Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-29
MILADY'S MOTORING
BY Frederick C.. Russell

It's Q wise woman who, following an
| accident, can have the fender patched
up just well enough to ask friend hus-
band a few days later how he came to
dent 1t.
Now and again one has 10 take the
new car on crowded route where all
ones best intentions have to be side
tracked in favor Of keeping up with
the procession. When this happens,
stop at the next filling station and put
two quarts Of light engine oil into a full
tank Of gas. It will then be safe enough
to run at road speed without risk of
scoring the cylinders Of the new and
tight engine.
!! II you are 81 and are finding it difi-
| cult to learn to drive q car, do not be
discouraged. There are many others in
the same predicament and a little spe-
cial effort on your part should solve the
difficulty Of mastering the car. More
woman applicants for license of the age
of "a were turned down by one of the
Eastern States motor vehicle depart
mentS this year than of any other age.
The male contingent seems to have less
| chance Of passing drivers test If around
| IL years Of age.
We are getting along to q season Of
the year when 1t is very important to
nurse the battery over its frequent
sinking spells. Often, for e woman, the
battery Is the flimsy bridge between
getting there and being stranded.
In the first place, with the approach
| OF Fall the days are shorter and lights
must be switched on earlier. The morn
ings are apt to be foggy, a situation that
| also calls for using the headlights. In
! addition, there are the cool, damp ga
| RACES, which make starting more diff
cult in many instances than in Win
| ter. when the car may be In heated
environment.
Also after a Summer Of touring the
battery is apt to have been damaged
through excessive charging. There may
be plates in one Of the cells ready to
| buckle at the owners first slip-up in
the work of adding distilled water.
Don't let any misinformed filling sta
ton attendant convince you that anti
knock and highest gases are one and
the same thing. They are very different.
Some high-compression gas Is in the
anti-knock category, but, unfortunately
for the car owner, the terms are too
| loosely used.
Highest gas should be used only in
cold weather. but anti-knock gas Is use
knock fuels, the ingredient that Sc
lences the engine can be mixed with
any brand of gas whose ref1ners are
| licensed for the combination. This pro-
vides quite a variation in anti-knock
gases, and the owner should use the
kind that seems to work best in the
| engine.
Because they come from different
crudeS and are refined by different
processes, ordinary gases have certain
| anti-knock qualities in varying degrees.
| But it isn't q question of volatility or
high-test characteristics. Highest gas
| Is for quick starting in colder weather
and more efficiency during the Winter
not primarily for stopping combustion
knocks.
Listening to one Of those sales argyll
mentS sandwiched in between Broadway
hits over the radio the other evening, I
heard what was termed special mes
sage for women. A famous beauty spe.
cialist of Europe was testifying to the
superiority of a certain brand of soap.
] feet that the first rule of beauty was
cleanliness. Get the dirt off," said the
beauty expert, and for a moment 1t
seemed as If she were passing out
| hint to women who want to keep their
cars looking presentable.
A clean car looks better than many
new one that has a dusty hood or
finger marked windows. Perhaps you
have noticed that in a heavy rain all
cars, new or old, look pretty sleek.
I wish the radio announcer had in
| cluded q few remarks about the impor-
lance of good soap in washing the car.
| II YOU have your car washed regularly
at q certain garage, 1t would be q good
idea to insist upon this point, even II
you have to supply the soap. The man
ufacturer Of your car will tell you what
kind to use.