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Show : : MASTERY OF AUTO IS WOMAN'S PREROGATIVE uiM DRIVE MOTOR UE I r ftllv f ' ' n n New Auto Fuel Is Being -SfJ" P ifti , , Experimented Vith in 1 ( ,a . 1 IW-ofes retrol, or oasoline, bcinS I 1 ' ".' At- ? nxi e"i, J no longer obtainable in tngland and ' V ' - mJkZP'?t"'" VS 1 S"-A'"; '' ' Scotland, the ingenuity of man has Je- i v V " - ? 1 ' i'-a 5 j vised a plan to utilize coal gas as n Vf t -.f ' !s " ' i1" k. J - substitute. H V" 1 ,'vV r$&$x'&X ' l -v's '''' . '.k' In a recent article on the gasoline sit- H -v'J-T TVt nffi- i " V "Vl t.' K . nation in England the Moto? Age savs: ,-! itf yfrty' A ' "t C ' --T'- A ) London has been experimenting with ; U t bJiic r; i? -iiV1 ' coal gas as fuel for son,e time. St ,s 4 i Jt SJk. 4 t v a, fM - found that a gallon ot gasoline can be I ' .Nj , V , , replaced by cubic ft of coal gas. 1 - ?V lf ?. v O ,,i." vi-'L PiSJ'$i The cars using coal gas substitute gas Jtf S 6' " ' n4CS - Zlk tN'A "" bags for the "steel cylinders, the s.eel Ml? - VV?C Ufv Vt " " J't yIl)- ' naturally beinS ncslcd for ;var P.,r- ir , ,." i & vX A t Jj ?gZ h ijL?,' f s poses. In ScoUaud the gas is carried &"JJ$ f t 'i' V W -Jt V''i V V. v.viPCfc' , ma rubber-canvas bag on top of thecar. Kfiil 3. jr v fh i v.-, V(V VAm feet and gives a saving of about SO per I I M r " 4' . f f,4 L P ? 4 cent in fuel. The price varies in l.on- vTti-1 ZL Jf ' V A If ' ' J! If ,s sometimes as low as 2-i cents a LlA'IW i , l l( , tV, f r f A rv I : A 4f J moo cubic feet, increasing iu other tHtzh r&?7 Iv'V J & , IX, 1 , k 1 Places to as much as 72 cents. Even al JfTW I i ) N"'- t k"lJ t w Vraf tJ the latter figure, however, the actual , i 'I.', "vjf I Lf, f ZZZS7 f ' A.' -( i i V x lent to 24 cents a gallon, or in the case 4;V ' i '--vCPi. 4 I of .hearer gas, to S cents a gallon. i 1 CA ,HS A A n 'rf.V f I TT Where Ihe gas is used the connection t ' ' IrA'r-1 famous L2A ;M V f t,Av;-A'V VQ J Fa. Sex Decxde to Unravel khXd v 1',? , - , Mystery of Motor rT "7: . V. J i!"t " Car. f rv-r K tA IT -f-- I - H 7 ' ' J 4 e , ; M.1 It was Loie T-ullei pedal representa jrwV- s Nv ' w s " tlve of Queen Marie of Pumanla to .mer A -d, " t w i x v v ' Nv Every woman in the, 1 mtefl tate W- , , " ' , " should learn to drhe a, motor c r This wv . H f1"" . s " . 1 may sound like a bioad t tement but J t . i v s J- '4"-., M t It will bear malv I Jou Have some jj, " f ' A A x ' thing like 4 000,000 automobiles m tills $r . N j country. This l an ample number with ! , which to teach women how to opei ate ij, " them-. T "Why should they learn? Tou will find ' the answer iu Europe. America must z7tfM3ER.S Ot T-BR& CGO&'S S'TUDVAG AUTOMOSLE COSSTfcU CT OM J?8m.to-rima.T.ycomh.atwn TO PGEfVKfiED FO& ANY EME&GEM GY Amprican women will have to do what . . Fair Sex Decide to Unravel Mystery of Motor Car. It was Loie Fuller, special representative representa-tive of Queen Marie of Rumania to America, Amer-ica, who said: j "Every woman in the Imited States should learn to drive a, -inotor car. This may sound like a. broad statement, hut it will bear analysts, lou have something some-thing like 4.000,000 automobiles m this country. This is an ample number with which to teach women how to operate them-. "Why should they learn? Tou will find the answer in Europe. America must wake- up to a realization of what the war means. The time may come when American women will have to do what ihe women of Europe have done namely, replace men. "The women of France, the women of England, the women of Belgium and the women of Rumania have laid aside their feminine prerogative of staying at home and minding babies to relieve men wno are able to shoulder a gun and fight for liberty. "To my mind one of the chief occupations occu-pations of women today is the handling of the ambulance, as well as nursing the sick. I have seen women ambulance drivers enter the shell-riven trenches, calmly gather up the wounded and then drive them to safety through a storm of bursting bombs and never turn a hair." The photos herewith show the keen interest in-terest that is being manifested by women of this country in the automobile. Had JLoie Fuller taken the time to investigate she would have found that a large proportion pro-portion of the women of the west are adepts at driving a car. She would have discovered that in many a western household house-hold the woman, or rather the women, if there be more than one, generally drive the car at all times around town, leaving leav-ing the men to take the wheel on long country runs, where might is sometimes more in demand than science. In many cities of the west women are learning the mechanism of the auto so as to be ready when the time comes, if it ever does, that they may be able to relieve the men. Throughout tlie east some of the largest automobile factories have established a course of study for women, and remarkable results have thus far been attained. It has been the policy of all of the auto manufacturers who have become interested interest-ed in training women to offer the courae free. Reports from the establishments offering this opportunity to women are most flattering as to the manner in which they grasp the mechanical end of the business. It is said to be remarkable how quickly they are able to learn the multitudinous duties of the various parts of the motor, rear axel and other units I that go to make up an automobile. A system of simplified teaching has been adopted by the instructors, and sev- I eral classes have been graduated. Women of the west have not as yet en- J tered the field of intensive training in 1 the mechanism of the auto to any extent, j but that they can drive all makes of cars with the same ability as that displayed 1 by the sterner sex must be admitted. i Salt Lake and the entire intermountain country is distinguished in this respect, having nearly as many women drivers as j there are registered cars. Miss Loio Fuller will find the women of the United States, and particularly of i the west, willing, ready and equipped to do their part, if the exigencies of war j demand that they drive either an ambu- j lance or other vehicle propelled by mo- tor power. |