Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03

Don't, simply because you never expect
to return to that particular place again, 90
anything with your car that is calculated
to leave bad impression against mo-
florists in general. There's text that
| might be enlarged upon to almost any
| length, II the whole thing were not already
| 80 well expressed in the golden rule. But
| it's the truest thing in the world. If the
| man ahead of you has acted like fool; II
| he has scared stock and eXasperated every
| farmer on the road, you are going to have
hard time following him. And, on the
| other hand, If motorists remember what is
| due to others, they and every one else who
| takes up the sport will find equal consid-
| Grafton given to them by the public at
| large.
|
| The next time you are tempted to cramp
around a corner as closely your ma
| chine will let you, Just remember that the
| process will shorten the life of your tire
about much as any other one thing you
| can do. The short, sharp bend that is nfade
| in that way is fully as destructive as sud
| den stoppage on poor ground. You may
not take this argument at Its face value,
but l have 1t from man who is mighty
| well posted on what is and is not good for
| rubber.
~
Don't take anybody's word for the way
| the Oil is working in your car. Find out
how to know for yourself. and then take
the trouble to look at short intervals. It's
a very easy thing for little waste or other
foreign matter to work down in tube from
the main reservoir and then If the particu-
lar bearing fabricated by that tube runs dry
you will have cut bearing before you
know it. The amount OF oil in your case
cannot be established by any manufactur-
ers rule-the opinion of some experts to the
contrary Notwithstanding You must learn
just how much lubricant will give the best
results for your own car, and in this respect
two cars of the same make will often vary
greatly. Too much oil in the case will make
the engine smoke. That is learned easily
enough. The nice thing to know is just
what level should be maintained, and this
requires careful observation and some judg
ment.
And while we>are talking about oil, let me
remind you that you need not think you are
economizing when you are buying cheap
| lubricant. Oil at any old price is a lot
cheaper than bearings.
Gas tanks have solved one big problem.
| but they have brought in a few of their
| own. Nine-tenths of the cars that I have
been able to examine showed leaks between
| the tank and the lamps. This, of course,
| helps to exhaust the gas with more rapidity
| than is desired. Joints may be tested with
| a little soapy water, or with match If the
| joint is not In an inclosed place.
|
| Switzerland is to be cut from the automo-
| bile map. The principal industry Of that
| little but picturesque republic for years has
| been the fleeing of the guileless tourist, SO
| 1t is hard to understand why motorphobia
| has been allowed to develop there In so
| virulent FORM But develop 1t has, with
| vengeance. The cruel treatment to which
| Mrs George J. Gould was subjected has
! brought the matter well into the public eye,
| and the continental press is daily adding
| new details to the disgraceful treatment &C
| corded tourists by car in that land. Some
| Of these matters would be amusing II they
| were not so palpably unfair. For instance,
| one motorist was fined 500 francs for iast
| driving when his speedometer and compe-
! tent evidence proved that he was moving at
| a four-miIe gait. In another case car that
| was following hay cart. and had been
| doing so for some time, was stopped and Its
| owner fined 800 francs. AS half of every
fine goes to the project of police, and as few
| motorists wish to stop for the length OF
| time needed to initiate legal proceedings, IT
| will be seen that the game has resolved
itself into hold-up, pure and simple. In
| the Gould case the matter will not be al
lowed to drop. Competent attorneys are
now at work in Lucerne. and it is to be
hoped that the results will long be remem-
| bered by the Swiss republic.
| X
| It is pleasing to know that the Swiss
| brute who struck Mrs. Gould was soundly
| thrashed within two minutes. and 1t Is also
| a Measure to learn that a New York state
| farmer of Swiss proclivities was well repaid
In his own coin George F. Robinson of
! Buffalo while on the road from Albany 10
| Herkimer passed a farmers wagon. scrup-
| ulously giving the native half the road as
| he did So The farmers horses were not
| frightened and there was nothing Whatever
| to develop bad blood But just as the
| wagon and auto were side by side the farm
| er struck a savage blow at Roplnson Win
| his heavy whip. The lash missed It's ann
| but fell on the face of Mr.. Robnsons little
! daughter, who was in the tonneau with her
| mother badly cutting the child.
| ,rhe farmer then whipped up his horses,
| but Robinson promptly turned ms Ihaciihe,
| followed and cornered the assaiiaht ano' al
| the pofnt of a revolver, made him dismount
| Mr. Robinson then proceeded 10 wear OUT
| the farmers own whip on the brutes poay'
| and after giving him proper dressing
| down left his card and machine NUMBER
| for any aftermath that might be framed up.
|
Crude rubber is steadily climbing the
| market ladder, and it may be reasonably
| exnected that tires will "sympathize
! sooner or later with the new prices. How
| aver at meeting recently held In New
| York, and which was attended by repre-
| sentatiyes of the leading makers, IL was
| defnitely announced that no advance VIII
| be made next year. So we may preaihe
/ easily until 1.o'
| X
| Is Missouri to be the Switzerland OF
| America from a motoring standpoint? just
| consider the situation there, with every mo-
| torist obliged to have license for each
| county trayersed. And not only that; he
must know where one county ends and an
/ other begins or take the consequences. The
! law says that motorist crossing a county
i line into a region for which he holds no
/ license is subject to a fine of 500 and inn
prisonment, though In nearly every instance
there d nothing to show the boundaries