The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-02

tie ones to dread motor cars as she
trains them to dread and look out Tor
river and the railroad tracks. there Is
| no question but that the large number
OF the dep1orabie street accidents or
the present day would s be avoid re chill
dren and once which keeps the automo-
bile driver constantly on the qui viye,
is roiier-sk ating. especially In its most
dangerous form. "httchfn2 on behind
automobile trucks
While / admit that there is GER
tain amount OF recklessness ana IN
difference on the part of a few drivers,
especially the younger element, at the
same time the large majority are care
full in their driving and use every pre-
There lis another element aside from
childrenE carelessness. wnicn. OF
course. enters into the record OF auto
of many drivers, especially OF COM
merciai trucks, TO give an ample warn
/ ing of their approach In this regard
1.-THE drivers themselves are not to
blame. But rather the owners of the
| trucks who fail to provide more Ell
ficient warning horn than the usual
trfvance which so long has been the
customary means of automobile warn
| ing is so familiar to the average pedes-
trian that IL has come TO mean nothing
! to him with child who Is engrossed
In play or where the traffic lis dense
and the noise and clatter loud. this
( KIM Oh IL SAS itAl uttAa 10 PAhiAAAty
In other words. / believe that if
mothers would do their part by teach
/ bile, and the owners do theirs by pro-
/ vlding their drivers with every known
safety device. street accidents would
very materially decrease.
Mitchell Cars at Show.
| There is rejoicing at the local
agency of the Mitchell car. operated
/ by w. c. Smith * Company. A tele-
| gram received in Thursday of this
/ past week from the Mitchell factory
! at Racine announces that the first
/ of the 1913 Mitchelis viii be shipped
/ to Richmond February 1st. After
/ having examined the Mitchell line as
I exhibited at the New York show How
ard Nj. Smith, the proprietor OF w. G.
Smith & Company. returned to Rich
/ mond more enthusiastic than ever
| over the new cars.
| THE Mitchell had a great send-off
| in New York" said Mr.. Smith, when
| speaking to a representative OF The
| Virginian I'm the first week one
hundred and twenty-eight demonstra-
tons were given. In fact. so much
interest was displayed that the sales
men were limited to fifteen minutes
| for each demonstration. At the show
the same condition was shown. There
was a crowd and big one around the
cars an the unle' aa .,; m
pre1uoiceu IN Iaeo, OF mi.cne.l eals
put can say with an honesty liza.
I'm yet to see any car that can beat
the Mitcheii IN modern up-to-date
equipment, power OF MOTOR ana peah-
~ OF ex,ernai appearance. men
you see the ne" cars you WON hAu
me exaggerating."
The Mitcneii line when VIII ne
shown at the iocaf snow, CONSISTS OF
Bag san 2 iStae ssA. afssf. toaT. All
models are equipped vain long
stroke motor. eiectric heats ana are
electrically sef-startea. wih De
good news TO many interested per-
sons that richmond wiii soon see the
new Mitcneils.
An Occasional Miss.
Perhaps the owner Of an otherwise
well behaved car VIII be surprised to
find that MS motor mas developed an
appreclapie miss, seeming,y over.