The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-30

Part That Horseloss Vehicles Arc Play,D,
in Fashionable Life.

HbTB JnuG fAOr9olcse Nen1CIeH Arc plavin.
in Fashionable Life.
As q general thing Americans are very oul,l
to adopt French fads. but they have been nm.
commonly deliberate about taking up the bor.,
less carriage. Perhaps 1t has been an eyidenS,
OF Yankee shrewdness. Americans were will.
ing that the French experlmenters should
solve the problems alone. 1t has been an Az.
pensive process and the men OF money and n
leisure on this side of the Atlantic have not an.
Wed the wealthy Parisians who have been wres.
Ting with these expensive trials.
Now that the horseless carriage has becoms
York are Frightening. The n%illiners and N,
d~ressmakers. moreover. are helping It along
they are doing a good deal more to add TO IL
accomplish in. fye years; Every, miliiner |,
showing hats In automobile red" and every
writer on fashions is describing costumes %
there should be an automobile gown is no,
quite clear. but the species has attained as in.
6icyeTs suit tp or The IN evening" wSmsRs ro 1%snl09 m as D the
department has appeared In mems fashion,
also. Hence there IS nothing to be done but "a
provide the automobile to 60 with the gowns
n T B fthey are really eSIS Rt neg minis to tide Do: Mo.
carriage. something like a stanhope. and TIA
other for four persons. Other automobiles en-.
livened the Newport roads. but they were BY no
means SO numerous as to get in one anothers
way. Mr.. Barber had a double-seated one mat
Ardsley. where he, and his AUTOMOBILE were the
the golf tournsments. There are several sSsq PRG orssG!
less carriages In New York owned and operated
by women. 1t is to the women. in fact, thatthe
haps because OF the gowns and hats. perhaps
because of the reason given by a woman who
uses one almost every day.
me a present OF one.'' she said. I'd be afraid
he would run away. But this thing can't run
away. The worst It can. do is to stand still. and
and will balk. too. But the automobile only
balks. and that not very often"
and mhe dd nVrSe tSs s saes sum T GsF iR ase Sot cslc up
with the idea Of a motor vehicle. One Of their
rear wheels. and therefore they have to 20
toward a thing before they can get away from
It. One Of the funniest things to everybody
but the cab motorman and the passengers. Il
there are any. is to see a cab plunEed up
against the curbstone and trying to get away.
The electric carriages, however, steer by their
While the automobile in Paris has become
fnS ioiay'RR erse in q! New sMe Yo 5rih it ana has a had airi a @Ge &
less picturesque career. Aside from the cabs,
riding in which is regarded very much in Tho
oe'tEh hs Fl FREAK sR0 @et6od ie oi fsSsss Ra ttE2E e Gof aRy
less vehicles, seem to have appealed chiefly
to buyers With n E. eye to 2dvertising their bust:
fasbionableness. One Of the American man.
ufaeturers has brought out a motor carrier as
a ab r1wa' s e 19 and ia Wfii c WaGo b0o ponnds w snd G Ssa
be run at a cost Of half a cent a. mile, The
same firm has compiled some rather interest.
ing statisticsa as to the relative expense OF motor
delivery wagons and those drawn by horses.
They estimate that a regular delivery wagon
costs $3.50. the two horses $259 and the har.
wagon they put down at $2,050. They figure
the annual expenses as follows. For the horse
wagon.Interest on Investment. $685.; sta.
bling two horses at S1S.25 each per month,
S439: shooting. $50: harness repairs. $40: total.
$523.25. For the electric carriage-Interest OF
investment. S102.50: cost Of electric current
for 1000 miles q year, $500; total. S4O25G
supply wire. II the owner ofthe wagon has his
own dynamo the cost OF the current is only So
S122.50. The statistician inGeniopsly omits
any charges for repairs to the electric carriage
One significant fact which shows bow times
are changing is the announcement of a dealer
IN both bicycles and automobiles. He has, for
several years carried on a bicycle riding
him decide, to discontinue the riding school
entirely and use the entire floor space for an
exhibit Of horseleSS carriages.