The sun., 1905-08-20

A too tricky chauffeur is a thorn in the
flesh OF the rich man who hires him, but
one who is only just tricky enough is
jewel. The headstrong and reckless
chauffeur, who treats the orders OF the
owner "a though they were piecrust ana
made to be broken, is nuisance. he
seldom stays long In a place, and, after
q few changes, he Ia blacklisted by the
owners and makers and ia forced TO seek
employment out of town or in new trade.
Ono OF this sort was recently arrested
for knocking down and injuring an aged
woman on a downtown street At his
request the police sergeant called up the
owner OF the car, who chanced to be
millionaire.
LET the law take it's course was the
reply OF the employer. ] have been worried
to distrac ction by the tricks OF my chauf-
feurs and hired this one two weeks ago on
the one stipulation that he should never
take out the car except by my order.
He has broken my rule, and wash my
hands Of the matter"
1t developed that the chauffeur had run
the car down town to the main post office
to get quarter book of posta &c stamps,
to save a walk to sub-station.
no bpecu VI liIc touihiH Sh'O I'"SN.S,-1
makes an INSCRIPTIONS chauffeur free
booter, ready for all sorts Of trips or visits
when it is a sure thing the owner will not
call for the car for two or three hours,
or again that. night.
Often an owner sets trap and bags his
chauffeur but more often he refrains in
the fear that he would catch his man and
perforce have to discharge him. Toler-
ance Ia the rule with this set OF owners,
when they feel they have jewel in service,
an d another set who are perhaps the wisest
sort, give to their chaufeurs the right
to do as they please with the car except
TO get in trouble for excessive speeding.
This sort Of owner is willing to pay, without
questioning. for repairs caused by acci-
dents when the chauffeur ia out on his own
account 1t is not until the average man
has owned his second or third high geared
car and has learned the game that he will
begin to make concessions to keep good
man.
The too tricky sort make specially OF
keeping the car in the machine shop about
half the time. Repair work on automobiles
Is q new trade, and the profits in it are great
enough to permit repairers as tricky as
himself paying an extra commission to the
right sort OF chauffeur. The greenhorn
owner does not know whether he is paying
too much or too little. for at the hest there
IL no fixed scale for such work as in older
and standard repair work, such as on car
riages, although il often occurs to him that
he owns hoodoo car. milder sort Of an
noyance is revealed in the surprise OF new
owner, as he pays his monthly bill at the
otity ~ uyoa aolipa IL takaS Va
an automobile running
He certainly seemed surprised" was
the comment of the Gilman at the garage,
to q boon companion, "but he would be
moro astonished still to know the full mile
age OF his car each month and. moreover.
how much I give as rake-oh to the chauf-
feur'
A good chauffeur is one who is careful
IN tending to his car at the garage, not
wasteful in gasoline-one chauffeur was
caught empty wing the tank In the woods
Just to help the trade along-and who,
above all. tries hard to keep the machine
out OF the repair shop. He must be skilful
as driver to do this, and equal to every
emergency OF the city traffic and country
roads. and also attentive, for the water will
free3e and burst in cold snap, for instance.
r the machine Is left standing while 1t is
still bubbling In the boiler. Moreover,
the good chauffeur must be pathfinder
On country runs and wise as to where he
may speed In safety. or must slow down to
avoid arrest, and he must be tireiess In
obeying orders and at his owners disposal
1t any hour Of the day or night.
A chauffeur for one young college man
made ! 400 miles Of road runs In one week,
mostly at night, on trips In and out Of the
city. He did not see much Of his wife and
children that week. On the other hand,
married chauieurs, who work for owners
Who have houses within fifty or sixty miles
Of the city do not feel compelled to move
their families to the country, as coachmen