Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-11-14
WINTER MOTORING
NOW PLEASANT
A Host of New Devices and
Accessories Make Win
ter Tours Pleasurable.

"Motor in winter? Impossible
why, chilblains, rheumatism, frozen
fingers, pleurisy and pneumonia
would be the least a man would get,
who attempted to motor for pleasure
through the SHOWS and bitter winds
of our northern winter. A limousine
body fitted with q good, big heater
and a paChydermatous chauffeur turn
the motor car into a utility vehicle
for winter runuing-but pleasure
never So thinks the average motor
list of the colder portions of America.
But gently brother gently pray.
The case for pleasurable winter
motoring cannot be brushed aside so
lightly. 1t is an undOubted fact that
our newer land depends on the older
and In some ways more leisuroly
countries of the old world for les
sons in the fine art of advertisement,
and one lesson which Europe long
since has learned. we have not as yet
Rssimilatcd, ana that is the delight Of
playing in the snow. In the Scandi-
naVian lands winter sports afford
keener enjoyment to the people than
do the amusements of summer
Crowds gather for skating, skiing and
other outdoor sports and sit out in
temperatures lower than any that we
have IN this country For many years
the winter season in Switzerland has
been just rs important as the sum
mer period AT st. Moritz and a score
of other resorts crowds of people
from all parts of the world gather to
enjoy the delights of outdoor life in
the intense cold of the Alpine winter
Hockey skiing, mountain climbing
tobogGaning, bobsledding and motor
Ing all receive their due share of at
tentOn from these outdoor folk. It
Is no uncommon thing at st. MOritz
to see several hundred visitors gath
cred about the hockey rink watching
a match, while the rapidly falling
snow gathers on their heads and
shoulders. There is no more inClina-
tion to stay indoors and hug the fire
on account of little cold and snow
and wind than there would be to re-
fuse to motor in summer because of
the heat of the sun.
In good truth life out-of- doors al
ways is delightful and the sooner we
Americans get over our custom of re-
firing indoors on the approach of cold
weather, the sooner our national
health and general wellbeing will be
materially improved. There is a tonic
and' stimulating quality in the sweep
of the crystal-cear, scimitar-keen
winter wind, whipped home by the
speed of a swiftly travelling motor
car. After a day or even an hour so
spent the mOtorist returns to the
house bubbling over with energy and
with a head cleared of all the vapOrs
engendered by long continued con-
fnement. The motor car owner who
religiOusly puts up his car the first day
of October (and in this category must
be classed far too many of the fra
ternity) misses possibly the most
charming month of the year. To say
nothing Of the crisp days Of Novem-
Der, the unexpectedly open December
that may follow and the winter sea-
son Of inyigorating sport, which
would keep him fit the whole year
round.
AS a matter Of fact this disinclina-
tOn to winter motoring is merely the
force of habit formed back in the
early days when the motor car was a
crude and unreliable vehicle. We
cannot blame those paleozoiC motor
lists for being alternating animals.
The early cars were unprOVided with
shelters Of any kind, while their me-
chanical unreiability made it likely
that the driver would spend long per-
iods lying on the snow and conduct
ing intimate experiments with ma
chinery whose uses he but dimly un-
derStOOd.
Decidedly the motorists of 8 years
ago were justified in considering win
ter motoring u most unenjOyable per-
formance. But the case today is very
different. Mechanical and construc-
tional ingenuity have provided a thou
sand devices to make cold weather
driving actively pleasurabe and not
merely a test of spartan endurance.
Unfortunately the ancient prejudice
has carried over to the present day.
one of the largest dealers in acces-
sories in New York city recently re-
Ceived with derision the suggestion
that driving for pleasure in winter
was on the increase. Il don't know
how it may be in other sections of
the country" said he, "but here In
New York the motor car in winter be-
comes purely a vehicle of convenience
or utility. Years ago we used to sell
quantities of clothing for winter wear
Heavy fur coats, lined boots and sim
liar things were eagerly bought for
use in cold weather, today we do not
stock a single garment of this kind,