Evening Star Newspaper, January 25, 1925, Page 78

Study of Accessory Display At Auto Exhibit Valuable Motorist Can Find Devices to Make Car Safer, Cheaper to Operate, Last Longer and More Comfortable. Whether the motorist fs buying a rew car or planning to drive the old ther season, a trip to the au- show at Comvention Hall should Include a careful inspection of the many new and interesting acces- corfes on display After the new car is selected addi- tlonal accessories to protect and im- prove it a first thought, and by inspe models the motor- i€t who is his old car an- other »ver a number of up-to-date by adding & the new keeping will Not ¢ reveal the t factor it vill the in ac in detail at the ths, e accessory will atured as a part of the general and close-up as well er of new interesting s have come to the fore past year, and no motorist to Even old-line have odels t ~s show as the 1 to be. the acc cars, but has grown the overlook th accessory makers o reve Make Study Orderly. Having decided upon an efficient moblle, the next point is to look )6 devices which can make it efficient. This naturally Ir cleaners, oil puriflers, ainers, pri heat indi- adulterants, spring con- nd a hundred and one things that s expense and But in considering the ac- it best to go at them ally by dividing them into u ar e acc an at 1y to get much out of it device that is more of a nov- than a t i or labor take up time that might devoted to careful consid- of a less but more article all this a litt first step, the new cars that are sts fuel trol devi other trouble gt u are Some a system fs for accessorie exhibited idea of how essorles are manufacturers en will tell 3 ¥ hope to obtain from such When you later accessory displays ready to talk deta an, particularly es and service This holds true whether you have bought r generously equipped or have simply decided to hold your old car a while longer. No car is so com- ¥ that it be improved addition old car is so old some kind cannot 1 What to look for on the new cars, &nd where to look for what, are the next questions. In order to make any headway in this respect it is best to consider the various points you keep in mind when selecting the car itself instance on his v &lve vou 3 the o nec- con- and red the salesr stallations over to will be pr step you 1S with the regarding Comfort Is First. Start by considering eomfort, which paramount to efficlency and cost. ou want to be comfortable in your new car at any cost, and so you want to know what sort of comfort equip- ment it is dressed with. Has it spring- eontrol devices? ~And, If so, what kind? And why that particular.kind? Tust a word of cautfon. In consider- fng accessorles from this angle be Kure to strike averages of opinions, rather than being guided by equip- ment ©on one particular make or model. Various factors enter into the equipment of any oge car, and In to gain & true plcture of the relative values of various brands and Xinds of equipment it {8 necessary to consider a number of cars of various price and then strike an Remember, 1s ¥ classes, too, that you cannot Afford to pass up a new accessory Just because you do mnot see it fea- on the average new car. Manu- rers, in equipping their cars, to draw the line somewhere. dreds of good devices on obviously ‘they cannot the buyer everything, pamticu- when prices are bottom. licy of most manufacturers fs, ©. to leave off those articles the average car owner can easily buy and have attached him- self, if he feels that he profit by them whioh are a manu- a par because his engineers to be best for the ‘size, weight and design of the car, where- &S he may off an oil purifier or air cleaner, knowing that you will have this installed you want ft— that is, you might install a spring- control device that would not give You the results the engineers have found are possible with a certain combination, but you- cannot go wrong with the air cleaners and ofl purifiers now on the market. have found it Some Left to Buyer. Certain articles, pers ound on m like motometers, » rs and the the fa e the & him. ound cost is and the that.he is offer- customer a service by sav- th trouble of “shopping for th s which he wlill rel wa to The newer devices, on are often teft entirely to the buyer, chiefly be- ca the demand has not as yet become insistent That is no rea- son, however, why vou should not feel that a new device just as essential as an older one You will want to bear in mind that tn buyIng a new car the least you can €0 by way of consistency is to buy for it the newest equipment And if it is your old car vou are considering you do not want to miss the oppor- tunity to compensate for old features by adding ultra-modern opes. But back to the system of grouping accessories. The comfort group is a al manu- have must realize u just what cars because | large one and runs all the way from protection from road shocks to peace of mind. If an automatic radiator hutter device will keep you from wondering whether the engine is up to its normal efficiency, that is a com- fort device. You can ride on the softest of balloon tires, but If you are #oIng to worry about the engine your | motoring 1s not going to be easy. Safety devices are highly impor- tant. These are of a broader nature than would appear upon first thought The direct accessorles for safety, such as anti-skid chains, fire extinguishers, bumpers and the like, are easily rec ognized, but it requires a moment" reflection to realize that engine effi- clency devices, tires, tubes, batteries ay also fall into the same category. Some device that helps you to keep your battery up to par, or some new type of battery to replace your old and more troublesome one, may seem to have nothing to do with safety, but what would you think of it if you happened to be without the device when your engine stalled at a haz- ardous intersection and your battery falled vou? Anything that will help to assure full power from the engine as well as freedom from stalling will assist in the work of making your motoring safer. This offers you a wide choice of devices In the safety accessory fleld, for there are many efficiency de- vices which answer your require- ments for such safety. In trying to divide accessories Into definite groups you will note that they overlap considerably. Things that save money also save lives, and vice versa. Articles that make mo- toring more comfortable for the pa sengers also save the tires und the chassis. Articles that spell greater ency for the varlous units of car save time and money, and Eive comfort and safety for good measurc Price When an accessory classes simultaneously you can be reasonably certain that it should be 2dded to your new car or to your old one. And If the price is a point to be considered, you should apportion it accordingly, and thus come to fee that for each result to be obtained from the accessory the price is nom- inal Always In considering mccessories it 1s well to remember that the com- plexity of any device is no argument against its Installation on your car. Many motoriste, and unfortunately some manufacturers and engineers as well, seem to feel that the simpler the automobile is the better. But simplicity s not the goal. Progres- sive moforists are after results. If any accessory produces desirable re- sults it is worth while. Neither price nor the attention it may require should stand in its way. You will find on a number of the newer cars 3 number of mewer efi- clency deviGes that can be attached to any car, old or new. But it Is well to obtain a variety of viewpoints on accessories of this type. Sometimes there have been changes In the new cars to accommodate the new fea- tures in accessories, making the lat- ter more effective than they would be if attached to an older model. Your own judgment in matters of this sort 1s also helpful. Knowing what the manufacturers re going in for in the way of acces- sories, your visit to the accessory booths should be far less confusing. You should be able to walk right over to the booths showing the articles you are interested in and get the de- tails of installation, cost and serv- ice. Here you will learn how the ar- ticles are made, how they work and what they are supposed to do for yon Advance announcements by the acces- sory exhibitors point to the likell- hood of a lot of interesting displays with more ingenious machines for demonstrating. the features of these articles than you have ever seen at Convention Hall before. Study Needed. falls into two Watch Time Savers. Keep your eves open for those small but useful articles that help to make car care easier. You will not find these on the new cars nor hear them discussed among the car exhibitors. But If you are an average motorist with the average problems in owner- ship there should be at least one point to be gained by stopping to hear the story of some time-saving accessory There are a lot of these things this vear, particularly for the man who has a private garage of his own and who, therefore, spires to equip it in a way that will insure him uninter- rupted use of his car. It isn't always a_matter of looking for noveltles either. Sometimes you will find & set of tools, & jack, a tire pump, or some other very commonplace article that will just strike your fancy, not be- cause it {8 clever, but rather because it fs just what you have been looking or, but never had the time to find. For those who are planning to over- haul their cars this Spring the acces- sory displays will be well worth a visit. If you are golng to have the old car brought up to date, you will ant to try the newest and best in rings, pistons, plugs, brake lining, clutch plates, springs, painting, wheels, fan belts, etc. If -you are wise, vou'll be making a list of the things you want to specify when leaving the car with th®repairer. The parts and accessory business has grown from a mere detail to an industry that does nearly a billion dollars worth of business annually with the motoring public. And this excludes the tire business. Whea you go to an automobile show nowa- days you are going to an accessory show as well, only many of these ac- cessories on the cars themselves are where you can’t see them. That is why the accessory exhibitors have become an inseparable part of the annual automobile show, and why you should not go home without giving them the attention they merit Motor Show Facts and Exhibits Place—Convention Hall, Fifth and K streets northwest. Time—\Monday to Saturday, 1 pm. to 10:30 p.n. Cars or “xhibition—Thirty-seven different makes of open and closed passenger cars and five makes of commercial cars. Other xhibits—Accessories, tires, batteries and equipment. Engine Design—Four, six and eight cylinders. Price Range of Cars—$295 to $8,500. Makes of Cars Exhibited. Auburn, Gardner, Huson, Hupmobile; Jewett Jordan, Lincoln, Marmon, Chevrolet, Cleveland, Chrisler Dodge, Durant Essex, Maxwell, Moon, Nash, Oakland, Oldsmobile, Oveérland, Packard, Paige, Peerless, Pierce-Arrow, Reo, Rickenbacker, Rollin, Star, Stearns-Knight, Studebaker, Velie, Wills Sainte Claire, ‘Willys-Knight. This_exhibition is held under the auspices of the Washington Automotive Trade Association, Show Committee—Rudolph Jose, chairman; Spencer B. Curry, J. M. Dugan, Raphael Semmes and Frank G. Stewart. Music by Meyer Goldman's Orchestra. 25, 1925—PART 17 AUTOHAS REACHED ITS 251H BIRTHDAY Packard President Believes Form Is Now Stabilized, to Change Slowly. Color and Distinction Called Keynote of Automobile Show Gay Hues and Pleasing Lines Big Fea- tures, But Beauty in 1925 Models Is More Than Surface Deep. What is the keynote of this year's automobile show—the essentlal dif- ference between the 1925 version of the annual motor car exhibit of the local automobile trade and the sev- eral displays that have preceded 1t? This question, of paramount im- portance to the motorist who follows the trend of conditions from vear to year and who desires to keep abreast of the times, was put to Rudolph Jose, chalrman of the show commit- wids cholce of cclor schemes among any one make's diaplay as well. “It is true that a number of new developments within the past year have been aded majority of cars and that these features would seem to make for greaer similarity, but the motorist Who analrzes the situa tion carefully will realize that cer- tain improvements represent progress which cannot be sacrificed to distinc tion. It I8 all well and good to selec & type of motor one feels has distinc tive ad but to do without some comfort featurs just for the sake of distinction would be poor policy. The automotive industry this year celebrates the completion of Its first quarter century of existence. While the first motor vehicle propelled itself aboriously over its first mile In 1890, 35 years ago, the 10-year period fol- lowing can be termed the incubation stage, says Alvan Macauley, president of the Packard Motor Car Company, in reviewing the growth of the auto- mobile industry. The invention was|tee of the Washington Automotive being developed to a stage which|Trade Association, under whoss would remove it from the realm of |auspices the exhibition is staged mere curiosities Here is hin answer: “As an“industry ‘Fortunately,” sald Mr. Jose, “it i= of motor vehicles can be sald to have |& comparatively simple question to had its birth in 1889 when, for the |answer this year, because never be- first time, production exceeded 3,000 |fore in the history of the automobile units,” said Mr. Macauley. ““Th were | has the keynote been more clearly all passenger cars, or as the were | defined. then more accurately called, ‘pleas-| “Reduced to on ure cars,’ for they were but ekpensive | Show differs from all its predecessors playthings. in that it has ‘color’ The word is Increased Thousand Times. used broadly, however, and it carrie - oE = a far deeper significance than is evi- In these 25 years just ended we dent upon fi o have seen production Increased a L e thousan times and the new wealth annualyy created by our Pndustry grow from less than $5.000,000 to more than $2,000,000,000. Never be- fore has any industry sprung with such rapldity from noth to a posi- tion in the front rank among all the industries of the Nation “In 25 years this reached full maturity. ly combited the allments of child- hood; it safely avoided the pitfalls of early youth; its growing pains are long since passed; its fundamental education has been practically com- pleted; it served its country with magnificent distinction and with in- dlspensable talents and factlitics dur- ing the late World War, Start of New Era. “It is singularly appropri that the twenty-ffth birthday of the in- dustry should mark the beginning of a new era—the completion of a trans- itional period. I believe we have de nitely passed the hectic and extrava- it” though unavoidable perfod of Lines Centered Around ot o Rutland Removed e After 40 Years. the manufacture Individual Features. “Behind the new features that ar generally adopted there ls the herent distinction of the standard car makers that are still in the field. As a matter of fact, this in herent distinction has been accent ated by individual features in the way of constru n, design, lines and e gineering “All this cars and an exhibit and find just his | over a list « |it is surpriging ferent plct mind, yet how respected is. This year's show Is not just a list | of nam It f ditinct makes “This matter of distinc kept in the background cause « certain sameness outward appearance of cars there have been clans amons 1sts, mroups that would have ones make of car and no other. Usua these represented cars that stood o th a certaln individuality. B | generally speaking, most stock cars } Rave been black, dark blue or Ereer |dnd after a few months of s You couldn't tell one from anothe Color Hax Added Distinction. “All this is passing with the ad of bright colors for bodies and wheels. Whereas | showe individualit | with conv 1 paint might shed 1f | this same car toa: | spicuously even am grade. Col d th en in so | ment as the ‘c |car the inhe word, this year's nds the nev bile sho here a m. t can g the car that meets wit 1t If you will r cars to be displaye note what a dif- car brings t color to Color Means Distinction. ever before have stock models been displayed in such gay hues, never before have lines been so pleasing to the eye, never before has equipment been 8o lavish and wisely incorporated in the cars ‘color’ means more than this. It means distinction in engineering, In character, in deslgn—even in mer- chandising policies. “It is doubtful whether any previ- ous show ever revealed so many en- tirely different ideas in cars that were 80 generally approved. Former shows have revealed all varieties of freak designs, both in chassis and bodies, but this year even the most individual of the displays has a fol- lowing of its own, a following that hag faith in the manufacturer's idea “This makes for distinction, or what is more popularly defined as color’” You do not have to buy ‘just| another car' in order to be on the| safe side. You can diverge by buy- | | | But | Robert Allixon (left), a mechanical engineer of Port Carbon, Pa., who bought the first American car commer- clally sold, a Winton, April 1, 1898. He paid $1,000 for it, and Alexander Winton, the manufacturer, taught him to drive. It was a strange looking little machine. compared with the modern automobile. The body was bullt alo buggy lines, steered with a tiller. The engine was a single-eylinder and the rig seated two. Tires were two one-half inch single tubes, fitted to 38-inch wire wheels. Twenty cars were sold that year, according to C Sinxabaugh, writing in the current issue of The Amerl Motorist. SEES MENACE IN LIGHTS. industry has It successful- on has bee chiefly be in th Tr Gradual Braking, As on Trains, Good | Tip for Motorist Busses Supplant Trolley Cars in Vermont Region | Baughman Believes Running Board Equipment Dangerous. BALTIMORE, January 24 —Running board lights, when placed in a po tion where they can be seen from | the front of the machine, a men- ace to traffic, in the opinion of E. Engineers Find Sudden Austin Baughman Maryland's com- Air Application missioner of motor vehicles 4 RES Commissioner Baughman said there Brings Sliding. is no objection the green run- ning board lights on the right sid automobiles, but that a red run- ng board light which can be seen from the front of the car often mistaken for a tail light. The red running board light, he said, should be placed in a position where i entirely obscured from the front view and can be seen only from the side He sugkested the red light be placed on the left running board so that the mud guard will act as a shield Action will be taken against own- ers of automobiles, he indicated, who Ing something that satisfies your de- sire for individuality, and You can do this without feeling that you are running risk of buy nov- elty. to covery in the realm of science, com- parable to the discovery of steam or electricity, the future will be a pertod of slow evolution marked by the gradual refinement and greater per- fection in application principles now employed and well understood. ‘It was Inevitable that out of the flux of ideas, principles, designs and methods which marked our early years would _ultimately- come through test and study, experiment | and experfence, a crystallization of final basic design, wh could im- | prove but slowly. After years of | violent agitation and rapid change the industry, to the relief of all and particularly the public, has reached Companiex Are Stronger. “That is because the companies that are now making cars have survived a period of keen competition and | financial difficulty. They are stronger | than ever before because they have | been tested and not found wanting perience usually demonstrates that s out c g cars of co has accon After transporting passengers through the streets of Rutland, Vt., 40 vears, the trolleys of that city re- cently were withdrawn in favor | busses. This move entirely elimi- nates electric ra{lways as a transpor- tation factor in and around Rutland, other lines connecting Rutland with neighboring towns having been sup- planted previously by bus service. Among other trolley lines which have been displaced by the bus within the last month is one formerly oper- ated between Providence, R. I, angd North Scituate, Mass., by the United Electric Railways The company | When the streets are cy, does your | car roll down hill or sitde dow | | lies in keeping your car i When it slides you lose all s control. It may slide into another car or off the road into a dit Railroad practice demonstrated that rolling wheels exert much greater driving or braking effort than spinning or slipping wheels. As long as the turning wheels grip the rails the train will move, but when the drivers begin to spin the pulliing ef- | fall to move the offending lights to a fort virtually ceases. If the engineer | Proper position applies the brakes so firmly that the - has been authorized to operate busses wheels lock, the train will slide a PEDESil;R‘ANS TO BLAME. as a substitute service greater distance than is required to 75 Per Cent of Baltimore Accidents The electric cars which formerly stop if the wheels continue to turn and their speed is gradually reduced. | The moral to the motorist is—keep | h : and the Nassau County (N. Y.) Rall- way Co. stopped its cars on New Year your brakes and lock them, the wheels act as sled iners. If you keep them turning slowly, constantly C s presenting fresh gripping surfaces to after having carried passengers the road, the braking effort is great- between Sea Clff and Glen Cove, Long est, and, besides, you can control the Island, for 22 years, Independent op- direction as well as the speed erators are now furnishing substitute bus service in both cases. Among the latest cities on the Pa- cific Coast to abandon street cars in Proper Draining. P favor of busses, are Astoria, Oreg., and Santa Cruz, Calif. standard a develop is o! is notorist body arrange without in an re for prefers in A features o iaent St of the s to assume re is an There Due to Disregard of Semaphores. BALTIMORE, January 24— {five per cent of pedestrians | here last vear by vehicles at street intersections disregurded traffic sem- | aphores. Of a total of 12,761 vehicu- lar accidents in 1924 124 persons were fatally injured and 4,073 received in- | juries which demanded medical treat- affic policemen report that school erence eventy- injured show To drain the ecirculating -system | .\ ;3, 01 ave more cautious in cross- when removing the radiator, detach | {1ICEO S56 MOTe Cat the lower water hose. Since this has | IN& streets than are older persons. to be detached anyway, it is to be TR preferred to opening the drain cock. Records from 180 cities show that Saves time and allows more radlator | javwalking is a major cause of traf- sediment to drain off. fic accidents. Eight miles an hour may be fast for a crowded city street, ving too slow may be a fault a through traffic boulevard. B (13 too or on Dopee BROTHERS TYRE-A SEDAN Its smooth, quiet performance is a matter of common observation. People who pay no particular atten- tion, as a rule, to the finer shades of chassis operation, are instantly im- pressed by the restfulness of the car in action, 51245 f. o. b. Detroit; $1365 delivered SEMMES MOTOR COMPANY 8 DUPONT CIRCLE MAIN 6660 survive competition, for without F\U‘)\“"w‘ el show that unfolds t week thel meus b 7 eeded because they | “What a state of stability as to both design | had a reason for cc = : ter century I belleve we have at last | facturers have dded, this ¥ aisle see that the industry charged with the |acter features. There are the bright | diff the application of these transportation fac b!!»!?‘{uh]rpnm{ finishes. Then there is| “Color is the outstanding thing y some cases more than a humlrw-xl;rimunfll\ e blending of uch r‘nlnri ing e era of complete distinction i things could be expected. @. It was rumored that Marmon Tumor are now confirmed by fa@ Marmon presents —a genuine 7-Passenger Sedan {4 doors] the same in the New Marmon Standard Closed Cars selling at convictions no new product has any | i Gase '},‘,Hm reason for existence. Thus in the motorist will see a wide variation in|viduailty cars that have suc true of body models and appearance. ‘ tion e reached a stage which permits us to | ther distinction along those lines th nc that important task of providing mankind | colors made possible for the average | features great a d nce as th with one of its most indispensable | car owner through the use of thel i the hues of the hoods. stabilized; that we are bhuv]dlng into | the two-tone combination of colors.| will the sh but color th. our vehicles years of useful life, in|And, finally, there is the tasteful and|is more than tin deep. We are ent thousand miles of transportation, schemes. This gives the motorist not | motor th unfoldi which It {s wrong and wasteful not (ulfln])‘ a wide choice among distinctive | this week its »hl"i LJ hint~ It was hinted that under the New Marmon Program big was attempting to bring down the price of closed cars with- out reducing quality or producing a “coach”. €. Hint and —a genuine 5-Passenger Sedan {4 doors] —a genuine 5-Passenger Brougham-Coupe {4 doors] —all selling at virtually open car price. Marmon builds only one chassis and one engine. They are identically virtually open car price as in the New Marmon DeLuxe Models. Open Cars, $3165; Closed Cars, $3395 and wpwards, f. e. b. Indianapolis, exdusive of tax. i i kit T. V. T. MOTORS CORP. 1028 Connecticut Ave. at L St °¥e NEW MARMON Y%a Qudomobils/