Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-11
Milady's Motoring
BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL.

Automobiles have way of proving
that a clinging vine can be a regular
rambler.
The housewife who knows that
mayonnaise may get rancid when the
contents of the jar are well depleted
should be ready to appreciate the fact
mat u Is foolish to try to give the
BODY OF the car satisfactory grooming
when the can of polish is neariS
empty. This Is particularly true of
lacquer polish, the active ingredient of
which either settles to the bottom or
Is used up before the can Is empty.
The woman motorist who wants To nit
bright polish on the car, or who
wants to help the hired man do a good
Job, will buy fresh can of polish and
always snake well while using. And
throw 1t away when 1t is about three
quarters empty.
Put this down as the Autumn caution
| OF the week: Don't expect equalizatio
from your brakes when stopping on wet
leaves or on leaves which may look
dry. but which may be wet and Slip
whether or not she appreciates the
fact, milady has helped to minimize
many an evil on automobile row since
becoming personally interested in motor
cars. For one thing, in the larger
cities there are fewer brides to chauf-
1eurs in the contamination of car sales.
Woman buyers do more of the actual
shopping and know what they want
without being quite so dependent on
James. Another forward step Is the
doctored garage bill. 1t used to be
quite a laughing matter to see the
queen" paying for more gas than the
car actually used. She now knows
how many miles the car should do
10 the gallon. how much gas costs and
how far she has travelled in the course
Of a month.
Leaders in the trade and industry
have long lamented the existence of
these evils and there have been many
futile efforts to eradicate them. Then
along comes Misunderstanding from the
back seat to the wheel. VOLTA, as they
say in Paris.
Jim Tully king Of vagabondia, de-
cries the practice of driving children
to and from school over short distances.
Let them walk for the good of their
health and their soul is his idea.
What better time is there to encourage
the habit than during crisp Fall days?
More good news for women who de-
mand the utmost ease and comfort
when driving the car. 1t is now pos
sible to attach a device to the clutch
whereby that bothersome control need
not be touched for starting, stopping
or shifting gears. Several different
companies are manufacturing similar
devices and the prices are reasonable.
The vacuum device that operates
the clutch Is controlled from the
throttle lever on the steering post, so
that you can switch back to the con-
ventiona1 arrangement whenever you
are driving fast over the open road or
in billy country.
You may not have noticed 1t, but be-
cause of your habit of directing your
voice to the passenger who sits to the
right of you there is a tendency to look
to the right when approaching an in
! tersection. A comparatively small per-
centage of drivers look both ways.
So many women have expressed
dread of having a wheel come off ]
| think 1t Is about time to make it clear
| that, with the car given any kind OF
reasonable attention, this risk is ex-
tremely slight. Perhaps q brief word
picture OF the situation will explain
matters.
The rear wheels are attached in q
very different way than the front ones
Iney are drawn up on the tapered ends
OF the rear axles very much as a vine
gar cruet Is fitted to its stopper (view-
ing the process BACKWARD. A large nut
Is drawn up on the threaded end of the