The Washington herald., 1921-05-29
new YORK ARTISTS
MAKE 5000 MILE
JOURNEY IN DORT
Wartime Comrades Spend
Year in Open on Long
Auto Trip.

Two sun-kissed and husky men
drove a undiscovered bort into
Brooklyn, N. Y, the other day,
bringing with them an unusual
story Of motor tour covering the
greater part Of the United States.
Hawaii and Panama. They were
Walter A. McLaren and Thomas J.
Hollingsworth. of s7s Ninth street
Brooklyn. who had just returned
from more than $4,000 miles Of
touring and outdoor life covering
years time.
Seek Outdoor Life.
McLaren and Hollingsworth were
jointly conducting an art studio In
Brooklyn when the 'wanderlust"
struck them. They had been bud
dies" in the great war and Mr.. Nc
Laren's health was impaired
through a wound received on the
battle front. His physician had
prescribed ''air and lots of it" They
bought a Model is Dort Touring
car OF the Brooklyn bort Dealer on
May 4. 1920. and started on their
journey May s.
They first drove into Connecticut,
thence through New York. state.
Ohio, Indiana. Illinois and to st
Louis. Mo. From Missouri to Iowa,
Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Mon
tana and on across the Rocky
mountains to Seattle. Wash. From
Seattle they proceeded south along
the Pacific coast. crossing the Sier-
ras and on to San Francisco, Los
Angeles and return to San Fran
cisco There they took boat for
Hawaii, where two weeks were
spent touring tte island, return
ing to San Frantcisco they again
shipped. this time for Panama.
After hitting the high spots" of
the canal zone, they embarked for
New Orleans. Leaving New Or
leans they took side trip to Flor
ida and then started north. Now
through the southern and midwest
ern states they travelled. their OBJ
jective being Duluth. MINI. From
Duluth they turned and started for
home. where they arrived on the
anniversary of their departure.
SVSt HCCvunNs
The young men kept careful &C.
count of their costs. Their expen-
ditures for living. including food
and an occasional nights lodging
amounted to less than 81 a day for
both. They purchased 1882 gal
Ions of gasoline and IS gallons of
lubricating oil.
They carried a small tent which
provided shelter at night. but very
little other impedimenta- They
started out to rough it" and ad-
hered to that resolution through
out, carrying no change of outer
clothing. They wore khaki suits,
leggings. sweaters and heavy
boots.
Dtmculties Met.
Both McLaren and Hollingsworth
were enthusiastic about their trip
and said they would like to do IL
again. They were so delighted with
the trouble-free service their bort
had given them, that they gladly
posed for photographs at the bort
factory and volunteered an affidavit
with relation to the great record
which the car had made.
There was no condition of eli
mate OF road bed that We did not
encounter during the trip. yet never
once were We helped" said McLa-
rem. Low and high attitudes, clay,
mud. sand, mountain grades-they
all looked alike to our bort"
"MCLaren is now feeling great
and both of us are hard as nails =
said Hollingsworth. "A trip OF
the kind we have taken may in
volve hardships, but the benefits
TO body and mind are infinite. 1,
was all distinctly worth while and
L would like to do it over asain."