Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-20

life coaching, and now there is nothing in
the line of fire escapes that can stagger me.
I'll tell sou how a woman should do this
thing.
Don't think that is the frst essential in
mounting a coach. Take your time The
world was made for the wealthy, so while
you're ascending the straight and narrow
and very uncertain iron ladder, there's no
need to hurry. and if you do, you're lost.
Hold your head up, your back straight and
mount. That's all The guard does the
rest. He looks after your petticoats, and
when you have finally arrived a the cush-
ion-that'S the seat beside the man on the
box-my word for 1t, when you have ar
rived ut the cushion, your prosaic career on
earth Is ended and there is a new sky over
your head, and as for the ground and all
that moves thereon below you, so far
that is concerned you are literally as we'll
as hguratively, out of sight"
Strange MetamOrphOsis.
This. however, is not the greatest change
place On the box seat accomplishes in the
experience of a woman. I was no sooner
planted there than in the twinkling Of an
eye l became in spirit a "clnger." From
the new woman, with a mind, and a way,
and will of her own, 1 was instantly trans
formed into one of those old-fa shioned,
sweet, shrinking, mindless women who de-
pend upon the strength and superiority of
the man beside them for every breath they
draw.
escape to the ground in case of accident
was impossible. There. too, were those four
fiery horses, which might take the bit be-
tween their teeth and land me low and
where they pleased, only as the skill of the
man holding the whip over them prevented.
Thus all my aggressive, fin de steele femi
niLity ooZed from the tips of my fingers,
and while being sufficiently mindful of the
dignity of the occasion. and of the wide
swath l was cutting, to sit erect, with Shout
derS squared and my nose tilted at self
sufficient angle, as a matter of fact, like the
Ivy on the oak, l was depending for dear
life on the man on the box, my whole heart
attuned to utter contradiction of all mod
ern theories asserting anything like equal
ity of the sexes.
Leading Toolers.
For men of wealth and leisure to drive
public coach is not so common in this
country as in England, where the sport is
very popular. Mr.. John O'Donnell, who
recently married Miss Edie, drove coach
cut Of London for eight years. Mr.. w. C.
Eustis was the first to introduce the fad
en- this side, and his sister used to divide
the honors and the pleasures of the whip
with him.
In Washington the revival of interest in
coaching is due chiefly to the enthusiasm
of Mr.. Clarence Moore, who, after having
been active in carrying the Coaching Club
through the first year of it's experience,
last fall. in company with Mr.. John A.
Ohio. where Mr.. Moore and Mr. Logan
ran a road coach out of Warrentown and
were the first in this country to add to a
coach equipment a cock horse; that's an
extra horse carried for use in emergency
Correct Outfit.
If you believe that driving four-in-h
is idle sport. take the object lesson that 1
did and learn to the contrary To drive a
coach means beginning with a lot of hard
work nobody knows anything about. There
is the selection of the coach and the horses,
which so great an authority as the Duke of
Beaufort pronounces a Every difficult pro-
ceeding." The Columbia Is, 1 am assured.
absolutely correct and, for the rest it is GER
tafnly very smart. Inside it carries a stock
of things you would never dream of being
there-among the rest, parts of harness
and tools and materials to supply any want
an accident ought occasion. Strapped to
the ceiling are the driving hats of the men
of the coaching club, their aprons and their
Upper Benjamins." That last is quite as
odd as it sounds. 1t is storm coat almost
white in color, and cut very full that it's
short length hangs a great deal like a wo-
mans skirt with godets. For the education
of the American youth of Washington who
are growing up all unconscious of London
and that sort of thing. 1 sincerely hope it
VIII storm some day during the races, so