The Washington times., 1912-09-21
ATTACHMENTFORCAR.
OFTEN TO Be SEEN -.
AMONG MOTORISTS

sentiment about a car I? II can hear
some exclaim. Rubbish How can ma
chinery beget anything OF che sort ::
"An the same" says a pioneer motorist,
who has been driving an automobile
since the inception of the motor car,
there is a sentimental attachment that
many men have for their cars.
Not the wealthy owner, perhaps, who
sits comfortably installed within, hav-
the latest Of shock absorbers without.
but OF the man who is responsible for
the smooth running of the machinery
generally, but not necessarily, On own
er.
That this feeling exists there Is no
doubt, though sometimes II Is unknown
or unguessed, until the time comes for
parting with the car. maybe because
you can't afford to keep It owing to the
hard times, or even when It is to make
way for the purchase of a larger and
more up-to-date machine.
when the car that has carried you
many thousands of miles and has done
Its best at difficult times and places,
perhaps when something has happered
unexpectedly, a matter Of life or death
when this car Ia to 60 out OF your
life then II is that you begin to realize
something OF "nat IL mas DSen 10 you.
A Real Sentiment.
How cften in novels, and presumably !
IN real life, when the hero or heroine
has some terrible trouble or difficulty,
does not he or she 60 forth for a ride
on the favorite horse TO shake of some
of the worry? In a manner precisely
similar las not your car ofttlmes aided
you by requiring your undivided atten-
tion., thereby taking your mind of sad
and dolcful thoughts? The truo lover
Of his car has an affection for It that
few except his own kind can realize.
There may be drivers, as there are
drive. but they are not those who get
the best return for their efforts.
When the time comes for parting,
another. you begin to think Of the vari-
Gus tight places you have been in. when
It has nobly responded to your call, Of
the many slight accidents and Incidents
look 1t over. and remember how this
deep scratch was caused by a hair
Drained boy, who came suddenly on his
cycle out OF side road, and for whom
you had to provide a new machine.
though It was not the old cars fault.
You remember another time when an
obstinate mule In cart stopped sud-
denly when directly ahead. and his do
ing so resulted in those dents, never
quite eradicated, in the radiator. You
remember when some street gamin
threw a stone, narrowly missing you,
but cracking the glass in front
Then Won recall the time when. the
car being nearly new, you happened on
the spot where man had broken his
leg. and you were able to convey him
to his home and the doctor, thinking
nothing of the unavoidable scratches
on the paint made by the boards on
which he was lifted. How comforta BILE
your old driving seat is. and how ac-
customed your hands are to the wheel
and your feet to the pedals.
Can any new car ever equal the old
one in your affections? And do you
remember the day. the first day. that
a certain lady sat beside you and was
so much interested in the levers, that
you had to explain this and that. and
she said she would so much like to learn
to drive? How II all comes back? Its
faults? No person or thing ,s without
them. and Is It not often that an indi-
vidual's faults are the things that en-
dear him or her to US?
well. we all have to part some day.
and the old car goes with the rest May
II pass into friendly hands Who can
saw there is no sentiment about a car?
The last time you drive it, whether to
the salesroom or its new owner, is the
time when 1t seems most to pull itself
together and show off as II to say.
'Good-by, old friend, I've done my
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