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Friday, September 17, 192G THE BKAVKKTON RKVIF.W #> • FISHER DESIGN SETS THE PACE The pace act by Fisher— and exempli fied in the beautiful new General Motors care now commanding public attention — is th e g u id e fo r th e e n tir e m otor industry. Fisher's vast experience, Fisher inven tiveness and Fisher’s unapproached facilities devise and perfect the beauties, comforts and conveniences which attract you to the leading new cars in all price classes— C a d illa c , B uick, C hevrolet, Oakland, O ldsm obik and Pontiac. For instance, Fisher achieves a new de- of safety— and nothing leas than a y by Fisher can approach it even alter seasons of striving. By M IL D R E D J A K L O N b , H a , » * * * -.. ANT a (orluuot AH you lmto 1*1 do Is to tliluk up a now fad or crux«, muk* II popular, and m-m that you, u ot aoiuroua ala*, gets Ilia profits. Hut bs- (ora y*iu atari tblnklug. Ilatan In on llita rontaraalloa. A croup o f y o i i U ( iiewapiipe-r man and woman, advrrtlalng Writers, an arahllaat, a roupl* of artlata of aorta, and a waalthy woman who la a dilet tante In various kind« of express!)« art. who mnt|M»a* an Informal lunch- ron-dleauaalon organisation, ware re ranlly dlaruaalng the poaaltdltty o f ronriM-tlng a protltahle fad to aurraad the anma word puule. The two young men who had be gun the argument maintained that the prewant trend of popular fanrte* waa toward mental gymnaelles. They be lieved that a new kind of puttie might be aa aueaeaaful a« the cross words which bad lieeii aurh a remunerative field for many othera beatdea the two young meu. Simon and Hrhuater. who started eroaa word pu ule books. The girl who manage« the adrer- tlalng department of a large depart ment atore promptly refuted this. "Kadi don’t follow through roo- alatently, like that," she said "That's lha disturbing thing about them They aan’t be predicted. They Just happen. Ilka mah Jongg. without rhyme or rea son. The number of game companies conalwtently trying to manufacture something to catch tha public whim are evidence o f that. A fad Is a variety of contagion, and Its Inception haa a great deal to do with Its ulti mate succeaa I mean, that If the right people, that la, right for Its particular expansion, take It up, It can he unlveraallxed.“ “(If con rue, there have been a num bar of athletic fnda.” pointed out the architect, who wax an ardent golfer. “ .Iiiat think of the tremendous hold that bicycling had In the ulnelles and Ural years of this century.” "No,” admitted the girl advertising manager, "hut you're Inking the moat outstanding fnd o f the athletic ty|>e. There were numberless others preced lug anti following It which were not nearly so aucceaaful. And they were, no doubt, efforts by manufacturers to rival the bicyclemaking plants. Holler skating waa another form of lo<-oino- tlon which provided another oppor mm Powor From Gasoline The bureau of standards says the present day automobile engine Is ca pable of utilising from 20 to ¡10 per cent o f the power In gasoline. On tha average, about half this Is obtained and It has been estimated that the efficiency of the average motor car could be Improved 80 |>er cent liy bet ter carburetor adjustment alone, liven If the efficiency of the average automobile engine Is only 10 per esnt. tunity for social cootact, spooning parlies, or what hare you. Then there was dlaholo which was a matter of skill rather than endurance. "What about a new musical Instru ment T” waa the next offer. "Look at the tikelele. and Its acrompanjrtng mania for the twanging o f Hawaiian troubadors, with their Insufferable nasal voli-ea and atrlnged Instruments. Ilood gracious, what an era that waa! Kvery summer reeort waa ruined by a couple of the artists who Insisted that v *.ii lone Yakl lluls III* ky l*oo- on la' or tin the lleach at Waikiki' with every meal aud at all hours of the night. There waa a halfhearted effort to make 'kaioos' popular, too. l.ook at the popularity o f the saxo phone A new nolae lunker would get you an army o f helpless enemies and might get you your old shekels as well. I don't suppose In this age of Jaxx we could hope for the success of anything similar to the gentls old guitar or the genteelly handled banjo." "Would you consider orlgtuatlng a new dance step, something to follow the charleston with less haaard to life, limb, aud propertyT” queried an other helper. "I should think you might devise something like a resur rection o f the old waits or perhaps a 1***1 ka Think of all o f the funny kinds o f dances that have followed each other through the fancies o f the terp- atchorean Inclined I remember the bunny hug. the grlxxly bear, the camel walk, even before the complicated tango which was stepped with so much gusto to T o o Much Mustard.' the *>n« step and the maxlxe became IMipular with Irene t'astle's bob Now 1 hear Ann I’cnnlngton Is trying to Inaugurate the black bottom, a fear some set o f gyrations sop|M > aedly dem onstrating the actions o f negroes cap ering In tho muddy floors o f swamp land. Ho to II, and bent her." "There's another set o f fads," came from another source, "having to do with adolescent courtship When I was In grammar ach<a>l. every girl with any pretensions to popularity wore a friendship bracelet, made up of sliver links engraven with the Ini tials of her various swains. A friend o f mine told me also o f the custom In her home town o f "hoodoo' strings, a bedroom embellishment con- slating o f trophies In the way o f dance programs, cotillon favors, and all man ner of trinkets denoting conquest." "1 know o f two more fields wide this compares very favorably with the locomotive, which turns Into useful work only fi per cent of the rhemlra! energy In the coal which It consumes. Steel Replace» Rope enough of appeal to have possibili ties." said the Wealthy woman. "Col lecting and the various things that t*ertaln to current eveuts. I *0 you re- inemlier when you collected cigar bands, pictures o f baseball aud movie heroes from cigarette packagesT "Golf, tennis, swimming, and polo are also amateur athletics. IV) you call them fads," put In the wealthy woman, and then answered herself. "No, the element of a fad Is Its com parative brevity, and ! think It also has something to do with the Intensity o f Its practice during Its popularity. “That's true," clamored another, "hut suggest something that would be easier to promulgate than s new ath letic game We want to make our first million without any capital." "Well, bow would you like one of the numerous 'occupations fo r women type'?" another member o f the group offered. "In that class com* all the various forma o f handiwork which have attracted women periodically IV) you recall the atrocities Ihat filled every china cupboard when hand- patuted china occupied the energies of properly brougbt-up young ladles? “ And then, there was the pyrog- raphy crate when no young man was a succeaa unless he had at least on« tie holder of burnt wood to vouch for hie true love's devotion, when there were glove hoses on every dreaser. and plaques of Torahontaa or M ule l-aughlng Water over every, mantel piece, and In the nest o f every pair of newlyweds, and when the cur tains were not safis from conflagrstlaw, due to overmealous plying o f the Inter esting tools employed. The later de velopments o f such decorative alma are painted wood articles, parchment and silk lamp shades, polychrome and the sealing wax Industry." "Another branch o f the same ten Hoary o f women toward creative art Is the endleHs variety of needlework." someone eias put In. "Beginning bark with samplers, which are now such priced possessions of their owners, women have always had a new kind o f sewing to offer The attic has a trunkload of my dear little baby clothes crocheted within an Inch of their Uvea. Tatting was a great pas time for awhile, and look at the way all ages o f women fell for the knit ting racket during the war." "Yes,” scoffed the would be money makers, "but women don’t hare time for sewing these days. They have time savers galore, hut any husband would drop dead If he saw his mate sitting quietly^ In n chair sewing a fine seam. It'S apparently a fad these days not to sew. And then. Ihe latest fails have been. I think, more sociably Inclined diversions. Something that two or a group can do." mammoth dimensions to suspend. The big suspension bridges — like the Brooklyn bridge- are almost entirely supported from eteel cables. Why? Because their known strength can be figured almost to the fraction o f a pound. Not so many years ago all forms of rope and cable were made from vege table fiber. How little o f this do yon H er Fatal W eakness see nowadays where extremely heavy "Weren't you surprised at Qrace loads hnve to be supported t You see a marrying that remnant clerk f thin steel cable, the site of a lead "Not at all, tlrace never could re pencil, holding tons of weight that slat anything she found at a bargain would require an old-time rope of counter.” They W ere Scanty Newlywed— My wife Is golwg to Paris for her guwna. t’ ynle— I thought she had left them somew her*!— London Answers. Watch Elim ination! G omd H oolth O ty t s d i Uyom G ood EJimm oi i on. a “ toxic condition." This often gives rise to a dull, languid feol- Ing and, sometimes. toxic back- acbsa and headache*. That the kidneys are not fsnctionlng proper]* la often thovn by burn ing of scanty paasaga of aecre- ttono. Thousands bars Isarnad to assist thsir kidneys by drink ing plenty of purs water and the occanons! use of a stimulant diuretic. 50,000 uasr* giv* D oan's slgnad endorsement. Ask y o u r n e ig h b o r! DOAN’S S tim u la n t D iu retic to tho K id n e y * F o s t e r M ilb u r n C « . M % . C h e m is t s . B u ffa lo , N Y Jansen got Into trouble with the po lice and went to a lawyer. "If I win this case I will give yon I.OINl kroner," he said. "Very well," said the lawyer, "get some witnesses." Jansen got his witnesses and won his case. "W ell," said the lawyer, "yon won your case. What about my 1,000 kroner?" That's all right," said Jansen, "get some witnesses I” — Vlklngen. Watch Unhurt by Burial old T «lr case’ silver one—was turned up by the plow. Wonderful to state, on being wound up It resumed work, though not perfectly." A Htrood (Knglnnd) correspondent sends to the l-ondon I'oat an example o f Ihe strange vagaries of chance. Ro part oo "An agricultural lalmrer whom 1 "Seems to me." said the little grape- know was plowing n field at lloo, near fruit, "you're full o f Juice.” Hochester," he writes. "Desiring to Retorted the hlg grapefruit: “I know the lime, he found that his don't want any hack talk from s watch was gone. He made diligent young «quirt like you.''—American L* search, hut failed to find It. glon Weekly. "Tw o years later he was plowing the same field agnln when the watch—an Joy shared Is Joy doubled.—OoeUts* Britain's factories are beauty marts. If the opinion of Sir Thomas Legge. senior medical Inspector of factories. Is to be taken without question. In the last factory he visited Sir Thomas says that 72 per cent of tbe damsels employed were good-looking— o f the ilosaettl. Burne-Jones, or Greek type—27 per cent were average-looking and none at all were bad-looklng. To put the Issue beyond doubt. Sir Thomas has admlted publicly that he takes a serious Interest I d the matter o f looka because It Is an Important one for the welfare o f the country. Twenty years ago, according to bltn. SO to 35 per cent of the working girl* of the country suffered from aDaemla; today not more than S per cent suffer from It. Open-air life, exercise and high wages have, he osya, been tbe chief contributory causes toward making the average worker In Britain an ex ample of health as well as good looks. Ho Had the “ D op e“' From a school boy'i essay on the race horse: 'T h e race horse Is a noble animal used very cruel by gentlemen. Races are very bad places. None but wicked people know anything about races. The last derby was won by Mr. Mor- rlas' Manna, a beautiful bay colt by Phalarla, rising four. The odds was 0 to 1 against him, and he won 8 lengths. Good old Steve!"— London Dally Express. Bobbed Seals’ Hair ror Guts D ress S t o n es srith "V aselin e” Jelly. P re v en t* soreness. S h u ts o u t air a n d d irt. H eals q u ick ly . K eep it h a n d y for every emergency. CHKSCBROUOH M FO. CO M PAN Y •tat* Street ° ■"■ "■ a New York Vaseline Some fur seals In Bering ses got their hair bobbed under a dictum Is sued by ths Cnlted States bureau of fisheries. The seals on the Prlhllof Islands were shorn of the thick hair or mane In order to note the Increase, If any, next year. Only a certain number of three-.vear-old males were subjected to the trim. Regulation liv ery bam clippers were used to shear tbe seals. P erfect Poise DON’T INFLAMED LIDS II I n r r M i M tho IrrlU tto S L I'M M1TTHKLL N A 1 .V K . ft potxIaM «, oltapls. oafs *»• si sll KTB do r*m Orly. dnicctrn. M AMAMM OQ The New Freely-Lathering Tw o Kaon Mon Inspector Found Beauty in British Factories A young man and a girl emerged from the marriage license office. 'T h ey have taken a very Important step," suggested a benevolent by- stander. The pair paused. "Doubtless they realise that." said another bystander. “ Watch them." The girl fixed her face while the young man lit a cigarette.— Louisville Courier-Journal. Long W alk A bout Town Quick relief from painful coma, tender toe* and preaour* of tight shoe* It la calculated that It would re quire six months to walk through all the streets o f New York city, allot ting eight hours s day to the task and keeping up a normal pace. The total o f paved and unpaved streets In the five boroughs Is over 4,000 miles. Brooklyn nnd Queens have the same street mileage, with totals each of 1,805 miles, while Manhattan hat a trifle under 500 miles. D T S cholfs X in o -p a d s To do two things at once la to do neither.— Byrus. ShS-ii^fiCk ForTender Faces CORNS Fisher leads the way in lu xu riou s fit- m enu and decoration*— and all the in dustry follows. > Fisher creates new standards of beauty in line and finish— and those standards are the measure of value for all c l the world’s cars. It is easy to see, therefore, why the lore- most of the new care in all price cl —f ■ carry the emblem— Body by Fisher. A n d easy to understand why buyers the world over proclaim as the hallmark of quality that same magic symbol— Body by Fisher. Money la a good servant but a bad Do not grasp after what has not master.—Bacon. been given you. Choose your new car from the General Motors Line In the past twelve months the public has purchased 1,086,590 General Motors cars, an unprecedented record. This great volume o f business has made possible still further economies and these hare been put into the quality of the 1927 series now on display by Qeneral Motors dealers. The new General Motors line is first o f all a quality line. It embodies every ad vantage o f research. It has been proved at the General M otors Proving Ground. Every car is finished in Duco; the closed cars have Fisher Bodies. It is a complete line. It includes 59 models o f open and closed types, rang ing in price-at-the-factory from $510 to $4,350. Within it you will find the car you want at the price you want to pay. W e invite you to visit the show rooms o f our dealers and select your new car from the General Motors line. GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET * PONTIAC * OLDSMOBILE OAKLAND • BUICK * CADILLAC CMC TRUCKS YELLOW CABS, BUSES AND TRUCKS " A c a r f o r every pMFM a n d fmTposc