Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-04
AUTO DEMONSTRATING is
A NEW WORK FOR WOMEN
Miss Brewster Teaches Her Sisters to
Run Electric Vehicles and Sells
Whenever There Is
Chance
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug 3-Credit for
organizing departure not only unique in
the automobile field but also in woman's
sphere of activity belongs to Miss Vera
Brewster of Philadelphia who is now a
full-fedged automobile demonstrator. The
Foss-Hughes Motor Car company has
placed her in charge of the woman's de-
partment for electric automobiles and she
will demonstrate and sell machines in
Philadelphia.
Miss Brewster is we'll known in this
city. She is a graduate of a leading col
lege and her fondness for out-of- door life
naturally led to her taking an interest in
automobiling. At one time Miss Brewster
had aspirations to make a name for her.
self on the stage. But life in the air and
sunshine appealed to her more strongly
than applause and calcium light and so
she cast about for some congenial occu-
patton, for she dearly detests a drone,
she says.
Her automobile enthusiasm set her
thinking-but here is her own story of
how she hit upon an idea that promises
to make a decided hit in the auto busi-
ness:
"I often wondered why more women
did not drive automobiles. l know that a
great many do, but it seemed to me that
more of them should take it up. Was it
because they did not care to take the
risk with a big car, or that they did not
get the opportunity to learn, or what? 1t
struck me that one reason might lie In
the fact that all the auto demonstrators
were men and that many women might
hesitate to learn the art of driving an
auto from a stranger. If their husband
or brother would spare the time from
business they might take lessons, but
husbands and brothers are usually TOO
busy, and then the car that they drive is
often a big touring machine that causes
a woman to be little timid, and the re-
suit is that the woman doesn't learn
Field for Women
at struck me that there ought to be
a field for q woman in auto demonstrat-
ing and 1 decided to find out. knew
that there were some cars that were
easy to drive, simple in construction ana
that should appeal to the woman VINO
wanted car for her own use lndepen-
dent of what sort of an automoolie any
one else in the family might have. These
were the electric autos. thought that
If women knew that they could nave
these cars demonstrated by woman IL
thew could be shown how easily woman
can handle them; If they knew that
woman would understand woman
questions that more of them would m
vestigate the automobile ana "ouio
have one of their own to drive.
'That is how came to think OF auto
mobile demonstrating as suitable oc-
cuna+ion for a woman who desired TO
earn her own way in the world. 1 have
ALWAYS been fond of life in the open and
any work than would keep me shut IN a
house. out of the air and sunshine was
not Of all to my liking. Auto demon
strating gives me just the sort of life
want and I hope that will be success
ful. I get a great deal of pleasure driv-
ing car and | am sure that If women
onIv knew the joy of guiding an automo-
bile through the parks and along tne
country roads that there would be many
r,ore of them owning and driving cars.
1T didn't take me long to learn how
to drive and 1 cannot tell you the tnrlll
that one has when first one all alone
holds the steering lever. OF all the OUT
of-door recreations 1 think none com.
pare to automobiles. And l think tnat
the women will not be slow to take up
autoing-not with some one else doing the
driving-but doing it themselves.