Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26

time several first-class roads from 100 20
300 miles long have been built.
An automobile built in France for W.
| Gould Brokaw of New York is of seventy
! five horse power. On the roof are carried
tent poles and a complete camping OUTFIT,
eight spare tires and dynamo to light
the car and run fans to cool the interior.
1t contains a lavatory, two beds and
table big enough to accommodate six per-
sons at meal.
A remarkable feature of the recent rec
ord-breaking run made by Wyndham l..
Sorel from Paris to Nice, distance of III
miles. in sixteen hours and fifteen minutes,
was the fact that he covered the entire
distance without single stop. Sorel also
recently broke the Pars-Madrid record.
driving touring car from one city to the
other in a trifle over twenty-eight hours.
better time than heretofore had been made
by racing machine.
To do away with the dsagreeab!e odors
attendant upon motoring two German
chemists have found that by the addition
to the lubriCating oil of certain substances
having a boiling point lower than that OF OF
the lubricant, the oil, when heated, will
emit odor that will annihilate the often
sive gases. One of their formulas is to
add to $50 parts of lubricating oil twenty
fumed oil of terpine. and five parts of es-
sence of vanilla.
Queen Amelie of Portugal in addition to
being physician and writer of note. Is
an ardent motorist. having driven her big
touring cars over G0.OOo miles without the
aid of a chauffeur.
Apropos of the fair motorists accessories,
certain clever milliners are providing skill
fully shaped hats with adjustable brims,
that be turned over the back of the
head. completely covering the hair.
An incandescent lamp, designed especially
for automobiles and motor boats. which
comes from Germany, may be operated by
storage batteries of low voltage. as the Al
ament is of osram instead of carbon.
In an endeavor to attract motorists the
authorities of Cape May. n. j., one OF the
oldest seaside resorts in New Jersey. Will
endeavor to have all highways leading from
Philadelphia put in first-class shape.
To guard motorists from possible danger,
the municipal authorities of Sevenoaks.
England. have placed at each junction or
streets lamp of peculiar design bearing
large red triangle. brilliantly Illuminated.
Peace now regns between the two fac
lions of importers in the east-the lnde-
have joined the Importers Automobile
Salon and have abandoned their idea of
separate organization.
Because the residential districts Of Lon
don are so far from the center of the city
a theatrical manager has inaugurated the
experiment of running a motor bus be-
tween the suburbs and his playhouse for
the accommodation of holders of reserved
seat tickets.
Two Brooklyn. n. Y. motorcyclists, Otto
Kirk and Joseph Collins, started yesterday
to ride to- San Francisco. Their route will
take them through New Jersey. Pennsyl-
vania. Ohio, Indiana, Illinois. Iowa, Ne
braska. Colorado, Wyoming, Utah. Nevada
and California
With a capital of half y million num-
Der of Philadelphia plan to erect a twelve
story building near the center of the auto
mobile trade to be used as automobile
bourse. The lower floors will be devoted
to salesrooms for and the upper ones
for accessories and supplies.
With more than two hundred registered
cars in the city the authorities of Havana
plan to build over eighty miles of good
roads leading out into the surrounding
country this year. At present European
machines are In the lead in Cuba, but the
demand for American cars is growing
steadily
One of the newest and most dressy cos
tunes for women autoists is in elephant
gray leather, trimmed with touches Of
crimson leather, made Gibson style, with
broad-shoulder effect, full bishop sleeves
and fitted body, held taut by a narrow belt
which joins the skirt at the waist.
Limousine cars finished In other than the
popularity Thomas F. DAILY. the Denver
millionaire mine owner. has purchased one
that is bright scarlet. and e. B. Caldwell,
a Detroit manufacturer. has one that is
finished in golden brown. striped with gold.