Evening star., 1927-11-13
MANY WOMEN Join
MOTOR CLUB RANKS.
Increasing Number Enrolling
as Members of the 939 A.
$ fiIiated Organizations.

Increasingly women are recognizing
the virtues of organized motordom,
and in consequence the proportion
of women among the membership of
the 9S9 affiliated clubs of the Ameri-
can Automobile Association is show
ing a substantial advance.
This point is emphasized in state
ment issued fro mnational headquar.
ters of the A. A. A. in which the
whole trend. as eXemplifed through
the rosters of the various local clubs,
is explained.
There are many factors" the
statement SAYS, ito indicate that the
woman is going into motoring WIN
the same thoroughness with Wnlch
she has identified herself with other
spheres. Her capacity for making
her motoring most effective is indi-
Gated, for instance, in the passing
of the conviction that il is the Wom-
an driver who always is responsible
for the ira ffic jam and the near ac-
cident. How many times was TINS
Judgment passed in the days when
woman was making her first appear
ance as a motorist. How rarely IL
is heard today.
"As their number has increased
and their record for caution and safe
driving becomes generally recognized
the patronizing attitude toward them
has passed.
What the Records Show.
An ANALYSIS of records show that
women iojn motor clubs for much
the same reason that men do, with
the posSible exception that they may
place more value initially upon the
emergency road service offered. says
the statement The average woman
comedies that she gets the greatest
pleasure out of using her car put
lust as readily comedies that she
does not relish the task OF making
a roadside repair or even OF speno-
ing weary hours trying to get into
touch with any haphaZard agency
that will make repairs.
That the woman looks relatively
far ahead in her motoring is indl-
Gated in the fact that she can see
the possibility of minor car troubles
even when the automobile is new. 1t
Is found to substantiate this point in
connection with Winter motoring"
the statement declares. "A. A. A.
clubs have enrolled thousands of
woman members on the strength OF
the fact that they could count on
the clubs emergency road service to
help them out of all the awkward
predicaments which are Winters con-
stant threat-among them. the frozen
radiator, the car that will not start.
the fiat tire, the car that is stuck
IN the mud, and the countless other
difficulties of similar nature.
THE business woman, just like the
business man, uses her car every
day in the year. She has grown to
depend upon it completely. She wants
to be certain of it's readiness for use
without delay when it is needed. She
is not able to overcome difficulties
: of the character just mentioned
with the same ease which a man
will meet them. So. she frankly
recognizes her inability and joins the
motor club
Women Promote Organizations.
Club records show many instances
where the woman of the household
who owns her own car is the one
who shows the rest of the family
the advantages of motor club MEM
bership, the A. A. A. analysis reveals.
She joins. to take advantage of every
phase of its program. it's touring
bureau. legal department, its insur-
ance, it's discounts on various neces-
erally helpful counsel and assistance
on everything pertaining to motor
dom.
And once a member. she makes
use of all these features of club SER
vice." the statement says. Using
them, she tests and proves their ad-
vantages. AS a result, clubs have
had innumerable experiences where
male members of the family have fol-
lowed the women's lead and Joined
their local clubs.
THE woman's attitude toward the
motor club may be summed up in
the thought that she wants to make
her motoring experience as simple
and troublefree as possible. to make
it generally well-rounded, SO she joins
the club much for the same reason
that she joins a parent-teacher asso-
citation or some similar organization
charged with an important civic