Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-10-23
MANNERS AND CUSTOMS HAVE CHANGED
WONDERFULLY; AUTOMOBILES USED NOW AS
MUCH IN WINTER AS IN THE SUMMER

During It's youthful days. and
up until Just few short years ago,
the automobile was considered rs
only a summer vehicle, something
to be put away about the first OF
October and to remain carefully
enveloped In protecting blankets
until about May the following
year.
But times ana manners and Gus
toms have changed wonderfully;
automobiles have just about
reached the acme of perfection:
roads building has progressed to
a point where one may travel far
and wide without discomfort; and
the people generally have learned
much regarding their health, how
TO build and how to keep 1t.
Hence autumn, with its undertang
Of the frost to come and It's rain
bow robes of matchless beauty,
Is now considered the most delight
full and healthful Of all the tour
ing seasons.
This applies chiefly TO short dis
lance trips. According to the tour
ing bureaus Of the American Au-
tomobile association. which an
nually route countless thousands
Of motorists to and fro across the
land, the spring season produces
the greatest demand for long lis
lance or transeontinental informa-
ton, while midsummer callers
want the shortest and best route to
either mountain or seaside, using
the car solely as means Of trans
portation. But It Is during autumn
that the health iaunts are taken.
In the fall nature assumes her
most brilliant garb; the foliage
that has covered the hillsides with
q uniform green all summer now
blazes forth In a thousand shades
Of orange and yellow. crimson and
purple. And the air, frequently
sultry and often intentionally hot
during July and August, is delight
fully cool, the sun not blazing and
binding, but welcomed for HE
genial warmth, a clear and bracina
atmosphere replacing the frequent
showers Of midsummer.
Just as automobile manufae-
ture and roads construction has
progressed In the past twenty years
50, too. has the A. A. A., which
after all, Is not a commercial en-.
terprise but now full-grown or.
ganization of those pioneer mo-
florists who long ago banded to-
gether for their mutual welfare
to get roads built; to have then
sign marked and charted. to com
bat collectively unequitable legis.
lation. Today A. d. A. maps ans
A. A. A. information may be fol
lowed to the remotest point:
reached by highway, trail or path
This service is one of the blessing;
Of the modern motor world and
moreover, either direct or through
an affiliated club. 1t is accessible
to every person who owns a motor
car.
So much, incidentally, for .
worthy institution, The MAR
theme OF this article is, IL you wan
to forget that there is strife in the
world, fill up the old car, accep
the welcome of hospitable hills ant
woods, step hard on the gas, ant
leave your troubles to the wine
and trees. There you will fint
neither irritating headlines, tall
of treaty, clamor of war, investiga
ton, profiteering nor politics No
will you be vexed by delayed mail
telephone calls, crowded cars, LID
orless bars.
Just now autumn's gay robes ar
! fading. Gold and scarlet are turn
ing to lemon and brown. Thu
great beeches are already bare
but the royal oaks still flaun,
their crimson vestments. White