Evening Star Newspaper, February 8, 1925, Page 58

Woman Given Credit for Auto’s | New Comfort and Driving Ease BY MARIE RUSSELL 1 belies of the cc who once that in th ity “davligh Audiences g of this, and but motor enough mile ULLMAN. veteran prince ph Cawthorn, sweetly to the effect ration of feminin- maked a difference.” 1 10t of enjoyment out Joe may have been right, >m led off just prove very con- that, dayiight or Who makes a from up- t was that clus the fact Mazda differer holstery On and that powerful influen that this mething’ ently nods it to has rvic to the ever-de- n open the fact s0 3 and motordom, and is the fair lady approval when and who seems hoof 1 per er of motor- nargin of who inno: hubby ot ent in As a no proof—t of the auto mate is ve infl vacuum ¢ vet to woman motc n's pre e are a lot & that are be, but w developmen! matter of fact—and it requires present high position bile in the world's esti- the result of the and that pushes the What the world has the influence the exerting on motor- and future of things about what they making, ake, a differ- nt should and w ence. en to mi Poor Serviee Uncovered. Take service just as instance. The first thing 1 noticed when I had acquired a cense and reached the point where mechan ssistance became nece: ry was the inadequate service offered quite umiversally, an- noyance which men seemed to con- sider inevitable It Is a feminine characteristic that the impossible must immediately be auestioned. 1 immediately sought the veason for slovenly asked why a grea was permitted to it my expensively uph parently man thousands of women were ng the same ques tion at the time, and that they ended by the sam$ demands as J, for t tion was promptly investigated, ational programs were augurated by trade which reached repairer, ; what does the otori find In first-cla ops fenders are cov- ered while engine work is done. hcr\"- lee managers, who are the trouble shooters, keep themselves present- able and do the testing. Service sta- fions are no longer cramped, crowded and messy. Cars are finished accord- ing to arges known at the and now and ¢ Noted. distin s which Tmproyemen improveme man, not consider, regarded Tho situation is ide found in the housewife's vork. Womgn slaved year and ear out with the broom, the coal stove, the dishpan and the hand iron Then came the days of help shortage, with hubby volunteering to take a hand as neceesity ruled. “Good heav- ens!” he complained. “Isu't there a simpler way to take the dirt out of a rug? And immediately he begar using his brains He saw the woman's problem from a fresh angle, applied his mechanical ingenuity, nd the result is that household work made a gigantic stride forward and is ready for more Somewhat the same thing is happen- ing to motordom as woman takes the wheel and says, “Good heavens, isn't thero & better way of doing this?” Every one knows that the easy clutches and the short shift gears of the day are the dircot result of wom- ans' influence. If you don't quite be- lieve this and think i some sort of suffrage argument, just recall the number of chaufteurs who, in the days when the self-starter came into vogue, used to “Well, what's the matter with the hand crank?” It wao good enough for them, just as a lot of women thoug the time-hon- m would “d But _man a vacuum cleaner, We're d to be living a partnership. the sense in spending the eve- ning with broken back when we oould be off to the theater together, fresh as a daidy?’ And friend wife naturally replied, d enough. But £ vou expect me to sign your letters while you go around with a broken arm you're mistaken. Throw away that hand crank and buy & car with & starter. Exchange Js Mutual fThers you have tho situation in a nutshell. Wardly a day passes but that some husband begins wonder- whether n household job could oplified: and hardly a day 16 wife doesn't suggest ntical with that domestic 5 ask, Pay What You Will STUDEBAKER }’ou Ca!z Buy_l!o Finer Car MR. MOTORIST EBONITE is the ideal gear lubricant, big enough and tough enough to stand up and deliver mileage under the severest strains that the gears in your Motor Car or Truck can impose upon them. Words count for little. Try it. Sce it operate, and be convineed. Buy with your mind made up. Demand EBONITE. Take no substitute. At dealers in five-pound cans, and at service stations from the EBONITE checkerboard pump only. "EBONITE (IT'Ss SHREDDED OIL FOR TRAN“N_I‘KY‘N‘“ AND REAR Yoo journals | some improvement in the design, care or the handling of a car. Tt's the women who go right past the traffic officer when his sign says “stop,” and it may be the women who awaken us to the fact that much of the stopping is unnecessary. Many a progressive change has been made in the direction of traffic at crossings because women were not afraid to argue out points when they knew they were right! 1t has always impressed me as ab- surd that such large products as automobiles could be designed with 5o little space for lugguge. On the majority of cars there isn't even room enough for small packages. As women become more and more interested in motoring, Jjust watch the changes. A man doesn't see many of these questions from the same angle and, therefore, doesn’t demand appropriate remedies. Woman, viewing the whole subject from an entirely new angle, immediately picks out the weak spots and paves the way for improvement. Luggage Problem Met. This was excellently illustrated at last vears show which I attended with ‘my husband, as did thousands of other women throughout the land. My husband was particularly im- pressed with the cars offering trunk racks and trunks as standard equip- ment. “There is your ambition real- ized,” he said. “You've always wanted a solution to the luggage problem; and there you have it.” Our domestic relations are usually quite cordial, but any one who didn’t understand the circumstances in ob- serving us following this remark would have guessed that the matri- ‘monial tie was somewhat strained. 1 must admit that I was a bit agitated over the matter, raising my voice above the hum In my enthusiasm to show my husband what a perfectly useless article the trunk was. ‘“Look at that,” I argued, pointing to scanty cases which the trunk contained; “just about room emno for your neckties The salesman overheard our argu- ment and promptly explained that a better and largerstrunk was being supplied at a slight extra cost, a matter ;which was about as impres- sive as being shown a car and being subsequently told that for a consid- eration the firm would supply us with one that could go uphill Complaint Got Results. “What you want to do, young man,” I suggested indignantly, “is to tell vour boss to make the better trunk stundard equipment. And tell the dealer to tell the distributer so that he can tell the manufacturer.” Con- sidering the dignity T had sacrificed in the interests of better motoring 1am glad to record that I was some- what gratified later {o find that this ame company was offering the bet- ter trunk standard.” It isn't merely a question of adding luxury to cars because of woman's influence; I am eager to make it plain that women are effecting changes which are of fundamental importance. Isn’t it obvious that when woman drivers are as numerous us men ~_ (Continued on Eighth Page.) ————_—0'—“ once BROTHERS COMMERCIAL CAR Thousands of these cars are used by government employees and by the DOWN THE ROAD—When Ignorance Is Bliss. WHEN THE MAN AT THE GAS STATION FORGETS TO PUT THE CAP BACK Brought About Many Practical Improve-|| ON' YOUR GAS TANK— ments in Mechanics and Efficiency That Husbands Did Not See. 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Detroit MAIN 6660 2PN V7 LS » THE OLD MECHANIC SAYS Makin' adjustments to any part of an automobile {8 a more complicated job than you'd imagine. Even me- chanics sometimes overlook it, which explains why there's so much dis- satisfaction all round. One big trouble in makin’ adjust- meonts is that the changes are made for the particular conditions of the particular day. Then, on the next day, or perhaps the one after that, a different set o' conditions upsets the whole shootin’ match. Any adjustment, to be worth a darn, ought t' be good for at least a season Of course, You've got to have changes for Summer and Winter, but you don’t want to have to make adjust- ments for every little change in the weather or everv little difference in your use of the car. You've got to strike an average.| That's what the experienced repairer does when he does a job on your car- buretor, for instanc A point you've got to watch, however, {s that in doin’ this he may mot give you the f ! Sl Irability to Clim Hills Is - More Often Fault of Driver Lack of Skill in Fine Points of Handling Spark and Gas Combine With Mental Condition to Prevent Car Doing Best. BY WIL AM ULLWMAN, With virtually every make of car on the market claiming hill climbing superiority of one sort or another it is all the more surp: and im- portant, to note how many drivers do not obtain desired results with their cars. r is this failure con- fined to cars that are not favored with reasonable care and adjustment Getting over hills in high gear is more a matter of proper engine and car control than brake horse- power, for if this were not true sales- men would be faltering in a embarrassing way with their demonstrations. Those who given some thought to th of climbing hills, and who h some observations, agree that not more than one driver out of ten knows how to get best results from his car when best results arc de- manded if performance is desired. Skill of Driver. | trouble {s more pronounced with those cars that are powered by efliciency-type motors. Engines and cars that are designed to give maximum gas milcage naturally do not carry any considerable reeerve | of power available to the driver who wastes power. Theee cars can be made to show as good peformance as many which are de ned to carr a large surplus, but the driver's skill is a pre-requisite. But the trouble is not by any means confined to the economy type cars, and there lies the answer to the whole matter. All_indications seem to point to the fact that majority of drivers do not obtain consistently good hill climbing performance because they ‘waste power, One of the greatest forms of power waste is in being 100 eager to “make’ a hill_in “hig] This causes the driver ‘to kill the engine by giving it more gas than it can possibly take. Persons who know very little about the internal combustion engine seem to think that an engine delivers power in direct proportion to the throttle opening, and it is in follow- ing this error that they come to be- |it naturally draw live that their engines lack suffi- |of gas vapor. The cient power for brilliant performance. | handled o as to At this point psychology enters to |a very carefu make matters worse. Once a driver |ing” and “dem comes to find that, though he presses | some persons the accelerator all the way down to |pushed. If the the floor, the car does not respond |little speed coming down a h he approaces every ive hill [the ascent the pushing is accom with the idea that s not going |automatically, but if the to be able to make it in “high.” And, slow speed pushing must of course, he dosn't. hed by “‘crowding” Here is where the di overboard all k the engine all the to? And have sas vou are able You become sort of panicky? Drivers who experfenc this say that the moment they fec the accelerator all the way down the commence to lose heart in the poss bilities of reaching the top withou shifting they immediatel do somet rather thar contend, rey 1ow little the ave age driver knows about the powr peaks of his engine enginee er peak” is me any poi ration at m dai have tter ve made nay vary |demanas | airec throttle oper Stepping on Accelerator. dr ¢ all t wher likely t of power same Do the v The owe g to n traf stall Ye reaso ntage momaer be bul negotiated, b ed proper 3 ntial to this pro * cedure, but opening the throttle wide will not turn the et amount of gas needed is needed |increasing quant mum quantity Careful Bala As the speed of ¥ rushing a b even discount tum. But eng up as the ascent vided the throttle Gas quant 1 has its adva peed can is ess Sl - M L ADVICE ON PUMP PRIMING. “If the oil pump has been taken off for any reason, or the connections removed, it is necessary to prime it before running the engine. provided the pump is the type that is above the il level. This i= done by squirt- ing in'an oil can full of engine oil don't kick. Suppose he was adjustin’ {through the top connection before your carburetor and you forced him |aftaching the top oil lead to give you the best possible results = for the time bein'. If the weather|to pieces if the weather turned off was warm he'd open up the hot-air |damp and cold. stove, lean down the mixture and give| At this time o' vear a lot of owners ou the maximum of power and mile- | force mechanics to adjustments that age—but just for that day. The next|are all right for very cold davs, but mornin' this adjustment might be shot [all wrong for warmer Winter days. ideal adjustment for day you visit him. This is an advantage to you, so the particular Power Peaks of Engine. Have you ever started up a hill and discovered that as the begins to slow down, you are throw steep car givin . Cleveland Six Makes 1000 lliles in 745 Minutes Averaging Over 80 Miles An Hour! Now there can be no question as to the supremacy of Cleve- land Six performance. Five weeks ago, at Culver City, Cal., its record of 1,000 miles in 848 minutes electrified America. On January 27th, also at Culver City, Cleveland Six low- ered this record to 1,000 miles in 745 minutes. This astounding performance is 1 hour and 43 minutes faster —an average of over 80 miles an hour. . It is 41 minutes faster than the time recently made by a higher-priced six-cylinder car. 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