New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-08
Timely Auto Topics
Treated in Review
A Few Suggestions to Automobiles from the
Current Motoring Magazines.

.e.,,;ng the Weight Of the Car" a
-. ~ considerable importance TO
80 80. IS the title Of the leading ar
' W. The Automobile" for August ..
,', ',slov Clayden. the author, says the
a. =: 1918 will be so per cent lighter
20. ,hs cars now coming on the mar
y, as 1915 models.
~ c,.--,.pondingly, he says, the 1913
.sould be from 20 to 40 per cent
- economical as 10 maintenance and
more .t;on but he believes the cost OF
0Psss',, the weight will not tend to
Ie S..n The selling price Of the future
COZ; ,o;n.s out. at the same time, that
~, Hs 80 nrice Of the 1918 model may
vA'.' Few hundred dollars higher, the
i ~ eos, OF operating it will within one
Tssr save the owner much more IMAM
80 added original cost.
w Clayden thinks the engineer has
- concentrating himself so closely
80 ~ "ssveral years upon perfecting the
80 tina. this is the psychological
NJ. A. which he will turn his atten-
~; - 70 the tightening OF the car
me- 49, introduction Of aluminium, it is
Nil do more 20 lessen the weight OF
80 chassis than any other one element
". -, he command Of the engineer to-day.
Unr,irum was early considered by en-
,-;~eers. but in g pure state II was TOO
-, for use on the car. Founders have
ssC:.co,,e-ed how 20 alloy this light metal
S-,b conner. zinc and other substances,
and aluminium is rapidly emerging from
fbscuritv for automobile use.
some idea of the saving is shown IN
.ls difference In the weight of the SIX
srlir6er block casting for 3X5 motor
The present casting weighs l19 pounds,
,r8 The same block cast in the alumni
-em alloy would mean a saving OF
sbout seventy-two pounds Aluminium
silov ristons have already been intro
Snrsd in several Of the leading cars,
and il seems quite likely that the key
Tote Of the 1917 car is going to be re-
MEDALS FOR TOURISTS.
Mr.. Hearst's magazine, Motor" is
lawn fattering success with its
TranScontinental Medal Contest Some
weeks ago 4lIs l4fdASL va q ~ a 80 N4AS
medal 10 every owner who would drive
Iis ear from a point east of the Mis-
sippj River 70 the California EXPOSE
ton.
Immediately there was a food of ap-
plcations for details Of the offer, and
scores Of tourists are now on their way
70 the exposition. The first medal was
won 5v Mrs. a. II. Woods, wife of the
New YORK theatrical manager, who
drove across the continent in Pierce
Arrow, leaving New York on May 70
and arriving in Los Angeles on June 20.
The second medal was awarded to {. A.
Day, of StIeator. H.. who drove Hud-
son across the continent, In the Au-
gust number Of Motor will be found
a list of nearly half a hundred owners
who are now en- route for the Coast,
and 10 whom medals will be presented
later. The majority Of them are resi-
dents Of New York City.
NLADYS MOTOR MODE.
The original idea of the motoring
woman. as regards clothes for the
motor was 10 wear anything which
suited her fancy, and then cover it all
Up with a buster or some other over
all wrap. With the passing of the
fashionable horse-drIven vehicle, the
woman Of society has found. in her own
clever way. that women should have
specific clothes for motoring. The
woman Of fashion has literally con-
signed the buster to the dust heap, and
row adorns herself in becoming attire
for motoring occasions.
Elizabeth Odgers Toombs, associate
editor Of "Harper's Bazaar" goes into
the subject Of milady's motoring attire
in the August number OF Motor" She
illustrates the fact that there are real
clothes for motoring by showing,