New-York tribune., 1909-01-01

Arultitudinous as are the uses of the adtonno-
hf1e there is one field that must always pe su-
,rernelv attractive to the majority OF those "i'o
oz,o or hone or intend 10 own car Nolniii5
l., the whole field Of motoring oneTs sucn 'SI
and constant pleasure as the form OF use ui'
has given 2 name TO the type OF car uIt' HOS
v-on greatest fame and has become more gen
araIIv used than any other. The touring caI -
~. --,Ier of automobiles, and il is in touring
that the owner and lover Of the mooern motor
car finds his greatest pleasure
There is nothing in the world that affords so
much ioy as e slashing trip through the country
,o+ ,ios o1,raxs open TO the automobile tourist
Tor hin, +he bonds Of the time table are looseo-
"a NAV 60 whittier he wills. and his Journey
a5 -o+ he ordered by the need for passing
-,-o,,gb thfs manufacturing town or thaf, as
,,,,sr he thai OF him who relies for his pleasure
+-1,s ,,nor the railroad. Not for him are the
confinement OF a train and its poisonous airs.
Tho ar7tor7obile tourist is his own time table
He starts at his pleasure. and If presently ne
sl,a1 cor1e to a place where he would stop anu
rest all ne needs is a pressure of the foot n
-nr,, If the hand and he is there TO stay as
long as it may please him
Through woods and plains, through Nils ana
valleys. bv broad rivers and brawing brooks IN
...+7s5 country or in Eolitudes, he makes his
itinerary only ne IS Inc AAaS'ci "a "4'0
ne shall 60. and now has come time when he
need not fear to venture as far from civilization
Is his wanderIust may lead Gone is the time
when an automobile tour brought thoughts at
f-s very mention of a man lying prone beneath
his car tinkering with his engine or waiting
dfsconsolatelv for q friendly farmer with horse
Five minutes Of inspection before he starts will
insure the careful automobilist against such
untovard turns Of fate, and he usually has hin-
self alone to blame il misfortune overtakes him.
TOURING LOSING ITS TERRORS.
c,na rous- wander far indeed to escape the
render Of gasolene. and as things are now there
IS no stretch so far but what enough OF the
vital Huid may be taken 10 carry one sa1ely
over Il So the terrors of the road have passed
and are RAISING. and with the strong arm OF
the law es the American Automobile AsSoCla-
ton and the Automobile Club OF America typliy
it. everywhere in evidence. the gentlemen OF the
road who in the guise Of innkeepers and repair
raen used to hold up the tourist and rob him as
cleanlv as old ever a highway7nan OF old. ara
beginning 10 see that they can no longer en-
snare the wary automobilist. who carries in his
pocket his guidebooks and who looks ever for
the sign that tells him Of a hostlery or a repair
shop that is pledged 70 treat him fairly
To the man who g car and knows It's
use and IFS abuse America is indeed the promised
land. Ii every state, in every county, stirs the
spirit Of the good roads movement. Everywhere
he will find preparations being made for him as
the bringer Of progress and civilization and the
agent OF prosperity Here and there ne VIII
find speed traps but he will have been warned
Of them by his club. and will know how 10 con-
duct himself warily and with discretion But
for every speed trap he will find a dozen sweet
stretches of road where, with none in sight 10
suffer from his fun he may open his throttle and
speed on secure in the clear ribbon OF road that
unwinds beneath him. exulting in the slap OF
the tonic air on the hottest Of days. drawing
from life the best that II holds for him IN 'he
pursuit of health and pleasure.
Let him live. say. in New York. Hence ne
may start Of morning almost blindfold. and
make for what ferry he wills No matter where
his fancy takes him he Will find reward. Fer
les 10 Staten Island on the south, and SO
through by ferry again. after dash over the
Richmond roads out into New Jersey toward
Philadelphia or. directly. let him sail
across the Hudson. and pass through Jersey city
and Newark There his road will take him
through Northern Jersey Morristown. the
Oranges and wherever he may choose 10 follow
The good roads that will urge him
North he win turn. perhaps through Jersey
and 50 up into Rockland County and on through
through it's highlands that road will take him
Ss Tar as he may choose to go. Let him turn
cast There lies the murLy East River. and be
yond il are the Belgian blocks and noise and dirt
ara ON Of Long Island City But beyond that
IL me Long Island country roads. Here are
eeare OF routes Of varying destinations
mere IS his chance on hot day for a swift dash
ooNn 10 the ocean. to some caravansery that is
'u't Tor such as he. where he may dine on
i'io'hit veranda in air that makes dinner not
o'} desirable but necessity. And then. when
He IL done and the city calls him back he may
ie'race his steps. or. rather his fight. in the
'ooi of the evening. and come back TO bricks
end stones that have Welded their heat To the
p cooler breezes Of the night
But he mead not roll his up the deck OF a
.err5ooat Let him. if he Wi turn northward
there lie his bridges across the Harlem and.
phee passing them. il is a short cry 10 the coun-
KY roads Of Westchsster. Then he may bear
'ae right or to the left, or west. AS he