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Show HUE SIM CHOOSES " , S BLUE DQRT GUI As war comes nearer Uncle Sam places more and more dependence on the motor car and tho motor car makers. mak-ers. Already the government has accepted ac-cepted the service of the automobile In obtaining recruits, and in mobilizing ! the militia, and before the present ten-i ten-i slon is pver the motor car no doubt I trill play the role of hero countless times. ... Uncle Sam has literally chosen the Dort, It happened this way. When the United States recruiting officers I for the army wanted to attract the 1 thousands on Market street, at the 1 ball park and whore the crowds gath-, gath-, or, it was decided to adopt a striking t means of calling attention to the fact , that the army needs men. Uncle Sam j in all hia idealistic dignity was impersonated im-personated by a regular in tho service and with a letter suit case and an escort es-cort of buglers he started from head-! head-! quarters in Market street his appeal, supplemented by Interesting literature on the advantages of U. S. Service. i At the curb stood a beautiful blue Dort car of the victoria type, with the Stars and Stripes flowing from the radiator cap to the back bumper. Uncle Un-cle Sam needed no urging to commandeer comman-deer this striking car to aid him in his appeal, and the driver. First Lleu-l Lleu-l tenant J. C. Galcotq. of tho Seventh field hospital corps, just returned from the border, and ready to serve again, ' said he would be delighted to drlvo wherever Uncle Sam might order. J. ' W. Frawley, hl3 employer, was will-i will-i ing to pay him for all the time Uncle j;. Sam might need, explained Galeoto. 3 ; From the back of the car was flying .-?;' a pennant bearing the words, "Men A I ' zm, m ' Wanted for the United States Army." Down Market street went this striking equipage. Uncle Sam towering over the classy looking Dort, and bowing to left and right in answer to the plaudits plaud-its of the crowds. At the corners, stops were made while Uncle Sam left the car to aid the buglers in distributing dis-tributing literature -to the reaching hands. Unusual interest was shown everywhere and-this did not stop Uncle Un-cle Sam and the spirit he represented, represent-ed, for the beautiful Dort car came in for a big share of the compliments. At the ball park the Cubs and Seals surrounded sur-rounded the Dort and cheered Undo Sam. Major William H. Brooks was highly pleased with the response to this recruiting novelty and Lieutenant Colonel John H. Gardner addressed a letter of thanks to J, W. Frawley. The blue car was sold to W. H. Patterson Pat-terson of Visalla five minutes after it came back to the shop. The following day there were four calls for this specially spe-cially equipped car. oo |