Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-20
Milady's Motoring
By FREDERICK c. RUSSELL.

As Locke might have said, the chief
art Of learning to drive q car Is to at
tempt but little at time.
Probably the most patient women in
America are the faithful souls who
sit In the service managers office while
| friend husband has things done to the
car. 1t is usually said Of woman that
she pays and pays and pays. Lately
I think she waits and waits and waits,
It Is usually on the big trip of the
year. Suddenly papa remembers that
he has forgotten to change the oil,
renew the oil filter cartridge, tighten
the water pump and oil the universals.
He tries to make the 1927 car keep
up with the ais and worries because
the radiator seems to be too hot.
Mamma got herself lot of new crea-
tions, thinking she was due for big
herself seeing the service station
first"
If you are one of many women who
sit bit low in the car and whose lot
it is to do the daily parking, by all
means equip the right front fender
with one of those little gadgets known
as fender guide This handy fitment
rises about a foot from the fender and
can be seen at all times while driving.
Another convenience is the rear diff
fuser, a transparent affair, which you
glare at night from headlights of cars
following, yet does not obStruct your
view of the traffic situation behind.
The idea that no tools are needed
in the car may be all right for the
woman who drives about town and
who figures she will call her automo-
bile club or the service station If any
thing happens, but If she values the
appearance of the hub caps and 'front.'
wheel service she will want to keep
the cap wrench handy. Such wrencheS
vary for different makes The av-
erage mechanic seldom has the right
one handy.
News that New York woman plans
to institute the innovation of a per-
fumed exhaust for the car Is no news
at ALL Back in 1906 Baroness Hengel-
muller startled Washington by riding
around town with the exhaust you love
to smell. Just why the refiners over
look the opportunity to turn out a
gas with a pleasant odor remains a
mystery They have added color to
vent valve stickage and chemicals to
stop knocks. Why not one more In
gredient to do what the baroness
thought Of In pioneer days.
A motorist who had been provoked
by his wife's inability to grasp the
fundamentals Of driving took ride on
the rear seat and made a discovery
which ought to go long way toward
hnlrAfn0 VT1iIIi0ne nf yU1FT1aY1 yVhn want
to learn to drive. Sitting back in the
lap of automotive luxury, he found
himself becoming suddenly out of touch
with the mechanics of driving. He
confessed that he didn't know whether
the car was in high high" or silent
third, or whether 1t was free wheeling
or in conventional. Nor did he care.
His attitude was that of the folk who
flop into the soft cushions with the
familiar command, 'tHome, James!"
It reminded me of the evening I
boasted Of the smart way my faithful
car took one of our finest hills in high
gear Inviting praise brought from the
lady on the rear seat the compliment.
MY, didn't she go down the hill
splendidly!"
See motoring first by getting the
front seat slant.
II you are one of the women who
no longer complain of clutch foot"
because your new car is equipped with
free wheeling, possibly you would like
to know just why it is that you can
shift from second to high and vice
versa Unto low. too with some cars)
without bothering to press the clutch
pedal to the floor
To grasp the idea Of this Just pic
ture two ordinary gears rotating toseth.
er. Let US say that one Is driven BY