Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-04
MILADY'S MOTORING
Even II It 10 worn threadbare a tire
won't be punctured by a fork In the

Even If It IL worn threadbare tire
road.
Remember the time when you wanted
to get out Of the back seat as the car
caught in the mud and one of the men
folk struggled to get 1t free? Doubtless
still. Your weight increased traction
and accelerated the process of getting
started.
mention it because when you are
at the wheel almost invariably the
courteous gentlemen who ride along
will Jump out and direct the situation.
Better tell them to sit down and stop
rocking the boat.
While it Is important to engage the
clutch gently when trying to pull out
Of mud, 50 as not to start the wheels
spinning, don't overdo this to the point
Of slipping the clutch plates. Vio-
lating this rule has caused many q
driver to become stranded after get
ting up on the road again.
How familiarity with the design Of
the car helps one drive better In an
emergency Is clearly illustrated In the
case Of the brakes. II your car carries
elf-energizing brakes you win find
that . quick stop from higher speed
momentum Of the car helps to make
the wedging shoes Of the brakes oper-
ate with higher pressure.
One woman who did not know her
car carried these brakes made a spe-
cial effort to stop rapidly when run
ming quite fast and caused the car to
stop much too fast for its own good or
AZ 80 80 ins -.
Rings are q frequent source of minor
injury to the automobile body. Look
around the doors Of almost any car
and you will be surprised at the num-
Der Of chips which were started by a
collidtng solitaire. One chip sometimes
is as good as a file.
Women who want to obtain full
mileage from their tires will carry q
modern pressure gauge with them in
the car and insist upon the man at
the filling station using it. Many of
the public" gauges are very inaccu-
rate and often have the celebrations so
badly worn of the attendant simply
guesses at the pressure.
The chap who wrote "All for the
Ladies" should have saved the idea for
the automobile age. In the accessory
world, in particular, it would be espe-
cially apropos. Just one of the little
touches that mean so much to women
is the new driving mat which protects
the heels Of milady's shoes. One of
these mats comes in a special light
hue for use when friend husband is
delayed at directors meeting and you
are driving to the party yourself donned
in evening slippers. Looking into the
| details of this mat, found that it
can be laundered with the lather of
any soap.
Consideration for the fine footwear of
the American woman seems to account
| for the substitution Of carpet for the
front compartment Of one of the high
grade cars in place of aluminium cover
ed boards. The original equipment was
very attractive and serviceable, but a
| slip OF foot often cost n1ilady a new pair
Of slippers.
Although It Is one Of the most fire.
quently used controls of the car, the
clutch still puzzles great many drivers,
Much Of the confusion regarding this
part OF the car is due to the habit
some instructors have of saving "now
let the clutch out" when they want
you to let the pedal come up and
thereby engage the clutch plates.
The clutch plates themselves are "out''
only when the pedal is pressed down. F"
A much better way to view the process
Is to consider pressing out the leg as
pressing out the clutch plates. Or to be
more accurate with the whole process,
consider pressing the pedal to the floor
as disengaging the clutch; letting the
pedal come up as engaging the clutch.
Early clutches were simply a wheel
with tapered edge which, when en-
gagged, fitted into the hywheel. This
was known as the cone type, but it
looked more like a section Of a cork.
It was a very positive kind of coupling
between the engine and the gearbox.
In fact, 1t sometimes couldn't be re-