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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-23

body says: "A heritage Of the old
carriage stage places rigid linita-
TOMS on seating arrangements Of
motor cars of today and makes the
work Of body engineers difficult in
their constant endeavors for greater
space. Horse-drawn vehicles have a
standard wheel tread so that the
wheels would follow the ruts In the
road. Although ruts in the roads
are rapidly disappearing In America,
they still limit the treads of auto
mobile wheels and the distance be-
tween the rear wheels is the barrier
against which the motor car de.
signers have been struggling for
years to gain greater rear seat com,
fort"
What applies to the rear seat
applies also to the front seat and
Is the reason why a genuine three
passenger roadster has not as yet
been developed. Once or twice 1t
has been attempted but in each
Instance, the public has voiced its
disapproval OF the unsightly with
of the body. The public may de-
Tnand better seating arrangements
in cars but at the same time it is
not willing to make q sacrifice in
appearance. If a three passenger
roadster could be developed so .ilat
ali three persons could sit abreast
on the one seat, we might then
have rather ideal automobile be.
cause 1t could be designed to in.
clude the convertible body feature,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-23

one IL accustomed to associate with
the dignified halls OF some foreign
nobleman's chateau, the visitor
etrolls at leisure and in3pects the
newest models of fine motor car
coach work. The atmosphere of the
salon Is such as to permit reflective
consideration of the beautiful mo-
tor cars on display.
The building itself is an example OF
exquisite architecture, designed, In
side and out, in the Spanish style.
The front is OF rich Kato stone.
trimmed with dark-colored marble.
The entrance doors are in ornate
bronze Of beautiful design,
The interior Is In three salles-a
rectangular entrance han. the rain
exhibition room where the cars are
displayed, and a domed rear cham.
ber The Cloisonne Terrazzo floor.
the attractively ornamented ceiling.
and the Travertine walls. with q
rough marble finish presenting a
handsome lava effect, give the build-
ing all the charm and dignity of a
Spanish castillo.
The rich setting and appointments
are designed to emphasize the beauty
and mechanical excellence of the
present wide range OF Cadillac Gus.
tom cars. The furnishings are all in
Spanish and Italian style, with
wrought iron and gold fixtures. At
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-23

transportation and they have to be
content with it.
What would the sales situation
be If the average, automobile owner
could go into a room and instantly
find the car that he really wants?
Is there not a great opportunity
for largely increased sales and pro-
duction of automobiles, provided
the more ideal type Of body can
be discovered?
An affirmative answer to these
questions Is given by progressive
manufacturers in the new models
which are now coming into the
market. Chief among these Ii The
new type of four-passehger open
car with a completely disappearing
top. It only is necessary now to
have q combination between this
and the convertible coupe III order
to have a genuinely convertible
sedan. This will give the automo-
bile owner a car OF general utility,
yet one which he can use TO ex-
cellent advantage when balmy air
and sunshine beckon. Already one
manufacturer is offering a sort OF
semi-convertible sedan, which, upon
close analysis. is found to be a
modification of the time-honored
landaulet which, years ago, was
reserved for those wealthy persons
who enjoyed sitting out in the
sunshine whenever fair weather
made this practicable.
These are examples Of efforts on
the part of body builders to break
the letters which now limit them.
There Is a certain amount of
monotony in the seating arrange
ment of cars. An automobile still
is either two-seater or . one-seater.
with a slight variation in the form
of combination Of the two in the
case Of the three-four passenger type
of coupe.
When are the body designers going
to break loose from these customs
and defy conventionality?
Heritage Of Customs
One of the manufacturers who re.
Gently has succeeded in widening the
rear seat of his car by skillful, de-
tailed redesign of its chassis and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-23
AUBURN SHOWS
HUGE GAINS

Orders on hand at the Auburn
Automobile Company, Auburn, Ind,
for motor cars to be delivered during
the first four months of the current
year, warrant greater production for
| that period than for the entire IL
months of 1925.
| Production has been set ahead as
rapidly as possible in an effort to
cope with the ever increasing orders
| that are flooding in from every sec.
| ton Of the country where these
models have been displayed.
At present, the factory is turning
out 100 cars per day, the greatest
production ever attained, while the
February schedule calls for more
than 1000 motor cars.
This sensational stir in Auburn's
activity comes as a direct reaction
from the national ana local automo-
bile shows and the universal &C.
ceptance OF the new line Of six and
straight eight cylinder motor cars.
When rumors echoed throughout
the automotive world last November
that Auburn would produce two
radically different Straight Eight
models, production Immediately in.
creased a. did the conpany'e dealer
organization.
The welcome given the new Au.
burn cars at the various automobile
shows Is sensational. It surpasses
even the most optimitic expecta-
lions Of the manufacturer and has
easily outdistanced any ovation ever
given a new line OF straight-eight
motor cars in the history Of the
industry.
The dealers In ever section Of the
country are enthusiastic over the
acceptance Of Auburn's line. Scores
OF inquiries have reached the sales
department regarding franchises and
from all indications. the dealer or.
ganization will be doubled before
the end of the first half-year
period.
Production figures for January
were within the immediate range
Of the peak of production in 1928.
which is a splendid Indication for
the month which will follow.
February schedule, calling for
1000 motor cars, win mark the
Greatest month in the history Of
the company. with an increase Of
better than S3 1-3 per cent over any
previous record
Authorities in leading automotivA
circles, term the sensational prog.
ress of the Auburn Company Az
unapproached by any manufacturer
In the industry.
They declare the introduction Of
the two new straight.eight climber
models In price range of the bet.
Ter slx.cylinder cars, Is an engineer
ing achievement which has been
unequalled.
In discussing the steady increase,
In the demand for their cars, Presi.
dent z. l.. Cord and Vice President
Roy H. Faulkner, declare their
production will be stepped ahead
Just as rapidly as possible, but
stressed that it will not be crowded
to the extent of impairing the
quality Of the new product.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-23

the end Of the hall is a handsome
painting Of q view of the Mcdi.
terranean from Monte Carlo.
Concealed lights and rich old fab.
RIGS hanging from the walls. and a
bridge staircase in the entrance
sale, bring out the beauty OF this
picture and serve to create Ike old
world atmosphere so difficult to
acquire. As the visitor stands in
the arched entrance way. the entire
picture transports him to the Iuxuri.
GUS warmth and color of the
Riviera
Every facility is available for the
development of the preference OF
the individual and the large number
OF visitors since the opening of the
building testlfies that motor lovers
OF the metropolitan area are wei
coming this original departure in
the exhibition OF the new and diff.
ferent in fine automobile coachwork
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-23

Probably it is the convertible
coupe type of car which is stimulat-
Ing further interest in this subject.
Here is a car that can be made an
open model on short notice and yet
is one that satisfies every demand
for protection from Indictment wealth
er. Manufacturers are making
such drive to put this car into pro-
duction that 1t may be the basis Of
q radical change in car styles.
With the selling of motor cars
coming to be more and more Of an
art, and with many experts giving
their attention to the merchandising
Of such products it is being noticed
that custom not only has cramped
the style Of the body designers but
also has hampered in some degree
the plans of progressive manufac.
tIrers for broadly increased produc-
ton. One Of the greatest problems
of the average car buyer is in Sc.
lecting the machine which meets his
every requirement and vet one
which givs him q certain amount Of
that "style" which he finds In cars
that may be OF little practical value
to him.
Roadster Is Popular
Almost every automobile buyer
wants a roadster and yet at the
same time wants a five-passenger
sedan which he can use when he
tours or when he shops about the
city in bad weather, and When he
mas to carry full load Of passen-
gers.
For years now, the automobile
purchaser has had to accept some
thing of compromise. Frequently
Ii was not even q compromise. He
had to take the car that met most
OF his needs and be content to go
without the car he would like to
have a great part Of the time. Many
motor car owners are driving sedans
against their wishes.
This type Of car does not repre-
sent their ideal by any means, but
It comes nearest to meeting their
day-by-day requirements in. motor
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-23

thereby becoming a three passenger
coupe as well as roadster.
A possibility which sometime
be developed ID an arrangement Of
the front seat of the coupe.road.
ster in q modified V.shape so that
the center OF II is back about six
inches from the two sides Of the
seats. Three persons thus might
be accommodated on the seats of
many one.seater cars.
The newer and more adaptable
body styles which loom ahead I'M
doubtedly will be an effectCal
means Of breaking down a measure
of sales resistance, and the busy
highway of tomorrow gives promise
of displaying types and kinds which
low are in the minds of forward
looking designers.
copyrighted, 1920.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-23

The "one.eyed'' car is one Of the
worst menaces on the highways.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-23
DISPLAY
FOR CAD|LLACS

An entirely new method OF exhibit.
ing custom.built motor cars, In q
setting in which they may be viewed
as works Of art and In the atinns-
phere of a gallery, has been devised
by Ingils M. Uppercu, president Of
the Upercu Cadillac Corporation
New York distributor Of Cadillac
cars.
For the purpose. a permanent
salon has been established in the
exclusive neighborhood on Fifty.
seventh Street in a building which
IL in every way artistic and unique
and unlike anything that has
previously been seen in the automo-
bile world. The spirit OF salesman
ship and business has been excluded
both in the design OF the structure
and in the methods of those in
charge.
In the artistic environment which
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-23
O[DSMOBI[ES IN
HARD TEST

Brawny 1men. muffled in sheep.
skin coats, driving oldsmobiles mile
after mile over the snow covered
hills OF the General Motors Proving
ground present a far different pic
ture than that of a daintily
costun1ed woman parking her car
at boulevard curb in front Of tho
home of friend. Yet the ease
with which a woman can handle an
oldsmobile is directly due to the
work OF these seasoned test
engineers.
The growing feminine influence in
motor car design is a substantial
factor in governing the nature of
the research tests conducted ny OIds.
mobile at this great outdoor
laboratory of General Motors.
The 'one.eyed'' car il one Of the
worst menaces on the highways.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-23
University Women to
Hold Convention Here

washington has been chosen by
the American Association OF Uni
versity Women as the city for hold
Ing the. associations fifth national
convention March 81 to April 2.
In the light Of radical changes in
women's problems, the 500 dele
gates. representative Of $4,000
university women and a score of
colleges mad universities, will thresh
these matters out.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-23
GAS TAX FAV0RED

While New York IL one Of the few
remaining States in which there is
no gasoline tax, the New York
State Automobile Association is in
favor of a gas tax, provided the
motor vehicle registration fees now
imposed by State law be reduced
materially.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-23
CARRuREI0R ADJUSTMENT

Thirty per cent of the heat value
OF the fuel used 10 wasted by the
average automobile. Improper car.
buretor adjustment IL responsible for
a large part of this waste. The car.
buretor set for maximum power and
efficiency win show In the ears
operation costs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-23
NEARLY ALL CARS IN d. S.

OF the 27,500,OOO motor vehicles
registered throughout the world. a..
$4,000 are In the United States.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-23
%6A3 WASHINGTON TIMES Mid 1WEEE< a1aA
w. AUT0M0TIVE SECTION N4S
NeO Seating Designs
Loom for Autos
BY J. LEO sUGRUE
Times Automobile Editor

With the automobile remarkably beautfed, and with its
mechanical features improved that the most careless
find little to complain about, the entire automo
tive industry turning the question of developing
body types
New Britain herald., 1927-11-25

I irritation she had felt all day burn i ing in her scarlet cheeks and bright eyes.
 "Oh, don't know what's the mat ter with mel" she stormed. Except that l don't want to marry Staley Drummond, and don't know how ! to get out of it!--I don't like him. I wish I'd never seen him--I wish you hadn't been ding-donging it into me for a whole year that he was the only man In the world for me,-If I marry him, you can just congrltu- late yourself on spelling my life for me- And she flung herself, face down into the pillows Of her bed and sobbed and sobbed and sobbed.
 Mrs. Lexington couldn't remem- her her having a tantrum like this for fifteen year-not since a long ago summer day when she had wanted to go to 0 circus and couldn't go because she had the three-day measles.
 She stood looking in helpless anx- iety at the supple slim figure across the bed and made a movement as if she were wringing her fine big hands.
 My dear little girl" she said in real distress, T don't want you to marry Staley Drummond if you really feel this way about him. If you're in love with another man, I Staley if he were as rich as Rock efeller." She sat down heavily on the edge of the bed and patted her
New Britain herald., 1927-11-25
N1 By Beatrice Burton lvlOllCV AO ' Author
 
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LILY LEXINGTON is the spoiled child of the CYRUS LEXINGTONS who have always lived far beyond their means. Lily has been reared to be beautifully useless, and her high est ambition is realized when she be- comes engaged to STALEY DRUM MOND. a wealthy bachelor much older than herself.
 On the morning after he asks her to marry him he telephones to say he is coming 10 see her that after noon. and Lilys mother asks him to stay for dinner. Lily begins to look ahead and to wonder what life would be like if she had to eat dinner with Staley Dvummond all the rest of her life She likes him, and the thought of his money entrances her, but she wonders if she ought not to be more deeply in love with him than she is. If she is going to marry him. She starts out in the rain to see her friend. SUE CAIN, to ask her to be maid of honor at her wedding in June. On the way to the restaurant where Sue is lunching she sees a very good looking man watching her in he street. She feels herself oddly attracted by him before she notices that he wears a uniform and is standing beside his tayicab Moved by a sudden impulse she gets into the cab and tells him to drive her back home. She forgets all about Sue Cain until she is in the cab.
 The car stops on the way out to her fathers house. and the driver cheerfully gets out in the rain to see what is wrong with his engine. He tells Lily how much motors attract him and starts to tell her about some new automobile part he is inveDting and then stops as If he thinks he is talking too much and the drive ends in silence. As Lily gets out of the cab she takes the card with his name Pat France and his photograph upon it, and slips 1t into her purse. That night, after dinner, when Staley and she are sitting before the fire and she is trying to convince herself that she loves him, her mother comes to the door and says that q taxicab driver is waiting to see her about something.
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heavIng shoulders.

daughters heaving shoulders.
 Nobody knows that you're en- gagged to Staley," she said sensibly. The thing for you to do Is not to let anyone know about 1t until you're sure of yourself See great deal of him and of the other man. too and perhaps you'll know what to do when comes"
 When June comes I'll marry Staley-and you know 1t, and l know it." said Lily with bitterne ess, sitting up and tossing back her love ly hair. And if you knew who the other man was, Mother, you'd just pass right out of the picture! You'd just die"
 She was calm and pensive now. She dried her brimming eyes and laid her cheek against her mothers rouged and powdered cheek. l I'm little fool" she said with a long sobbing sigh. I care for Staley. You know I debut if he calls up tomorrow from Middletown, tell him I'm sick in bed with a headache, will you?'
 (To be Continued.)
New Britain herald., 1927-11-25
Your urHealth How To Keep It.
 Causes of Illness
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Ny
 pcia, the Health Magazine.

Regardless of the impression that so many have concerning the effica- cv of modern research, the evidence sens to warrant the belief that 1t IS devoted for the most part to prac- tical problems of economic interest to the human race.
 German investigators recently have made available the results of a study of the amount of milk ob- taincd from the COW under various circumstances. In the period pre- ceding the milking of the COW, some milk collects in the udder; while the milking is taking place, additional milk is secreted rapidly by the glands.
 There seems to be q tradition In Germany to the effect that the COWS give more milk when the coWherds and the milllmaids sing. It was even reported that some cows would give milk only when they heard 0 certain song.
 Concerts for Cattle.
 An investigator in Statten-Aystet- ten performed the experiment or giving concerts for the cattle in their stalls and reported that the cows wer Q particularly susceptible to the gramophone and the violin, but paid little attention to the trum- pets.
 On days when the cattle heard music, the milk was increased by 6 per cent. The amount of solid material in the milk was diminish ed. but even under these circum- stances the total amount of solids was more than on days when there was no music.
 The German Investigators at tempted to apply these observations to human nurses in a large hospital for children. The nurses were placed in quiet surroundings and on cer- tain days were permitted to listen to the gramophOne pervious to and during the nursing period.
 Previous to the nursing period operatic airs were played. but dur ing actual nursing lively tunes and marches were played.
 The results showed an increased amount of milk during the entire
New Britain herald., 1927-11-25

throw away the water. Cook in cups of water until very soft, about three hours Add tomatoes and cook twenty minutes. Bub all through colander. rejecting skins. Return to kettle In which they were cooked with salt, pepper, butter and kitchen bouquet. Bring to the boil ing point and garnish with the yolks of eggs cut in quarters. The whites can be put through ricer and stirred into the hot soup while re- heating.
 Copyright. 1927, NEA Service, Incl
New Britain herald., 1927-11-25
Menus for tie Family
(BY SISTER MARY)

Breaktast-Casaba melon, cereal cooked with chopped figs, cream, crisp toast, broiled bacon, creamed potatoes, milk, coffee.
 Luncheon-Black bean soup toast sticks shrimp and pineapple salad, Parker house rolls, cranberry pudding, milk tea,
 Dinner-Roast chicken, candied sweet potatoes, buttered brussels sprouts, onion apple and orange salad, whole wheat bread, pepper mint ice cream with chocolate sauce, crisp cookies. milk. coffee.
 This Is an ideal days menu If there is a guest in the house. The black bean soup is suitable for small children and will be relished by grown-ups.
 Choose large sweet onions for the dinner salad. Peel and slice thin. Cover with boiling water. let stand fifteen minutes and pat each slice dry between paper towels. Marinate for one hour in lemon juice an doil The apples are cut in inch slices after pairing and the cores removed, making rings. Large soedless or anges are used. cut in quarter-inch slices after peeling. The orange slice is placed on bed of lettuce, then the onion and then the apple.
 French dressing Is poured over the whole and the cavity of the apple is filled with bit of stiff mayonuaise or little mound of freshly grated carrit.
 Black Bean Soup
 One and one-half cups dried black beans, 6 cups water, 2 cups canned tomatoes, l teaspoon sugar, ? tablespoons butter, 1 teaspoon kitchen zouquet, 1 teaspoon salt IA teaspoon pepper, , hard cooked eggs.
 Wash beans and let stand over night in cold water to more than cover. In the morning, drain and