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Evening star., 1927-09-25
Deposits on Cylinders.

IT is a common belief among motion
lists that the hard carbon residue
found in the cylinders and on the
valves Is the result of too great
quantity of lubricating oil This 10
true to a certain extent, but the hard
deposit may be formed even when the
proper amount of the best quality ol
oil is used.
1t has been found that the nucIeuI
or this deposit consists of the prod
ucts of imperfect combustion of the
mixture. which collect on the pistos
head and walls of the top of the CYL
lnder In the form of a sticky mass
This catches the dirt and dust from
the road as it is "breathed" into tn,
motor through the carburetor, ana
the resulting compound gradually
hardens until a sufficient deposit 4,
collected to make a thorough over
hauling and valve-grinding necessary.
~ Is consequently important not only
that the proper grade and amount Of
lubricant should be used in the cylin.
der, but that the carburetor should he
regulated to deliver the proportion 81
air and gasoline vapor that forms tbs
most perfect-burning charge for each
explosion.
Evening star., 1927-09-25

THE act that's going TO burn up
Broadway. G mon"
F'leta was lifted into the seat Of the
hivver and perforce came along as
she was told.
THE Truck Garden Quartet is burn.
ing up Broadway, as predicted.
For, as limited heretofore. Luigi
strumS a mean guitar and Giuseppe
tinkles a jazzy mandolin. Also thev
below a bully baritone and toss a
torrid tenor Fleta goes great as the
gypsy girl who undulates a graceful
torso, shakes A classy Castanet and
carols d ColOrful COntralto-and Mark
always could hoof when he had
chance to show his stuff.
They doped out the act up at the
shack that first afternoon. and prac.
ticed it all day for a week thereafter,
while the truck garden took care OF
itself. 1t didn't matter much about
that. for the speculator had had a
chance to sell Out-and he bought ths
lease for $4,000 and paid for the glass,
too.
When you've got a good act 50 .000
you've made out of truck farming and
waiting on table. $4,000 more you've
been handed for not truck farming,
YOU can wait till YOU get your own
price.
They say the Truck Farm Quartet
draws down $500 week Whatever
it gets, it's worth it. for Mr.. and Mrs.
Farrell and the Moreno brothers Ger.
tainly know their onions.
x X
BROADWAY is Is miles long. and
if YOU have the stuff you can beat
it both ways from the middle. or
from both ends to the middle. as F'leta
and Mark did. For somewhere along
that Is miles is your own kind of op.
pOrtunity if you know where to look
for it,
Yes. Broadway Is New York. and. II
you take it right. Broadway amt so
bad.
THE END,
Downright. 1927
Evening star., 1927-09-25

What the well dressed Jane will wear
and everything. Looks like you'd
beaten the Broadway game to a
frazzle, all right"
Fleta surveyed him. smiling. And
you're looking your part. too she
said. Horny handed son of the soil
from the wide open spaces where men
are men and cabbages are Caulifiow-
ers. Don't be sore. honey kid. | like
the get-up. How's the farm and
father and the two rooms over the
garage"
still waiting, 7 guess he replied.
II don't know. | haven't been home.
I've been heating the Broadway
game myself
"As how" said Fleta. "As the Hick
Hoofer from Hooferville. b'gosh?' -
More or less" said Mark, and he
told her.
Fleta listened. her eyes sparkling
and her lips curling into many smiles.
And me-" she elucidated. I'm do
ing a waitress act just off Broadway.
on Eighth street. Fifteen week and
meals, with tips running another 20.
Kind of a Greenwich Village joint.
/ sing and dance. too. when the crowd
asks me to. and the boss slips me 10
a week extra for that. She's going to
put a little sign in the window about
me next week. And I've got 500 fish
in the bank"
That's great" said Mark, mat
tentiveiv. For his mind was working
on a scheme that had flashed into it
when Fleta called him the ''Hick
Hoofer from Hooferville."
Listen" he said. ARE you with me
or against me-"
How do you mean that"
DO you love me still? Does the
marriage thing hold good now you've
proved you can live on Broadway"
You know it, boy, but-how the
heck can / live in a shack with you
and your two partners?"
Not the idea a-tall. You hop in the
fiiv and come with me. I want you to
meet the rest of the act"
''NNnat act 9'' said E'lefa
Evening star., 1927-09-25

honey boy. and if I'm not doing bet
ter than | am now / can heir you
truck farm without any regrets. I'd
he thinking maybe | Cou'd of swung
Broadway by theVtail if I'd stuck"
Il see" said Farrell But what If
YOU do throw Broadway for a loop
where do / come in?'
"That1l he up to YOU. Mark, old
dearest. If you get back your yen
for Broadway and the loop throw is
big enough. YOU come in as my lead e.
ing man. And if YOU prefer sticking
in the sticks-why, laddie. I love YOU
more'n a 40foot electric sign cou d
tell the world and YOU can count on
me so vegetate among the veCeta hles
and root among the rutabagaS until
death us do part"
X
THERE was, of course, a lot moro
conversation, with romantic in
terludes. but this is a short story. not
a novel, and our next fash will he Of
Mark Farrell starting his journey to
his fathers up State farm bV hitch
hiking ride on prophetically
enough--a truck garden truck that
was chugging north on Broadway.
The driver was brown faced.
dark eyed Italian of about Marks %
years. and Mark asked him how far
he was going.
Up to da farm said the driver.
Me and my brud' we gotta da little
farm on Broadway"
"Whaddyuh mean Broadway" de-
manded Farrell. There aren't any
farms on Broadway"
"Oh. yes" smiled Giuseppe. which
Mark was to learn was the driver :
| name. we gotta da two.year lease on
da farm way uptown. Me and my
brud we raisa da veg"
As they Chugged north through the
ira ffic, Mark listened to Giuseppe's 9
story of the five acres of an estate
that they had leased from the specu-
lator who was holding it for ulti-
mate parceling into building lots.
He learned how Giuseppe and Luigi
were living in a shack on the prop
erty and working IA hours day
bringing up tomatoes onions. aSpara =
gus and other truck to feed the nav
of an ever hungry city. And he lis
tened with particular interest to
Giuseppe's plant that they mo can
getta da man to help worka da job"
When they had reached the little
farm" Mark Farrell drove up to the
shack with Giuseppe. and that night
slept on the shack floor on pile of
burlap bags--an accepted partner of
the truck farming firm of Moreno &
Farrell.
To 60 home had been, in some
small measure, a confession of fail
ure: to toll IA hours day with the
Moreno brothers WAS to start anew
where his own knowledge and labor
were his capital And so began a
career in which Mark planted and
splanted. weeded and cultivated.
fought caterpilars and worms, mani
cured corn and ged spinach
and generally worked along with his
two strong. untirine. warm eyed and
happy hearted Italian partners.
It was Mark who suggested putting
in the cucumber frames and several
hundred feet square of other glass,
under which stuff could be raised dur
ing the Winter. and it was Mark who
interviewed the canny Italian banker
and got the money to finance these i'm
provements. 1t was Mark who sug-
gested Strawberries and who worked
out the scheme for washing the fruit
and delivering it fresh and dewy in
special decorated boxes to Broadway
cafe where. when flush. he had been
on first-name terms with the pro
prietOr.
Evening star., 1927-09-25
BY STEPHEN LEACOCK.

am privileged to make a unique
announcement on behalf of the mayor
and council of the city of Montreal.
To be more exact, let me add that
this announcement has not yet been
sanctioned by the mayor and council,
hut feel certain that as soon as they
hear of it they will be all for it.
1t concerns. in a word. a proposal to
extend to American authors and play
wrights an invitation to use the pecul.
lar facilities enjoyed by the city of
Montreal for the laying Of plots,
scenes, etc, and for the domicile of
literary characters. Put quite simply.
this new plan will restore TO the
American author the literary setting
lost under the eighteenth amendment
Ever since the eighteenth amend
ment was appended to the Constitu-
tion of the United States writer's Of
ficti,n. poetry and the drama have
'fOand themselves under a handicap.
In the stories of today they are un.
able TO give their characters q drink.
At first sight this seems nothing. But
when we realize how much of our
literature both i'm America and in
England for centuries past has de-
pended. rightly or wrongly, for con-
VITALITY on the drinking of toa SITS and
aealths, on wassail and on Christmas,
on stirrup cups and Aud Lang Synes-
we can ee how hard it is, in litera-
ture, to q" without il.
Let me illustrate:
] met casually the other day in New
York a writer whom / knew to have
been, only few years ago. one of the
most successful writers of fiction of
our day. He looked respondent. And
] was panied 10 notice that his clothes
were ill-kept and his appearance
seedy.
You look down on your luck. old
man" | said.
Il am" he answered.
Come along. then" | said, "and
have a chocolate ice cream sundae to
pick you up"
\ few minutes later we were stand
ing beside the counter of drug store
with a smoking chocolate ic. cream
sundae in our hands.
That's better" said my friend. as
he drained his sundae at one draught
Have another" / suggested, and
then tell me of your troubles
Warmed and invigorated by the ice
cream, TO which was presently added,
on my proposal. pint of buttermilk,
my friend proceeded to explain.
II can't get used to this new stua-
ton" he said you see all my
stories are novels of today. with the
plot laid in the present time-you
understand?"
"Perfectly." said; have some
more huttermilk"
Thank you. Well. the trouble is
/ can't get used TO the present situa
tion at all. For instance. in my last
novel (you haven't seen it for the
simple reason that ! can't sell IL
bring in dinner party. In fact.
nearly always bring in dinner
party. 1t makes such good setting
don't YOU know"
Quite So" / answered. Nha'
about a quart of sour milk"
mo, thanks" he said. mot now
] want TO keep my head clear. Wei
always used. as | say, 10 have
descriptions Of dinner parties. IL
which there were tables smothereC
Evening star., 1927-09-25

RUT life on the little farm" was not
all labor, sweat and business.
Luigi strummed mean guitar and
Giuseppe tinkled a jazzy mandolin.
and even after day that ran from
am. to pm. the three partners
would often sit outside the shack and
put on an act for their own private
advertisement which included instru-
mental and vocal stuff by the
Morenos and hoofing by the other
member of the trio.
Mark thus kept up on his old steps
and practiced new ones. with no par
ticular goal in vieW-save that
hoOfer must hoof or he wouldn't be
a hOofer.
He wrote to t1eta now and then
sending the letters to a friend in his
fathers village, who remailed them.
Why this roundabout method. | can't
tell YOU. except that he probably didn't
want her to know he was still on
Broadway. in a manner of speaking.
Anyhow. that's how he did it. The
letters he received in return were as
tender and loyal as his own. and con-
tanned just about as much exact in
forma alton. Yes, Fleta was gradually
beating the Broadway game. she had
an engagement. she was booked solid
for at least 40 weeks. and she was
saving money. Her name wasn't in
electric lights yet. but she was doing
bit" and it got over.
X X x
TT was very late in the Fall when
Mark. coming back from the mar
ket on West street, swung the f1ivVer
truck into Times Square on the way
to talk business with his cafe pro-
prietor friend. AS he parked in front
of the cafe and stepped down from
his seat he actually bumped into
Fleta Francis.
And he kissed her then and there
obivious of the crinning spectators
and of his own soiled and grn1y over
als.
Then he held her at arms length
and looked her over.
''Yn1l're the CATS he roma TX cd
Evening star., 1927-09-25
Restore Old Literary Settings

of neat brandy, which he drained at
gulp. :" etc, etc.
In an up.to-date story all that we
can say is something of this Sort
1T was with a devastating sense Of
despair that Agatha realized that her
husband was becoming addicted to
consomme. She watched hin. a. he
surreptitiously drank a second ladleful
of it and asked herself what would
! happen if he took tureenful."
X X
There is only one thing to be done
Move the stories and scenes UP to the
City of Montreal, where the old and
! familiar literary background still sur
! wives, where Christmas Is Christmas
and d party is party and not stuff
| ing match.
Let any writer of one-act plays in
! the United States consider. for in
stance, the brightness of such an
opening as this:
Scene: The bar of a Montreal hotel.
There are present Lord Dangerdog,
dor, Gen. the Hon. Sir Evelyn Ever
hard
The Bishop (wiping his face: What
an excellent cocktail"
The General: us it not? And so
mild. It's only American rum and alb
sinthe, l believe"
Lady Evelina quitting down .;
cents): Mix the boys up another OF
those"
When Montreal offers a chance for {
scene like this, what a shame To lay {
plot in Indianapolis.
X X
Now am entitled-in fact, I am in
vited--by a hotel i'm Montreal to sa,
that any American dramatists visiting
1t are entirely welcome to lay one-ac
- plays in the barroom. Another hote
e also announces that authors may la.
g one-act plays in the bar or in the grill
/. room and serve liquor to their charac
ters at any time up to midnight
9 And If any author has occasion t
@ entertain his characters In a club
|. real club. such. l have been told, as n
70 longer exists in the United States
# invite him, as personal matter, t
g. put them into one at Montreal, wher
:" they will find everything needed fo
a the best class of fiction.
They will then be able to reinser
Sc into their stories such little los
- touches as:
), 1T was the habit of Sir John I
- drop into his club for a glass Of sherr
:, and btters before driving home t
a" dinner"
le than in saying that he general
u stopped at a soda fountain for a pin
of chocolate squash.
II X
If the plan that | have outlined i
e carried through. the first trainload o
!, American authors will probably b
shipped in within a month. Seen
y laying will begin at once. And mex
seasons crop of novels will begin:
e The sun was slowly setting o.
e both sides of the St. Lawrence, i
( Eliminating with its dying beams tn
ii windows of the hotels and clubs o
Montreal, in one of which. licensed t
o sell wine and beer up till midnight.
man and a woman"
u And the story is off to a good start
= and literature comes into Its ow
a again.
IS tCopyright 1927
Evening star., 1927-09-25
Market for Ratskins.

EUROPE has discovered a schem,
for holding in check the prolifi;
rat. Various industries have created
a demand in London alone for rat
skins that amounts to very neariS
S2OO.OOO year. and there is every in
dication that the consumption Of tht
material will increase. Book binding
photograph frames. purses anc
thumbs for ladies' gloves are amona'
the uses to which the skins are put
After the passing of the rat act in
Denmark some time ago. the great
body of unemployed laborers tooh,
advantage of the bill.
and the individual ratcatcher's earn
ings averaged between Sl.75 and
S1.90 a day. II is estimated that the
damage by rats i'm England alone
annually to many millions
Of dollars. so that any inducement tq,
promote their capture should be en-
as far as possible.
Evening star., 1927-09-25

cuts across Fourteenth streets retail
trade, saunters up through more tex
tiles and into the necktie and shirt
business, hits Fifth avenue side
swipe from the east side of the Flat
iron Building, pushes across it and up
the west side of Madison Square, am
bles through a fading retail district TO
Greeley Square. then quickens its pace
at the Metropolitan Opera House and
whoops through the Roaring Forties,
where the bright lights and theaters
reign; through motordom to Columbus
Circle. Pause for breath. Thence due
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-25
HAS
FIRST CLASS
TIRE SHOP

"Unquestionably the best and most
up-to-date tire repair plant in the
state of Arizona, p is George S. Cow
den'S description of the new steam
vulcanizing equipment he is now in
Stalling at Cowdens Rubber Works on
G avenue.
The plant which will be completed
within the next few days, though it
is now operating, will cost approxi-
mately $1,000, and will insure perfect
vulcanizing, Cowden said.
He explained that he has followed
the specifications of the Goodyear
Rubber Co.. installed steam boiler
which furnishes steady flow of steam
to the vulcanizing molds each of which
is being equipped with a thermometer
to insure a constant temperature of
287 degrees Fahrenheit The boiler is
equipped with, a regulation valve.
Cowden explained that under the
commonly used system of Yllcanizing
each mold is connected with small
boiler which does not maintain a
uniform temperature, the most i'm
portant element in the proper vul-
canizing of a tire.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-25
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER'S
POST CAUSES DISCUSSION

LONDON, R)-It was surprise to
many to hear that Sir Austen Cham
berlain, British foreign minister, is to
be acting prime minister during the
absence of Stanley Baldwin in Canada.
Many persons thought, and indeed 1t
was prematurely announced, that Earl
Balfour would fill the post.
There seems to have been some
foundation for the Balfour theory,
since he is the senior statesman in
every sense of the word apart from
official position.
On the other hand, there is the
assumption that the chancellor of the
exchequer, Mr.. Winston Churchill, Is
the natural deputy of the prime min
iSter. 1t is an assumption fostered by
the fact that as the foreign secretary
is generally a peer, he is apt to be
passed oyer whenever a question. /of
succession to the premiership arises,
making the chancellor Of the exchequer
next in line. -i~'G
There is said to be no doubt that if
Lord Balfour had deputized Mr. Bald
win, the arrangement would have been
pleasing to those members of the con-
servative party who do not wish to-
designate any particular minister as
being in line for the premiership.
-O--
Dispatch TelephoneS--81- and So.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-25

ence in many of the new evening
gowns. One that particularly caught
our eye as indicative of this influence
was of white satin with draped
front and turned-up hem Chiffon in
all the lovely shades is still i'm
portant in gowns for dinner and
dancing, often embroidered in bands
of strass, fine silver beads and stitch
ing. The skirts of the chiffon models
feature uneven hemlineS.
Evening wraps of brocade and vel
vet follow the manner of the trend
toward sumptuouSness, generally en-
hanced by great collars and cuffs of
exquisite long-haired furs.
And so the mode goes on-ever Of
fering something new and unusual
and of tremendous interest to every
woman.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-25
Summer sings her swan song anc

Summer sings her swan song and
fall is here
Anxiously women all over the
length and breadth Of this fair land
of ours (and we suppose every other
land) are wondering and seeking en-
lightenment as to. what shall be new
and interesting and unusual in the
mode for fall, 1927.
And so, the cool, airy modes of
summer step lingeringly off the stage
of fashion and the formal costumes
of fall saunter happily and conf
IDENTIFY forth.
Formal Mode Appearing
The very first thing we must re-
port after careful scrutiny of fash
ions of fall, is the fact that there
: has been definite attempt to break
away from SO much domineering by
the tailored mode. True, it has been
evident for some time past that there
have been other steps taken to tear
away the hold the tailored costume
has upon the American woman, but;
always they have met with rebuffS.
The first fall styles indicate, how
ever, that the endeavor is slowly but
surely creeping to success for there
is a noticeable new spirit abroad that.
prOphesies great things for more
formal costumes which might; even be
termed a mode of elegance. This
tendency is noticeable in the new
coats, dresses. hats and accessories.
The Flare Appears!
After patiently sitting on the side
lines for several seasons, the designers
have seen fit to flaunt the flare
again. And so it happens that the
vogue of the flare reappears, but the
flare for fall, 1927, is a restrained
one. It is a flare sophisticated and
subtle.
The straight and slender silhouette
has held fashions fancy for SO many
seasons that it is logical to expect
that the new flared silhouette will be
received with open arms everywhere
because of the beauty and grace it
affords to any costume None of the
coveted SlenderneSs of line is sacri-
ficed, however, since the designers
were careful to use the flare in only
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-25
smart
world
views i'd

rep. Regardless of whether the dress
is sports-like or tailored, the formal
tendency makes its appearance i'll
trimmings of satin insets and con-
trasts with silk crepe skirts promi-
nent.
Things are done lavishly this fall,
transparent velvets and brocades be-
ing shown in rich colorings in formal
afternoon frocks which have metal
jumpers and circular skirts of trans
parent velvet Oftentimes this sheer
velvet is plated and tucked. One of
the smarteSt velvet frocks we noticed
as we made our way in and out Of
the shops was of black velvet with
collar Of gold lace and smart old gold
buttons.
Oriental Influence
There's decided Oriental influ-
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-25
International Club
Will Be Prepared for
Big Crowds This Week

Morris Wasserman, proprietor of the
International cafe in Aqua Prieta is
making special preparations for en-
tertaining the many expected visitors
during the five days of the seventh
annual Cochise County fair and auto
mobile races.
WasSerman has engaged the Del Mar
orchestra for an indefinite run be-
ginning Tuesday evening. The Del
Mar is five piece aggregation, one
of the best in Aqua Prieta, consisting
of Rosalio Provencio, Arnoldo M Ram
irez, Gus Provencio, Adolfo Perez and
Luis Parades.