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The store is filled with goods to
make useful and beautiful Christ-
maspresents.
E. .K. BANKS
MAHACKEMO HOTEL BLOCK.
South Norwalk.
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Motor Department. The Sentinel:
. ZAfler grinding all the valves in my car
i find that the first and third cylinders
have no compression. I noticed this:
when the engine missed, and am at a.‘
less to know What is wrong. (‘an you’
give me a suggestion? 1‘2. \i. ;
. The trouble mOst likely-lies in the;
adjustment of the valve push rods 01"
yaJve lifters. These can be adjusted!
more accurately when the engine is!
warm. During the time that the valve!
a.) closed there should be a clearance,
between the top of the push rod andf
the bottom of the valve stem. ’l‘hatl
ought clearance a"ows the valve to!
seat properly evrn when expanded. It!
is also possible that the leak may be?
xiii-ough a valve cap or spark plug or"
even be due to a broken or poor-fitting}
pinion ring.
When Ponce de Leon in seek-
ing the Fountain of Youth
first met a gorilla little did he
realize the object of his quest
was within his grasp.
That is, according to the ideas
of the famous French surgeon
whose experience in grafting,
he claims, renews youth.
Now we, without a surgical
operation, can graft the ap-
pearance of youth on a man
by our $40 suits.
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Rogers 81 Stevens
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Motor Department. The Sentinel: ; _.
Would you please 1U. me know what!
.Uiey mean when they say the car is
n, . .. . .. b
1,! .tzed {0H1 to one. and ho“ can i find;
out how to do it‘.’ Thanking you in ad-!
prance. [ am, A. L. l
The rear axle ratio is usually meant
by‘ such a term. You can determine
the gear ratio of the differential gears
by counting; the teeth of each and di-
viding the number ot' teeth of the
restore them in the spring. VVlll there
9 any trouble? SI'BSCRIBER.
Take good care of your battery dur—
ing the winter. Keep it charged. If
you are not prepared to do this. you
had better turn it over to some bat.
tcry service station. it“ you store you:
car in a warm. dry place. you will have
no trouble starting the engine in lie
.‘w'UAUPI‘ gear into the larger. The term spring.
[Our to one near ratio Ill-ulna that the; —- '— _ ‘
crank shaft of the cosine complex“: Motor Department, The Sentinetz
Please advise throguh your columns
whether there is anything you could
rtcommond putting into ardiator tn
stop water from evaporating while us-
Tom revolutions to one ot the rear
wheels. From this you will note that
at.) zeac reduction takes place in the
transmission. but that direct drive is
corn-queued. i in}: denatured alcohol to prevent frecz
7 __ . :inc. 1 use alcohol to prevent freezing,
‘ Motor Department. The Sentinel.- 'but find \"llh'l‘ evaporates very fast
3 am ryor)n_;7yuf'ling an 01.! car and and necessitates filling radiator much
[wondered it I could install a worm more often than \‘l‘et‘. using only wa-
gon. d:‘:"“. Please 101 mp knoxv how lt‘i‘. Thanking you in advance. J. R.
to about this? READER. Time is nothing that will inU'en'.
u will b» impossible {01- you to in- evaporation of the water. Sometimes
him“ the norm driw construction lll gli't‘ci‘iiie and almhnl in equal amounts
the old axle. (in account of the design are “Sf-(l. bill glycerine has a' more
of 4hr- uorm gear axle it will be nc- or less destructive effect on the rub-
rn
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t;.'~¢.,,¢u'y m install a complete unh. bcr hose connections. A solution of
7- 'l‘lir. of course, Would be rather ex-T *1in) DH" cent. water anti twenty Df‘l'
“Misty“. The housing of the bevellvem. each cf glyl'ct'ine and alcohol
will not freew- at twenty degrees be-
low zero.
* tymn' differential is constructed on
“'4'er different from that or the worm
gen" type.
3 Motor Department. The Sentinel:
gl have a 1917 car and when l throttle
‘ down between flva- aml ten miltvs per
muel)’ 3.300 rounds. n is equicpt-djhour it seems to jerk and knocks
mill: tits! inch tires. 1 hare been Nina some. it runs all right when going
ordering putting on oversize tiresfit‘aster. (‘an you tell me what is the
Motor Department. The Sentinel:
l have a car which weighs approxi-
-n|n‘.r‘1_\’, 37x4 Lil. 1‘0 you think I trouble? M F
would save any tire expense l)\' (Mills, The carburetor may not be adjusted
tho... 1‘. l\. .i‘or slow spt ed. \“lllll' tlu- engine mnv
4’0“. it is advisable. “'hile the ink
idle slowly 't may not ~ull ~stead~ ' '
. . ._ 7 ‘. . _ . - . . il\ a
1km enp: rise ot the tires will be more. ' ' t
slow speed. \\'lwn the- engine misfires
you Mil find that you will 2M :rcnl-‘l' and jerk: tlu-"v n: 'mwrvl -., he evl
outrage from the tires to make up for d. mm 9 knock dun m rm "‘r’zul‘lr
the cdzlitionrt' ex H‘llrl‘ or ' " .~ ‘ -' ‘ ' ' H U (
("my .. « l nulun- ”10 llllllL'. t) rvzulrustrn: i‘n- ration-tor
. .s. to pull lnorv steadily .‘il slow s-nmnc
speed you will undoubtedly (”main
M ”(11’ Dunninn-ut. The Sentinel:
-n Auzi ‘0 take Dtl‘lt'Z'Zi‘.‘ out or mv
'at‘. drain radiator and stole it for the
‘wmi l’h-uw iv” the how I may bi-
"bl-1:. n’fitl'l the engine easily when I
much lwlh-r l’I-Slllls. “nuld flir’l «us»
21:?! that you Innpttt the spark plugs
:mu m-mlyist tlu- |Niilll.~. .\ wnlo- spark
~.::ip uill l‘:lll<¢‘ tlzn- miss
rpm-«ls.
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:\\.h|'ll it is necessary to slow up for
..t corner. >:l_“ to f"ve or six miles an
WHITE PIN E A
llttilli. I (lilo-ll find that by letting my
26C. "ICIUdlnE tax tt-iulch slip i can pick up specd with:
BtfllsomPowell COFDOI'RIION out (hanging to scconl gear. lshould
'llkt' to hear what you have to soy as
South Not-wall:
ito whether it is correct to do so or not.
. K. M.
. it is bad practice to allow th
”to slip. Would advise that you use the
second gear. When runnintz ~10le
continual slipping of the clutch will
soon wear it out no matter what type
of clutch is used. It will be observcl
that a good driver rarely 's‘de. lll.‘
clutch. preferring to use the :5 :l.‘ eitilt
lever. '
:lontinr-l‘
:tl'uzlv it
_, but when turning
tines misses on on.
X am using a new
_l_\lotor Department. Til
Wnen my engine turns ovm'
.does not miss fire
over fast it somet
or more cylinders.
tour unit cod, but. no magneto. l have
a, new carburetor. Can you suggest.
“hat the trouble may be? it S
Since. you have. a new carburetor and
cod. one must assume that they are
properly adjusted and all right. Elimi-
nating Ll-e coil an". the carburetor
your trouble undoubtedly lies in the
timer. if you will inspect this care—
fully you will nrobablv finu vt n ed-
cleaning, and undoubtedly needs a n
I u - ew
CHRISTMAS spring which holds the Mile in con
tact. wit}: the segmrnts. “’lian run-
MONEY. ning at slow speed the roller will make
contact. but when running at a high
speed the pressure. is not
. sufficient to
permit a good electrical contact.
If you received ,money
for Christmas put part of
it, at least, in your sav-
ings bank-book.
If you have ’nt 9. Savings
Bank Book of your own,
we would like to have you
open an account with this
bank. It takes but two
minutes and may be open-
td for $1 or more.
Motor Department. The Srmiuel:
,The car of a friend r." mine was re-
cently destroyed by fire. which had
started in the carburetor. How can :1
Similar case be prevented, and what
should be done in cuss of fire? M. K.
Back firing in carburetor cannot
very well be prevented Of course. ’he
intake valves should be properly
{ground l‘ut even so. back tiring will
tresult at times. In the. event of the
1 carburetor taking fire it. is most ad-
visable to crank the motor immediate-
,ly and gel. the engine running. By do-
.ing this the flame will be drawn back
linto the carburetor and manifold, al-
.llowing the. surplus gasolene on the
“11??ng of the carburetor only to hunt.
l.
.gwhich case it is
it?!“ 1‘: 01.38-
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Slim o-ngmp.
.\llll.l llt'l’utltlllt‘nl. The Sentinel:‘
e ciutch ‘
s is not donethe flame willim’n
short time melt the soldering cameo,
tions and- permit a flow o; the gas, in
My possible toena-
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murmurs {’n
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LONDON, Dec. 10 (By The Associ-
ated Press).—The end or one year of
peace finds the United Kingdom still
working under many of the war-time
restrictions affecting ordinary living
conditions, a.tbough large numbers of
the orders have been rescinded and
others have been modified.
So far as food is concerned, only su-
'gar and butter are now rationed. The
regulations regarding the. amount or
meat which might be purchased were
removed only a few days ago, about
one year after the close of the war.
The consumption of liquor, however. is
being held down rigidly under the old
rules. Necessities still rationed. which
vitally concern the home, include coal,
gas and electrician The shortage of
fuel has been causing considerable
hardship. both to the individual and to
. industry.
I The Ministry of Food has found it
5advisable to continue the maximum
lprices, both wholesale and retail.
which it fixed for a considerable num-
ber of necessities.
Apart from the matter of food and
lfuel. the Board of Trade is maintain-
ling control of the exportation and in:-
i‘portation of a long list of articles.
The ban has been removed from some
goods but this has been mainly in tho
[case of things importation of which
:had been forbidden and which the;
country found itself short of.
3 Removal of restrictions on most of
ithe food necessities has not solved the
living problem of the masses, how-
ever. There is still a great shortage.
of many things. and moreover. prices.
'which went down last summer, have
now mounted to about where they
.Were at the signing of the armistice.
: The increase is attributed partly to
villi) world scarcity of necessities. part'
ly to the augmented demand from the
'recently belligerent countries. and
partly to inflated currency and adverse
lforeign exchanges. The last named
have had a pronounced influence on
:prices and l! is the belief of economic.
lexperts that food cannot become much
(cheaper until these are adjusted. even
‘though there is an increase in pro-
duction.
t The butter ration is placed ai one
{and one—half ounces for each person
{per week. This refers to the imported
jproduct on‘y, there being no restric
,tion on the use of home-made butter.
lAs a matter of fact, virtually no bub
lter 13 being made in the United King
‘dom these days, so that the consumer
has to depend upon margarine and fo --
,eign butter.
' The reason there is so little home
produced butter on the market is that
the retail price. approximately 60 cents
fa pound. bears no relation to the ac
ltual cost of butter to the farmer. This
month farmers can sell milk at 61
cents a gallon. and it takes 2 1-2 gal~(
ions of milk to produce a pound of but-
te:. lf English butter were selling at
its true economic value, it would be
about $1.24 per pound. .
l'ntil recently the sugar ration was
twelve ounces for each person per
week, but, owing to the. shortage thin
allowance has been decreased to eight
ounces. and is (xpected to remain at
that mark for many months. The
amount allowed to the confectionery
and sweets trades has been reduce»!
iby 25 per cent. .and a further reduv
ltion is expected with the new year.
Butclicrs' meat was rationed uni?l
a few days ago. each person being al‘
lowed forty cents‘ worth per week. In
consequence of the'receipt recently (f
a large supply of mutton and lami-
from Australia and New Zeanand, it
was found possible to remove all rn .
tloning restrictions. and the Food Min
_istry has expressed the hope that two
'ple will relieve the food situation by ‘
eating more meal. which r: welcomeil‘
advice for England.
m‘ly 'i‘oul k‘
Despite the small r-tir“
80 per cent. of tlic ”Ht :i’l’i'utui v
being demanded by licimt hoid 'l a -- .c .
. work. This nun: du- t i'.'\ -r to .
change of habit:: s'nm- the btzl min;
of the War or in tlw liivh " mt W'im
ever a butcher had a balance of uncut
Jolt over at the weekend be war; per
mitiod to sell it to any one of his cue
t.omcrs,‘irrcspectlvo of whether they
had already had their ration or not
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rooms and substantial
our employment.
charge at the Inn. Her
comfortable.
m‘ade.
H‘
in this way some people were able 1")
"vceed the amount. provided for bv
their permits.
The sale ol beer and spirits is still
restricted in quaiuilv, and the tun-u :t i.
of both beer and whiskey ii iuuth be-
low the pro-war average. As it result,
H is said there has been an iucrrasu
in sobriety. Whiskey is at present
about thirty oer cent. under proof.
Alcoholic drinks can only be purchas-
czl betwurvn n‘ra and 2:30 p. m., and
lvir'ec'i C 2 nd 10 o'clock at. night.
i The Food Ministry still fixes wholo
sale prices for a number of other com‘
modities and the ministry is the actual
purchaser and distributor of cheese.
bacon, ham, lard, dried fruits, bread.
butter. cocoa~powder, condensed milk
‘and canned fish. Thc’flxing of the
in)” ximum price. it must. be noted, does
not prevent the sale of goods for a
sum below 'llal amount. and in many
cases foodstulrs are being vendeti
much below the limit fixed by law.
The ministry is believed to be the
{largest in the world. its annual ex,-
ipcnditure is about 81.000.000.000. The.
object of the department is not to
make a profit. but in transactions or
this magnitude. it is impossible tvi,
make both sides of the account bal\’
ance. The actual figures are not yet
available. but it, is expected that the
profit this year will not exceed $2,500.-
000. Last year there was a profit or
about $35,000 000, the whole of which
was expended during the summer in
supplying certain articles or food be-
low their cost price. first the profit
does not enrich the Mn but f
entirely for tbebendto: them:
at once
also is under restrictions. It is pro-
vided that the Board of Trade may it»
sue special permits for the use of coal,
gas or electricity beyond the ration, if
H. is deemed an abwlute necessity.
LONDON. Dec. ' Ill—Sir Vincent
Collin-d. Rumpus“ en: ‘1)! the Fed-
eration ”British Tahiti“; told the
m «the soil. .shem‘
be allowed to make
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- .An Announcement of Special ' Interest to
the Woman. who works
M. N. Mayehoff & Company
, HAVE TAKEN OVER
7716 Lindenhurst Inn
As a Home for Its WOmen
Employees
Comfortable, well furnisher
will be available after January
1, .1920, for women entering
3A House Mother will be in
time will be spent in making
the house and its occupants
.A charge of $8.00 per week
for board and room will be
Only a limited number canlbe cared
for at the Inn therefore quickne—
tion is adVised.
If you Wish to obtain just the kind of work
you like, he paid in the way you like, while
living at the Lindenhurst Inn apply in person
M. N. Mayehoff & Company
15 Merwin Street, *Norwalk
should be given a voice in the settle-
ment of general conditions and should
to the employers concerning rates of
pay for piece work and other matters.
Employers. he said.
much more by pat!
‘V‘fi'fi‘fim‘fiafii‘fifi
NORWALK
The work at our factory will
be either in our Silk Depart»-
ment onWomen’sSportClothes
or in our Goodwill Department
on Men’s Soft Callar Attached
Shirts. only experienced op-
‘ erators are needed and to such
the weekly rates in the Silk
Department or the piece work
rates in the Shirt Department
are sure to appeal. In addition
all employees share in our
profits.
board
whole
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