Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 7, 1916, Page 27

? The Auwin..” OURING the country in ‘“land- T going yachts” promises to become a popular pastime It was introduced on an elaborate scale last Summer by Mr. Roland R. Conklin, a New York millionaire, but has since been taken up, in a more modest way, by numbers of auto-owners who recognized its great possibilities. Gustave De Bretteville, of San Francisco, for instance, haw coh structed what he calls an auto mobiletelescope apartment, It con tains a comfortable bed, a bath, kitchen facilities and a dining room 18 car is intended to accomodate only two persons, and everything is y efficiently arranged that there isn't the slightest suggestion of erowding The bed 18 lighted by electricity of regulation size and Cooking tensils and facllities and store les make it possible t ellers to provide them I arm meals just as reg as if they were home Cooking operations are not com mer until the oar comes to & 1 \ ¢ als during day. In t r n out ment and (] Preves INTEANATY MobIl iNu NAL Fium Co, Telescope Apartment Invented by Gustave De Bretteville and Used by Him for “Land Cruisin Shown Taking Observations Through a “Port Hole.” l:'lb 2 The Kitchen Extension with Its Cookin THE OMAHA SuNDAY BEE MAGAZINE PAGE L] | —~—— from Small Gas Tanks Is Shown at the Extreme Right. Some of the Newest Designs of ‘‘Land-Going Yachts’’ with Bedrooms, Kitchens and Even Bath Tubs but it admirably serves the purpose of providing its owner with a com- fortable shelter while he is travel fog through the colintry The photograph of Mr. Beasley's “automobungalow” on this page shows that the rear wheels have been removed from the runabout, In their place is a jack-shaft pro- vided with a differential, The runabout frame is extended back to make the front the middle set of wheels of the house serve as wheels for the train One of the remarkable about this conveyance Is features that the arred in the least runabout s no by the uee to which it I8 put and can be changed bacl into Its origin ty o hy t wheels and Thi ry phout i he ar \ wher b res 1o opera ™ el N0 nodat . I and r A p v ! Hying " ‘ ) ' t us A Y] \ . Are | 1 \ . . Bathing, cooking and dining fa cilities are here provided The sleeping-chamber is located on the roof of the limousine, canvas being used for the sides and tops. By far the most elaborate pro. duction in the way of a “land going yacht,” however, s that of Mr. R. R Conklin, before referred to. It was built at a cost of $25,000 for the primary purpose of conveying Mr Conklin and part of hig famlily from their home at Huntington, L. T, all the way to the San Francisco Kxpo. sted of Mr hildren, two sitlon. The party cons Conklin, his wife, two ¢ nephews and & young woman guest a cook, a governess and two chauffeurs —eleven in al Owing to the wreiched conditior of the roads which the “land-yacnt encountered, the Var the yance callod, wa Abar n Chicago, the rest ¢ the trip helng made by r Despite t act that did'n w our original of cross nent the ‘Giy ared Mr. Conklin up retu \ minus ity upper-deck, an operation which was made hecessary when a viaduet which was too low for it to pass under was encountered on a road four miles east of Michigan City, Ind The “Gipsy Van" may best be de. #cribed, perhaps, by imagining that we approach it from behind and then enter on a tour of inspection The door in the back is opened by turning a handle which auto matically lets down a couple of steps. Having ascended these steps &nd shut the door after us, we see on our left hand a large icebox in higher than the On the lower section of the two sections, one other. icebox resty a folding wash bawin with mirror and other tollet articles, Attached to the main ice box, which holds 100 pounds of ice & a filter which is connected by pipes to the providing fow of cold water at all times lee chamber, Over o leebox and extending to the roof of the car are shelves for f v groce ete., which do it require icing Direct warhead as on enters how k th curtain at "y he « rflo f water ) Care « y A very In ou triva concealed in " re raised " n ba | pre ] AL ! \ ] r " Mr. De Bretteville Is Range Fed ‘Home l ol ||||r (21T l| q"lu‘b The Auto- Telescope Apartment “On the Road"— Above It Mr, and Mrs, De Butteville Are Seen Eating a Meal Cooked in the Automobile Kitchen, The “‘Automo- bungalow” Used by 5. w. Benl-y in Extension Work. It Carries 5 Persons Comfort- ably, Its Beds, That Fold Against the Side, Are Shown “Let Down” chine with the very latest records oocuples one o At night the ruer of this salon 1 s comverted nto a bedroom f x poople Three sleeping berths let down fro o oelling of the room, al agh they » od In such A way that during the daytime ne t ‘. abile - ) . ' o . y . A "TweStery” Autamebile Used for Land Cruising”’ by M. Amagoris, of Paris