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Show 'jk , THE .BINGHAM NEWS STRIKING FEATURES OF NEW STAR COUPSTER ' 'x J'w- - ( L'ilJ.'Jj. Flexible door windows that may be lowered or raised like pullman car curtains and that disappear within the top f the body when raised are a striking feature of the new Star coupster. In reality the coupster la a convertible car, affording all the comfortt of closed car transportation, yet convertible Into an open car by the simple ex-pedient of raising two disappearing windows a five-seco- operation. Tot all practical purposes It la two cars in one. ROAD BUILDING NEW BULLETIN ON RURAL HIGHWAYS (Prtparad by the UnltM ItatM Department o( Airtcultllra.) There were 2,041,294 milea of rural public roads In the United States on January 1, 1022, according to a bul-letin issued by the United State De-partment of Agriculture entitled "itural Highway Mileage, Income, and Expenditures, 1021 and 1022." Of the total road mileage, 387,700 milea had been Improved with some form of tur-fucl-such aa aand-clay- , gravel, ma-cadam, or pavement when the year 1022 began. The total road mileage la sufficient to encircle the enrth at the equator 118 times, while the surfaced mileage was sufficient to gridiron the United States with 75 eust and west routes extending from ocean to ocean, and an equul number of north and south routes extending from border to bor-der. Since 1021 surfaced mileage has been built at a rate of between thirty and forty thousand miles per year, of which an undetermined portion has been In the nature of resurfacing of roads previously surfaced. The bulletin Is the result of an In-vestigation by the bureau of public roads and contains the only complete report covering the entire road work of the country for any recent year, and will be valuable not only In study- - Ing the present highway situation, but for the future as a record of highway Improvement progress. Complete data are given for all rural highways by states with reference to types of roads existing In 1021, mile-age constructed In the years reported on, sources of highway funds and hew expended, and motor vehicle registra-tion statistics. The statistics ou high-way Income and expenditure show state funds and those of local units separately. The publication, known as Depart-ment Iiulletln 1270, may be obtained upon request as long as the free suit-pl- y lasts. Improved Roads Sign of Progress in Community The material need and the economic value df Improved highways can hard-ly be a matter of debate. It would be possible to chart the path of progress from barbarism to civilization In terms of transportation facilities, from la-bored pedestrlanism to flights through the clouds. And as for actual road-ways for vehicles It Is probably cor-rect to sojr thot poor roads are the obvious advertisements of either a backward nation or a backward com-munity, while good roads are every-where and always the outward sign of advance and progress, says the Philadelphia Bulletin. But there are other roads than those that are built of either mud or mac-ador- There are roads to health that are paved wlth wholesome food and restful sleep and a plentiful sup-ply of fresh air. There are roads to wealth that are paved with am-bition and Industry and thrift and Infinite patience. There are roads to success that are paved with high en-terprise and long laborious days and the kind of desire and determination which will be satisfied with nothing less than real achievement. There are roads also to failure that are not paved at all, but thut wind aimlessly along In deep-groove- ruts of Indo-lence and Ignorance and self-pit- There are also roads that lead to happiness, paved with loyalty to one's friends, devotion to one's Ideals and the spirit of generous service. There are roads to pleasure, paved with personal In-dulgence, that lead to nowhere and nothing, except disillusionment, and In the end, despair. Sixty Million Is Ready for Work in California Fenr that highway development In California will stop unless the gaso-line tax Is raised apparently Is with- - out foundation, according to figures coming fom Sacramento. These Indicate that the state will have emit $W,ijOO,000 to $70,000,000 to spend on roads In the next biennial period without any Increase In taxes. The sums available Include $45,000,-00- 0 that will be collected on motor ve-hicle taxe, $.000,000 that Is now In oirat!ng contracts, $12,0' 4,000 In new "instruction work by counties and read districts, $2,000,000 to be spent by the forest service, and $1,000,000 on the national park highways, a total of approximately $08,000,000 on high, ways during the next two years. If this Is not enough, more should easily be available, as It Is Indicated that the state will have a surplus of $22.0iO,(KK) In the general fund, part of which could be jlvevted to highway construction purposes. Highway Notes The convention of American road builders predicts perfect roads within 25 years. A perfect roud. according to our notion, will be at least twice as wide as the ones people think plenty good enough nowadays. Improved highways make every part of Pennsylvania easily accessible. Mod-ern thoroughfares connect the centers of production with the centers of con-sumption. It Is possible to drive 2,000 miles In a straightaway without one 'eavlng Improved roud. liiuiiil To Get U. S. Non-Vote- rs to the Polls WASIIINGTON. the Arousing country to at the polls at every election, Impressi-ng- votei with the value of good and ultimately the establish-ment of a college of political science In the national capital, ure among the Turposee of the Nationul Association of Federal Cluba, with heudquurter In Washington. The association la really a nucleus for a large number of local cluba to be formed In the cities of the country, one to each city. Four have been already organized, and are now on a working basis, In Itnltlmore, Boston, Philadelphia and New York. Another la being formed In Indiana, and Ita organization Is about completed, Steadily decreasing Interest In vot-ing has been manifested since the Presidential election of 1800, when 78 per cent of the citizens eligible to vote cast their ballots, according to figures compiled by the association. Presi-dent Coolldge received 20.8 per cent of the eligible vote. It Is to overcome this apnthy on the part of voters that the association has been formed. To this end the ap-plication form of the association culls attention to the fact that there Is a growing tendency among the citizens of the country "to neglect the respon-sibilities of citizenship" and "thut such negligence constitutes a menace to our nation und hinders Ita progress aa a true republic." To bring about the (mining of quali-fied lenders In the science of govern-ment Is another one of the objectives of the association. This Is found nec-essary, In the belief of those sponsor-ing the association, because the ad-ministration of government, federal, state and municipal, Is dully becoming more complicated, "and has now reached a point where etllclent opera-tion of all government Is Impaired through the lack of qualified lenders." This training of leaders can best be hrjught about, they say, by the later establishment of a "United States col-lege of political science, to the end thnt citizens of the United States may be educated In the science of transact-ing government business." "NoriBocturlan"' und "nonpartisan" are the adjectives used by the found-ers of the association In describing It, and It Is "dedlcuted to the education of citizens In the science of operating governments." Uncle Sam Lists "DoiVts" for Parents , I KN "don'ts" for parents are I given by Dr. D. A. Thorn of Bos- - A ton In the latest bulletin of the children's bureau of the United State Department of Labor. "Child Management" it the title. Doctor Thorn. Is director of the Boston habit clinic for children and of the Massa-chusetts ttate division of mental e. The bulletin Is Intended to bring to parentt In concrete and prac-tical form the results of modern re-search In the mentnl hygiene of child-hood. His advice to parents could be summarized as follows : Don't be oversollcltous. Children may become d and develop Imaginary complaints simply because Illness It looked for. Don't "baby" your children too much. The child who Is closely tied to his mother's apron strings Is de-prived of the chance of learning how - lo live with his neighbors. Don't try to give your children ev-erything they happen to demand. Very early In life the child must learn that things cannot be his simply because he desires them. Don't bribe. So oflen we hear, "Now, Johnny, be a good boy and mother will give you a penny." Swn 'Johnny will no longer be satisfied with one penny and must have two or three, or perhaps a nickel or a dime. Don't cheat. Frequently parents will misrepresent or He to keep u child quiet or gain a desired result. Sud-denly they awaken to the fact that their child has no regard for the truth and wonder why. Don't muke meaningless threats. "Be good or the doctor will cut your tongue out," or "Be quiet or I'll lick yon," may do one of two undeslruble things: control the child through ter-ror, which Is disastrous, or breed con-tempt for parents whose threats are never fulfilled. Don't tnlk about or Inugh at chil-dren In their presence. Is harmful and quickly developed. Don't be cold and repelling. A pur-e- nt who Is too busy to bother with a little child's nonsense will never be bothered by his real problems. Don't be discourteous. Children hnve their own pluns, which are fre-quently utterly disregarded by adults. If you must Interfere, show considera-tion. Don't disagree over discipline before the child. Settle differences In pri-vate, Diplomatic Landmarks Are Disappearing diplomatic landmarks of old THE are passing, events serve to emphasize the changes In the diplomatic quarter of our national capital. Following closely upon the depar-ture of Jules J. Jcsserund, ambassador from France for twenty-tw- o years a landmark all In himself came the an-nouncement that the old British em-bassy on lower Connecticut avenue was being abandoned for a more mod-ern . and fashionable location. The great Victorian building which has housed the British embassy so many years Is to be converted for business purposes. Among the great figures In the life of the British commonwealth who lived there was Sir Lionel who was dismissed for meddling In American politics during Cleveland's time. The new embassy wJH be located near the Naval observ-atory. The building that was the Austro-Hnngnrl-embassy In the old days, and which proudly floated three flags from Its flagstuffs, has been remodeled as a business house, and Is used as a cleaning and dyeing shop. The former Mexican embassy In the heart of the uptown business section now Is a reul estute office, while the embassy occupies a pnluce In embassy row on upper Sixteenth street. The Italian embassy soon Is to move into a million-dolla- r palace across the way. The Russian embassy has (.food closed and boarded up for several years. Built by Mrs, George M. Pull-man of Chicago as her home, she sold It to John Hays Hammond, mining en-gineer, who In turn disposed of It to the Russians Just before the collapse of the rznrlst regime. By a strange trick of fate the Spanish and Cuban embassies stand close together and, so far as anybody knows, the Spanish ambassador, Senor Don Junn Itiano, and his Cuban neighbor, Senor Torrl-ent- e, are good friends. A number of new legation buildings which huve brought with them new faces have come since the war by tjte partition of the old European states. Among those are the legations of Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Esthonl.i, Fin-land, Latvia, Lithuania and the lega-tion of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. The German embassy still occupies the site It dUl when Count von Bern-stor- ff presided, and his successors have occupied it. The only ambassador still residing downtown Is Japan's representative. He lives In Franklin street In a house built and occupied by John Sherman when he was secretary of state. President Is to Take a Real Vacation CUING the coming summer D "White Court" at Swampscott, Mass., will be the White House of l'resldent Coolldge. It Is now being put In order for occupancy In June. Telephone and telegraph trunk lines are being Installed; routes to and from Swampscott for the use of the l'resl-dent are being studied by the secret service; reservations have been made for the Presidential stuff and an oftice Is being equipped for their use. Not since 1910, when l'resldent Taft went to Beverly, Mass., for the summer, has New England been the headquarter of a l'resldent for an extended period. It Is the President's Intention to take a real vucutlon at Swampscott. Ills official party will be compara-- - lively small ; there will be an occa-tlon-personal friend who will visit the President and Mrs. Coolldge, but during the first few weeks the only official callers will be those necessary to the actual conduct of the govern-ment's business. The President's per-sonal party, on leaving Washington, will probably Include only his son, John Coolldge, who Is completing his Brt year at Amherst. Next door to the President Is the tumn-e- r I ome of bis Intimate friend, Trunk Mr. Stearua, who will occupy It while the President it nt "White Court." Upon his arrival In Swampscott the President will Immediately prepare his address for the governors' conference at Poland Springs, Maine, late In June and for the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Washington assuming command of the Continental army at Cambridge on July 3. Apart from that the President has no pluns other than to place his chair on the front porch and read a number of books, notably biographies. A number of Washington correspond-ents will set up headquarters half a mile away and keep In touch with his official acts, but otherwise will not disturb him. This Is the first time President Cool-ldge has taken a real vacation In two years. He has worked steadily for long hours each day ever since he en-tered the White House. The Presidential yacht, the May-flower, will anchor In Marblehead har-bor and the President w ill take an oc-casional short trip on the water. .Aside from a week's tour of the New Englund coast on the Mayflower and a visit of a week with his father at Plymouth, Vt.. the President hat planned no extended absence from Swampscott during the entire summer. I Why That Bad Back? Is backache keeping you upset! Fee til tired out to nervous and dispirited jroa can hardly keep going? Then look to your kidneys! Your kidneys rid the body of poiaonoua waste. But if they lag, impuritiea accumulate and poison the whole system. Then one is apt to suffer backache, stabbing pains, headaches, dizziness, and ether annoy-ing kidney irregularities. If your kid-neys a sluggish, help them with diuretic. Use ZHian'l PiUt. They are praised the world over. Alk your neighbor! An Idaho Case Mrs. 8am Robin-so- n, 94 N. Pine St.. " Blackfoot, Idaho, vTCT says: "My back wu t&AN 7j lame and I had 1 VW fZ& heavy, bearing down 'i lTS4 pains through my "VV! akidneys. There was V4 continual ache In :, Tj the small of my y M back. My kidneys I acted Irregularly, A I I too. I decided to trW fc I try Doan's Pills and two boxes cured me of the attack." DOAN'S" STIMULANT DIURETIC TO THE KIDNEYS Fttter-Milbur- a Co, Mfg. Chun Buflalo. N. Y. Sure Relief FOR INDIGESTION cAxlltFj inwgktkwJJ SD6Bell-a-n s Hot water KlZZfil Sure Relief oELL-AN-S 25$ AND 75j PACKAGES EVERYWHERE KEEP EYES WELL! fgv Ir. Thnnumnn'i Br Water will TrXV IIH Hlnr Trojr.W. 1. Book lot. " RESIfSOL" 5oofhinq And He&linq Clears Away Blotches PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM Roam IftudrnffStoiia Hair VaU tt.ffca'-C-TJ Re.tor. Color and B"? to"T "A F.di Hair "'"" Ch" ruhoinj.N T, HINDERCORNS r.a,, oh- - 'ktm-aaa. ... .u.g, all aalD. ensorn .mfrTio U,. - " tlim a.. Ue bf mail or at lW rt.ia U luo Cb.aal Worma, iatcjioa.. N T EFFICIENCY AND SAFETY OF CARS Numerous Devices Add to Comfort and Satisfac-tion of Owner. It Is difficult to believe that the oil pressure gauges and he ampere-mete- r which now appear on the Instru-ment boards of virtually all makea of cart were once regarded by many as unnecessary frills. Today there are a number of accessories being offered which are similarly regarded, which Is the tame as snying that they would be appreciated if only their advan-tages were better known. By equipping a car with tome of these fitment, greater satisfaction, ef-ficiency and safety will result Add 'Tront and rear bumpers to the car, at-tach one of the many rear signaling devices, keep a set of antiskid chains handy and the car will be enormously benefited In proportion to the cost of the protection. Frequently euch safe-ty devices add to the car't appearance and thut not only help protect the owner'e original Investment but add to It. A spotlight attached to the windshield and played upon the road may prevent wrecking the car In a ditch. Take efficiency as another Instance. A car that Is operated without proper regulation of the cooling system Is at all timet running Inefficiently. Thlt It especially true In winter when the engine It constantly operated at the wrong temperatnre, either boiling over because the radiator Is covered with the lap-rob- e or running cold because there Is no covering at all. The mar-ket now offers several radiator covert with openings which can be operated from the rinah. Along the efficiency line are other devices which are destined to filter the gasoline before It Is admitted to the carburetor, thus preventing the entrance of dirty or watered gasoline to the carburetor or engine. A device of this character may pay for Itself within a month after It Is Installed. Then there are shock absorbers, which In addition to giving greater riding comfort, save the springs from breakage on the rebound and thus In-crease the usefulness of the car by preventing breakdowna. Even cut-outs which were at one time regarded as toys for the speed maniacs are now shown to have a very Important use. Regardless of the telling points of each accessory or all ef them at a group, it la a fact that any one of them adds to the second-han- d value of a car. So the motorist not only has the use of the accessories with which he equips his car and the savings on Insurance, Inconvenience, repair bills, etc., but he geta a return premium when be goes to tell the car. WATER INJURY TO TIRES IS SMALL Running Through Stream Is Not Injurious. Now and then In the course of aa automobile trip a car bat to paas through a stream, and the qnestlon la sometimes discussed whether the ac-tion of tb water Is harmful to the Urea. The tame question arises when the cur la out In a heavy rain. Such a wetting la practically noth-ing at all, either for damage or Im-provement At any rate, the effect on the tire la not harmful. Two chief constituent! of a tire are rubber and cotton, both vegetable substances, and at a rule water does not Injure vege-table mutter. At Illustrative of thlt point, there It the old but true story of the farmer who, when one of bis rubber boots fell Into a well, placed the other on a nhelf In a closet. Twelve years later when the well was cleaned the lost boot was found to be In ex-cellent condition, but the boot on the shelf had fallen Into ruin. If running through a brook resulted In cooling tire the effect would be decidedly beneficial, but a quick dash through the water hat little effect on the heated air within the tire and consequently the temperature change In the tire after Its bath la negligible. Water Itself apparently doet no harm to tlret, but the combination of air and moisture commonly known at humidity It very destructive, especial-ly on the cotton In ordinary fabric tires. The moist air works In between the layers of the fabric and rots them out, sometimes even before the tires leave the dealer's storeroom. Cord tires stand humidity better. The harmful effect of moist air Is the chief reason why, when tires are stored, they thould be kept In a dry atmosphere. As sunlight Is also harm- - ful, the storage place thould be dark-ened. Duluth Harbor Rankt Second to New York Although Its harbor Is closed ap-proximately four months of the year by Ice, Duluth is rated the second largest cargo shipping port of the na-tion In the annual report of marine commerce of the Duluth-Superio- r har-bor, Issued under direction of SlaJ. E. H. Marks, of the United States engineer's office, New York harbor only had more shipping than Duluth Inst year, and Los Angeles was third, according to the report. Then enme Buffalo, Philadelphia, Ilaltimore, Ash-tnbul- a, Ohio, and Iloston hurbor, Muss. Cnrgo freight, with a value of $516,837,517 In 45,410,050 tons, for a season of 238 days, was recorded for Duluth harbor. The net registered tonnage of the 8,003 cargo vessels which entered and left the harbor during the season was placed at tons, while the total number of vessels of all clusses to enter and leave the port was 9,783. Peru Fosters Industrie The government of Peru is consid-ering the Issuance of several "potente de Introduction," which constitute a recent Innovation in Teru. Under these grants a company of individual undertaking the establishment of a new Industry In Peru, thnt Is, of some article not previ-ously manufactured in the country, is assured by the government that no one-els-may start a competing Industry within a term of years, although Im-portation of the article may continue. The purpose, of course, Is to foster Mie development of new industries. World'$ Largest Book Vienna cluims the biggest 5 book In the world. It Is In the Dominican cloister carefully mounted In a ease-I-one of the corridors. The book Is made up of parchment leaves mount-ed on thin wooden borders. On Is maintained a death list of the cloister. The first entry was made In 1410, but even this date Is 184 years more recent than the dute of the cloister, for this home of Domini-can monks was founded in 1220, under the Babenbergers. Shabby Tires Are Not Favored for Any Car Shabby tires on a good-lookin- g carl Tet stand on any street corner today and count the number of patched-up- , dilapidated tires which are being nsed to the last mile. The cost of keeping these tires running for a few thou-sand miles would nearly pay for new ones. Mileage tuch at this comet high. Tire conservation doet not mean picking up a decrepit tire and patting it back Into tervice at a big repair cost Just to save a little rubber left In the tread. It means taking care of the tire from the first so that it will be able to deliver all the mileage built into It by the maker. When tires are so far wern that they are toon to Wow, it It poor economy to repair them. Such a course meant sacrifice of the Inner tube at welt. Cheap, makeshift patches, boots and temporary repalra of all klndt are now being called Into use as never before, but patching up an old casing In which separation af fabric plies has already begun, cannot give the freedom from tire trouble on which the pleasure In motoring so largely depends. Art, an Indicator The condition of a nation's art Is a true gauge of Its energy and vitality. Excepting the necessities of life, art Is the Inst thing which a country will relinquish. The oratorio, the music baH. the pub and afternoon tea are England's most normal manifestations, the regular occurrence of which de-notes a healthy organism. A cessation of any of these institutions would be a sure Indication thut something waa wrong with the little Island Samuel Sliotzitioff, In Vanity Fair. Responsibility Placed Men are responsible for women' gowns. A century of cheap Jokes about women buttoning their dresses up the buck, has led to almost nothing. Hopkins tMo.) Journal. Good Advice Is to Give Machine the Once-Ov- er There's economy, also satisfaction In giving your car the once-ove-r In the spring, then If it needs replace-ments or anything else to bring it back to perfect form, have It done as quick-ly as possible. Naturally the toll of a year's driv-ing Is most severe, and generally there Is a reminder or two. Right here the old stitch In time principle works out When the car Is restored to Its best shape, almost as good as the day It was bought, riding In It Is far more enjoyable, also it will bring a much better price If you care to sell or ex-pect to trade it in on a new car. Letting your motor car run down Is false economy. Eventually it costs you more and in the Interim you are not happlevt when riding along the highways. Even little things which you may think are of no special consequence develop into t ig Items In repair bills If allowed to run on without Interrup-tion. Tying in Spring Leaves Will Prevent Spreading Since the leaves In a spring have a tendency to spread apart. It Is often hard to replace the spring tie-bo- In autos or trucks. The easy way Is to grip the head of the tie-bo- In a vise, and pat all but the last four leaves one on top of tlw other. The last four leaves are put on crosswise, or spread around like the ribs of an umbrella, which allows the nut to be easily started on the bolt. With the nut on the bolt, swing the bottom cross leaf Into place. Then each succeeding leaf will slide easily Into position. Then tighten the tie-bo- lt nut. Of course, the clamps on each end will have to be removed un-til the spring Is assembled. I Anything These Days Running downhill recently a driver found to his utter surprise that a motor truck, supposedly at rest In the downhill position on the right side of the road, was actually going uphill backwards. The driver could not get It through his head fcr a moment and nearly lost control of his machine try-ing to dope It out, which showed that he was not prepared to expect moat anything nowadays. The truck driver was utilizing the lower gear ratio of reverse In order to enable the englnt to pull np an xtra heavy load. Windshield Rattle When the windshield glass becomes loose In Its frame, it causes an an-noying rattle. It Is very difficult to close the frame so that It will grip the glass more securely without the possibility of breaking the latter. If the glass Is not too loose the rattle can be eliminated by filling the apace In the frame with shellac. This can be applied with a sharp pointed stick or a brush and should be applied slowly so that It will pack tightly In the opening. |
