The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-18
Fortified for Accidents.

Fortified for Accidents.
He OF course wants to take his car
cut on the road the first thing. Ma
turally he thinks of accidents. and i'm
mediately begins TO fortify himself
against them. The first thing he buys
IS an extra tire, separating himself
from forty to sixty-ive dollars for this
precaution. according to the size. The
tire is then enclosed in a case for
five dollars more, and for all the way
from seven dollars and a half TO
twenty-five dollars additional. he will
be furnished with a tire iron which he
viii attach to his car, that he may
have something 10 strap his tire on.
But how can he TX his tire without a
Jack 10 hold up his machine while he
works? one dollar and q half up TO
seven dollars and half will supply
this need.
But the accident might not be to his
tire. He can't tell what might happen
To provide against such an emergency
he invests in a tool kit that contains
enough tools to stock hardware
store. The motorist coming TO grief
on the road finds out the useful
ness OF this additional expense.
This man at last wore happy smile.
His tool Kit with psrdonable pride Re surveyed /:
Forty tools in a neat canvas case were arrayed.
Nor tool in the case but had its use
And would stand almost any amount Of abuse
From men who tools most obtuse-
Even you and l.
Rolls OF tire tame in case of Dr0cf1fre
also add to the ounce of prevention
the tourist is taking. and for rainy
weather chain tire grips subtract an
extra So from once plethoric pocket
book. Then, OF course he doesn't want
TO get his clothes dusty and muddy
from kneeling on the road or sitting
for an hour under his machine while
he tries to answer the question. What
makes the wheels go round?" often
sheepishly, to find that a little gaso-
line in his empty tank viii satisfac-
torily solve the difficulty.
To protect his clothes while he sits
and ponders with his machine for a
roof. he clasps around him leather
trousers. for which he has had the
article Of wearing apparel could have
been invented only by a man with a
sympathetic feeling for fellow motor
list They arc nearly as startling in
the way they go on and off as the
clothes Of a lightning change artist, or
OF the acrobat who is discovered at the
rise of the curtain in evening clothes
v,fo
ACCORDION or the violin on the tight
rope, oeyterousiy pulls d string that
causes him to shed his wearing apparel
rs snake does its skin. leaving him
incased I'm rosy. pink tights. These
trousers are minus fastenings and are
not sewed up, being simply a piece OF
leather cut in the shape OF trousers.
wires, not unlike barrel slaves take
the place Of buttons and buttonholes.
one in the waist and two in each leg.
the motorist clasps around him in a
fraction of & second, and he removes
them with snap that sounds like a
rubber band springing back into place.
II might be night when he comes to
grief on the road, and to save climb
ing under the car in the darkness, he
Invests in a pocket electric light.
There is one article that the law COM
pels the driver of an automobile to
buy. That is a number pad. and this
time he is let off easily, the set price
Of $3.50 being all that is asked for it.
The number pad is as good as the
drivers name 10 the guardians of the
peace when they fix their magisterial
Drbs upon it to find out who it is that
Is exceeding the speed limit. There
have been rumors of -scorchers" max
ing their numbers illegible by putting