Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-23

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Henry MeLemore. card.
At first, you are going to resent
giving UP a coupon and paying
money for gasoline at the same
time. You will find yourself hand
ing over a coupon after getting your
four gallons of gasoline and driving
briskly away. And you'll be mad
at the filling station attendant when
he calls you back and asks for a
little cash, too.
You'll become a pump watcher.
In the old days no one looked at the
pump to see If he got 6, 7, 8 or Is
gallons. 1t didn't particularly mat
ter. But once you are rationed.
you'll watch that pump gauge like
bird dog on point. And you'll
find yourself demanding that the
filling station man not only drain
the hose but wiring 1t. You'll want
that last thimbleful Of gas, and II
necessary will fight for 1t.
16-Cylinder Job Scorned.
For the first time in your life you
won't envy the banker his limousine.
Remember how all of us wanted q
l6-cylinder Job with q hood block
long, windows that rolled up and
down at a touch, and cushions so
long that they could be made up
into a bed?
You'll have the laugh now. That
is the worst kind of car in the
world to own on an A card. If you
envy at all, it will be the follow
with Model A that sounds like
motorboat on lonely lake, or with
an Austin so small that every time
he gets into it he lays himself open
for an offer from vaudeville cir
cult as contortionist. The envy Of
all of us in our home town is Will
liam, a colored boy who owns an
Eskine. Yes, an Erskine. 1t was
built just a few years before the
Spanish American War and served
as float in Dewey's welcome home
parade.
William has had fantastic offers
for this machine, despite the fact
that it hasn't had pane of glass in
its windows since 1914, hasn't had
drop of paint on 1t since long be-
fore Sherwin- Williams was incor-
porsted, and makes noise going up
the street like brow-beaten sewing
machine. But the word has gone
around that William gets % miles
to the gallon in his Erskine. William
has risen to station of eminence.
People who used to laugh when Will
liam went by in his mobile junk pile,
now speak of how far-sighted he
was, and there is talk of running
him for some public office.
One Of the delights of gasoline
rationing is that you don't have
to spend any Of your time taking
friends and acquaintance from one
place to another. There Is an un-
written law in rationed areas that
no one asks any one to drop him
of here or there. You Just don't
go out of your way, even one block
out Of your way, to accommodate
any one. You will at first. but just
as soon as you learn just how short
distance one A coupon will
move your car, you turn your thumbs
down and let John or Charley or
Minnie or Phyllis get home the best
way they can.
A Card Is Equalizer. :
Another delight is what IL does
for home life. You'll have to stay
at home, and you are certain to find
pleasures in your own home you
never knew about before.
We know a fellow who was about
to get a divorce-said he didn't get
along with his wife, couldn't UNDER
stand her-who is now a contented
husband who purrs with happiness
great deal of the time. BY having
to stay home, by not being able to
get to the golf course, the race track,
the club, and all of his other haunts,
he discovered his wife. He found
that she was a swell companion and
just the sort Of girl he had been
looking for for years. He is think
ing Of sending Mr.. Henderson a tie
for Christmas, he is so appreciative.
And there is another delieht-the
way 1t draws Americans together.
The A card is the great equalizer.
1t puts every one on the same foot
ing, and before you know 1t you'll
be talking over your transportation
problems with people you once
turned up your nose at. And you'll
find it's fun. There are a lot of
grand, lovely people in this world.
and the sooner we all know one an
other, the better 1t will be. 5
I'd better stop now. I'll start
preaching sermon any minute.
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