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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
HEADLIGHT GLARE
CONSIDERED MENACE

How best to overcome head-lamp daz-
zle was told by E. j., Lehnen, an engi-
neer, at a recent meeting of the Chicago
section of the Society of Automotiye
Engineers. Night driving is rendered
unnecessarily difficult and hazardous by
the requirement, still maintained in sew
eral States, of a driver dimming his
head lamps when approaching another
car. said Mr.. Lehnen. This method is
distinctly opposed to what might be
called the controlled bright-light system.
In Wisconsin," said Mr. Lehnen, I'VE
believe in having your lights SO adj
justed that you get the greatest eff
cheney from them for yourself. Have
them adjusted SO that you personally
get good, reasonable and adequate light
down the roadway and you have auto
matically taken care of the other fellow
to a large. extent. You can take an
extremely selfish attitude, because, if
you use your light to the greatest adj
vantage for yourself, it means that you
have taken away great deal of the
wasted, stray glare light from his eyes
and put it down on the road where it
belongs.
by directing as much of the available
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
OLD CAR LOSES TO NEW
WITH 4-TO-1 HANDICAP
Race in France Demonstrates Re-
markable Strides Made in Au-
tomobile Manufacturing.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LINAS MONTEREY, France
Automobile progress on a race course
was exemplified here recently by the
oldest operating car and today's edition
of the same make.
The new car gave the old one a
handicap Of four to one and beat it.
The 1895 model failed to make its
one circuit of the track while the 1929
car circled the track five times. The
old car is owned by the Able Gavois
who has become a national character
through his frequent trips to Paris in
his old car.
1t ran at less than Is miles an hour,
while the new one made rs.
To add to the interest, the two pas
sengers of the old car were arrayed
in all the habilimentS considered proper
for driving "a years ago, including
goggles, while the new car was manned
by young fashion-plate of today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
MANS DREAMS OF LOCOMOTION
METHOD LED TOLONG STRUGGLE
Serious Attempts to Create Mechanism to
Replace Animals Began in 18th Century
With Spring-Driven Chariot

steam carriage in England. This
represented a vast stride forward to-
ward the modern automobile, mas
much as 1t included the first attempt
to place a closed carriage body on the
chassis. 1t also represented another
big advance In that the crank shaft
was geared with the driving wheels.
One of the earliest attempts to make
such vehicles profitable commercially
took place in England in 1881, when
Sir Charles Dance established pas
senger service with x-wheeled coaches
between Gloucester and Cheltenham,
distance OF nine miles. Four trips were
made daily, each one taking about
three-uuarters of an hour. So reluc-
tant were people to risk their lives in
this sort of rapid transit that the
project had to be abandoned after four
months through lack of customers.
This, however represents the inaugu-
ration of what has now become vast
bus service which now connects many
cities together. Another bus service
was put into operation by Walter Han
cock when he operated a steam omni-
bus line in 1885. His five coaches car
ried 1880 passengers in 20 weeks,
covering Safely 1900 miles. Laws pass
ed by Parliament restricting the use
of steam road vehicles discouraged
further progress at that time.
Steam Tricycles Built.
In France in 1873 large omnibus
called La Nouvelle. built by Amidee
Bollee, covered 745 miles in ninety
hours and three minutes, then re-
markable achievement. Ten years later
successful steam tricycles were con-
in France. All of these
projects helped to open the way for
the invention of the gas engine, which
really marked the beginning of the
modern automobile age and prepared
capitalists to see the possibilities in
such vehicles and the
public to sense the satisfaction which
might develop out of their use.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
Smallest Entrant to
Try for HOnOrs in
indianapolis Classic

The smallest car ever to compete
for place in the 500-mile Me-
mortal day races at indianapolis
has been entered this year by
Thompson Products, Inc, Cleveland.
The machine is a Six-cylinder
French-built Amilcar with a total
piston displacement of 70 cubic
inches. as compared with the 91l2.
cubic-inch eight-cylinder American
speedway midgets
A V-block six with a compression
ratio of 6.73 to l and differing in
number of essential details from
American racing motors, the Anil
car was originally purchased by the
Thompson company for experiment.
al purposes after two years on Eu-
ropean race tracks. officials of the
company decided later to equip the
car with test parts and enter it at
Indianapolis. The car will be driven
by Jules Moriceau of Paris, who took
it to Indianapolis early in May for
the qualification trials. Louis Ro-
berjot, his mechanic, accompanied
him. Both have been with the car
in a number of European races.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19

FOR INSTANCE, in this city your
first payment, a0ih your present car
included, may be as Iosc as S272, and
your monthly payments S49.68.
Your present car will probably cover
the entire first payment. The II. M. G.
Purchase Plan offers the Iozpest terms
available on the balance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
PRODUCTION COST CUT.
Lamp Standardization Has Reduced
Expense to Car Owners.

One hundred and twenty-five million
standard motor car lamps used on
present-day motor cars are of the gas
filled tungsten dlament type, and &C
count for more than one-half of the
$50, 900 900 miniature lamps sold in the
United States during 1923, said r. E.
Carlson of the Westinghouse Lamp Co..
who spoke at recent meeting of the
Chicago section of the Society of Auto
motive Engineers.
More than 24,OoO,oo motor vehicles
are now served regularly, and 90 per
cent of their lamp needs are taken care
of by IL or IL lamp sizes, as a result
of Standardization. Quantity produc-
ton of few types has reduced the
retail price SO decidedly that today
it is only about so per cent of what it
was in 1920.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19

other hand substantial gains are to be
looked for in many instances.
The general implication to be drawn
from conditions as they now exist is
that there will be no loss in the second
quarter as compared to the first, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19

year. in spite of larger gross volume
of business. Undoubtedly the cause
may be attributed to increased manu-
featuring costs rather than increased
sales costs. Only in a few and widely
scattered cases have prices been re-
duced to a point where the reduction
will eat into profits. Generally the
volume of business has increased to a
point where it would be reasonable to
the result of economies from heavier
volume output.
Such an expectation would be en-
tirely within reason if the product of
1929 were exactly the same as the 1928
car. But the two are in most cases so
widely different as to allow but a slight
basis for comparison. The 1929 models,
many of them introduced to the market
around the first of the year, have SO
many improvements, both from a me-
chanical and appearance standpoint,
their equipment has been SO greatly
added to and improved, that even the
increased production has not been sufi-
Gent to bring about lower operating
costs to point where the 1929 models,
selling at about the same prices of
those of last year, have been able to
show as generous margin of profit per
unit And, working on this narrower
margin, the production and sales in
crease has been insufficient to add
enough to the net profit to permit COM
parable earnings.
Results Are Analysed.
In spite of this condition, however,
there has not yet been q manufac-
turer of importance to announce first
quarter earnings so much smaller than
those of a year ago that the financial
standing of the company Is impaired
or the dividend endangered.
AS matter of fact, the second quar-
ter may show that this condition has
not been repeated. 1t is the policy of
many producers to write off costs of
developments, which are generally ex-
tremely heavy, out of earnings, and
this no doubt has affected the first
quarter showing in many cases. These
changes, however, will be non-recur-
ring, and will play no part in the Sec
ond quarter earnings.
Not only that. but production and
sales. to all present indications, will
continue to maintain comparatively
high levels for several weeks, SO the
manufacturers will not materially suf-
fer from any curtailment, while on the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19

light from your lamps as Is possible and
practicable down on the roadway, you
overcome and offset to a large extent
the glare from the oncoming motorists
car"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19

there is every possibility that the sec
ond period will SurpaSs the correspond
ing three months of 1923.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19

There are 4,341 900 persons employed
in motor transportation.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-03-15
City Hold TarcanaanarH

In celebration Of Its 800 years Of
existence as a royal burgh, the an
cient city of Dornoch, Scotland, re-
Gently held descriptive pageant and
other festivities. A reproduction of
the blessing Of the fishermen's nets
by an abbey Of the Sixth century. a
re-enacting Of the Battle Of Embo In
the Eleventh century, and a repulse
Of the plllaging Danes by William,
earl Of Sutherland, were among the
many tableaux. In the last of these
the role Of the Danish leader was
played by the duchess of Sutherland.
Other notables who took part includ-
ed Lady Londonderry. Lady Ednam,
Lord Chaplin, and Miss Elizabeth
eveson-Gower, who is the daughter
Of the present heir to the dukedom Of
Sutherland.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-03-15
AUTO DRIVERS, TRY
TO BEAT THIS ONE

Lieut. Col. r. C. Fielding. D.S.0., re-
lates an incident that Is both amusing
and peculiarly British. In backing Lis
car into a parking space In London,
he bumped into the car behind him
and stove IN the mudguard. Being in
a hurry to keep an appointment, he
did not wait for the owner Of the car
to return but poked his card into the
steering wheel and went on his way.
In due course Of time he received the
following letter from the owner Of the
damaged car:
Dear Sir: found your card In my
car, stating that you had damaged tie
right-hand front mudguard. am only
writing to tell you that the damage
you have done to the mudguard has
now made 1t the same as the other
three, thus again balancing the design
of the car In face Of this, extend
to you my apologies for causing you
any anxiety In the matter."-Los An
geles Times.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-03-15
HERALD OF DEATH
is BANSHEE WALL

The wall of the Irish banshee an
nouncing the impending death of q
member Of some important family is
not yet thing Of the past, II appears.
After tie recent death Of Baron
O'Neill, head of the old family Of that
name in County Antrim. some Of the
old neighbors declared they heard the
wall OF the banshee the night before
near the ruins Of Shane's castle on the
shores Of Tough Neagh. The castle
was formerly the O'Nelll residence.
Baron O'NeIll was eigkty-nine at his
death and had had a long career as
judge and member Of parliament. he
represented County Antrim in the
British parliament from 1868 to 1880.
The Irish banshee, which is Gaelic
for woman of the fairies" has the
sole duty of announcing q death In
certain old and important families by
a mournful screaming or 'keening" at
night. The Welsh and the Scotch also
lave their banshees but under differ
ent names and with less fame than the
banshee of the Irish.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-03-15
FLIPINOS LIVE IN
DREAD OF SPOOKS

Many Fillpono homes are today
marked with a white cross as a pre-
caution against a visit from three al
legged, black-robed, headless sisters.
The story Of the headless sisters,
who are called the Tatlong Marias or
Three Marys. began to circulate dur
ing the early autumn. 1t spread rap
idly, and fully rs per cent of the
homes we're marked will crosses.
Those who marked their doors said
that the sisters made nightly calls,
and that the person who answered
their knock at the door was stricken
with a fatal illness. But II white
cross were upon the doors there was
no visitation.
Most Of the crosses were drawn with
white chalk, but some we're painted
and a few made with flowers. The
story Of the three sisters has curbed
neighborly visits in the evening.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-03-15
New Yorker Slave to
His Olfactory Nerves

"It's a sorry thing for New Yorker
to be a slave to his nose" began tie
inveterate one. Il mean there are so
many pleasant odors and aromas as
you pass along the street that, II
you're like / am and can't resist buy
ing everything that interests your
nose, you are very likely to ruin your
digestion and deplete your purse.
For instance. In the summer can
pass a hotdog stand, with its rich
odor Of boiling frankfurters, kaut
and mustard, only with the greatest
exercise of will. Orange drink stands
the same way-and as for certain
place down In the village where they
boil roasting ears right out In the
OPEN
"And now, this winter, can't pass
a roast chestnut vender without buy
ing package-and I hate the taste
Of them !"-New York Sun.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-03-15
Dors Made New"

Two dogs made page one at Sweet
water, Texas. In the first instance, a
doctor, making a call at 1880 in the
morning, was forced to stop his car
by a dog which refused to move from
the road. At the side of the road, a
few feet away, was the dogs charge,
a shlvering, crying baby girl of eight
cen months. The other dog was found
standing guard over the unconscious
form of Its master on the ground be-
side his car.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-03-15
PITHY PICKUPS

It keeps some lazy people busy to
invent excuses.
Suffer-somethlng few men are able
to do In silence.
A soft answer seldom falls to i'm,
press soft people.
The real wit has little to say, but
makes that little tell.
Reading between the lines is your
personal Interpolation.
II is lawful to fish for compliments
In any and all seasons.
Whether 1t be lost or not, It is an
easy matter to find fault.
II you won't put up with small
annoyances, you can't win.
An eplgram is anything mean that
can be said in a two-llne poem.
A WORD to the wise Is not sufficient
II the word is without wisdom.
One worries for three days over
what he has said; then he forgets 1t.
Liberty is for all, until some show
they are not fit to be trusted with II.
"Reminiscences are delightful for
yourself, but they can irk other
people .-:y.
A self-made man has frequently
learned the trick Of molding charac-
ter for others.
Defeats, repeated, may not improve
a mans judgment; they may only
make him timid.
Personality" is not safe to depend
on to make money. You've got to
know something.
A doctor is up against a stubborn
case when his patient comes Of q
long-lived family.
Better than anything that succeed
ed 1t, was the cake walk. The cake
walk was not Invented"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-03-15

Under the Mussolini regime, Italy
has no divorces and domestic differ
ences must be battled out in the
home. Hence, Milan husband, who
had been quarreling violently with his
wife, was quick to take up what
seemed laxity in the routine of
housekeeping.
81 see" he snarled, that you
haven't even washed today's dishes
yet"
'It Is my mistake" admitted the
wife, much to the mans surprise.
You see" she added, 81 did not ex-
pect you to get home before midnight.
as usual, and why wash these dishes
that had intended to break on your
head when you came in?"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-03-15
Complicated Business

Engelhardt Norton, the wholesale
furrler, said at a furriers' banquet
in Milwaukee:
''The fur business gets more and
more complicated every year. In the
past we sold real sealskins, real otter,
real sable and ermine, and the work
was simple; but nowadays, with all
these queer synthetic furs, it's-well,
it's like the story:
"A lady came into my shop this
morning. furrier said at lunch, and
she told me she wanted to buy n near
sable scarf.
"There, madam says to her, IS
a bargain. 1t costs me a hundred
dollars, It's worth two hundred, take
II for ten l made eight dollars"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-03-15
Eat Oysters TO Music

For the first time in the history Of
the famous annual opening Of the
oyster season at Gloucester, England,
the blvalves were swallowed to music
this season. To encourage the guest to
do so rhythmlcally, the mayor Of Glou-
cester invited many distinguished mu-
sicians. including Sir Edward Elgar,
Sir Henry Wood and Sir Hugh Allen,
director Of the Royal College Of Mu-
sic. A special train took guests,
among them being the duke of Marl-
borough, Lord Birkenhead, the lord
mayor Of London and Signor Marconi,
to the rose-decked tables. The inno-
walton was a success and will be tried
again next year.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-03-15
Vegetarian Won Wager

A bet of S''l was made some time
ago In Eng between a meat eater
and vegct.rian, as to who would
live the longer. A few weeks ago the
flesh-lover died, and his friend was
very much surprised to discover that
the amount OF the bet had been pro-
yided for in his deceased friends will.
As he himself had not thought Of
making any such provision, he refuses
to accept the money for himself, and
he is diverting the sum to charitable
purposes,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-03-15
Bachelor Not Always
Term for the UnWed

Our word bachelor is a corruption
Of an old medieval word for "cow-
herd" In those days almost the
whole population existed by agricul-
ture, and the bachelor" or "cowherd"
was the lowest Office, held by the
youngest and poorest. Similarly In
those days a Knight bachelor" was
a knight of an inferior rank, as now
adays a Bachelor Of Arts is one who
has not yet been admitted to the de-
gree Of Master of Arts. The words
present meaning of an unmarried man
is more than FIVE hundred years old,
and signifies man who has not yet
entered upon the full duties of man.
hoods estate. Our ancestors did not
dream that middle-aged and well-tO-
do men should ever remain unwed!
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-03-15
SAID BY THE WISE

What is propaganda? Almost any
genuine idea.
Wild oats are something always best
in retrospect.
1t is a difficult task to fathom q
shallow mind.
A well-filled cupboard is the best
board of health.
Man domestlcated the dog and wom-
an domesticated the man.
A fool doesn't so often say wise
thing as something that's so.
A conservative is one who is per-
fectly comfortable, tt ank you.
In the game Of life many a trick
Is taken with the trump of fame.
Patriotism consists in preventing
wars as well as in fighting in them.
Under the classification Of married
men we find lot of unknown heroes
Leading a woman to the altar is
usually a mans last act of leadership.
Wise men never trust a second time
those who have deceived them once.
Some never have very much bad
luck-nor very much good luck, either.
It's pretty hard for some men to
keep their wants down to their in
comes.
When a clock Is wound up it goes,
but 1t is different with any ott er busi-
ness.
"Original sin" is only another name
for what is often called human ma
ture."
Nature invented the sneeze in order
to compel lazy people to take some
exercise.
Why Is a man always shy about
making bold assertions when his wife
Ii present?
The man who gets into the habit Of
never making mistakes is altogether
too near perfect for this world.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-03-15
Britain's Many Beaeons

The demands made by avlators are
turning Great Britain into land of
lighthouses, each lighthouse flashing
out Its Morse signal for the benefit Of
aircraft flying by night or through
fog. Pilots will carry code books en-
abllng them to note their positions
from the signals of the beacOns.
The neon light at Corydon has been
so successful that similar beacons are
to be placed at intervals along the
main air routes, the landing grounds
having the more powerful lights.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-03-15
Many Boone Descendants

Word from Kentucky indicates pio-
neer stock is not running out In this
scendant Of Daniel Boone. is the IA
ther of twenty-four children, includ-
ing three sets OF twins. There are
two children by first marriage,
eleven by second marriage, and the
present Mrs. Webb Is the mother of
eleven more. We foresee regiment
Of grand and Observation-Disclosures
Louisville COurier-JOurnal.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-03-15
Both Naked

The archdeacOn of Nottingham was
taking a fling at the younger genera
ton. "They are quite beyond me-"
he admitted, "and their lack of rev.
erence is appalling. Very soon think
I shall have to put sign on the door
Of the ministry reading:
"'Men, take your hats off; wom-
en-, put your skirts on Los An
Reles Times.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-03-15
Gas Mask for Housewives

Fumes from onions are kept from
the nostrlls and eyes by gas mask
which has been especially adapted to
domestic instead of war use. It is
easily slipped on or of and affords
an unobstructed vision through wide
lenses. 1t may also be used by hay
fever victims to avoid dust.-Popular
Mechanics Magazine.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-03-15
Tn. UnLind.., Gu. Of All.

"Pull over to the curb" growled the
traffic policeman.
"Whnt's the matterr' asked the In.
dignant motorlst.
81 just wanted to ask you," said the
officer sarcasticai1y. "if back seat
';rlver had taught you how to drive,
bats all"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-03-15
Out Of Order

Impatient Customer Can't you
serve me? I'm In a hurry. Two
pounds OF liver.
Butcher-SOrry, madam, but three
others were here before you. You
surely don't want your liver out Of
order!
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-03-15
Mea,urs, Nina Current,

To detect air flow and measure its
velocity In mine shafts, little bulb
instrument developed by the United
States bureau of mines elects puff
Of smoke which can be photographed
to show the direction Of the air cur
rents. The unit Is servlceable also
in the study Of other ventilating prob
lens
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-03-15
To Preserve White Stag

Steps have been taken to protect
the white stag which was recently
found in the Relnhard forest, near
Cassel, Germany. Because of its
rarity the animal, a. perfect snow
white specimen, is attracting much in
terest. 1t is one and one-half years
old and quite normal and healthy.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-03-15
Couldn't Afford To

The Dner-Thls chops as tough as
leather. Are you quite sure your
chef didn't broIl scrap of leather
for me by mistake?
The Manager-l'll see, sir. n he
lid the mistake Is inexcusable con.
sidcring the high price OF leather.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-03-15
Not Always

Wife (sadly) AYou don't love me
any more.
Husband-Most certainly do.
She-Then why do you rush off to
the club?
He-My dear, absence makes the
heart grow fonder, you know.