The Washington herald., 1916-04-23
Isl" WRITES "BO"
OF MOTOR RULES
Capitals Drivers Are Not
Careful to Obey Cross
ing Orders.
GOOD SOCIABILITY RUN
Joe" Trew Lost in Arguments for
More Cars and Had Not Re-
turned from Factory.
GOOD SOCIABILITY RUN


Dear Bo-Complaint has often been
made by visiting motorists OF how hard
It Is to drive a car in Washington. No
one seems to pay any attention to who is
following. The average driver lodges
the traffic signal whenever possible.
Was over to Philadelphia the other day
and noticed how careful every driver was
to obey 'he traffic officers signal and
how they all took pains to signal the car
following just what their intentions were
when about to stop or turn.
Pedestrians there also remember that
they have the sidewalk to themselves and
do not try to crowd over into the street
II only some Of the car owners and pedes-
trians in this town would learn to do the
same thing we might be able to get
through 4 speed limit OF more than
twelve miles an hour.
By the way. had quite long chat with
Wade Powers while in the Quaker town
You remember Wade-he was manager
for Goodyear here for sometime. He is
in business for himself now. handling
Hood tires and doing fine. He is the
same old Wade; has a dandy store on
Broad street. and. best Of all, is doing a
fine business. Wanted to be remembered
TO all the crowd.
Ter Brothers Mitchell owners sociability
run held last Sunday. The crowd went
10 HaGerstown. and after dinner and a
rest returned home over the same route
Everyone reported having a good time.
and Charley Miller is 50 tickled with
the results of the trip that he is planning
another one. Next time he hopes to lead
the party to some place either along the
river or on the bay. where the men folks
can do some fishing
joe Trew must be making cleanup
out al the REQ factory. He left a few
weeks ago to try to hustle along a few
more cars. Since that time nothing has
been heard from him. His brother Will
mer says that he must be too busy talk
ing for cars to take time even to drop
postal card.
Burton Leary has been sick all week
with grip. He was saying Just last week
that he guessed now that the winter was
over he would have been one of the few
that had escaped that malady. Was not
two days later that he was down sick
with it. Whitney, his younger brother.
was telling me yesterday that he hopes
TO be back on the job on Monday morn
ing.
While up in your neighborhood, took a
some little time ago that his company
was making the Stewart phonographs
When 1 walked in on him he had just re-
ceived the first shipment and was trying
out one. President Wilson'S message TO
Congress on the German question had
just been made public, and Ben was
playing Il Didn't Raise My Boy to Be
Soldier"
''Irve" Donohue says that if it ever
should come to pass that this country
should have to mobilize an army, he is
going to enlist as the driver of a dis
patch car. Irving used to be something
Of a speed driver and figures this would
give him an opportunity to try his hand
at 1t again. One condition he is going to
make. however. and that is that the car
he drives be equipped with a Rayfeld
carburetor.
Dick" Isreal, OF the Circle Tire Com
pany, is getting quite reputation as a
window dresser. He is a great believer
in showing of your goods to the best ad-
vantage and the ways he has of arrang-
ing his Miller tires and tubes in his win
dow have caused more than passing
comment
Have told you all about Emerson and
Orme's new place. As it looks now, they
six weeks. Bruce Emerson has every
thing ready, so that the minute the sec
ond floor is finished the electricians can
get to work without delay in putting up
the charging apparatus. This floor is to
be given over entirely to elcctrics.
Dropped in to give the Professional
Chauffeurs' Associations new quarters
the once over the other day. They have
Just moved to Fourteenth street and
have quarters that are much better suit
Cd to their needs than the former loca-
ttOn at Thirteenth street and New York
avenue. They gave 4 house-warming last
Monday night that was well attended
In addition to most all the members of
the Orga anization. there was quite a num-
Der Of the trade there.
Tayloe Pollock. who has Just come back
from trip to the Olds' plant in Lansing.
Mich. says II is no longer a question
getting just what you want from the
factory but OF making what you can
get and when you can get it. Every
wheel that will turn is turning at the
factory and orders are pouring in from
agents faster than they can be filed
Speaking Of taking them when and
where you can get them. heard a funny
one in Philadelphia the other day. Scott
Hurley. of Hurley & Farley distributors
NAE SSAASlgB was dppTOdCleQ DY MS
service manager who complained that the
shipment Of Jeffsry cars just in had not
been parked at the freight station most
convenient for them to unload. Scott's
reply was be thankful that they are
here and never mind where they came in
or how inconvenient it is to unload, and
do the best you can. but get the cars"
Bob" Willett. of the United States
Tire Company, is some" window dresser
His company has been putting out a
special window display and Ed Johansen
picked Bob" as the Official window
dresser to see that they we're properly
set up. Give him credit; he has done a
good job of it.
Percy Rowe has the right idea when
Il comes to handling secondhand auto
mobtle5-that is. cars he has taken in
trade on new Cole Fights or Kissel Kars
He believes in putting them in the SHOP
having the mechanical end gone over,
and then moving the cars on to the paint
shop for repainting. His argument that
il makes them easier to sell and at the