The Washington herald., 1916-01-13
MOTOR GOSSIP
By "sI, GROGAN.

Watch wour skid-this is the weather
for 1t.
The Record Auto and Supply Com
pany will have one of the finest show
rooms in the city as soon as altera-
tions now under way are completed.
Workmen are busy tearing out some
and building other partitions, which
will afford more commodious quarters
Arthur Foraker, of the Potomac
Motor Car Company. is a patient in
dividual. He has been expecting his
Stearns-Knight eight for the past two
weeks.
One advantage in having a full
line OF cars, is that when the wather
is good, you can call on touring car
prospects, and when 1t is as bad as it
is right now, IT gives you a fine op-
portunity to demonstrate the advan-
tage Of the closed car" said Mr.. Davis
retail manager of the Harper Overland
Company, yesterday. "All weather
looks alike to US"
r. c. Mcdowell, of Miller Brothers,
has left on a trip to Buffalo and De-
troit, to look over the truck factories.
Work has been started at Twenty
fourth and NJ street northw est, on the
construction of a three-story brick
building which will be the future
home of the Auburn Motor Car Com
pany, representatives of the Auburn
car. In addition to the Auburn, this
company will also represent the Path
finder.
Royce Hough has aLAays been of an
ingenious turn of mind. When he Is not
talking Studebakers he is devising some
Improvement for the motor car. His
latest is windshield, for which he has
applied for letters patent. He calls it a
Protector Shield" 1t is designed to
take the place of the upper half of
the windshield and. when inclined out
war, to act as a rain or snow-shield.
The attachment is made of celluloid and
is flexible, so that it can be rolled up
and slowed away. The sides and bottom
are made of waterproof material and
fasten to the side brackets of the wind
shield by means of snap fasteners. The
idea is to protect the car passengers
from the elements and at the same time
afford a clear vision of the highway.
Tanning bees on the New York show
this bad stretch of weather, closed cars
are the only type that can be demonstrat-
ed, with any degree of comfort. Those
who have more than one demonstator of
this type are working them both, the
others spending a portion of their time
In talking about what they saw last
week. Perhaps one missed something
at the New York show or did not get a
clear conception of what he saw. There
N111 -l,sat
was missed or to explain in detail what
some did not understand.
Fast driving is dangerous in this kind
of weather, not only to the occupants
of the car but to pedestrians as well.
The windshield becomes moist and
distorts the objects ahead. Brakes do
not act as quickly on wet streets and
though chains are used they do not
always grab as quickly as they should.
Observe the precaution of Safety First"
and you win not only protect yourself
but will confer great favor on the
general public.
nouncement OF the Hudson Super-Six, the
Semmes Motor Company received their
demonstration. Since that time the en-
tire sales force have been busy explain
ing in detail the new features embodied
in this car.
Il matter how bad the weather, Tom
Bones and his Packard roadster are out.
Ask Tom" what he would do without
the car and listen to his answer
Fours, Skies, Fights and Twelves this
season. You pay your money and take
your cholce-they are all good.
We'll that's one job done and well
DONE" said Norman stinchcomb, man.
ager of the automobile supply depart
ment of Rudolph and West, yesterday
when he finished his annual inventory.