Evening star., 1930-11-30
Milady's Motoring
BY FREDERICK c. RUSSELL.

The woman who used to spend the
morning making jams now takes the
wheel of her car and gets into them.
press agent says that a screen idol
uses q sport coupe, elaborately fitted,
as a travelling dressing room. Indeed
we have a picture of her royal fllmneSs
putting on the last touches of makeup
with the aid of the rear view mirror.
All of which may sound like the type
writer getting off the traffic track, but
the idea of the last minute touch car
ries a message for those who want to
drive in safety. If some one else in the
family has been driving the Ger it is
quite possible that the mirror has been
adjusted to a different position.
Paste this in your compact: You
can stop quicker on the upgrade than
on the level Thus there Is no need
to reach for the hand brake or become
unduly excited when an emergency stop
Is called for while climbing hill. On
the downgrade you can keep your
brakes the equal of level road efficiency
by cutting down speed proportionally,
or by running In second gear II the
grade is steep.
Here's a neat idea happened to gather
when stopping of for lunch at pop
ular resort hotel. When the rest OF the
party started TO get aboard the door,
man held his hand at the top OF
the tonneau door frame. Any one who
didn't duck low enough when enter
ing the car would strike the doormans
hand instead of the unyielding frame.
He tells me he has saved many sore
and aching head as result OF this
simple plan.
An attorney tells me that most dam
age suits are lost out of court-r1ght
there on the open road following the
collision. 1t isn't necessary to hurl
verbal bombshells at the other party,
but watch your tongue. Silence is
golden.
Take the names OF witnesses, as that
at least gives the impression that you
are in the right Make a note of all
the facts available, including the exact
location of the accident, the position
Of the cars, the license number of the
other car, the name and address OF
the owner and the driver, and the
exact time Of the collision.
Some women are ordering the foot
rest removed and are having upholster-
ed hassocks installed in its place. Better
for finer footwear
I asked a woman who has been
back-seat driver since autos were one
lungers why she never took the wheel
or got a car for her own use.
I've had plenty of opportunity to
think over the matter from my OBJ
servation post" she confided, "but I've
just about concluded that Johns had
all the luck any one could expect for
one family"
1t doesn't always pay to keep your
eyes straight ahead. over a table of
contract the other evening I heard
the story of rather experienced woman
driver who paid no attention to traffic
officers whistle. She figured he wasn't
trying to heil her and she was right
The green light was in her favor, but
had she cast a glance to the left she
would have seen a car bearing down
upon her at a smart rate of speed
Then came the dawn, as they say in
the films.
The officer, of course, was whiStling
for the traf1c violator, but it just goes
TO show how one whistle sometimes can
kill two birds, or rather save them.
Now that permanent waving has be-
come such a commonplace In milady's
existence, it should be possible to launch