Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-01
The AYenger Of the Horse.
Mrs. Dobley Goes Riding and
Has a New Sensation.

evitable," said Mr.. Dobley. 'It
is sad to think of the noble beast sc
long known as mans best friend pass
ing into the background"
Il notice they have to get them out
every once in awhile when the cables
and trolleys get out of ORDER" said Mrs
Dobley. ''Then how can people talk OF
the extinction of the horse while driv-
ing remains so popular:'
ut cannot be compared to the keen
exhilaration that one experiences in
horseless carriage" said Dobley
"There is sense of power, of COM
plete control that one can never know
with a horse in front of cne."
HAS some one been trying to sell you
one of those things?" said Mrs. Dob
ley, suspiciously.
'Oh, no, my DEAR" answered her hus-
band, with a guilty look. "Van Ripper
is very much interested in them and
took me out for spin the other day.
I tell you it was great!"
Il am sure should always prefer the
old-fashioned way of driving," said
Mrs. Dobley. tits safer and pleasant
er in every way than this speeding
against time by machinery. Then they
are so conspicuous
1.-THE carriage that I was looking at
is safety ITSELF" said Dobley. 1T has
been tested up to two thousand to the
square inch, and can stand even more.
It is the Get There automobile that I
have been practicing with"
II should be dreadfully afraid to go
out in one of them without driver, or
steerer, or whatever you call them.''
ut is an age of progress and we must
keep up with the procession" said Dob
ley. eve are living at high pressure,
and the automobile is typical of the
era"
''You have been reading a circular
said Mrs. Dobley. "You can ride in one
of those things, if you like, but I'll
stick to a hansom."
'Mrs. Van Ripper is learning to op-
crate one of those new runabouts," said
Dobley, carelessly.
mrs. Van Ripper isl"
"Yes; Van Ripper says his wife is
thoroughly up to date woman, and
that if it became the fashion to ride
camels she'd be the first to gallop
through the park on one. He says she
has some stunning gowns ordered spe-
cially for the 'mobe.'"
''Mrs. Van is so faddy! She's always
up to anything that is loud and FAST"
'You must admit she gets ahead OF
everyone else and gets the credit OF
leading the fashion. Mark my words,
Honora, in month or two you'll be
just as anxious to automobile as anyone
else. Then you'll simply be following
her lead; that's all!'
''Imitate her! Never! I'll take les
sons first and learn to run one of the
things before she does. Did you say
you had one?"
"Er-not quite, my dear. I've par
TALLY arranged with Van Ripper's
friend Knockem, who is agent for the
Get There, and he's given me the use
of one while I'm learning
'Don't they blow out sometimes?''
asked Mrs. Dobley.
tits all the way in which they are
handled" said Dobley. "You must un-
derstand them first, of course. I've
become quite attached to the machine
I've been operating. It is much hand
somer than Van Ripper's."
Are you sure you can manage it,
John?'
"T've been operating it alone for two
weeks now" said Dobley, land think
I may say without boasting that have
mastered it. I passed Van Ripper on
Riverside drive yesterday, and left him
rs if he was standing still.'
did you say. Van Ripper was inter-
ested in selling the carriages?" asked
Mrs. Dobley. -, ..a@t
mo. He's just friend of Knockem.
He admits his 'mobe' isn't in it with
mine. It's daisy -
''Well, II you are quite. sure you can
manage it., and sure it won t run away
or blow up or anything, bring it round
this afternoon and take me out. ]
dent intend to have Mrs. Van Ripper
ges ahead of me- 49,. 5.sstsss# +.
e. That afternoon Dobley came up ia
the door with a dash in his red-wheeled
automobile, and after conyulsiye start
It settled at the curb. Mrs. Dobley
beckoned, to her husband from the up
per window. ~ 7s;z Did brill 5.5=G " Il
Is Il can't leave the carriage" he said
calling up from the street. g8
.Can't you hitch it up" she asked.
q Won't It stand quiet r.
...S my dear. this isn't q lady's horse