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the Wardman Park Hotel their oaugh-
ter, Mrs. Alexander Higginson. Mrs.
Higginson will remain only a few Gays
longer with her parents and before go
ing to Boston to pass Christmas.
Mrs. Rinehart to be Honor Guest
At Pen League Breakfast.
Mary Roberts Rinehart will be a
guest of honor at the third celebrity
American Pen Women December %
at the Willard Hotel. This will be one
of the important events of the holiday
season in Washington and 1t is expected
that many out-of-town visitors to the
city will be present.
DR.. Don Herman Velarde. Ambassador
of Peru; Dr. Enrique Olaya, Minister OF
| Colombia, and DR.. Henry Suzzallo OF
| the Carnegie Foundation and director
of the survey of education undertaken
by the Presidents conference on educa-
| tion, will be the guests of honor and
speakers at the dinner which will be
given next week during the annual
meeting of the American Association OF
Teachers of Spanish. The diRner will
be held Friday evening, December 81
in the Willard. Dean Henry Grattan
Doyle of George Washington University
| is chairman of the committee in charge
of arrangements for the meeting.
The International Soiree to be given
| in the patio Of the Carlton Hotel Wed
nesday, January Is. under the auspices
of the Colonial Danes of America
Chapter 8, will include many beautiful
| tableaux vivants, with, in many cases
| national dances and songs.
Most of the embassies and legations
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Mr.. and Mrs. Clark Campbell Wren
will entertain at q tea this afternoon
from 4:30 to o'clock in the Mayflower
Hotel, when they will present their
daughter. Miss Mary Martha Wrenn.
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Miss Lloyd Washington has arrived
in Washington, coming from her home
at King George, Va, and Is at the
Carlton for a few days.
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Kaufman, Mr.. Samuel Biddle and
Mr.. Edgar Orme, jr.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Hunt Blair will
leave tomorrow morning for winston
Salem, N. c., to pass Christmas with
the latter's brother-in-law and sister,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles G. Hill. Mr.. and
Mrs. Blair will return to their apart
ment in the Wardman Park Hotel Sat-
urday. December %.
Mrs. McCook Knox entertained a
party of 40 at dinner last evening at
the Carlton for her daughter, Miss
kathleen McCook Knox.
Mrs. Jessie H. Ridenour and her
daughter, Mrs. Bertha r. Delaney OF
the La Sale, will leave Washington
tomorrow to spend the Christmas holi-
days in Maine They will not return
until January z, when they will re-
sumo their Sundays at home.
Mr.. william Lee Parker. son of Mr..
and Mrs. John S. Parker, returned last
night from Princeton to spend the
Christmas holidays with his parents in
Chevy Chase.
Miss Alice Parker is home from New
York, where she has been visiting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred P. Parker OF
New York CITY are passing some time
at the Carlton.
Miss Lloyd Washington has arrived
in Washington, coming from her home
at King George, Va. and Is at the
Carlton for a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Josiah Turner Newcomh
have with them in their apartment a
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Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred p. Parker of
New York CITY are passing some time
at the Carlton.
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Nine. Won LewinsE was hostess at
dinner last evening In honor Of Mr.. Ed
ward Delahay Orborne. The company
included Senator and Mrs. Henry j.
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Mr.. and Mrs Josiah Turner Newcomb
have with them in their apartment al
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Mrs. Robert Lansing was Joined at
1928 Sixteenth street today by her sis
ters-in-law, the Misses Lansing, and
main at the Homestead over New Year
day.
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Mrs. McCook Knox entertained a
party of 40 at dinner last evening at
the Carlton for her daughter, Miss
Kathleen McCook Knox.
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Col. P. w. Chamberlin entertained a
party of 10 at dinner last evening at the
Carlton.
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Senator and Mrs. D. o. Hastings and
Miss Elsie SaXton went yesterday to
their home in Wilmington, where they
will pass Christmas. Senator and Mrs.
Hastings and Miss Saxton will return
to their apartment in the Wardman
Park Hotel January 6.
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Dinner Party Tonight
In Netherlands Legation.

The Minister of the Netherlands and
Mime. van Royen will entertain at din
ner this evening.
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The Ambassador of France and Nine
Claudel entertained company OF ter
Informally at luncheon yesterday.
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Representative and Mrs. S. Wallace
Dempsey of New York issued invita-
tions to the tea this afternoon in the
Mayfiower which they will give in
compliment to the Governor of the
Burgess
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REMOVAL OF DENTS
IN FENDER ADVISED

"Have fender dents removed immedi-
ately."
That is the advics of Oscar Coolican,
local dealer, who pd hts out to automo-
bile owners that the dent removing
business today has been raised to some
thing approximating an art, with
craftsmen so skilled and equipment SO
adaptable that even a badly crumpled
mudguard can be restored to its origi-
nal beauty.
There is absolutely no need for the
modern motorist to 60 about with fend-
ers which bear the marks OF numerous
parking encounters. Maintenance de-
partments today are prepared to rem
ovate them in really amazing man
ner; so efficiently that the owner him.
self will doubt that the fender ever was
denied, bruised or mangled.
mo matter how handsome the body
of the car may be, dented fender will
detract markedly from its effective ap-
pearance. A denied fender has a SLOW
emily careless look about it that the
average car owner certainly wouiG
rather do without. And, tolerating this
condition is so needless today, with the
work done so splendidly and at such a
slight cost.
1.-THE motorist who adopts q policy Of
having his SCARED tenders repaired i'm
mediately will find that it pays in the
long run. It keeps the car looking at
its best always, maintains the owners
pride In his possession and, Of course,
reduces depreciation. In every respect,
it recommends itself as plan worth
following"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-15
COLORFUL ROUTES
LEAD TO CHICAGO
Tours From Capital to Middle
West Preferred by Many
In Fall.

In the minds Of many motorists the
Fall Of the year 10 the ideal time to
take an extensive motor trip, for after
Labor day the roads are less crowded,
the air Is cool and brisk, and the coun-
tryside at its best, with the gorgeous
colorings Of the autumnal foliage.
Chicago, the Automobile Club of
America, New York City, says, Is the
most popular objective for automobile
trips into the Middle West. Motorists
all along the Eastern seaboard are in
terested in visiting this famous city
at the head of Lake Michigan. Points
OF interest that should not be missed
oy the tourist are Michigan boulevard,
often called the greatest boulevard In.
america and one Of the three finest
In the world; the Art Institute, the
Blackstone Library, Stock Exchange,
Field Museum of Natural History, Fort
Dearborn Massacre Monument, Hay
market Monument, Midway Plaisance,
Q mile long and 666 feet wide. q sweep
ing expanse Of lawn with wide drive
ways on either side, and on its north
ern boundary many Of the buildings
OF Chicago University; the Lake Shore
drive; stock yards; Grant, jackson,
Parks.
Route Through Rockville.
The first route from the Capital is
out through Rockville to Frederick,
thence to Gettysburg, to allow the tour
ist Q stop-over at the historic battle
fields Of the Civil War. After q stop
over ut this historic spot, our route
continues on to Chambersburg and
Bedford. Here again either one of
these two towns will be found q salts
factory stopping place for the second
night. Chambersburg being about $50
miles from Philadelphia and Bedford
about 200.
Beyond Bedford lie Jennerstown.
Ligonier, Greensburg, and then Pitts
burgh. From here, following route No.
80, which Is the number on the Lincoln
Highway, the route takes US across
Ohio. Indiana and just short stretch
in the State Of Illinois, till we reach
Chicago. Important towns along the
way are East Liverpool, Canton, Wooster,
Mansfield, Marion, Lima and Van Vert
in Ohio, and Fort Wayne, Warsaw.
Valparaiso and Hammond In Indiana.
The mileage on this route Is $50.
There is more Northern route to
Chicago than the Lincoln Highway and
q great many motorists prefer to use
this route. Leaving Pittsburgh follow
the right bank Of the river northwest
ward through Haysville, Sewickley,
Freedom and Rochester to Beaver Falls,
thence on route Is up to New Castle,
then over to youngstown and Akron.
Around this latter city are many points
of historical interest the most notable
perhaps being the old home Of John
Brown 'of Harpers Ferry" This Is
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near the entrance of Perkins Park, and
driving through the park the motorist
Is upon the very ground upon which
John Brown tended his fiocks.
Cam Avoid Mountains.
We follow route 18 along to Norwalk.
where we join the route coming from
along route 20, which runs through
Fremont, Toledo and Pioneer In Ohio,
and La Grange, Elkhart, South Bend,
Michigan City and Gary in Indiana
to Chicago.
A great many motorists do not like
to cross over the Allegheny Mountains
through Pennsylvania. They, there
fore, prefer in motoring to Chicago to
60 northward from New York City
through the Empire State to Buffalo.
A very popular route Is to follow the
road on the west bank OF the Hudson,
crossing below Newburg by either the
Yonkers- Alpine, Irvington- Piermont or
Tarrytown-Nyack ferries, or the Bear
Mountain bridge in order to get in the
run over the Storm King Highway and
then from Newburg, following CIV via
Highland, Kingston and Ravenna to
Albany. From here the main route
No. S, through the Mohawk Valley via
Schenectady, Fonda, Little Falls, Utica,
Syracuse TO Elbrldge, then over route
81 to Rochester and on to Niagara Falls.
II the motorist does not wish to go
through Canada, he should turn at the
Falls and run down to Buffalo and
then over route 20 through Westfield,
N. Y; Erie, Pa; Conneaut, Ashtabula,
Cleveland, Elyria to Norwalk, Ohio, and
over the route as described above, fol-
lowing this same number, 20, into
Chicago.
Route Through Canada.
Another very popular route to Chi
cago Is across the Province of Ontario
and through lower Michigan. For this
trip, from Niagara Falls, N. Y, cross
the bridge over to Niagara Falls, On
tario, and then run via ST. Catharines
to Hamilton. Here We turn to the
southwest and follow Canadian route
No. through Woodstock, London and
bennington to Windsor, from which
point the ferry is taken over to Detroit,
Mich.
Flint, Mich, is the second largest au-
tomobile city in the world. and, as 1t Is
only SO miles by road from Detroit,
many motorists will probably want to
visit It. Flint Is O particularly attrac.
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STATE TRAFFIC SURVEY
RESULTS ARE DELAYED
All Main Arterial Highways Are
Being Checked by Mary
land officials.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, September IA traf-
fic survey of all the main arterial high
ways of the State by the State Roads
Commission was completed this week.
The results of the survey will not be
known for several weeks.
According to r. M. Reindollar, as
siStant chief engineer of the commits
sion, who supervised the survey, the
data obtained will enable the commits
sion to prepare its schedule of road
widening for next year and to know
accurately the amount of traff1c pass
ing over the various roads daily.
A similar survey taken on the Wash
ington- Baltimore boulevard last year
showed an average of more than 5000
motor vehicles passing over that road
daily.
The figures obtained this way will
also be used by the University of Mary
land in preparing traffic map Of the
State.
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BIG INCREASE SEEN
IN MOTOR OUTPUT
Points of Interest in Connec.
ton With the Industry's I'm.
mediate Future Outlined.

DETROIT, Mich, September 14.-At
the beginning Of 1929 representatives Of
the automobile industry. as well as
others concerned directly or indirectly
with the business, were interested In
knowing two phases Of the same sub
ject, according to B. H. Cram, indus
try authority. These points OF interest
were: What effect will Ford, getting
back into volume production, have on
total sales during 1929? and what effect
will Ford have on competitive sales
during 1929?
AS the midpoint Of the year is past,
O very interesting situation Is found.
During the 1lrst six months OF 1929
3,223, 900 passenger cars and trucks
were produced in the United States, as
compared with 2,2O1, 52l units produced
during the corresponding period Of 1928.
Big Increase In Production.
In other words, motor vehicle pro-
duction during the first six months
represents an increase Of 1,02l ,56e units
above q year ago. This increase Is par
ticularly interesting when 1t Is noted
that the estimated Ford production dur
ing the first six months Of 1929 amount
ed to 1,020,285 passenger cars and
trucks, practically the same amount as
the increase which took place In total
production. OF course, the estimated
Ford production during the first six
months of 1928 has not as yet been
taken into consideration. However,
even when the 1928 figures are sub
tracted from the 1929 figures, Foros
gain in production over the previous
year is practically 100000 cars and
trucks.
The first six months production for
1929 was equal to aga per cent more
than was the case during the first half
Of 1928. The actual numerical increase
which took place in the estimated Ford
production during the first six months
Of 1929 as compared with q similar
1886 per cent above the 220.3l6 Fords
produced during the firSt half OF 1928
Situation With Ford Omitted.
Eliminating Ford from the picture for
the moment, it is found that 2,2O2, sos
motor vehicles were produced during
the first half of 1929 as compared with
/ 1881 1853 similar units produced during
the first half of 1928, an increase Of
221 $50 units or 11.2 per cent.
The comparison OF monthly passenger
car registrations also illustrates the In
crease which has been brought about
by Ford During the first six months
of 1928 Ford passenger car registrations
were equal to an average of only Gas
per cent of total registrations, while
during the corresponding first six
months of 1929 Ford registrations
amounted to 5000 per cent Of total pas
senger car registrations for that period
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L|STSAUTO CLUTCH
AS SAFETY. DEVICE
Writer Advises Use Only
When Necessary and Would
Safeguard fabrication.
BY H. CLIFFORD BROKAu.

One of the parts of an automobile
which comes to be used so automatic
cally by the experienced driver that he
forgets it is there is the clutch. Thou
sands of times in the life of a car the
drivers left foot finds the pedal which
on being pressed forward throws out
the clutch. But hardly once does he
give this essential operation any
thought. Yet the clutch is rather
interesting mechanical instrument.
The clutch as used in connection
with automobiles is a device attached
to cars having change speed gears. of
the sliding type which permits the
engine to be connected with or dis
connected from the transmission. The
purpose of all this is to provide a
means whereby the engine may be kept
running while the car is at rest and
also to make it possible to remove the
pull of the engine from the gears while
they are being shifted.
The clutch is composed of two parts
or sections. One section is connected
to the engine f1ywheel and must revolve
with it. The other section is fastened
to q shaft of the transmission which,
through proper gearing. is connected
with the rear wheels. When the pedal
is depressed the two sections of the
clutch are separated and may revolve
independently, which makes 1t possible
to keep the engine running without
moving the car, even though the gears
for driving the car should be in mesh.
When Clutch Is Needed.
The need for employing clutch in
the automobile arises from the fact
that the internal combustion engine,
which is the type found in IS per cent
of the modern motor cars. develops very
rx1anv fttrV Inn a q
rate of speed. In the locomotive and
in the steam-driven automobile the
power is generated in boiler separate
from the engine. It can be drawn upon
in full force and applied to the pistons
of the engine to start it from stand
still.
In the gas engine, however. the
power is generated within the cylinders
of the engine itself. This is accom-
plished by drawing charge OF gas
into the cylinder and COMPRISING it.
after which it is ignited and allowed
to burn, generating the desired power.
This makes 1t clear that instead Of the
gas engine being able to give off power
from a standstill 1t is necessary to ap-
ply power to it, usually in the form OF
an electric starting motor, to get 1t in
motion After it once is in motion 1t
will deliver enough power to drive the
CNCLA az d oPCCo do oAOW 90
five miles an hour, although its best
pulling strength is at a car speed of
approximately rs to 80 miles an hour
in high gear.
It, perhaps, would not be impossible
but it certainly would be impracticable
to start the engine from standstill
by pressing on the self-starter pedal
each time it was desired to start the
car in traffic line on Sunday after
noon. Likewise it would be incon-
venient to switch of the ignition to stop
the engine each time it was found
necessary to bring the car to stop.
Engine Kept in Motion.
With a clutch installed in the car
the engine may be set in motion. at the
beginning of trip and kept in motion
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OURSTATESP[AN
ROAD BOND| ISSUES
Proposed Fund for Highway
Improvement Nearly Equals
Total Federal Aid.

With four States preparing to vote on
highway bond issues in an amount al
most equal to the Federal Governments
total investment in Federal aid, Con-
gress can hardly afford to longer ignore
the need for larger contribution from
Uncle Sam to the cause of highway
construction, the American Automobile
Association declared today.
The national motoring body pointed
out that Texas heads the list Of States
proposing TO vote on bond issues this
year with proposed issue Of 1925 ,000,-
600. Oklahoma plans to assure from
500, 000, 900 to $150,000, 900 for road
construction, while Georgia Is pushing q
SIS, 1000, 900 issue and Iowa plans to Sc
cure 100000 The latter State
passed bond issue for the same amount
in 1928, but the bonding act was de-
clared unconstitutional, although the
court ruling made it clear there was no
bonds.
Growing Need Seen for U. s. Aid.
"There is a growing need for larger
contributions from the Federal Govern
ment In order that the construction on
the Federal-aid system of important in
terstate roads may be speeded up," says
Thomas p. Henry, president of the A.
A. A. THE Government had invested
1925, 687, LA in this system at the close
of 1928. It Is clearly evident that Uncle
Sam is not contributing a fair share Of
the Nations bodybuilding cost.
1.-THE A. A. A. is conducting an az
gressive campaign to have Congress in
crease the annual appropriations for
Federal aid from the present amount
OF SIS 100000 a year to maximum Of
$125, 100000.
I'm other words" said Mr.. Henry,
"motordom Is asking the legislative
branch of the Government to increase
its annual appropriation for road build
ing only one-tenth of what 4 of the 48
States propose to do. 1t may be said,
to the credit of Congress, however, that
progressive members are lending q SYM
pathetic ear to the highway needs Of
the country.g
Liberal Sum Available.
Coming on the heels of progressive
action in 1928, the proposed road bond
issues will go far in meeting the demand
for adequate highways. Last year Mis-
souri, authorized a SIS 900 900 bond issue
and wrote into the State constitution q
provision limiting the gas tax to 2 cents
gallon and motor vehicle license fees
to the present rate for a period Of 10
years. Louisiana authorized q $50, 00o,.
900 issue and West Virginia $35 900 900.
In addition, the Legislatures assured
Maine SIS, 900 900 for highway construc-
ton, New Hampshire 100000 and
South Carolina $65, 100000"
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continuously, while the power 1t gen.
crates can be applied to and diScon-
nected from the rear driving wheels at
pleasure.
To meet the varying requirements of
high speed on the. smooth straight
roads and the great pulling power for
travelling through deep sand or mud
and climbing steep hills would require
an engine Of very great power. This
difficulty Is overcome by using a smaller
engine and employing gearing which
will transform the power 1t develops
into speed II desired or into great pull
1t is desired to effect the change from
speed to strong pulling force 1t be-
comes necessary to shift from one set
Of gears to another.
If the gears are shifted while the
engine is pulling the edges Of the teeth
might be torn of or the gears
stripped" The ability of the driver
to remove the strain from the gears
through the use of the clutch eliminates
this danger.
The clutch used in the automobile is
clutch that connect to the rear wheels
of the car are brought into contact
with the plates attached to the fly
wheel Of the engine by very strong
spring.
Slipping Is Prevented.
This spring presses them SO tightly
together that no slipping can occur and
the driving wheels must revolve in
accordance with the speed Of the engine
If the gears are in mesh. If the gears
should be placed in the neutral position
the action Of the clutch Is the same,
but the connection between the engine
and the driving wheels Is broken in the
transmission gear case.
The modern type of clutch is designed
to permit of gradual engagement, SO
that it is not necessary to start the
car with a jerk. If it takes hold
harshly or slips under hard pulling con-
ditions it is best to consult the service
station, as these troubles are unusual
and not easy to remedy by the novice
There is one and sometimes two places
to lubricate the clutch operating
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mechanism that should have frequent
attention, as the clutch is in almost
constant use. The plates of the modern
clutch require no lubricant.
If the driver will look after the mat
ter Of fabrication and refrain from put
ting pressure on the clutch pedal except
when 1t is desired to actually operate
the clutch the benefits and conven-
fence Of this device may be enjoyed
without worry.
Copyright, 1929, New York Tribune. Ine.)
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tive city, with its 80 public parks and
inland lake resorts, but the automobile
plants are the great magnet. These
are open for inspection daily.
1t Is also possible to go direct to
Flint by turning on at London and run
ming through Warwick to Sarnia, where
q ferry can be taken over to Port Huron,
Mich, and thence westward to Flint.
From Detroit to Chicago, route IL
should be followed through Ann Arbor,
jackson, Battle Greek, Kalamazoo. Paw
Paw, Benton Harbor and Michigan
City.
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With a clutch installed in the car
the engine may be set in motion. at the
beginning of trip and kept in motion
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The Gypsies are supposed to be de-
scended from some East Indian tribe.
Their language, Romany, Is certainly
q Hindu dialect mixed with other
tongues.