The Washington times., 1910-04-08
SOME GOOD ADVICE
FOR NEW AUTOISTS
Authority Gives Out Timely
Tips to Motoring
Recruits.
By HARRY WARD.


This is the season OF the year when
many recruits break into the motor
ing game. Fer their benefit some very
timely information has been prepared
by a leading authority. from which IL
IS learned that the starting out as an
operator Of an automobile is preceded
by a number OF preliminaries that the
wise recruit VIII attend % before be
giT.,5ssz- his n0yItiaJe- First of all and
most important Of all. ne HilI insure his
car against fire or theft next he VIII
take out his license numbers, after
which he should carefully study the in
struction book prepared by the concern
from which ne has purchased his car
he will then begin TO think of learning
% actually drive That taken Up and
mastered after a few lessons, he be
comes an enf husiastic mOtorist. rather
zreen as 10 experience, but eager to be
come initiated in the joys Of the sport
Of which ne has dreamed All winter.
When # comes time TO 50 oct and take
the first lesson IN actually driving the
car. the beginner should remember that
confidence Is half the battle that If one
keeps his nerve and does Dot become
ratified he VIII have little trouble IN
mastering the art OF driving a meter
car. or course. there are lots Of self
taught drivers. but, on -he other hand.
il is best 10 have some one OF expert
ence along. even II ne does nothing more
than sit in the other seat and give ad-
vice. he can tell the uses OF the vsri-
Gus levers and can caution the amateur
al times when congestion Of traffic may
bring about trouble If the beginner has
10 watch other vehicles and his levers
g. the same time It IS best 10 seek
some Ouirr road for the nTst lesson, and
after extensive practice IN the art OF
shifting gears and operating the clutch
\ novice can venture out into the mo-
UOrjnE world
The foreign trade Of the United States
IN automobiles now amounts TO a million
dollars a month. OF S12.e.0. 90 per aunuu-
or which sum S4-0o0o0o are imports ana
S. 90, 90 exports Ten years ago me trade
in automobiles was not Of sufficient
value 70 justify the Bureau OF Statistics
o. the Department Of Commerce ana
L=bOr in making separate record OF
either the imports or eApoFls- Inc IN
uorts are chiefly from France. ita "
Germany, and the United Kingdom. ana
the exports 10 pra Ct1cally every country
IN the world though the largest mum
her 20 20 Canada. the United Kingdom.
Mexico. and Australia France leads
the world as an exporter O. automobiles
with the United states second IN rank
l. p Dorset, manager Of the Stude-
baker branch, has received the very
gratifying news that the SlGdeDdker AI-
tonobIe Company. OF South Bend Ind
has just booked an order for seventy
electric delivery wagons and trucks Tor
z New York department store IllS IS
said to be one OF the largest orders ever
placed for electric commercial vehicles
The department store in question IN
tends TO use automobiles exclusively IN
It's delivery service
According 70 advices received by John
8 Iarcombe. ir, Of the Motor Sales
COMPANY Stewart Mcdonald, general
manager Of the Moon Motor Car Com
psny. is trying 70 interest some OF the
prominent business men OF St Louis IN
= plan 10 arrange big national auto
mobile show IN ST. Louis during the
latter part OF September when the na-
tiOnal good roads convention VIII be
held there
In a Suudeba Izer 40 touring car. with
- P. Dorset At the wheel, the ORA
matte editors Of the four uevSpa perS OF
this city we're taken 20 Baltimore We'd
ussday a the guests Of L StodGard
TAYLOR manager OF the BelasCo Thea
ter The paTyv went over in the after
moon via the shingtOn-BaltinoTe
boulevard. and we're entertained exteu-
EivelE duTinC their short stay n JEo
2IQuUCental City
Barber K Hin, agents for the Demot.
have leased for q term Of years a large
garage ir process OF construction Al
= urJesnth and Irving streets The
Hiding is expected 20 be ready for oc-
cupancy about MAY I. at which time
they viii remove from their present
quarters in the 1Tt- Pleasant garage il
S the firms intention 10 introduce a
M mber Of iunpva tons IN garage scr
vice
Barue q Hendrfck report the sale Of
2 35-hOrSepOWeT Pullman touring car.
fT.lIy equipped TO Major P w West,
L : A. retired The machine was de-
live-ed TO him yesterday
Donald Woodward. who recently pu--
chased q 15-30 SreaTnS car with toy
+onnesu from g Cassard SChrotb, the
Scans agent. IS on a trip 20 Vermont
JFe left Washington this week and viii
devote considerable time To the trip
Lieutenant Brilliant 7. s y, has
placed an order with the Pope Automo-
bile Company Of Washington, for an
Oakland touring car
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