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Evening star., 1928-04-08
MOTORISTS BUYING
HlGHER-PRICED CARS
Average Man in Better Position to
Buy Expensive Machine, Says
Auto Head.

An increase Of almost $100 In the
average price paid for the automobiles
purchased last year. despite the 1act
that prices we're lower than ever be-
fore indicates great progress on the
mart of the motor car buyer in his
constant effort to equip himself with
better automobile The gain in average
price the year before was only $40.
This point Is made by Oscar Coollcan,
director of the w. A. T, A, VINO quotes
the figures of the National Automooile
Chamber of Commerce. which snow
that the average price paid for auto
mobiles last year was 1918. whereas the
wear before the figure was $500. Tne
counter argument that the increase In
the average purchase price is al
together eXplainable by the absence OF
the former largest low-price producer
from the field during greater part OF
1927 does not hold, Mr., Coolican be-
lieyes.
'The figure on average price paid
for automobiles in 1927 is highly sig
nificant," he says. 1T indicates con-
slant Improvement in the taste OF the
Car-buving public. and, Of equal I'M
portance. it indicates a betterment OF
the economic situation OF large pro-
portion of the population. Througnout
the entire history OF tne autoHiuoite IA
dustry its patrons have manifested
desire for a constantly better automo-
bile. This has been the vital factor In
the improvement in cars in every price
class every year.
THE automobile show, just closed. Is
the best illustration that Washington
ever has had of the effectiveness of the
public demand for improvement In its
motor vehicles. Only limited few OF
the exhibitors were shown to be content
with the cars they exhibited in the
show of year ago.
Regardless of the improvements
wrought by the individual car makers,
however, each year has seen a pro-
portionately higher average price. The
gain in 1927 Of nearly 500 over 1926
represents the greatest advance In years.
1t reveals indisputably that the average
man not only wants q better automobile.
but that he Is in a position to buy It."
To offset the claim that the price
average increase was due to the absence
Of the lowest-price producer, Mr. Cool
ican points to the decrease in produc-
tion which indicated deferred demand
for that specific product and found the
remainder of the manufacturers doing
a total business aggregating but little
more than their 1925 volume.
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speed fiends and habitually reckless
drivers.
perhaps 90 per cent of all our high
Wav accidents. with their constantly
mounting toll of human life and prop
erty loss, are caused by this 'lunatic
fringe of motordom.
Calls Policy Short Sighted.
only q very small percentage Of
motorists fall into this class, but even
an irresponsible group of per cent
makes a formidable total when the
% 600 900 automobile registrations in
America are taken into consideration.
Untold damage can be done oy 2SO,o0O
reckless, insolent, half-witted or phySi-
cally defective drivers.
1T is indeed q Short-sighted poncy
on our part to insist on selling cars 10
those incompetent TO drive them. for
these incompetents are constant men
ace to the highways and discourage the
more responsible nlotortst from taking
out his car. And motoring should be
made a pleasure rather than q hazard
of life and limb.
IN states requiring no competency
tests, almost anybody is allowed to pilot
a car. He may be crippled, deaf or
color-blind, or he may have police
record which would classify him as a
public menace.
1T is not for any of us to criticize
the finance companies which have
proved so beneficial to the automobile
industry. but for one would like TO
supplement- Secretary MELONS Sugges-
ton to this effect, that the physical,
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ASKS CLOSER REIN
ON AUTO BUYERS
Automotive Head Holds
FinanCierS Partly to Blame
if Smugglers Get Cars.

In granting relief 10 the National AS
sociation of Finance Companies, by all
lowing them more time IN which To ME
their claims for the recovery OF unpaid
for cars confiScated by the prohioltion
enforcement agents Secretary Mellon
made the SUGGESTION that the financing
companies investigate not only the
financial standing of the installment-
plan purchaser, but his general reputa-
ton as citizen as well.
This investigation. In the belief Of G.
nj. Williams, automotive president,
should be made even more general
than Mr.. Mellon intimated, nor should 1t
be confined merely 10 the prospective
BUYERS possibilities Of turning bootleg
ger.
The deferred payment plan" said
Mr.. Williams, has many advantages,
and a liberal extension of credit has.
without doubt. stimulated the automo-
bile industry and done much to distrih-
ute production equally over the year.
II has kept factories humming and has
made possible the ownership of cars in
MANY families where purchase on a
cash basis would have been out OF the
question.
BIames Lax Methods.
THE finance companies. however,
have themselves at least partly 10
blame If cars sold on credit fall into
the hands Of irresponsible persons, es-
pecially those addicted 70 smuggling
and liable at any time TO have their
automobiles seized by dry agents. Such
seizures, while unfair in 9 way TO the
man who holds the paper. could easily
be minimized If more attention were
paid to the purchasers moral character
Than to his financial rating.
ct believe also that we would take
a long step toward accident prevention
II some of the finance companies were
a little more particular as TO the quail
fcations Of those whose promiSSory
notes they accepted.
1T may be important from their
standpoint to keep automobiles out OF
the hands Of potential rum-runners,
but Ii is important from standpoint
Of public policy to keep them out OF
the hands of morons, chronic alcohol
ics, physical and mental detectives.
Evening star., 1928-04-08

Road building. now an industry well
over the billion dollar classification.
takes up much Of the slack in labor
In constructing the 1000 miles Of
concrete rural roads and s,200 miles Of
streets last year. for instance. IL was
necessary to transport and mix SS00o,-
600 cubic yards of cement. sand, gravel,
stone and Stag. To build a single mile
of concrete roadway Is feet wide re-
ouires, roughly, two train loads of these
materials. The amount OF labor re-
ouired for these operations can be easily
appreciated.
Economists have long been urging
that needed public improvements be
pushed beyond the blueprint stage into
actual construction during the short
industrial depreSSionS that may be occa-
sionally expected. Accrued Government
surpluSes, they maintain, could well be
applied to road building projects and
other improvements. Practically every
community has had projects in contem-
plation for a long time. These should
be built without delay. for they VIII help
keep labor employed until conditions re-
adjust themselves.
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Road-Building Industry Now Claimed
Over BilliOn-DOllar Classification

Recently Representative Celler OF
Brooklyn presented resolution In the
House suggesting that Federal Govern
ment construction of roads and other
structures be speeded up to relieve the
present unemployment situation. He
points out that factory unemployment
is greater now than during the indus
trial slump of 1921. Representative
Celler's proposal is much in line with
that of Gov. Smith of New York, who
recently urged the acceleration of all OF
New York States construction projects
in the effort to stabilize employment.
Looking back over this Nations eco
nomic history for the last few years, 1t
is apparent that highway building has
been of prime Importance in giving the
coin of the realm a wide distribution
The construction of public improve
ments, particularly of highways. 1t must
be borne in mind. accomplishes some
thing else. and that is the deeper root
ing of prosperity.
Strikingly significant is the fact that
this the worlds most prosperous coun-
try has more good roads than any other
nation. And more are needed.
Evening star., 1928-04-08

moral and mental responsibility of the
deferred d-payment-plan purchaser be
more rigidly investigated, and that the
initial payments on cars be substantial
enough to warrant a sense OF owner
ship on the part of the buyer"
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GAS TAX ACTION SEEN.

Decision on November Referendum
in Maryland Expected Soon.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.
BALTIMORE, April Action on the
petition filed to compel printing I
lateral road gasoline tax referendum
measure on the ballots in the Novem-
Der election is expected at this months
term of the Circuit Court OF Anne
Arundel County.
A lower court decision is expected to
make possible a final ruling by the
Court Of Appeals before next November.
The petition asks that State Secre-
tary winebrenner be compelled to place
the measure on the ballots. 1t Is signed
by Il.l54 registered voters.
The lateral road gas tax law was
passed by the Legislature in January,
1927. 1t provides for l 1l2-cents-a-gal-
lon tax to be used In construction OF
lateral roads.
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is discovering that second third is only
venience but economy.
The schedule of the modern mother and her children
filed full Days rich in opportunity. In removing the
barriers of distance in enargng the of social contacts
in making easy the manifold engagements of the
busy days. the family does duty fully important as
the car which drives off in the morning to the Office
the shop
There ways to enjoy twocar ownership Either
buv used car from General Motors dealer keep
present car instead of trading in, when you buy
new General Motors
Whichever plan you follow, you will be sure of salts
faction you buy from dealer handling Cadillac LaSale
Buick Oakland Oldsmobile, Pontiac Chevrolet. These
are General Motors Dealers selected for character stability
and service Buy from them with confidence; and simplify
your purchase you choose through the convenient pay
ments of the CMAC Plan.
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Not all the old automobiles viii be
seen this year, for according to reports
approximately 2.3l5,800 Of the "old
timers" were junked in 1927.
Evening star., 1928-04-08

Ability to go over eighty>teUo miles an ho,sr
eiyes Air line Eight startling traffic per-
for1nance and a conqt4ering pace on the hills
Evening star., 1928-11-27

Representative and Mrs. Ewin l..
Davis of Tennessee have returned to
Washington and taken an apartment
in the Cairo for the season. They have
AS their guests their son-in-law and
daughter. Judge and Mrs. George w.
Williams of St Thomas, Virgin Islands.
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Mrs. Theodore A. Baldwin and Miss
Betty Baldwin of Governors Island,
N. Y, were the guests of Miss Katherine
Judge at luncheon yesterday In the
presidential dining room of the May
flower.
Evening star., 1928-11-27

Z belgian Envoy Celebrates
! Birthday Anniversary OF King.
The Ambassador Of Belgium and
srrincess de Ligne entertained at lunch
! eon today in New York in celebration
of the birthday anniversary OF King
Albert of the Belgians.
The Ambassador and Princess de
sLigne were the honor guests at dinner
! last evening Of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
) f Streit
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and their daughter, Miss Cynthia Hill
will return to Washington this evening
from Tennessee, where they went on
their arrival from Europe after spend
ing 18 months in travel.
Miss Hill will be presented to society
in December.
Mrs. Andrew B. Graham left this
morning for New York, to spend
Thanksgiving. Mrs. Graham will not
return to Washington for several weeks.
Mrs. Lawrence Townsend returned to
Washington yesterday after two-week
stay at the Park Central, in New York.
Mrs. Winifred Howell Sterns Of Des
Moines, Iowa, has taken an apartment
at the Wardman Park Hotel for the
Winter. She will have with her over
the holidays her son. George Frederick
Sterns, who attends the Hill School, at
Pottstown, Pa.
Mrs. M. de Clare Berry, who spent
the Summer months in her country
place and the Autumn in the South,
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has returned to her Winter home in
Washington.
Mrs. Peyton Gordon entertained at
luncheon at the Willard yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William E. Leahy were
hosts at dinner dance last evening
in the palm court of the Mayflower,
having as their guests Mrs. A. Wimsatt,
Mrs. Charles M. Thomas, Mr.. and Mrs.
Manuel Quevedo and Mr.. and Mrs.
Daniel j. O'Brien.
Former Gov. E. F. Morgan, solicitor
of the Department Of Commerce. re-
turned today to New York to officiate
in the investigation of the S. S. Vestris
after having spent the week end in his
home here.
Mrs. P. H. Dilworth Of Richmond Hill,
Long Island, and her daughter, Miss
Eileen Dilworth, are at the Wardman
Park Hotel until the end of the week.
having come to pass Thanksgiving with
Mrs. Dilworth's son, Mr. Augustine Dill
Evening star., 1928-11-27

Mr.. and Mrs. Dorsey w. Hyde. jr., en-
tertained Comdr Alfredo Berardinelli of
Italy at a small dinner party at the
Mayfiower Hotel last evening, with MIR.
and Mrs. Gardner s. Rogers and Miss
Charlotte Freeman Clark as their guests.
Evening star., 1928-11-27

The Consul general for Norway In Co
'5ombia, Mr. Ralph c. Dugand, arrived al
the Park Central In New York yesterday
for a stay of three months.
Evening star., 1928-11-27

Mai. Howard Davidson, conmandant
of Boiling Field, and Mrs. Davidson
have issued invitations for a tea dance
Thanksgiving afternoon from 4:30 to
2 o'clock in the Officers' Club, at the
field
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The commissioner general of immi-
grafton. and Mrs. Harry E. Hull will
have with them at the Wardman Park
Hotel for Thanksgiving their son, Mr.,
! Harris Hull, who attends the University
4 aOf PENNSYLVANIA.
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formed an effective background for the
wedding and as the guests We're as
sembling Mr.. Robert M. O'Lone sang
several selections.
The bride was escorted by her uncle,
Mr. Frank j. Neff, who gave her in
marriage Her wedding gown was lovely.
fashioned of white lace over satin, and
her tulle veil was arranged softly about
her face and held by clusters of orange
blossoms. She carried shower bouquet
of roses and lilies of the valley.
Mrs. Geoffrey M. Thornett attended
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! Win MS Idmuy, mas mace MS nedQ-
| quarters in New York since the Spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adams Hosts
At Midday Breakfast Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Adams of Edge
moor gave beautifully appointed
breakfast Of 40 at the Edgemoor Coun-
try Club Sunday.
Mrs. Joseph Stiles Wall entertained a
party of SO at luncheon in the palm
| room of the Willard today for her deb
utante daughter, Miss Frances Wall.
The table, arranged around the foun-
tain, was profusely decorated with yell
low chrysanthemums. The guests were
Miss Marian Jardine. Miss Arnie Rob-
bins, Miss Rahel Davies, Miss Elise
Alexander. Miss Faith Phillips. Miss
Celeste Page, Miss Mary Lee Phillips,
Miss Phyllis Hight, Miss Catherine
Davis, Miss Elinor Totten Miss Mary
Robbins Miss Nan Tyler, Miss Margaret
Pilson. Miss Helen Shaw Miss Betty
Alexander Miss Annie Carter Greene,
Miss Nancy Beale, Miss Lalla Lynn. Miss
Margaret Sumner. Miss Jean Peoples,
Miss Beatrice Littlefield, Miss Therese
Carmalt, Miss Adair Childress, Miss
Elizabeth Brawner, Miss Elizabeth Dun
lop. Miss Peggy Tyner, Miss Elizabeth
Kennedy, Miss Mary DevereuX, Miss
Dorothy Dial, Miss Mary Shinn, Miss
Jane Crosby. Miss Eleanor Hunt, Miss
Elizabeth Trescot, Miss Marian Russell
and Miss Carroll Henderson.
Mrs. Robert w. Locke has issued in
vitations for musical Thursday eve
ming, December 13, in her home at 2Ol7
S street. to meet Miss Irene Fleming of
Vevey, Switzerland, who Is her house
guest.
DR.. and Mrs. M. DARCY Magee an
nounce the engagement of their daugh-
ter, Dorothy, to Mr.. Paul F. Nachtman
The wedding will take place in the near
future.
Miss Magee was entertained today by
her sister, Mrs. H. Maxwell H. Fleming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred H. Smith CT
Scarsdale, N. Y, are at the Wardman
Park Hotel until the end of the week to
spend Thanksgiving with their daugh-
ter, Miss Edith Smith, who is student
at National Park Seminary.
Mrs. James Carroll Frazer entertained
at dinner last evening for Prof. Daniel
Mlchnot, who is the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs, Charles Alden. The guests included
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Alden, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hampson Gary, Maj. Gen. and
Mrs. William D. Connor, Mrs. Gibson
Fahnestock and the counselor of the
French embassy, Comte de Sartiges.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dorsey w. Hyde, jr., en-
tertained Comdr Alfredo Berardinelli of
Italy at small dinner party at the
Mayfiower Hotel last evening, with Mr..
and Mrs. Gardner 8. Rogers and Miss
Charlotte Freeman Clark as their guests,
Mrs. Theodore A. Baldwin and Miss
Betty Baldwin of Governors Island,
N. Y, were the guests of Miss Katherine
Judge at luncheon yesterday In the
presidential dining room of the May
flower.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Macdonald will
leave tomorrow evening to pass the
Thanksgiving week end at the Cavalier
Hotel at Virginia Beach, returning to
their apartment at the Wardman Park
Hotel Monday.
Mrs. T. Cuthbert Trescot has issued
invitations for luncheon for her debu-
tante daughter, Miss Elizabeth Trescot,
in the Willard Saturday, December Is.
AFr oyS NFrr nao YN,,oIo~ rYiU
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worth, who attends Georgetown Uni
versity.
Miss FIeishell Bride
of Mr.. Mertz This Morning.
Charming in its simplicity was the
wedding this morning of Miss Ruth
Mae Fleishell to Mr.. Allen Walter
Mertz. The ceremony was performed
at o'clock in the Church of the
Holy Comforter, the Rev. Remigius E.
Fleishell of st. Bonaventure. New York,
cousin of the bride, officiating. White
chrysanthemums massed with tall palms
Evening star., 1928-11-27

Mrs T. Cuthbert Trescot has issued
invitations for luncheon for her debu-
tante daughter, Miss Elizabeth Trescot,
in the Willard Saturday, December IS.
Mr. and Mrs. BENJAMIN DUNLAP Hill
Evening star., 1928-11-27

Mr.. and Mrs. James Macdonald will
leave tomorrow evening to pass the
Thanksgiving week end at the Cavalier
Hotel at Virginia Beach, returning to
their apartment at the Wardman Park
Hotel Monday.
Evening star., 1928-11-27

Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio has
taken an apartment at the Carlton for
the season.
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SOCIETY
The Chief Executive and Mrs. Coolid dge
to Be Feted by Vice President
and Mrs. Dawes Tonight.

with his family, has made his head
quarters in New York since the Spring.
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Faith, left alone with the break
fast dishes, after Crystals tempes-
tuous exist, listened to Robin crow
ing with the maid upstairs, and felt
no impulse to fly to him. Never
before had Robins voice failed to
thrill her each morning with the
miracle of him.
I'm plain hateful" she said. I'm
cross and irritable and touchy be-
cause I accidentally learned that
Cherry had lunch with Bob and he
didn't tell me.
Cant all Bob's goodness to me
ever teach me to forget that he
loved Cherry before he loved me?
Can't I make myself forget that
Cherry never smiled at any man, but
he loved her?"
Faith scraped the pretty butter
cupped breakfast dishes, musing
along, no longer even hearing her
tiny son upstairs.
How sharp I was with Crystal.
Poor child, so alone in the world!
I wonder if make beautiful. boun-
tiful gestures so that people say,
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She remembered what he had
said that afternoon.
II want to see you happily mar
ried."
1t was the first time he had ever
said it, but, before today, she had
read the desire in his eyes. Some
times when they talked OF Tad's
marriage; sometimes when she told
him the wedding plans Of other
girls; when children came to visit
them or when they talked together
of little houses and gardens.
"Daddy'd be so happy" she re-
fiected, and a warm, lovey feeling
filled her heart. How his dear eyes
would brighten! . But there was
John . John John.
His name beat like a drum in her
ears. So that she put her hands to
her temples, to keep him away. .
Poor little boy. 1t was so long,
long ago. A sort of dream-the
way he had loved her, and the way
they had talked and planned. How
he loved her
"But he wouldn't if he were alive
today" she told herself. HE cared
so fearfully then because I was
young and good, and he was young
and good, too. There isn't that kind
of love when girl gets to be %
and knows life. Love at IS is a
beautiful illusion"
Sometimes Sybil felt as if she
had died with John Lawrence and
been reincarnated within herself,
and, having died, had gone on liv-
ing.
So that there had been two Sybil
Thornes-and one was dead. Per-
haps the girl John loved wandered
with him in Elysian f1elds-or slept
by his side in soldiers grave.
And this girl Craig wanted to
marry-she wasn't really the girl
John Lawrence loved. Then what
if she did marry Craig? And bore
him children? John Lawrence
wouldn't care. What do the dead
want with bodies? Crimson lips
to kiss and skin to touch"
=
CHIVERING, she turned to Craig.
- You know about my sweet
heart" she told him. John Law
renee, who was killed in the war.
There's never been anybody else
but John-not really. I love John,
Craig-love him still"
She put her hand on her heart.
II mean it's here I love him. And
that's silly and sentimental most
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Isn't Faith Hathaway the sweetest
thing you ever knew?' and then
when ii comes to buckling down to
the everyday necessity of my ges-
lures, I sort of dwindle out?
Il wonder if that isn't what I've
done with poor Crystal. had one
OF my impulses-it would be so sweet
to offer a poor parentless BARN
good home, then when she takes me
up on it and I see that I have to
stick to my bargain and that it's
going to complicate such things as
privacy for Bob and me, I get a
little sick of the bargain and take
it out on poor Crystal who never ex-
pected to live with us, any way.
81 wonder if it's the best thing
in the world for the child? Bob
doesn't like her and it's so hard to
make him change his ideas about
people, and if I'm going to get ir-
ritable with her for being around
because Bob doesn't like her and
rather resents her being here, what's
she going to set out of it?
"Oh, we mustn't, that's all we
mustn't-a girl is a girl so short
time and there are so many heart
aches, anyway.
I'll make it up to Crystal to-
night. I'll have a delicious cold sup
per ready and fix up some of her
dresses and make Bob take us both
out to Jade Inn for dinner. Well
get George to go, too. If she wants
him, she shall have him."
Just then the bell rang. 1t was
an urgent ring, and before Faith
could reach the door, knowing that
the one maid she would permit Bob
to pay for, was busy with Robin, the
door was pushed open and in walked
George ruitt, himself, with Crystal
hanging to his arm.
George could not speak, but
Crystal was as voluble as ever.
ooh, Faith, don't be frightened!
I'm really not hurt at all. But
George doesn't think 1 ought to go
to work. was running for the
car and I didn't look and he hit
me and"
But Faith, aghast, had Crystals
other arm.
"Oh, my dear, my dear, here,
George, put her on the couch and
we'll get the doctor right away"
and to Crystals protests they
led her to the deep rich divan in
the living room.
And with the touch of George
Pruitt's hand on her arm, Crystals
plan was born. Men often loved
through pity. She didn't especially
want George Pruitt of all men.
But somebody must love her. So
many loved Tony, and she'd Just
die if somebody didn't love her
soon. After all, his car did hit
her and he'd have to be decent and
come and see her, and love was
all a matter of being acquainted.
Thinking which things, Crystal
suddenly put a hand TO her side,
made a little moan, and dropped
at Georges feet.
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