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Rh longer a coat is the better, for it is round the extremities that the cold is felt as much as anywhere. Therefore a coat should be made loose enough to wrap round the figure and fold well over the knees. It is quite impossible to keep warm in a rapid motor journey except by using fur rugs, and they should be backed with leather, which mitigates the trouble of beating the dust out of them at the end of the day.



Difficult as it is, however, to keep warm and fairly clean as regards the clothes which should be worn, the real problem, is how to keep a hat on. The head must be warmly covered and the hat small, for anything large or wide offers too much resistance to the wind, and gets quickly blown off. After many experiments I am satisfied that the picture given above shows the best head-dress for the motor-car. It is a blue Glengarry