— _——— WAR HELMETS MA DE QUITE USEFU ~— has found its way to the automobile, having a me- When nickelplated, =us shown in the BATTERY GARE IS Summary of Little Pointers That Will Help Owner During Se- vere Winter Weather. ERWIN GREER, President Greer of Automotive Engineering, [1 } On frosty mornings, (By College Chicago, when the steam Is low and engines sluggish, hear the cars in an average garage roaring llke blast furnaces. louds of smoke arise; throttles are wide open. Here I8 an owner step ping on the starter button and spin aging the motor over and over, There rage employee doing the same thing, while he shoves the throttle and rs up and down to “hurry it thls violence is unnecessary exhausts battery, starts it terrific ter gears, cluteh many pressure you will i 4 J spark leve All only s ee up.” It not when sirain on and tires, daromeie: the but car puts star rear cheap hy- totally don’t really il the the battery, and many | only use but sell stomora Us fui Little Pointer, ao : ixie Again, 1:1 3 SOIL, Wialel mre table and about not 11) his on 1 3 one nd pay The dealer, garage man ! ily wants complete of handling Inst he ing of little will be helpful: To de charged roperly A really val ry a to be had, a or owner knowledge batteries ne then the fol in pointers may interested Summary termine whether hattery it Fi hvydometer « lest fable ir go to service siation, Test at least Always tes i battery. Lie gravity month fore to Specific twice i Never id be adding afterward. 1.255 or higher Yhen » battery send it to regular sta will given a long charge hurry-up one for a cheap price Use pure distilled water tw month. It little and no water is trustworthy. In starting, retard spark and throt- | tle, throw out clutch, use choker (if car has one), prime cylinders in cold | weather. Don't Rold starter button | down continuously. Give it a single | pressure and, if she doesn’t start, do it again. Keeping all wiring connec. tions tight and spark plugs clean greatly accelerates starting. Care of Battery. Fully charged batteries don't freeze Therefore be gure to test regularly in winter. Starting instructions—as al rendy glven—are Important. Dark days and long nights with constant use of lights and overwork for start er cause undercharging if not watched. Keep battery clean and dry. Every time it Is filled wipe off top with a cloth, Never bring an open flame near a battery. Never “short” a battery with a screwdriver or a pair of pliers, It is very had for the battery, draws out excessive current and does not give you any religble information. Use your hydrometer. Don't allow termi nals and connections to become loose, water shou n recharging ods ' a tion where it} be not =a ice a COSts other into place. Constant vibration will ul- | timately shake It to pleces, cause broken jars when you hit a bump and Toogen connections, Dealers and garages should advise customers to call regularly at the most reliable battery service station In town for’ helpful advice, testing cand re pairs, AUTOMATIC GEAR IS LATEST invention of Englishman Dispenses With Clutch, Gear Box and Usual Rear-Drive Axle. In the invention in England of an automatic automobile peur, which dis. penses with the cluteh, gear box, and the usual type of rear-drive axle, cor taln engineers see the beginbing of a new ern In the Industry that will be murked by many revolutionary changes In the vehlele's mechanisn, The device is sald to Instantly adjust ftee!f to loads and gendes without at PTs eX | $+ VARADERO OEE SHODDY ay Chauffeur Hits Nail An observing chauffeur re marks that there should be dras tic regulations dealing with the following offenders The driver who stops out the roadway to talk It over The driver who parks In space enough for two cars. The driver who gets Into the center of the street intersection and theg changes his mind The driver who plays stop and-start-and-stop at the corner, 80 you don’t know whether it's safe to go ahead. The driver who sticks his band out of the car to knock the ashes off his cigar. The world will be a lot safer when drivers lighting cigars or cigarettes with one hand steering with the other, down for the turns OGOOEGS in and slow » VOEDEEOERE SOOOCOOOL SO COO COO CIO » i» = = TOGHEVROEOOOOEILEHOTEEOTEOOODE GOOG Low-Pressure Steam Will Work Weil. still Is a necessity in am! often oa A simple and effi he made and in ere a source of low-pres #n b pained ; i water tanks can be con hut A water repair shops the home. still o pi! ee wl aut convenienoe in cient yet un used ny |r STenn « e obit other 4] places the hot ato slterntions, the iat case un steam line top of the OW -pressare steam stern generators with stight In is in i tank and er 0 ihe water gauge CLS WRTER Go So. SaTTY wait “or PIEIRANL SATE rs —— -—- Chg, Diagram Showing a Typical Boiler, pounds. The water is kept below the line shown in the lilustration, its level heing Indicated on the water gauge at the side The stifl itself consists of a ten-gal ton oil can with the top removed and a The steam led through where It condenses and the distilled water flows out the end of the coll, which from the tank near the bottom. ing water is led into the bottom of the coil is coil, copper the Cool to the tank near the top. Any source of low-pressure’ will work well, Steam-heating sys tems and steam-pressure cookers prop used In conjunction John HH. Schalek in Popular Seclence he still, Pa. may safely with this Pittsburgh, Monthly. AUTOMOBILE &H INTS AF Weak valve springs cause endless trouble n promoting poor engine oper ntion, A little lubricating ofl in the auth radigtor will ent down the evapora tion of the alcohol, . 4% 9 An empty oll ean, In addition to the regular equipment, Is a good thing to carry In the car, It may be filled with gasoline for priming the cylinders or cleaning spark plugs. Wateh out tor ol at radiator vent, ax It indicates that the engine is overheating, a condition which may result In serious damage to the engin tention from the driver. ; by oe If not taken care of In time. Tes 14 THE WICKED WITCH NCE 4 time (here was a wicked witeh who lived In a cave Mm the forest because she did not like tmyone und wanted to be all by her- self. She did not like the birds, she dis- iiked the and if anything or wtnybody her eave promptly into After a w by ttle piles of stones, One doy the forest there wan- dered on girl When she saw this strange stony looking piace in the midst of the great green trees she Hpo anhmuals, ventured ed Hneur hun them into Little wondered who conld live ip such deso- tation ; went to the cave “Ha, and, being curious, she and looked In. ha!” sald the old witeh. vou have dared to come to my You, shall pay for this. ‘A black ten you shull be.” And before the little girl could run away the old and a little the table The wanted girl black kitten ran under iteh had but only which very wicked black ent, used Ww long ut prigty work De oun “A Little Black Kitten You Shall Be” spell, and forest before as {lo bad none had come the old witeh bianck kitten learned things ! ie time The poor little many about t fived with had te hreak the spell form of 3 strange in the witch she the but she never found the way that held her in One day the a eat wandering the hiack }§ while # the nd thing = Hello, you wander into this place Now at the i Was Cave of n he hes itten eard the sou horss few: and the next rl was a © ' oy heres volee saving. Kitty did time the Yer By ETHEL R. PEYSER You Short Ower the Phone? Now things. short Short en two that or it denl cnn enn i ean are court and on you are rapid and hin yonr you that the iatter you of right tremendous aw brief ve fn gous on with There is amount of time a wasted aver nothing the former rizht 1 if the phone com pany didn’t have much nothingness talked its wires service wonld be 100 per cent better Do you remem ber that during the war that in the big centers the telephone company asked you only to make calls that were “strictly neces sary.” In other words, If Jen nle, who has just left you, calls up to see how you are since she left you 30 minutes ago. why shouldn't yon brief Then again you have your work to do and if you hang all day op the wire will your work “go hang”? 80 Your getaway here is: Briefness over the phone saves time for you and the other fellow and if they know yop to be brief always, even if they laugh, they will not call you up for foolish reasons. © hy MeClure Newspaper Syndicats talking the phone, If never hate a lite. Probably or ~ Yon a be impo wer over the be EE AE AE LE A EE ET EE EEE EET EAE TEE EET AAAS AE EAE ER RAR ARR AR RR RR RRR RRR RRR > , SA IIA RRO Nh 4 A SS A a8 A a a CThe Why | Superstitions IRVING KING | ASS, ol EL RRS BEANIE ld v HA INN RRR LASTS SAE CENTS We eee A A Ls AY a Se on RP SEAN BASE SS SR -, By H. ASA CHS BABY AND THE LOOKING.GLASS HAT It Is bud luck to allow a shild to look into na mirror before it is a year old Is a mon all over the country, sections ft Is believed that it will cause the child's death before it com. pletes its first year and In other see tions the evils which will follow range all the way from severe illness to trouble In teething. This soperstition 1s based on the sume idea as the many others which exist with regard to mirrors-ithe rons BR 5 aa AAS Sa I oh a ; i x ASE AA A ASAA AAA AAA AAT AT AAT ATA AEA EET EA AR TEAR ARTER RAR AR AR ARR RRR R RRS witch changed the girl into a kitten when the black kitten looked up and the handsome man and heard words she thought of what would happen when the witeh saw him, “Go Duck!” she sald, but she had hardly spoken when she saw the old witch coming through the forest. “It 12 too late,” sald the black kit- “But don’t let her know I ean It I can I will save you.” There was no time to say any more for by now the wicked witch ’ was | other minute the handsome man and ; ad become a pile of stones. | The poor little black kitten was | now in deeper trouble “than ever, for | she had fallen In love with the man | ~who had spoken the first kind words she had heard in many a long day— and she wanted to save him. That night when the old witch held | and the black where she had horse cat to the place changed the man and into a pile of stones, Instead of as she nightly When wns burning wicked witch began black ki ereeping listened harder th did all and the fire kettle the nnd the to her nt she was ready under her sing close to ten, an ever to wi When the wild dance was over she to forgotten kitten standing before the pile of stones had newly in a pitched volee: have the made, she sald A pring Until th Then h e You never Se magic biack Kitten saying softly to Maildebsron, her Kitien shall appear words you hear the heard the herself, “Aj change” and wild dance held » witch MARAn black * art began the the hut the Kev guard chant the victims and slower the witch fell 8 heap of stones had ed and she to that cha stone and danced until on the ground "Then, running been the horse song nged poor into slow or she the and rider, fo slones that had a HE Ry RNS STEER a a Bh ot This little “movie” star is a bril- lant representatise cf the American girl of today—plucky, talented, am. bitious, Several years ago Miss Shaw went to New York to study for the stage, and scon afterward became a Follies beauty. Her grace and charm attracted the attention of motion pic ture producers. Ghee has been seen in a number of popular productions. hispered the magic wor urd the w witch repeat and up fire sprang the is ¢. while is she had he icked ground the np the man and them hut handsome besdde kitten no a stood the pretty with the had given to all ked witeh their they had ridden forest tl Way pretty gird of the prin the victims again Before of the le her promise forms the had mad told to edge ¢ wife she should be so happy the wicked old wppened in the to be his and her would soon forget and she tha ' ng 3 108 lure Newspaper Bvndicats ) "Whats in a Name?” BY MUDRED HILDA oO SPLENDID old Norse liz Hilda. The chief of the \ wag Hildur and the names of Hild Hillis were given 1o other war mu Hilda is sald to siznify “battle iternl transiation wich mens “wardike spirit” interpretation Teutonie world claims thie n that It weans one of their principas The real origin tr settle upon, but it is 1 that Hilda snd peace are not fod enge 8 alkyrur and 'by nt broader The snd 0r insists Su , war fi idan sy $ fan ng i a senerail) maidens cult cance SY HONOIBOUS For n time Hilda one of the commonest terminations feminine names in the Teutonic world and grad ually the word came to mean “malden” and was used interchangeably, It was wis To 3 England Hu ida Lh bi Segun for sanctity id ed dur, Whit HE became he ! SO eeed VIDE a Though wee 30. BD reputation 3 Clare oo ah! visian + holy seen under certain oo Heht In the Whiths ammmonities which ie nditlons «of wl today: hn aa bab amd HNIieYed to to ire Te ben se1penis tur bw need the of shihwss 1 Wi Hilda si * * Comeyh papiiiar of pening of the holy The Norwegian has conlinel of the North splendid stremzth the the romance of the land the mid night sun: the haunting melancholy of the Gothic races. It we of the few without diminutives or deriva ¥ oe ni iT ne honor wosnan wi mother of Rolf Gunger wa Hilder the itself to the SUGKeR]« Oo 0H Indeed lar n cely It re ples the of # 5 in Coral is the Jewel assigned to those Hiiga, if they of { y i | i 3 (Copyrights, MeUlure Byndioate) by taking of his own physical and spirit ual personality; a sort of exterior soul and “astral bods” combined. The conditions which surrounded the life of primitive man must have rendered infant mortality extremely high, Ob. serving that fact and ignorant of the real cause thereof primitive man con. | cinded that the infant's soul was bat loosely fixed in the body which It had | so recently come to occupy. Also | the general helplessness of with respect to physical things led to | the conclusion that the young child | was equally helpless In ghostly mat. | fan easy prey to malign spir- | an extent that supposed to pale or grow more accordingly ns its owner is pos weakness or good health, used to stop the flow of wounds, Safety for trav- eler Is the promise of cornl. Tuoesday is the lucky day for its wearer and 3 the Incky number, {6 by Wheeler Syndicate. Ine} wimisinoill Poo Two Rugs Valued at $50,000 Stolen. Two silk Oriental rugs valued at £50,000 were stolen from the home of Frank B. Carpenter of Cleveland while the family was spending the week-end out of the city. Silverware and other valuables were not taken by the thieves, in sessed by It is aniso smsmsnnsall Pusan To Pipe Ore to MIL A Montana mining company Is building a pipeline to the top of a | down copper and silver ore to the mill. superstitions with regard to children | which survive today from a remote past all prove this. Therefore a ten. the risk of having his “external son! or astral body” stolen from it or of losing it through lack of power to draw it back into himself, or at least of having it “hoodooed” by some evi! spirit, oY by MuGlure Newspaper Syndicate.) SHEER WASTE nm Qk tears we waste on that which might have been, And in the waidst of useless miseries Forget to seize the prize we may make the best of “by McClure Newapnpay Syndicate. 3 EE DEMAND “BAYER” ASPIRIN Aspirin Marked With “Bayer Cross” Has Been Proved Safe by Millions. Warning! 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Two little sisters, Little Elsio——My! It must have heen a IWa-passenger stork. Dr. Perry's "Dead Shot” is not a lozenge or syrup, bul a real, old-fashioned medicine which cleans out Worms or Tapeworm with & single dose. 372 Pear! St. N.Y. Adv Many a man lives poorly order to die rich The recollection leasant. Hall's Catarrh Medicine 5 m0 : Treatment, both | local and internal, and has been success ful in the treatment of Catarth for over forty years. Sold by all druggists. PR J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio in of past labors is
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