Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-13
Tire Ra+ions
Toughest on
Aunt Sue y
She's Home on Sunday
With Tatting
BY DAMON RUNYON

family heap, or jallopy, seems
to be the most notable result to
date of the tire restrictions.
The Sunday driver, indigenous
to all communities. was prob
ably more prevalent in Southern
California than other regions OF
the United States at this season
of the year. what with the good
roads and Cately) good weather,
and all that.
He could be identified by
Aunt Sue and the little children
in the back seat. We suspect
that the new regulations are
tougher on Aunt Sue than any
body else.
She has 10 stay home o Sun
days with her tatting while the
old boiler remains in the garage
conserving through inactivity its
already somewhat tubercular
rubber.
The little children probably do
not mind missing their usual
Sunday excursions. We have al
ways doubted that little children
derive any vast amount OF pleas
ure out of being packed sardine-
wise into an automobile and
taken on long rides, subject to-
constant admonitions against
squirming and maybe TO occa-
sional wallops TO repress their
complaints.
1T IS our opinion based merely
L on observation, you under
stand. that little children are not
greatly interested in scenry or
historic sights and that they are
happier in their own backwards
with their own childish diver
SionS than when they are
punched and hunched and
scrunched up in automobiles
with their elders.
We believe this also applies TO
the family dog.
When we first arrived in Cali
fornia some months ago we were
struck by the enormous Sunday
traffic on all the roads of the
Los Angeles area, including
those that wind mysteriously
through the adjacent hills,
II was worse than the Long
Island approaches 10 New York
! City on a Sunday afternoon in
summer. when, as our New York
10 do is 10 park your car by
! the wayside and sleep in II until
the dawning Of Monday and the
| abatement Of the food.
Last Sunday we journeyed
about the area in car belong
ing 10 friend whose future tire
worries are no concern Of ours.
and the traffic was so light that
we thought an air raid warn
ing must have sent all the folks
| 10 cover.
Those out in cars seemed 10
be definitely going somewhere.
Most Of tn @ m were driving
rather slowly, which is the new
idea about preventing undue
wear and tear on tires.
WE SAW few family parties
w and few of those sad old
buckets that wobble from side
10 side on the road and look as
if they are about 10 settle down
any minute and give up the
ghost.
That kind have TO be con-
served more than new cars now
adayS because there is not much
life left in them as il is. II
must have been a dull day for
the drive-inS and the "motels"
that depend on auto traffic for
business.
Motel" Is the California YER
sion of what we call trailer
camp down in Dade County,
Florida.
Some Of these "motels" around
here arc as elaborate as the
Roncv Plaza They give the
customers all tho comforts OF
a modern hotel. but we imagine
those in localities reached only
by auto will have a tough time
during the war
POPULAR Sunday custom
"A in this region until lately
was the iourncying 10 the homes
Of the movie stars. or rather
past them. OF course a movie
star docs not commonly invite
strangers in 10 view his lares
and pcnates but there is no law
against people standing out in
front of stars home and adj
miring same.
Many ladies and gentlemen
become positively emotional over
such a scene
Last Sunday practically no
body went TO SEQ the homes Of
the stars. and this proved quite
disturbing 10 one Of them.
young man who used TO enchant
the sightseers by appearing on
his lawn in a swim suit, so they
could observe his manly chest.
He became so depressed that
an alarmed friend called up the
studio and had il send out
batch Of extras 10 stand in front