Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-04
Milady's Motoring
BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL.

When you sign up for a finer 1881
car at lower price, better revise the
| popular song by singing Thank the
Manufacturers Father, Thank His
Mother"
A prominent business man was very
reluctant to permit his wife to drive.
shes too timid," he argued. Besides,
I never could teach her"
! With the reward of a sale in pros
pect however a persistent salesman
volunteered to teach the wife the gentle
art of operating a car. 1t was diff
cult task The sale looked very remote
at times, but persistence paid. After
six months of labor she obtained her
! license.
That was five years ago. Today the
business mans widow drives a fast,
powerful roadster, and with her IL
year-old daughter by her side derives
relaxation and pleasure that might
easily have been denied her.
Recently friend called me excitedly
and asked if would please take look
at the steering gear of her car Only
few minutes before 1t had refused to
take her in the direction she desired
| to go.
| Checking back, found that she had
| cut the front wheels too sharply while
| they were going over a stray stretch of
| ice. The front wheels skidded in such
way as to keep the car going straight
ahead.
| If the children have a habit of pull
! ing out the cigar lighter and burning
their fingers on the heating COIL better
buy one of the special caps that come
for these devices. They are made to
match fancy gear-shift knobs and are
ornamental as well as useful.
The weeks safety hint stresses the
need of avoiding too fast speed when
the car Is equipped with chains. Most
drivers are a bit overconfident when
carrying protection that has its definite
limits of safety.
What is the best time of day to take
a driving lesson?
Most women probably select an hour
somewhere between household duties or
bridge. and this probably is. about right.
Too early a lesson may ind the in
structor a bit dull, while too late in
struction may find him weary. A lesson
before luncheon provides a time for
learning when traffic is about normal.
You can then. talk over. your instruc-
tions at luncheon or later over the
bridge table. Nor will you be so likely
to dream about 1t if you talk it out of
your system during the afternoon.
That pillow you use for your back in
driving can be employed to good adj
vantage in providing a better view of
the road when backing out the drive
way or perhaps while parking in tight
space. Use the pillow to raise you up
so you can get bird's-eye view Of the
situation.
Here is simple way to get line on
how the reverse gear of the transmits
sion aids in imparting a backward mo-
ton to the car:
Take two napkin rings and place
them side by side on the table. When
you rotate one to the right, the one
pressing against it will rotate to the
left. Now, If you add a third ring to
the group you will ind that it rotates
in the same direction as the first one.
We are now getting into the mysteries
of the transmission.
The whole thing is necessarily COM
plicated by the fact that gears are not
in the same plane and are not all
joined to the same shaft The picture
is much easier If you just take four
rings, lay them on the table so that
their edges touch and rotate the first
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