The Washington herald., 1916-11-19
"SF' WRITES "BO'
ON AUTO-R0W WOE
Motor Car Salesmen's Hopes Dashed
70 Ground by Wilson Victory.

Dear Bo-H the election hit some of
the dealers In your tank town as 1t did
. few Of the local contingent, you are in
q bad way. Some Of the crowd along the
row had built hopes Of greatly increased
business on and after March 9Th next,
believing that Mr.. Hughes was to be the
tenant Of the White House. Naturally,
with him would come corps Of assist
ants that would perforce need automo-
hiles. for It Is no longer fashionable to
walk. II was expected that they would
make their, purchases Of motor cars in
Washington. With a continuance Of the
Democratic regime, there will In the
ordinary run Of things be but few
changes. which means fewer motor cars
bought; hence the wailing and gnashing
Of teeth.
You know. when It becomes necessary
to shoot a rabbit in self-defense, it is
sort Of hard on the bunnie. That is
what Joe Trew had to do the other
day. He. "Trve" Henderson and Eddie
Barton went down in Maryland hunting.
Luck had been against them. Suddenly
the dogs scared up q rabbit, and after
circling about a bit, It ran toward "Joe."
He feared for the cottontaiI as well as
himself. and when Il was almost on him,
he nred-and bagsed the rabbit. Some
hunter!
According to Ben Zimmerman's way
OF thinking. everybody is from Champ
Clark's State. Ben" these days is
demonstrating the wonderful possibilities
of the Ray spark plug. which his COM
pany makes. He dismantles the plug.
and applies a blow torch to the insula-
tion portion; then drops It on the floor
just to show you that 1t will live up to
the claims made for 1t. which are that It
Is practically indestructible.
There came near being q riot over
at Cook and Stoddard's the other day.
Chandler, who represents the factory
in this territory. was in town and re-
marked that he hoped II showed until
the flakes were three feet deep. so
that 1t would give an opportunity for
the factory to catch up on a few back
orders of Cadillacs, several thousand
of which they have on hand. Hot
Weather" George Weaver was right on
his trail, claiming such a dire wish
would cause him to abandon all that
he had in Washington and hit the
road for the sunny South. which he
does not care to do right now.
Stanley Horner has hit upon q
rather good idea Although he is far
behind on Buick deliveries, he insists
on keeping one of every model car on
the floor to show prospective custo-
mers. His claim is that once the peo-
pie see what a fine line OF cars the
Buick Motor Company builds they will
be willing to wait almost indefinitely
to get one.
Fred Prendergrast has one Of the
happiest and best natured sales organ
iLations in the city. They have but
one rule to guide them. Do what
ever you have to do and finish the Job
once you start II. To them the clock
Is only a means OF telling time, not
something to regulate office hours by.
As q matter of fact. their hours are
what everyone chooses to make them.
but everyone must abide by the one
rule Of the establishment and do his
work. Pretty good idea, 1t IL one that
Is working to perfection.
Well. Col. Cliff Long is back from his
visit to Ohio. but I am afraid that he
never will look the same again You
know. the State went Democratic.
BY the way, If You should happen to
run into Roy Livingston on your travels
through the West, tell him we are still
alive In Washington. Roy, you know,
has a big government contract on Hood
tires, and he is out studying conditions