The San Francisco call., 1899-07-13

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more 1t may not be uninteresting,
especially to the feminine readers of
The Call, to see a list of the articles
the automobilists will take with them,
and this was best learned from Mrs.
Davis herself. when seen at her resis
dence in Madison avenue tonight. She
said to The Call correspondent:
TT will not take long to tell The Calls
readers what we will take with us. I
wanted to take q dress suit case so l
could at least have an evening gown
upon arrival in San Francisco, but Mr..
Davis could only allow room for one
small trunk which will be strapped on
behind the automobile like baggage on
fashioned stage coaches. 1t is
boot l think, is it not, or is the rub
Der curtain that reaches up to your
chin to keep the rain out Of the buggy
called a boot? Anyhow, we are to
have one of the latter also. 1 fancy it
will be snug in the automobile when It
rains; our trunk behind will be covered
with a water proof tarpaulin. 1 am so
sorry l cannot take an evening gown
with me, not because 1 expect San
Francisco people will make social lions
of us and give us receptions and all
that, for honestly we hope they will
not. l dread any spectacular demon
stratiOn, and sincerely hope that when
we start from the Herald building to-
morrow morning there will be no big
crowd and no 'hurrah' l am told,
though, that some enthusiastic auto
mobilists will escort us through New
York streets to the Harlem River. My,
II l just had a reception gown to wear
in San Francisco, for l know l will look
shabby after such a long trip! l am
going to take only a street dress be-
sides the one 1 shall wear on the trip.
My travelling dress will be of military
blue, with skirts reaching to my tan
shoe tops My hat will be a broad
brimmed felt or sombrero' dis you
would say out West. L will have a
quill in it, that is the fashion now, you
know, and it is no conceit of mine to
look like an Indian squaw. Besides the
garments named 1 shall take two or
three shirt waists and some other ap-
parel. Goodness knows how or when
will have them laundered, for, you
know, we will travel all day and ex-
pect to sleep at night at the towns we
happen to strike at nightfall. But
doubtless l can manage to have some
washing done. We will, of course, take
a medicine chest with us, filed with
arnica, extract, salve, quin1ne, alcohol
and various kinds of pellets needless
to mention, and some glycerine and
cold cream. Yes, lot Of cold cream,
for I just know l shall look a fright
when we get to San Francisco. We
will have to cross that horrid old
American desert, and have heard that
the alkaH makes your skin as harsh
and dry as parchment. l will use cold
cream and glycerine for that and am
monia to soften water for my hair.
Would you believe that we have re-
ceived hundreds of letters from all sorts
of enterprising patent medicine venders
offering to supply us with everything
from pills to dollars in consideration of
the free advertising we might be able
to give them? We have been offered no
end Of good things by New York mer-
chants, too, who are anxious to get
their names in print. 1 wish to goodness
fer me a sealskin wrap to wear over the
SUBMITS CT the Rocky and Sierra Ne
vada mountains. Say, really, now, is
it true that at Truckee we shall have
to plow through snow ten or twenty
feet deep? How ever shall we do it?
I am told. too, that often we shall have
to travel perhaps a whole day without
ever a sight of a habitation. Is it so?
IAI
water to drink and enough to eat, but
just think Of travelling all day through
an alkali desert But there Is one good
thing, it is level ground in these deserts
and our machine can then speed thirty
f1ve miles an hour. BY riding ten hours
day we ought to get through the
worst part in few days. OF course,
the mountain passes will be hard to
climb.
"Our machine only weighs 1850 pounds
with both Of us in it, and can be light
ened considerably by our getting out.
Just fancy our pushing the thing up
the mountain canyons. Say, now,
really, do you think we will be able to
make it? Mr.. Davis says, Yes, Of
course, we will; we will get there If it
takes all summer, though he really
expects to get through in forty-flve
days. We have received a lot of dis
couraging letters from all parts of the
country. Some say we are a pair of
venturesome young fools to attempt
such a journey, but these letters only
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8 DAVIS DETER