Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-24
FLANDERS ON TOURING CAR
President Of E. M.F. Company Thinks
Il "Czar Of Autos
TOURING sUPREMELY PLEASANT
Waitsr u. FiaRders Talks Interest-
iasIy ALSO on Democracy % Auto
Owners--says swell oass
are Net snobblah.

Walter T.. Flanders. president OF the p.
N. r. Automobile company. gives an inter
esting interview on the touring car. as the
type that leads ali others. Mr.. Flanders
! is a strong believer in the democracy OF
the motor car, declaring that It Is peeu-
liar fact but true. that there is no snob-
bishness among motorists.
/ Following are some Of the things the
auto manufactures has to say on the sub
/ ieet;
Nothing IN the whole field NJ mot, ring
affords such varied and constant pleasure
as the form OF use that has given the name
to type Of car that has won greatest fame
and has become more generally used than
any other The touring car Is the car CO
automobiles. II Is in touring that the owner
of the motor car finds his greatest pleas
ure s
"Multitudinous as are the uses Of the
automobile, there Is one field that must
always be supremely attractive 70 tile ma
iority Of owners II makes no difference
whether the car was purchased for pleasure
or utility purposes The pleasure Of tour
ing cannot be eaualled by any other pas
time Automobile touring is boon to man
kind and the greatest health giving sport
known to civilization.
NOthing Better Than Tour.
There is nothing in this world that ar
fords as much JOY as a slsshing trip
through as-country that lies always open
to the autonobIie tourist For him the
bonds Of the timetable are ioosehed--he
may go whittier he willard his journey
need not be married by passing through
this Misunderstanding town or that, as must
be the case OF him who relies upon the rail-
road for travel Not for the motorist is
the confinement Of a train.
The automobile tourist is his own time
table. lie starts at his pleasure. and II he
comes to q place where he would stop and
rest all he needs Is pressure OF the foot
a turn Of the hand and he is there to stay
as long as It may please him.
Through woods and plains; over hills
and valleys by broad rivers and babbiing
brooks; in settled country or in solitudes:
he makes his own itinerary. lie need not
fear to venture as far from civilization as
his wanderlust may lead
ITO the man who owns a motor car and
knows its use America Is indeed the prom
lsed land. IN every state, In every county
stirs the spirit OF the good roads movement
Everywhere he viii find preparations be-
ing made for him as the bringer OF progress
and civilization and the agent Of prosperity.
Here and there he will find speed traps.
put ne VIII nave been warned OF them By
his club and viii know how to conduct him
self with discretion But for every speed
trap he will find a dozen stretches of road
where he may open his throttle and speed
on secure in the clear ribbon OF road that
Gnwinds beneath him exultlng in the slap
Of the tonic air on the hottest Of days.
drawing from life the best that IT holds
for him in the pursuit of health and pleas
IRE
There never was such an instrument
20 promote democracy as the motor car.
One might. expect exclusiveness on the part
OF a man who shares the road in mis- $4,000
car with the owner Of a runabout. but one
Il disappointed. Let man in the runabout
be In distress and he viii find his richer
brother cheerfullg pausing to give the help
Of his nigh priced chauffeur and glad
enough 10 accept the cheerful return Of the
favor the next day or the next week. All
good Automobiles become brothers Of the
road when once the longing for the road
has seized them, and there is no escape
from the motor car microbe and no cure
for It's ravases''