Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-11-14
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the New York car owner who keeps
ms car in commission during tho |
winter simply has a limousine ton
ulted, heater installed and he is
comfortably fixed for winter running
IN town, and ! don't believe he ever
attempts to leave the asphalt"
This probably would appN 10 the
motorists of any of our larrer cities
All that can be said is that these ur-
hdn fair weather sportsmen are miss
ing much hcalth-giNing low which Is
made entirely pleIsurable through
the inuumerablo devices designed TO
temper the wind to the winter motor
list.
the wind to the winter uotnrist
Suppose we consider briefly , few
Of the more prominent of tbese cold
weather comforts as applied In the
modern motor car. First of all uI
must be admitted that All nlnasIro is
lost if the hands that grin the steer
ing wheel are numb with cold adding
positive danger to very real discom-
fort To meet this condition there
have been invented several devices
specially desipned to serve tho com
fort of the hands. urobablv the most
vulnerable portion Of the anatomy ia
the cold, where thev must he actively
employed as is the case i'm driving
the car. There may he obtained
gloves, in the palms Of which arc tinv
Wires, which being brought into con
tact with an electric ctIrrent of low
Voltage. are kcnt warm so maj tbc
hands are always cornfortabIo re-
gardless of the weather Another de-
vice obtains the same result bv a
series of electrically-w warmed prips on
| the steering wheel which mass on
their warmth to the hands that guide
the car OF course ii goes. without
saving that every winter the motorist
CuUips himself with comfortable ana
warm gloves.
Probably the second most yulner-
able portions of the anatomy to the
attacks of Jack Frost are the feet. To
| sit still in the cold with two blocks
of ice attached to the lower mart of
ones BODY instead of the familiar anc
comfortable, if unesthctic feet. Is
positive pain and certainly removes
any chance for enioyment of he nOsr
| inspiring ride. To assure foot com
fort there are any number Of heaters.
employing electricity. the heated
gases from the exhaust. hot air TroTl
around the motor, hot water from
/ the cooling system. charcoal and
latent fuels as their motive power
for generating heat. These devices
are designed TO fit i'm the bOttom ,f
the car in such a way that the occu-
rants feet are always warm and
comfortable.
With the hands and feet protected
against the Frost King. the motori5t
may settle down AT last to cnioymeut
Of the familiar earth IN unfamiliar
guise. The fields and woods he
| knows so well i'm their summer garb
OF russet and yellow and green. are
| now wrapped i'm a mantle Of glistcn-
! inE white. The pale blue sky of win
tef harmoni2cs well with the metallic
! blue shadows etched bv the winter
sun, and the leaflcss trees on the sur.
face Of the enduring snow And the
roads are open and free. the spesd
COP of summer also is hlbernatinr
| The winter notorist may give way 10
| the natural eXhilaration of his situ.-
| ton with lust a little extra burst of
sbccd, needing, of course. the righte-
| Gus behests of safety first.
For comfort in winter driving It is
| obviously necessary that the vehicle
employed shall do its part. 1t may
not be amiss, therefore, to mention
| certain precautions that should DC
| taken to insure the efficient running
! Of the car during the cold weather
when conditions are hardest for the
internal combustion motor. OF course
the first difficulty in the mechanical
| cporation of the car in winter comes
with the very act of starting. The
reason why motor starts harder IN
| Geld weather than in warm is too OBJ
Wous to need comment Heat is nee
essary to produce the reaction by
which volatile gas is released from the
| LIQUID gasoline. This heat is lacking
| in cold weather, and it must be arti-
| riciaIlv sunpled or a substitute must
/ he found
Probably the commonest way of