Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-20

ark and the interior was done to repre-
sent a ballroom or something OF that
lsind.
'My second closed car was OF the or
npeite type being more OF boudoir on
%heels--all gold. white, and that sort
OF thing. with lace curtains and cut
glass nower stands and n toilet set 1t
was lovely for a womans use, but il
was really too decorative for utility
purposes. Now, this last car is exactly
what need. and must say that the
designers arc making wonderful pro-
ETcss in their understanding of tho
praciicability Of the town car. IT is big
enough 10 carry four. and can make
all the speed YOU need Cor either coun-
try or town driving.
ALL DAY USES
So, FOR THE CLOSED CAR
."Thcrc are so many reasons why one
should have closed car Just take
the average day Of my car. Ii is uD
and about shortly after S o'clock The
children. finish breakfast q few min
utes after o'clock ana then comes
school II they depend on the ordi-
nary transportation they are likely to
ne delayed, and in addition they have
10 fight.
,.fIf am going shopping always
bless tho little limousine There is
pleasure in shopping with closed
Or an open car. remember how
used 10 suffer with tho first Omen
car we had. In winter | could never
bundle up enough to keep warm and
IN summer ! felt as though ] had ac-
enmulatcd all the dust in the county.
Now. jump into the car, lightly and
comfortably clad. can wear my ordi
nary street clothes and / arrive at the
sshop5 unruned Now that NC are
asked to carry our parcels home.
simply have them sent out to the car,
and that is the end OF it.
AFTERNOON USES
Egii IN FRILLY FROCkS
s.,iNNaturally one has to go out in tho
Afternoon very often. and this is an
other. time that n. closed car is indis
pensahle. \ ou"-krow, you can't very
we'll go out In an afternoon froc1l in
an open car. II you do YOU have TO
bundle up like Old Mother Hubbard
and even then you feel gritty and dusty
when you arrive at your friends house
Iorttea or whatever it may be. You
8. cant wear cuny or frilly things in an
sopenry car without feeling bcdrageled
after few blocks.
Night Is tho time when the closed
car comes most emphatically into its
own. You can't go TO the opera in a
touring car. can you? You can't attend
dinner dance very we'll either witt
out limousine. II YOU believe Won
can. I'll tell YOU the names OF mum
/. Der Of my friends who use ta1is 4,
night because they hate the disco.ntor,
OF their open cars after dark. Most
.ot those won, admit this: in fact, youll
hear them call closed cars .stumy' and
badly ventilated and unhealthv'
That's sour grapes, You can get Ill
the air you want in closed car by
1ust opening the windows. This is an
other great advantage, too-you get
all the air YOU want, but not too much
you can turn Oh the heater and close
the windows and be as warm as you
like In the closed car.
GOOD IN NTRY
As WE'LL AS IN TOWN
People think that the closed car il
only At for town use. and Their. ,hev
make great mistake. u Is more
necessary in the country than in town
IN exactly The same ratio as IL is colder
in the country iiian in the city In
the acpuntry YOU often have TO drive
IWenty or thirty miles 10 4 dinner Or
dance--and il is Impossible to DO this
in comfort in AN open car. IN winter
the cold is Too much and FL suInine. the
dust breaks your heart and ruins your
gowns. speed is often needed in The
country and Eome people think tho
have to use an open car to get IL
Nothing is more wrong you can got
high speed out Of closed car OF any
of the good makes.
Then there is tho unexpected illness