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The Washington times., 1927-07-14

friend advised me to take s.S.S.,
which I did. This was some time
ago. Now / feel well, and am get
ting along fine. SIS. stopped the
itching and it cured me of boiIs. I
advise all weak and rundown peo-
pie to give S.S.S. trial. It clears
up the skin and makes you strong
and fills you with energy" Mrs.
]. w. Barker, 1887 Walnut Street,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
S.S.S. is made from the fresh
roots Of medicinal herbs and plants
and is prepared in a scientific way
in a modern laboratory. It is time
tried and reliable.
SIS. is sold at all good drug
stores in two sizes. The larger size
is more economical.
The Washington times., 1927-07-14
you, too, may be
proud Of a clear
skin

II you are unfortunate in having
skin blemishes, pimples, boils, &C.
zema, you owe it to yourself and
friends to remove the cause. Go to
the blood. Take a course Of SIS.
Tone up your system. Help Nature
make you yourself again.
S.S.S. helps Nature build up red
corpuscles. 1t improves the proc
esses by which the blood is nour-
ished.
Il suffered from impure blood
was weak, and I had lost so much
weight, didn't look natural. I had
pimples and was also bothered with
a breaking-out that itched terribly.
l also had boils one otter another.
l tried different kinds of remedies,
but nothing did me any good until a
The Washington times., 1927-07-14

Clifton Hyman. 81 years, found on
Kalorama Rd.
John B. Fineher. 80 years. Walter
Reed Hospital.
Louis Stanley Malone. 80 years, o.
Naval Hospital.
= Adeline G.. johnson, u years. $40
Tenth st. N. e.
Charles Moses Green. ST.. 10 years
Garfield Hospital
Mary Kaufman, 10 years St Eliza.
beths Hospital.
Raymond Brown. 50 years, 40 First
st. S. w.
Norman Harrison. 40 years, GaIlinEer
Hospital
:, Marie Austin - years. 81 P St.
N. w,
The Washington times., 1927-07-14
DR.. EDWARD B. POLLARD

The Rev. DR.. Edward Bagby Pol.
lard, 81, professor of Biblical litera-
ture at Columbian NOW George
Washington University from 1896
to 1902, is dead at his home In
Chester, Pa. according to word re-
ceived here.
He had been a professor at
Crozier Theological Seminary for 21
years. DR.. Pollard was born in
Stevensville. Va. He was a graduate
Of Richmond College. the Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary, Yale
and the University of Berlin. He
married Miss Emily Tuition Mason,
daughter of Otis T. Mason, Of the
Smithsonian Institution. in 1895.
He was ordained a Baptist minister
in 1890, serving in Washington,
New Haven. Conn, Roanoke, Va,
and other cities.
DR.. Pollard was known as a mod
ernist theologian and writer. He
was contributor to religious pub.
locations and was once editor of
Service. He was in Washington
about two months ago to attend
services in Calvary Baptist Church.
The Washington times., 1927-07-14
Doctor to Wed Patient
In Los Angeles Romance

Los ANGELES, July IA 70.
nance which began when one of
the parties was unconscious will
lead to the altar at Mexico City
next Monday.
At that time Helen Lee Worth
ing, former FoIlies girl, now in
pictures, will wed DR.. Eugene Mel.
son, Of Los Angeles. It will be a
church wedding.
Doctor Nelson was one Of the
physicians who attended Miss
Worthing when she was taken
from a world cruise steamer here
in an unconscious condition with
pleurisy and pneumonia. After a
brief honeymoon in Mexico, the
couple will take trip East.
A new electric fan for ventiIatins
residence rooms can be concealed in
a chandelier and has a revolving re.
flector to break UP all drafts.
The Washington times., 1927-07-14
MRS. G. P. BIRCHBY

Funeral services for Mrs. Con.
stance Pinsent Birchoy, widow of
the Rev. Ernest Lee Birchby, will be
held tomorrow at Christ Church,
Kensington, Nd. Mrs. Birchby died
Tuesday in Garfield Hospital after
several months illness.
Mrs. Birchby's home was in New.
foundland, where the Rev. Mr..
Birchby was ordained a priest in the
Episcopal Church in 1908, serving in
Newfoundland until 1915, when he
was transferred to Trinity Parish,
Charles county, Md. Mr.. and Mrs.
Birchby and their three children re-
sided in the rectory at Hughesville
until the rector's death in 1922. Re.
Gently Mrs. Birchby and her children
have been living in Kensington.
The Rev. DR.. Thomas D. Windiate
will officiate at the services tomor.
row, assisted by the Rev. John L.
Shovel, rector Of Trinity Parish,
Hughesville.
The Washington times., 1927-07-14
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Charles A. Bragg, 20. and Helen
Bradley, 20. The Rev. Ellis c. Primm
June S. Hine, ~, and Bertha
Rev. Henry W. Tolson.
Johnny Harvey, 20, and Carrie
Hunter, 10. The Rev. c. A. DsVauEhn,
The Washington times., 1927-07-14
RIRTHS

George W. and Media Anderson, boy.
Ftncenzo and Mary Bello, girl.
Evening star., 1927-09-18

Out in Bangkok. Siam, "fall-and-
faint" pedestrians seem to be more of
a problem than "hit-andrun" drivers.
At least the Bangkok Times declares
that motorists are beginning to won
der whether it would not be better
to travel fast enough to deter this type
of artist from falling against their
cars and then trying to collect dam
ages. Describing an incident of this
kind. the Times says quantity:
con Friday afternoon a motor car
was going slowly along Luang road
and the horn was being sounded.
Suddenly an inconspicuous person who
was walking along became a Chinese
stumbling against the car and falling
by it's side. The car was promptly
stopped A crowd gathered and gazed
on the unfortunate pedestrian. who so
evidently tainted from being knocked
down by a recklessly driven car. A
policeman came up and put the sup
posed half-conscious victim and him.
self into the car and went off to the
police station to enter a complaint.
"A representative of our cotem.
porary saw the whole incident, and
SAYS it was quite artistically but also
quite deliberately done. The driver
or owner will always pay the amount
Of the usual fine to avoid the trouble
OF going to court. We are afraid If
this profession becomes common ii
will not be safe to drive car slowly
and carefully. Such an artist would
Evening star., 1927-09-18
UPPER HOSE WEARS OUT.
Hotter Water Causes It to Disin.
tegrate More Rapidly.

Motorists who have wondered why
1t is that the upper water hose con-
nection needs replacing more often
than the lower one only have to know
their engine little better in order to
understand the reason. Circulation of
water is from the pump up through
the water Jackets to the top of the
radiator, or up through the water
jackets in the same direction in the
case of thermO-syphon cooling, in
which a pump is not utilized This
means that the hotter water always is
rising and that the water is hottest
when it is passing through the top
water hose to the radiator.
This heat has disintegrating effect
on the rubber hose connection. The
connections at the pump receive cooler
water from the radiator and generally
last longer
Evening star., 1927-09-18
The Old Mechanic Saws:

ture TO buck up against. You can
advance lots of good reasons why a
certain device is the best thing on the
market, but there always will he pee,
pie to think that some OF the other
devices are better. From their stand
point they're probably right simply
because they've got a different idea of
car should ride.
An interestin thing I've discovered
in this connection is that few people
will take the trouble to try both front
and rear seats when testin' the riding
qualities of a car or the actions of a
shock absorber. There are few cars
that ride the same front and back,
and there's a big difference between
models of the same make.
And what does anybody mean by a
good ridin' car anyway? The worst
tide ! ever had was In "A car equipped
.gith some of the most expensive shock
disorders made. | was thinkin' about
rough roads so much ] had terrible
time ard never realized before how
many holes an automobile has to
limb through. .----.-----.-.-
Evening star., 1927-09-18

Sometimes ! don't know whether
I'm an automobile salesman or just
the person who gets all the grief.
Anyhow. ] know | help sell a lot Of
cars and ] guess Kill a lot OF sales
as well.
People look to me for advice. Some
Ike it and profit, some lose. It's
funny business, and it's all because
eyerybody's ideas differ. Your idea of
a good ridin' car may not be mine at
all.
One man likes TO feel that he's in
baby coach. Another likes his car to
ride up and down like a sailboat.
still another likes to have the car
lied down so tight he can hang over
the road and never leave the seat
Bow's any one 10 decide what sort Of
r:din' is the ideal kind when were
all so different?
I mention This because ! hear most
of the talk about different shock
absorbin devices. I've heard all kinds
condemned and all kinds praised, and
I've about made up my mind that
theory and facts aren't OF much
account when you've got human ma
Evening star., 1927-09-18
LACK OF COURTESY
GREATLY DEPLORED
"BawIing Out" Visiting Mo-
torists for Law Infractions
Condemned by E. N. Smith.

Don't 'bawl out" the visiting motor
ist when he commits a breach of
traffic etiquette. Instead, If the oppor.
tunity presents itself, acquaint the
stranger with the regulation he vic.
lated.
This is the advice given by Ernest
n. Smith, general manager of the
American Automobile Association,
who-points out that too many motor
lists show an intolerance for the motor
tourists violations where courtesy is
absolutely essential.
"In theory, we all agree that street
and highway courtesy are very de-
sirable," says Mr.. Smith. Even the
motorist who bellows in rage when
he sees himself delayed or endan-
gered by another driver will admit
the advantages of kindly he1pfulness
in the abstract. In the concrete. how
ever. it seems an entirely different
thing.
IF we are going to have courtesy.
we may as well start in the case of
the motor tourist. In every city there
are local regulations designed to meet
peculiar conditions with which the
traveller could not hope to be familiar.
He may violate such a regulation. In
such a case it is not the duty of the
local driver to assume the right to
'bawl out the other man. Instead.
the one familiar with the traffic code
should set the other right. He should
do it calmly and kindly, and il he
does the action will reflect favorably
upon all local motorists.
Every city boasts that it extends
hOspice to the outsider. As dwellers
within the community, individuals
pride themselves on their towns atti-
tude. One good way to prove the sin.
cerity of such a boast is to show
genuine courtesy to the motorist
whose car bears strange license plates.
There is no better place to start true
hospitality in this period, when mil
lions are making motor tours
Evening star., 1927-09-18
REASON FOR SLOW ENGINE
Automatic Spark Advance Mechan-
isn Difficulties Explained.

In searching for reasons for the
slow action of the engine, few car
owners consider the automatic spark
advance mechanism which is incor.
porated in the distributor rotor. If
the weights fail to move freely they
will not swing out as the speed of
the engine and rotor increases and
thus will net advance the spark.
Lack of acceleration. and particu.
larly lack Of that fleetness so charac-
teristic of the modern cars, sometimes
is occasioned by faulty rotor action.
The weights ride on pins which can
become rusty or dirty to a point
where they bind.
1t is well to remove the distributor
head occasionally and inspect the
rotor weights and mechanism. A lit
tie vaseline on the moving parts will
help to avoid any trouble in the fu-
ture. Never use lubricatinS oil,
since this may drip to the breaker
points and cause ignition trouble.
Evening star., 1927-09-18

Autumn weather, painting the
countryside in glorious golden colOrs
and providing allurements that are
irresistible to the man who owns a
motor car. like all other seasons of
the year. has it's specific set of haz-
ards against which the motorist must
be on his guard. Unlike the traps
that other seasons set for the un-
wary and unwise motorist. those of
the period just at hand are deceptive
and difficult to detect. In other
words. there are many pitfalls to
capture the motorist who is unaware
of their existence.
With the nearby highways of Mary
land and Virginia converted into
canvasses of brilliant coloring, Dis
trict motorists will make the coming
Autumn a heavy touring season. To
assure that such trips will be fruit
full in proportion to their promise,
the individual motorist must con-
slider several important factors.
Some of these factors are emu
merated and described for his fellow
motorists by Rudolph Jose. local
Cadillac dealer and an observer of
year-around driving conditions for
more than quarter century. Com
menting upon Autumns special haz-
ards, Mr.. Jose says:
Leaf Skid Is TreacherOus.
Falls first frailty from the mo-
torist's view point is that Of offering
one of the most treacherous of driv-
ing surfaces. The very leaves whose
gorgeous coloring calls the motorist
to the country are responsible for
this. Autumn is the season of the
'leaf-skid. one Of the most dangerous
varieties. Falling in great quantity
upon the highway. they seem to pre-
sent a dry surface. A quick applica-
ton OF the brakes or sudden twist
Of the steering wheel proves that
the reverse is more often true. To
avoid leaf-skid, one must remember
that leaves are pretty to look at, but
treacherOuS to drive upon"
Evening star., 1927-09-18
BRUSH CAR AT NIGHT.
Habit of busting Machine Saves
Lacquer Finish.

Keeping the car looking its best,
like almost everything else, is mat
ter of doing the right thing at the
proper time. One of the simplest and
most thoroughly tested methods is
keeping a few clean rags always handy
in the garage. Then. when the car is
being put away for the night, it is but
few minutes task to rub off all the
dust that has collected on the body
and tenders. The polished lacquer fin
ish of today will stay glistening for a
long time if given regular attention
between polishings.
Evening star., 1927-09-18
DENIES RESEARCH
IS UNCANNY WORK
Engineer Declares Public
Has Wrong and Harmful
View on Whole Subject.

That research endeavor is likely to
suffer because of public misunder-
standing as to just exactly what 1t is,
is the assertion of w. S. James, re-
search engineer of the Studebaker
Corpora ton, in the September number
of the Journal of the Society of Auto
motive Engineers. The public has
gained the impression that research
is something mysterious and uncanny.
the writer, who has been in contact
with both pure" and Commercial"
research for more than 15 years,
points out.
1T should be easy to see why any
one working in research should have
a we'll developed, natural and honest
curiosity, and should be able to tap
unusual sources of information and to
perform experiments to check sug-
gested solutions" Mr. James asserts.
Few Facilities CO-0rdinated.
Problems which require immediate
solution are common in any industry
today. The quickest solutions of such
problems are obtained when they are
attacked by some one with an honest.
inquiring mind who has access to all
available information. When essential
information is lacking it is impossible
to check experimentally with ideal ac-
curacy, but a more nearly correct an
swer can be obtained with common
sense and attention to facts previously
esta blished.
I'm the automOtive industry it often
has been said that no time is avail
able for the solution of any but imme-
diate problems. 1t also seems that few
men in the industry are considering
seriously what problems will confront
them one year or five years ahead. At
our present stage of industrial de-
velopment very few facilities have
been co-ordinated with industrial ac-
tivity for carrying out work of this
nature.
Most Promising Sources.
University laboratories and similar
institutions are the most promising
sources for the solution of such prob
lens, but their contact with industry
is usually limited and their knowledge
Of future problems of industry is,
therefore, lamentably weak. Were 1t
possible to arrange a scheme Of CO.
operation between industry and such
institutions for working out problems
of general or potential industrial in
terest, a twofold benefit would result,
as industry would be provided with in
formation at an opportune time and
the men leaving the universities would
have a clearer understanding of the
problems of industry through the
closer contact of their professors with
industrial problems.
''One of the possible by-products Of
such a relationship would be the re-
tention in this particular line of en-
deavor of the men who are best fitted
for it. Some men show marked apti-
tude for research work. Such of
these men as are outstanding should
be so fitted into our economic struc-
ture as to utilize their abilities TO the
maximum. If they could work with
commercial ohiectives in the univer-
sty atmosphere, much good would
| result"
Evening star., 1927-09-18
HAZARDS AS WELL AS PLEASURE
OFFERED BY AUTUMN TOURING
Leaf-Skid Is Most Dangerous Possibility
on Deceptive Fall Highways, Veteran
Motorist Says.

One way to reduce the likelihood of
a leaf-skid, Mr.. Jose pointed out, is
TO see that the brakes are absolutely
equalized. This, he says, probably
will be found to be necessary in the
case of. cars that have been given
hard usage all Summer. Equalization
is not to be determined merely by
stepping on the brake pedal while
travelling over dry surface. Brakes
that seem to be absolutely equal under
such a condition may be proved to be
far out of adjustment when applied
on a leaf-lttered highway.
Another trick that Fall is prone to
play upon motorists is that of soften
ing up the turf along the edge of the
highway. The motorist who has had
no fear of pulling off the road during
the Summer to make tire repair or
to pas; another car will have to exer-
else greater caution if he is to avoid
being begged or thrown into a danger
Gus swerve caused by the variation in
the hard surface under two of the
wheels and the soft dirt under the
other pair, Mr.. Jose declares.
Battery Works Harder.
"In connection with Autumn driv-
ing" Mr.. Jose points out. 1.-The motor
ist must also remember that it is the
beginning of the period of hardest
service for the battery. Headlights
come into increasingly greater use as
the days get shorter, and the cooler
weather may mean that the engine
starts with less snap. which means a
heavier drain upon the battery.
The condition of the battery and
the generator should be looked into
to assure against ignition or headlight
failure on ones delightful Fall Jour
neys.
On the whole, Autumn, with its cool.
crisp weather and it's vivid richness of
color, presents motordom with one of
it's greatest opportunities for pleasure.
A knowledge of it's hazards and vaga-
ries is assurance in favor of reauza
ton of the lows il holds"
Evening star., 1927-09-18
TIP TO CAR WASHERS.
Machines Should Not Be Cleaned
in Bright Sun.

Care should be exercised in select
ing the time and place to wash the
car. The job never should be done in
the sun. because in such a case the
heat will dry the water before the
chamois can be used. The result is a
dullness and lifelessness that may be
worse in appearance than the original
dust. Wind also has the same effect.
The garage is the best place to avoid
sun and wind and the most generally
acceptable place to do the job.
Evening star., 1927-09-18
Rolling and Galloping Engines Get
Defects from Timing and Fuel Cause

When is an engine said to be roll.
ing" When it is "galloping?"
The two terms are confused by
many car owners and by many mex
perienced mechanics as WELL They
indicate quite different troubles and,
therefore, should be differentiated.
Rolling" has to do with the timing
when the latter is too far advanced.
The engine seems to be idling so fast
that it scarcely can wait for it's next
cylinder to fire. AS the speed is in
creased and the car is put under load.
Evening star., 1927-09-18
SPECIAL TOOLS NEEDED.
Motorists Should Be Properly
Equipped for Refining Brakes.

Car owners who decide to do their
own brake lining wOr'; should equip
themselves with the right kind of
tools in order to do the job properly
A special type of countersink and
drill is made TO prepare the new lin.
ing for the rivets These cut cleanly
and properly shape the recess for the
rivet head. Unless they are used the
chances are against a neat and an
efficient job
The tools are inexpensive and are
carried by most accessory shops.
Brake lining Is too expensive and
brakes are too important to have this
task done poorly.
Evening star., 1927-09-18

however, the engine tends to go back.
wards as we'll as forwards and a slug
gish action results, usually accom-
panied by knocking and excessive pis.
ton pin wear.
"Galloping" is more of fuel
trouble. The engine keeps going, but
irregularly. 1t is different from skip.
ping in that at those points where the
engine fires it does so with more than
usual eagerness. The condition usu-
ally can be traced to an excessively
rich mixture.
Evening star., 1927-09-18
Timer Is Easily Set.

1t is easy to set the timer for
slower or more advanced ignition il
one remembers that turning the
timer counter to the rotation of its
shaft increases the rapidity of the
spark. To retard the spark. do just
the reverse.
Evening star., 1927-09-18
Fall and Faint" Fakers Take Toll
From Auto Drivers In Siamese Town

think twice before he tried conclusions
with some of the slap-dash cars OF
Bangkok
Nogales international., 1927-05-01
PIONEERS

(From "The Apache Warcry," 4"
Nogales High School paper.)
Down in Texas on the Border
Where the Rio Grande flows,
When the day in quickly passing,
How that golden sunset glows.
1t makes the Texans heart beat
faster
For the beauty Of his home
Then he looks into the future
And he sees his day is gone.
For the settlers and the towns
Are closing in so fast.
hat the days of open ranges
Are memory of the past.
There his heart grows cold within
him
For he loves his endies plains;
How he loves to see sand storm
And to feel the summer rains.
Yet he knew the world forever
Would be changing day by day
And he knew the working cowboys
Had cleared and paved the way
For the coming of the 'Puablos"
And the passing Of his duty,
For the fencing Of the ranges
And the dwindling Of its beauty.
But the cowman with his cattle
And the cowboy with the herds
Should be honored and
remembered
With a praise too large for words
For they cleared the way for
progress
And the coming Of the dawn
When the Pioneer and cowman
Were remembered, but were gone.
Leonard Wingo, '27
Nogales international., 1927-05-01
MANUAL ARTS NOTES
(From "The Apache Warcry,' y
Nogales High School paper.)

(From "The Apache Warcry,
Nogales High School paper.)
The boys taking manual train
irg have just put the finishing
touches on an installment of lock-
ers in the shop. These lockers
we're started about year ago.
They are decidedly the largest pro-
iect ever undertaken by the de-
rartment, and so, like everything
else, in proportion to its size, it
has taken a long time to complete
them. Most of the work on the
lockers has been done by an eighth
Grade class that meets for one
hour each day.
The installment consists Of Sc
lockers arranged in two rows one
above the other. Each locker is
approximately IL inches by 3 feet
high which provides ample space
TO accommodate all Of Students
Individual tools and materials.
The lockers fill a long-felt need
| in the shop as there has not heen
adequate individual locker space in
the past.
The completion of these lockers
as been possible only with the
aid Of additional equipment that
was installed last fall.
The students taking woodwork
ere working hard to complete their
work by the end Of the year. Many
are not only working hard in class
hut are putting in an hour nearly
every day after school in order to
complete their various projects in
time to enter them in the Boys
! Hobby Contest. This contest
comes off on the 5th, 9th and 7tf
Of May and is creating a great
deal of interest among of the
| boys.