It is such pictures as these that add much to the after joys of motoring 



ntiity be exercised, this objection can 

 be made to evaporate, — a suitable par- 

 tition on the tonneau floor, padded with 

 a lap-robe or blanket, will protect al- 

 most any fragile instrument. 



However, it is when the camera is 

 used as an adjunct to the pleasures of 

 the automobile that the combination be- 

 comes most effective. There is then no 

 need to spend time hunting for pretty 

 bits, or to leave the machine. And if 

 the instrument be used only for records 

 which are to be of interest as souvenirs 

 of the trip, a small camera, easily car- 

 ried in the lap or the pocket is just as 

 good, if not better, than a large one 

 and the records of trips made will be 

 found a valuable addition to your set of 

 automobile stories. For instance, on a 

 trip I took last summer, we encoun- 

 tered such roads as were never made 

 before or since, or ever intended for 

 the automobile. We worried along 

 for an hour or more, and then discom- 

 fort gave way to laughter as the crowd 

 began to look on the funny side of it 



and make invidious remarks regarding 

 the road-makers, the shades of their an- 

 cestors, the country which produces the 

 state which owned the county in which 

 was the village in which could be found 

 the houses where they were born. 



Directly in front of us ; on a short 

 stretch of comparatively decent road, 

 we at last came to a sign, evidently 

 blown down from a nearby tree, on 

 which rested a twig. This twig so cov- 

 ered one of the letters of the sign that 

 to our astonished gaze it read, "Posi- 

 tively No Running!" A shout of laugh- 

 ter greeted this. u No running? I 

 should say not ! Nor walking ! Nor 

 crawling ! Nor any other means of lo- 

 comotion!" came in rapid succession 

 from each mouth in the party. Inves- 

 tigation showed the "R" to be a "G," at 

 which there was another laugh, and 

 then one would-be wit insisted on mak- 

 ing the "G" into an "R" with a lead 

 pencil, and taking a picture of it. The 

 proposition was unanimously assented 

 to, the "G" carefully made into an 



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