The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-26

The pathfinder for the Munsey historic
tour Is accomplishing the purpose for
which it started out in a most gratifying
manner. It is finding places famous in
American history which many people
have forgotten.
All through New Jersey. up the Hud-
son. through Massachusetts,, Connecticut,
Maine, New Hampshire. and Vermont
the procession of historic places was a
revelation to the pathhndlng party. The
tour will be like refreshing ones self
from the pages Of a well-written history.
but the travellers will have the additional
charm OF studying the very scenes on
which heroic deeds were done.
The Munsey historic tour adds to auto
mobile touring the element OF enjoyable
travel The pathfnders report beautiful
scenery. At the time Of the tour, start
ing from Philadelphia August Is and con-
tinuing about two weeks, the route will
be at its height Of beauty. Other tours
have been strictly of endurance OF men
and machines. This viii afford an in
structive, patriotic, and fascinating jour
ney.
The entry list for the tour is rapidly
growing and now numbers fifteen.
Mr.. Thomas Cadelick. OF the Krit. last
week delivered a Krit runabout fully
equipped 10 c. T. DAILY
Automobile Ride for Orphans.
At a recent meeting OF the board OF
governors Of the Automobile Club Of
Washington, June 30 was set aside as
orphans day Mr.. T. B. Spence was ap-
pointed chairman of the committee TO
90 machines m give all he or
phans IN the city an automobile ride on
Thursday OF next week.
Blanks have been sent out to every
auto owner. requesting that he donate
his machine for this run.
Through Ohio and Indiana into Mis-
souri, the Flanders twenty. which is
making the Under Three Flags" tour
from quebec 10 Mexico City, has pro-
crossed with remarkable speed. After
leaving Indianapolis, Pilot Lane, in max
ing a quick turn to get out OF tight
squeeze between two carriages. displaced
the iigaments of his right shoulder. He
drove the car seventy-one miles to Terre
Haute and then was compelled TO secure
the services OF a physician. A local
driver carried the car into st. Louis.
The car left ST. Louis with George
Meinzinger, who drove the z. NJ. F. go
on her famous 1909 Glidden path-finding
trip, substituting for Pilot Lane The
cars arrival IN St Louis was delayed
because OF a cioudburst near GreenviIle,
fifty miles out At 2 O'Clock Mexico was
being neared at a rate Of thirty miles
an hour over q highway an inch in dust.
AT $50 the tourists. plugging along
through mud apparently a foot deep. OBJ
served a man wading in a field trying
to shovel an exit for a large lake that
had just formed from the downpour
The temperature dropped forty degrees
in ten minutes before the STERN, which
was preceded by a gale that broke OF
trees and abolished all telephone service.
The display OF lightning was terrific.
Mr. Dorset agent for the Studebaker.
received a carload Of Studebaker touring
cars last week.
Mr.. Pollock left yesterday for Lansing,
Mich. the home of the Oldsmobile.
Mr.. John R. Thomas spent the best
part OF last week in Richmond looking
after the agency that he is establishing
there.
David Hendrick of the firm Of Barnes
& Hendriek, local agents for the Pullman,
who has been i'll for some time, is re-
covering.
The National Automobile Association.
which has been operating in New Eng