Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-21
MILADY'S MOTORING
by FREDERICK c. RUSSELL


So long as men are ready to observe
the woman at the wheel and criticize
her driving why miss the opportunity
initiate?
Most women who are doing any ex-
tenSive driving have conquered the habit
of Stalling the engine. As matter OF
fact, the new engines are so powerful
and SO efficient in their low speed oper-
alton the conventional stall has become
somewhat rare. In its place, however,
we have new type of stall that is
! a direct result of the Super-power of the
brakes.
This occurs when you bring the
car to sudden stop. Trained to leave
the clutch engaged as long as possible
| in order to use the engine as an auxil-
ilary brake, the driver is caught I'M
aware by the rapidity with which the
brakes stop the car. Before the clutch
pedal is pressed out the car has stopped
and the brakes have stalled the engine.
Watch this. It's happening to the
best Of drivers.
There is no need to feel that the
man at the filling station has given
| short measure just because the gas
gauge on the instrument board does not
register high enough. Many gauges do
not register accurately until the engine
is running.
II it becomes necessary to change
a tire and the jack will not go under
the car conveniently, place the spare
tire on the ground and drive the wheel
with the fiat tire up on it. This rule
may come in handy for the woman who
Is directing an inexperienced male as
sistant in the work. It always Is best
to remove the spare tire before jack
ing up the car, anyway.
Any woman who wants to prove her
superiority as a driver has only to
put the car away in its space in a
public garage.
Shoes play an important role in
safety. Many man has found his wide
golf shoes pressing on the accelerator
when he wanted merely to press on
the brake pedal, and women who go
driving with brand new slippers fire.
quently court trouble when their feet
slip of the clutch or brake pedals. Rub
Der pads can be had for the pedals
and are recommended for women who
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Why there should be two means pro-
vided for controlling the gas and what
the exact difference Is between the
accelerator and the hand control on
the steering post are problems which
seem to puzzle number of women.
Most drivers are not conscious Of hav-
ing any need of the hand control and
perhaps are justified in wondering why
the situation isn't simplified by letting
the accelerator attend to the entire
job.
Accelerator and hand control each
operate the throttle. which is simply the
valve that permits more gas to be suck
ed into the engine. There Is strong
which instantly closes the throttle when
you lift your foot from the pedal.
The hand control, however, has no
spring, so that it can be set to run
the engine at a variety of speeds. Thus
1t Is handy for warming up the engine
and for setting 1t for higher speed
If it tends to idle so slowly as to stall.
There is a setting for the hand con-
troll at which the engine runs at a
speed for most convenient gear shift
ing. The explanation for this would
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experiment a little with the hand con-
troll will note the difference. Occasion
ally the hand control is convenient
for feeding gas to the engine when 1t
is necessary to keep the right foot
on the brake pedal as in starting up
HILL
Women who are annoyed by having
beggars and peddlers-or worse-ap-
proach them while they are at the
wheel have only to remember the unique
protection afforded by raising the win
dows Of a closed car and swapping the
door locks.
If you don't know exactly how many
Quarts OF oil the engine should hold
don't rely on garage helpers and will
ing but often inexperienced young men
at filling stations. Consult the tnstruc-
ton book, or If the company makes
wide assortment of models ask the
service manager. The crankcase capa-
city varies for yearly models and the
same rule may not apply for cars that
seem to be almost identical. some
times owners get hold of instruction
books that belong to another current
model Of the same make.