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Show WMHHHBBHHBMMBHMIBHBBHMMiMHBHHIIHHBMHMnMMH "" " " - T' ...I - i. - " NEW SIGNALING DEVICE HELPS DRIVING - Miss Emily Long, of Guildford, England, has perfected thla device which, she declares, simplifies driving. At night the arrow 1 electrically Illuminated. 4H$H$H$H$H$HH$H$Hfr$H$H4H$ ICOMT;vILDCKNER J THE SEA DEVIL jj I ..ggjT.w, By LOWELL THOMAS f . it i it. it it it ft 't ft 1' '1' li ft '1' ft ft '1 ft '1' '1' ft ft li it ft ftt j The ImAt'i ami rtas vae tfce W fnacfc barque Charles Caused, and Count Lackaer wae arfeved by the aeceaaHy at , aiakkuj bar berauaa be admired Gouaed'e anlc and awre especially btcauae be loved aU aaUmg ablpa. Tbes, three days later ea dr raced aloaf the equator, the raiders elfhted the British mrae-auat-scbaaoer Percy sad hrouabt bar ts with tws shots acreae bar bows. The eastela bad ble bride with baa, aad addias a woaua to ttMb- ssieaasri at Aral troubled Count Luckairi but the young areaaaa tavaad out to be a "goad lellow." The Preach brig Aataada was eaaountored aff the African coast during s bawUag gale aad. aha the ethers, was taaaa aad sunk. CHAPTER V Continued make tough customer for oar gall-ing ship to handle. But whj not have t good look at berj V set tbe sig-nal : "Chronometer time, please." The way she paid no attention to tbe request aatd very clearly: "Let that old windjammer go and buy watch I" But we had other devices. We bad a smoke apparatus to send clouds roll-ing out of tbe galley, and on the gal-ley roof was a dish loaded with a quantity of magnesium wblcb when lighted produced a wicked red flame.' We eet the smoke and Ore going, and anything white was waved. The cook frantically waved bis apron. . "1-a-y to," I shouted, "or we dis-charge our torpedoea." There was no further sound. The fat captain was licked, licked by the terror tbe torpedo Inspired In every one wbo tailed on ships. He made no further protest He could not have done anything with bis men now, hut I don't think be liked torpedoea either. Ue sat down on a deck chair, cursing and wiping tbe sweat off bla face. . We still had to be careful. There were plenty of flreartna aboard that ship, rifles, grenades, and what not. We added another allied nation to our list of prizes when the Buenos Aires came bowling along. She was an Italrao ahlp built In England, a fine vessel but filthy dirty. Every-thing waa nntldy from stem to stern. Her captain, a fat, unkempt man of about fifty Ave wltb a bristly mous-tache and a month's growth of scrag-gl-stubble on bis face, came aboard the Seeadler carrying an umbrella! Can yoo Imagine a eklpper of a wind-jammer carrying an umbrella at sea? We couldn't, and my men all burst out in rude guffaws. I suppose be had It to protect himself during a hurricane, eh? I had once seen a photograph of the Italian commander In chief. Count Cadorna, carrying an umbrella. 8o we Immediately dubbed our new skip-per Cadorna. He was a genial fellow, full of good nature and fun You should have aeen bis astonishment when be saw the One quarters we pro-vided for opr captive skippers, tie never did quite get over It Apparent-ly, he was better off as our prisoner than he had been before. One night, our lookout saw a tiny flash of light astern. A ship was com-ing along behind ns, and somebody on her bad looked at bla watch wltb a pocket flash. We kept along on our way. No doubt In the morning she would still be close to us. Dawn came, and there she was, a magnifi-cent French barque, the La Rochefou-cauld. We signaled her: "Important news.. She hove to. Tbe captain, who was on deck In bis carpet slippers, saw our gun but thought we were the mother aupply for a squadron of British sub-marines. Seeing that be waa under some Illusion, 1 decided to have a lit-tle fun with bim. 1 called our cap-tured sailors to deck In batchea. First up came the Chinamen. They lined up along the rail so that the French-man could get a good look at them. Then I called the West Indian negroea ran up distress signals. Tbe Seeadler now waa the most dramatic-lookin- g ship afire yon ever saw. Thirty of my crew armed with .Idea hid behind the rati, and Schmidt quickly dressed up as the captain'a wife, tbe beautiful but simpering "Josefeena" of the big feet We had another piece of ap-paratus which fc now used for the drat time. It was a kind of cannon made out of a section of smokestack. It was loaded wltb a charge of pow der, and you touched it off wltb a lighted cigarette. It waa quite harm-less but made a terrifying noise. Xon would have thought It a superdread-oaught'- s full broadside. 1 picked three sailors wbo had the most powerful' voices aboard, gave them large mega phonea, and atatloned them on the topmast yards of the mainmast and nilzzen. If that steamer was short on cour-tesy, ahe waa long on humanity, Sho came rushing heroically to the aid of the old aallablp that was blazing so dramatically Just astera She bad a powerful wireless set, and aa 1 stood on my bridge watching ber aa ahe steamed toward us 1 could not take my eyes off the five-Inc- gun on ber deck. Wbat waa our little popgun be-side that piece of ordnance? One shot would blow ua right out of the water. Tbe steamer had a big fat captain wbo bad his cap pulled down over one eye. Ills voice, even when he whig percd. was a deep bellow. Too should have beard It through the megaphone! The steamer drew near. The fat cap tain raised his megaphone. "What the hell's the matter with you?" Uls voice boomed across like the rumble of our old cannon. We cut off the smoke and flame, it looked aa if we had fought our Ore successfully. Schmidt, the captain's beautiful wife, tripped along the deck with coquettish movements of shoul-ders and hips. The officers on tbe I kept our riflemen at the rail, ready to cover our boarding party and to shoot down anyone who went near tbe five-Inc- h gun. Still wltb the Idea of keeping tbe men on the steamer over awed, I sent my eight strongest men aa the boarding crew under tbe com-mand of my giant prize officer. They had been among the strongest men In Germany One waa tbe wrestling champion of Saxony, another tbe wrestling champion of Westphalia. One, a Bavarian who had been a sculptor's model. He had been in much demand for posing because of hla prodigious muscular development. Any one of these fellows could bring up the d weight wltb one band. They went wltb bare anna and shoulders. They had long bamboo poles wltb hooka at the end. . They reached up wltb the poles, caught tbe hooka over tbe edge of tbe deck oi the captured ship, and climbed up hand over hand. The men on deck looked down aa they ascended. "What fellowa, by Joe, No, by Joe, we're not going to fight with those fellows I" Our prisoners came aboard. Among them were eight British marines who had been assigned to the steamer as a gun crew. Tbe fut captain looked around pur deck wltb a aort of bellig-erent curiosity. Ue walked up to our smokestack gun, and yoo couldn't have told bis face from a beet "Captain, Is that the thing that made that bell of a racket?" "Yea." "Where are your torpedoes?" "Torpedoes? We have no torpe-does." "No torpedoes? That waa a fake, too?" "Yes." "By Joe, Captain, don't report that by Joe." I promised him I would not report It aud told him heurtlly that he bad behaved like a true British skipper, and nn mnn rnnlri huvA rtunik haffap Aye, things have changed on tbe sea. When I went aboard that steam-er, I bad to sit there aad look around and think. She was a freighter, and wbat were freighters like when 1 was In the fo'c'sle? Tbat wasn't so long ago, twenty-od- d years, but ships and customs change rapidly. 1 waa In a magnificent saloon, with heavy car pets, glittering candelabra, and big, luxurious club chairs. Paintings in heavy frames, bung on the wait in one corner waa a Stelnway grand piano and beside It a music rack. There were other musical Instruments, a raelodeon, a violin, a guitar, a ukulele. The bold of the steamer waa no less Interesting than tbe officers' sa-loon. The cargo was valued at a million pounds sterling. It Included five hundred cases of rare cognac and twenty-thre- e hundred cases of cham-pagne. Veuve Cllquot That was some-thing. "Hoi boys," I called, "lend a band There'a a bit of work here." We took the musical Instruments, the piano, violin, 'cello, meiodeon, and alL We had aboard the Seeadler a pianist and a violinist both excellent musicians out of the German con servatorles. We had no room In our cabins to bang tbe paintings, so 1 gave them to our captive captains to take with them when they left our ship. Some of the expensive furniture fitted nicely In the Seeadler's cabins. Of the cognac and champagne we ferried aboard as mncb as we could stow away. We opened the sea cocks ot the steamer, and she settled down peacefully boneath the wnves. iTO BE) CONTINUED.) steamer's bridge eyed the fair vision and exchanged smiles with that rogue of a Schmidt Nor waa tbe fat cap-tain insensible to feminine charms He rolled his eyes and grinned with tbe expression of a skipper wbo can easily "cut his officers out" "Look at the wireless, Leudemann," 1 said, "and the Bve-lnc- b gun." "Knock the wireless over," be re-plied, "and let's have tt out wltb tbe five-Inc- h gun." "Clear the deck for action,1 roared. Instantly, the beautiful Schmidt threw off his silken dress, and In tbe uniform of a German gob kicked his blonde wig around tbe deck. Tbe Britishers stared aghast The Ger man Aug ran up, our riflemen arose from behind the rail, ready to pick off anyone wbo tried to handle the five-Inc-gun. Bang, crash, and our gun knocked over the wireless shack. A tremendous detonation, and our false smokestack cannon added Us voice to the general effect The ateamer'a crew swarmed on deck and ran around like crazy ani mala. Tbe captain telephoned his or der to start tbe engines, Uls engine crew was on deck as panicky as the others. Ue ordered the boats swung out tils men were already doing tbat as well as their fright allowed. "Cleat the deck for action," be bowled. Tbat only gnve the crew a.greatei scare than ever. I shouted to him: "Lay to, or I will sink you." 1 bad to admire tbat captuln. The fat fellow dominated the frightened mob by sheer force of lung power. His voice seemed to sweep tbe deck and master everything. "Gun crew to their posts. By Joe, you acnlawags. , Gun crew to their posts, I say, by Joe." on uecK. Aiier uiem me wnite men. Now Chinese, now black men, now Caucasians the captain of the La Rochefoucauld thought be must be having a nightmare. And a most dis-agreeable nightmare It was when he saw tbe German flag run swiftly to the tip of our mainmast Tou should have beard him swear. Ue climbed onto the Seeadler's deck a picture of wrath and despair. Be atlll bad on bla carpet slippers, and bad brought nothing with him. Ola name waa Lecoq. "Don't you want to send for your belongings. Captain Lecoq?" 1 asked. "If 1 have to lose my ahlp, mon Dleu, I want to lose everything," be replied. "Ton don't want to take anything with your "No, let everything go down with the ship." I aent a couple of his sailors back aboard the Le Rochefoucauld to pack hla luggage and bring It aboard tbe Seeadler. One of my sailors came to me, say-ing: "They met cruiser couple of daya ago." My men bad orders to circulate among captured sailors and talk wltb them to see what they could pick up. This sailor bad heard mention of a cruiser In the talk of the French allors. That was funny. I had asked Cap-tain Lecoq whether be bad sighted any ships within the past week, and be had replied no. In his log I had found no mention of being searched by a cruiser. One of my officers ex-amined the log again and found that a page had been torn out A thorough questioning of the French aallors brought out the fact that they bad been thoroughly searched hy a British cruiser. This warship bad taken ber position three hundred miles south of us and was cruising back and forth We stood watching. I didn't think he could do It, but the panic stilled. The frightened men stood at a kind of attention. The gun crew aepa rated Itself from the crowd. It looked as though there would be a fight his cannon against our rifles. Well, we could pick them off, and that fat "soul of tbe situation" would be an excel-lent mark to shoot at We bad one more device left I gave the signal From the mastheads boomed three voices through the meg-aphones In unison. The shout waa to English and seemed to dominate the ocean to the horizon. "Torpedoes clear 1" On the deck of the steamer a crazy yell arose "No torpedoes, for God's sake,, oe torpedoes." Handkerchiefs, napkins, towels, and across the Pacific ship lane, examining every vessel tbat passed. So you see, we, apparently, were picking them up after she bad Q. K.'d them. Captain Lecoq bad bidden bla men to say noth-ing about tbe cruiser. Apparently he hoped that we would wander fur enough south to run afoul of the Brit-isher and be captured. CHAPTER VI Windjammer Vs. Steamer Now the biggest ship we captured In the Atlantic was a 9.800-to- o British steamer loaded with champagne tbe Borngarth. Tbat was our banner day. She waa well armed and bad a wire-less. 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COLUMBIA SY8TEM 1:00 p. m. Symphonlo Hour. 1:80 p. m. Richard Hudnut program. 4:00 p. m. Cathedral Hour. : 6:30 p. m. Services Tenth Prssbr-terla- n Church, Philadelphia, Rev. D. Q. Barnhous. ::00 p. m. La Pallna Concert. 1:30 p. m. Sonatron Program. 0:10 p. m. Majestic Theater of the Air. 10:00 p. m. Da Foreat Audlons. 10:30 p. m. Around the Samovar. N. B. C. RED NETWORK May 13. 10:15 a. m. Radio Household Institute. 7:00 p. m. Voice ot Firestone. 7:10 p. m. A. P. Gypsies. . 1:10 p m. General Motors' Family Party. I. SO o. m. Empire Builders. N. B. C. BLUE NETWORK I 00 a. m. Copeland Hour. 1:00 p. m. Montgomery Ward Hour. 1:15 p. m. U. 8. Dept. of Agriculture. 1:30 p. m. Montgomery Ward Hour. 6 SO p. m. Boxy and His Gang. 1:00 p. m. Edison Recorders. COLUMBIA SYSTEM 1:00 p. m. Kansas School Dais. 1:30 p. m. Ceco Couriers. :00 p. m. Physical Culture Magaslns. (.SO p. m. Warner Bros. Vltaphone Jubilee. 10:00 p. m. Robt. Burns Panatelas. 10:30 p. m. United Choral Sing-era- N. B. C. 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Dept. of Agriculture. 1:30 p. m. Montgomery Ward Hour. 7:00 p. m. Lehn and Fink Serenade. 8:30 p. m Maxwell House Hour. COLUMBIA SYSTEM 10:00 a. m Ida Bailey Allen, National Home-Maker- s' Club. 10:30 a. m. Rlt Fashion Review. 8:00 p. m. Sweethearts. 8:30 p. m. Then and Now. 8:80 p. m. Sonora Hour. 10:00 p. m. The Columbians. 10:30 p. m. Musical Episode. N. B. C. RED NETWORK May 17. 10:15 a. m. Radio Household Institute. 4:00 p. m. Florida Citrus Growers. 7:00 p. m. Cities Service Hour. 1.00 p. m. An Evening in Paris. 8:30 p. m. Schraedertown Brass Band. N. B. C. BLUE NETWORK 10:00 a. m. RCA Educational Hour. 1:00 p. m. Montgomery Ward Hour. 1:15 p. m. U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 1:30 p. m. Montgomery Ward Hour. 11 p. m. Squibbs Health Talk. 6:30 p. m. Dixies Circus. 7:80 p. m. Armstrong Quakers. 8:00 p m Wrlgley Review. 8:80 p. m. Phllco Hour. 8 00 p. m. Hudson-Esse- x Challena-ers- . 10:00 p. m. Bkellodlana. COLUMBIA SYSTEM 10:00 a. m. Ida Bailey Allen, National Home-Maker- s' Club. 13:00 m. Radio Home Baxaar. 4:45 p m. Enna Jettick Melodies. 1:00 p. m. Temple. 1:30 p. m. Veedol Vodevll. 8:00 p. m. True Story Hour. 10:00 p. m. Kodak Hour. 10:30 p. m. Night Club Romances. N. B. C. RED NETWORK May 1R 10:15 a. m. Radio Household Institute 6:30 p. m. White House Dinner Muslo 1:00 p. m. Nat. Orch. with Damrosch. 8:00 p. m. Lucky Strike Dance Orch. N. B. C. BLUE NETWORK 1:10 p. m. RCA Demonstration Hour. 6:30 p. m. Gold Spot Orchestra. 7:00 p. m. Pure Oil Band. 8 00 p. m. Packard Electric. COLUMBIA SYSTEM 10:00 p. m. National Forum from Wash-ington. ' Hail the Artichoke Tbe Globe artichoke, Introduced to the United States by Portuguese farm-ers near San Francisco, baa grown tit favor until the sales last year totaled $1,000,000. il THE MOTOR QUIZ !l (How Many Can Ton Answsrt) j Q. What state in the Union jj i baa the greatest number of mo-- i ! j tor vehicles? j Ana. New Tork, with approi-- ; Imately 2,000,815. California Is second with 1,806,224. - m J J Q. Why should Urea be prop-- J it eriy Inflated? !! Ana, Too much air causes JJ ii riding discomfort Underlnlla- - JJ tlon causes the tires to wear JJ " out quicker. n J J Q. Should the front wheela ! J j j of a car be turned while It Is " not In motion? JJ JJ Ana. This should be avoided JJ ! i when ever possible as It puts a i ! JJ severe strain on steering parts JJ ii and la bad on tires. u JJ Q. When spark plug gaps JJ n are too wide what happens? u JJ Ans. When spark plug gaps JJ n are too wide It causes hard JJ starting. The gnp should be JJ ii .025 In engines of ordinary n JJ compression and .020 for high JJ ii compression engines. .025" Is i JJ about equal to the thickness of JJ ii a thin dime; ,020" la slightly " JJ closer. JJ The wrongs of other people are con-tinually getlng mixed up with our rights. MANY KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENTS a) mmJimB Total of 27,500 Fatalitie "Reported in Various States of Union. : Approximately 27,600 persona were killed In motor vehicle accidents In the United States during 1928, tt is Indicated by a nation-wid- e survey which includes figures from all but three states. This .toll of life la more than 7 per cent greater than tbe number who met death In motor vehicle accidents In 1927. If a similar Increase should be reported this year, It would mean the death of almost 80,000 persona. With approximately 25,000,000 mo-tor vehlclea registered In the country at tbe close of lust year, a fatality toil of approximately 27,500 meana the death of one person for approx-imately every 900 cars. On an aver-age, also, 75 persona were killed In motor vehicle accidents during each dny of last year, or about 630 each week." . In 1027, according to the United States Department of Commerce, the total number of persons killed In mo-tor vehicle accident. Including deaths caused by collision of motor vehlclea with trains and street cars, was 25,-63- 3. Applying the 1028 increase of 7.38 per cent, as ahown by the fig-or-la 45 states and the District of Columbia, tt la Been that the fa-tality record for 1028 is approximate-ly 27,500. The complete tabulation aa report-ed follows: etata lilt Ull Percent- - - t ase of - Chanara Arlsona lit ltd 10.67 Arkansa 1SS 1 1 California 1.78S l,8J6t S.0I Colorado S3 SOOt IS. 31 Connecticut I5 4S 18.03 Delaware 71 1 35 of Col. .... 108 11S S 4S 418 S84t 10.18 Georgia 433 403t S.83 Idaho 81 7 8 64 Illlnot l.TTS 1,068 1( 44 Indiana 881 S1 11.71 Iowa 184 155 10 11 Kansas 61 199 11.18 Kentucky 118 124 1.67 Louisiana 180 828 17.14 Main US H3T .... Ill 148 S.14 Massachusetts .. .! lit 1 " Mlchlasn 1,180 1.3S5 .tt Minnesota 389 407 10.30 ' Mississippi 161 30t 8.10 Missouri ........ 717 ,- - SSS 14.88 Montana 7S 138 15 33 184 186t 4.(4 Nevada IS IS 186 New Hampshire . 76 71 1.(7 New Jeraey ,,..1.041 t.088 4 (1 New Mexico .... 6? 71 16.31 New York 1.655 1680 ' .88 North Carolina 688 S9S 4.91 North Dakota ... St 89t 8.54 Ohio 1.144 1,898 8.54 Oklahoma 178 195 41.09 Oregon 114 140t .11.16 Pennsylvania ...1.98S l,787t 10.01 Rhode Island ... 123 161 11.71 South Carolina . 118 146 11.17 South Dakota .. 78 110 61.90 Tennessee 136 491 4( 57 Texas 52( 811 75.10 Vermont S( 71 8.08 Virginia .408 196 S IS Washington .... 1(9 175 1.(1 Wisconsin 61 (73 14.61 Wyoming (5 64 1.81 Total . 13,1(0 14,864 IncT.K Feotaotes. Excludes collision of all heavier vehicles, including trains and street ears. -' Excludes collision of motor with trains and street cars. tFigures are provisional and subject to chsnge. In addition to the states where mo-torcycles are Involved, all other s, except whsre otherwise speoifled, Include collision with all heavier ve-hicles. Automobile Advertising Feature on Closed Car It Is possible to use your pleasure car for business purposes, without marring Ua appearance, by the appli-cation of painted signs. Just paint the advertisement on ordinary win-dow shodea and substitute these for the shades of the car, the roller of the window shade being removed and the roller of the car shade being used In Its place. Remove the ratchet from Painted Window Curtains Used In the Closed Car for Advertising Pur-poses. the roller and drive a screweye Into the stick In the hem of the shade. The latter is slipped over a acrewhook driven Into the window Bill, and the absence of the ratchet allows the spring to keep the curtain taut all the time. The atlck In the hem should be a trifle longer than the width of the curtaks so that tt will be Impossible for It to roll around the roller under the tension of the spring. C Nelper Bruce, New Castle, Pa. Popular Magazine. Lucifer's Wasn't in It "I'll have you know I'm descended from the nobility." "Gosh, what a descent I" London Calling. AUTOMOBILE ITEMS Foolish pride never Bold a second-hand flivver. When a woman signals that she la turning to the left does she waive ber right? A whoopee Is a blowout but a blow-out on a lonely road at night la far from a whoopee. e e Overheard on the bus: "Tun, I saw the gas waa down to a gallon, so I let father take the car today." Nothing looks colder on a cold morning than the young delivery gen-tleman wbo baa Just come In off the bicycle. Some families are so prosperous that they can get behind In their deferred payments on two automobiles at the same time. Things are not as bad as they seem. While only 380 were killed by gun and bomb In Chicago last year, 1,000 were killed by automobile. A writer in Mr. Mencken's Infallible "Mercury" says Detroit baa aban-doned the traffic lights system. Sure. The horses didn't understand them. Spt-e- d over surfaced roads Is a more Important factor than the load. A heavy load going slowly will not Injure a road as much as a lighter load trav-eling at high speed. After a traffic aurvey a Pennsyl-vania professor says that although women are careful with automobiles, "they tend to drive In the middle of the road. This gives them an op-portunity to size up feminine head-gear on both sides ct tbe line of traveL Legion of Honor The Legion d'tloiineur In France Is an order of merit both military and civil. Aa at present organized. It con-sists ot five classes chevaliers, o (f-leers, commanders, grand officers and erand crosses. The 4 resident of the republic Is grand master. In ordinary circumstances 20 years of military, naval or civil service Is necessary for eligibility to the rank by chevalier, and promotions can only be made after definite service In a lower rank. Extraordinary service admits to any rank. The word "chevalier" means "knight" Proper Care of Filter . Results in Big Saving Statistics show that the oil filter saves the motorist $29 a year In oil alone, besides reducing wear on the car, according to W. S. Isherwood of Flint Mich., an authority on the sub Ject In the old days before the oil filter, he says, oil had to be changed every 600 miles, Now the manufacturers recommend changing oil from 1,000 to 8,000 mlleit. This recommendation Is based upon the use of the oil filler and that It be renewed every 10,000 miles, because after this mileage the filtering unit becomes filled with the foreign matter taken from the oil and peeds lor be renewed. A Female Peacock? In popular usage the word "pea-cock" Is applied to any Individual bird of the peafowl family, whether tt Is male or female. It la more accurate to speak ot tbe birds In general as peafowls, and call the males peacocks and the females peahens when it la desirable to Indicate the sex. Wisest Men Are Always Slow of Speech tlclpatlon, but let him remember that many of the wisest men within hu-man knowledge were tactlturn "mind-ed their own business," and we don't know hut that the slow to speech get along about as well as the wordy and Impnmiouate ; some thiuk, better. St Louis People are likely to set too much store by "conversation." A very large proportion of It isn't worth Jwo cents. It must be conceded that there is a kind of exhilaration In talking. One con even get headache by It ; showing that It has a direct offset on the tem-po of tbe heart and on the nervous system. The popular potion that one must talk "for the sake of relief Is probably bogus; because silence, once !t . Is learned and practiced, gives a greater relief. Keeping still Is an Interesting game, to the point of being, at times, de-lightful ; especliilly when employed to keep out of a furious row under full headway. It Is a difficult game, there-fore the more Inviting to play. One may suffer from the Invidious Impli-cation that It Is timidity Instead of good sense that keeps him from pur The Radio ia College Itadlo Is rapidly gaining recognition In the colleges, both as a medium for broadcasting college activities and as a course of study for those who wish to make It their life work. Many of the larger statious are employing onlj college men. Study Car Wants What does one want proved about flie car he Is considering buying! Probably several tilings speed, power, silence of operation, flexibility, riding comfort adequate room, and the like. The thorough-goin- motor car buyer will map out a route that will give the car a cbstuce to prove its several ' virtues. Demonstrations " differ, but only when the car owner lets the sales-man know precisely what be desires to learn about the car. . ' That's Just the Trouble) The nniln difficulty alxuil people who borrow trouble Is that (hey want to pay hock more thnn they borrow Grand Itaplds Press. May Eliminate Noises By revetslng the speaker leads in Uie plug terminals, microphonic noises from audio amplifiers may sometimes be eared. |