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The Wood
| Core Is
Strongest
There is only one wall board
wtj made with wood slats as
the center core. I ts name is
r: ; v
If you want the strongest
wall board,
—if you want the most
durable wall board,
—if you want the only
wall board that can be suc
cessfully papered,
if you want the wall
board that can be most
artistically decorated by
any method, that doesn’t
have to be paneled unless
you wish it,
—if you want the wall
board that his greatest
resistance to cold in winter,
to heat in summer, to mois
ture at all times,
—if you want the most
satisfactory and economical
wall board,
—order Compo - Board
and be sure you get it.
Look for the wood core and
l he name on the board.
That’s your protection.
Send for Sample
.\ piece of Compo-Boar.l
mailed free. Compare it
with other wall boards. Put
it to any test you wish.
Compo-Hoard is sold in
strips four feet wide and
one to eighteen feet long
by dealers everywhere.
Northwestern Compo - Board Company
4315 lynddle Ave. No, Minneapolis. Minn.
Cigar Vending Machine
A handsome, plate glass case, mounted on substan
tial broad based decorated pedestal, givescigar buyerg
a choice of five brands. Humidor keeps cigars in perfect
smoking condition indefinitely. Vending mechanism
absolutely unfailing—delivers goods only when right
amount is put in slot -doesn’t kink—saves expense or
salesmen wherever cigars are sold as side line.
Hotels, Barber Shops ( Restaurants, Billiard Halls,
Clubs and all other business houses want the
AMERICAN
Cigar Vending Machine
Not an experiment—not complicated—cnn’t
get out ot order—can’t be tampered with.
Agents Wanted
Exclusive Territory
Here is a splendid oppor
tunity for a wide awako
ealesman in every locality.
An attractive, profitable,
in> 1. 'pendent business req air
ing but little capital and no
special experience. Only ne
cessary to demonstrate this cigar
vender to sell it. Build up a big
circuit—and supply the owners with
cigars to sell in th- ir machines. No limit
to possibilities. Write postal today for
particulars and exclusive territory.
American Cigar Machine Co.,
Dept. 3 St. Louis, Mo.
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KEYLESS PADLOCK
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No knobs to turn-no clicks to count.
>—' press the buttons and it flies open—10.IK*)
combinations possible on each lock. Operated
_ ,<A as easily in thedarkasin light. Solidbrass.
\ APCIiTC making lOO profit. Sells on
T Aui.NI o sight- no competition. Write
, Cl for terms of free sample. A postal will do.
* American Key less Lock Co., 665 Jackson Blvd..Chicago
American Sunday Monthly Magazine Section
The Sudden Perfection of the MOTOR"CYCHE
/ | MIL motor-cycle is one of the big
I things this country has almost over
looked. For the man who has to
| count the dollars he spends, it is the greatest
! thing within his reach. It is recreation,
transportation, and, above all, it is excite
ment—all for the price of about one-fifth of
a cent per mile.
Compared with the automobile, the
I single-tracker has had a history of hard luck.
Though both were the children of the bicy
cle, somehow in the early days all the inter
est and publicity that had been the cause of
the bicycle’s popularity went to the auto
mobile. Nobody heard about the motor
cycle in its infancy and nobody could be
induced to invest money in developing it.
The early automobiles were bad enough
but they were designed by engineers and
built in real factories, fairly well equipped
i for the purpose. But the motor-cycles were
made by ex-bicycle racers and repair men
who had nothing more in mind than a bicy
cle with a motor to help it out. The idea of
comfort had not dawned on them. Until
three or four years ago one had to buy an
imported machine to get anything worthy of
the name of motor-cycle. Europe up to a
very few years ago was at least five years in
advance of the American product. Now
we export to Europe.
The leading domestic manufacturers, and
there were only a few at that, still made a
little, light, short, wheel-based thing with
a two and three-quarter horse-power motor
and as little else as they could supply and
make it run at all. It had bicycle tires
and hence suffered from chronic punctures.
Every fifteen miles the rider was required
to turn a cock by which a cup was filled with
oil from the tank. When this was full there
was another cock to turn to let it run into
his crank-case. The makers of the two-
wheeled mounts had thoughtfully placed the
oil-cup and the cocks where the rider could
not get at them nor even see nor touch with-
This should not be done in your own town
out standing almost on his head. There
were riders who were able to perform this
feat without dismounting but nine riders
out of ten got off every fifteen miles to oil
up. What with punctures and oiling, the
general public got the impression that motor
cycle riders spent most of their time “put
tering” with the machine to make it go.
The oiling system like all else on them was
beautifully simple. By the “splash” sys
tem the oil in the crank-case was conveyed
1 to the single cylinder where half of it went
j out of the exhaust, in the form of smoke and
the other half through the bushings onto the
I rider’s trousers. Many riders who had no
! cyclometer judged when it was time to oil
up by the amount of oil on their leggings.
Mufflers there were, but so heavy and
j badly designed that the first use the rider
; made of his monkey-wrench was to remove
his muffler. Hence the noisy reputation of
| the small mount. There is no excuse for
making a racket on a modern machine.
They are all supplied with well designed and
efficient mufflers. When you hear that irri
tating “pop-pop-pop”—the cause is the
same as for a noisy automobile—the fool
rider has his muffler cut out open and is
making the noise because he likes it and
wants you to notice him and his machine.
II you want to hurt his feelings don’t look
j at him.
The machines of to-day are silent, if you
wish them to be, they oil from the scat or
mechanically, their tires have fewer punc-
: tures and last more miles than those of the
i four-wheelers and they are oil-tight—which
| last means that the rider can be as dean as
I in a car.
The old machines were of rigid frames and
] had either a rigid fork or a so-called spring
I fork that sprung only in the manufacturer’s
imagination. The saddle too was only a
I heavier edition of the bicycle seat. The 1913
i motor-cycle rider with a long wheel-base,
big tires, a real spring fork, a saddle that will
absorb a two-inch bump and various spring
frame and floating seat-mast scheme has no
idea of what the oldtimers suffered on rough
roads.
One year, the only improvement on the
leading machine, and oh how it was pointed
out with pride, was that both the spark and
There is no excuse for making
modern machine
racket on
the throttle could be controlled from the
handlebars. Now the only reason on any
machine that demands removing the hands
from the grips where they belong in time < f
emergency is to thumb one’s nose at a
policeman—which should not be done in
your own town.
Once chain drive was the rage in America
and to get a good belt transmission it was
necessary to buy a foreign machine. Now
you can get them with flat belts and “V”
belts of rubber and leather and even the
shaft drive of the auto has been at last per
fected so that wit h four cylinders it has cut out
chain and belt, both, on some motor-cycles.
Some of the machines to-day have elim
inated the pedals altogether and have little
running boards for the feet. Some start with
a crank like an automobile and the rider leis
urely straddles his mount, slips in his clutch
and gently rolls away exactly like an auto
mobile. There are even two speed gears.
The good old days of violent peddling, of
sudden and unwilling dismounts in the midst
of traffic, followed by dashes alongside and
acrobatic leaps into the saddle, are no more.
The number of cylinders is slowly tending
to increase from year to year and though
four is the greatest number you find to-day,
we are likely to see the six in all its glory
before long. Horse-power is growing, too,
and where once three-horse was about all
the power you could buy. it now ranges all
the way to nine' aiid ten in stock machines,
and if you want more you can have it.
American manufacturers have abandoned
the idea of satisfying riders with battery
ignition. Magnetos are standard equip
ment practically everywhere now, as they
should have been years ago.
European motor-cycles are invariably
fitted with double-brakes. Two of the
well-known makes of American machines
will be equipped with emergency brakes in
1914, and it is safe to say another season
will find them on all.
With the rapid improvement in spring
frames and other shock-absorbing devices,
the American builder has shown a tendency
to smaller wheels after the fashion of Europe.
Of course a big wheel rides bumps more
easily than a small one, but with the spring
and the increasing size of tires the difference
in wheel radius i* more than swallowed up.
But why should anyone want it? Four-
horse-power will give you fifty miles an hour
and you will be surprised at the number of
“ milc-a-minute” cars you can easily whip
with an honest fifty-mile speed. Six-horse
power assures you the coveted mile to the
minute. At that speed but very few things
will throw dust at you; but just the same
you will get it some day in the form of a
seven- or a nine-horse. You will be con
scious of a loud snort behind you, and a
whining over/one of straining machinery
and then you will see the rear elevation of a
rider lying flat on his gasoline tank as he
vanishes over the top of the hill.
But that is not the real joy of the motor
cycle. It lies in the long steady Sunday
trip of 100 miles out and ioo miles back
through the country—the hunting out of
interesting mysterious paths and little road
houses where the fresh air makes things
taste ten times better than they really are.
The thousand-mile or two, even three thou
sand-mile vacation trip is something to look
forward and plan for all the year.
Remember, if you can ride a bicycle you
can ride a motor-cycle and ride it much bet
ter because it is steadier, much less easily
upset, much more easily controlled and bet
ter than all it is to-day almost mechanically
“fool-proof.”
You will be surprised at the number of “mile-a-
minute” cars you can whip with an
honest 50-rnile speed
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Vow is the time 10 prepare for the social
iN events of the snappy Kail e\ filings. Nearly
everybody has a sallow, greasy skin and a tired
drawn face at the end of Summer, l’ompcian
makes skins clear and clean. Also freshens up
tired drawn faces wonderfully. Don't envy. Use
POMPEIAN
Massage Cream
WARNING—Cheaply made imitations are
offered by certain dealers because they cost the
dealer less and he makes more at your expense.
(i**t the original and standard massage cream,
(let Pompeian. All dealers sell it. 50r, 7’»cand$l.
Get Trial Jar & Art Panel
•'/. ■ Fire Fun: Forever" Is a panel 32x7'j Ills.
Exquisitely done in fire-glow colors An art store
would charge 50e to «1 for a picture as finely executed.
30.000 people were disappointed because of limited
supply of last year's panel. Reserve your 1014 copy
now. Read coupon carefully.
The Pompeian Mfg. Co., 103 Prospect St., Cleveland, O.
Cut off, sign and send. m«ih|>» urn-p noli c»in preferred.
THE POMPEIAN MFG CO . 103 Prospect SI , Cleveland. Ohio
llentlemen:—Enclosed find 10i. (coin or stamps) (or a trial jar
oi Pompeian and a 1914 Art Panel.
Address.
City
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SUMMER’S SUN
deals kindly with the complexion protected by
LABLAt 111
conspicuously free from facial
blemishes, always retaining
tlielr fresh attractive
ness of youth. Delicate
—fragrant—refined.
Refuse Substitutes
n box of druggists o
by mail. Over tw
million boxes *>>1
annua!ly. Send 10c.
for a samjtle box.
BEN. LEVY CO.
French Perfumers,Dept. 50
125 Kingston St..Boston,Mast.
DYEING FOR 52 YEARS
Mason's Magic Hair Dye has been on the market since
1^61 and is still the favorite Hu proven its superiority
every druggist in the land recommends it without hesi
tation Will dye either black or brown and positive
ly will not wash out. Does not injure the hair in any
way and is entirely harmless to health. If your druggist
cannot supply you, send 25c for I literal triaf package.
Masons Magic Hair Dye Co. Dept, i bt. Louis, Mo