The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-10-23
Some Ne7us And Gossip
Among The Automobiles
by RALPH II SILVER

Ill Splle VI .tIlt ahd Wv
ward demonstrations which were heralded
during the big good roads meeting in
Birmingham a few days ago, 1t seems
that facts point to but one conclusion
In regard to the standing Of this citys
automobile owners toward the good roads
cause. The conclusion is that they are
not very much interested.
No cause can be assigned, but the fact
nevertheless remains that out of the 1000
automobiles owned by Birmingham resi-
dents there were but Is machines vol
unteered to be used as a transportation
means to take the good roads delegates
to the barbecue And in those % cars
there was but one Birmingham merchant
and but one Birmingham garage repre-
scented. All the others were of private
citizens. Birmingham merchants and Bir-
mingham automobile owners are inter-
ested in good roads. They are probably
interested more than any other one class
of citizens. What is lacking is co-opera-
ton. means to get together. the power
| to act as unit or, in other words, a
well maintained and thoroughly alive au-
tomohile club.
1.-The old Birmingham Automobile club
has virtually passed out of existence"
was statement made Friday by George
T. Brazeton. George Brazelton is usual
ly at the head of anything doing in Blr-
mingham in an automobile way and he
knows what he is talking about.
We need to reorganize," he said. "rhe
main reason for the lack of enthusiasm
now is because the club has no club
house. We need clubhouse, a speedway,
live men at the head Of the club and live
men as members of the club and then
we can have motor club that will be
credit to the city and the envy of our
rival town, Atlanta
Plans are now under consideration for
a new Country club. q new Automobile
club and two-mile speedway that alone
will cost several hundred thousand dol
lars. An expert architect has been sent
to Atlanta and from there to Indianapolis
to examine the construction and materials
of those tracks. He Is now making speci-
fcations to combine the best parts of
these noted tracks and place them into a
Birmingham speedway which will outclass
anything ever yet constructed for auto
depends on whether Birmingham automo-
bile owners want 1t and will back It up.
Something is going to happen in auto
mobile circles in Birmingham before long
and the result bids fair to make a good
reading newspaper story and be a boon
for Birmingham automobile owners.
1t takes just about q half hour to go
to the Terminal station. meet friend,
drive him over Norwood, South High
lands, Glen Iris and the business dis
trict, and he has seen the city. What
would be nicer than to have a speedway,
clubhouse and restaurant about four miles
from town where the guest could then
be taken and entertained royalty until
train time again? It's worth thinking
about
Lizzie In Trouble
The bright lights Of the Great White
Way in Gotham have nearly proven the
downfall of Lizzie Chevrolet Burman
Buick Not that Lizzie has left the
straight and narrow route to eternal
blessedness or spent her evenings in
riotous living and wine drinking, for Liz
zie Is not that kind of a girl-she's a
goat.
Lizzie accompanied the Buick racing
team from the factory at Flint. Mich.
to the racing camp on the Vanderbilt
course and Immediately began attracting
the attention Of a score or more admirers.
1t is not denied that Lizzie is a pretty
goat, so perhaps, as one advertiser says,
"There's a Reason" But as many of the
racing competitors of the Buick will tes-
tify, to get the Buick goat is no easy mat
ter and Lizzie has disdainfully disre-
garded the attentions of others than her
team mates.
Experiences with strangers have proven
disastrous to Lizzie for she has been the
victim of two violent attacks; one by a
butchers bulldog who blemished her
beautiful facial contour; and the other
by the contest board of the A. A. A. who
almost got her--the Buick goat.
But the bright lights and the gayety of
good old New York town, as compared
with the quiet and peaceful life at Flint
have wrought changes in her. No longer
Ia she content to stay at home and
browse about the camp as she did in her
early days of maidenly innocence. but
now she must accompany the team men,
bers 20 the city, and 1t is with the great
90 ''sficuity that she is kept out of the
= r curing cars when the drivers start
70 ,few York from the racing camp
Once she was allowed to go--but only
once On this occasion Lizzie created
more CONSERVATION and came nearer caus-
ing the police to turn In a riot call than
any other one quadruped of her species
ever has done before on Broadway. she
rode along peacefully enough In the rear