The Washington herald., 1916-03-07
MOTOR GOSSIP
BY "SI' GROGAN.

Almost every dealer in the city was
affected yesterday by the street car
strike, as there are but few Of them
who take a machine to their homes at
night and the number is smaller who
have a boy call at their residence for
them each morning 10 bring them to
office
Yesterday. however, the mechanics
and 'Chasers" about the various estaD-
Hshments were busy going after pro-
prietOrs and statesmen, so that they
could reach their place of business
with the least inconvenience. Without
exception they were liberal with their
cars. picking up as many of their less
fortunate brethren as the machines
would hold and carrying them to
some central point in the city. The
Luttrell Company took a one-ton Pack
ard truck and ran 1t as a conveyance
for as many as could get aboard from
: Eighteenth street and Columbia road
to the center of the city. It is not
necessary to state that their generos-
ity and consideration was appreciated
by all those fortunate enough to ride.
That Washingtonians are taking kindly
to motoring organization which offers
the motor tourist practical benefits is be-
coming more and more apparent as the
membership list of the District club
swells.
Each dav sees many new names added
to the already long list of members. The
Summarizing Of automobile highways
the efforts to improve bad roads, the
work the \. \. A. is doing to secure
better legislation for mOtor-car users and
the Incompatible touring information
service the association gives its men,
bers appeal strongly to motorists every
where
The value of an automobile club to
mOtor-car owners is unquestioned. There
is hardly a city, town or hamlet I'm the
United States without d motoring organ
izatiOn. In this respect Washington, In
the heart Of a peerless touring section,
was one of the last cities to recognize
the value Of cooperation among car
owners.
Now that the autoists of the city have
awakened to the need and advantages of
an automobile club they are making ap-
plicatiOn for membership in ever-incrcas-
ing numbers and rapidly making the
local organization one of the strongest
and most brilliant I'm the world There
is not another motoring organization in
the country that can approach the Dis
tTct club in brillianCy of personnel. Men
and women nationally and internatioaIIv
famous are erOlled upon the roster of
the National Capital Club, and the club
emblem shines forth from upon the "a
, diators Of the city's finest cars.
The District club has added to the
safety first" motto with the impTca-
tiOn that one of the prime characteristics
Of the automobile should be courtesy
first" 1t should be remembered that
laws and ordinances are not necessary
for the truly courteous man. He is al
ways mindful of the rights of others, and
ordinances are developed from the stand
ard set by the man who knows how to
respect others and who wants to be re-
spected. This standard of courtesy would
cause a driver to stop his autOm obile to
'ermit passengers to board a street car
ven II there were no ordinance con-
olling the matter.
We found that courtesy is an asset that
PAYS. Suggestions, cooperation and
friendship of the public are invited in
an EFFORT to remove cause for complaints
and criticisms. This evidence of anxiety
on the part of the great transportation
companies to- keep On good terms with
the public strikes a responsive chord in
popular sentiment and the recognition Of
courtesy between automobile drivers and
pedestrians will make incidents smooth
EhiCh would otherwise be irritating. BE
ourteoUs'' is a motto which can be prac-
decd by every one. and the cultivation
Il this trait in every walk Of life would
rnake unnecessary its application to par
tleular cases