The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-09
ARE LIKE AUTOMOBILES
FASHIONS IN BOYS WAGONS HAVE
 CHANGED GREATLY.
Steering Wheels, side Lights and Horns Are Features of the Turtle Backs'' Which Are Propelled
 by Foot Power.
New York Sun,

New York Sun.
 The influence of the automobile is seen even in the construction of wag- ons for boys and girls. The footpower propelled boys wagons of the sort known as runabouts are offered this year in many styles bearing more or less resemblance to an auto They have a turtle back. or forward body otherwise resembling that of an auto mobile, and this year most of them are provided with a steering wheel instead of handle or lever for guiding them. the. steering wheel adding strikingly to their autolike appearance. Many of these runabouts are equip ped with side lamps, and with head light of automobile pattern, and they have an auto horn attached to the steer ing wheel. They even have their num- Der hanging on the rear axle, so the autolike effect of the vehicles is great ly heightened by all their accessories
 Auto lamps and auto horns for boys wagons are now sold separately-they can be attached to any wagon-and they are common articles of sale.
 The auto runabouts are made both of steel and wood. and in various sizes, to seat one or two or three boys or girls, some with seats all facing to6the1 front and some with seats dos-a-dos. and they are painted and finished and up- holstered in many colors. Many of them are very handsome little vehicles. They have rubber tired wheels. and ball bearing axles are not uncommon. Some of them are propelled, not by simple foot pressure, but by means of bicy- cle attachment, the feet working in treadles attaches to a sprocket wheel with a chain running to a gearing on an axle.
 These auto runabouts sell at prices ranging up to $2O and more. But fine and handsome and auto-Ake in appear ance as many of these runabouts are. a more wonderful wagon still. brought out this year. is one made to carry four boys or girls modelled exactly after an automobile touring car This Is yer itable automobile in miniature, even to the mudgards over the wheels It is complete in equipment down to the last detail, including not only side lights, headlights and horn, but the regulation side baskets and the long, slender basket for umbrellas and canes. It Is the real thing.
 The wonderful automobile wagon has, of course. rubber tired wheels with ball-bearing axles. It is propelled by means of bicycle gearing attachment, Auto wagons of this sort sell at $50 LO SOu. A DOEo duNC a6OAt pC"NA pAO- pelled, Is said to be coming next year.
 A novel foot propelled wagon brought out last year was one in the form of a locomotive abig enough for the boy propeling it to sit in the cab. And stfll more markable foot propelled boys wagon is one in the form of a battleship. The battleship wagon has two tall smokestacks rising to height of about four feet above the
 A,z k.,w~ Rrv- ,y.1 from whose portholes project the mug zles of guns. Other guns appear along the sides. A bridge runs across, for ward of the smokestacks, and above the level of the turret. ....
 The ship has a most formidable prov and the boy commander of this battle- ship sits-facing forward, of course on a deck aft. The battleship wagon sells for $19. 75; the locomotive wagon for $16.50. Q.
 Then there is a boys wagon in the form of a boat. which, besides being capable of foot propulsion, carries 0 sail. The body of this sailboat wagon is built of steel and is shaped like 8 skin. It is about five feet long, and mounted on four wheels, like any wag-' on. The mast Is stepped well for ward, and the single sail carried, which is of a size suitable to the size of the boat, is in shape like that of cat boat. A part of the equipment of these boats Is a''compass nailed down to the thwart through which the mast Is stepped. The boats also carry lam terms, and some of them are supplied with megaphones. Some of these boats are steered with handle. or tiller- some with a wheel. The boy sits in the stern.
 The theory of this extraordinary wagon is that, with the wind favorIng. the boy can let that take him along while he sits in the boat and steers: while, if the wind should die. or if shooting around a corner. he should find wind there ahead, he can lower the sail and propel the boat by foot power. working the treadles. This pe- culiar vehicle might. perhaps, be called an auxiliary satlboat wagon. 1t ts nokj