The Washington times., 1911-06-18
MOTORISTS WARNED ,
AGAINST CARRYING
TOO MUCH BAGGAGE
Biggest Kind of a Nuisance
for Automobile Parties
Who Are Touring.

One Of the best posted tourists In tnis
section of the country has given some
good advice on how to carry baggage
with comfort on an automobile tour II
will prove interesting and instructive TO
every Washington motcrist who is plan
ming a tour of any extent during the
GUNNER Among other things lie says:
Tho biggest mistake one can make in
starting on a tour Of one or two weeks
is to take too much baggage along. Too
much baggage Is the biggest kind of a
nuisance. First II weighs down the car,
is harder on the tires. and If the bag
gage is carried back of the tonneau it
makes the car harder to steer. A PARTY
Of four can travel very well With but
two dress suit cases. II you have not
q trunk on the back Of your car, carry
the suit cases on the frcnt of the ton
neau lust back of the front seat. Back
of the front seat is the ideal place to
carry baggage. being near the center of
the car, where Il does not interfere with
the riding Of the machine In an ordi-
nary fore-door touring car there is
plenty of room for two suit cases in this
position.
Before starting on the tour got a rug
1t will cost 81 Or $1.50-to hang over the
coat rail on the back of the front seat
and reach Iown to the car floor. so that
the suit cases will not scratch the paint
on the back of the seat. Besides this, do
not start out without a strap by which
the suit cases can be kept in place,
. otherwise they will get out of position
and be falling on the feet of the rear
seat or tonneau passengers. An ordinary
strap about five feet dong and one and
one-half in ches wide will do. 1t should
have a buckle on each end. Buckle one
end around the robe rail and then run
the strap through the handles of the
suit cases and buckle the other end
around the foot rail of the tonneau. This
is a simple arrangement but will make
the trip a comfort from start to finish
30 far as the baggage is concerned.
Raincoats and overcoats always should
be carried over the robe rail on the
back Of the front seat. Put the over
coats or first. Field them neatly and
hang then, over the rail before the bag
gage, that is the the suit cases, is rut in
place. Fold the raincoats and lay them
over the overcoatS, sweaters and what
ever other coats are needed. With these
coats in place, place the suit cases
against them SO that with the wind and
air currents the raincoats Cannct flop
out of position. There is nothing more
annoying to a tOnneau passenger than
TO have the tail or arm of a rainCodt
Tapping In his face with the car run
ming twenty-five or thirty miles per
hour.
With women tourists it is a great mis-
take not to carry the wells and goggles
. and extra gloves in the door pockets.
MANY start out with these necessaries
IN the pockets of the coats and hang
the coats on the robe rail. When gUS-
giles are needed 1t upsets all Of the coats
10 reach the pockets where the goggles
are stored. The same applies 10 gloves,
wells, etc. It is one of the disturbing
features of n tour to have the baggage
upset before ten miles have teen COW
cred in order 20 get a different pair of
Elcves or another pair OF goggles.
Many drivers are Nightmares t. the
other passengers. because they do not
use any Judgment in arranging the tour
in these little respects. They have hard
lv started until mat ches are needed, and
rerhaps thev are III an overcoat pocket
that is snugly slowed away. Then the
goggles are in some other out-of-the-
wav placs and more disturbing of bag
cage is necessary. Before getting into
a car for a DAYS tour each passenger
should gu over in his or her mind every
thing that might be needed in case of a
sudden rain or any other incidental stop,
and these necessaries shorild lie placed
where thev can be conveniently reached
without disturbing the main baggage.