The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-04-14
MOTORISTS FOLLOW
ETHICS Of ROAD
Owners Have Opportunity
TO Live Down Prejudice
; Against Automobiles.
Bv HAPPY WARD.

In was wise moJ0rist who said that
the apulicatfon Of the Golden. Rule viii
produce golden results
This statement IS peculiarly appropr1-
ale Al this season OF the year when the
motoring fraternity IS preparing 90 seek
the highways and bvways In search OF
interesting auto routes Every man who
drives an automobile has II in his power
70 increase or lessen the prejudice ex-
Istine in many localities against the
motorist. Every time he drives through
crowded streets he has the oppoTtuniU
OF showing whether he is a thorough
sportsman or a cad. Those who are ac-
cuStonsed 10 touring can not help but
be- impressed with the fact that motor
ISIS are often thoUE5t5ess when passing
other cars. hOrse-drawn vehicles or Pc
destrians on dusty road IF the mo
t-rist IS bowling along al the rate OF
twenty miles an hour he s. leaving a
dense cloud Of smoke behind him, and
II he meets another aIto coming from
the opposite direction, ne may feel alb
soluteIv sure that The occupants VIII
get the fuH benefit of H. This is bad
enough for those who motor. even
though they are exposed % il only FOR
a few moments, but 70 those who are
on foot 81 are riding behind horses Il
Ie little snort OF UdddenlnE-
can the farmer. driving horses which
are drawing heavy load, be blamed for
not showing any great entnssSi csTn OF
alacrity In turning out al the sharp
honk OF the hOrn2 II may be that ne
has already turned out Two or three
times in mile and If the distance 10
his home Is five miles OF more prob
ably he has been -EOnked' at ten OF
fifteen times II me road IS dusty and
the day wIndEess, he has been enveloped
IN ten OF fifteen clouds OF Irritating
dust Is Il any wonder, them that when
he reaches home he IS inclined 10 heap
ana1hemas 1Ipon the man who drives
Ar. automobile The whole question re-
solves itself around this proposition,
do the motorists see themselves as 9th
erS see Them When they DO much
Of the prejudice THAI now exists against
motorists as a whole VIII be removed.
Washington physicians who drive au-
tcmobIIes and who have been seeking
TO nave the speed limit waved IN their
hnhqlf when responding TO hurry cans
will he interested 10 learn that LAe city
fathers Of Baltimore nave SCI d 49,
white light and have passed a. rec tale--
rfon giving the Monumental SilS COO
tors the right OF way with lle motor
~srs on All IhOrOuChfareS OF Ihat city
The same as FIRE apparatus. police. pa
rrors and ambulance They VIII Dc
allowed TO speed 20 Slck-pea cans 20
rHe aid Of injured VvorFr1en ana the ltA4e
without being matted 10y the ponce N--ilV
street cars and wagons must MAKE room
for them In order 10 DISTINGUISH (. Coz Coz
Tors car from those or other lIalN lluaiSr
the police department ms I1 80 -
musician with a sign ABOUT I'VE 49,
SQUARE bearing red cross OF = VIM
FeId These signs are put N = -p---
-uicuous place on the front - On 1L-s ne. ~
5f5. might
a. Czzsard SchrCth, The Stearns a-e-l, l.
- received advict=s relflng OF l-e re-
,7-sr-lss7le 1riD made py Waiter ~ ft--I-
son and mis- wife IN a o--l-'s 5ll+,.--
s--sa-De They vent from Satdto--
Sn~irrs y Y TO san Francisco on .
T,iaasI5ra iaunt through the DOiJoTlteSS
mud of Louisiana. got lost lIl ti-e - -
rrrs of Arizona and New Mexico u+ ~
Nd town into old Mexico and then
5o7Trueve5 I'D the coast TO Frisco !llE
Tourists had many experiences I-l -
in-- being the big sandsloEn me- -
l-o71utered in the desert WHO'S OF New
Mexico. Using the big car as = VIM
break they went into camp VIM = I
KNOWING where they were Nhen ~
storm finally abated the tourists IplI-a
they we're miles from the regular li-4..z--
Thev -eEained the lost ground WIN
nrJch difficulty
John r Thomas manager or me
NaxweII-BriScoe branch mas pen a.
7fSed that the United states MotoT COM
many has taken into its seiilnE d-eLic>
the Alden Sampson Manufacturing toltl--
uanv. of Pittsfeid. Mass makers on
CaunE0n commercial vehicles Aills
means that the United states Motor
COMPANY viii devote its interests 10 the
commercial end Of the industry as vel
as 10 the pleasure vehicle field, said
MANAGER Thomas
The latest purchaser of an AppersOn
car Is Mrs " GOD q no mas secured q
En-rorcnn0Wer touring car. fully equip
ped This IS one OF several sales Emer-
son & Orue, the AppersOn agents, have
lately made
Juseph NJ Stoddard, Of the Cook &
Stoddard Co. returned yesterday af-
re-uoon from a visit 70 auto factories
in Detroit Cleveland and Buhaio. Ar-
Sroddard SAYS the factories are working
overtime in an endeaVor to catch CV
with hack orders Tor cars