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Show ijlCH WIFE DRIVING tfjfic Nash Man Declares j'lvice of Weil-Meaning Friends Is Bad. J I ' Ipmeet of Woman Is I r Proper Instructor in 3 Piloting of Car. i i ! j cr(,aps y5u are an auto owner and i Hard 'something like this from Waning friends," said P. J. Vrroll of the Pacific Kash Motor " ;iny the other day as a group were ,'irK the pros and cons of- the , e art of teaching women how to y inferring to husbands teaching wives how to pilot a motor car, IcHce goes something aJonfj this f'for goodness sake, don t Jet iusband teach you to drive. Let xJy else but your husband show . he varied points of piloting a car.' 'ou've heard this sort ot advice and time again and so have I," Mr. 0 'Carroll. "They are just of the well-meaning hints that mparted to friend wife when she mces her intention to learn how ive." es Doubt for Wife. the wife lives through this uel fire of verbal advice, and still ufficient faith in hubby to permit to teach her how to pilot the old he is still laboring under the dis-ita"es dis-ita"es of doubt fixed in the mind ie wife by the expounder oi. the man idea. If the kindly adviser 't convince her sufficiently to make :eok the other fellow as a teacher, r she probably maae some inipres-wd inipres-wd perhaps enough to make friend a little wary regarding hubby's ' y as a professor-pilot. light here and now I want to go i jcord as an advocate of the hus- being the wife's teacher when it I to her learning how to drive the y bus," continued Mr. O 'Carroll. should exert all his influence, and ' icessary uso all his subtle powers ersuasion to see that his ' better doesn't hike out and get some 1 fellow to become her cicerone. is, he should do this if ho relishes Ducd peace of mind when driving friend wife along.- i"or, if she s to drive under the tutelage of other fellow, she 's more than r to be showing him things he r heard of before, and eventually be learning how to drive all over . and from her. i Is Not Difficult. 'o the husband in general it might id that it isn't, as a rule, such a !ult task to teach the wife how to . The best results are secured a definite program is carried out. nustu't expect lriend. wife to Icarn nucL at once. A schedule of one l ft day, of one hour each, for five will usually cover the grouud very ughlv and completely, he first thing to teach Mrs. Wife ) difference between the left side !ho right side of the road. This seem a very trivial matter, but ue you told her to turn to the nd 6ho went to the right, you can It sec what might happen, ne first day should be devoted onto on-to steering instructions, although resting you can explain the action I e clutch and throttle, but do not them. After you have taken the at on a lonely "stretch of road, far the maddening throng, show her ;he car can be eteered slowly from Jo side by the slightest exertion on heel; caution her against turning 'heel too much or to,o quickly, this is done move over as far Jsiblo on your seat, still remainiug d the wheel, and let her do the riB.(f- The whole hour should be J in this practice. tes, Second Lesson. "T, the second dav after going out e same lonely stretch of road, !. ' you are sure no one will ,be of-ji of-ji hy your language, start in pre- as tou did the day beforo. As ""as Mrs. WSfe has mustered the gear let her use the foot -Ie on open stretches of road, but mould remain behind the wheel. I,,, ititiro hour should be spent this , and here while resting you caul jH the function of tbe'gears and1 ' is neccssarv to suiit Aud while you are steering and rf.itig the clutch, sue can shift the i'.u 1 .?ho has thoroughly mas-(Hho mas-(Hho methods of changing from one to another. ", the third 'day rou can again m the action of the clutch, lav-: articular emphasis on the noce's-!i( noce's-!i( )f engaging the clutch slowly r,k .Is' You can now let her imnd the wheel, since she under--. gear shifting. It will not cou- - , " J on do the shifting while, she '' (. nor ttcntinii to mustering the throttle tl10 foot brake, the steer-ell steer-ell her crcriltin'' tho -"lteh as :7 Clutches Next. ' M the fourth lesson, if veni have Ueneo and endurance to "last this wn, f "K her VwUce the' gear "te tlr ev"al minutes while -on " the dutch and steer. Now vou he ;i.!ho bi? -ib- wilh fri"c"d " Rtypg the motor a little 2-, t 'ifrom falling, and with 'ft.ng the clutch aud throttle, of r ttcr this has bceu done a Y i TVrt Mrs' Wife shift the tesson. ' tborouShlr mastered I? !?st jossn is merely a roilera- n, i fo.cr Process "of instruc- L aiU1,t," explains the use 0 n PiRen-', !L:rake- the retarding OftZ 0,1 hills, and the metho.l turn?? WUh ,ho an" topping 1" ,m ?i, Ct,r,lers- Instruction in evWol c?r- '""King the tires low ,, t and putting up aud tak-J tak-J o onc-'nan t0P might be U-if l",?n thp Pluses, nnd 'fe should emerge a competent |