The Washington herald., 1916-02-02


tive Of the Buick Motor Company, left
last night for Charleston. w. Va, to
attend the automobile show which
opens there today.
Saturday morning. B. F. Zimmerman.
manager of the Stewart Warner Ser
vice Station, leaves for Chicago to be
present at the convention of the Stew
art Warner organization, which opens
Monday morning.
L. G. HERMAN, who specializes on
Combination tire, has just gotten
out a very attractive booklet called
The Motorists War" 1t treats of tire
wars, another name for tire trouble
and naturally recommends the weapons
TO combat them-Combination tires.
One of the prettiest decorated show
rooms ever seen in Washington is that
OF II. B. Leary, who this week Is hold
ing an automobile show of the Max
we'll line. on which he specializes. The
decorations consist of flowers, palms
and smiIax, which offer a very pretty
setting for the cars To date. the
place has been crowded with visitors
both afternoon and evening.
Yesterday morning was an ideal morn
ing for skidding The streets were just
wet enough to be greasy and slippery.
Skidding has been defined as the result
'of failure OF one force to Counteract the
Iother-in other words. the momentum of
the machine is in excess of its traction.
The tendency o. the heavy moving body
overComes the adhesion Of the rear tires
and they slide in the direction they were
originally moving. instead Of following
r. rr-hn n
ding almost invariab bly, has its origin in
an attempt to alter the direction of travel
when on a slippery surface. COnseduent-
ily. the first precaution to be observed is
to drive slowly over wet asphalt. Gin
gerIy'' describes it better-feeling your
way carefully. so that the momentum of
the car will not be sufficient to over
come its traction when necessary to
go around an obstacle.
Day by day the popularity Of the cleo
trio is increasing" saws T. Randolph
Bourne manager of the Milburn Sales
Company. This is largely because, in
days gone by. electric cars were built
very heavy. This was due to the neces-
sity of carrying large batteries. II one
wished to cover any mileage on a charge.
Also. the cost Of this type of vehicle was
beyond the range of many. Today cleo
trio cars are being manufactured-amon
them the Milburn, three models of which
we have on display at our electric show
this week-which are as light as the aver
age gas car and lighter than many. This
has been accomplished by lighter con-
struction and the use of less batteries.
while the mileage that can be obtained
on a charge Is all that any average per
son would cover in a day. Also. the price
Is within reach of the average car buy
err
There is no other article in use fol
which there are so many places always
ready to lend any aid as there are for
the owner OF the automobile In most
every part OF the city there are garages
to store the machine, all Of which will
house the machine. wash, and polish It
for a moderate price per month. Some
wiz even go so far as to call for and
deliver it on request OIL and gasoline
can be obtained from the garage or from
the numerous filling stations located about
the city. II tire trouble happens all that
is necessary is to go to the nearest tele.
phone call up your favorite tire man and
In less time than It takes to tell he
will have someone on the way to make
the change. II new tire is necessary
pull in front Of any tire store and you
can have 1t either mounted on the spare
rim. II you carry one, or put right or
the wheel. Every car agency maintains
a service station, SO that IL any trouble
develops with the machine you can take
1t there and have it located and remedied
by experts, men who work on NOTHING
else but this particular make car. Fo,
all of this servic. there Is no extra
charge, you only pay the regular price
for any of the articles or repair work
and the rest is gratis. II is simply a
part OF the service that these variou,
firms about town aim to give to tn,
motorist- He can have most everythinr
done to or for his machine, except paint.
ed and overhauled, without leaving tn.
seat