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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-06
M u S | C.
THE BOSTON SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA.

Serge KoussevitZky, the Russian
conductor Of the Boston Symphony
Orchestra, led that organization in a
varied program that built up to an
exceptionally inspiring finale in the
second and last concert to be given
here this season by this orchestra
yesterday afternoon at Polls Theater.
A large and unusually distinguished
audience, led by Mrs. Coolidge and
her party in the presidential box, and
including in its midst Speaker Mich
olas Longworth, who is almost as
noted for his patronage and personal
musical interests as for his political
activities, and many leading must
clans of the Capital gathered in spite
of the continued depressing weather
70 hear this concert.
Beethoven was again given the place
of honor, his first symphony being the
opening number. 1t is a lovely work
and was well played. The minuet was
especially charming with its touch
Of MoZartian color and finesSe, while
the finale was most impressive.
Second came an Americans work
not previously heard in Washington,
If memory serves correctly. The
work was Edward Burlingame Hills
"Lilacs," called a poem for orchestra
"after Amy Lowell" 1t rather sug-
gested the modern French school in
fits pretty pictorialness and slightly
sophisticated dissonances. The fra
GRANGE and quality of the flowers sug-
gested in the title are pleasingly set
forth and q nice convincing storm is
worked up during the course of
events, but there does not seem to be
anything very vital in this music.
1T paled into complete insignificance
before the vigor and richness of
Wagner's ride of the Valkyries,"
which was excellently presented, the
brasses never swapping the strings
and each phrase set forth with clean.
cut, authentic delineation. The or
chestra as we'll as Mr.. KoussevitZky
well deserved the ovation that brought
them to their feet in acknowledge
ment at it's conclusion.
However, it was left to Mr.. Kous-
sevitzky's great countryman, Tschai-
kowsky, to offer the pinnacle of the
afternoons inspiration when his
great Fifth Symphony in f Minor"
opus Ga, was played in a manner in
which it has rarely been heard in
Washington. The poignancy and in
tangible genius that develop in the
second movement and swell into the
glory of the finale never were more
automatically set forth. The first
movement, the andante, was si<illfully
brought to the logical color level of
the second movement and, again, the
waltz movement, the third, led inevi-
tably into the exact mood for the reso-
luton in the finale. The strings We're
In perfect accord and the whole SYM
phony left a wonderful memory to
carry over until next season. Again
and again Mr.. Koussevitzky and his
orchestra had to bow their recognition
of the applause that rained enthusi-
astically from the audience. H. f.
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STREET HEARING SET.
Open Meeting Tomorrow on Ia
koma Park Plans.

The streets and lights committee
Of the Takoma Park Citizens AS
ISOLATION will hold a public hearing
tomorrow night at 1880 o'clock at the
Takoma Library for the presentation
and arguments for street improve
ments and sidewalk construction to
be included in the 192S-29 District
budget.
The committee will meet again
Friday night to act on the matters
brought before the hearing, and to
prepare a report for presentation
before the meeting of the association
Monday and to the engineer COM
missioner.
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0INK into one of the richly up
holstered chairs of the new w. B.
g. A. trains, open your book or
~ paper or your favorite magazine
and you are prepared for the quickest, the
cleanest and the most comfortable trip you
can make from downtown Washington to
the heart of Baltimore the railroad that
is electrified all the way.
At no increase in fare-the round trip is
still $2.37*-the w. B. & A. now gives you
the finest inter-city electric railroad trains
in America; every train entirely new, de-
signed and built for the w. B. & A., with
the smooth riding comfort of "articulated"
bodies, and the expensive appointments
ordinarily found only in parlor cars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-06

Traffic problems are no new things,
More than 800 years ago coaches so
congested London's narrow streets
that the government had to take
control
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"the comforts of home"-individua seats,
arranged in pairs; tastefully finished in two
tone Frieze velours; deep springs in the base
of every seat to absorb vibration; springs in
the overstuffed cushions; easy backs-and
room enough in front of you for the longest
and weariest of legs.
There are wide, curtained windows of plate
glass to give you abundant reading light by
day, and shaded individual lights above
each seat by night, thus giving you, day or
night, freedom from glare or shadow.
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M New Trains -Parlor Car Comforts

Nov, the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. w
steel nteutban Electric Trains AmeE
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The First tn america

Naturally, we take some pride in the fact
that the w. B. & A. is the first interurban
electric railroad in America to give its pas
sengers the remarkable comforts and con-
veniences of these high-speed, all-steel,
articulated trains. It cost half million
dollars to build them and to provide them
with these extraordinary facilities.
Now they re'all in service-and every 80
minutes on the hour and half hour, one of
them leaves on an express schedule from
Washington for Baltimore, and from Balti-
more for Washington. We can truly say.
therefore, to everyone who travels between
these two cities-and particularly to those
who, driving their automobiles, encounter
parking troubles, traffic congestion and
occasional breakdowns- you can save
both time and money-and ride in vastly
greater cor71fort-by using these new,
trains of the w. B. g. A.
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of 90 miles an hour. So smooth is the acceler-
alton, however, and so steady and rigid are
the articulated bodies, that you do not
realize the rate of speed at which you are
travelling.
The steel frame construction of the cars
and the Westinghouse double airbrake
system, which operates on all twelve wheels
at twelve-wheel brakes" they are
give you the utmost in modern railroad
safety.
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What cArticuIatiOn Means

From the outside, each of these new articu-
lated trains looks like two long cars. Ac-
tually, each train is one very long unit, con-
sisting of two car bodies mounted on three
trucks instead of four. This means that
noise, vibration, and the tendency of trains
to sway when in rapid motion, are reduced
to an absolute minimum. It means, also,
that you can walk from one car to another
in complete safety, steadiness and comfort,
with no doors to open and no drafty, dusty
vestibules to lurch through.
Evening star., 1927-11-13
VIRGINIA WILL MARK
HISTORICAL PLACES
State to Erect Signs at Points
of Interest Giving
Data.

Virginia, the State which is, per-
haps. the richest in historical associa-
tions in the Union. is shortly to have
this information made available to mo-
torists. Metal markers are to he
placed along it's highways throughout
those sections where are situated tne
points Of historical significance.
More than 1900 Of these markers
are to be set up. OF this number,
more than 20 will be located along the
road from. Washington to Richmond
Metal posts on which the markers
will be placed already have been put
into place, and the posting of the his.
t0rical signs will be done at once.
There will be numerous plates To-
Gated along the highway between
Richmond and Petersburg, also be-
tween the Virginia capital and New.
port News. Norfolk, jamestown and
Yorktown. and also through the Shen.
andoah Valley and the southwestern
parts of the State.
The markers. almost all of which
will be metallic, made either Of alumni.
mum or iron, will indicate the chief
historical association of the point
marked, the identity of the persons
who figured most prominently and the
period in which the records were
made. Many of the old Virginia es.
tates and homes will be marked in this
way.
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GAS TAX REVENUES
: - >a4.~e Il > 800 .. -q,-.
REACH HIGH MARK
Collections on Motor Fuel in All
but Two States Cited as "Rec-
ord-Breaking."

Record.breaking revenues from the
gasoline taxes imposed by all but two
OF the StateS-those two being New
York and observation-disclosures reported
by the Bureau of Public Roads.
According to figures gathered by
that agency. $101,2 ,25O,S41 was derived
from this source during the first six
months of 1922. which represents an
advance of 1872 per cent over the cor.
responding period of last year.
Gasoline tax rates on June 80 ranged
from = to cents a gallon, averaging
2.55 cents. and the revenues thus OBJ
tanned by the States have constituted
an important item in financing high.
way programs. According to the de-
tailed account of disposition of the
tax sums, State highway funds re.
ceived the largest pOrtion-S69. 81 s 6.088.
County and local road funds received
$22,S43.566, and payments on road
bonds amounted to $4,59S.751, while
the remainder was used to defray col
lection costs and for miscellaneous
purposes.
These revenues indicate, the bureau
points out, that 4.919.000.0O0 gallons
of gasoline were used by motor
vehicles, including estimated amounts
for the States not imposing the tax.
This Is an ia per cent increase over
the first six months of 1925. Sincaa
the increase in registration was only
per cent, the natural conclusion Is
that motor cars are being given
greater usage.
The bureaus figures show that for
the period under discussion, the Dis
trict of Columbia's revenues from the
2-cent gasoline tax totaled $54s,605.
Evening star., 1927-11-13

he is bound to run greater risks of
picking up dirt and foreign matter in
the fuel he uses. The quantity of
gasoline used by the average auto
mobile today offsets the advantages
of it's increased cleanliness.
The time is not so remote when
every owner had his share Of burned
out engine bearings. That malady,
however, was put out of style by de-
velopfnent Of pressure oiling systems.
1t is not good practice to race a cold
engine. but it can be done today with
out serious damage in nine cases out
of ten. The careful mOtOrist, of
course. prefers not to run an unneces-
sary risk because he knows that ad-
ditional caution pays good dividends.
1t seems, however, that 1t is the fash.
ion for him to consider this in one case
and not in another.
Knowing less about the operation of
the vital parts of their cars. and not
needing to know as much about them
as in the old days, most drivers today
are oversensitive about the finer
points in connection with the control
Of the machine. Troubles with ad.
justments. therefore, have become un.
usually stylish. At service stations
large portion of the work being done
relates to easing up steering gears.
oiling clutch throw-out collars, adjust
ing holding brakes and fixing cigar
lighters.
Other Changes Due Tomorrow.
Times have changed. and so have
automobile troubles. Tomorrow will
bring new changes and new types of
troubles.
Many of the latest accessories for
cars have brought about new service
problems. 1t used to be the generator
the starter motor and the battery that
gave so much trouble. Such troubles
still are common to all cars, but they
are not the stylish troubles nor the
problems uppermost in the motorists s
mind. lie Is much more likely to
worry over a bumper squeak or Won
der when he is going to find time to
empty the water out of the gasoline
strainer or to service some other rela-
lively new accessory.
Motorists are being educated to de-
mand greater efficiency from their
cars, and this has had pronounced
tendency to make them forget about
pistOns, universal joints and ring
gears. Much automobile trouble al.
ways has been imaginary, and with
motorists minds off the major units
of their cars many of the malades
that used to be in fashion now have
passed out Of the picture altogether
Evening star., 1927-11-13
GAS TAX NETS $4,000
FOR SIX-MONTH PERIOD
Maryland Levy for Elimination of
Grade Crossings Reaches
High Figure.

Collection of the one-half cent per
gallon gasoline tax for the elimna-
tion Of grade crossings in Maryland
netted to $4,000 during the first six
months it has been in effect, accord
ing TO officials Of the State Roads
Commission. The six.month period
ended September 30.
The figures indicate yearly
revenue of $334,000, or about $l06, 900
less than the 100000 which John n.
Mackall. chairman of the commission,
estimated would he received.
The act of 1927 providing for one-
half cent tax makes it mandatory on
the railroads to contribute one If
Of the sum yielded to eliminate grade
crossings in which they are con-
cerned
Mr. Mackall has made the grade
crossing problem his special work and
he estimates it will take $4,000. 900
to eliminate all those in the state.
One of the first crossings to be
affected Is the one at Hyattsville on
the Washington boulevard. work on
which probably will be begun in the
Spring. ,.-, ., :: sss - "a.
Evening star., 1927-11-13
Il OUT OF 10OCARS
HAVE BAD BRAKES
Maryland "Save "a Life"
Drive Reveals 80 Per Cent of
Auto Lights Are Perfect.

More than 1900 automobiles were
operating on Maryland roads with un-
safe brakes before the "save.a-life"
campaign was inaugurated, it is esti-
mated by E. Austin Baughman, State
commissioner of motor vehicles.
Mr.. Baughman made the estimate
from statistics compiled during the
inspection of more than 1000 auto
mobiles, whose owners had taken ad.
vantage of the offer of free examina-
ton during the campaign.
There are 100000 automobiles in the
State, and more than 100000 of them
were inspected ut the 1,139 official in
spection stations.
made on 46,S94. revealing the findings
brakes. lights. steering gears and
windshield wipers.
OF this total. 29,7S7 were found to
be in perfect condition and no adjust
'ment was required. Brake adjust
ments were required on 7,173; on 2.01S
the brakes were found to be worn out
and of no use at all, and 81, ,708 were
found to have good brakes.
Lights on so per cent of the cars
were described as in perfect condition.
6,637 needed focusing, and in 2,141
bulbs needed replacing. More than SO
per cent had good horns, while 253
cars in the State were found to have
no horns or signaling device at ALL
Steering apparatus on AIS of the
cars examined were described as dan
Cerous and In need of requirements.
There were 2.035 that needed slight
adjustments and 44,3S1 needed no
change.
Almost the same proportion held
true regarding Windshield wipers. Lii
cense tags on 1923 of the cars were
found to be obscured by bumpers or
other accessories and were relocated.
Evening star., 1927-11-13
FINANCE PROBLEMS
WILL Be DISCUSSED
Terms for Next Spring to
Be Topic at National
Conference. =

Problems of vital interest to owners
and prospective owners OF motor cars
will be discussed at conference to
be held under the auspices Of the Ma.
tional Association of Finance Com
panies tomorrow and Tuesday at
Chicago.
The down payment on next Springs
automobile, the length of time sue
ceeding installment notes may run,
and whether truck operators should
have as liberal terms as passenger
car purchasers are among the tories
to be taken up in considerable detail
at the scheduled meeting.
A call for the conference has been
issued by &. {. Hanch, general man
aser Of the organization, who sees a
possibility on the part of some finance
companies to disregard sound banking
principles in anticipation of a com
Detitive war in the automobile in
dustry.
Prospective purchasers of new
passenger cars need have no fear
that they will be called upon to make
more substantial down payments or
that the time Of their notes will be
shortened DeNOnu existing SlaHuafu
terms, says Mr.. Hanch, but bankers
are demanding that finance firms stay
out of any possible automobile war,
and the leaders in the field agree with
them.
Standard terms for automobile
financing require a down payment
of onethird of the purchase price and
the balance in u equal monthly psy.
ments. Losses under these terms are
said to have been trivial. According
to Mr.. Hanch. they are less than those
incurred in other industries selling en-
open account with no down payment.
Despite the fact that notes are giver
for three Of every four cars sold, and
about 81 900 600 900 of Indebtedness is
now outstanding on cars all over the
United States, the average note for
the unpaid balance at the time of
purchase is only $3.50.
The Chicago meeting will not dis
cuss interest rates or service charges,
but will confine itself to matters of
practice, such as terms Of payment,
which will convince bankers that no
economic danger is involved in auto.
mobile financing in the event Of in
tensive sales competition in the manu-
featuring industry.
Evening star., 1927-11-13
Motorists Warned of Carbon Monoxide
Danger, Greatest During Winter Months

Gus fumes mix with a far greater
quantity Of air. and consequently their
effect is not serious.
"The small private garage Is the
scene OF many tragic effects OF this
poisoning. In the conventional sized
garage of this type. the engine run.
ming three minutes will generate
enough carbon monoxide to kill. Be-
cause of this. the car owner should
exercise extraordinary precautions
against running the engine with the
garage doors closed. Even the warm.
ing-up process should be completed in
the open air.
The person who has been over.
come by this poison i'm some cases
may be revived II removed to the open
air and II artificial respiration meth.
DDS are applied Immediately. But
this. in most cases. is inadequate. The
only certain way to prevent a tragedy
is to avoid the slightest contact with
this ever.present danger Of Winter
motoring"
Evening star., 1927-11-13
CHECK ALL BODY BELTS.
Squeaks Can Be Prevented b,
Little Extra Work,

Elimination. or relative elimination.
of vibration has made rattles in the
cars various units more conspicuous
and at the same time robbed the car
owner Of one of his best excuses for
noises in the automobile. The old
adage that n tight part never rattles
Is as true in the case of the new car
as the old.
1t still pays to eliminate the noise
in any unit as soon as 1t starts. All
body bolts should be checked over at
least once every three months.
Evening star., 1927-11-13
EtbyIene GIycoI Recent Addition.

Ethylene GlycOl Recent Addition.
Ethylene glycol is one of the most
recent additions to the anti-freeze mar
ket and now is available in sufficient
quantity to merit general attention.
1t is a synthetic product of petroleum
and embodies about the, same charac-
tertistics- as alcohol and glycerin.
In price il matches the latter. Some
chemists rate it as an ideal anti-freeZe
in that it does not evapOrate, flows
easily and does not affect nitrocellu-
lose finishes.
Combinations of alcohol and glyce-
rim are marketed under specific trade
names. They are excellent. provided
the proper proportions of each chemi.
cal are used. and this is to be deter
mined only by a study of each specific
product.
Next to the alcohols. salt solutions
are most commonly used. They will
prevent freezing down to temperatures
as low as 5S degrees below zero, but
have a corrosive action that is hard
on engine jackets. radiators, mani
folds, pumps and headers. Spark
plugs and ignition wires also are fire.
quent sources of trouble when salt
solution is used as an anti-freeZe.
Oils, too, are brought into service
in certain cold climates. They have
two serious disadvantages-rapi solv-
ent action upon rubber and a high
boiling point, which may permit the
engine to become dangerously over.
heated.
Honey Is the sugar most generally
used as an anti-freeze. 1t is ex.
tremely viscid and flows sluggishly.
resulting in serious clogging of the
radiator passages.
Anti-freezes are highly important
to the motorist. Choosing the right
one will mean happier Winter mo.
toring experience.
tCopyright 1927
Evening star., 1927-11-13
PRESENT-DAY AUTO TROUBLES
DIFFER FROM FORMER TYPES
Many Worrying Visitations Now Infre-
quent, but Others Develop to Tax Time
and Patience of Motorists.

With changed motoring conditions
and with automobiles themselves radi-
cally different from what they We're a
few years ago, motor car troubles also
have undergone changes of the most
pronounced character.
AS case in point, it was not so
many years ago, relatively speaking,
that a drive of any length was inter.
sperSed with varying number Of
punctures, or even blowouts. The
number of such disasters might vary,
it is true, bSt their inevitability was
unquestioned.
Is such the truth in 1927? OBJ
viously. the answer is no. Today the
sight of motorist repairing his own
tube while pausing along the highway
is an absolute rarity, while even a
tire change is relatively infrequent.
Tires are changed, conditions gener-
ally have changed; the fashion of tire
trouble is passe.
Other Types Give Worry.
But other troubles have developed.
There always is something in style in
the trouble line. Once it was the
grabbing, sticking cone clutch. Now
it is the overheated, slipping disc or
plate clutch.
What interests good mechanics and
repair men is the relationship that ex.
lists between seasonal and other con-
ditions and the automobile trouble
that happens to be in style. 1t has
been noted, for instance, that the
electric bulbs in stop-light signals give
considerable trouble when traffic is
heavy and cumbersome.
One of the best illustrations of this
relationship is found in the freezing
up of so many radiators in the early
Autumn and late Spring in many
parts of the country. Motorists be.
come lax in consideration of protec.
ton for thc radiator and are tempted
to forget that a cold snap may catch
them unawares. There always Is q
certain period each year when this
brand of trouble Is in style.
Discoveries by Mechanics.
Mechanics. however, are finding
many new and interesting instances
to prove the correlation of troubles
with the times. There is much more
annoyance today from clogged gas
lines and choked strainers than ever
before. Considering the greater care
in the refining and handling of gaso.
line, this would seem to be a paradox
but the expla nation is simple enough
Every motorist is travelling so much
farther in the course of a year that
Evening star., 1927-11-13

inches from the top of the radiator
overflow pipe. The thermosyph
cooling system requires an inch low
or level to assure against loss when
heat causes the solution to expand.
OF the pure, glycerins that may be
used. either the chemically pure or
the yellow distilled commercial gvade
is absolutely safe. The crude prod
uct contains salts that are harmfully
corrosive.
Glycern is recommended for all
poppet valve cars. but its leading pro-
ducers readily concede it's inadaptabil
ity for sieeve-valve engines. In ad-
dition. its viscOsity is greater than al
cohol's and in excessively cold eli
mate~ this makes it less available for
certain tvDeS of water pump. Ones
.,ler. however. can settle this point
satisfactorily.
Glycerin in appearance. looks ike
white srup. 1t is miscible with
water in all proportions. Howevey.
it's specific gravity is high and the
motorist who decides to purchase the
pure product and put il in the cooling
| system himself would do well to mix
it with water before adding the solu-
! ton to the radiator.
| The following table indicates the
amount that will be needed for vari-
Gus temperatures and the specific
gravity readings:
Percentage Of Protects to Gravity
Evening star., 1927-11-13
SHIELD RUNNING BOARDS.
Manufa cturers See Need Of Safe
guarding From Elements.

Car manufacturers make every eff.
fort to protect the running boards
from the elements. These usually are
guarded on the top by rubber pad
and the edges are protected by thin
strip Of metal. IL these protective
steps We're not taken. the running
board. those made of wood. would rot
quickly. All the owner has to do to
prevent this difficulty is replace the
rubber or composition coat when 1t Is
worn and keep the metal strip In
plake.