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o U THE BEAVER HERALD. BEAVER, OKLAHOMA ft .1 m HANDLE NEW GAR WITH MUCH CARE After First Trip Go Over Nuts and Bolts and Make Sure They Arc All Tight. MAKE FREQUENT INSPECTIONS Driver Should Scrutinize Lubrication Chart and Familiarize Hlmtelf With Location of Every Create Cup and Oil Hole. It Is of prime Importance to handle the new car carefully. After tlio first trip take n wrench and go over every nut and bolt to make certlan they are all tight. The engine parts should receive especial attention, for the slightest defect will result In misfiring and poor carburetlon, writes Wllllnm II. Stewart In New York Times. Make your Inspections frequently for the first 1,000 miles until the car has worn In somewhnt, then you can re lax your vigilance a bit. Make a thorough study of your In struction book. Look at the lubrica tion chart nnd familiarize yourself with the location of every 'grease cup and oil hole, then sco that they are kept filled properly. This will Insure you against worn parts or scored bear ings and, Incidentally, allow you to learn the lubrication system thorough ly. New Car It Stiff. When an automobile Is built the en glne has been run but little and every part Is fitted tight to make them snug after the roughness has worn off. Con sequently the car Is very stiff and will not show much speed until those parts wear In. So don't exceed twen-ty-flvo miles an hour until the speed ometer registers 1,000 miles. By so doing ench part will "find Itself' nnd you will bo perfectly safe In exceeding thirty mires per hour. If you force n car before It has obtained the 1,000 mllc3 It will result In a noisy engine and premature repairs. Drain off the oil every fiOO miles and replace It with fresh. The quan tity of grit and dirt that comes from the crank-case Is usually surprising. The bearings nnd pistons throw off small particles of metal which It not removed with tlio old oil will work Into tlio bearings and cause trouble. Perhaps the motor will show a ten dency to overheat when new. Don't let this worry you for It Is merely the friction caused In wearing off the rough surfneo of the engine. Drive Intelligently and use plenty of oil and water and soon this trouble will dis appear. Clean Body Carefully. The body cleaning should be done very carefully for the first month or in. Ube a simple flow of water, with out spray or force, otherwise the fin ish will be marred. The longer you drive without unnecessary cleaning, the hnrder the varnish will become. Do n6t nllow the engine to race or to run when the car Is standing. Self starters are made to bo used and It Is good for the battery to bo operated Intelligently. Keep the tires fully Inflated soft tires consume power as well as de stroy themselves'. Keep the carburetor adjusted at the leanest possible mixture a lean mix ture reduces carbon deposits. Don't try to economize by purchas ing tlio "Just ns good" oil. Buy the best grndo and change tho supply about every 000 miles. This will be most economical In the long run. If you follow the car driven by an expert you will notice that he main tains a constant speed; that he docs not loaf along and then suddenly Jump to forty miles an hour. More gasoline Is used when you accelerate. Select a safe driving speed, making only gradual speed changes when It Is nec essary. CAR LEAPS OVER a new invention by At. auuthier, a well-known French automobile en gineer, makes It possible for any light cat to leap through the air over ob structions. Tho device In the rear of the machine does the trick. The photo shows a test car, equipped with tlio Gauthler device, making a high leap In Paris recently. The device is controlled from the chauffeur's seat. AUTOMATIC WARNING AT GARAGE ENTRANCE Pedestrians Notified That Car Is Approaching. Strong Spring Set Into Cement Floor Across Exit Qlves Alarm When Weight of Machine Patset Over It on One End. The plan of having an electric auto mobile horn placed In the cntranco of a garage to notify pcdestrlnns that a car Is about to cross the sidewalk Is not a new one, but tho operation of the horn usually depends on the mem ory of an employee. Link motions for doing this automatically can, of course, be built in many different ways, but are likely to give trouble from being too complicated, from failure to work at the right time, or a possibility of working nt the wrong time. In the Illustration, n long lever Is set Into tlio cement floor across Uie garage exit, having underneath It a A Well-Arranged and Strongly Sup ported Floor Lever Makes Practi cable an Automatic Arrangement for the Qarage Entrance. strong spring, so that It cannot be do pressed by tho weight of a man any where upon It, or by tho weight of a car, except as a wheel crosses Its outer end. The end near the hinge Is sunk flush with the door. A simple link motion pushes ft button which connects tlio horn either to a battery of dry cells, or to the six-volt testing mains, which nro available In many garages. Popular Mechanics Maga zine. AUTDMQBILE sr GOSSIP A 34 by 4 tiro In going 5,000 miles revolves 8,871,840 times. Automobiles In North Carolina rep resent on Investment of $140,000,000. New Tork city now has 1,103 nuto mobllo dealers, nn Increase within a year of 35 per cent. The Savannah Automobile club In Gcorgln Is planning to hold motor car races once a month. Do not clutch tho wheel with a vise-like grip. It is not strength which guides tlio car, but surcness of hand. Colorado, with n registration of 128,051 motor vehicles, averaged a consumption of 309 gallons of gasoline per car last year. Saskatchewan, with a total of 00,352 automobiles and 424 motorcycles, now stnnds second In Canada, In regard to the number of registered motor ve hicles. While the Automobile Club of no Chester, N. Y., Is one of tho largest motor cJubs in the country, plans of n membership campaign are under way to boost the roll to 10,000 members. Because of perfect year-round con ditions, motor vehicles In Florldn con sumed on nn average of 042.7 gallons of gasoline last year. Tlio nverage consumption In tho United States Is 450 gallons. OBSTRUCTIONS MV BETTER ROADS irsjj. SAFETY FIRST FOR CHILDREN Many Requirement! Furnish Variety of Topics for Essays and Oral Discussion, trrepared by the United States Depart ment ot Agriculture) Tho many requirements for safety will furnish n variety of topics for school children's essays and ornl dis cussion. The dangers of railroad crossings at grade, the economic Jus tification for abolishing them, the Im portance of un unobstructed view up nnd down the track as a vehicle approaches, and the disadvantage of shuip turns, etc., are suggestive subjects. Similarly there might also be mentioned the questions raised by street intersections and turns. In every town there nro many crossings where the nutolst's view Is unnec essarily limited by fences, shrubbery, or buildings; or where shnrp curves with limited visibility Invite serious accidents. Ouldcposts, markers, nnd other blgns for the most elllclent guid ance of tralllc through thickly settled communities also nro part of the bigger nnd more Inclusive .topics of the economic Importance of safety and guidance the actual money value of human life and of accident prevention. Another question, In solving which the engineer nnd economist will need the help of enlightened public opinion (nnd this enlightenment should start In the public schools), Is that of the relation of the public highways to railroads nnd canals. The advnntnge of long hauls by roll nnd short hauls by motor truck; feeding Into main terminal points by rndlutlr? systems at highways; a division of the trans portation burden by parallel bjstcms of wnter, rail, and road transporta tion, nre some of tho subdivisions of this general heading. This listing of topics is not Intended to be complete or exact, but merely suggesthe. Those which refer to con struction could best be utilized when construction work Is In progress In the vicinity of a school. Many of tho other topics may be studied from maps, of which the students might ho required to make tracings or free-hand sketches showing the particular features for which cmphnsls Is desired, or regarding which the exerciso Is being written. Stnto highway depart ments often feel tho need of a better popular understanding of the problems of road construction, nnd their officials would doubtless co-operate In n hearty manner. Looking nliend, It Is ensy to see an actual shortage of men qualified to carry on the work of highway de velopment, so rapid Is the growth of the good-roads movement. Highway In- Small Boy's Method of Crossing a Stream. structlnn In high schools offers oppor tunity to state highway departments to develop n body of future citizens equipped with n better understanding of tlie r.cd for roads, and the problems likely to be met in building them, and, at the same time, to stimulate Interest In tlie profession of hlgliway engineer ing. Stntc deportments nnd county engi neers can help tenchers (1) by assign ing members of their staffs to deliver occasional lectures, simple In text and preferably illustrated with lantern slides; (2) by furnishing photographs of highways and construction work for clnssroom or leferenco use; (3) by assisting teachers In the explanation of work In progress which can be In spected by classes of students. Many states also Issue bulletins or reports which nre valuable for reference. Determine Road Cost. Some of the things which determine the cost of rond construction are: Cost of rjght of way; cost of clenr Ing nnd grubbing; amount nnd kind ot material to be excavated and amount of filling to he done; amount of ditching for surface dralnnge nnd tiling for sub-drnlnage; number and size of stream crossings necessitating culverts or bridges; cost of securing nnd placing material. Indorsed by President. The I.ee hlgliway project has been Indorsed by President Harding ns an appropriate memorial to tho southern leader, born In Virginia 114 years ago. Cost of Maintenance. Tlio annual cost of rood mainte nance In New York state, which in cludes merely the lighter repairs, ag gregates about $3,500,000. Paved Too Thin. Too many roads nro paved with good Intentions and nothing more. lifc 'it&ml CHOQSING GOWNS FOR BRIDESMAIDS SINCH the costumes of her mains must make n picturesque back ground for the eminence of her own bridal white, It Is the privilege of tho , brldu to chooto what they shall be. i And hero she may give her fancy a free rein; hut tlie chances aro that tlit enticing modes of today, drawn from so ninny periods, will keep It from wandering fur. If she chooses current stles this years' bride will live to prove the axiom that n thing of benuty Is n Joy forever. Taking Into consideration tho per sonality of her maids and nil other circumstances, the bride may elect to lmve them dressed In sprightly organdy or tnffeta, in quaint styles, or her choice may fall upon sheer voile, lnce or georgette. In all of theso there are colors that aro adorable. Two different types la gowns suited to bridesmaids are pictured above. Tlio quaint full-skirted Rtylo nt tho right requires tlie crlspness oforgnndlo Costumes of CiHOOSINO n costume for the bride J Ih n momentous matter, but not dllllcult. Choosing n costume for the mother of the hrldo or groom Is ab sorbingly Interesting und somewhat dllllcult. Abovu nil things theso mothers must nchluve distinction In their apparel for the great occasion and begin tills accomplishment by ex ercising taste that Is above reproach. They must not mnko tlie pathetic mis tnke of dressing too joutlifully or the commonplace one of selecting styles Hint are ordinary or too elderly, Tho choice In Rtyles depends upon tho sil houette more tlinn anything else, nnd that which has been found most be coming in the past should be retained. Some mothers, and grandmothers even, retain a youthful fuco nnd figure, nnd for them there are dignified ex amples of current styles that make t selection cisy. The two handsome IclyB "Wt or taffeta to Insure the bouffant skirt It Is trimmed with taffeta frills hav ing plcot edges utid sew'cd Into large disks that nre graduated In size. Tlie tight-fitting bodice has n round neck nnd short sleeves. A puff of net scl In at the neck Is a becoming Item, not to lie overlooked nnd tho flower trimmed lint. In a shape that suggests tliu poke bonnet, corresponds with the dress In style. Crepe-de-chlne, gcorgetto or othei supple wenves must be chotcn for' n gown like that at the left. It has o panel nt the front adorned With frills of luce and hangs straight at the bnck with cascaded drapery at tho sldei hanging In points nnd longer tliun the skirt. The bodlco has n square neck and elbow sleocs. l'lnln and figured chiffon or georgetto might bo used to gether In this dress, or wide lnce might mnkc tho ensealled drapery nnd nny ot tho sheer tissues tlio body ot the frocks. Distinction costumes pictured here are exnmpit, of stjle.s that may be worn with as surance. At tho left n gray georgette over satin Is covered with outline em broidery In silk cord nnd beads, nnd in nil In one color. Tho black laco dress with satin bodice at tho right of tho picture has n ribbon girdle, king's blue on ono slda nnd silver on tho other. The skirt of lnce flouncing reveals an npron of white lace over the black satin foun dation, The hat must bu Imagined In silver cloth and king's blue, with soft; full veil of black laco draped across the back. It Is a lovely ndornmeni for the gray hair of Its wearer. IW $f7?&i. cprruortT n vbuim tcwmi uncn AAEY GRAHAM BONNER. I COttliblll ItVlllliN MW.ni bNie THE ESCAPE. It hnd been n bnd time for the boy and tie girl nihcnturers when they thoiigl t (lint they might be carried nwn In Mr. Moving Man's trunk. "Why do you want to put us in th trunk?" the girl bad asked. "We might find you could sell for good deal at the market," the old man hnd said. "Well, won't you go In that way, please?" the boy bad asked, pointing In the direction of the, Hospitality Hotel. "No sir," tho old mnn hnd replied, "He hates that way," Miss Boiling Stone, or Mm. Moving Mnn had said. She co'ild be culled by both names correctly. "He's mail, you sec, because ho didn't get to the House ot Secrets. He doesn't want any one elso to t,et there. He didn't want tho long Journey there." The boy looked at the girl. They didn't know what to do. They were held tight and they looked at the now wide-open trunk. They couldn't hear to think they would be carried around In It, humped this way und that, and perhaps suffocated too, nnd yet they couldn't but believe that they would .somehow get buck to the real rond again so they could go on to the House of Secrets. "And we were to go to tho Hos pitality Hotel this very evening," said the boy. "I believe It's nlmoftt time." "Oh," snld tho girl suddenly, then she added very softly, "I'm free. Miss Boiling Store has gono to sleep standing up I Oh, you're free too. Let's hurry," Tlio old man had begun to snore. They htu'.'lea down the rond, run ning us hnrd as they could. They got well out of sight of the old man and woman, "Weren't they horrible?" nsked the boy. "But how strange flint they should fall asleep so suddenly," said the girl. "Not strnnge nt all," said a voice, and looking they snw a creature with "Quite Flustered." a lovely face but with n great black patch over his heart. It was over vliero the heart should be and It was In the shape of n heart but they thought he had a beautiful fuco and a lovely, kind expression. "Who nro you?" tho boy asked. "I'm n kind friend," said tho crea ture. He looked about tho slzo of Mr. Wood nif. "We'ro 'on our way to the Hos pitality Hotel," said the boy, Tho creature held his arms over his chest, as though to hide the blnck pntchand as though he had. made a great' mlstnko not to hide It In the first place. Ho seemed . quite flustered. "They fell asleep, those two you left," snld the creature, "because they couldn't keep awake nny longer. They never can accomplish anything nl the wny through. They always have to stop before It Is over. This time lc was lucky for you. They're not full of harm, nor do they meun to be cross nnd all of that. They Just go along trying everything and leaving It before It Is finished. "To be sure they thought of taking you away In a trunk but they wouldn't have taken you far. You'd have been too heavy and while the Moving Man carries that trunk he doesn't like to carry anything In It. And Miss Boil ing Stone, or Mrs. Moving Man, cares not to carry anything either. She won't even carry a moss blanket to put In thplr cottage, and they never keep a cottage any length of time. They have no real homo In conse quence. "Now boy and girl I say we have some sodn water. There Is a soda fountain down this road to refresh travelers on their wny. You're on your way, I con sec. That's what made Mr. Moving Man so mnil. He wnnted to keep mt from getting to the place ho had wnnted to go to but had never had the patience to keep on with the long Jouiney, He Is ono of these restless souls who makes everjonu else restless, or tries to. "Now, we'll go to the soda water fountain." One Petticoat Too Warm. It wns one or the first spring dnys nnd little r.llznbeth. ago four, who had been playing with some helghbor children, rushed Into the hoiise and throwing herself across ho mother's lap exclaimed; "Oh, miimnin, take oft some of my clothes I I'm a whole pet ticoat too warm!" . tl 'm & cl sa i