Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 159, Decatur, Adams County, 11 July 1917 — Page 2

_l] I—lll—■ IIH—PH I ■■■HIT I || j Hp— - -___-_ .-^A..-«—7. ■■>-■.>—■—- a | The Maxwell is an Automobile of . I Remarkable Consistency You want a motor car that will serve 44 consecutive days and nights, and its you consistently. performance was consistent. I You want to know that your car can be It went about 500 miles each and every J | v .i. i -1 ii r It went within a small fraction of 22 I You want high miseage per gallon ot .. „ r .. t .. i r i , miles to every gallon ot gasoline. j gasoline and freedom from repairs and readjustments. It went the whole distance of 22,000 miles —probably further than you would And you want tnese things, not occa- travel in two years—without any repairs | * On these qualities the Maxwell has made Every one of eight tires (two sets) w ent B | good. It has proved its worth. just about 9,800 miles and the others | | When the Maxwell stock touring car set finished in good snape. | the World’s Motor Non-Stop Mileage For consistency and reliability this record 3 Record a short time ago, it travelled for far excels anything we ever heard of. I A word of warning—it is not wise to wait too long. The demand for Maxwells 9 is growing so that in a very short time the factory output, tremendous as it is now, | will not be able to meet the demand. If you wait too long, you might be forced to content yourself with some other make of car which, first and last, will cost you much more than the Maxwell. | R ! .® J Schafer Hardware Co., Dealers I ■ 1 1' I U - ft’ — I -11-I.U I I ill -I, no ill J-mm L—l-XU JiaiL -I-IJM iiijb ■ ui_. _l. _■ U

I u. S. AIR MEN NEAR PERFECT I (Cnlt.d Pro.. Rrrvlc.l P \V»xbißKton. D. C.. July 11—■ dal to Pally Democrat)—The IPMoi! | there are many vacancies in the avla jtion section la that only a small lM>r . IcSHrtW of those apply the pliytUcal teat, lienes w g ul un * I must <i« after tilling out a neriea of lappli<atlon forma: “Have y ou ever been xeashJt"' te the flrat «gi>xt( !!U popped. Aviatora must be ituui uill ' Ito mal de mer. Testa for near sight. ' j.-diiese and Ur-eiglitodneas. <:<>i, )r pe| Iceptlnn yi-atled to fluest ton... ai|() I vision follow. Vision must he | ll)r . I mal. Heart, lungs and blood pres K u re must be perfect. FAet must be *«u shaped and the nervous system normat t’best expansion must be t| lrPe or more Inches inflated Equilibry testa are next. The aMrifaiut shut, his eyes and balances himself on hi, ! toes with heels and toes together, it I sounds Uy h. Then W i ( || eyes still shut he balances on each I foot bringing the other up until the I lumil touches the kaae-cap Kye. are then < xauiined more minutely by the use of belladonna and the iris j a 'x-rayed” to make doubly sure there lis no infection. I.arge tonsils, and adenoids must be removed. Teeth must l>e good and sound. Nasal passages must be clear. Hearing must Ibe perfect. The tick of a watch must Ibe heard at five feet Across a 25. toot space the applicant a.ust differI entiate between "glass” and “grass" I and “bnaas” spoken in a basely audiIble whisper. I Equilibrium, the aeveuth aensn. I must be perfectly develuped. The I other senses must be perfect for one 1 impaired swrse injures the “baiam e I sense.” The applicant is seated in II revolving oliair much the same as I a barber's or dentist's. He is whfrlI ed ten times in each dire, tiou ns fast las the chair will revolve with eyes I shut. Suddenly stopped he is to look I in the opposite direction from whk'h Ihe has been whirled. The regular 1 jumping of the eye ball as the brain 1 seeks to regain iu <<|uilibnuu> shows boa quickly the applicant is tind.ng Ibis balance. I Forty times more the applicant is I twirled sitting straight with eyes | shut ami with head dropped at an I angle of 4b degrees with the torso. I He is told to sit atraight when sudIdeniy stopped or to raise his hards I straight in front of him. If normal hie will threw his weight far to the J opposite side from which he has heen I whirled. He is then stood on his feet I and with eyes Hosed is told to walk |»n a straight to the opposite side Ld the room Many applicants are lionipelled to have minor operations before they are eligible. Examining I officers report that if possible to pass I by an operation the applicants in erI ery instance immediately make arI rar.gements to.be operated upon Th- - standard for admission to the avia1 tlon section has been reduced from a | college education or its equivalent to ] the equivalent of two years' college | training. Athletes who excelled in I school are particularly desired and lit Is well to have a perfunctory I knowledge at least, of automobiles ] and motorcycles and the theoretical I functions in motors. The age limit I has been reduced to 19. AUSTRALIAN PRIMA DONNA COMING TO DECATUR People who love the Gentry Bros.' I famous shows—and who of us does I not —are eager to know something is I advance about the new features. I which will be seen when the exhibiI tions give their 1917 greeting to us I here on Thursday. July 12. j An uitervjew with Gentry Brothers I brings forth a description of an 1 unique act that is certain to win acI claim over the land this season, an I act that comes-from the great island I continent of Australia. I It is that of beautiful Annette I' 1 | lano. who. gracefully mounted on a I blooded high m hnol horse, sing - with ] the Voice of the yperfttio «ts*r j the intoHjgcnt animal which she. Irides, rounds the hippodrome tr s j under-the big arena tent performing its splendid repertoire of unusual m complfshUMints. Miss JAohnio I Ikiiown as -The Australian I'r mi lEouestnienne.” and she more thru lives up to her title. The climax of | her perfewimme is reached wb'-n I Uiw score of whtte carrier pigeons. jntfaaMid from all sides of the great I tent. Hr-tilc above her and t.Le.n <lut1 r down to perch on her head, shouljtlers and aruws au<i un her reins and hon-c's neck aud back. To say H'd tnis is oik -of the most beautiful sp ! ' I link-, ever offered by any circus is Ito state something that -Is wholly cbI vlous to the reader and to any, other li'ersaii with itMagiiiation j The act x>f Annette, her horse .ml I her homing ptgoons is just one, 0 '■ <IM7 ftoyellsioa Uwt will be seen tin- | der the dome <>i the Gentry Bro?.' b p'leiit tent on tomorrow. Thin d' ■ July 12. I “* '•‘sacg, MIA , „ H , WIM , a •■* wdptroubU.. E,.- cm 4, 8.. be.-» ltd.. hA. ' .•ndSiHM. Why w,«t« thn« .nd mosey wire. «• I ■Q.n.nw,, la M1 omtmeW | o | mndt' A<» WmthwdMatwd-bOW".*' |» ” <4v iAi