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Show SAFETY APiO SANITY Speed Mania is on the Wane, Auloists Changing to Safety Idea. The speed mania is on the wane. The daredevil aeronauts are fast disappearingmany dis-appearingmany under t he sod. The aeroplane is coining into its own as a utility rather than as eircus paraphernalia parapher-nalia Fven the speed trains between New York and Chicago , have in the past two or three years "raised their time. ' ' Speedway racing will always be with us. ' Hut confined to a limited number of par" bdpants, this" element of speed mania is not so daugo:ous as the wild-eyed wild-eyed speedster uf the boulevard whose reckless driving subjects many motorists to grim dangers and often fatal results. re-sults. .X i gh t d r i vi u g. with all its dan gers. , is abo receiving its share for caution and safety. The darling glare of the headlights has caused manv uu accident. I The constant switching of dimmers when ! passing other cars on the road at night 1 is now accepted as courtesy among the I motor-loviug people. The' driver who ! (iocs not switch to his dimmers is very ! nutrh in the minority in these days and is regarded by his fellow motorist with ontem.pt. But driving with dimmers c;t rides w iUi it manv dangers because of the insufficient light. Driving at night has manv hazards because of this constant switching to dimmers. One way tn get rid of tho blinding glare is to reduro the candle power in the direction of the eye. dimming the headlight with opaque shields or with colored glasses, but these have proved unsuccessful because they either fail materially to reduce the amount of glare, or' if the glare is eliminated the candle power of the beam is reduced to such a great extent that tho headlight head-light is of' little use for far distant illumination. This is aci'omnlishod by the use of prisms and their scientific arrangement of t'.auges, pro -oct ions and a in; los that inve a certain definite effect. Prisms it it well known, do not materially absorb light ravs; their province lies in concent con-cent r:i tin g and changing t ho direction of tho ray.-,. Thus practically all tin' strength of the parabolic re fleet or is u:-od to good purpose, producing a full light without tiit? glare. 'This prismatic principle is said by illumination experts to be the onlv way of diverting the beam of light without reducing the full strength of the rays. The lens is known as the Osgood de-doctor de-doctor lens. It is meeting with enthu-shiMu enthu-shiMu bv everv one who has seen it tested. Motorists all over the -country are installing it in their lamps as soon as thev lea in what this lens will do. Police officials have passed and endorsed it. and the lens is fast becoming popular as a much desired and necessary accessor acces-sor v. |