.
"At one stage Of its manufacture"
says the Motor, "the new glass forms
q very viscous fluid at normal temper.
atures and can be poured out OF a
receptacle like other liquids. Thick as
treacle. but clear and white as day
light. the liquid glass flows slowly
and sedately from side to side If the
bottle is tipped up. and. being an or
ganic compound. 1t mixes with almost
any dyes"
Another interesting feature about
the new material is that 1t will trans
nit ultraviolet rays. in which respect
1t comes close after quartz, whereas
ordinary glass is practically Opaque to
the health giving rays. The medical
profession will have numerous uses
for Organic glass" 1t also has re-
markable resiliency, and a small ball
made of the material has the bouncing
properties of rubber. If allowed to
fall on a stone an Organic glass" ball
far from breaking. will rebound al.
most to the height from which 1t drop.
ped. If flung down violently 1t will
bounce to a height Of 20 feet or more
and will show no more signs Of dam
age than an india rubber ball Of equaI
size.
DR.. Pollak and his colleague still
are experimenting with and testing
their remarkable invention. and re
gard 1T as still in the-laboratory stage
1t would seem that It is not likely tc
be available for general commercial
use for a while. and tho cost OF pro
duction is another point on which ade
quate details are not disclosed. though
the inventors contend that 1t will be
possible to produce and market 1t a,
a commercially suitable price"
The saving in glasses and tableweaI
breakage should make the new ma
terial of the utmost interest to the
ordinary householder, quite apart
from it's value to the great industries
and 1t would seem that the Austrian
scientists have discovered something
worth while and something compare
BILE with the philosophers stone" ant
the "elixir o6 life" which, through the
ages, have esso yainly sought BY
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INCREASE CHARGING RATE
Precautiou Must Be Taken When
Drain on Battery Is Heavy.

II the engine stands out in the colo
so often and so long as TO drain heav
lly the battery's current at every start
and If the battery seems to require
too much recharging, the indications
are that the generator charging rate
should be increased.
This Is usually simple process FOR
the service station. With many gen
orators 1t is merely a matter Of re
adjusting the third brush so that less
current is wasted when the generator
Is running at normal speed
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STARTING efficiently.
Both Hands and Both Feet Needed
for Proper Get-on In Winter,

Both hands and both feet are re-
Quired for an efficient start when
cranking a cold engine. The right
foot touches tho starter button or
pedal. The left foot holds out the
clutch so that the starter-motor will
not have to crank the transmission
gears as well. The right hand alter
mates between operating the choker
and the hand throttle. The left hand
stands ready to switch on the ignition
after the engine has cranked for a
second or two. The ignition should
not be switched on prior to the start
of the cranking process except where
tho design is such as to require this
act before tho starter Will operate.
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BATTERY LONGEVITY.
Extreme Discharg1ng and Charg
ing Makes Plates Go to Pieces.

Battery life is largely dependent
charging and charging. The moro ex-
treme these processes. the moro chem
ical action is forced upon tho battery
and the quicker It's plates go to pieces
The life Of battery, therefore. can
be heightened by making starting
easier. To do this 1t IL necessary to
use good gas. OIL Of the right con.
sistency for cold weather and to have
the battery fully charged. II 1t Is
fully charged 1t will not have to work
so hard for. fully charged. 1t will give
the engine livelier spin and increase
compression. Furthermore nothing Is
to be gained by having the battery
forced to a quick charge.
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FLEXIBLE GLASS, NEW DISCOVERY,
OF ENORMOUS POTENTIAL USE
May Replace Windows and Windshields on Autos,
Says British Publication-Will Bend I'm.
der Pressure.

By Cable 10 The Star and New York World.
LONDON, February 2o.-Almost
endless possibilities are opened up by
me discovery Of flexible glass. the in
ention OF which by the Austrian
scientist, DIR. Fritz Pollak, and an
AUSTRIAN colleague, Curt Ripper. is
announced by the publication, the
Motor. The Motor. as Britain's
loading motoring journal, IS naturally
most interested in its possibilities for
Use In windscreens and windows for
motor vehicles. and the publication
says: From specimens in our pos
session we should say that the ma
Ierial has very great possibilities for
replacing glass on incloSed vehicles
and for WindscreenS for touring cars"
But there are many other uses for
the new material, such as transparent
petrol tanks, which would enable the
user to see at once how stocks Of
petrol, water, and other liquors were
going; transparent fountain pens, In
which the supply could be noted i'm
inediately; unbreakable tumblers and
articles IN everyday use and other
utensils, as well as innumerable arti-
rles In everyday use in almost every
industry or occupation that can be
Imagined.
An Enormous Field.
Tho Motor points out that impor-
rant as the invention Is in Itself, the
now flexible, or as the inventor calls
IL organic, glass" represents only one
member OF an entirely new series Of
chemical products, the possible appli-
cations OF which cover an enormous
Eeld Of industrial activity.
The range includes such widely DIFF
ferent trades as the paint and varnish,
textile and electrical industries. and
in the last-named trade alone the new
substance has great scope as an In
sulator, a dielectric and also as a
material for accumulation castings
which IS transparent, strong, flexible
and non n-inflammable. In the textile
trade it can be used for treating or
decorating fabrics.
The need for a transparent, flexible
and virtually unbreakable material
has long been evident, but such prod
ucts as celluloid. mica tale. etc, have
only been regarded as somewhat un-
satisfactory substitutes, owing to de-
fects, including lack Of strength, lack
Of superficial hardness, rendering
chem easily ''scratchable." and to the
fact that they are subject to the raw
ages OF climatic extremes The new
sorsanic glass" seems to meet all re-
Quirements.
VIII Bend Under Pressure.
II has many of the properties Of
erdinary glass. for it is an organic
substance. Transparent and colorless,
retaining its waterlike clearness un-
der all atmospheric conditions, 1t Is.
says the Motor (whose correspondent
attended exhaustive demonstratons)
sufnciently hard to be safe from acci-
dental scratching, due to handling or
cleaning. and yet Is flexible enough
TO bend under stress to q marked de-
kree without fracture.
Although virtually "unhesakabis"
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Cold Weather Saueaks.

Squeaks that grow worse on a cold
day are an indication of insufficient
between surfaces that are
supposed to be in tight contact Parts
that rub and squeak, but which do
not usually require lubrication, will
contract on a very cold day, thereby
drawing away from each other AMI
mako less noise.
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More Heat From Heater.

On a cold day passengers In the
tonneau may think they are bene-
fitting themselves by carefully wrap.
ping the robe around their feet In
such q way as to steer the hot air
from the floor heater directly toward
tho body, but in truth, this makes
the car colder. The heater should
never be covered. Exposed, It will
radiate moro heat.
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John Smith and His Car
BY FREDERICK c. RUSSELL

Smith whom should welcome He
sel6sh willing
OF or moi Of he motor
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CLEAR HOOD OF SNOW.
Failure to Do So Is Ruinous tt
Paint.

Before starting the engine after the
car has been standing out In falling
snow It Is important to brush the
snow OF the hood. Failure to do so
Is responsible for a large percentage
Of dull hoods IN Springtime. Cold
hoods with warm motors are a bad
enough combination for any paint Job
without keeping the hood covered with
snow until the metal has been heated
Evening star., 1926-02-21

Washington State Win spend more
than $4,000. 900 on a Eoad.building
pepgraxn during The next TIVE YeaEA
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ing up to the car in which she sat.
Il saw you passing and wondered
why Cherry wasn't with you. She
said she had date with you for this
afternoon. Please don't think I'm
just prying--"
"Of course notw Bob Hathaway
leaned upon the door of the car, his
bare. sunburned arm-he had been
driving coatless as we'll as hatless,
with the sleeves of his, white sport
short rolled above the elbow-touch-
ing Faiths. She quivered at the ac-
cidental contact. Cherry phoned
me at two that she was sick,
couldn't come with me this after
noon. She wouldn't let me come
over even for a few minutes, so I
suppose she's feeling pretty badly.
Is 1t anything serious? I admit I've
been rather worried. Her voice
sounded odd"
"She-she seemed all right when
left at eleven" Faith said slowly,
her mind racing to grapple with
whatever this might mean.
That packed and locked suitcase!
AS she studied the worried, sincere
face OF the man lounging against
the car, she realized that, all day, in
the back Of her mind, had been the
suspicion that that packed suitcase
had meant that Cherry was planning
to elope with Bob Hathaway. And
here was Bob-alone-
"But I remember now" she went
on rapidly, that she seemed Lstless,
tired. suppose it's nothing more
than a bad headache. You'll par
don me for stopping you like a
traffic cop, won't your" she smiled
reassuringly, but her heart was beat
ing heavily with dreadful forebod-
ings.
When they were saying good-by,
Faith stopped him on sudden i'm.
pulse. "You might telephone in
about half an hour, Bob, If it's con
venient. and If you're really worried
about Cherry. Ask for me, If you
call, and I can give any message tc
Cherry, if she isn't sleeping her
headache away"
'I- wasn't going anywhere in par
ticular," Bob Hathaway told her. 81
think I'll drive on back to the city
I'll call you up from my house wher
I think you've had time to get home
Maybe she'll let me come over this
evening"
When Georges car was agair
headed toward town, Faith tried tc
talk cheerfully, to keep him from
suspecting the very real worry thai
was gnawing at her heart.
A But she was to find that she hat
not entirely succeeded in throwing
him off the track, for when he le
Der out at her house, he gripped hei
hand hard, with the low-spoken, seri
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are out in her car, you say? You're
sure, Mrs. Allen? Thank you. I'm
sorry to have troubled you. When
Jimmy comes in, will you ask him
to call me, please? Yes, it's inn
portant."
She hurried into the living room,
wondering who the stranger could
be who had come, unlimited and I'M
expected, to see Cherry.
A thin, faded, tremulous little
woman in Shabby clothes that tried
pathetically to be smart, took a hest
tating step toward Faith.
I'm awfully sorryAto intrude, ="
she stammered, 'but II had to try
to see Miss Cherry Lane today-you
see," and her eyes were suddenly
suffused with righteous anger that
gave her slight, insignificant body a
temporary dignity, I'm Mrs. Ettle-
son-Mrs. Albert Ettleson."
(TO Be Continued
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Gus words: Call me If you need me
for-for anythingl I'll be at home
all evening"
Thanks, George-for everything,
she answered simply, then ran up
the graveled path to the house.
She found her mother and father
in the living room, looking warm
and uncomfortable and bored in their
Sunday clothes.
where's Cherry? In her room?"
she asked breathlessly.
why, no, she's out with Bob
Hathaway" her mother answered
fretfully. "Me and your Pa has been
settin' around all day, with nobody
to talk to. joys over at Grace's-"
when did she leave?" Faith per.
sisted, fear making her voice sharp
my landl 1 don't know exactly.
Me and your Pa was takin' a nap
after dinner, and when we woke up
she was gone. 1 don't know what
you're so flustered about You
knowed she had a date with Bob"
Without replying, Faith hurried
to Cherry's room, jerked open the
dresser drawers, glanced into the
closet, and then, her worst fears con-
flrmed, ran through the house to the
back yard. Without her suitcase she
couldn't get far-Then the girl
was brought up with a jerk. Juniors
car was gone. And he had said he
was not going to use it, was going to
be out with Fay Allen in her coupe
She had just recalled the Allen
home by telephone when her father
called out:
Here's lady to see Cherry
Faith. Maybe you'd better talk to
her."
Hello, hellov Faith shook the re-
ceiver hook impatiently. This is
Faith Lane, Mrs. Allen. Is Junior
Jimmy Lane there? He and Fay
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WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE

CHERRY LANE. a stenographer. is
FAITH. who does ali the work for the
Iamily of six. including her semi-invalid
mother her father. who is carpenter
h Snd contractor in small >, way; her
Joy cSY}he 3 JUNIOR. or Long" Lane and
:, Cherry, the ,flirt. is, carrying on !af-
lars lars with a dozen. admirers. including
CHESTER HART. formerly sutton of
FAITHS; BOB HATHAWAY. a young
architect; ALBERT ,ETTLESoN, a mar
III rHeq trayeling salesman; old Mn
c CHEFS w GIhhfEEYE'S present employer and
GEORGE PRUITT. rich mans son
attentions but Faith cares only for Bob
Hathaway. who is infatuated with
:, At party at Fruits. to, which
falth cannot go because OF heart az
tack suffered by. her mother. Hathaway
goes to Faith for comfort. not realizing
she, loves him, Faith demonstrates
with Cherry. who retorts that she will
not marry Hathaway If she can possibly
land George Pruitt.
Pruitt continues to pay marked at
Aher to a nearby resort for dinner, ~Be,
8fore leaving. Faith finds a packed and
ocl1ed suitcase in Cherrys closet and
the memory OF a mysterious telegram
which Cherry has received from Ettle-
son fills her with dark suspicious.
She has no time to discuss the mat
er with Cherry. but asks Junior TO hide
he suitcase in his automobile truck;
oruitt tells Faith that he loves e her and
ly enough. she raises her lips TO his,
NOW Go ON WITH THE STORY
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BOYS FROM NICE
HOMES GO WRONG
So It Seems From Word of Parents, Says Judge Collins
TO Pass Judgement on Five Saturday.

It's the good" boy from the
mice" home who is going wrong
nowadays, according to. Judge James
A. Collins of Criminal Court
"Why some Of these youngsters
who come before me charged with
major crimes are not yet out of the
grade school," said Judge Collins.
They constitute one of the nations
biggest and most serious problems
today in the courts opinion.
1T used to be that when a fell
low passed 81 years of age, it was
taken for franted he might go wrong,
but these boys Of today make Jesse
James and his band look like a
bunch of pikers," Judge Collins said.
He stated that whenever a youth is
brought before him, an effort is
made to see what is the matter with
the home life.
All From mice" Homes
But they all come from nice
homes" said Judge Collins. "Why
they want me to provide new one
for them is beyond me, but they all
are good boys, or so their parents,
pastor and friends claim" Judge
Collins said it has been years since
a really bad" boy who never had a
real home or chancel to go straight
was brought before him.
Saturday morning Judge Collins
will pass judgment on five boys i'm
plicated in the theft of twenty auto
mobiles and numerous hold-ups and
thefts. Evidence was heard Wednes-
day. The boys, held in the county
Jail are Earl Ambrose, IS; Leo, II,
John Marlnee, 10; Emmett Brown
lee, IS. and John Schiller, 10.
On Aug. %, Ambrose, Leo Marlnee
and Brownlee signed statement be-
fore officers Charles ]. Russell, ]. J.
O'Neal and c. A. Colder confessing
their crimes. The statement was
made by Ambrose duplicating him.
self and the other two boys.
In part Ambrose stated: about
two months ago Brownlee and Leo
Marlnee came near my house in a
Chevrolet roadster, ana went with
them to the Bottom Rd on the Sur
face Farm near Sunshine Gardens
and stripped this car.
Next Car
"Our next car was a Chevrolet
touring, driven by Leo Marlnee, and
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CHAPTER XVI

When George Pritt's famished lips
pressed hard upon her mouth, Faith
forced herself to rest passively In
his arms, but when, bewildered, de-
feated. he raised his face and glared
at her out Of cheated, accusing eyes,
she shuddered and flung an arm
across her face, so that she would
not have to witness his pain.
"Why did you let me kiss you?"
he demanded hoarsely. 1T was
brutal way to show me that YOU
didn't care. II won't do it again."
he assured her, his head dropping
upon his breast, his. big, freckled
hands locking tightly between his
knees.
I'm sorry, George-and ashamed, ="
she whispered huskily. You see, l.
wanted to know-beyond the shadow
of doubt. I've heard that love
(, comes sometimes, like a rushing tor
rent, in the first kiss. I wanted it
to come-if it would. l. wanted to
love you, because I'm so grateful for
love. | need love-but / need, more
than anything else, to give love.
Some women are like that, George,
and some are like-like Cherry,
greedy to take, having little to give.
I'm sorry-sorry-"
Don't blame yourself" the man
interrupted her fiercely. I'm
ashamed of myself for having flared
up at you like that. I'm sorry, too
all broken up Faith. I think I'm
a little off my head. For ten days
I've wanted to shout and sing, stop
people in the streets and force them
to listen.a'Say; I'VE found the finest
girl in the world, and I'm going to
marry her. That's what I wanted
to yell from the housetops, Faith.
IT know" Faith rested her chin
on her clasped hands and brooded
over him, her. brown eyes drowned
with tears of pity-for herself as
we'll as for him.
~ couldn't believe, at first that it
was me-Faith Lane!-that you
wanted It's always been Cherry
But / couldn't help knowing. after
bit, and I tried to keep you from
saying it, because INlnew 1t hadn't
happened to ME, too Why, George
dear, I've prayed, on my knees, like
child, these last few nights that a
miracle would happen, and that I'd
wake up and find my heart filled to
overlooking with love for you"
of you want to love me so much.S
George said slowly, painfully, why
not let's try it-getting married, you
know? I'll be so good to you, Faith
1t makes me sick, and so angry
could fight, to see you Shaving from
dawn to midnight for that migrate
full family Of yours, taking the leav'
ings, shielding them, propping them
up in their Weaknesses"
They're not ungrateful," she stiff
ened, and brushed her tears away
with an angry hand. "They need