The Washington herald., 1913-04-27

itself, and II Is impossible to remove
this except by the means I have sug-
gested. OF course. the outside of rub
Der or composition top should be washed,
and the cleaner used on the lining.
Even on the upholstery, whether OF
leather or cloth, the vacuum cleaner is
splendid 1t draws every atom of dirt
and other Accommodations from around
the buttons. bindings, &c,
"One of the hardest objects in the
world to keep clean is an automobile.
because it gathers dust with every mile
it travels and. even while standing idle
in the street, so the annual spring clean
ing should be as thorough as it can be
made"
The Washington Overland Motor Com
pany made the following deliveries last
week: Juelg Piano Company. So touring;
George voneif, 50 touring; DR.. w. F.
Walter. SO roadster; w. H. Blackstone,
50 touring, E. w. Stearns, 50 touring,
electric; K Leon, So touring; Ernest
Rupert, 50 touring: E. M. Savage. So
touring; Nelson Perrin, So roadster, and
]. E. Pope, So touring.
A cry OF protest has been raised by
pedestrians over the arrest recently OF
several persons for violating the new
traffic regulations which forbid the cross
ing Of a street at any point between
street intersections, or. In other words,
street corners. 1t is hard to see just
why they have complained. for the new
regulations are equally as announcement
to the riding public.
In the first place, the sidewalks were
made to walk upon. and not the streets.
Tie public highways are made for horse
drawn and propelled vehicles.
Certain restrictions are imposed on the
users of the streets, such as always keep
ing to the right hand and passing We
hicles going in the same direction on the
left-hand side: also the provision as
regards the speed, as we'll as the regu-
lation compelling all traffic to come to
stop fifteen feet from a street car
when it is taking on pr discharging pas
sengers.
The law puts all on an equal plane.
and there is no reason why a person
walking who violates the traffic regula-
ton should not be punished as we'll as
the driver of vehicle who violates these
same provisions. The offense of both is
the samoa transgression Of the law.
To one who has not driven a vehicle,
especially a motor car. II is hard to
appreciate the difficulties that are en-
countered on the streets of this city.
Experienced motorists who have owned
and operated cars in other cities, New
York especially, say that II is harder 10
drive on the streets of Washington than
there, where traffic is 70 per cent greater.
The reason given is that you can never
tell when some one is going to step
from the sidewalk and start across the
street directly in front Of you. In New
York the people have been educated to
cross at the street crossings, where they
are assured Of protection. 1t is hardly
fair to the driver of a car to compel him
to be on the lookout all the time for
some one crossing directly in front OF
him.
The streets were made for him, and in
the majority OF cases the owner of an
automobile is quite a heavy taxpayer In
his locality, they as a rule being men
erty they pay for a certain amount Of
protection. In addition to this, they take
out a license to operate a car over the
streets Of the city, and by granting them
this license the city obligates itself to
grant them certain rights and protection
in the exercise of these rights. One of
these rights is the use of the street.
To see how we'll the car owner is obey
ing the law, it is but necessary to follow
along any thoroughfare where there are
car tracks. You will see automobiles
coming to a stop when the car does and
waiting while ii takes on and discharges
passengers. This is considerable incon-
venience, as it means that one must trail