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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-11
KITCHEN WISDOM

The old-fashfoned idea Of cooking
corned beef and cabbage was to
place the cabbage IN the kettle
with the beef and let it cook there.
However. this is no longer consid-
cred the right procedure 1t renders
the cabbage soggy and unwhole-
some. Cook each separately and
serve together II you like.
In, cooking cabbage have plenty
of water in large kettle boiling
rapidly and let the cabbage cook
rapidly with the cover Of the kettle
removed all the time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-11
NOTES ON THE MENU

PLUM TOAST Is made by put
ting stewed plums on thick halt
slices of buttered toast, adding
plenty of sweetened juice, and
cooking slowly in oven for fifteen
minutes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-11
An Old Recipe

Here is the recipe for making
pouSre d Amour from an old time
beauty book. "Scrape six raw car
rots and half a pink beet root,
squeeze the juice out through a
muslin bag and put 1t aside. Take
three ounces finely powdered corn
starch. mix with the carrot and
beet juice. expose it to the sun. and
stir occasionally until the fluid
evaporates, leaving the tinted starch
dry. Sift through a piece of silk
gauze and add"-then follows a list
Of such ingredients as powdered
Venetian tale, powdered lycopodium
and other ingredients with which
most OF us are quite unfamiliar
The directions end with these
words: "Sift again and keep in
a sandalwood box
We might find the carrots and
beets without much trouble, and
the cornstarch would be on the
pantry shelf. We could make the
muslin bag rather easily. But we
should have to search for the silk
gauze. But the powdered lyco-
podium and the other ingredients
called for in the old recipe would
be so much harder to find and
more expensive to buy than the
dainty box of powder one finds
always at the corner drug store
that the task of making poudre
d'amour would be hard one.
And then there'd be the sandal
wood box!
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-11

.uf or Face Powder, Which Has Had Greatest Influence
History Of Mankind quarts of Powder Used Instead
Ounces When Hair Instead Of Noses Were Wh;ten.d
lthciauy-Only Modern Woman Has Aped Nature in the
H. of Cosmetics-Did You Ever Try Making Your Own
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-11

Some Of the newest Of powder
containers are shown In the sketch.
There 10 Q lovely, foolish clown
clothed In silk rose petals who 70 In
reality a puff. Nearby are Q box
shells. There 10 q new shaving
and puff enerusted with iridescent
stick powder holder At tho lower
left hand. II pulls into q eyIin-
drieai holder after the manner OF q
Christmas fan. And there 10 an
attractive little doll made Of black
wooden beads that serves a. the
handle to a puff, with q drawn up
bag Of a muslin skirt to cover It.
A painted wooden powder box Of
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-11

Copyright 1926. b. Mcclure Newspaper syndaoasa
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-11

80. -.a@=sss s. .f.'s--s.s ~.
Evening star., 1926-11-07
PROPER SIGNALING
URGED ON DRIVERS
Practice of Some in Cloaking An.
ticipated Moves in Sc
crecy Assailed.

Too many motorists never achieve
perfection in their driving, their rec.
ords are marred by accidents Of vari-
Gus kinds and their car operation and
upkeep costs are high merely because
they fail in the first fundamental Of
good driving-the necessity Of giving
clear. sharp signals of their inten.
tions.
This opinion is expressed by Ernest
N. Smith, general manager of the
American Automobile Association. who
suggests that every motorist might
profit by taking an inventory of his
driving practice.
1T seems that none OF us who
operate automobiles are absolutely i'm
mune to this form of carelessness or
thoughtleSsneSs," says Mr.. Smith.
There are times when business or
home cares or something Of that ma
ture press heavily upon every one,
and, under such circumstances, one
drives more or less like an automaton.
assuming, subconsciously, that the
other mans mind is alert and that
his keenness can compensate for our
preoccupation.
Such an attitude isn't fair when
one looks at it coldly 1t actually is
a form Of buck passing that the
average motorist would not be guilty
Of il he looked at 1t in the proper
light.
successful drivinS-that is driv-
ing that is free from accidents of
every variety. even the most minor
depends upon each driver removing
the element Of mystery from his every
intention. Thousands Of accidents are
caused annually in all parts Of the
country because some driver fails to
give signal and, another. assuming
that he knows the first mans pur-
pose. gueSSes wrong.
THE American Automobile Associa-
tion is continually active through its
more than 500 local organizations in
the interest Of safer driving. One
of It's detectives in this perennial cam.
paign is to get every motorist into
the habit Of giving proper signals.
1T is a problem for each motorist,
individually. Unless each makes II
his business to improve his own driv-
ing by complying with the signal regu-
lation. far.reaching results cannot be
achieved"
Evening star., 1926-11-07
MARYLAND ISSUING
AUTO TAGS FOR 1927
Motor Vehicle Commissioner Mail
ing Applications to Owners.
Urges Early Response.

Applications for Maryland 1927 au.
tomobile license plates now are being
mailed to the 100000 car owners in
the State.
There is no change in the license fee
this year. 1t remains at 80 cents per
horsepower. Owners are warned by
the motor vehicle commissioner that
there will be no extension of time
granted this year and that all 1926
plates must be replaced by December
81 if cars are to be driven on New
Year day.
The applications now being mailed
are stamped with the name and adj
dress of each notorist, together with
the make of vehicle, engine number
and other needed informa ton. Upon
their return to the commission, bear
ing the signature, the operators s per-
NIT number Of the applicant. a de-
scription Of the non-glare device and
the required fee, new tags will be is
sued.
Although every effort is being made
to get the applications out in ample
time. to avoid the usual congestion.
there is no great amount of optimism
in official circles that the usual last
minute rush will be avoided. On this
point Commissioner Baughman says;
Immediately after the applications
have been mailed out. we will get a
flash of around 40 per cent of the
total business. This always comes
from those foresighted owners who
want to get the job of registration over
with and save themselves and the de
partfnent useless worry and confusion.
Then there will be a let-up. Later
we probably will have the seemingly
inevitable last-minute rush by owners
who will complain bitterly of their
difficulty in getting license plates"
Evening star., 1926-11-07

l wish some of you chaps with cars
would know about the repairin' busi-
ness SOS you could tell me exactly
what's wrong with your car when
you've got complaint. I'm gettin'
into trouble every day through takin'
too literally the complaints of owners
who take wild guesses at their
trouble.
If you tell me there's somethin'
wrong with the gears. and lead me on
by tellin' me that you notice they do
this, that or the other thing, it ism t
exactly logical for me to start right in
lookin' to the clutch for the trouble.
know enough about this business to
look into the unsupported units for
the trouble that appears to be some
where else. but. hang it all, I'm as
human as the rest of 'em.
Smith. down the street, was so
positive the water pump leaked just
couldn't resist the temptation to get
out the tools and look into it. Cost
Smith several dollars for somethin'
that could have been fixed for the
price of a good cigar.
Just because the water leaked TO
the floor directly beneath the water
pump the trouble couldn't be any
thing but a pump leak to him. He
Evening star., 1926-11-07
MANY HEED SOUTHLAND'S
CALL ON EVE OF WINTER
Crisp Fall Days Awakening Impulse to Flee Tropic-
ward-Two Routes Mapped for Those Planning
Trip by Auto.

Down the west coast, as down the
east and through the center OF the
State with its famous lake country,
one will find hard surfaced highway.
The second and more direct route
offers less in the way of good roads.
1t takes one southwark to Fredericks.
burg. thence to Richmond and Peters
burg. the entire distance Offering
smooth, straight highway. a fast road
between here and Fredericksburg,
From Petersburg to Clarksville, near
the North Carolina border, the road is
largely gravel. but from Clarksville
through Durham and to Raleigh,
nearby, the highway is excellent.
After leaving Raleigh, however
long and less alluring stretches of
gravel await the tourist. There is a
short gap of concrete between Cam
eron and Southern Pines, but after
leaving the latter city one goes
on sand, clay and gravel that is fairly
smooth and relatively good at all
times.
Some Highways Are Dirt.
Between Camden and Columbia the
highway is a half.and- half proposition,
but upon leaving Columbia the driver
will find only gravel until ne reaches
Augusta, Ga. From Augusta he will
travel half the distance to Waynes-
boro over concrete and asphalt.
At Waynesboro the motorist can
elect to follow the coast line or con-
tinue southwark through the interior,
but in either case he will run into
some dirt road that may be found
impossible in bad weather. II he
chooses the former route, which will
take him through Savannah and
Brunswick, he will find good weather
dirt road between Brunswick and the
Florida line. BY the other route,
Vidalia and Waycross. the dirt gap
will be found Immediately to the
south of the former city.
This route enters Florida at Jack.
sonville, and from there one can con-
tinue down the coast to Miami or in.
tervening points over splendid brick,
macadam and concrete.
1t is distinctly to ones advantage
to allow sufficient time to make the
trip by easy stages, regardless of
which route one chooses. There are
sufficient interesting places along
either route that provide ideal breaks
in the journey.
One can drive approximately 200
miles a day and reach ones destina.
ton in around five days travel.
Evening star., 1926-11-07
BY WILLIAM ULLMAN.

Are you positive that you know the
right-of-way rule as 1t is given in the
present District traffic regulations?
1t is the basis, more than any other
single regulation. of safe driving.
Would you. If called upon to recite
the. rule as nearly as possible word
for word. say "When two vehicles ap-
proach an intersection at approximate
ly the same time the one on the right
has the right of way?
Very likely, but you would be wrong.
Yet. Judging by the answers of
many to whom the question has been
put. and the driving of a great many
others of whom it has not been asked,
that is the belief of thousands of
drivers on the streets of the National
Capital today.
An explanation of large proportion
Of the accidents that occur in Wash
ington is seen by traffic officials and
traffic observers in the fact that there
is too wide a difference of opinion
among drivers as to what actually is
the regulation covering right of way.
Text of Regulation.
Here is the regulation as 1t pertains
to vehicular traffic:
"A vehicle approaching a street in
tersection shall slow down and be kept
under such control as to avoid col
liding with pedestrians or vehicles.
Operators of vehicles approaching A
street intersection shall look out for
and give the right of way to vehicles
approaching from the right; provided
that a vehicle making a right or left
hand turn shall give the right of way
to through traffic"
There it is, seemingly succinct and
terse and understandable, in spite of
the widespread misinterpretation.
There is nothing about building
lines. curb line or approximately at
the same time" in it.
UnquestiOnably and unequivocably
the man on the right has the right of
way. and no factor other than his
position in relation to your car is in
volved. Speed, of course, might be,
but it cannot be proved in A large
enough number of cases to make it
really important.
The right of way regulation in the
District has been changed several
times, always with safety as the pri.
mary consideration. At one time the
regulation specified that north-and'
south bound traffic should have the
right of way over east-and-West-b bound.
This failed to prove satisfactory, prin'
cipally because transient motorists
were not acquainted with city direc'
tionS.
Another Change Is Made
The next change in the regulation
provided that when two cars reached
an intersection at approximately the
same time the vehicle first to reach
the building line had the right of way.
This change opened the way for a
great many disputes as to which car
reached the building line first and re-
suited in considerable speeding. The
unfavorable results thus brought
about repeal of this regulation. II
Evening star., 1926-11-07
RIGHT OF WAY REGULATION
is CLARIFIED BY ELDRIDCE
Means Flatly That Driver on Right Has Precedence,
Says Traffic Director-Sees More Safety
if Rule Is Obeyed.

was held also of this particular rule
that it was unintelligible because no
one knew what was meant by the
words approaching street intersec-
ton from the right" Try to avoid
doing it some day in case there is
any doubt as to why It was unintel-
ligible.
In an endeavor to make the regula-
tion unquestionably Ineligible. it
was provided in the present ruling on
right of way that a vehicle approach
ing street intersection should slow
down and when two vehicles ap-
preached the same intersection at
right angles one thereby necessarily
was to the others right and should
be given the right of way.
An Interpretation by the corpora
ton counsels office has declared that
there should be no difficulty in the
Interpretation of this regulation.
1t is maintained that it means that
under all circumstances an operator
shall be cautious at street intersec-
tions and give the right Of way to
the vehicle approaching from the
right. The man on the right has the
right of way. Nothing else Is In.
Volved.
This is the attitude of Police Court
judges in collision cases that Involve
right of way.
Present Rule Believed Best.
The present rule is held the best
possible because it is the simplest and
most ineligible.
The full fruits of the regulation in
increased safety are not being realized
because motorists do not know the
rule, or refuse to obey it. in the opin-
ion of NJ. G.. Eldridge, director Of traf-
fic.
1T is a sound rule. a tried and
proved rule and the basis of safe
driving" says Mr.. Eldridge. mo
torists must learn it and obey 1t and
they quickly will see it's importance
in reducing accidents"
Insurance companies are finding
evidence of ignorance of the regula-
ton among their policy holders. A
case tf,>A recently refocused attention
on the subject in motoring and In
surance circles is cited by Spencer
B. Curry. vice president of the Great
National Insurance Co.
In this case the driver of a truck
approaching an intersection stopped
his vehicle. looked up the street to
his right and. seeing no Immediately
approaching traffic, started across the
street When he was three-fourths of
the way across. the front end Of the
truck was struck by a machine ap-
preaching from the right. The other
machine was damaged and the insur-
ance company settled the claim with
out fighting the case, although many
drivers maintain that the fact that
the truck virtually was across the in
tersection when the collision occurred
was evidence that the other driver
was speeding.
In such cases. Mr.. Curry explains,
speed is difficult to prove and insur-
ance companies recognizing this fact.
Continued on Eighth Pageo
Evening star., 1926-11-07
Traffic Tribunal
On Wheels Speeds
Up Motor Justice

Inglewoood. Calf, has devised
a snappy retort to motorists who
complain about the hardness OF
Justice after running afoul of the
traffic regulations.
It now offers a traffic court on
wheels.
Under the system 1t is possible to
be arrested for speeding or other
regulation infractions and resume
ones journey within two minutes.
The purpose of the novel traffic
court is to prevent cluttering up
of the regular Police Court dockets.
Evening star., 1926-11-07
The Old Mechanic Saws:

was so confounded sure about it.
That's why l clean overlooked the
fact that the leak originated in one
of the hose connections. 1t was pure
chance that the water ran down the
pan to the openin' Under the pump
Motorists could save themselves a
lot OF money by KNOWN enough about
their cars to guard against startin' a
reparer off on the wrong foot.
Evening star., 1926-11-07
Ferry Service Opens Soon.

The automobile route from Wash.
ington to Gibson Island will be short
ened by several miles when an auto
mobile ferry service from Persim-
mons Point. on st. Margarets. to
Mountain Point, on Gibson Island, is
established November IS.
Evening star., 1926-11-07
Repair Fender, Then Paint.

Don't he satisfied with merely
touching up a fender that has been
dented. Garage men are doing some
clever restoration work on tenders
these days, and after dents have been
pounded out perhaps small spot will
be all that needs a touch of paint or
VarniSh
Evening star., 1926-11-07
AUTO MEN WATCH
SOFT COAL MEET
Pittsburgh Convention Will
Consider Securing Gasoline
From. .Bituminous Fuel.

Strange as It may seem to the non-
technical mind, the eyes of the lead
ers OF the American automotive in
dustry are focused intently upon the
coming International Conference on
Bituminous Coal, which will be held
in Pittsburgh November Is to 49,
| At present the average motorist
would be pretty hard put to explain
any possible connection between the
| modern automobile and the bitumi-
nous coal industry, but that connec-
| tion Is vital fact to the chemist and
fuel technologist, one that cannot we'll
be lodged The report of the Federal
! Oil Conservation Board that only a
six years supply of petroleum re-
mains in the proven sands of the
United States has had much to do
with centering attention on the com
I ing conference.
| Gasoline Problem Important
Thomas S. Baker, president of the
| Carnegie Institute of Technology, an
rounces that the problem of manu-
| featuring gasoline from coal will be
one of the most important subjects of
| the conference. 1t is a subject in
| which every far-sighted motorist will
| have an interest.
l
both Europe and America, Mr.. Baker
has pointed out, have been studying
for the past several years the posi-
bility of producing gasoline from coal
| in commercially acceptable quanti-
ties. The result of this research has
! been that there are now numerous
processes already invented, a few of
which hold promise that they can be
used economically. In Europe the
j 1Ars @f oJ I'll
| coal Is accepted as an acute one be-
cause Of the scarcity. of petroleum in
the ground. In this country the pro
| lem. while not heretofore considered
| to be as pressing s in Europe, is
now reaching q similar stage in view
of recent warnings that the pertole-
UNI supply of this country is waning
rapidly.
| Increasing interest in the coming
| Carnegie conference is apparently
| being shown as a result of the ar
nouncement that several of Europe's
| most eminent authorities on the prob
| lem of extracting gasoline from coal
will attend the conference to describe
| their work.
Foreign Experts Coming.
From Germany. which is credited
with having made further advances
| IN coal research than any other COun-
| try, will come Prof. Franz Fischer
director of the Institute for Coal Re
search of Mulheim-R -Ruhr, and DR..
Friedrich Bergius of Heidelberg. Both
of these scientists have succeeded in
producing fuels from coal. France
will be represented by Gen. Georges
Patart, who was in charge of the
manufacture of explosives during the
war, and who is the inventor of Il
process for making methyl alcohol
| from coal.
Evening star., 1926-11-07
BEWARE STRONG MEN.
Brains Are More Vital to Mechanics
Than BraWn.

hefty individual is no reason why
YOU should assume he is the idea
man to work on your car. What II
your job called for the insertion OF
valves after being ground in. II
often is difficult to raise the valve
springs to insert the pins in the
stems. Some mechanics are inclined
to hit a valve or force it. 1t may
mean a bent valve and another jot
to he done
Evening star., 1926-03-26
The Adopted Y Wife
By Am ellie RiUes
Princess Trouhet.koyl

10 keep on hurting him more and
more.
That he had recovered his self-con
troll and gentle. cool tone. only fren'
zied her. She began to tremble. hold
ing the edge Of the little table tighter
and tighter, until 1t too trembled and
the glasses on 1t tinkled together.
II have told YOU" she said. biting
her words, that don't know whether
love him or not" CAnd she really
thought she had told him this.) II
have told YOU thst-and yet you
speak of my marriage to him as If II
were already fixed. I've long
feared I was burden to you
Now | know it. Thank you for let
ting me know. Whether
love him or not" she stumbled on,
her words tripping each other,
whether I don't love him at all. 1t
will he better for me TO go with
him for he, at least, loves
me than to stay and
and 'cumber the ground Of
of one who who stopped to
save kitten blind kitten
from drowning not because
Of the kitten oh no. but he
cause he's so kind -
She spat the word At him exactly
as kitten spits .. so kind
and hypocritiCal.
Hilary reached her in a stride and
took her hands firmly in his. though
she fought him little.
Don't go on Celia" he said, "You'll
have forgotten all this tomorrow: you
should he in bed. Come with me. III
take you up and call Donovan"
I'll never forget never
. never" said Celia, still strug-
Cling in his light but firm grasp,
though more feebly now. How could
forget how you wished to throw mo
Evening star., 1926-03-26

at the first man who ever .
Even in her muddled. excited state
her strong. subconsCious instinct kept
her from saving. who ever loved
me-"
And suddenly. she who could never
cry when she wanted to. and who
would have given worlds now not to
cry. burst into bitter sohbing
The last vestige of Hlsry's anger
melted away.
God knows" he thought what
that philandering chap has put her
through this evening"
He gathered her in his arms exact.
ly as though she were the kitten to
which she so resented being likened-a
large kitten and very heavy in her
throes of helpless weeping
There there - he
said. as Donovan used to say in
nursery days. Have good cry.
You'll feel better. much better for 1t. -
He dragged her, still sobbing con-
vulsively up the stairs and laid her
on her bed, where she rolled over
pulling the pillows above her head, as
though like a stricken ostrich she
would hide from him and the whole
world.
Copyright. 1926. by AmeIie Riv.s.,
Continued tomorrow