1926-03-13 — Page 14

IS-DANCING GOOD FOR MOTORISTS?

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

between dancing and motoring. The "sports model" couple, young and exuberant, thread their way swiftly through the throng, "atunting" a little, after the man- The "family type" moves monotonously on, with very little variation of move- There are not many old men ment. The "limousine," previous-

CULTIVATING STEERING AND nor of their kind.

JUDGMENT,

SHANGHAT'S NEW; RAILWAY.

FORDSON TRACTORS USED.

"Peep, poen! Fordson oxpress for

All aboard the

Shanghai China's latest and lightest of

doing record business bringing country people to Shanghai from the isolated district across the Whangpoo at the mouth of the Yangtzo river.

MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1926.

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agricultural area where formerly the ages comes rattling over the country. A big future is seen"for this enter- PARK OFF HIGHWAY. only means of transportation wero sido. The rallway is about 15 miles prise because the railway caters" to' wheelbarrows and shank's pony. long and fares average about 3 cents the needs of a rich district and one

Parking a car on a maintravel Unusual features characterize the mile. A regular time table is which is so isolated that it is never led highway le dangerous, warn railway.

The traction consists of adhered to but at present only a few affected by war or political distur the American Automobile Asso two Fordaun tractors, a Tillings trains are being run daily as the bancos. Easy connection with Shang cintion. It is suggested tha journey from one end to the other bai is furnished by. service of Chin- juutes be driven into off roads, of Stevens petrol car, and a strange takes about an hour and the company cse ferry boats from a jetty outalde well off the travelled part of the German hadhing something like couverted Whippet tauk. The carri. Possesson only a small quantity of the railway sheds which are near road.

the Whangpoo. about now. I was going to auyly referred to, glides in state light railways has opened and is ages are unll, everything being rolling stock

The sheds are at the back of theļ in ninature, but the track is woll

HUGE AUTO LAUNDRY, laid and substantial and there are Standerd Oil installation at Black stations at frequent intervals and Point where there are extensive

An automobile laundry 200 feel telephone system runs the whole switches and a tiny little donkey, length of the line.

the size of which almost belies its Hugo motor salce word recorded long and 125 feet, wide la to be strength, is used for doing the during the last few months of the erected in Chicago. The laundry The railway runs from the back. The rovelty of the railway has switching work and hauling the 1925 year in the Philippine construction cost is estimated af not yet worn off and crowds of carriages into the sheds. Work ou Islands.. A great demand was $150,000. It is believed that, thiết Black Point to Chuenao, a thriving people ling this track when the the buildings of more carriages is present for both trucks and pas-will be the largest auto laundry city on the coast, and covere a rich Fordson, pulling a couple of carri- proceeding rapidly.

in the world.

that motoring-and dancing—had calm, Killed them, says a correspondent** of The Motor, but anch a state- ment would be, more than 'rash!

A Few Comparisons. There is much braking, some Shall we pay that the road and couples stepping back from im the polished door have laid theminent disaster with no cessation; bogy of old age?

of movement, thereby emuilting

cap.

block."

the performances, possible with a Just, think! Before the coming of motoring a

Ford or Trojan. There is even man Lurned -50

An energetic gear changing! retired from active life, complain- ad of the gout, wore a smoking couple whirls up to a traffic They pull up. Always . and rapidly succumbed" from sheer boredom and innetivity, their feet are moving in time to And how the contrast! Nine: the music. They are "in neutral." teen-twenty-six ennie in to the The obstruction melts away slow- throbbing melodies of fox-trots, ly, and, still keeping Line to the the lt of waltzes and the strains of the saxophone, the two easured rhythm of the tango. pairs of feet, tuke little stops, alf of the men and women who covering the distanco slowly- danced the New Year in were low gear, Then, with a gap somewhere round the 50 mark, but ahead, the dancers' stride sudden- young of mind and body. Outsidely Jengthens and they shoot for- How in the street stood long, silent ward at increased speed. queues of cars, parked there by She owner-drivers (not all men. by any means), who laughed and anced and chatted in ballroom

or club.

All Over England.

like changing into "top" on a carl

The good dancer, like the good car driver, must seize opportuni- ties, must be prepared to pull up In a very short distance if the need arises and must keep his eyes open to avoid collisions from the Every night there are the same front, side or rear. This mental cenes in the larger towns. There alertness has the advantage of food for thought in this vast keeping the brain "in training," as army of dancing motorists. low it were, for motoring and other does one pastime affect the other? occupations outside the ballroom. Why should not the skill and julg- Incidentally, asers of cars with ment learnt in avoiding mild "erashos" in the ballroom be good training for the motorist when at She wheel of his car? The same zurse of speed and direction, the same ability to anticipate and to allow for the movement of other users of the fairway are called for In each pastime. There is a "rule at the road" on the satin-smooth Boor; there must be good humour and tolerance and courtesy, just as there should always be on the - King's highway.

grey

front-wheel benkes learn not to those behind to bump into them- stop suddenly and thereby cause

lesson learned at the post of a

gentle collision instead of the price of a buckled wing.

Another aspect of dancing that has its value for motorists is the exercise it gives. The cat, driver is often a lazy individual, he would rather drive. than walk. Consequently, he is apt to get out of condition, and no man not in the best of health has the quick

Watch this couple: a headed pair, portly and slow the brain so necessary if much dif

Timousines of the ballroom.

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ftult or fast driving is indulged in. Dancing provides, in mang

how the man steers to right or left to allow free passage to the fastcases, the much-needed exercise,'

and thus makes up for the lazy

moving boy and girl, dancing inhabits induced by the constant use perfect unison, who swirl by, reversing skilfully moment inter

For an nutomobile. to avoid meeting another couple

doing an unexpected-turn. AIL

he time there is movement; the

#zrofie conditions" change every PLEASURE CARS WANTED. second. Every man has for be alert--more widewake, almost, thany city street. Ten't 36 obyns that all this is a cod trudat. for the open rod

The incorrigible enthusiast could find dozens of parallels

An incrouse in the safes of pas Faenger cats and motorcycles has been noticed in Peru. ILowever, the limited demand for trucks remains unchanged.

MOTORING ABROAD AT HOME,

The Capitol in Washington

ONE OF A SERIES OF TRAVEL TALKS

Photo Courtesy Chrysler Maswell Motor Corporations,

The best known of all buildings in America

THE American traveller who re- golyes to see his own country before wandering off to foreign Hands always picks Washington, D. C. as one of the first cities. And

Latrobe and Charles Bulfinch and the wings and dome added in 1851- 1865.

Its

The building consists of a central building of Virginia sandstone there the first building that he will painted white and two wings of probably visit is the Capitol of the white Massachusetts marble. United States which is located on length is 751 and its breadth the brow of a ' that is itself ranges in different parts from 121 early 100 feet above the Potomac, to 324 feet. The main building is building was built in 1793 surmounted by an fron dome which 1897. The original architect was rises to a height of 25834 feet and William Thornton who died in 1827. on the dome is a Statue of Liberty

designs were modified by B. H. 1914 feet high.

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