Evening star., 1912-11-17
MOTORING
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of the stays or holding joints is not un-
| known, In which cases the luggage may
be left many miles away scattered on the
road where the next passerby may mix
| curiosity with turn for theft. Some Of
the specially designed trunks for motor
touring are the best things to have.
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Covered 1900 Miles.
| Mr. and Mrs William T. Blundon and
son. Kenneth j. Blundon, have just re-
turned from a 1.5OO-mile automobile trip
through the mountains of Pennsylvania
and New York state in their Buick tour
| ing car Their first objective point after
| leaving Washington was Seneca Falls,
N Y. in the western part of the state, on
| Lake Cayuga and about midway between
| Rochester and Syracuse. This distance
! Of 4O6 miles they covered in about two and
! a half days. The route from Washington
was via Frederick, Gettysburg, Harris
burg, Pa, and thence along the banks
Of the Susquehanna river for about loo
miles to Williamsport, through Elmlra,
n Y. to Watkins Glen, where they MADE
brief stop to visit the famous glen ana
falls.
| Motoring along Seneca lake distance
of forty miles. the tourists arrived at the
| town Of Seneca Falls. the birthplace OF
| Mrs. Blundon. Here they spent several
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western New York. Among the points
visited were Canandaigua, Rochester. Ba-
tavia, Buffalo, Niagara Falls and roma
| wanda. After spending couple OF "a! 5
| in Niagara and nearby Canada the return
! trip was made. covering practically the
same route as far as Seneca Falls. From
here they motored to Auburn. Moravia.
Groton Owego and on to Binghamton.
Soon after leaving Binghamton there was
| a very noticeable difference in the roads,
1 %ha -tof 70 dc of giving
| to ordinary dirt roads, after crossing the
| line into Pennsylvania.
The route was via Wilkes-Barre. through
! the coal mining district. Down through
| the Delaware Water Gap they resumed
| their journey to Easton. Pa. Allentown,
Reading Lancaster and York to Baitl-
more and Washington. Through the Della
ware Water Gap section the roads We're
| found somewhat improved. while the
scenic grandeur could not be surpassed
No mechanical trouble of any kind was
experienced on the trip, while two pune
| lures and one blowout constituted the
entire extent of tire trouble.
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Selecting Color.
| Car buyers and owners who are par
| ticular about the coors employed should
get assurance from the builder or painter
as to the quality of the colors. both pre-
paratory and final. used. The wonderful
! handsome lake tones are of little value
unless durable. The scarlet lake is seen
| best over a ground of English vermilion.
| Munich lake may be used over deep
wine color, and crimson lake needs a
deep red ground color. A plain black
ground is about right for purple lake
All the lakes require delicacy OF treat
| ment not usually applied to the less
| transparent pigments. Surfaces cannot
| well be too nice for them, and the great
est care must be exercised in bringing
| the colors along until they are finally
safe under varnish.
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s-Country Delivered.
A 1913 Rambler five-passenger cross
country touring car was delivered yester-
day to Henry c. Bolineus. The car is fin
lished In Brewster green and is equipped
with unit gasoline and electric motor Tor
starting and lighting.
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1918 Overland Deliveries.
J. E. Albrecht, model 90 roadster.
Henry A. Smith and George Butler.
model 50 touring cars and John Bray
shaw, jr., delivery wagon.
1918 Little Deliveries.
| Among those who received 1913 Little
cars last week were John s. Bergman
and George w. Payne.
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English Invasion.
| Automobile invasion Of Great Britain,
and more particularly of Great Britain S
colonies, by the American industry is
seriously on the nerves Of the British
press and public, and repeated calls are
being made on the commercial organiza-
| tions Of Great Britain to stem the tide
| toward American automobiles by build
| ing cars that will be able to compete with
| the imported machines on basis OF price
| as well as service and quality. When the
| low-priced American automobile was put
| on the English market for the first time
| the general public was very skeptical as
| to the quality of it's material and work
| manship but this prejudice has almost
| entirely worn away and the American
| car sells on it's merits. In the low-price
| class the Americans are almost as pop
| ular in England as they are at home.
and it is admitted by numerous corre-
| spondents of the London Express that
! the situation Is serious from the British
| point of view. The main question that
| rises before the eyes of Great Britain Is
| this: II the American manufacturer can
market a car in England for $3.50 why
| can We not do the same? Under the
| tariff as it is present wages are higher
! to the skilled mechanics who are en-
| ployed by the American factories, and
the same rule applies to the commoner
varieties OF labor. Materials are mostly
domestic in the low-priced American cars.
According to the correspondents of the
Express the main reason for such active
competition is that the American car is
giving better value.
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Returned From Ohio.
Col ''Clif" Long of Studebaker fame
returned yesterday morning from the
Buckeye state. where he has been since
election day. He cast his vote at Xenia.
| Ohio, and en- route home visited the
Studebaker plant and Detroit for a few
days. He says big things are doing out
there.
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A German Remedy.