The Detroit times., 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 2O.-Mrs Harriet
Clark Fisher, whom Waiting Fang.
the Chinese minister. once described
as the most remarkable woman IN
America, mas sailed to begin an auto
mobile tour OF the worlu. With her
went "Hopk.Honk." her Boston Dull
mascot, four large touring cars, u
chauffeur. a maid and secretary.
Mrs. Fisher is the widow OF Lieuten-
nntCommander Fisher. OF the United
states navy, and since his death she
has managed the Eagle Anvil works at
Trenton. ". j., which he establishe3,
with such skill and business ability
that the National Association Of Man
ufacturers some time ago admitted her
as their only woman member. Mis-.
lsher learned the anvil business from
a To u, and has qualified AS Journey.
an anvil maker, probably the only one
m the world.
She has always taken deep inter
est In automobiles and has made
study OF their mechanism To such
good purpose that she is as well post
cd as any chauffeur and can run any
make of machine under all conditions.
Two years ago she made up her mind
to make a tour OF the world In a car
Of her own. and since then she mas
been perfecting the necessary arrange
ments.
One Big Locomobile.
The car in which Mrs. Fisher eX-
poets 10 make the greater part OF hes
trip Is forty horsepower locomobllc.
with a forty-gallon gasoline tank and
q 400-mile capacity on one filling. The
ether cars are not so powerful and
VIII be merely used in case OF nsces-
sity. They will carcry the baggage.
and viii oe transported by express
from point to point, with the maid
board, TO meet Mrs. Fisher az the
various scheduled stops.
Similar arrangements have oeen
made by which Mrs. Fisher will lind
al various points all the necessary
changes of clothing. the food supplies
and such otner incidentals as will lelp
10 make the adventurous trip as COM
Portable as possible.
Mrs. Fisher intends to start from
Southampton I'm one OF the TWO relief
cars and make a tour OF England. Ire
land and Scotland, where the roads
are considered good, before she cross
rs the channel 10 France. In Paris
Inc will make her real start in che
Dlg machine, which is equipped With
"a full camping outfit and small ar
Lenal, for Mrs. Fisher believes In leay
.lg nothing TO chance.
The roads OF France and Switxer-
land win afford pleasant trip to Lake
como, where Mrs. Fisher has beau
tiful estate. called the Villa Cariotta,
racing the water. Here she will rest
Tor a fortnight or SO, making sure
IMAM all the arrangements for The
future journey have been thoroughly
carried out, and then she will Start
through northern Italy and VienLa-
Thence she will set her flag for south
ern Russia. and through Asiatic Rus
ia she will march on to Port Said.
Around the World.
The Arabian desert viii be Mrs.
Fishers next objective. after view
Of Egypt, and she plans then to make
an extensive tour OF India, driving
from Bombay in the west 10 Calcutta
IN the eastern short, thence VI
through Burmah. and on To China, and
then again TO japan. where she hopes
10 arrive when cherries are ripe again.
A brief sojourn there and she viii
take steamer for San Francisco ami
start ON The last lap OF her journe.,
across the American continent. Her
objective point will be New York. but
she will continue on her car TO 1reh'
ton, her home town.
Through schedules have been ar
ranged and Mrs. Eisner expects to
zee New York again by next summer.
there is no desire to make 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 inhaoit'
SAINTS have probably never even heard
OF. much less seen, a devil-wagon. 1t
is for this reason that Mrs. Fishee
carries with her an assortment of hre-
ans which she and her secretary, Har.
old Fisher Brooks, are quite compe-
tent To make good use OF whenever
necessary.
II your system needs something to-
build up, drink Stroh's Malt Extract.
Phone Main SIC for a dozen bottles.