The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-17
THE AUTOM0-
 BILE WORLD

Headlights chat are made to turn with the wheels so as to give true light at all times on the path are likely soon to be popular.
 Taxicab drivers. with women's vells tied around their faces. were common enough in New York during the snow storm recently. They found that the vel gave fine protection against tne wind and driving snow. and was cheap moreover.
 A person making application to be- come the driver of motor vehicle III Germany is obliged to present ms birth certificate. together with an un, mounted photograph of himself. ana he must also submit doctors certlfl7 cate relating to his physical condi- ton. especially with reference to eye sight and hearing.
 A bad fea ure Sof travelling at night is that in taking the turns it Is really inpossibIe to see what is just ahead. The light goes dancing off into the air and it is not until the car IS heightened out again that 1t IS pos sihle to tell what the road holds. By any expected may have been encoun- tered.
 A popular form of the automobile body row IS wi tn shield running clear I'D over the steering wheel and pro- tecting the driver and the person on the other front seat. It looks very much like an apron tied up to the neck of the car. so to speak. The tendency of succeeding seasons or automobile body building is to make the car less and less lofty. ana to bring he steering column down to the angle where the driver is almost lying down.
 high proof gasoline in the Middle West One motorist touring Ohio says grees fuel and that other automobiles have had the same trouble. This doesn't entirely coincide with reports made by some other folks. but it is clear hat there is difference in vari. ous sections. The carbureters will makes starting in cold weather doubly hard
 The pursuit of small game en auto keeps up with urabated vigor. Coy otes --| cot entails were the earlier prey and now the fox is being pur- sued. A description of this last shows the chase is by proxy. for. of course, no one expects an auto to be good fencer and hedeer. A man down in Nashville attaches a drag to his car twenty-five miles 70 the hunt meet. He stays Tn his auto. and when 1t is time to call in the pack. he sounds a note on the auto horn and back they come. At least that is .he way it is told.
 Flying tire these days isn't the pleasantest task in the world. If a shoe hap~ens to blow ou or if there is a puncture 1t Is mighty cold work getting out of the car and jacking 2 ing shoe. With fingers benumbed and s.i~ and the tire casing refractory. there are many things that are nicer than having to wrestle with an injured shoe. Shift'ng a tire Is not the most de,ectable sport in the world anyway, and it Is easy enough to daunt an amateur by describing the bangs of doing that sort of work. Even the professional driver doesn't relish th1 task.
 The men who sell cars say that very often the woman in the family comes around first to look the car over and then the male head of the household cores around to foot the bill. The automobile salesman has learned. by this time. that 1t Is generally the wo- man to whom he must defer. That Is he must if he is really good salesman Naturally. If the urn of the corversa- tion shows thet the woman Is leavine everything 10 the man. the salesman takes his cue to pay attention to him Ru. the salesmen say that 99 out of every 100 sales are directed by the wo- ren's judgment. even if they don't krow a magneto from a sprag
 Wire wheels which are attractine general attention In England and on the Continent. will be seen here on sor,e show cars Several makers will disp'av wire wheels as an alterna i've selection It Is unlikely that they wi'l soon be stock for ears. at least not this season: but the chances are that an other year may see his arrar cement There Is no unanimitv of ooinion or the part of the American makers. be- cause eorre are firmly of the idea that wire wheels are not coming back and