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PACE FTY13 Governors and Governors' Wives Aid Audition Mir tires were marked to measure bow iniiell limit have exact pres. if a squeak u !ii'b-)ii. l! f i an IllipOt til ire in t; b-velops it it is lo of pnuirreil uniphlte and vaseline bn.ni. on the rubber weather strip. Un ia tile les:, of eolllJio. yoll Want COlilpeti ibin film tiioi for rent went squawk. teh five pnu nils of air, but t!ie lilacs for balliHMis are mai l; d to K isier eneli pound. This shows FLIVVER r. CRM MftftFORT) MATT, TRTBTTNT1, MEDFOTU). ORKfiOX. SrDAV. SEPTEMRKR 1. Ii.20. 3W 1 hi ) 5:1 i .? . 1:1 IP "31 If i 1 I I I? .4 I A bli.ck cut ran In front of an automobile currying u luud of people at n Hpeo.1 of sixty miles an liour. f'A black cat! Wpit over your left shoulder!" shouted the driver. In complying with his own command, he ran the car into a ditch und, after three revolutions of the. cur, the driver climbed out of the wreck ami exclaimed: "Some fool didn't spit." ' 4. With sirls styles may come and Bo, but a porch hwiiik never atiain will have all the attractions of an automobile. 'What is the Jiith Hole I've heard mo much about?" "Ah, that is what we call a golf er's filling station.' She came home with her' hat on one Nide and her clothes all crush ed looking. "hooks as 1 hough she's been knocked down by a motorist," said one neighbor, sympathetically." "Or picked up," said another thoughtfully. The second syllable of the word "installment" is certainly mislead ing. We tried to stall off a pay ment once and almost lost our car. "Have you ever driven a ear?" the lady applicant for a license was asked. "One hundred and twenty thou sand miles," put in her husband, who was standing near by, "and never had a hand on the wheel." We're never going to reduce the number of traffic accidents by let ting the girls run around without stockings. Don't you know that you should always give ball' of the road to a woman driver?" asked the police of a motorist who came near hav ing a collision on the street with nuother car. "I always do." replied the man. "when I find out which half of tin? j road she wants." Jaw 1 15. Isaac Lee Patte.k sc 45 - VP i 1 Si'?1 it . k-Ju q WASIIIXtiTON'. y (in ihe ive of the putdie. p r i v f t e and .-ehools throughout the tin- A merican Autonuditb1 , Sept. I- : ponlnc of 1 p.iroehlai country, AssoeW- P Mrs. Nodman S- Qasz. . io.pz c; gov-of Made IsJulmL V Alos Theodores. GhRiSTI AN SON UMC of Oov,qt 1" AX i - . if Ff r-'1 1 1 iijscja M&&MZs Gov John Hamamll of louwu Gov. Albct,, Gov. Menrv sfiayiauLs ' of Tennessee, GOV.FLEM D-SAMP5DN Of hlcntuchij. Among the distances shortened i by the automobilo these latter days, is the one between the intro- ! duction ami the altar. ' Heard of a Scotchman the other day wlm was standing out in the vtreet bidding vc sNce of bread and looking for some of the traffic jam tic had heurd about. "Sing for the sake of our state!" This is the message the gover- imrs of four stairs have sent to as-1 piling young mu.sicians of their1 commonu rah lis urgjng them to ' compete in the National Auditio i i of 1 not only for their own 1 sakes because they will be in a position to livide 'ltS in cadi awards and share in ten musiral scholarships but for the sake of . stale pride. The wives of the gov vrnois of seven other states, fo,n United States senators and the mayors of five large cities have ; added their voices to those of the governors in urging participation ; . wife .1 rs. by the vocally talented states apd communities. Mrs. Theodore l'liii.rianon of the governor of Minnesota, Xerniau S. Case, wife of I ho l'"vv nor of Rhode Island. Mrs. John 11. Trumbull, wife of the governor of Connecticut and prospective mother-in-law of Joint Coolidue. Mrs. II. I'. Jialdridgc, wire of the gov ernor of Idaho, .Mrs. Kred U. lial 7. tr, wife of the governor of Ne vada, and Mrs. Isaac Lee Patter son, wife of the governor of Ore gon, are all active as chairwom en in their states' work. From now until early October a j their studies of their I nightly chorus of young soiiogster.-: : 'will be beard, under the auspices1 of the .M water Kent Foundation, ' competing in hundreds of local tiU-j il it ions throng boo t the country. ; duced in similar competitions to' one young man and one young wo-; mini from each stale, who will com-i pctc in district auditions. From) each of these districts one young i man anil one young woman ten in all will be selected to go to: New York in December and com-1 for the national honors and cash and scholarship prizes ' that will enable them to continue lion broadcasts a warning to mo torists that the return of millions f children to the schoolroom will : create new traffic hazards and j urged careful driving on the part of every car owner. School d..ys are just ahead." says the statement, "and tho'i- 1 sands of children will be upon ! i lu streets and highways. In this . vast urm.v will be little ones of f.ur. five and six years of age , who for the first time are leaving j the protection and safely of their j homes to enter an entirely new j world. There will be problems 1 enough without that of the reck- j less driver. j "While there is no doubt that j teaching of safety In the schools ! throughout the country, safety; posters ami the effective Work of Ihe sehooU'iiy piitrols has done! mil eh to protect t hese youngsters. the problem will still remniu as a challenge to the nation. j "I'.very motorist should feel : nbllgeti to have a part in this t great humanitarian w o r k, and j t hey should realize ihe enormous difference their care and conoid- eralion would mean' In keeping j these children safe from physical: harm as welt as from a fear that j may niar ihe rest of t heir lives, i Su.-h a spirit on the part of the j car owners will do more than-alii'-: thing else to make for safety. The A. A. A. declared that while! safety is liof a part of the elr- j riciihim in many states, ami chil-j then who have bail one or several j years in school have lorn taught j the rudiments of safety, they ran- not always be expected to excr- j cif.e the utmost care. After spend ing the vacation period on safe playgroup is. t h-re Is j.lwavs a j ::( ;. tov. al a let -dov. a 'a their safety sense when they first return to the streets. "Unless the il rivers of all mot or vehicles a re on t heir guard at all times, t his let-down will result In many fa talities ami injuries," says the statement. Pyte the Oop "Did'.ia get that feller wot ran into you?" Truck Driver "Yer darn" tootlti', officer; He's under that pile!" Yankee Razors Reap Turk Whiskers You can tell a road hog even in n theatre. Mis elbows occupy both arms of his seat. Sign on a coal truck: We're in a Shudy Ilusiness Hut We treat you White. Oh, say, little playmate, can you tell me when a man is down and out?" Y-es, dear, when lie can't buy a car on the installment plan!" . WASHINGTON. D. C. Aug. 24. Turkey, as well as the United Slates, is working on a new tar iff law. The articles that Amer icans sell to the Turks are des cribed in a bulletin from' the Washington. D. V. heatbiuarlers of the National Olograph! ciety. "Nowadays American razors ar aiding Kemal I'asha in his cam importations decrease. Hiuee there are few Turks lo repair cars, there Is no used -car market. Many Turks simply run their new cars u ni il they permanent !y stop, of about 7.000 cars now increasing s0.Turklsli traffic, about 75 per cent i are American-made of American-owned a s s v m b 1 plants at Smyrna and Alexandria. si ; i: t am: no iti NT-AKLY 1IAK1) AS OAK NKW YORK uV) Synthetic boards harder than natural pine, all hough made of cornstalks and sugar cane, fire credited to the in ventive genius of i group of young New Yorkers in a report of the New York Testing laboratories.' The report says (hat ihe corn stalk boards have a hardness of i!S."i compared with I!M, the htird ness of pine. The sugarcane boards rate at Oak, on this same scale, -is flrr. . , ; ' ; ' The developers are M. Z(ni'- merma n, A. 1 la wcr lander, Marry and Nathaniel Singer. says Mi stress "And when you leave I shall want plenty of warning." Servant "It's my habit, ma'am, merely to give a toot with my auto horn." Man runs his car into the one abend and crumples its mud guard. The irate flapper at the wheel of the damaged bus speaks her mind thusly in indignant tones: "Didn cha see me put out my arm?" Kmbarrassed Culprit (feebly) "No, madam." "Well," growls the angry lady, "I'll bet you'd nscci) my leg if I'd stuck that out." Here is a chance for you to make, so urn money. Ono of our garages displays the following sign near its tool chests. "Klve dollars in gold will be cheerfully paid to any person for beating into Insen sibility any thief found guilty of Htenlliig tools from Ibis shop. Klther bare fists or clubs imty be used. Drag In the carcass of the offender and claim your reward. Persons asking to borrow tools should be haiullcd roughly' but not permanently Injured." An auto is a necessity when the neighbors have one. Copyright, Moss Feature Synd. I . i UMIUAMO. iVt t'hiago con tin -1 ties to consolidate its position as; tho hub of tho nation's expanding airway system. Thirteen air lines now link Chl-i cngo with centers of population to the north, oast, west and south, j Other important nir Junction points, are Kansas City. Cleveland, Los . Angeles. San Krancisco, Salt Lakes City, Wichita, St. Louis. Tulsa, In-j dianapolis and New York. The latent govprnni' nt. census nf airways show s that t he area; be tween the (rat 1-akes ami the Mississippi valley has welcomed th air Hge wllh more enthusiasm thanj any other section. I The main trunk lines are tram-! continental, north-and-soiith on the. Pacific oast, the nme on the At-i lantle coast, from the Great Lukes to Texas and from the Oreat Lakes' to Florida. i Thp Jotico!t utretch "f lighted j airway In the country is between! Hoaton and Jacksonville. Fin., via '' New York. Philadelphia. Haltfmore.l Washington, It I c h motid and At- j lanta. I There Is n notnble ahenep of nlr j wtvicf Hloiii: the MiSrfo-ippi albj paign lo westernize the population of his country," the bulletin. American Itazois Transform crn l-'aces "lief ore Ihe World war. clean shaven Turks were nearly as scarce on the streets of Constan tinople as bearded pedestrians on the sidewalks of iiroadway. Now and then a bewhiskered Turk visited the neighborhood coffee shop proprietor who amputated beards as a side line, but few faces felt I he keen edge of a razor blades. J,ast y iir H.'JOO American safety razors were im ported into Turkey to transform the faces of Turkish men, whll" only & 00 razors made in other countries found their way into the Republic. Miiny Turks in the larger dibs who bae not yet severed con nections wit b t heir facial adorn ment are patronizing American in dustries Jii other ways. If an American tanner could recogiii.'. leather from Ihe hides he pro cesses, be would feel at home on a. sf red corner of 'oust ant itiople gazing at I In- fed of passing Turkish men ami wouc-n. In tie Turkish government offices, trav elers will soon hear t lie familiar rat-a-tal-tat of American type writers, for according to a recent report to the United Slates De partment of Commerce, Il.OiiO ma chines will be shipped to the Jte public Dlscanlcil Tires Make Plcauit Tool wear "The American tire manufac turer traveling in tin. interior sec; the products of his i.ielory pound ing over the almost impassable loads; but, pfthaps, be Is more surprised when he sees his pi o diKts enveloping the feet of th" Turkish peasantry. When tires ha.c hail their full i)Oota of bloW oulw, they are sold lo the rural folk who cut them in four lo five pieces and with a few strands ol wire, shape them into what ap pears to be uncomfortable foot gear; but the Turkish pea-ant?' arches npp-irnitly barome accus tomed to t h rou niled tread of these makeshift sandals. "American wool, cotton nnJ even silk. pas by the Constanti nople coiners although parts of Turkiy. particularly in the ndgh borbnod of llriisa. are lamous for t heir silkworm cult urr. A mcri -can-nnid" collars ii"W u t e encir cling more a nd more masculine peeks each year: and occasional Turki-di bathrooius. which as yet are luxuries it) the Kasl. are like ly to contain Amerlran-mnile tubs and fixtures; while :m Ameiican niMile toothbrush may repose in a 'Made In pomewhere-ln-Kmop';' holder. AmiTM-nii Motor Car Popular "You r:in travel fr hundred; of miles along Turkish roudn In the Int'T'er and pver cao llne filling station. Automobile met-Inniex nr nbnnt unknown. Dot :nil.iii..bi!c iiopoi i:iti- ti-4 in isculinc! Kwypt. Wh the traveler once w.ik- : cd or bumped over t he roads in ; a springless donkey-drawn or ox- drawn cart, he now can ride in a ; brand new 1 !!';) model touring ! car or sedan from Detroit, or if he is in a large party, six-wheel ; busses jire at his disposal. "In modern, luxurious convey- atiees. he passes farms worked ! with the type of Implement used in Dible times; but, here and there ! the 'crooked stick plow has given ! way lo the glistening, steel-blad- ed cultivators of American manu facture and the modern American made harvester has taken the place of the old-fashioned graip har vesting implements. , , "Altogether the United States sells about $4,000,00 0 worth of American products to Turkey . a year. On Ihe ot her hand, Amer ica buys about $ 1 U.uOU.Ouo worth of Turkish products. An addi tional $'..000. 000 worth of Turk- products Ish products reach the I'pitrd j j ichtrnlM States indirectly t It rough Hiiro- j perm countries. American dcmaim for Turkish carpels, apricot k nels, emery ore, figs, raisins, lb- if night conies on before the orico, tobacco, walnuts, pignolla j day's driving is done, wipe off Ihe and pistachio nuts, olive oil, pot - windshield inside and out. Dusty tery. almonds, valonla ( acorn j glass increases the glaru of p cups) and wool causes the balance I preaching headlights, of trade tu favor of the Turkish! Kvcn on cars with four-wheel exporters." i brakes, the rear wheels take the - ' 4 -- j greater part of the braking load DKItLIN fl't An organization land, of course, they have lo get of students from ali the high j traction to propel (he car. Mere schools of Uerlln has been formed jare two reason's, 1 1jerufurij, for to furnish young college men as using the tires with tho het treads guides to foreign and provincial at the fear. . , vNflors to the Oerman capital. I The gauges for the higb-nes- ' I Front Seat Advice 1 : NOT THIS W n W WIWS il nortiiis jkk nortius id X& this, t T ighting equipment has kept pace with other -' forms of home conveniences and home decorations, and no longer are lighting fix tures judged merely upon the basis of utility. Your home may be young in years yet its lighting equipment may not provide the glowing charm and livable comfort of mod' ern fixtures. You will find in our display of nationally advertised Moe-Bridges designs a style of fixture that will add new and distinctive beauty to your home's decorative scheme. 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