Evening star., 1936-12-05
FOR TRAILERS


Everybody agreed that along level
roads they could run their cars. pull
ing trailers. at top speed with little
or no appreciable difference from the
experience when their automobile was
being driven alone. In none Of the
standard models was difficulty en-
countered with keeping things in
place while the trailer is in motion.
II even leave water in the sink
sometimes" one trailer wife told US.
land that bowl of fruit has been
setting right on that table since we
left Wilmington"
The greatest economy in vacation
ing by trailer Is in the avoidance Of
hotel bills. one and all agree. All
stressed the great convenience and
comfort in knowing that one need not
pack and unpack suitcases after every
nights stop. One gentleman in a
checked shooting jacket opened the
long door of his trailer to show me a
full-length closet. 1T holds my wifs's
longest evening frocks," he said, "and
my own tux. We get into them, step
into the car and 60 dancing, and all
we have to do is to hang them up
again when we return, just as if we
were at home"
Huntsmen and fisherman and
xportsmen generally wax enthusiastic
about trailer life. BY means of 1t they
can bring their camp along with them
over the trails, setting it up where
they will, and. even in remote regions,
enjoy hotel comforts.
In all sections of the country. camps
have sprung up to accommodate these
modern nomads. They range in type
from simple parking lots where
electric connections may be plugged
into sockets or where tanks may bs
replenished with water. to vacation
grounds, equipped with swimming
pools, restaurants. shower houses. golf
links, tennis courts and other refine
ments of modern life.
NATURALLY, Florida boasts some
Of the most elaborate and COM
Portable tourist camps for trailers
in the world. Oficial meetings of the
Tin Can Tourists" and the Auto
mobile Tourists Association" are held
annually in designated places. This
year. from February 8 to II, the "T.
c. T." will hold annual convention
in Sarasota Municipal Tourists Park,
in Sarasota, Fla. Unoflcial ''home-
comings" will be celebrated in Win
ter Garden, in LAkeview Park in
Lake City, and IN the Clearwater
Beach Trailer Park in Clearwater,
Fla.
But such associations today repre-
sent but q small portion of the trailer
population. The army has grown to
include the world Of politics, society,
letters and exploration, and is made
up of nature lovers, sportsmen or
adventurers everywhere, who have
found these compact homes on wheels
an inexpensive, picturesque and COM
Portable way to see their own country.
While 1t Is possible to rent trailers
today, the A. A. A. informs us that
such service has not as yet been salts
factorily worked out, as the cost of
rental from individual owners Is al
together too high, compared with the
relatively low cost of outright pur-
chase. However, this shrewd agency
states. the field is open to some en-
terprising individual or company
wishing to enter the trailer-renting
business, for, If the thousands of in
quiries they are receiving with regard
to the possibilities for hire are an
indication, such pioneers in the in
dustry would build up brisk trade.
The three As are, as q matter Of fact,
trying to evolve some scheme right
now to care for this new phase of
travel. and are working up q system
whereby they hope to make it possible
for the occasional trailer tourist to
rent his vehicle at q fair rate, Just
a. he can rem an automobile today.
TT looks from where We Sit" de-
clares Q harassed member of this local
organization, "as II the whole world
had taken to wheels and was headed
for Washington" And he adds: "Eu-
rope pokes fun ct our idolatry Of the
'gadgets' Of modern civilization. But
we're stubborn lot. We answer them
by pulling our luxuries right after US,
straight through the wilderness"