The Washington times., 1919-03-11
Bring "Him" to Auto Show
Room to See That
Little White
Car.
By FAY KHG.

NJ EAH AANSs
rye never done mileage IN anything
but q rocking chair and the only tire
trouble / ever have is q blowout in
my rubber heel: but rye been having
the time Of my young life At the Au-
t0m6bils Sh6G hakktn' around the
cars IA like % own. Between Yoti an
me. al I esa AFFORD is q catalogue, but
that DON'T keep me from tryin' on
limOusins. anyway, hSR DO they
khoW when I crawl into a sedan
whether can AFFORD It or not. You
c1N't ever ten
I've bS6h WhifIinS round town ike
Wa in q meFTY-go-rohDd and this
ere continuous car carnival sure does
cover some few miles OF the city. It's
the only real pfokrsstive automobile
show ] ever SANs-like pfosfeSaiVe
whist. or one OF them nsvR-fsnRled
progressive dthhsts the Ladies' Aid
eOeietieb glve-you progress from one
automobile salesfoom 60 anothef--a
Whele lot more fun than IL it were
under one roSf--SoFt of keeps you out
Ia the fresh Air and ali that sort Of
thing
went into one pIace-gee, the car
looked like II would be a hUfnmer-
and I baW one guy that looked like he
just blew In Oh 4 tWo-6un movie He
didn't have much 20 say, and he Just
let the salesmAn with the 75-hofsS-
roNSF StA1i hurdle e6F . couple Of
ttmes and Wsfbls all about everything
from the radiator splash apron 20
the battery hydrometeF. and when the
salesmah got ali through, our little
PAL from somewhere or other Just
uh96ttOhsd hts ooyote-1ined 0Vefcoat
Gad, pallia' cut q roll Of that uni
veFsal lingo called money, he said {:
III You1l put . pAif of spurs on. the
hind wheels III take the critter."
Score one fer the salesman with
the fne line Of talk.
SpoSe Ne VA labofing under the
deiasiei that he'd sell me enc just
as easy. but shout that time / was
beatin' II to another place I'm moth
ing IL not . lover OF variety.
B6sm4 like everybody in the world
% either in one showroom or another
laOkinG at or Buying an automobile.
They tell me you can't get a room
In town, and II seems to me too bad
they can't rent some Of those cars
that seetns 10 have everything but a
kitchenette, Unless you count the
lunch KIT as such, to these out-of-
town people who Seem to have the
price Of q eoupia platinum chassis
tourin' cars, but can't book even a cot
in q hotel.
And speaking of light housekeep-
ing on the automobile plan reminds
me, girls, that there's q great oppor-
tunIty to make John or JaRea, or
whatever y6u call him By when You
want Vteiete or tlieater tickets, pop
the question. Just make him tahe
Yau 70 some 1ato snow room and lead
him, geHtly bat firmly. up to the lit
tie white ear all d0liSd up with 4
Bouquet On the windshield and lined
like . bridal suite-peaFl gray-AIice
Blue, or any of them pastille shades.
MY, but Amt that eunningi" you
gay to him as you pull up T6n6side
Of the orange blossoms. and ten to
one he'll say to you, How would
you like to spend your honeymoon in
that?" And thats your cue to say:
This Is 50 sudded!"-and let him
make the first payment
In the auto notion stores they have
everything from footWarmers to muf-
f1erS-the hands always seem 70 Re
wen taken care Of, for some reason or
other. The Ehuffler, by the way, isn't
for the neck, and from the device
they have 20 save you Easoiene II
looks like you could buy . fliVvsr ana
put in Z couple Of those things and
save more gas than you start out
with.
res Z STsat Ghow. And n you can't
6hdFd % bay 4 ear it'g nice to sSS
the other fellow 6fekinG out his, and
trying 70 learn tl6 engine by heart
whsR yOu know hight veil he's the
sort that fOfGSts 20 wind hiG watch.