The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-11
MRS. CARRIERS CAR.

L
bile and carriage builders craft has
| at last been realized, was very appar-
| ent when her mammoth limousine was
| driven into place at the e. r. Thorn
| as Motor Company's exhibit at the
| Buffalo Show. The car is 20 horse
| power, and in body and design and in
| terror decoration Is unlike anything
! ever seen in this country. When Mrs
! Carter placed her order for the car
| she gave strict instructions that not
a bit of expense was to be spared to
| satisfy her fancy or to make it the
| most beautiful motor car in the coun-
| try. Her own ideas were followed out
and are decidedly of the Partisan
type. The color scheme is yellow
| and green, the yellow being mixed
especially for her and has since been
standardized as Garter" yellow. The
| upper panels of the body are yellow
and are worked over with imported
white French cane work, thus tonins
| them down to an ivory shade. The
treated in the same manner. The
lower panels are in green The back
is plain yellow with Mrs. Carriers
| crest and coat of-arms worked In
the center. The coat-of-arms is also
worked on the doors. Two large oval
windows are built in each side of the
car and two smaller ones in the back.
The drivers seat is enclosed with
foredoors but 1T is not protected with
a glass front, a mammoth search
light. which is to be operated by the
footman, taking up the space. This
searchlight Mrs. Carter deems neces-
sary in driving to her country home.
The roof of the car is circled by a
heavy brass railing and metal tire
case containing extra tires is built
on top. The interior decorations are
the most expensive and gorgeous OBJ
tainable. Over $500 worth of gold
lace is used. The upholstering is of
ported from Paris. Concealed cabin
cts are built in each side Of the car
and open when a hidden spring is
touched. A gold speedometer and
clock are among the many lavish in
terror fittings and in fact all of the
inside work is in gold, including man
.icure and toilet cases and a rare
French mirror. Costly Turkish rugs
cover the floor and the car is heat
ed electrically. Mrs. Carter retains
her own mechanic and driver, who was
present when the car was assembled.
She also carries a footman, who sits
on the drivers seat and blows a
French lie testophone, an imported
winding shaped horn OF five notes.
ON A BUSINESS BASIS. ~
1.-The future promises a very salts
factory and prosaic stability in the
automobile business" declares Geo.
M. Dickson, General Manager of the
National Motor Vehicle Company.
From now on brains. integrity and
experience will count to the same de-
gree that it does in the pianola, seal
skin coat or any other business which
| caters to those persons whose in
comes enable them to purchase ar
ticles costing several hundred dollars
and upwards. The mushroom period
of the motor car game, with the great
experimental stage is now passing and
| another few months will witness the
general Introduction of legitimate and
unsensational methods which have
characterized the efforts of the best
known motor makers from the begin
ming. The change which is now being
conSummated will see general bet
terment of conditions from both the
viewpoint of the maker and the deal
er. There has been glamour about
the automobile game which is dis
appearing with the establishment of
| the automobile industry. In a few
years the man working with the motor
| car will be no more person to be
envied than the man selling beans or
| shoes. It is true that millions have
been made in the automobile business
| by few persons who started with
almost nothing. On the other hand
| millions have been lost by people who
! started with large sums. One big
Improvement in the business will be
the protection of the parts and ac-
cessory makes. During the past few
months these concerns have suffered
| through the failure of numerous
| manufacturing plants promoted by men
who would have failed in most any
business. The parts maker will also
doubtless suffer a good deal by the
| Practically all of their own parts The
practically all lof their own parts. The
| credit of surviving firms will be es-
tablished and the public in general
| Will profit as much by the improve
ment as the people in the trade. AS
1 have said before, some of the miser-
able trash called automobiles produce
ed by inexperienced manufacturers
has been the worst handicap to the
progress of the industry. The change
now being effected will see the elm
ination of those concerns, which for
lack of experience, capital, ability
and whatever else it takes to make a
successfully good product, sold the
public cars that were decidedly not
worth the price asked for them. The
automobile came like everything else,
| in answer to demand that had to
be f1lled-a demand for Improvement
| n transportation 1t has worked for
the Improvement of our roads and the
| Improvement of our roads in turn
works for the hetterment Of the auto
mobile business. The automobile is
one of the greatest contributions to
the progress of humanity. 1t facili-
| tates transportation and will never be
given up. If gasoline eventually be-
comes too expensive then Necessity
Will contribute another less expensive
fuel. There will be improvements
from time to time but they will be
chiefly improvements in details, just
like there are improvements each
year in every manufactured product.
Those persons who have manufacture
ed most successfully to date have
gone about their work with the same
spirit and character that the big sew
ing machine manufacturer watch ma
ker or any successful business man,
who has turned out a mechanical pro-
duct for the use of the public. You
may as well ask the maker of any
mechanical product what the future
of his business is going to be as to
ask the successful producer of good
cars. Each knows that there is sure
to be permanent demand for his
product as time goes on. This de-
rnand may be affected slightly in GER
tain localities from time to time by
financial conditions. crop conditions or
something of that kind but the future
of the business in each case is assur-
ed beyond doubt
FORD RACER AT IT AGAIN.
On the 18th of this month. Frank Ku-
lick, the noted speed driver of the
Ford Motor Co., leaves the factory for
New Orleans where he will partici-
pate in the Mardi Gras races to be