Bewnailfitdp “Bellefonte, Pa., 1 Pa., December 12, 1924. POINTERS FOR DRIVERS IN HILLY REGIONS, The inexperienced driver arriving for the first time in hilly regions is prone to think that “putting the car over the road” at a high speed covers all the rules for demonstrating driv- ing ability, in the opinion of J. B. Dickson, maintenance manager of Neel-Cadillac company. Good driv- ing, with due regard for engine and brakes, and conducive to long life of the car, means much more, he con- tends. “When a car is pulling steadily up ‘hill it is natural for the driver to think chiefly of the engine which is performing the heroic task,” says Mr. Dickson. “As it tops the summit and begins the steep descentitis equally natural for him to change his mental picture and think only of the brakes. So the instructed driver seeing ahead of him a stretch of roadway sloping downward, usually suits his muscular movement to this mental shift and transfers his foot from the accelera- tor to the brake pedal. “But, as most drivers know, and as those who do not know should learn, this is not always good driving nor safe driving. Stopping a car on a 10 per cent. down grade at a given speed is, of course, a greater load upon brakes than stopping on a level at the same speed. Yet in cars with ade- quate braking systems, properly ad- justed, it is not merely a question of being able to stop. We are talking about good driving, about using our transportation unit with due regard to long life and economical mainte- nance. “In using the automobile engine for braking it should be clear that the faster the engine is driven in rela- tion to the speed of the car, the great- er will be the resistance offered. On gradual declines the resistance offered by the engine when the transmission is in high gear, or direct drive, may be sufficient. On steeper grades it is best to shift into intermediate gear before beginning the descent. On very steep mountain grades, on which one should proceed slowly, it is advis- able to shift even into low gear. “In using the engine to assist the brakes it is natural to think it will help still further to switch off the ig- nition. Inconsistent as the statement may seem, this should not be done. Even when the throttle is closed enough fuel is admitted to the cylin- ders to drive the engine at a speed of about 300 revolutions per minute. If this fuel is not burned: it condenses on the cylinder wall and washes off the oil by which the pistons are lu- bricated. Also this condensed gas works by the pistons and rings, get- ting into the engine lubricant and di- luting it in excess of normal dilution. At the same time the power developed by the burning of this small amount of fuel is insignificant compared with the power absorbed. Switching off the ignition when coasting, with the car driving the engine, does not ap- preciably increase the resistance, and is almost sure to have injurious re- sults, even though the throttle may be closed. “If drvivers will learn these two les- sons about driving in hilly regions, to use the engine for braking purposes but. not to turn off the switch, and to sense the moment at which to shift into lower gears, they will be reward- ed by a better braking service, with fewer brake adjustments and longer life with better performance from the engine. As a matter of safety on ex- ceptionally steep grades it is wise to stop the car and engage a lower gear- ing to make the descent, which argu- ment gets back to the elementary rule of driving—‘When in doubt stop.”” Missed a Lot. Mother (reprovingly)—“When I was voung, girls never thought of do- ng, the things they do today.” Daughter—“Well, that’s why they didn’t do them.” ——It's all here and it’s all true. Buy at Home We pay taxes here and con- tribute to every public move- ment. And we sell Groceries that are as good as you can get anywhere. (ity Cash Grocery In Ordering Bread Don’t forget to enrich your table with our other baked goods that lend variety and deliciousness to your meals at little expense. BREAKFAST ROLLS CRULLERS COFFEE RINGS CAKES FANCY BUNS RAISEN BREAD CURRANT BUNS PIES They give you the same fod value as our wholesome Bread CITY BAKERY GALAIDA’S SANITARY Fish anda Oyster Market Bush Arcade—Both Phones Fish, Oysters and Dressed Poultry at All Times. Bell Telephone 82 M WINANS AAPA ANP — a Motor Cars Graham Bros. Trucks Hockman’s Garage Dodge Bros. ...The... Center Oil and Gas Co Distributors of $® Products Bottorf Bros. The EXIDE Battery Service Station Automobile Accessories, Radios and Supplies and Electrical Contractors Bottorf Bros. Service Quality Courtesy Bellefonte Motor Service Co W. F. McCOY General Repairs All Cars Tires Tubes Accessories “The MOON SIX” HUPMOBILE UNBREAKABLE Can’t Break, Crack or Leak A Le Boeuf Fountain Pen is Guaranteed Unbreakable Come in and Try to Break One The Mott Drug Co Hunter’s Book Store All Standard Lines Eaton’s and Craine’s Papers Blair Tablets Carter’s and Stafford’s Inks Dennison Goods Eversharp and Conklin Pencils Conklin and Moore Pens i A A a IT'S REAL SATISFACTION B ZooHtH py» UU EA ASA ANS AAAS ENP Ow We Invite you to drive it S over any Mountain you suggest. PENN STATE AUTO CO. DON'T BUY FROM The Potter-Hoy Hdw. Co. Unless you want Real Quality and Satisfaction for Your Money. | Before You Buy Any LUMBER, FLOORING, FINISH, SASH, DOORS, MILL WORK Get Shope’s Prices Bell 46 W United i Bellefonte Lumber Co MILL WORK SHINGLES BUILDING SUPPLIES ROUGH LUMBER LATH Bellefonte Lumber Co Enduring Gifts Quality Furniture... Showing the largest Lines of Exclusive trade-marked Furni- ture in Centre County W. R. BRACHBILL Spring St. Bellefonte, Pa. They Say they Know—that The Variety Shop China and Toy Departments are the Best in Centre County. Kom and C what U think. G. R. SPIGELMYER & CO. M. R. JOHNSON Marble and Granite CEMETERY WORK of every description Before You Vote BE SURE TO READ THIS We have nominated as our leaders the MODERN GLENWOOD STOVE W. W. Lawrence & Co’s READY MIXED PAINTS, Val- spar Varnishes, Enamels and Stains, H. P. SCHAEFFER, Hardware Put dS AAS AAS COAL! Our careful selection has ena- bled us to sell and deliver at any time the Best Grade of Coal mined in Centre county. Centre Co. Fuel & B’ldg Sup. Co NATHAN KOFMAN, Prop. ld EAA AIT Knisely’s Market Clean and Up-to-Date FISH OYSTERS BUTTER EGGS SMOKED MEATS West High Street Lyon & Co Lyon & Co We specialize in Ladies, Misses and Children’s Ready-tc Wear Come and see our Blankets and Comfortables Visit our store before you do your Winter buying. It will be a Big Saving to you. LYON & CO. = 4 Bellefonte Filling Station and Rest Room A Service Station for Impatient Motorists GREASES OILS GAS Confectionery Tobacco 0il Changed Free FRANK SASSERMAN, Prop. Russ-Bell’s Sodas, Ice Cream, Candy Martha Washington CANDIES Old Time Home Made Only a Few Christmas ure Watch Casebeer’s Windows For Suggestions ¥ C. D. CASEBEER Jeweler and Optometrist PU EE PASI MANY STILL LOVE T0 RE HUMBUGGED Seem Not to Mind Having “Some- thing Put Over” on Them the Least Bit. PINK PAJAMAS FOR SHIRY Mail Order Houses Find It Easy tc Make Substitutions Becaus: of the Cost of Making Exchanges. a. (Copyright.) It was a famous American showmar who declared that the American people love to be humbugged. That saying is many years old now but sometimes it seems that there is about as much truth in it now as there was when if was first uttered. People as a rule do not like the ides of having “something put over” on them, but from the way in which the great mail order houses in the big cities flourish it seems that a greal many people do not mind it a bit. The business man who, when he gets a call for an article which he has not in stock, attempts to substitute some other article of a similar nature with out telling the buyer of the substitu tion, is “putting something over” on his customer. Few retail merchants nowadays attempt to do a thing of thal kind. The great majority of merchants do not do this for two reasons. One reason is that they wouldn’t do it i they could and the other is that they couldn’t do it if they would. The mar who buys an article over the counter and sees what he is buying before he pays for it, is pretty sure te get wha he wants. Ordered Shirt, Got Pajamas. But there is another class of mer chants, of which the same thing can not be said. A man who has been close: ly connected with some of the big mail order houses is authority for the state ment that the heads of the various merchandise departments of many mail order houses have standing orders to substitute with the nearest thing they have if the articles ordered are not in stock and available for delivery It is related that in one instance as 8 result of these instructions, a man whe ordered a dress shirt from a mail order house received a pair of pink pajamas instead. It is easy for the mail order house t. get away with this substitution of an other article for the one. that is or dered for the reason that to exchange an article received from a catalogue house is a costly undertaking. Exchanges Are Costly. If a mail order buyer is disappoinuv ed in his purchase, as he is very apt tc be when he compares the article upor its arrival with the picture and flowery description which appeared in the catalogue, the wisest plan is to take what he gets and make the best of if for every time he sends an article back to be exchanged, he is piling up the ex: press or freight charges and even if the article is exchanged as requested the buyer is not apt to fare much bet: ter on the second attempt. The mail order houses are we. aware of the fact that the majority of their customers will not go to the trou: ble and expense of returning an ar ticle if it does not come up to their expectations and as a result they can work the substitution game to their hearts’ content. The home merchant, however, can not do business in this way and, as has been said, the majority of them would not do it if they could. The home mer- chant, if he has not the article called for, may offer another with the expla- nation that it is of the same quality as the one for which the customer asked. Good merchants nowadays even ‘hesitate to offer something “just as good” to the customer especially when the article called for is one that has become well-known and popular through the advertising done by the manufacturer, but to attempt to make a soabstitution without the knowledge or consent of the customer! Well, it isn’t being done by the local merchants today. Substitution Made Easy. Substitution is made easy for the mail order houses, also, by the fact that they do not sell much of what is known as “advertised” goods—that is, goods that have been thoroughly ad- vertised by the manufacturers and have become nationally known through such advertising. A large part of the merchandise which the mail order houses sell purports to be manufac- tured by them—although in most cases little of it is made in their own plants. Much of this merchandise bears only the name of the mail order house and it is easy to substitute one article for another without the customer being any the wiser. The methods of the home merchant aaturally are different. With the great development of advertising in recent years much of the merchandise carried by the retail merchant is “advertised” goods. These goods are of familiar brands, the names of which have been made famous by the national advertis- ing of the makers. This advertising is a distinct protection to the buyer for the latter knows when he goes into his local store and asks for an article of this kind that he will get just what he asks for if the merchant has it in stock and that he will be told if the article is not in stock. There is abso- lately no opportunity for the merchant to “put one over” on him, even if the merchant had the inclination to do 0. The Best at Less Pianos Radios Phonographs HARTER’S MUSIC STORE 18 N. Allegheny St. Alcohol Are you going to take a chance with your RADIATOR Let us fix it so You will be Safe S. H. POORMAN’S GARAGE BELLEFONTE, PA. Your Satisfaction IS OUR RECORD FOR SERVICE That Good (j{J] I _Gasoine on the edge of town, on the State College road. EDGEFONT FILLING STATION and REST ROOM BOND C. WHITE, Prop. The Scenic Moose Temple Theatre PICTURES SHOWS (oo Have You Been getting everything that’s com- ing to you when buying groceries We give you Service and Good Groceries at Right Prices THOMAS S. HAZEL DEALER IN Staple and Fancy Groceries $1.75 $1.75 Ladies’ Silk Hose (Guaranteed) We will give a new pair free for any pair that shows a run- ner in the leg or a hole in the heel or toe. Yeager’s Shoe Store BEEZERS GARAGE STUDEBAKER International Trucks See the “Duplex” Car GEO. A. BEEZER G. F. Musser Co WHOLESALE GROCERS FRANK M. MAYER Manufacturer of Snow-flake and White-lily FLOUR We carry a large stock of All Kinds of Feed in both our Mills. We are always in the market for ‘Grain. Bellefonte Mill Roopsburg Mill Was Never in Business in Any Other Town Wion Garage New Location...W. Bishop St. BELLEFONTE We are fully equipped to meet your every requirement for your Holiday OUAANANI IAIN Shopping Handkerchiefs 10c to 50c Neckwear 50c to $1.50 Gloves 25¢ to $3.50 Hosiery 25¢ to $1.50 Shoes $2.50 to $10.00 Hats $1.50 to $5.00 Bath-Robes $2.75 to $8.50 Kimonas $1.50 to $10.00 Slippers $1.00 to $2.50 Cohen & Co. Department Store The Best Place to Trade Anyway 1; Montgomery & Co BELLEFONTE, PA. Genuine ENGLISH BROAD CLOTH SHIRTS Specially Priced $2.45 Blue — Tan — White — Gray RRIF T0000 DT STP Se A A The Real Coaster Wagon “The Premax” The best built wagon we know of. Just an ideal X-mas gift for the Boy. Olewine’s Hardware I The Talk of the Town! Selby’s and Just Wrights Arch Support Shoes FOR MEN AND WOMEN Mingle’s Shoe Store A a i A Tah) | WOU ANIA API SR KISsel's Meat Market is in on the Buy at Home Cam- paign because it offers such Choice Meats at the Right Prices that there is no reason for anybody buying elsewhere. Fruits Vegetables EVERYTHING IN SEASON EVERYTHING OF THE BEST Carpeneto’s Buy In Genre Gounty Buy from whom you please BUT Buy in Centre County Hazel & Company eese T H E eco Bon Mot EVERYTHING THAT IT’S NAME IMPLIES Schlow’s Quality Shop Offers you Many Opportunities in Quality and Service that you can’t get by buying abroad
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