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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 24 May 1928, p. 12

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IBS M'HKHftT PLAIMDXALSB, THTHUUXAY, MAY 24, 1928 to McHBNRY* SO MB OP AMU8BMBNT CANT PLAY THEM ALL 80 WE PLAT THE BEST* SHOWS 7:50-9:00 THURSDAY - FRIDAY MAT 24-25 Mary Astor-Lloyd Hughes ia .Wamer Fabian's story of Flapper Wires and Dapper Daddies, "BAILOR'S WIVES" AMD UNIVERSAL COMEDY SATURDAY MAY 26 A jpuklfaw. rapid-fire kMckmt ft wa the Prince of Good Cheer "THAT'S MY DADDY" Reginald Denny with "Pudge" the greatest juvenile sensation since Chaplin's "lie Kid" with VAUDEVILLE Pathe World's Latest News and the Next Chapter of the Great Adven tare Play . "THE VAmSBim RIDER" Prices 20e*35c h SUNDAY •; MAY 27 SPECIAL MATINEE I'M Prices 10e-J5c AESOP'S FABLES Opanfag Comedy followed by George Sidney OtaiUeMam^ in A hDi ft minute mm step cob- "PLYING ROMEOS" with TAUDEVIIJJC AND TUB FOX COlfcEDT . "BOY FRIEND" t . ' " • ' TDSSDAf WBDNS8DAT • MAY 29-3# LM Chaney The Mn if 1N0 Faces ia his greatest triunpk "LONDON APTER MIDNIGHT" MABCELENE DAY - CONRAD NAGEL with Lss CWaney as Burke of Scotland Yard HERMAN J. SOHAEFSR Moving and Long Distance Hauling Phone 126-R McHenry, Illinois la New Location After April 1st N.W. Cor. Green and Streets DR. HENRY FREEND OPTOMETRIST Eyes Sci&atiiieally Examined Definite Pattern for Cities Seen at Vital The growing practice of fitting American cities to a definite pattern rather than allowing them to grow as they will is disclosed In a report of the civic development department of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States on city planning and zoning accomplishments. This practice, which originated twenty or more years ago, has stead lly grown until at the present time more than 000 American cities have adopted some form of city planning. "City planning," the report explains, "is the proper co-ordination of civic development, to the end that a city may grow in a more orderly way and provide adequate facilities for living, working and recreation. "To serve the community best a comprehensive city plan most co-ordinate all physical improvements, even at the possible expense of subordinating individual desires. City planning applies the fundamental principles of 4business corporations to civic development. It means the budgeting of future Improvements to obtain an orderly and uniform growth for the entire community and prevent overexpanslon of one phase of development at the expense of others." Health Department it County's Great Need Alt you living in a county without an organised health department? asks Dr. R. O. Beachley In Hygela, the health magazine published by the American Medical association. If you do, you are not receiving proper health protection from your local government. State departments Of health cannot carry on Intensive health work In every county In a state. Therefore the only way to "maintain proper health standards is to have an efficient health department in every county. No investment can yield greater dividends than money for public health, Doctor Beachley continues. A whole-time health department will reduce the amount of sickness from such diseases as typhoid fever, diphtheria, smallpox and scarlet fever by almost 75 per cent during the first five years of its existence, he declares. The typical health department consists of a physician who Is a graduate of a medical college with special training in public health work; one or two graduate nurses who have studied public health; one or two sanitary inspectors and i clerk-stenographer. If possible, a laboratory should be provided- KEEP IN IKE TO AVOID CONGESTION Motorists Should Stop Wavering Courses on City _ Streets. Disorderly alignment of traffic on heavily traveled streets and the oldfashioned regulation requiring drivers to pass on the left when overtaking vehicles are two of the factors responsible for the failure of most American cities to use their overcrowded streets to more than 75 per cent of capacity, according to studies made by the Albert Russel Ersklne bureau for street traffic research. Movf on Fixed Tracks. "If sll vehicles moved on fixed tracks It would be possible to accommodate a much larger number on a given roadway," declares Miller Mc- Clin took, director of the bureau, which is endowed In Harvard university. "Part of the present confusion and danger on the streets result from the wavering course of vehicles. This in turn results In wasteful spacing and in collisions. This condition is especially acute on curves and at street intersections. On curves traffic has a tendency to follow the shortest course, while at Intersections drivers often draw op In Irregular lines when waiting for a traffic signal, and make It impossible for the maximum number of vehicles to approach the inters section or move through it In orderly alignment Cut Across Curves. Part of the tendency to cut across curves has been eliminated by the widespread use of lines marking the center of the roadway. This principle can be further extended, however. In reports prepared by the Ersklne bureau on intensive street traffic surveys made in Chicago, and more recently in San Francisco, It is recommended that the entire width of the roadway be divided into lanes on eurves and at intersections. In the latter instance the lanes should be marked within 100 feet of the Intersection. Lanes should not be less than 0 feet wide, and may be as much wider as required to obtain an equal division of the roadway. Hard Starting Eagtaa Trouble Laid to Plugs A alow starting angina, tha bane of motorists, is frequently corrected by attention to the spark plugs, accord- Ing to David Gregg, research engineer, who recites this interesting experience. "An automotive engineer visiting a laboratory complained that his car was hard to start in spite of a recent overhaul and adjustment His spark plugs had only been in use for 12,000 miles and he said there was nothing wrong with tl.ern. "Using some laboratory equipment, the sparking voltage of the plugs was measured and found to be 0,700 volts, almost the limit of his spark coll. A new set of plugq. was Installed and the voltage rqguired to fire them was only 4,000. The engine started with a snap and Idled smoothly. "There Is nothing mysterious about this action," Gregg explains. "Bach one of the old plugs had produced more than 25,000,000 pparks and the electrical characteristics had slowly changedT^lth increasing resistance and electrical leakage. This Is why all spark plugs should be looked after at least once a year to get the best results." HOW1 Shade Trees a Necessity "The city of fine shade trees Is the city beautiful" -- Charles Lathrop Pack talking--"When the traveler gives thought to the world's most beautiful cities, he thinks Instinctively of Washington and Paris; and in thinking of them he delights in the memory of their wealfli of trees. Ia each of these cities great architects and gifted artists have created buildings of rare splendor and stately grace. The chief charm of both cities, however, is found in the magnificent shade trees which line their streets and beautify their lawns, parks and public grounds. Who can picture Six tefenth street or Massachusetts avenue, or any of the streets of Washington deprived of shade tree beauty 1 Visualize without their trees the city streets and parks with which you are familiar, and see what becomes of the City Beautiful 1" California Parks Set New Marie for Tourists All records for number of visitors in California's four national parks were broken in 1927 and the figures Indicate that new records were established for all states. Compilations Just made from government reports by the Automobile Club of Southern California touring bureau chow that the four California national parks registered a total gain of 52 per cent last year. In 1096 there were 432,940 persons visited these parks, and In 1927 the total was 100, a gain of 226,250. The tremendous percentage of increase for California was brought about largely by Yosemito, which topped all others in popularity. The attendance there leaped from 274,200 In 102ft to 400,000 in 1027, a gain of 21&22L This remarkable Increase is credited largely to the new all-year road which has tarred to stimulate travel into (ho park ovary month of the year. California's four parks registered a total of more than 23 per cent of all visitors In aU parks during the year. The 10 national playgrounds showed 2,707340 visitors, a considerable increase over the previous year. Tire Chains Will Last Longer When Reversed If you will examine your tire chains, you will find that the wear comes at th6 points indicated in the drawings above and, owing to the curve of each link, when you turn the chain over, the wear comes at a different point on the link. The worn spots will not harm the tire. As the lift of a cross ORN SPOTS. BOOB VIEW SHOWING WEAR WORN SPOTS * PLAN VIEW SHOWING WEAR PLAN VIEW Or CHAIN REVERSED AND OHOWtNQ ABSENCE Of WEAR chain Is terminated when the link wears all the way through, yon can get practically twice as much wear out of a pair by reversing them every time you put them on. Make sure that the chains are fitted loose enough so that they creep around and around on the tire.--Popular Science Monthly. + . <• <. <• <• <« <•» AUTOMOBILE NOTES ».<.<• <.<• oo»<« <• (>(»<»• Western Architecture The western, or prairie, typo of architecture derives its chief characteristics from the western prairies on which It originated; the horizontal elements in the design being heavily accented, as against the more usual practice of emphasizing vertical lines, such as is done in French and English small home planning. The western type of home usually Is built in square, box-like shape, the roof low-pitched and with a widely spreading overhang Detail work is heavy, and the windows carry out the squareness of the home in their own shape. They are used with or without dividing not lions.--Exchange. Mem Fishes Seat Fishes rest with their heads upstream ao that they may absorb tha oxygen from the water as it Sows through the month and out of the gills. Don't bo afraid to osa your choke, bat know how to use it • • • Tha careful pedestrian hopes to Itors at least tor the duration of tiki Wat OR reckless speeders. • • • Providence does as mueh as II Is able for fools but can't arrange to have evfagr limited lata at tha cross tag. . • O Ov Oscair'wlM* mm auto frjfrim for everything, says the sebra ia pfftbably the best stripe Job in the animal kingdom. e e e There are now two distinct tyfMa of motor owners. One boasts of. how ifiucb he paid for his Car sad tha other of how little. • • e Mortgage the house to buy acftr. Now hate the cuss who holds the mortgage. That will help you to understand Europe's attitude. SYNTHETIC SUNLIGHT IS 1CADE AND CONTROLLED.-- And now science has evolved "synthetic sunlight." And what's more, it has found a way to bottle It and keep it cool I The new light was discovered and has been perfected in Los Angeles by Wlllard Tracy, local scientist and graduate of the California Institute of Technology at Pasadena, and Curt Grelner, German scientist. The light is gold In color, and mora closely resembles sunlight than any other artificial light known to science. It is called neogold, which means "new gold." It is remarkable for its brilliancy, and can be seen at great distances. It Is capable of penetrating fog, and is said to be very economical in operation. This new light Is produced in luminous tube form, similar to the red and blue neon tubes now used so successfully In advertising signs. Its Inventors have succeeded In synthetically producing sunlight In somewhat the same way that the sun itself produces light. At the same time, by a very Ingenious method the two scientists have been able to control this light and to keep it cool. The lamp Is in the form of a tube, which is composed of ft specially made glass. This tube is first evacuated, and a combination of chemical gases is Introduced. When excited by a high voltage electric current those gases become luminous and create a pure gold light The tests that have been made have attracted wide attention among scientists on the Pacific coast How Thieves of East India Cbnceal Booty Thieves In India resort to various clever devices to make away with their loot, but the strangest of all, In the opinion of Col. Aubrey O'Brien, former magistrate in India, is the pouch which many of them develop In their throats in which they hide coins, gems and other small bits of loot ' ' The rogue of experience obtains a heavy circular piece of lead, attached to a string five inches in length and knotted at the end. The lead may be an Inch in diameter and nearly a halfinch thick. This weight is lowered into the gullet and prevented frtm slipping bjp the knot which is passed between two teeth of the lower jaw. The actio* is slow, but at the expense of much septic ulceration of the throat, tho, thief becomes the possessor of a pouch within the soft' pftrt 0< thO gullet Once created, tho pouch can socio many purposes. Small articles of vai? ue can bo picked up and disposed Of Immediately with the surety that no ordinary search, however Instant or riioroua will reveal sejrthlnf, Whom Wisdom Com-- By ths tlsM you have aetalrod wisdom ettryto* looks upon youjAan old teoL Bootoa Tnuwcrist Dangerous Man Tho most dangerous man ia tho «•»- ard who finally gats cornered.--Atchison Globe. 1 : ( African Rodent The ground rat or pound pig Is a burrowing," wXPtee ifldsftt of South and West Africa. It Is two foot loig and has a very harsh, bristly hftfo flattened, grooved, and brown la otlsfe It Is a near relative of the spiny dents of tropical America, sua as coypu, hntu, and others of tho Octodontidao. I THIS STRAW HAS A B1Q FOLLOWING Its clean-cut medium brim and crown have style Its light, fine straw is cooling ^ r It gives a man everything he wants in a hat and fo* very little only $ Drops up your advertising with cuts. Read the ads and save your dollars. A dollar saved ia a dollar earned. OUCO-MADE ONLY BY DU PONT Recommended Only When Needed Honrs: Every Evening from 7 to 9, except Saturday. All Day Wednesday from 9 a. m. to * Phone 175 No Aid to Walls r Bureau of standards tests have demonstrated that wetting the bricks will not add to the compressive strength of brick walls. Clay brick walls will be as strong when aged in air for 60 days as they will be if kept damp for a period of about one week after construction, the tests reveal. ] Cuts In your ad help to make •sore attractive. H Unfair to Home Town When a boy from a country town goes to a city and makes good, his neighbors seem to think that some miracle has been performed, or that he acquired all hla prowess away from home.--Waldport (Ore.) Tllb- There are so many uses in your home for DUCO Resist* Rot and Vermin Sheet steel, because of its resistance to rot, Is coming Into wide useage for pergolas, trellises and other garden furniture. Bug» and gnats do not infest the steel products and boring birds have no effect on them. Few European Shyscrapers Paris and London, as well as other capital cities of Europe, have very definite regulations concerning the height of their buildings. This is dut> to the, fact that buildings must con form with the city plan. The Muscle Record A man has 520 muscles. The amda record Is held by the elephant : In Its trunk alone it has 40,000. CHAIRS, tables, beds and other major articles of furniture aren't the only places where Duco can be used. It's just as, useful for flower-boxes, waste baskets, lighting fixtures and the other smaller pieces that have so important an effect in bringing charm into a room. Duco is delightfully easy to use--you apply it with a brush dr hand sprayer. It dries so quickly that your home needn't be upset at all. An article done with Duco after breakfast is dry and ready for use by lunch time. Come in and let us help you get started on this new, fascinating art -- decorating with Duco. Ask fee a free color caid. f y^ITTsTtT^ DUCO THOMAS P. BOLGER Phone 40 'Die McHenry Druggist*' McHenry Home of Hart Sckaffner 9 Marx clothes m * QUT 41 respect lor that brave legion * who have laid down their lived for their country in our different wars, this bank will close all day Decoration Day, Wednesday, May 30,1928. West McHenry State Bank "The Bank That Service Built L

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