Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-01
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ty of friends. enjoyed trip to Baltimore
last week in his new E. NJ F. touring
car. Mr.. Roots is an ardent motorist and
only recently joined the ranks.
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Two cars precede the Glidden caravan
each day, fitted with special bodies to
carry the huge bags of confetti. The
confetti is not the ordinary kind of tiny
paper bits. but long, stringy, ribbonlike
strips that cling to the grass along the
sides in dry weather or becomes bedded
In the mud on rainy days, leaving the
long ends waving in the wind.
Representative Carter Glass left last
week for his home in Lynchburg. Va, in
his new White steamer.
The Yawman & Erbe Company have
purchased Chalmers-Detroit go five
passenger car, fully equipped for touring.
From Windsor terrace, Brooklyn, to
Sheffield, Mass.-1S1 miles-in six hours
and twenty minutes is the time recently
made by the Hupmobie
Owing to the fact that a large number
Of residents of Baltimore and Washing
ton VIII be absent during the present
month, the Motor Car Racing Assoc,a-
ton of Maryland has postponed its TWEEN
ty-four-hour race at the Benning track
until September 10 and IL.
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Harry B. Wilson, in his Chalmers-De-
troit, has left the city for Narragansett
Pier.
Mr.. and Mrs. William D. West and
daughter, Miss Katharine West, spent the
week end last week at Benedict, Nd.
They toured in Mr.. Vests Maryland
They had as their guests Mr.. and Mrs
Cuno Rudolph. Mrs. West will remain
at Benedict for some time. Mr.. West
made a return trip yesterday. He Will
return Tuesday.
c. ]. Warwick and j. H. Stevens left
a few days ago in an Overland for Pied
mont and Cumberland.
The Automobile Club of America has
forwarded to it's members the 1863 edi-
ton of the A. c. 4. Tour Book, which
contains this year over 40 routes, COW
erinS all the main touring lines through
out the United States.
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Mr. and Mrs. j. c. McCubbin were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John Il. Heyl on
trip to Braddock Heights, Md, last
Sunday in the latters Maryland car In
john r. Maury's Maryland car We're
Lieut. and Mrs. Crist, Mrs. Maury and
Mr. and Mrs. Heyls granddaughter. The
entire party left Saturday and returned
Monday after d delightful trip.
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Mr.. and Mrs. 7. b. Spence. who motored
10 Benedict, Md, last Saturday, will re-
main for several days yet. W. B. Nc
Burney and Mrs. Lee, who also made
the trip, returned last Tuesday in Mr..
Spence's Pope Hartford car.
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Charles B. Hanford. the actor, has be-
come convert to the ranks of automo-
billing and is spending considerable time
touring III his Autocar.
Mr. and Mrs. Franz kopp left yester-
day in their Franklin car for short
stay at Benedict, Nd, where they will
join the colony of Washingtonians at
present there.
Up-to-date church workers are now
preaching on the streets from touring
cars in several Of the larger cities, with
much success.
This twentieth century gospelng by au-
tomobile is not wholly new idea. Ma
chimes first appeared conspicuously in re-
ligious work on Wall street a couple of
summers ago. when the preachers who
spoke to the brokers were carried thither
and from point TO point by automobiles.
This was part of the summer tent work
Of New York city. Similarly. incidental
use has been made of the automobile in
the summer evangeliStic services in Phil
adelphia and Chicago. The cities of New
ark and Elizabeth have both undertaken
street preaching from automobiles, with,
however. specially employed evangelists.
In Chester county, Pa, there has been
some talk among brotherhood men of us
ing the automobile to carry lay speakers
for special mems meetings in the country
churches throughout the county Sunday
nights.
Missouri automobiles who tried unsuc-
cessfuly to have the Vanderbilt cup race