Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15

The lamb doesn't follow Mary to
school these days because so miles an
hour is too fast.
There is more than a laugh in the
news item that a motorist sent for a
detective to locate knock in the en-
gine. Many hours of futile search and
many dollars in wasted servicing can be
spared by getting at the facts behind
the fuss. 1t brought to mind the story
Of the woman who couldn't get proper
results from her car. Gas mileage was
surprisingly low. Carbon collected at a
great rate. There was no power or pep.
A salesman discovered that she used
the choke button on which to hang her
handbag. Each time she drove into the
service station and got out of the car,
of course, she took the bag with her
and left the mechanics to grope in mys-
terry.
The man who sold you your car in
cidentally can be very useful detective
If you will call him some day when you
can't start. He may discover that you
are in high gear or haven't switched on
the ignition. Perhaps you will have
been choking when the engine is hot.
Give him chance. Your dissatisfac-
ton won't help him sell cars.
We don't know thing about this
weird science of numerology, but one
way everybody else on the road will get
your number is to run along so fast in
low gear when you start away in traffic
that you can't shift until you let the
car slow down. That sort of stopping
doesn't furnish the drivers behind any
signal since your stop light works only
from the brake.
The woman who gets the usual retort
l. l. - -
plains to friend husband that the brakes
are hard to apply should be interested
to learn that one of the specialists on
braking equipment is putting out a de-
vice that measures the amount of en-
ergy needed in pressing the pedal.
GuesSwork and tired muscles will soon
be out Of the picture.
Several times have heard of women
calling taxi when they realize they
have flooded the engine with gas in a
careless or perhaps too impatient at
tempt to start Just a little patience,
even after this difficulty would quickly
put the car into running condition. The
trick is to crank with the throttle open
and the choke unused. This expels the
oVerrich mixture and gets the cylinders
ready for normal start.
The best of brakes may suueal a
little if they are applied too lightly.
Vibration Of the brake shoes explains it.
There are plenty of yarns to prove
the point that friend husband risks
his automotive property when he lets
milady take the wheel, but here's one
that varies the theme When Mr.. x.
took the wheel of Nine. KS car he
drove it into a tree along the driveway
while trying to step on the brakes. 1t
seems that madame had equipped the
accelerator pedal with an extension
which hubby had failed to note.
Now, if this helps to even up the
score let me put my oar in with
suggestion to both parties that when
either takes the wheel of the others
car any changes or special precautions
necessary TO be observed should be
mentioned. Silence may be serious.
When waiting at the school house
for the children the woman who drives
a photographed car is lucky indeed.
Boredom need not trouble her. even
though the Riddles may be tardy get
ting out. Moreover, the worse the