The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-20
WOMAN TO CIRCLE
GLOBE IN AN AUTO
Mrs. Harriet Clark Fisher Starts on
Ideal Trip-She Is Well Armed
For Attacks BY Robbers.

NEW YORK, July 20.-Mrs. Harrie
Clark Fisher, whom Wu'Ting-Fans'
the Chinese minister. once described
as the most remarkable woman in
America. mas sailed 10 begin an auto
mobile tour OF the WORLD. With her
went "Honk.Honk," her Boston pull
mascot, four large touring cars.
chauffeur, a maid and a secretary.
Mrs. Fisncr is the wit.ow or Lieuteh'
antCommander Fisher. OF the united
States navy, and since mis- death sac
has managed the Eagle Anvil works q:
Trenton, ". j., which he establishei,
with such still and business ability
that the National Association OF Man
ufacturers some time ago admitted her
as their only woman member. MIS-.
Fisher learned the anvil business from
A To- u. ana has qualified as Journey.
an anvil maker. probably the only one
IN the world.
She has always taken a deep inter
est In automobiles and has made
study Of their mechanism to such
good purpose that she Is as well post
ed as any chauffeur and can run any
make OF ma chine under all conditions.
Two years ago she made up her mind
To make tour OF the world In n Car
Of her own, and since then she has
been perfecting the necessary arrange
ments.
One Big Locomobile.
The car in which Mrs. Fisher ex-
poets to make the greater part OF her
trip Is forty horsepower locomoDllc.
with forty-gallon gasoline tank and
a 400-mile capacity on one filling. Tho
other cars are not so powerful and
Will be merely used in case OF nsces-
sity. They will carcry the baggage.
and will De transported hy express
from point to point, with the maid
aboard, 10 meet Mrs. Fisher a. the
various scheduled stops.
Similar arrangements have oeen
made by which Mrs. Fisher will lind
at various points all the necessary
changes OF clothing. the food supplies
and such other incidentals as will nelp
TO mako the adventurous trip as COM
Portable as POSSIBLE.
Mrs. Fisher intends TO start from
Southampton In one OF the two relief
cars and make tour OF England. Ire
land and Scotland. where the roads
are considered good, before she cross
es the channel TO France. In Paris
she will make her real start In the
big machine, which is equipped With
full camping outfit and small ar
senal. for Mrs. Fisher believes In leay'
ing nothing to chance.
The roads of France and Switler.
land will AFFORD pleasant trip TO Lake
Como, where Mrs. Fisher has a beau
,tiful estate. called the Villa Carlotta.
facing the water. Here she will rest
for fortnight or SO, making suro
than all the arrangements for tho
future journey have been thoroughly
carried out, and then she will sort
through northern Italy and Vienna.
Thence she vill set her flag for south
ern Russia, and through A5iatic Rus
STA she will march on 10 Port Said.
Around the World.
The Arabian desert will be Mrs.
Fishers next objective. after "a view
of Egypt, and she plans then to make
an extensive tour OF India, driving
from Bombay In the west To Calcutta
on the eastern short, thence up
through Burmah, and on to China, and
then again TO Japan, where she hopes
to arrive when cherries are ripe again.
A brief sojourn there and she viii
take steamer for San Francisco and
start on the last lap OF her journey,
across the American continent. Her
objective point will be New York. but
she will continue on her car TO 1ret-
ton, her home town.
Through schedules have been Dr.
ranged and Mrs. Fsner expects 10
see New York again by pext summer,
there is no desire TO make a record-
breaking trip, and throughout the
journey safety and comfort will be
the guiding stars.
Many extraordinary adventures are
sure TO be met on the way. for Mrs.
Fishers Urinary contemplates the pass.
ing through provinces whose inhapit.
ants have probably never even heard
of, much less seen. devil-wagon. II
is for this reason that Mrs Fisher
carries with her an assortment OF fire.
ans which She and her secretary. Har.
old Fisher Brooks. are quite compe-
tent to make good use OF whenever
necessary.