Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-22
Milady's Motoring
BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL.

The vanity case has been replaced
with smoking set in some of the latest
cars, but milady still can have her puff.
Her car had been standing out in the
cold for some time when friends
brought her to the club. HurTiedly she
slipped into the drivers seat, unlocked
the ignition and stepped on the starter.
How that engine wanted to stall! How
determined she was to keep it goingi
Her method was one many women
follow and the plan that has cost thou
sands of men weeks wage. To pre-
vent stalling and to keep the power to
a point where the car could be got
under way, she raced the motor con-
tinually. Nothing is more damaging to
an engine. Always let the engine warm
up in its own way, even to the point Of
letting it stall few times, If it shows
disposition to delay.
From now on watch out for what is
known as a steering skid. In slippery
weather it is as diff1cult for front wheels
to get traction as it is for rear ones
Don't be like the overconf1dent woman
who went into a curve too sharply and
then found that, even though she cut
wheels properly, the car slid ahead in
straight course-of the road.
Petting is all right for young folk,
according to q common-SenSe maya
zine article titled Love in the Machine
Age" Drop of the last word of the
title, however, and we get what Pot
ash and Perlmutter would call some
chine has no place in modern motoring.
It's hammock business converted into
what often becomes the most serious
kind Of monkey wrench business for
other users of the highway.
One crafty mother has her own smart
way OF diScouraging promiscuous pet
ting awheel. Whenever she sees a
rumble seat Seance ahead she falls to
energetic use Of the horn. The idea
never fails to annoy the PETERS into a
realization that they are on the broad
highway and invested with certain spe-
cial responsibilities.
Alcohol rubbed on the windshield may
check the formation of ice in q cold
rain, but it will damage the lacquer
finish OF the cowl. Salt will meet both
requirements. but better wash off the
cowl after garaging the car.
It's bad enough to have a husband
tell you what to do and what not to do
when handling the car, provided he
sticks to the technical features, but
when he advises on courtesy-or is
obliged to-a woman has good reason
to feel Inundated. Believe 1t or let it
pass, married couple who were en-
deavoring to make time on tour report
having seen a husband on the front
seat Of car ahead telling his wife to
keep the car over to the right hand
side OF the road where it belonged. No
amount OF polite morning had induced
her to be at all reasoning.
Don't be unfair about this anti-freeze
business. II a service man makes a
test with a radiator hydrometer and
says the cooling system needs more
anti-freeze, there is no reason to COM
plain, even though he previously told
you that one filling of anti-freeze would
last throughout the Winter. Some
body at the garage may have been over
filling the radiator so as to permit loss
out the overflow, and thus constant loss
Of anti-freeZe.
I have just picked up good pointer
from a woman who happened to be
talking of her experiences when driv-
ing her husbands car on a trip. 81
provoke him a little" she said, "be-
cause won't drive over 40, although I
go faster with ease in my own car His
machine is capable Of 80 and he dislikes
to go at my speed where the highways
and laws permit faster travel. It's Just
my way Of fitting my speed to my ia
miliarity with the car-and I'll stick
to It,"
Women who know the risk of being
caught with slippery road conditions
and no chains carry with them q few
burlap bags. These can be placed under
the spinning rear wheels so as to pro-
vide traction for a start.
There isn't any question but what
women are skeptical when the service
people renew the oil filter cartridge and
add a So charge to the bill. So many
say that filters are unnecessary. Auto
mobiles got safely through so many
years before filters were ever consid-
cred.
There are two sides to this. If filters
were unnecessary the car makers
wouldn't make them standard equip