Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-11
TRIP COMPLETED,
RETURNS HOME
MRS. RAMSEY ARRIVES IN Los
ANGELES
SAYS MEN NOT NECESSARY TO
TRANscoNTiNENTAL TRIP
One Hour Is Spent In Sightseeing,
and with Companion Motor
Ist Departs for the
East

To see a little woman, dressed be-
comingly and modestly in a black and
white shepherd plaid suit. with most
bewitching eyes that look into yours
and laugh with a merry twinkle every
moment, accompanied by q smile that
Is infectious, the observer would never
suspect for moment that their owner
had made one of the most remarkable
automobile trips ever undertaken in
this country.
Yet this was Mrs. ]. r. Ramsey, who
arrived In Los Angeles yesterday morn
ing on the owl on her way home to
Hackensack, N. j., having crossed the
American continent, covering 4200 miles
on her westward journey, with three
woman companions, in a Maxwell car
which she had driven over roads axle
deep with mud, across plains and
mountains, and through desert sands
that make the hair of men turn gray
with desperation. Every change of tire
adjustment of carburetors and oiling
of the car was performed by Mrs. Ram
sey during the entire trip.
OF course trips across the country
have been made in faster time, but
speed was not the consideration of the
Journey of Mrs Ramsey and her par
ty, but to demonstrate the fact that
the sterner sex was not an essential
element in transcontinental automobile
trips, especially If the right car was
used.
To look at this little woman she
would probably be the last person In
the world one would expect to find at
the wheel Of a four thousand mile trav-
cling car, with every sort of condition
to be anticipated, requiring patience,
endurance and skill.
Takes Train Home
Charming in appearance and manner,
this young woman-for Mrs. Ramsey
is but % years Of age, and looks it
accompanied by Miss II. Jams, also of
Hackensack, n. j., arrived In Los An
geles Tuesday morning on the Owl
train on her way back TO her home,
but owing to limited time could remain
here but an hour. departing at 10
o'clock on the Sunset limited for the
east.
Mrs. Ramsey was met at the South
ern Pacific station by f. ]. Purdy,
manager of the local branch of the
Maxwell Brlscoe company and taken
for a drive about the city during her
short stay
Speaking of her trip across the coun-
try, Mrs Ramsey said;
1.-THE trip across the continent was
made largely for pleasure, and to see
the country better than would be af-
forded by travelling In a railway train,
and the exclusion of men was largely
just to show that they were not at all
necessary, even on trip of such mag
nitude.
1.-THE trip has been wonderfully in
teresting and enjoyable, notwithstapd-
ing the wretchedness of the roads, and
Ia nh
ways almost impossible In places,
there being just enough happenings to
make II little out of the ordinary.
I'VE saw many curious things we
had never seen but in pictures or ZOOS.
running close to coyotes number of
times. and prairie dogs and jackrabbits
were so plentiful at times that we
could scarcely keep from running over
them.
Enjoys Mountain Scenery
"The scenery of the mountains and
valleys was of course more enjoyable
from the wheel of our car than could
be obtained In any other way, particu-
larly as we followed the old trails,
over which so much of the grand histo-
ry of the western country has been
made. I am surprised that our trip
has been made so easily Much of this
is due to the fact that the car has
stood up under some severe jolting,
and we never experienced bit of trou-
BILE. Pretty nearly everv part of the
journey we took on the high gear ex-
cept the bitches, and arrived in San
Francisco-the end of our journey
without a bolt loosened."
Mrs. Ramsey's companions on her
transcontinental tour were three young
women scarcely older than herself, one
OF whom, Miss Jams. a vivacious little
traveller, returns with Mrs Ramsey to
her home in Hackensack.
The performance of the Maxwell car
on this trip has excited probably more
attention than any of the more largely
exploited big races or tours of any
kind, for it was a practical demonstra-
ton of perfection in mechanical parts
in which automobile buyers are inter-
ested, and of which they will be sure
to make note.
Mrs. Ramsey expressed herself as be-
ing delighted with the climate and APP
pearance of Los Angeles, and stated
that her return to Southern California
would not be far distant, that she
might enjoy more fully the beautiful
and inviting surroundings of which
she had heard so much and been given
but a taste of what was in store for
her when her time was not so pre-