Evening Star Newspaper, March 13, 1921, Page 65

o - The Sunfly Star, WASHINGTON, D. (. SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 13, 1921 Part 5—12 Pages ALL AUTO DEALERS - STRIVE TO SURPASS RIVALS IN BIG SHOW \Practically Every U. S. Car and Every New “Kink” in Motordom Shown. MOTOR SHOW OPEN, HAS BEST DISPLAY - EVER SEEN IN D. C. Thousandson Opening Night Visit First Annual Exhibition of Automotive Association. Truck Companies and Accessory Firms Vie With Passenger Car Agenls to Bring Out All Latest Improvements. Motorists Study Latest Models While Bands Furnish Music Amid Alttractive Decora- . tions—Parts Shown in Operation. One hundred and fifty of the latest model cars. of every de- scription and every color, greeted the thousands of visitors !ast night when the first annual automobile show ander the auspices of the Washington Automotive Trade Association opened its doors to the public. This mammoth show, the best in every par- ticular that has ever been staged in this city, will be closed today, but will reopen tomorrow morning. 3 From the time the first admission was sold last night until the show officially closed for the week end there was a streaming crowd of motorists, eager to get a line on the newest motor ideas. Nothing has been left undone by the show committee, under the leadership of Rudolph Jose, that would help to make this affair |, epochal in the automotive history of \Washington. ) < Two bands, one on each of the main floors, played jazzy tunes, which kept the crowd in a good humor, although the sight of so many beautiful examples of the manufacturers’ art was sufficient in itself to accomplish it. : Red, white and blue were the predominant colors used in the decorations. Credit must be given to the show committee on the | Exhibitors at the first annual automobile show of the \Wash- ington Automotive Trade Association, which opened last night at Convention Hall and which will continue all this week (10 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.), except today, have beemannounced by the show com- | mittee. All automobile agencies in \Washington are vying with one another to make their displays most attractive and appealing to the public. and many have outdone themsclves, with the result that the exhibit supplies the visitors with all that is new, novel and interesting in motordom. t Not to be surpassed by their brothers dealing in pleasure i vehicles, the truck agents have gathered together a representas itive display of all the latest “kinks™” in this practical field. Many accessories and ingenious devices to appeal to motorists jare also being shown by stores and equipment stations. += The list of entries follows: PASSENGER CAR EXHIBITORS. lotor “ Company of Washington— Tri-State Motor Corp.—Standard Stuiz. Auburn. Eight. Wayne Smith & Co.-—-—Haynes, Gar- . tasteful arrangement of the booths, and the facility with which | Potomac Sales o, Ine—Dix . ! Stanley H. Horner—Buic lac. Arrangement of Floors. tire season, some because they know | Stanies Bu SH S that if they do they will wrinkle. and [y errieton CMotor Leorge SC.Rice {ARLOIION = BaNERy. Showgoers are admitted through . b hay et Taised ldier. Cleveland Knight. the L street door of the hall. On this (Others because thes prefer & ! | Ungerer Motor ¢ elie. Sterrett & Fleming—Hupmobile, De- top at all times. It is the buyers who like a lowered top in the summer ang a raised one in the winter that the rers should also look after, troit Electric, Milburn Light Electric. The Luttrell Co.—Packard. Commercial Garage—H. Hummer Motor Sales Co.—Lexing- floor are the truck exhibits and a few passenger cars. Two stairways lead 10 the second floor. where one will find the bulk of the passenger car booths, A St S us accessories. On here are many of them. £ ton. tl:g';:llleo.:yn.‘;'?::uon:lng this floor are . Side Curtain Needs. i Southern ( ge. Inc.—Holmes. Lambert-Hudson Motors Co—Hud- more accessory exhibits. Side curtains also show need of*im- : mmes Motor (o—Dodge Brothers. son, Essex. In these days of closer inspection|provement. both in design and fit. on r<—Washington. Inc Walker Motor C'o.—Lafavette of cars before buying. the public.has | the majority of cars. There is prob- 1 cer. z Emerson & Orme—Bu; become accustomed to the stripped |ably nothing more unsightly than a t Motor 'o.—Paige Chevrolet Motor Co.—Chevrolet. chassis, which shows to the maximum | flapping, ill-fitting side curtain, and —Premier. Moo Walter E. Kittell—Saxon. the engineering principles upon |much of the trimness of a car is due al Auto and Supply Co.— Bartram Motors Corp.—Lincoln. . which the car has beeh constructed.|to well tailored curtains. Another X Scripps-Booth Sales Co.—Seripps- Consequently, at practically all auto- [ point is the celluloid in the windows. rp.—Marmon Booth. \ mobile shows the stripped chassis has become a feature. It has also been the custom of manufacturers to pre- pare with extreme care this type of ex- This is too frequently of an inferior grade and either vellows shortly after first being exposed to the elements or cracks. 0.—Oldsmobi Hurley Motor, Co—Nash. —Reo. Peerless. E. J. Ouinn Motor Sales Co.—~West- ‘0o.—Dort. cott. \ ACCESSORY DEALERS. rew Motor Dort Distributing hibit. The Washington show is no| That this year's show -will prove a . exception in thiy respect. Several|greal bcom to the motoring public and makes of cars have on display the|dealers as well =tripped chassis beautifully nickeled, [one. The show is lavish in its dis Passenger Car Floor and Balcony. Miller-Dudley. | Barber & Ro #nd the prospective buyer can there- |of every ivahle method istrict p A. Eberly’s Sons Co. by look on tam" of the car he lnnnor&’l:&"«t “<af - George (. Rice. Ward & Co. wishes to puréhase. Several of these|pettive car owners in this city” will be W. M. Ward. Acme Auto Top Co. chasses are ed se as to show. | made aware of it before the week is I The Wenner Co. Caille Perfection Mator Co. by the use of elgctricity,-all the .gSov~ | Bnished. 1 | E. L. Wittstalt Marvel Carburetor Sales Co. ing parts of the car, in actual opera-| In the accessory exhibits the motor-| { Dupont Tire Shop. Williami H. Osborn Co. , tion. - Motors om_ blocks are used | ist will find all the conveniences ot 1« | Standard Automotive Supply o Giadiator Timer Sales Co. ! to demonstrate furthe: j0se me- | man who wishes to combine luxury with | Lehman’.: Tire Shop. Taranto & Wassman. chanically inclined. what takes place | utility. There are cigar-lighters, for Jullien & Bartram. Edward B. Wyatt & Co. - in tne vitals of the car. the man who is always out of matches: | Several models of cars appear in | heaters, hand-warmes, cutouts, for the special coachwork. With these jobs, | speed demon or the man who wishes to zolid wheels are predominant. "Sev-| hear his motor ‘knock-em-off’; head- . eral spelial tops of various kinds |lights and spotlights for the man who | are shown. does night driving on country roads, In this one respect—tops—there is| where sometimes sufficient light is tha still room for improvement in the|difference between safety and peril, and majority of cars. It is evident, ho other articles 100 numerous 1o men’ i TRUCK EXHIBITORS. H. B. Leary, jr.—Maxwell. Atlantic Garage Co.—Case. The Washington Templar Co.— ok Co—Master, Templar. Autocar Sales and Service Co— pear. reral Auto T < Motor ‘o.—Dodge Brothers. Motor Compa of Washington— Au ever, that manufacturers are gradu-| By all means. go to the show which} 5 3 PViCe Commercial Ga = 7 . ally’ coming around to the realiza- |opened under such auspicious circum: | tion covered with dirt. ‘Contipue along renlize that the automobile increased | DS el B gmase—Sisoubiis tion that the purchaser wants a well | stances last night at Convention Hall [this road. turning left at Spotsylva- DY M D A EAD Wi efficiency on the farm, affording ACCESSORY DEALERS. fitted, snug, waterproof top. Pick out your new spring car, and en-|nia, where a monument commemo- . htm means of daily visits to his neigh- . There are many owners of cars who | foy the warm weather which seems to | rates the battle of Bloody Angle. Miy boring cities and forever dispelling the On First Floor Balcony- do not lower their tops during an en- ' be upon us for good and all. - 8-21, 1864. Follow this road, which, FOR EVERY KIND OF A‘ [TO isolation of farm life by reason of its {5ual i euterial SRbolY Oo. Johnstone Tire and Rabber Co; -—4—*—— is in excellent condition, except for C g B strong appeal 1o the entire family as| papont Batiery Co ¥ 3. H. Tabler. fewpveryianort eEndvinlncean ity Fart 3 e Cenabling | wineberger Auto Supply Co. Doub! “day-Hill. Ibdl) ow. Chilesburg. antice. Coates- = them to visit their bors a s 5 e ; son Auto S ¥ Co. 140 MIIIES ROVED ROADWA Y ville and Negrofoot. Turn left grad- | relktives: whenever salposed. Tlis| AASiCUBUEDErTMend Thompagh ANte Supply (00 ually at Negrofoot and vuullnvut-\H‘ A_ Blggs Reviews Amazing Expansion““’ uncommon occurrence now for | WASHINGTON TO RICHMOND. VA. {8 s et ] dustry to Show Why Business i thyt siee s 1 HOW TO EQUIP A MOTOR CAR ' FOR TRAVEL ACROSS COUNTRY e. a good macadam road. a shért Condition of Thoroughfare Reported to|un Tinting. {nrougn s " cronifoad: | . Outlook Is Bright. | than pasing Intarcnc Chiiaren 11 | called Solomon’s Store, through Lak now enjoy the advan- | ity or consolidated Some member of the fami o0 et en Many Hints for Quick Repairs to Driver's side Park and down Chamberla Be Better Than at Any Time in B R the State’s History. ' NOVEL USE OF SIDECAR. Driving from Los eles to Big | 3 Bear lake, a distance of 130 miles, BY GEORGE ADAMS HOWARD. |burs also is a town of unusual interest. | through seventy-five miles of desert, Roadway connections between Wash- |\ ris s Goom the banis oy fho Baghis: [and over two ranges of mountains ington, D. C., and Richmond, Va.. & hannock and is gracefully laid out on | for a day of duck shooting, John Ed- distance of about 140 miles, are better the slopes of the surrounding hills. Most | win Hogg. an outdoor enthusiast, was | this year than at any time in the NOled there is the home of Mary Wash- “The third ca—and that means the who did not attain its place of er mere accident or through any seasonal faddish demand for the prod of its great Institutions H. A. Biggs, gest industry in Ameri- have been developed ar world— | in& car and truck us the indispensable | vehicle, Viewpoint of Plensure. nd. furthermore. when you con irnin nence by V's time is consery iverybody wants, and e 4 ow an aut i B sider the motor car purely from the| 7ot Btomobite Ssomie Vice president of the Suidebafor Cor. | Pléasure viewpoint, ygu hive a po-|need for us fo WOrrE about whether ~ Automobile Association. oration tentisl demand of great proportions.|it is a neces or a lusury. Regard- 5 5 el Call u ‘pleasure car’ -if you will,|less of what we s he automobile, both passenger and u must admit. that the automobile;argue or reason, commercial, an absolute neccessity of | has bern a great emancipator. There | answer for itse! Mishaps Given by the American ¥ or do. or how we | R the automobile will | tions fo requipping a car forjhard water is bad. Watch the brakes, ountry travel. as compiled by 5 prompi adjustments to take s ington. James Monroe and P: .| much chagrined to find all the boats| = e must be some time set aside for Aehe e s 170 DY p wear and rencw brake lining when previous history of the Old Dominion The National Confederate coma.':l»r',\"":f:q rented in advance. Duck shooting | "% Dt L continue as 4 ;1 gure in the Yives of all of us i} 5 g F { the American Automobile AsSociation | worn shift gear when motor begin® state. Evidence of this fact was es- | IS located there, where a tablet com- | without a hoat was impossible, but | "2CeSSity until something newer and bet- | we are to maintain our usefulness in! Air Renews 0il Flow. i touring board. are as follows: to labor on a grade, do not strain it tablished last Sunday, when some | eMOrates the batlle of Mary es Heights, | | . mot 10 be had for love nor | 167 takes its place. However up to the | our work. What is there thal Bives| <The output of semi-exhausted oil| Before starting out on a motor tour cessarily. Watch the alignment > P’ | May 3. 1863. hoats were not to be had for love NOT |, ogant time no one even has an inkling | more return per dollar spent in the! _ E . L 1 box and sce that it wheels. When driving wateh motorists of this city made the round | mon Not to return home disap- | DEERORL LIE 1o ORC ay of healthogiving pleasure. thanlWells In Pennsylvania is being in-|look over the tool box and sce that it | %, ncirument board to see that the trip, and stated upon their return : L erenting Clty. | BOINLCd, he motor cvcle tourist e~ | IR grcl ity of the people | automobile. It takes the family|creased from 50 to 100 per cent by CoNtains the necessary WrenfASs Shlllammeter indicates charging the bat- that, except for a few stretches | of interest fo describe in 80 brief a nar- | ged the bolt holes with wooden peir, | T641iZe the economic value of the motor | of doars and ly forcing air down abandoned wellx, (or monkey) wrench, a Stillson ffeT¥ by the gencrator. It il through, some of the small towns, |ralive. It has a population slightly in | calked the seams with pitch, borrow- | C2F-—it would be us impossibie 1o con | fresh air down their throntes o which drives large quantities of oil| wrench and a spark plug socket | Xenerator on the car pave the battery e wam't miy. Dad 26ed any. ol J30.000 and possesses many |ed an oar. and paddied away to the | (GNE OF FEEROTEL BIC BISITERE © it| get out into the country. {into the wells that have not bebn| Wrench: a pair of pliers, also chaln- | *0 5L 000 o oxoont those listed be- ! beautiful thoroughfares. graced exten- | hunting grounds. The small size an | repair pliers, a mechani hammer, a Where.” vely with artistic mon! 3 would be to conceive of handling mod- ‘' can get pure air. " abandoned, Motor Life. Sl ailow. glaring headlights are prohibit- c Uments erec cons| 5 0 he vise 2 get pur 2 g site P small screwdriver, files, a J Although the roadway is not mac- |10 the leaders of the Confederace. hoth | ho sio s emtaap i b AMProVised) orn Lusiness without fast express train. | “Tiink of the pleasure it means 10! In other cases the wells are fonded ] Somy of voft ifon wire, & box each of |¢d: ' the ~laws requiring anti-glare adam all the way, as the state of |In government and military leadership. | e the game. and a fast freights, telegraphs or long distance the family living in a crowded #< or dimmers: Alabama. Arkan er - ¢ petro- | sssorted nuts, bolts and coUsrping. b s aullo: Louisiana. Mississippi, New « r L hen S has ) RCE ra jleum technolozst of the bureau of | box X eval ark mlugs | Mexico. Oklauhoma, Rhode Island and beecme an cssential ": _;f modern life, | out into- the country. there to mm,m,“”' laims that the Bradford field | sure gauge., some extra spark plugs iz 00 F0. F but it has been greatly responsible for | alongside some wooded glen [T PeRnsyIvARLa pas brodica e e | and rim ugs, & box of talcum powder. | the development of the way we live and | appelites whetted by the invigorating | oy erin 'y U R Iy Doganeed gemuel S0 (M LB% " pigh and low tension _ Broper Lubrieatio Maryiand can boast of in many [The old state capital, where the firsi paati | teierhones. “The motor car hux pot only | to pack & lempting lunch and motor N Men o DaTemis places, the wide dirt thoroughfares|Confederate congress convened, is still are in excellent condition, their sur-|@n object of great interest to ail tour- face over a firm, hard foundation |IS!S. Many muscums, possessing many motor eyclist huni with his limit of birds, whil of the boat-equipped sportsme inferior suce being remarkably free from bumps |Felics of the civil war, are to be found : do business today. Tt has, -indeed, in the clean air and W : 3 B e e ota el o p I and i Motorists can. without | in_the city. The cits of Forence. Ala. recently |made possible the wonderful business|enjoy a meal that would e af V5 G0 (,'}‘”,h‘f,"‘:,:m i e e & reas x-| Remember that proper lubrication is risking any injury to heir automo-| Traflic regulations are strictly rhased & HOton erele ty rone e | achievements which “we accomplish in ! spread prepared by a city restaurateur | fESUCtS 0T Ule Comprosse ham- | tra spring clip and bolts. jabsolutely essential to the best per- biles, make almost the same time ' forced. although out-of-town "“‘"""‘""“’n@!y ope with the crime wase which | the twelve months of the year. xeem tasteless. And the whole trip. | pR¢E, {UEE 8IC G TR 2B UL " Begin the journey with tires in good | formance of the car and to its eco- £ “John G. Lonsdale, president of the!for a family of five, woyld probably | UEFOC MITANEES That Ol 14 Lo condition and with two extras (With'romical use. When touring turm along these dirt roads as they can|Will be at first leniently warned. e co debing i ctantiy i on macadam. | boulevards leading into Richmond ar g iy, and (o appre-) o lional Bank of Commerce, Louis, | cost less than the railroad fare to the ! (CuC C0 B he . covers), preferably infated on Tims:idown grease cups and fill oilcups and directed by a twenty-mile-per-hour limic | hend speeders, ete. Latest advice from |} el 5 . ) n 0 D lioovera u the ordinary o marstaily’ tolled - 4 a4 Short Stretches of | il whieh rite ia” ont aoen hour Imit | i orence states that the motor evele has |18 nationally known in the world of | same sput. taking inlo considerationiprocess. 1f the compress: ‘ex | three extra tubes. icil holes every dav: lubricate spring Of catires. o Shese st rois harellle T e i co owa o A m‘fi,rea‘,y been paid for in fines and is|finance. His opinion. based on cold, un-!the actual expense of operating theiing remaining oil from the s | ina packed in burlap to Keep from j.avex often: replenish ofl in crank- ; of a i ; w bringing money intc "I biased facts, ix worthy of special note.|car, depreciation Included. The small|there is no telling how m : i Claing: n box of tube patching out-!cyia every dav and renew at least e T S ] R T B el e e A IRl C L Lonsdale has publicly set forth 4! cxpense of the trip may justly bel gidPf % LN oW [Bueh more ol §i%orSunctures and a blowout pateh |every ™ thousand miles: - replenish . " quite sandy: but no apsrehension |rtreets, with directions to come 1o a1 il financial policy which recognizes theycharged to health insurance for the or inner bool. Carry a tire pome inigrease in universal joints every five ahoula bs Teit: regardias thiis, e tha ! 8iop Before cromsing the) Ut - Thase motor vehicle as a time-economy unit. } family. | good order and a go00d J’M‘";- 4130 &|hundred miles, even though they are length of the sandy stretches is of | signs are placed at only the most im- He says: “The motor car must also be con- small piece of plank. 2x8x18 Inches.|pard to reach 'underneath the car: 8o i . Jdttant streets, wl ® - 2 Time % ! videred as an important educational Yo use as a base for the jack in {not pour heavy oil into differential short duration and the depth is not | pdrtant streets, where jitneys are in Ecomomy in Time ng. 1 S D crevaniy a o enough to cause any serious rkid-il‘nmln\mus procession. The motorist y i “Tais i age of electricity ,m‘”]'(uclnr' 1 durvlm.\; :;ml'::l:“',';f;_l::;:t lsm.‘":fl}: "(:_:mry S omer e ,m".‘z‘:l.luflx‘l;:wrml ol'hg"l:rfl:\:a‘:—::o:u ding. from this city will recognize many street o Vausoling, e onihiiared by tha!knows more about the i - uets, are neceseary cquipment, A Relliwill escape at the brakedrum asd Another pleasure o the motorist | Signal lights in Richmond corresponding % A . rounding his town or city than the { dozen extra s el [ apoil the efficiency of the brakes, is the Sight of so many |to the one now in use at the foot of 2 7 e e one el »iIesS 18 man who doesn't own a car. Anyway, 1 the tool ho\.o”;;;iz“p*;:""! Dvcer {sides causing injury to the tires. = t him at every fork { Executive avenue here. 4 t by o 3 ¢ shouldn’t he? The motor car towing, u ¢ ble canvas bughel| Remember that abrupt stops, quicl the road, making 3t almost i b ; ten o oiouey takes him off the beaten paths—takes and a five-gallon canvas w big: i starts and side skids are very bad for {ha rons. misking I¢ slmost imposst- Brief Outline of Trip. ported by c transfer® of cred- | {akes Him, 0% L et B atry and [ so Sne upber and one lower rubber | (%s" Hpuir small tire cute prompt= Tty e rute, diaice s ond- | A brief outline of the trip is as fol- 4 2 it. 1f it is a question of hard sur-{ G OLE O LR Y of nature and hose connection for radiator with |y jave sand blisters or mud boils A R Hedas lows: Leave Washington by the 4 | faced ronds and automobiles againat the { DI M " NG S interenting {elumps. Bring @ two-pound box of | cpaired as soon ax thev uppears they iniagine that this really makes the | HIshway bridge. taking the Military | 5 . & v worn road and the ox cart infl c.q (hat he might otherwise never cup grease and a gallon can of extra |, . due to underinflation. e tal- Hip. nuch more fatizuing, but, be{Tvad to the right and continuing left| f¥ nobody wants to go back to the i (o "yt js more—the motorist goes lubricating © cum powder when inserting tubes in J that as it may, cach moforist’ de- | 28 1he Alrxendria plke. | Arriving at| : /sy (he high coxt of living %] und comes when he pleases. He is not Carry Dufic Bags. S I R . “se. and o exandria. go out Alfred street alon; 4 % AShroblemzand. & mans fixed sxpenue t he schedules of train .arry duffie bags. tent, commis- |not drive in ruts: it wears o s to Richmond e will aee Boti - Seratel R T ey nd other camp equipment | sidewalls of the casings. Do, not al- i s gns. and e concrdte’ toud (o Canp- T o 3 il | is to be reckoned, we must have a time 5 l F 3 road to Richmond he Will see n |or trolley. l i . 3 Surely on the running board equip |low oil or greasg to remain on th e orida Vo - ot phireys. Go to the right at the end - Y suver, whether it be the telephone, telé- | up; aven advertisiug places in K iDG! doncrate taed Mt Cano g o % 1 graph. the wireless, the automobile or ar am Education ore Theltar with a folding parcel carrier|casings: wipe off jwith a rag mols May View Historical Pointx. phrevs and continue along the dirt 3 . gasoline propelled surface car, or the “The automobile has, brought -the e AT footman l0ops. through whick | tened with gasoline, When using 1£ the tourist contemplating a trip|road through Accotink. Pohick, Lor- » airplane. It makes no difference | cj to the country, and vice versa. S ebuing straps for fastening the [weed chains do not adjust them tos tn Interested in hIStory, nothing Wil | ton and Oc eanan. where (oo Bistori : Whether a man I3 a bricklaver, plumber, | From (his both have profited socially T ont saugly. Similar 100ps may | tightly: allow them to creep. 'Always delight him more than & trip to|firm and reformatory is located. Con- - 4 or banker if his time i3 worth anything | and financially. While we have been S be screwed to the tonneau fioor|drive with proper regard for the tires; Itichmond. for on all sides historical | tinue left around farm. down steep = | 1 it is economy to limit his period oftalking about good roads, the auto- | to be used for strapping down suit-|avold boulders.sharp stones and se- points of revolutionary and civil war | hill, cross bridge into town proper. 3 transportatio mobile has forced them upon us and es or other baggage 10 keep them [vere jolts. Remember that wet rube Jame beckon to one for inspection | Turn right at the first intersection g 3 ‘The automobile has ceased to be a|lessened the cost of farm produce by from ehifting and annoying the pas-iber cuts. It is tough only when dz. i It must be remembered that this|und follow road through Dumfries % 9 luxury. It might have been called one, | reducing the cost of transportation. sengers. { Finally, keen the tires well inflatedi . roadway. which now takes the av-|Garrisonville, along Quantico concrete 7 i 7 ¢ at the start, Jike the airplanc. But the| “The utility of the automobile on ‘See that the car is in good working|this is excellént economy, using for erage motorist from five to six hours | road (o Mountaineiew. Comtinee r: 5 4 | luxury of vesterday becomes the neces-|the farm Is demonstrated in many order and all parts well lubricated |fabric tires a pressure of twenty to complete. ix the same place where | down steep but well sloped hill to| 4 ity of today. As Mr. Lonsdale so apt-! way: ¥armers who live fifteen to before starting on the tour and that{pounds for each inch of diameter and - | the Union armies spent about four|Falmouth, where the Rappahannock G ly puts it: ‘Many years ago when our| thirty miles distant from their market the battery is fully charged. Haveifor cord lireg sixteen pounds. Use years while en route to Richmond:!river comes Into view. (Conti 4 2 forefathers had wooden doors and s used to consume an entire day making the top in good shape and the cur-!gauge to defermine pressure accu= consequently, with their skirmishes e roRd, wlich 8 SHantl 5 ing shutters for windows, window glass | the round trip—and at times, if the fains with no broken lights. Number |rately and make tests every morning. and battles with the Confed | b oen: 40 bEIdEe T D b was considercd a luxury only for the|aay proved unusually hot, it would be the side curtains to facilitate quick| When stuck in a mudhole or on & they enriched the section historicaily 1m into Freder: (alsty:cing y rich, but now it is a necessity even for|along into the night before the tired attachment in a sudden storm. | sandy stretch do not speed up the en The average motorist probably would | i, "¢ 5 Sixty-nine Gt the poor, letting sunshine and happiness [ horses and men would reach home. Now a few words of final advice, |xine and ‘jump” the clutch. This will consider the round trip to Virginiu's | g (o0 1 ' L flow from without, and keeping within | Today farmers in these same sections which read over every day or two to jonly cause the wheels to spin and the pital a little 100 far for one day's jour. | P¢"* i i warmth necessary to home comfort.' | start for the market egrly in the morn- see that none of it is forgotte car to sink deeper. Open the throttle ney. and will be glad to know that good Route from Fredericksburg. . People have bullt thelr lives around| ing and aré back on their farms in a Do not overload the car. Distribute only far cnough to keep the.engine #ccommodations c¢an be procured atl Leave Fredericksburg by state high- the automobile, bought their homes, | few *hours—ready for a day's work at the weight to equalize the strain on|from stalling’ and engage the cluf Tiichmond or at Fredericksburg, Va.lway, a broad winding road to the - selected their vacation camps and | something else. springs. Use soft water for radiator; |slowly. ‘The chances are that which is about half way. Fredericks- left, which has a macadam founda. % their summer cottages. Businesses® “The farmer has been quick to ain water is best, continuous use of method will procure traction. & P e 4