New-York tribune., 1903-06-07
THE NEWEST WOMAN.
Tn Paris She Is a Speed erased
"4utoiSt.
Paris, May 26.

ps-tsian women notwithstanding the san
.,,,ns-y object lesson of the Paris Madrid race.
..s-7 to have gone crazy over automobiles.
-,.v adore high speed. -'Vitesse'' has become
.n tntoxication like absinthe, morphine
.,,e,,e Whenever one meets an automobile
bowling over the roads ar madcap pace one is
.r-,ost sure TO find woman seated next the
Conductor. Two prominent women of Partisan
society drove their automobiles from Paris TO
Madrid in the tourist section, going over the
course of 500 miles in five days. One Of these
,,rrepid automobilistes is Nine Van Zuylen,
,-4fe o. the popular president Of the Automobile
r1rb Of France and niece of Baron Alphonse de
F2othschild. and the other is Mrs. Clarke. hos
-,+able American resident OF Paris and Nice
They arrived in good form at Madrid and en-
,cved their trip immensely. notwithstanding the
clouds Of dust the Spanish roads.
Another woman. Nine. du Cast. actually
s+a-ted with the racing division and drove at
maximum speed her splendid Dietrich motor car.
Nine du Cast is an exceedingly beautiful and
attractive woman. and may be said to personify
the Partisan sportswoman. She represents
new female type. Nine du Cast carefully
avoids rhe unsympathetic appearance of the
arnannsh woman She is graceful. feminine
and ultra-Parisian in everything she does A
conversation that Nine. du Cast had with II.
Fernand Hauser. one Of the most conscientious
psychological investigators of the French press,
is worth noting. for IT presents in truthful aspect
the state Of mind in which is developing the
novel form OF the automobile girl" which al
ready exists in Paris. and which is rapidly mag
netting American women. many Of whom, as
they arrive in the French capital ask first OF
all. "Oh viii you tell me where we hire
nice fast motor carr
Ny friend NJ Hauser called last Saturday
morning at the residence Of Nine du Cast in
the Passy quarter of the town. surrounded by a
beautiful and exQuisitely kept garden He thus
relates his experiences:
q IN the courtyard Of the house I found a
smartly appointed victoria with bright bay
horse and coachman. AS I was shown into the
drawing room Nine. du Cast was giving her
final orders 10 her maid for the trunks and lug
gage that was about start for Madrid. 8.
d" 7 see you do not always travel in motor car
riages'
7 hate automobiles in Paris streets. You
never see me IN an auto in Paris unless am
crossing the city for a trip in the country. The
auto is altogether out Of place in cities.
whether in Paris. New-York or London. They
make uncanry noises. they smell atrociously.
they are neither smart nor pretty. they are
dirty and they frighten horses. No, always
use my victoria brougham for Paris never
an automobile
Then why do YOU take such a prominent
part In autornobilisrn. and why do you enter the
race from Paris 10 Madrid?'
".Ah- exclaimed Nine du Cast. with be-
witching smile. that is quite another matter.
do that simply because It amuses me. I adore
emotions. Like many Of my New-York friends,
love what IS out Of the commonplace like
sensations Ny nervous system makes me pine
for what is neither trite nor banaL have often
gone up in balloons. once descended in
parachute 2 distance of three hundred yards,
and safely alighted in a cherry tree have also
dived under water in submarine armor, and
when visited the coal mines at ChaTleroi in
Belgium. went underground with the miners TO
2 depft Of 500 yards and chopped off q bit Of
coal with a pick.
do you find time TO do anything else?'
oh yes. Why. 7 sing. I play the piano.
swim. read all the new books, play tennis, I
ride horseback I skate and in regard to auto
r1obilisrn. the Duchesse d'Uzes and ] were the
first women who obtained certificates as chauf-
feuses permitting US TO drive our own motor
cars The only thing I never took TO
vas cycling
d" Why is that?'
well. you see. ! am always frightened
when I get on Z bicycle. If meet a carriage it
seems impossible for me TO avoid riding straight
~ Il. and If an auto comes near me when
an OF 2 bicycle have TO jump down and walk
DO not automobiles frighten you when you
are waking
Yes awfulIyi ] always run out Of the way.
and put my handkerchief 10 my nose TO prevent
being infected
How IS II that with this antipathy TO motor
cars when you are walking you take 10 the sport
Of autornobilism with such extraordinary pas
sion?
".Aht once seated IN an automobile, all my
Ruttpathy vanishes- ! then find the motor car
The most fascinating invention Of our age. 1t
beats ballooning submarine diving or descend
ing into the bowels Of the earth in coal mines
Il is Just heavenly 10 glide over the country IN
glorious summer weather. There is secret
charm an irresistible fascination, an indescrih-
able exhilaration about speeding through space
al eighty miles an hour. then have the sensa-
ton Of being bird. All the women 1 have met
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