Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-24
Why Women Like to
Ride i'm Closed Cars

Out of my house, into the closed
motor, away l whiz and arrive at
the party AS trim and neat as when
l lett the. mirror. Give me the
closed car every time"
That is the attitude of Every
woman, If YOU agree with the
opinion of F. s. Carpenter, Hudson
Essex dealer. According to the
Hudson Essex man, she thinks
''Supposing ! long for a ride
through the country to breathe
fresh air and feel the balmy wind.
Do 1 need an open car? l do not.
In two minutes | can put down all
the windows and even open the
windshield, If l prefer, and get all
the breeze.
"One time I was out ON just such
spin. 1t was an early spring day
and the freshness of everything had
a way of vanishing the petty
troubles and cares. Without warn
ing a dark cloud appeared, a few
drops of rain fell and then a regular
cloudburst. OF course you think my
day was ruined. Well. my dear.
when those first few drops fell /,
windows, and will you believe that
was tucked safely in my closed
car and continuing with my drive
before that cloudburst Gamer
Now can't you just imagine what
q fix l would have been in with an
open car? Getting out all those cur
tains, fitting them up-undoubtedly
I'd have been drenched. And do you
know that in the open car it was
nothing unusual for me to return
from a ride with my face sunburned
and my nose was horribly red.
which no powder ever hides.
"A great many open-car fans are
under the impression that to get
fresh air in a closed car you have to
sit in a draft. That's perfectly
on one side and close them on the
other. Common sense will tell you
there couldn't be draft then. When
1 desire to be particularly neat in my
appearance l always open the
windows on the right, and the
breeze never touches my hair
Here is another point strongly in
favor of the enclosed car, l think
Mothers. who drive their own
motors need never fear putting the
children in the back seats. for the
Riddles simply cannot fall out with
the rear windows closed. The pur-
chase of closed car has been one
of the greatest pleasures and conf
forts III my life.'
Ford Lake Freishter One of Finest
Detroit, May 23.-Here in the
heart of the Ford industries another
step has been taken today to link
these great manufacturing plants
more closely and securely with the
sources of raw materials, when the
Ford Motor Company's second steel
freighter, the Benson Ford. was
launched at the shipyards Of the
Great Lake Engineering WORKS.
The new vessel, which is named
after Henry Ford's grandson, Ben
will go into service about July 18th,
joining the Henry Ford II, which
was launched about two months
ago, and will carry iron ore from
the Ford mines in northern Michi-
gan to the great blast furnaces al
the River Rouge plant of the company
here. On trips from Detroit the
boats will carry Ford coal to the
upper peninsula of Michigan.
The Benson Ford, which will be
one of the largest lake freighters is
Of standard type lake bulk freight
steamer design, 612 feet over all,
Will d O--lOOC Deam ana cargo
carrying capacity of 10000 tons. 1t
will carry crew of approximately
forty men.
Like the Henry Ford II, it is a
motor ship. operated by Diesel
engine of the Sun Duxford two
cycle type which will develop 5000
horsepower. Tanks with a capacity
of 300 tons will carry fuel oil for
the operation of the main engines
and the auxiliary Diesel motors
which will drive the electric gener-
ators to provide electric current for
the operation of the many pumps
and auXiliaries.
The fresh water supply for the
cabins is carried in two tanks with
a total capacity of 10000 gallons.
This water supply before going to
the rooms is all filtered and purified.
The usual practice on vessels Is to
supply distilled water for drinking
purposes only and furnish raw
water for all other purposes.
In this case, however, all water will
be purified so that there will be no
water on the ship which is not
perfectly safe to drink.
All living rooms will be heated by
electricity and all cooking done on
electric ranges. In fact, the cleo