Show 1141 SEE GREATER T IN automobiles value of mohair velvet I 1 for easier auto rides stressed by experts greater comfort in automobiles Is now the chief objective of engineers according to john A C warner general manager of the society of automotive Engl engineers which held its summer meeting at white sulphur springs va recently pointing out that practically all cars have been developed to a relatively high point of mechanical effi clency and may be depended upon to get yon avre H are and bring you back mr air declared that the public la Is now demanding denci tiding bigger and roomier automobile bodies thicker and more comfortable cushions finer springs and richer upholstery paul D paddock secretary of the mohair institute told how tests have proven that pile fabric upholstering the usual mohair velvets velvety vel vets alp the passengers or drivers clothing helping to hold the rider in ID a more comfortable and safer position also how the fabric because of its especial acoustical value subdues or absorbs noise lessening the nervous strain on the drivers the fact that mohair velvets velvety do not shine the clothing was an added point of interest consi considered deved by the engineering gathering the question of riding comfort and fatigue lias bas been reduced to simple terms by the invention of a meter by dr F A moss of georg georga P washington university with this instrument ment he Is able to prove how tired people are after automobile rides the subject stands on the ibe meter which Is simply a platform adjusted on oil sensitive springs if the platform tips in any direction because of the unsteadiness of the person coup conn record the movements so that by clocking the number of times iche the plat form tips the persons parsons degree of fatigue Is measured for when a person Is tired he cannot stand as steadily on the platform nis ills tests also show that the squeaks and rattles produced produce dIn in an automobile to contribute to the fatigue oi of the occupants sor ads like these are dulled by the use of mohair velvet or velmo upholstery other tests testa have proved |