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pleasant the car would offer little advantage save 
in shortening the distance. A folding top and storm 
curtains can of course be fitted, but the interior 
is deficient in comfortable roominess and there is 
seating accommodation lor but one person besides 
the driver. 
All things considered, a car of medium size is much 
better suited to the requirements of the suburban 
family. Such a car has a running gear fitted with a 
sixteen to thirty horse-power engine and weighs from 
1,800 to 2,200 pounds. Up to within the last two 
years the body was almost universally of the open 
touring car type, seating four or five persons, and for 
want of a more specialized style this became a general 
utility vehicle, serving all of the purposes of the light 
runabout and also being used for runs and tours in the 
country. It has, in fact, nearly all of the character¬ 
istics to he desired in a suburban car, and is also well 
suited for summer use in the city and in the country 
as well. Its adaptability has made it the standard 
type that is still manufactured in greater numbers 
than any other style of automobile. 
I here has been developed within the last year a 
style of car having special merits as a suburban and 
city car. It is the landaulet and is commonly desig¬ 
nated the town car because of its peculiar suitability 
for urban work. It differs from the small touring car 
almost solely in the style of body, the chassis of the 
two styles being almost identical in size, power, 
weight and mechanical features. The landaulet has 
the great advantage that it can he converted in a 
minute or two from an entirely open car into a 
vehicle having a completely closed rear portion that 
is as weather tight as a limousine or brougham. The 
heavy leather top with its cloth or leather lining and 
stiff' arched roof can be raised, the hinged door frames 
and window frames elevated and latched into posi¬ 
tion, and the wide front window and door windows 
pulled up from their places of concealment in the 
lower part of the body and doors. Passengers on 
the rear seat are then as well sheltered from driving 
rain or blizzard as if in a coupe. A speaking tube 
communicates with the driver on the front seat, a 
small electric dome lamp in the roof illuminates the 
interior at night, there is a small clock directly before 
the eyes, and within convenient reach are small cases 
for calling cards, purse, mirror, cigars, and matches, 
and pockets for memorandum hook and papers. 
Many landaulets have one or two small folding seats 
arranged with the rear seat, which can be used 
by children or by one or two adults with crowding. 
A car of this style really requires the employment 
of a man to drive it, as the operator is perforce ex¬ 
posed to the weather at all times and so occupies a 
menial position; but the operation is so simple that 
a high-priced chauff eur is not at all necessary, and the 
man who takes care of the lawn, garden and furnace 
can be put in charge of the machine to drive, clean, 
and oil it and refill its tank and radiator. 
Such a car has ample strength and power for mak¬ 
ing twenty miles an hour over ordinary roads and 
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The cabriolet is a new style town car that is meeting with great favor for suburban use, having a 
comfortable low body and Victoria top 
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