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4 • ■»▼ wIIERE ar* the autn* of yesteryear? \V / What become* of the thousands of moyy' tor cars after they have outlived their usefulness and are no longer able even to creak their weary way along boulevards and country roads? Worn out and decrepit they cannot be turned out to graze, like their equine predecessors. i Where do they go? A good many, of course, lie rusting tn back lots in the cities and in farm yards In the country, mere memories of a long-gone day of splendor. If*-an unusual farm indeed nowadays that doesn't possess one of these battered relic*, tires gone, top shattered, and boot! and radiator missing, exposing the remains of an ancient motor to snow and rain. Or perhaps the motor has been removed and now serves to provide ample power for the corn sheller or the feed-cutter. Another favorite resting place for ancient automobiles is the abandoned quarry. Here the element of crime enters. Only recently the draining of a deep quarry In Illinois revealed the remains >f men- ilinn fifty ant..mobiles, which, it was maintained by insurance companies. had b.»en hurled to a wntcry grave by crafty owners plotting to collect theft Insurance. Ancient Autos Go Under the Hammer By far the majority of worn-out vehicles, however, go under the hammer—not that of the auctioneer. but that of the scrapper and wrecker. The Iron Trade Review recently went int<> great detail in describing just what becomes of these derelicts. Every smallest unit that possesses any further utility in It* present form, the article said, is carefully salvaged for the second hand counter. Tt|e bulky metal finds its way to the melting j>ot. while glass, hair, felt and leather are-waved when they still have value. Most of the larger cities, particularly New York and Chicago, have their “auto graveyards." which are veritable arsenals of “pans." Here your shiny model of yore is torn, backed or melted limb from llmtk Five years ago. more or less. It stood prldefully on the floor of the automobile salesroom, alluring tn Its fresh paint and marvelous coach work, spotless under hood and fenders, fleet of line and complete in every appointment. Bqtjjow It is through. Finish gone, fenders crumpled, upholstery soiled and ripped, lines ungainly when compared with current models. At the end of a tow line It creaks its way to the wrecking yard. Here harsh, unsentimental hands attack It with 'cold chisels, hammers, and acetylene torches. The body la stripped.' cut or burned loose from the, frame and thrown over on its side. The radiator ' is removed, the universal Joints are severed, a chain is run around the motor, a sledge frees the subframe, and the motor swings free. One less used car hangs over the new car market, but there ta more steel, cast and other-tban-iron scrap , to burden an already glutted market Disposing of Cars Becomes a Problem ,j This is the aide of the automobile Industry which hitherto has attracted little attention. It is completely overshadowed by the speed of the assembly line at the factory, the marvels of mass production, and the personal appeal of the new car. both on the street and in the advertising. There is a saying that what comes out of the melting pot must some day return, and the auto- ' mobile proves no exception. Each year must logically see the passing of more cars. The dls-

Parrot Made Safe Trip as Stowaway

▲ bright men parrot which had been hidden is a orate of bananas that cum from the Canary Islands remained concealed until the crate was opened during the week-end at Cheadle heath, near Manchester, England, a few days ago. says the London Mail- The bird lived three weeks among the coarse packing tn the crate while the bananas were in transit and ripening in storage.

potml of worn-out. wrecked and burned cars is an expanding problem. Slightly more than 4.300.Q00 cars and trucks were manufactured In the United States in 1925. Stocks on dealers’ hands at the beginning of 1926 were estimated to be smaller than those on hand in January, 1925. With exports not quite 303.000 and Imports less than 1,000. the net gain tn domestic supply was approximately 4,000,000. Yet registrations in all states last year exceeded those of 1934 by only 2.43 WW. i Thia leaves 1,500,000 vehicles to be accounted for. of course, a very large number of used cars la shipped out of the country, but by far the greater number is scrapped. One automotive trade Journal estimates that fully 1.000.000 cars were scrapped last year, but this figure may be a little high. In the country and smaller towns the Junk man buys old autos much as he does broken farm implements. He demolishes them in his own yard, classifies the scrap and sells it to the city dealers. The front of a city wrecking yard is usually a large salesroom for parts, truly a port of missing parts. Suppose sentiment or necessity compels you to drive an "orphan" car such as the Ace. Carnation. < Hide. Nelson. American, Thomas Flyer, Stod-dard-Dayton. Mitchell. Saxon, Elmore, Pathfinder. Lozier. Abbot-Detroit. EN F. Scripps-Booth. or Dolly Madison. With no factory or distribution organization making or selling parts, such cars live only in the units obtainable >at the wrecking yard. From time to time the owner of such a vehicle ap|>ears bn the scene for a gear, pinion or cylinder head that will enable hi* ancient model to wheexe Jerkily through a few more- painful miles. Three Kind* of Car* Go to Junk Yard Three classes of cars figure in the operation of these yards: the car that has been In a wreck and is dmiwl beyond repair: the rar that has been through a fire, and the car that is obsolete, worn-out or plain JunkHow the larger and better equipped yards are operated may be glimpsed by following a car through the various departments of one of the car-wrecking establishments along South State street. Chicago’s "Junk-auto row.** When you first view this district from an elevated railway car. you are amazed by the magnitude of the industry and appalled by what first api>ears to be a terrific waste in labor and materials. “Why cant they fix up those cars and sell them whole?" you ask yourself. And this question remains unanswered until you make a visit to one of these plants and get a better understanding of what is going on and what it's all about. In due time the car to be dismantled comes upon the wrecking floor, generally located out of doors. Here It is Inspected by those in charge of the body, motor, rear end. radiator, and other departments. who make one of two decisions—save or ■crap. A* a rule any part that gives promise of profitable resale. Is saved, but occasionally there are already too many similar parts on hand in the stock room, and consequently good condition counts for nothing. Stockroom conditions, of course, are considered when the car is bought from the owner, and if parts from any certain ear are in good demand the price is adjusted accordingly. Very rarely is an entire body saved. The wrecking crew, consisting generally of five men. now comte on the scene. Such a crew can tear down four er five car* a day. If the car is a closed model, all glass in good

The crate was landed at Garston, Liverpool. and traveled by rail to Manchester. It was stored for some time in a warehouse at Edgeley. Stockport. It was then delivered to Mr. F. Hargreaves, fruiterer of Edgeley road. Cheadle heath, whose ten-year-old son Leslie found and caught the stowaway. An expert at the London Zoological gardens, said: “Although hsnnns*

are not their natural diet, many birds like them as a delicacy and would have no objection to them as a diet for several weeks. What seerntTmore remarkable is how the bird breathed while cooped up in the crate.” Early Baooball The first baseball "diamond" was square Instead of a diamond as used now. The bases were wooden posts that stood out of the ground 4 feet. The sides were made up of from 10

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condition is saved. The Instrument board is strlpi>ed. headlights taken off. fenders unbolted or ripped off. and the engine stripped of its carburetor, distributor head, coil and similar parts. These usually go to the stockroom. Next the aluminum moldings in the Interior and on the running-boards are pried off. Burn Off Wood to Get the Metal Only occasionally can the cushions be saved in their entirety, but there Is often scrap value in the felt, hair, moss, leather and other material. When everything of value, scrap or salvage, has been cleared from the body, a few hammer blows knock off the body bolts and rivets, and the body Is pushed off. In a specially-constructed firechamber the wood and other useless material Is burned away. Then the sheet steel or aluminum is put through an alligator shear or otherwise cut Into convenient size for sale. Next the radiator comes off. While the lugs are being loosened and the tires made ready for removal. others of the crew cut the universal joints and loosen the spring shackles. A chain is wrapped around the motor, the subframe freed and the motor trusted out. The motor is trucked to an elevator which lifts it to the motor room. After the tires are removed, the springs unfastened from both front and rear axle and frame, the frame is ready either for the shear or the torch. Almost always these frames are in excellent physical condition, but for just this reason no one ever needs to replace one, and they are valueless except a* scrap. Light frames are cut with the alligator shear, while the heavy ones get the torch. In either case, the scrap provides heavy melting steel. The propellor shaft is left attached to the rear axle. If the spring# are not to be stocked for resale, they are thrown In with the heavy melting steel. All bolt*, nuts, washers and similar small parts are saved. They are put up In twenty-pound cans t«» be sold for 9S cents. Spark plugs are collected and put on the counter at 5 cents each, and so on. In the motor department the scrap parts are carefully assorted. Rubber hose connections are thrown into one pile. Aluminum crankcases are separated from the cast-iron cylinder blocks. The bronze or brass water pumps are sorted. The babbitt metal in the bearings is removed for its somewhat higher scrap value. Motor Block* Must Be Smashed Flat Inclusion of ail low steel part* tn scrap’ for eastern Pennsylvania furnaces has been of sufficient volume to compel melters to watch their purchases, and considerable attention is being given to the rising tide of automobile scrap. Most foundries object to receiving entire motor blocks, and frequent rejections occur. The situation is remedied by first smashing the heavy blocks into flat pieces. If a million cars were scrapped last year, as one estimate pux* It. about 900.000 tons of scrap, the bulk of It iron, was yielded. Most of the passenger cars being scrapped now range between the 1918 to 1922 models, inclusive. It is rare that a car earlier than 1918 makes an appearance. Those from 1918 to i 920 are usually the higher priced ones, into which the makers naturally have built more life and durability than in cheaper car*. Many low-priced cars of 1922. and occasionally some as young as 1924. are Junked. It is true of almost every car, of not too ancient origin, that it has considerable potential service left In it, but the cost of rehabilitation is too high when new car prices are considered. Our last two years of prosperity have been responsible, too, for the flood of cars into the stream flowing toward the wrecking yards. Almost everyone would rather possess a bright, mechanically perfect automobile than a used one If by any means he can afford it And with the popularizing of the installment plan of purchase, almost everyone can at least bring into his possession, if only temporarily, this bright, new car by making a down payment on it of almost less actual cash than would be demanded for a used car. So he buys the new car. trusting that he will be able to continue to meet the payments, and consequently the used car he might have purchased get* the impetus which finally lands it, often prematurely. in the “auto graveyard.*

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<®t 18S*. Wsstara N«w«pap«r Union.) A meal should be regarded as an important end tn itself. It should be taken at leisure, body and mind being given up to it, and to agreeable social intercourse. “GO TOGETHER" FOODS In the study of foods, if we plan the proper menus we will not feast

* one day and fast the next We should avoid serv--1 Ing of cream soup, fat meat sweet potatoes, a vegetable with drawn butter sauce and a salad with a rich mayonnaise dressing—all dishes of

high fuel value —in one meal. Dishes hard to digest should he withheld entirely from children. The custom of feeding small children away from the family table is a good one, as then they need -not see or want foods not good for them. Concentrated foods should be served with things which will serve' to dilute them, hence the custom of serving dry crackers with cheese or cheese combined with rice, macaroni, hominy or bread and milk in various dishes. Butter, another concentrated food Is used on bread and potatoes, making a balanced ration. Small portions of foods well-masti-cated will be well-digested while overeating will cause trouble. If the family has a light meal for one of the day it should be the cook’s plan to make up the deficiency in the nejt mtjd. < Planning the meals a week or more ahead gives the housewife an opportunity to use wisely the foods at hand and thus avoid waste. Condiments aid digestion, add flavor and enhance the pleasure of many foods; they should be served sparingly and never given to children. The reason for serving apple sauce with pork is that the acid of the apple helps in the digestion of the pork and so it seems an agreeable combination. It is a good plan for the housewife to keep a chart of foods that are good to serve together. Roast of beef, Yorkshire pudding, lamb with peas, steak with or mushrooms and such other vegetables as are appropriate. Take occasional trips to some tearoom or hotel where food is Served nicely, to learn new ways of serving food and new combinations and garnishes. EVERYDAY GOOD THINGS For a delicious breakfast bread yon might try the following:

Sally Lunn.—Mix at night one cupful of milk, two eggs, two tablespooufuls of butter, one teaspoonful of salt, one tablespoonful of sugar and four cupfuls of flour

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with one-half cupful of good yeast. Cover, closely and put to rise, giving plenty of room for rising. In the morning beat well, turn into greased muffin pans and set to rise an hour, then bake tn a moderate oven. Tongue on Toast.—This Is another good breakfast dish which uses the rough pieces of boiled tongue. Mince the tongue, adding a bit of onion Juice, nutmeg, salt and pepper, a tablespoonful of chopped green pepper. Prepare * rich white sauce, using half milk and half broth with the tongue, adding two tablespoonfuls each of flour end butter cooked together. Sweet rream may be used instead of milk, emitting the milk and butter; add the tongue and pour over squares of buttered toast. Gateau a la Africaine.—Beat three egg*, add three-fourths of a cupful of tugar and the same of flour. To the neaten yolks add the sugar, beat well, »dd the flour and beaten whites, stirring lightly, add flavoring, and bake in jetty tins. When cool remove the centers. fill with whipped cream sweettoed and flavored and put together in >airs. Cover with chocolate icing. Welsh Rabbit.—Cut 'one-half pound »f cheese into bits, put it into a saucepan. scald a pint of milk, add a beaten »gg to which has been added two tableipoonfuls of flour and one-half teaipoonful of salt. Let this mixture cool, rtirring until smooth, then pour the etlk into the cheese and beat vigor»u*ly with an egg beater. Season to aste with cayenne pepper and serve ra hot buttered toast or large crackers which have been browned and buttered lightly. Cocoa Angel Food. — Take onefourth of a cupful of cocoa, fill the ?up with flour. Beat one cupful of *gg whites until stiff, add one cupful >f sugar and one-fourth teaspoonful of :ream of tartar. Fold in the flour md cocoa and bake in a tube pan just is augel food. Serve with strawberries and ice cream. Another nice dessert with ice cream s one made with a sponge cake recipe, baked in a sheet. Put a slice of brick ,ce cream on a square of cake, cover with another, cover with strawberries crushed and sweetened, with a spoonful of whiped cream for a garnish and •erve. * Serving meals In courses helps the artistic effect of a meal and it 1* often easier than getting the meal all mj the table at once; however, without a maid, this 1* not alway* convenient

Voyofctf in Frail Vessels Vessels used by the Vikings and of ibe type in which Lief Ericsson is said to have made bls voyage to North America in 1000 A. D., are described as being little larger than the lifeboats now carried by Atlantic liners. Williamsport Grit. To Bo Ex poet rd There’s always something. The better your brakes, the greater the dancer to your rear fenders.—Greeley (Colo.) Tribune-Republican.

TRAVEL AND OTHER WRAPS; BLACK FROCKS ARE POPULAR

NOW, when half the world is “atravellng" or getting ready for vacations and outings, the shops are making exhibits of new coats in novel adaptations of current styles. These exhibits attract the rank and file of us with their many novelties, but sell us smart utility coats tjiat will answer for all-round wear, including travel. However, one may indulge in a novelty or so without extravagance, since they are often moderately priced. There are many pretty tailored models in white flannel, sometimes with inlays on collar and cuffs of light colors. Flannels and kashmir in coral pink, light green and sand, topped by white lapin collars are cut in the straightline fashion, varied by capes and cape backs and having narrow stitched belts of the fabric. Capes of all lengths are used on

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eoats of the lighter materials —like flat crepe—and monkey fur contributes a fringe to many of them, A very attractive coat is fashioned of black and white hairline stripe, with a short cape at the back. Bands of the material, with stripes running crosswise, serve for trimming the coat and edging the cape, in which the stripes are vertical. Black and white are promoted in coats of black taffeta lined with white kashmir. Facings of kashmir down, the front are edged with looped fringe of wool yam. Two good coats for general wear lay no claim to novelty but invite attention to good style and appropriateness. The coat at the left of the picture is Intricately cut and faultlessly tailored with no trimming except large buttons on the sleeves. It ha* a collar? of summer fur. The • coat at the right is a little more elaborate, showing piping* of satin and featuring large pockets and flaring sleeves. Coat* of this kind are usually made

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Simple Gown* of Black Satin.

of a twill in tan, navy, beige or light brown shade*. Whatever the style or material used, coats in present exhibits emphasize the slender silhouette and depart very little from straight lines. Light-weight tweed coats. In tan or gray mixtures, innocent of trimming, except for a button or so on sleeve* and pockets, are great favorites with persistent travelers and are just as appropriate for sports wear a* for journeys. Tweed in two tones —a* beige and tan —with half-length cape at the back I* a variety of travel coat that pleases those who motor over-

Simple Trimming Grosgrain ribbon is used very effectively to band frocks of chiffon or georgette. So is the lacquered ribbon that has an unusually high gloss and Inater For Summer Wear Coats ot pastel-colored kasha, particularly In the bols de rose shades and the new yellows, are delightful with white crepe de chine sport dressea _ , . ■'

land or sail the seas in ships. Then there are long, soft enveloping capes of tweed that look equal to all emergencies of travel whether by train, motor, ship or airplane. Some of these are in the novelty weaves of tweed and. ombre shadings and many coata have raglan sleeves. However flattering the colorful, cool and dainty frocks, popular for present wear in the afternoon or evening, they cannot eclipse the allblack or black-and-white dresses that make their annual appearance in midsummer and are with us once again. There is always a place in the wardrobe, summer or winter, for the black dress, but its unique smartness makes a stronger impression in summer among so many colorful rivals that serve to set it off. 1 Among the styles presented for afe.

ernoon there are some attractive crepe de chine models with rippling skirts, apron draperies and long loose sleeves. Others, especially designed for the larger women, follow the straight-line silhouette, introducing groups of inverted plaits in the skirts and a belted and slightly bloused waistline. Vestees. Jabots and collars in white, or showing touches of white, are liked in these models and occasionally a black frock reveals white pipings. A pretty new sleeve for midsummer is tight, fitting above the elbow, but Is split and falls away from the arm below it. In frocks of georgette this same type of sleeve has graduated ruffles attached at the elbows corresponding with circular flounces on th® skirt. Black georgette crepe with polka dots in white is a charming medium for black-and-white frocks with white lingerie gilet. collar or vestee in white. For evening black chiffon appears in lownecked sleeveless gowns that have full

I skirts, long-bloused bodices and wida crushed girdles, of the material. Sometimes they have floating panels. A perennial favorite returns in simple gowns of black satin, some of them sleeveless, like those shown In the picture. These are tailored types, but. being sleeveless, they are very adaptable and will see one through a summer afternoon and evening. The frock at the left has a bloused bodies and long shoulder. Fine embroidered batiste, in collars or trimming touches, as shown in the gown at theright, is a charming finish for the black satin afternoon frock. But the neck treatment may be changed for evening wear. A tulle scarf, a flower on the shoulder or a bit of jewelry may do the trick and convert a day frock into evening dress. This is one good reason for the appeal of black satin. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. (©. 1»I«. W«rt«ns Newapaper Union.)

Correct Attire Any woman who makes a study of fashion knows it is not the number of costumes that makes a perfect wardrobe, but the type and character of each frock and coat and hat, as well as the correctness of accessories. Oatrich Feathers on Hats The “just right" hat of the moment is the little pastel felt shape with a spray of ostrich feathers of matching hue low at one aida.