The San Francisco call., 1910-07-24

A HAT! A HAT! MY
AUTO FOR A HAT
TiatIesS TranscOntinental Tour
ISIS Thus Laugh Off Hard
ships of Long Journey
Miss Blanche S. Scott and Miss
Gertrude Phillips Escorted
Into San Francisco
By R. R. L'HOMMEDIEU

AlGS D4dliNllt foAhdl CtONA Adc tlldNu
her journey across the continent in her
Lady Overland" car. She was met yes
terday morning at San Leandro by a
delegation from San Francisco and the
owners Of Overland cars on the other
side Of the bay. From San Leandro she
was escorted to the creek boat and
across the bay to this city. Reaching
san Francisco she found a large num-
Der of owners awaiting her arrival.
These took up the line and, with Mrs.
}. W. Leavitt, the president Of the Cali
fornia womans automobile club, at the
head the line Of automobiles was
driven up Market street to Golden Gate
avenue, thence out that thoroughfare
10 the park and thence ont to the Cliff
house. where Miss Scott threw the bot
lie of Atlantic sea water, which she
had carried all through her journey,
into the Pacific.
This ceremony over, she was enter
tained al the Cliff house and then, re-
turning TO her hotel. was entertained
by Mrs. Leavitt- 1t had been proposed
TO give Miss Scott and her travelling
companion, Miss Gertrude Phillips,
some sort of a reception, but at the re-
quest Of the tourists this plan has been
abandoned, as they wish to rest after
their long trip. Miss Scott and Miss
Phillips will be the personal guests of
Mrs. Lea witt during their stay while in
the city.
HATLESS THEY RODE
Miss Scott and Miss Phillips are two
thoroughly feminine young girls. for
introductions were hardly over before
Miss Scott said with enthusiasm: "Oh,
we viii soon be able TO buy a hat"
Ever since they left New York they
have been without hats and the heavy
coating OF tan tells the tale that this is
true They both assumed serious air
when approached for a few words on
their trip. but this was lmost instant
" forgotten when they began to talk
for their enthusiasm fairly bubbIed
over.
They did not seem to think that the
trip was a hard one, for every time
they reached places where they had
been told they would have hard going
they were surprised to find that their
car could easily cover the bad road.
This was the case everywhere except
just one place and that was over the
Kingsbury grade as they were coming
up over the Sierras. 1t took the car
four hours to cover the u miles. The
going was so hard that Miss Phillips
had TO walk it, except the last three
quarters of a mile when she was able
TO get ride on a load of hay.
SUNSHINE CLUB OUT
While the cars were going up Golden
Gate avenue the Sunshine club was out
in force. 1t was one continuous smile
from the automobile trade who lined
the avenue, for the girls are more than
pretty.
There were two things Miss Scott and
Miss Phillips wanted. They were a
good home dinner and a hat. The for
mer they had at the home of the Leav-
tits and the other. they purchased as
soon as they could put on their walk
ing costumes. In fact Miss Scott bought
two hats. The girls, for they are just
girls, viii remain in the city for a week,
when they will once more take to their
Overland and journey to Los Angeles.
The official program for the conven-
tion Of the Society of Automobile Engi-
neers. to be held in
Program for Detroit July 2S. %
Engineers Meet been bfa 'Gs iss,,ad ads 1Tse The
opening address will
be delivered by the president, II. E.
Coffn, after which the morning of the
first day will be devoted to business
and discussion of the lines along which
the organization may be made of the
greatest value to its members indiVid-
ually and TO the motor car industry in
general. The constitution Of the So
ciety and its limitations will call for
may facilitate the practical work will
be adopted. The speakers of the aft
ernoon of the first day will be Henry
Souther. r. c. Carpenter. D. F. Gra-
ham. W. II. Bristol, A. +. Shore and
H d. McComb In the evening the
members will participate in the society
dinner. which viii be followed by a
professional session. with speeches by
I. J. Newman, DR.. @. w. Sargent
Charles ThaddeuS Terry. e. J. Stod-
dard and Frederick A. Ward. Friday
morning visits to number of the au-
tomobile and parts factories will be
made, and at ] o'clock the members
will meet for luncheon on shipboard
and for an afternoon boat trip as the
guests of a large concern. There will
be q professional session on shipboard,
a which papers by II. s. White, Eugene
P Batzell and F. D. Howe will be read
In the evening dinner will be had at
the Lighthouse inn, the ladies attend
ing. The morning of the closing day
will be taken up by T Y. Burkhaltcr
and L. r. Smith, with general discus
sion by all the members. In the after
noon Lawrence Whitcomb, +. z. Watts,
H II. Brown and a number of others
will participate.
A trip covering a weeks time and
total mileage of LOO miles has just
been completed by
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