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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18
MILADY'S MOTORING
BIZ FREDERICK @. RUSSELL

body and tenders Is best accomplished
by doing the work in the shade on a
dry, clear day. Waxing is hard work
and never should be undertaken unless
you have time to rub it down properly.
Women who remember the time when
papa used to halt suddenly on the
Sunday outing to get everybody rush
ing for brook water to cool the burning
brakes probably have some idea of how
external contracting brakes operate.
An asbestoS-lined band wraps around
metal drum attached to the wheel
and squeezes it when the brake pedal is
pressed. But internal expanding brakes
are concealed inside the drum and may
not be quite clear to everybody.
In principle they are equally SIM
pie as the external type, but in actual
design they often are quite complicated.
Shoes instead of bands do the pressing
against the drum in the newer arrange
ment. These are lined with woven or
nodded asbestos and move outward to
engagement with the inside of the drum
when in operation.
Usually there are two shoes to each
brake. but the three-shoe type is quite
popular and one make of car was de-
signed with the shoes broken up into
numerous SegmentS. The idea of the
latter was to provide for uniform pres
sure of the shoes on the drum all
around. In the three-shoe type, in par
ticular, just the reverse condition Is
found. Here the third shoe wedges
with powerful force, hence the name
"self-energiZing."
Operation Of these shoes thus re-
quires more intradrum mechanism,
with springs to return the shoes to the
released positions, adjustment screws
and the like. The great advantage, of
course, lies In the fact that such brake
mechanism is protected against the
elements as well as road dirt.
Brakes, by the way, are the biggest
factors In gas wastage. The more you
have to use them the more evident it
Is that you have been using more en-
CINE power than you need.
Those who have mulled over the eter-
nal question as to who is the better
driver, he or she, may find something
enltghtening in the observation made
by impartial judges. who find that
whereas women seem to make a great
er number of little, irritating errors, 1t
Is man who takes the big risks. Milady
doesn't appear to have acquired such
skill as to keep over to her own side of
the road, but she seldom Is guilty of
trying to pass another car near the
top of hill Women for the more deli
cate infraetions Of the law, as one OBJ
server puts 1t. and men for the big
skla.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18
MANY BUYING CARS
AND PAYING LATER
Sales on InstaIIment Plan
Shown to Have Increased
IL Per Cent.

An increase of approximately IL per
cent IN the number Of motorists pur-
chasing automobiles on the installment
plan Is shown by an analysis Of the
annual reports filed for 1929 by the all
largest automobile financing companies
in the United States.
The analysis, made by the American
Motorists Association, shows that dur
ing the year there was total of 3,44l,-
500 automobiles financed by the Ali
companies, the total financing involved
age Of 1881 per vehicle.
1,e15,662 Listed as New Cars.
OF the total number of cars financed,
approximately 1,615,662 were new cars,
the average financing per car being
about $500. The remainder, 1,825,967,
were secondhand cars, the average
financing per car being estimated at
$305 per vehicle.
The best comparison, showing an in
crease in installment purchasing of au-
gotten from comparative figures COM
piled from the reports Of 325 identical
automobile financing concerns for the
last half Of 1928 and 1929.
The reports for the last six months
of 1929 show a total Of 1,540,3 69 auto
mobiles financed by these 1926 concerns,
an increase of 400 400 transactions over
the last six months of 1928. The 1929
period involved total financing of
sos, 573,318, an increase of $162,515 900
over the six months period of 1928.
Trend Toward Closed Models.
"One of the most interesting phases
of the survey" it is pointed out by
Thomas j. Keefe, general manager of
the A. M. A., "is the trend of the auto
mobile buyer toward closed models
The following figures, taken from sta
tistics furnished by the automobile
manufacturers, show clearly the motor
lists growing preference for closed
rather than open cars:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18
AUTO PRODUCTION
NEAR APRIL RECORD
Current Operation Virtually
Same and May Represent
Peak of Year.

Although unofficial figures indicate
that April automobile output has ex-
ceeded that of March by a substantial
margin, it is doubtful If production for
the current month will greatly exceed
that Of last month, according to B. H.
Cram, president of Grams Automotive
Reports, Inc.
Current operations continue on virtu-
ally the same basis as have been in ef-
feet for the past four weeks, and 1t
appears that the induStry's peak for the
present year will be stabilized at present
levels. Retail sales continue to show
improvement, with the chief activity
restricted to the low-priced market. An
important development of the past two
weeks, however, Is the gain in demand
for high-priced cars, and with this divi-
sion of the industry reaching more
normal levels, abnormal inactivity is
generally confined to the medium priced
cars. Dealers stocks of new and used
cars remain the same, and reposSeSsionS
are showing an increasing tendency.
Production Of commercial vehicles
continues to gain very gradually, and
in all probability the May output will
exceed that of April by slight margin.
In this branch Of the industry, as well
as In the passenger car division, 1t Is
felt that current levels represent the
peak for the year, and 1t Is felt that
from this time on it will be the prob
lem Of the manufacturers to cultivate
q market which will enable them to
maintain operations at levels now in
effect. An important development of
the past week is the increased interest
in heavy duty units, the proportion Of
sales OF this type truck as compared
with the light commercial cars Show
ing a marked increase. Bus sales are
reported as gaining In many parts Of
the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18
MILE OF PAVEMENT
TO COST 100000
Chicago Project Will Conn ct
North Shore Drive and South
Park Boulevard.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO.-A mile Of pavement that
will cost 10000, 900 Is under construc-
ton to link up Chicago's 80 miles of
lakefront super-highway.
It will connect the north shore drive
with the south park boulevard system.
This link, spanning the Chicago River,
ship canal, railroad yards, and docks,
Is expected to take $4,000 cars daily
from over-burdened Michigan boule-
ward.
Objections Of Federal and State Gov
ernmentS and scores of private owners
were overcome. Permission to erect a
viaduct over land and buildings was OBJ
tanned. An engineering problem was to
cut through row of old warehouses
The nonstop lakefront highway now
reaches $500 street numbers south, and
4,700 numbers on the north. Within
the next three years 1t will reach Evans
ton, the northern city limit.
Completion of the highway 10 the
city southern limits depends upon the
speed with which new land Is made
along the lake front. Much of the
outer drive south Of the loop" district
is on land which few years ago was
lake floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18

The secondhand market has been
many a family's way of reconciling the
two-car appetite with the one-car peck
etbook.
Some of these infants that go a-riding
in mothers arms as she manipulates
her lO0-horsepower motor lead q wild
life and may, In their infantile way, re-
alize 1t. Only the other day a mother
swung from the extreme right-hand
side of the street into private drive
way on the left without even so much
as putting out her left arm or touching
the brake pedal to flash stop signal
to the party behind.
/ have notion that the binabo cried
"Da-da!"
Incidentally, you do not have to press
down on the brake pedal far enough to
slow down your car in order to fash
the stop signal and warn the driver OF
some change in the course you are
taking.
I find that lot Of women have trou-
BILE starting now that warmer weather
Is here simply because they hold the
choke out too long after the engine
starts. This does not mean, however,
that the choke should be pushed all the
way in again. The most effective rule
is to pull the choke all the way out and
then push 1t half way in the instant
the engine gets into action. Pull 1t a
little farther out for moment to keep
the engine from stalling, If necessary.
Necessity may be the mother of in
vention, but apparently she Is also
parent of driving ability. Women who
have tried to master the automobile,
only to give 1t up as an impossible job,
should ponder this point. Many man
has succeeded in passing over the rough
spots in his driving just because he had
to as matter of necessity. ANY woman
who experiences difficulty keeping on
through the period of schooling in the
driving should undertake certain obl-
cations which call for driving the car
somewhere every day.
It's the best way to get over the fear
Of incompetency.
One of the newest in accelerators is
a fiat type that curves to the left at
It's upper end. Man places his broad,
fiat shoe over the complete pedal;
woman puts her high heel on the toe
board and presses the curved end of
the pedal with the tip of her shoe.
That's making it truly Family carl
It makes a difference where and when
you are endeavoring to groom the car.
The window glass, for example, never
should be polished in sunlight, Is this
makes the work not only more difficult
but lass satisfaeteFy. PeAshinG q ina
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Maryland

Beechaven Inn, Waldorf Road. Route 8.
Blue and Grey Tea ShOppe, Frederick Route 2AO.
Brooke Manor, Ashton Route "a.
Burritt's Tea House, Rockville Pike. Route 2A0.
Colonial Inn, Westminster. Routes AO-29, 240-31 or
240-1S-32.
Cross Inn, Gaithersburg Route A0.
Curiey'& Ridge. Route 8.
Emmtt House, EmmitSburg. Routes 34O-1k
Hotel Frederick Route 240.
The Harvard Inn, beyond Laurel. Route I.
Hungerford Tavern, Rockville. Route 2zo
Lafayette Tea Room, Frederick Route 2z0
Miller Bros. Baltimore. Route az ~.
Mrs. KS Toll House Cavern COlesville Pike. Reute a.
Log Inn Annapolis Baltimore Blvd. Routes S0-a.
The Old Homestead, Georgia Ave- Rfke. Route 30.
Olney Inn Olney Route g.
Peter Pan Inn Urbana. Route 90.
Piney Point Hotel, Piney Point. Route g.
Swanns Hotel, Piney Point Route 5.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18
CANADA RANKS THIRD
IN NUMBER OF CARS
Ottawa Statistics Show U. s. Lead
ing in Per Capita
Auto Ratio.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
OTTAWA, Ontario. May 1T.-Canada
yAnks third among all countries In the
number Of motor cars in use, but has
only about half as many per capita as
the United States, where the ratio Is
approximately one car TO every As per-
sons, latest available statistics reveal.
Registered motor vehicles in Canada
rose to a total of 1,193,8 89 in 1929, rep
resenting one for every 80 of the popu-
latton. Total revenue collected from
registration, drivers licenses and other
fees amounted to $22 $4,000. while gas
oline taxes yielded $18,760,000
These figures exceed those for the
entire revenues of the provinces three
decades ago. Motor vehicle fees are
earmarked for highway maintenance.
Last year there was an increase of II
per cent in the number of cars regis
tered over the record for 1923, and an
increase Of rs per cent in taxes from
this source.
(Copyright, 1880, by Chicago Daily News)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18
AUTOS HEAD LIST

In every month of the year automo-
biles continue to be the most important
cause of accidental death. Records of
seasonal variation show that fewer
accidents occur in February than any
other month. This Is due In part to
February being the shortest month, and
partly because the number Of motor
OF weather conditions. In May and
June heightened travel produces an
immediate reflection In the accident
column, and these increases reach their
maximum in July and August, accord
ing to the Accident Statistics Bureau.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18
Paris First Auto
Is Still Running,
With Horses Aid

PARIS, Ark. ND.-The horse has
the laugh on Paris first automobile.
Ed Bartsch built it in the early
loO0s, ran it for a year and then
took the motor out.
Dobbin is still pulling the gasless
buggy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18
KEEPING THE OIL CLEAN
Device Known as Filter Installed
on Autom obilea.

on Automobiles.
Did you know that there is q device
on automobiles that keeps the oil clean?
It Is called the oil filter.
In 10000 miles of driving the oil filter
removes as much as two pounds of dirt,
sludge and other foreign matter from
the oil, thus preventing this destructive
material from injuring the engines
moving parts such as bearings, piston
rings. p1stons cylinder walls, etc.
After 10000 miles of driving It is i'm
portant that the filtering element of the
Oil filter be serviced, as after this mile
age it becomes filled with foreign mat
ter taken from the oil and ceases to
function at highest efficiency. If your
car has been driven 10000 miles you
should drive it to your service station
Immediately for this service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18
No Change Needed.

From the Wheel
Father-But don't you want to learn
how to make change?
son-What forP I'm going to be q
taxi driver?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18
Not Unusual.

From the wheel.
First Motorist- the handle
to this car door, anyhow
Second MotoFist-Undsr the ntntn
remnant from The xaah
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Virginia

Colonial Beach Hotel, Colonial Beach. Route 1-sT.
Continental Tea sheppe Fredericksburg. Route 1.
The Duck Inn, Upper Road to Alexandria Route 1.
0ray's HIN Inn, Richmond Road. Route /.
Morueahoe Kim INN. beyond Falls Church. Route 81.
TIA IAttls Tea House. Upper Road 10 Alexandria
Route ].
Renn-Daw. RiChnaonA Road. Route l.
Red Fox Tavsgn. AzIddHebuzw. Routes ELIZA
The Tazry Tavern, Richmond Road. Route !.
Warren Green Hotel Warrenton. Route 4ll o.
Routes 211-5O-15.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18

Man has modelled his airplanes after
them. He makes planes In streamline
form with as few projecting parts as
possible. Just putting a streamline
cowling or specially shaped air-shield
around the landing wheels may add
from to is miles an hour to the top
speed of the plane. Putting well de-
signed cowlfhg around the engine may
add a like amount to the speed Which
gasoline and power, or else, with the
same engine, can go faster and farther
with the same amount Of fuel.
Changing the automobile body so
that it can compete in economy with
Natures beauties or with mans air.
planes presents many problems which
are being overcome but slowly. Cues
tions off appearance tend to prevent
radical changes at once. Convention
has established a type OF body, or num-
Der of types, which, while not very
desirable from the point Of view OF
air resistance, have stood for about
People are accustomed to seeing this
style of body; they do not, perhaps,
fully realize the advantages to be
gained from a rather radical departure
from conventional forms, and, more
than this, quantity production has
caused thousands of dollars to be in
vested in costly production machinery
which cannot be scrapped without great
loss.
Certain it is that the general outline
of automobiles has been improved and
parts such as headlights have been
given a fairly good shape to get the
minimum amount of head resistance.
Tenders, though the design has been
considerably improved, still stick out
like sore thumbs and patiently wait
their turn to acquire dent. The rear
end is usually relatively blunt and
square, creating a considerable area Of
low pressure In the rear, even at what
are today moderate speeds.
II Is claimed that the body designers
draw the models a. they wish than TO
The Washington times., 1930-02-19
NEWS OF PERSONS EVENTS THE SOCIAL LIFE OF WASHINGTON
Mrs. KinchelOe Is
Hostess At Luncheon
And Concert Today

Mrs. David II. Klncheloe,
wife Of Representative Kinche-
loe, entertained at luncheon to-
day.
Her guests included Mrs.
Thomas B.. Schall, Mrs. Walter
H. Newton, Mrs. Arthur M.
Free, Mrs. Markham c. Carver,
Mrs. Boris w. Gregory, Mrs.
e. A. Morse, Mrs. Buela Alex
ander. Mrs. Fred 8. Purnell,
Mrs. Edwin Shield, Mrs. Charles
Elliott, Miss Virgil Moore, Mrs.
Georgia Knox Berry, Mrs. Ed
win P. Morrow, and Mrs. Will
lam H. Swallow.
After luncheon Mrs. Purnell
and Mrs. Morse sang a group
Of songs, and Jean Kincheloe
played the piano.
kAk
Home Tomorrow
Mrs. Henry j. Allen, wife
Of Senator Allen, Of Kansas,
will receive informally tomor.
row afternoon In her apart
ment at the Mayflower and
will also be at home again on
Thursday, February ~.
The Washington times., 1930-02-19
LEAGUE WILL
HAVE NEW
EXHIBIT

Now that the Junior League
is established in their new
headquarters at Connecticut
Avenue and @ Street, exhibits
from various parts Of the coun-
try are the order Of the day.
Mrs. Bascom e. Copenhaver,
Of Marion, Va, will hold an
exhibit Of colonial coverlets at
the clubroorn, March II and l8.
Mrs. Copenhaver has built
up a remarkable weaving in
dustry in the hills of Virginia.
Shortly after the war she Or
ganized q group Of men and
women who could weave cover
lets In the old way from
antique designs. With the
superior quality Of the work,
she gained fame for herself
In various parts Of the world.
Queen Mary Of England was
so charmed with q coverlet
WAAACAI A411 NOPCkA41dVNA u4dAG
for her, that she sent q letter
. of thanks.
These facts about Mrs. Copen-
haver were published in Sher-
wood Anderson's Marion Demo
crat.
Gone South
Mrs. James Parsons, ,of Chevy
Chase, Md, has gone to Char
lotte, N. c., to visit her SON.
in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Marvin Maddox.
Mrs. Robert Ash is entertain
ing at tea this afternoon from
4 until 8 o'clock in honor Of
Mrs. Clifford Folger. Assisting
at the table will be Mrs. John
w. Philip, wife Of the Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General,
and Mrs. James Ellwood Jones.
Members Of the younger set
have been invited to meet Mrs.
Folger, who came here recently
to make her home. She was
the former Miss Mary Rather
inc Dulin, Of Knoxville, Tenn.
The Washington times., 1930-02-19
Mrs. Gam To Assist
At Tea GiUen By.
Mrs. Allen TOMORROW

Mrs. Henry j. Allen, wife of
Senator Allen of Kansas, who
will receive informally tomor-
row afternoon in her apart
ment at the Mayflower. will be
assisted by Mrs. Edward Everett
Gam, Mrs. George H. Moses,
Mrs. Thomas D. Schall, Mrs.
Charles L. McNary, Mrs. Arthur
H. Vandenberg, Mrs. U. s.
Guyer, Mrs. L. w. Pettijohn,
Mrs. Barton Y. Reed, Mrs. Frank
w. Bacon, and Madame Won
LewinSki.
Dinner Sunday
Mrs. George Mesta will enter
tain at dinner on Sunday in
compliment to the Secretary of
War and Mrs. Patrick j. Hurley.
Following the dinner, Ed
ward Johnson. Metropolitan
Opera tenor, will given a con-
cert of songs, with q few
operate arias by request. He
will return Immediately to New
York following his appearance.
y Il "
Mrs. James J. Davis, wife Of
the Secretary of Labor. will
leave on Saturday for Florida
with Mrs. James Elwood Jones.
They will first go to Miami.
Mrs. Davis will return to Wash
ington, March 4.
She is receiving this after
noon,
The Washington times., 1930-02-19
Three Morgan Sisters
Are Again Reunited
After Years Apart

The First Secretary Of the
American Embassy in Paris and
Mrs. Benjamin Thaw, jr., are
entertaining the latter's sisters,
Viscountess Furness and Mrs.
Reginald Vanderbilt.
This is the first reunion Of
the three sisters, known in their
debutante days as the Magical
MorganS," in many years.
They are the daughters Of the
United States Consul General
to Buenos Aires and Mrs. Harry
Hays Morgan.
Mrs. Vanderbilt, who was Miss
Gloria Morgan, and Lady Fur
ness, who was Miss Thelma
Morgan, are twins. Mrs.
Vanderbilt is spending the
winter in London, where Lord
and Lady Furness have their
town house.
Mrs. Thaw, who was Miss
Consuelo Morgan, was formerly
the Countess de MaupaS. Prior
to Mr.. Thaw's recent appoint
ment to Paris, she made her
home in Washington.
Society Circus
The Secretary Of the
Treasury, Andrew w. Mellon,
heads the list Of boxholders for
the Society Horse Show to be
staged at the Riding and Hunt
Club on Saturday, March /.
other subscribers include
Senator and Mrs. James
Couzens, whose daughter, Mrs.
william JeffrieS Chewing, will
exhibit her, mount in several of
the everItS; General and Mrs.
william D. Connor, General
and Mrs. Henry T. Allen, Mrs.
E. st. John Greble, Mrs. Rush
more Patterson and Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman.
kH*
Mrs. Gibson FahneStock has
issued invitations for q musi-
Gale tomorrow evening at $50
o'clock when the artists will
be Miss Gretta Bon. Scottish
soprano, and Alessandro Mic.
coti, violinist.
The Washington times., 1930-02-19
DUCHESS KIRA
PRESENT AT
LECTURE

A brilliant audience heard
DR.. Louis Anspacher lecture on
Julius Caesar" this morning
at the Willard. This lecture,
the second in the series, proved
even more popular than the
previous one. and Washington
society turned out en- masse
for the event.
Many luncheon parties were
given in the crystal room i'm.
mediately following. Mrs. Rob-
ert Whitney Imbrie entertained
in honor Of DR.. Anspacher, her
ranking guest being the Ambas-
sador Of Brazil, s. Gurgel do
Amaral. Other guests were the
Minister of Nicaragua and
Sonora de Sacasa, Mrs. Sol
Bloom, Miss Vera Bloom, Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Harry Pinck-
ney Huse, the Military Attache
Of the Cuban Embassy and
Sonora de Prieto, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Conger Baldwin, Mrs.
Henry F. Dimock, Mrs. Alvin
Dodd, 1t. Col. Edmund Hum.
phrey Storer.
Mrs, Walter r. Tuckerman
entertained 80 guests in honor
Of Madame de Rodriguez-Capo
wife of the Counselor of the
Cuban Embassy, her ranking
guest being the Grand Duchess
Kira.
Mrs. Samuel Jordan Graham
was hostess at a luncheon for
a group Of friends, guests at
the lecture.
At Home Tomorrow
Mrs. Patrick j. Sullivan and
Miss Margaret Sullivan. wife
and daughter Of Senator Sulli-
van Of Wyoming, will be at
home tomorrow afternoon in.
their apartment at the May
flower. Mrs. Sullivan will be
assisted by Mrs. John B. Kend-
rick. Mrs. Henry F. Ashurst,
and Mrs. Leo Welch.