Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-18

The complaining car owner seems 70
be the one who does her harptng mere
instead Of In the hereafter.
Woman visitors to automobile shows
have been criticized for their quaint
habit of parking themselves on the rear
seat Of the nearest sedan. Men folk
stand of and admire lines.
Maybe the ladies have the right idea
after all. Most Of us spend the ma
iority Of our motoring moments sitting
in the car and not looking at 1t from
the outside.
When you alight from a car in rain
or snow open the door wide, and pro-
iect the umbrella upward instead Of
outward. This will give you better pro-
lection and will also prevent marrine
the edges of the door and the door post
with scratch marks from the umbrella
ribs.
They ought to arrange the &C.
celerator so that 1t becomes q brake y
you press all the way down on 1t sud
denly" declared a woman while trying
to master the art of driving.
She had no sooner said it than there
came need Of sudden acceleration
Down went her foot to the floor. But
/ the car was sluggish and actually
seemed inclined to slow down.
There's your accelerator brake" ex-
planned the instructor. "a full throttle
given too suddenly actually chokes an
engine and defeats your purpose. Al.
ways accelerate progressively"
ideas for improvements TO cars In
variably lead to a better understanding
of how they operate. Said the same be-
ginner to the instructor, ut would be
much easier to get in and out OF cars
If the steering wheels were smaller. "
Replied the instructor: Now try to
park the car just holding the wheel by
the hub instead Of the rim. You will
discover that the large rim gives you
the mechanical advantage needed ia
accomplish the job easily"
Women play q very prominent role
in the fashioning of the car, especially
In what Is known as the trim shop.
Here the detailed trimmings of the in
terror are prepared. Women operate
most of the sewing machines used for
stitching such materials as windlace
and the pockets of the door interiors
One factory uses an ingentuS machine
to insert fasteners. It Is operated by q
woman. Paste rolls usually are taken
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ing somewhat similar to running q
modern household ironing machine.
This is as good q. time as any to
learn that If the speedometer suddenly
shows zero when you are in process OF
stopping the indications are that the
rear wheels have locked. Those meters
on the instrument panel can be Of in
eStimable help to any woman who
earnestly tries to drive in the most ac-
ceptable manner.
Recently a friend stood in front Of
her car as the shutters Of the radiator
front started to close. There's thing
that mystifies me-" she admitted. How
on earth do those shutters open and
close automatically.
That's simplicity ITSELF" explained.
Cup at the top Of the radiator there is
built into the cooling system what Is
known as a thermostat. In reality this
is nothing more than piece of metal
which expands and contracts according
to the temperature of the water. Its
action controls a lever which, in turn,
operates the shutters"
went on to say that most engines
also have another thermostat in the
top of the motor to cut of the flow of
water to the radiator during the warm
ing-up process. This metal coil OPP
crates q valve which opens and closes.
Another application Of the thermo-