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THE SUNDAY STAR., WASHINGTON, D. C, JUNE 10, 1923—PART 3. OTORING C]TE ‘WAY TO BUY AUTOS |DOWN THE ROAD.—Exasperating Moments of a Motorist. —By BECK. I Auto Roads From WGSill g‘tOll Through States Fair to Good ON TIME PAYMENT PLAN| [ THE TiIME You ATTEMPTED To E _— : DO AN EMERGENCY REPAIR JoB ] Writer Says System Should Be Used as an NEAR THE SCHOOL HOUSE OURING ANl of the main highways trom the | ventional e = QECESS - District are open for automobile Vid Spottevlvania. i ¢ being_im Aid, Not a Crutch, to Assure ; traMo The few minor detours re-| DCOVeS mpoewtaing detour Bou ported on the main District routes n are mostly of short length and over fair to good roads. Dirt roads are now in traversible condition, subject | A it itwo mile to weather. The latest route reports 7 lilghway Sis vy eren ) : LLMAN K P f4; < LA by received by the National Motorists’ during Shri BY WILLIAM ULLMAN. upon market conditions and the con- 2, 4 - E e dition of the car. 2 £ sl Assoclation are as follows: [ Whether Samuel Vauclain, presi- | Ti08 of the ear. o eciation on K’ /} , v ; > aliEgia ey W% < ; h e, 3 . u 7 g dent of the FEaldwin Locomotive )I\ulnmuhlh‘!‘ is no secret, but it would | - = ]‘/ PHILADEL Worke, is right in advocating going |DAYe A much greater signiicance if 7 ASHINTOW YORK. . The direct e ® |car owners fully understood the un- 7 z = e s oo il 7/ 4 . y . : || derlying reason ik vl ¢ - "y | 1“ — T : - = routing into Baltimore is n ven. ausstion which ought to be mmshul Wy D e practatisR T T ER: ¢ “ l l e ; and n_good _condition _thiroughou ut at this time, when the o ue 7 . : e ro n o GuL ac thisstimes puac Automobile depr tion is high be- = | alternate routes can be follo e the car itself is merely an ac- g ‘ of which are r no; I mode of transportation |cessory to transportation. a commody 4 ¢ | Conowingo bridge and Medla, and the hinges on intelligent financing of the |1ty which is consumed in order that shorter route via Wilmington and automobile transportation be possible. p L) success of the automobile as an eco Chester. There is a small ur at Media on the Conowingo c “tion Mr. Vauclain has unquestionably | process of propelling the car, so is Qe B s J jthe car co ed in_ contri i = = 2 ¢ ncoln high \ struck @ mew mote in the fdea that |the car consumed in’contributing its 7 onnect with Lincoln highwas lshare to this transportation 2 ow York via Trenton, New Bruns- | tion buying of cars | Just as gasoline is consumed in the the success of the American |wu|)h" Tt ia & new way. of looking at the wick and Newark. Thix is in good lies in their willinguess to 5o into | question of car buying; but it i the condition, with the exception of three debt in order to progr and coming | 10Rical way. Tt should be a hint to the | motorist to weigh Mr. clafn's ad- | | Yiee carefully before deciding to go | “mall detours which are well marked | : » with yellow arrow signs around new vice merits careful considera But | into the hoie to buy ; ‘ mhiatin o 1 T the automobils s a unigue aiticle | B are buving transportation; | CITY.—Follow Washington boule- ta &t of the ca b 7 § . f £ L : 2 nrough: ‘Halttmors ito which perhaps cannoi he catalogued C ut & part X </ ¢ vard route through DS ek ; g al cost, igh perhaps | E Z AL IR g NZ l\\‘ilmmg‘ll»n as ribed above, | ) ¢ as identical with the various otier | the cest single item | thence crossing Penns Grove ferry eteEotiy { The cost of automobile transporta- / 7, %, 3 { and on main highway to Buena Vista | W s 2 - oil. tres. insurance. storage. | il 3 (\,r«,‘\'nllru LETD e e r W man purd . 1 i { 2 = Fista lea ain pike north { p i If o mortorist formed the habit of | 2 8 g N to Hammonton. thence to | few oing into debt to buy his gas he! } Atlantic City. New Jersey roads are | gini \';‘hrv nl. b aid the a soon be out of Tuck, because i / ) in fair to good shape throughout ent. But, t s > t as he would save (o pav for 7 , £ v, NGTON TO G an automaobile ox t ame | t he had bought he would be go- \‘[‘,t?t%}("‘fc\'lx,m AND FREDERICK way, he is, in 3 ng - ing into debt to buy more. He would z o P % | Z"Road in good condition. excepting i o> one or two spots in the District Some narrow stretches. This road S s e Al was ciosely watched during Shrine ON TO ROCK POINT.— portation. of whic i U { thing but receipts from the | one car is but a part ations when he had finished. Very few people have caug is c then can he go into debt fo| Alsen atior 5 Zibuy the car and expect to be any ok ment for wa rainst } off, nl kes xome pro- E = = \ M | ¥ WASHINGTON TO YORK AND B e b e e T thaloae 1o conament it . 3 . 4 = B | HARRISBURG.—Best connection to . . il ; g . e o c 4 b = 2 ; 2 York i3 via Baltimore, thence on|J, 1@ te igns ggennitormiticle. Wil ! 1 Experlenced Motorists’ Method. 5 1 ) 5= macadam and concrete into York ke I : ¢ do not con- = < Balance of route into Harrisburg re- . ] 3 o us marked by = E { ported in good condition. arn otorists Purchase Only First Step. i C V' new cars; they B > 9 ¢ & = WASHINGTON TO D S The buying Wf a p | have e anged Mhathey = z "PER MARLBOR le 1 e W o he ariving a car 1a firsc.| R Al B d S S S S et gt S =" e (b oy ety 1o ong Boulevar i < bound t i = = i found gravel nthly amount t % « 102 o Server” S irameN S BALTIMORE. June — Motorists n of the car. r ¥ ASHINGTC pa raveling on the Washington-Balt expenditure ! vra“ OLNEY. trayeling fon the & » the cost of gasoline or | this route was considered advisable|more boulevard at v are {other expenses that enters inte e | used merely as an assistance in buy- | the most charming sections of the may ily secured. Synopses of | when time was not a consider: 1, | greeted at every {cost of automobile transporta ing automobile transportation, but it tern United States and Canada to state motor laws, ferry schedules, and | ®fame being slightly longer than the| . o o = L "Unless a motorist is in w position | MUSt not be used as a crutch. seaside, mountain and v re- ! lists of good hotels and garages also| boulevard route. Road is in good |& 2 pTAis soft of thing e stumbling o carry this charge long with the| A motoriat thould avold being in sorts. All tours in the guide o ) to increase the guide’s usefulness | condition throughout electri S SO omi, j paymenta covering the initial cost of |debt ~for his transportation the RE DY OR PUBL' piled with & view to scen o the automobilist, = Hoad Megort s are a & lransportation it affords. | the car he is going to find himself |sAme as he avolds being in debt the roads mapped are the For the accommodation of car own- Eatorn; Hand Dot t ) R T s e stretches of hard highway that the ers, the guide will be distributed| NATIONAL FIRB, fenortediin eoadi v i h. buying country afforde ugh local news dealers ,ook- | condition throughout Marylan n €8! There s P o s only a part of the process of z : p gatores 1 ¢ the Pennsyivania section. oil has | 16 snoulising el ing en aneportation - °* Official Road Book of Automobile| And desgstoresiiniallipactaiot | Mo IROIIE S O e o of their | payy 3 It is here that he must be careful to : < there is a double- e Atla i field and Uniontown, and over their | p differentiate Letween “forward”’ and Clubl of America Contains l}fl;::" road m 3 L nuttn ond Enwevite Sl % “reverse” in borrowing. routes across t : Right Kind of Folk: CCOLN CAY s & companied b 8 3 i o g nd of rolks. LINCOLN HIGHWAY.— detours (Copreight. 1923.) 104 Pages. this_increasin popular trip. T befween Philagelphia, ttysburg S and Pittsburgh. Road conditions ex- {vonstantly in debt to others, and at|for his food or his clothing, al e on the ot holdings A man sel hose visiting the England c ing trans- | One of the most successful real es- e e A e lng trad ? try there is p o . - cellent. . b vaiis . i T There Are Others. rists who are planning ‘vaca-|adopted ro: S Al tate operators In the Unlted States| wASHINGTON TO PITTSBURGH Motitsing s m the Richmond Times-Dispatch tours during the summer monthe!large folding road map of the cntire old me 3 —_Follow Gettysburg connection, s hat's the trouble,” said Smith Te pheased to Know that ne | [oURES eatt of Chiiko wcompunity " UGive mehies tamiter of the right|cited ahove, thenee” direct st on e n : > it )l e ; : i« o Will agree to live new | Lincoln highway. Excellent road nt which may e : “It doesn't do & bit of g00d to save.” “1223 Assoclated Tours Guide.” ther 4 foqiyry of the Associated Tours locality, and there will be no troubla | conditions. | roa v lights weipal. in additio i ) part ! n il “Why net?” asked Jones. official road book compiled and pub- | Guide that motorists particularly ap- getting’ plenty more to live there. » those used tividends. car owners buving their auto- Well, I made up my mind to save, lished by the Automobile Club of|preciate is that the itineraries are People who are wholesome, orderly, Southern Reports. The buying of an automobile. how- transportation on & more | - D America. is mow reads for distribu-|Arranged to allow for logical &top- | pay their bills promptly, like artistic| WASHINGTON TO RICHMOND.— oduces a new angle. There is | satisfactory basis. Most of the cur- )10 per cent of my income. Did it;|~ > 2 \ng places at the end of each day's| homes and well kept lawns will|Best connection is via Fredericks- |t no inflation in the price of the aver- | tailment in—the use of cars, and the | Eot a raise of 20 per cent, making 30 tion. run at towns where accommods attract others.” Iburg and Bowling Green. The Age car. vet a machine purchased to- | complaints about the cost of motor-|per cent, and in the same time the| BY following the carefully selected aay Swill noc be worth the original|ing. come from car owners who have : % | itincraries and clearly defined road cost tomorrow. A vear {r heir noses on the grindstone indefi- |05t of 1iving went up 46 per cent| ., with which the guide's 104 value will have a pos nitely fand I'm 16 per cent shy of not being | pages are filled. summer vacationlsts 40 per cent, depending very largely The “easy payment” plan should be broke!” | are enabled to tour by motor through AR RS AT L A R el o R e L R R I o oo e e St Continuing the Demonstration At 626 F St., near 7th AP PE RS ON Building De Lion Cord Tires Right Before Your Eyes! Come, see these experts from the factory put 10,000 guaranteed miles into De Lion Cord Tires—see, step by step, the following operations: Operation No. 1—Applying first band. two Six Plies of Cord Now on Tire. plies of cord. Operation No. 6—Applying Chafing Strip. Opgrafiorl No. 2—Applying second band, Operation No. 7=—Applying Gum Strip. two plies of cord. : : o & ; Operation No. 8—Applying Undercushion. Operate the Mechanical GeaT‘Shift Yourself plie(;.ppmfio" BRI Operation No. 9—Applying Breaker Strip Operation No. 4—Bead Tie-in. with Top Cushic'ln applied. X . ] »t HEN you get behind the wheel of the new ‘Apperson Six or the Operation No. 5—Third band, two plies of gpl'""wn ;’:0- ;?—:PI’:.“"’}! :;"i" ’W all. i d . ation No. 11— ving Tread. ‘Apperson Eight and shift gears without taking the hand from the wheel cord PETeEY 2 pp vou will appreciate the advancement Apperson has made in adopting the C-H Mechanical Gear-Shift as standard equipment on all Apperson cars. ) ; Ford Size 30x3% . 1 ‘{,8.') e ¥ You can not “clash” gears on an Apperson. The operation is quick and 3 > De Lion Cord Tires effortless. Merely push the selector on the steering wheel into speed de- i === pnn | Speasll || Coxd sired, throw out the clutch and the gears are shifted mechanically. 5"_377 _ Price Price Tube Five minutes in traffic or on the road will convince you that Apperson is NS 30x3%; C. L. $19.00 $13.85 $2.30 truly the most easily handled, safest car built to-day. . g‘z’,’gifj 525 figigg :fi; g:gz There are other features—the permanent top is the finest on any car; the ¢ : 4 3 31x4 32.80 21.95 3.20 emergency brake operates from the instrument beard; there are no levers in 32x4 - i gg?g g:;; ggg the driver’s compartment; the upholstering is built into the car and has the : N ?fi:fl 38.20 25.65 3.60 ease and comfort of a big Morris chair; squeaks and rattles, the little things 3 Vi1 32x415, 46.65 31.45 435 which irritate you, have been practically eliminated and there is nothing in ) \ 33x41, 47.70 31.95 4.45 i i A\ 3dx4Y/; | 48.85 34.95 4.60 the way of equipment for you to buy. 1 N 352412 50.35 35.95 4.80 Finely engineered, conscientiously built, completely equipped and unde- i ) 36x4Y> {5150 36.95 5.20 niably beautiful, the new Apperson Six at $1535 and the famous Eight at 33x5 58.05 40.95 5.35 $2800 (at the factory), make no concessions to any car in their respective y §§;§ 2}'23 o g:gg classes. ) _ R 36x6 8135 | 6.85 You will enjoy driving the Apperson—come to the salesroom or phone 2 for an appointment. C;ra:ge T hem Ik You Wish APPERSON MOTOR CO. You see that the prices are less than those asked for nondescripts. I3 urth.ermore, B. T, GARRISON, Proprictor - adjustments are made right here in the store. Alsowe give youal 0,000-mile guar- 1212 Conn. Ave. v antee, in writing made with The Hecht Co., valid from Maine to California. The Hecht Co. APPERSON BROS. AUTOMOBILE CO. : Seventh at F KOKOMO, INDIANA