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Show H j Rann-dom Reels By HOWARD L. RANN i B THE MUFFLER OUT-OUT THE muffler cut-out Is an attach- ment whlcli enables the uutoiuo- m bile to tnllc out loud. M Until the muffler cut-out was In- M vented tho only tiling nbout nn nuto- B mobile Unit would talk wns money. It B became necessary to get up something H - tlmt would take the owner's mind olt B ' the cost of upkeep, hence tho cut-out H . was Introduced, with tho result that fl Its mucous snort may bo heard on m . every country road from const to const. m f Tho cut-out 1ms a number of de-4 de-4 - -elded advantages, However." "When a m strong, lusty cut-out Is coming around B n sharp comer with Its mouth wide .. open it Is not necessary to sound tho m lioru,' ns Its language can bo heard B with perfect ease by anybody who. Is M driving In the next township. By B the Judicious uso of this device the B life of mflny n Joy rider who could be H spared ns well as not has been saved ' to the community, and tho speed mnnl- H UlAOW'N DOTS 1HIJ ' . . MEAN THAT VUC'IL , HAVE lb WALK UP . top' GOOU HILL AGAIN ur I t DID LAST sX" , ruNOAV-OHMWCV. H w-iw-&a&J Step on the Cut-out andDlscovcr That Two Cylinders Have Laid Off for the H Afternoon. H ac who drives on the left side of the H road has nlso been entirely preserved, I including his arrow-shaped head- The muffler cut-out is iiImj useful H as a means of Informing the driver H whether his engine Is still In the car H or has dropped out through the crank H cnbe. ThoiiMiiuls of men drive along H In fancied security until they step on H the cut-out by accident and discover H that two cylinders hne laid off for H tho afternoon, The cut-out tells all B about this and nlso causes the engine H to stutter like a span of mules with H the string halt. H In some communities the cut-out H Is so unpopular that the village con- H stablo is hired to suppress Its con- H versntlon. Various attempts have been H m ml o to slleuco the operation of this H device, but the only one that has been fl found effective Is u lino of $10 and B costs nnd thirty days in the county (Copyright.) |