El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-15
WHAT A WOMAN SHOULD
w KNOW ABOUT AN AUTO

Women, Automobiles? Most GER
tainly, Yet it was only a few years
ago that to the average woman an au-
tomobile meant only distinguished
and luxurious conveyance, which would
cradle her over the city streets or
rough country roads. The idea Of
woman driving a motor car was pre-
posterous, outlandish, TO women as
well as men. She didn't know any
thing about it; she couldn't even start
il. says a writer in the Pictorial Re
view.
But to her an automobile ride was
always an exhilarating experience.
much more so than to trail behind
faithful old Dobbin" or n spirited
thoroughbred in an unromantic We
hicle, even though she had 20 rellnquish
the drivers seat, together with the
pleasure Of handling the reins, and
had not the slightest opportunity Of
experiencing the thrill Of driving a
powerful motor car.
The best automobile made then was
only partially perfected compared with
a modern car. and the tendency Of man
ufacturers toward big, heavy machines
It was impossible for any one but
strong man thoroughly versed in the
whims and caprices Of gasoline motors
TO handle motor car.
Remember, I am recalling to your
mind facts about automobiles which
existed several years ago.
Women Can Operate.
OF course. the development of the
automobile has been influenced by the
experience which manufacturers had
with those cars OF previous years, the
result being that the modern car is the
extreme antithesis Of earlier models
Light weight, simple construction, de-
pendable service. comfortable, easy to
operate, and reasonable in price, the
motor car of today can be operated
with equal facility by either women or
men.
ought to know about an automobile
about a modern autOmobile-that she
can run il with perfect ease and safety
She can wind in and out through
crowded traffic, go any place with
greater ease and more safety than If
to worry about the car. It is de-
signed to be operated entirely from
the drivers seat The motor is start
ed by simply pressing a button, A.
other button lights all the lamps on
the car Everything necessary TO Iun
It can be done easily with the hands
and feet
Women Seen Everywhere.
Remember this, More women are
driving automobiles today than ever
before. On the businest city streets, on
the boulevards and on the country
y
women-thousands Of them-driving
al kinds Of motor cars wi as much
confidence and skill as a man.
The automobile has brought
greater contentment into the lives of
women than any other one thing in
recent years. 1t has shattered the
shackles Of custom which kept women
in the narrow confines Of the home
entirely dependent upon men, and has
opened up a new world for them-a
world OF better health. wholesome rec
reation, self-confidence, Joy, pleasure
and contentment.
1t is no longer necessary to set aside
a whole afternoon for making just a
few calls because so much time must
be squandered in riding on street cars
Your automobile is waiting. It invites
you to go any time and drop in on
your friend for just short chat.
Yours is the great satisfaction OF
doing good for others, This is some
thing else women ought TO know about
owning an automobile. .--.-. ..-
How often you find it necessary to
resort to the telephone in the cndeavOr
to get something done with dispatch,
only to be sorely disappointed because
of any one Of a hundred opportunities
for making mistakes which exist when
instructions are given at long distance.
There was no other way--you sim
ply could not spare the time that morn
ing to go down town. And you say,
"Oh, well! Just another disappoint-
ment." and then worry about It all
day long.
IL Is SO Easy.
Yet how easily you could have
stepped into your car and skipped
down town, selected exactly what you
wanted, perhaps attended to two or
three other things, then arrived back
home after an absence OF only a short
time.
which has dispelled the nightmare OF
crowded street cars.
Yes, that is what an automobile
means to a woman every day.
But Of infinitely more concern to