The sun., 1906-12-27
AMONG TIE AUfOMOBILISTS.
FRENCH PROTEST AGAINST
AMERICAN LIBERALITY.

Good wages Paid by Tourists Lead 90 De-
moraIization Of Chsuneurs. II Is As
serted-Contrary View Held Here
Queen Alexandra Has American Car.
From time to time during the last few years
there have arisen little storms of protest from
European automobilists mostly Frenchmen.
against what they have termed the demorsli-
zation OF chaufeurs by wealthy Americans
touring abroad. One critic who recently
voiced his dspleasure on the subject said he
had heard that salaries OF from 400 to 500
francs a month are by no means uncommon.
As 400 francs amounts to about 500 1t is alto
gether likely that there are very few Amer
leans who go abroad with the idea that they
will get on for any less as most OF them have
found that II really is economy not to hire
chauffeur in this country unless he demands
at least S15 u week, and they Certainly pay
them as much IL they take them abroad to
drive their cars for them Men who ship
their cars to France or some other European
country generally make arrangements to
secure driver before sailing from this coun-
try and in the great majority Of cases expect
10 pay as much to a chauffeur in Europe as
they do in this country. and when they open
negotiations with a European factory or
agency for driver very often name a maj xi-
mum figure which they think a reasonab BILE
one. The fact that this figure generally
exceeds that paid to drivers in Continental
Europe Ia of course a fairly good assurance
that the American will find a thoroughly
reliable and trustworthy chauffeur waiting
for hin, vvben he Iands .nd a, rvo,ld .ssu
as IL the visitor wise in his apparent
prOdigality. There are some Americans who
refuse to pay more than SIS a week to driver
when touring in Europe and who state that
for this expenditure, which is about 800 francs
month, they secure good chaureurs, but
there is little doubt that most Americans
tourin, .hroad na,, aho,,, ,ha s.n,0 u,a,as
tbo,, u,o,Id go, ., ;n ..o.ina - a..
consso"sn,i,, hs,tar ~ 20, 40 49, """ ''
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There Is some chance that Missouri auto
mobilists will not he com neIled To have a seps
-. ~ nv Do oo''i ~ ~" " 10.
I"ate " Hcense Ior every county o' sne,r "'a'e 'ney
wish 10 Visit next year. a. the 80. Louis Auto
mohjla mcssnrs 90 Jessrson Ci,y n l. a
,,i,,n,in,>n. I,'.,,,,,,, ,sr.at;,,, ,h. r,,,oroa
state Legislature. Among other things. it re-
,hn rn,"hi,,, ',',tL ~ Sra,a.,. n| So AZ
Cne hachlne' WIN tne SecraterN OF StaJe. ue-
scribing their vehicles. and upon payment of
m annual fec Of s., obt1in u license No other
Uoon.,, ball ho oxaa,o1 Co. 49,, ,,.,, - a,,oh
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the state Drivers must also be registered
with the secretarv of state and M unregis-
,s,ad drL,or ,,iII ho auo,,od 20 onora,. a
motor car. license card will be furnished
by the Secretary Of state inches in length
no other license tag viii be mecessary. in
case Of accidents IL is made the duty Of the
driver to not only give his own name and the
number of the machine and the owner thereof
but also the names Of any persons who NAV
have been in the vehicle when the accident
highways is twenty-five miles an hour, and
within municipalities II is ten miles an hour.
When cars are sold or exchanged. provision is
ported 10 the Secretary Of State. Drivers
are prohibited from operating motor cars
TithSrt permTTlTn Gr ne 2wnsT % n There Is
%hic6 % "tipns,es s that hat % When sigma signslIeS r' by
driver OF the car must atop until the horses
have passed his machine and a possible acci-
Reports rom England have II that one OF
me Rltts 10 queen AleNandra from Ming
it.LI EtuMaIu on tne oJ'asioh oi ner iNty-seconu
birthday, December l. was an American
automobile
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highway CommlSslon'r IOSeph NJ, snow OF
the state Of Washington has prepared a
StAte alu hlRhway plii pau erheh closely aUer
the New York law OF this KIM. and will en-
usaNoT 70 secure tS llassHg ge h' the heAl session
OF the Sta'e LeRlslatTe'
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s NAN hLin, Rhignway ooaTn H,hE nP tnGlr stockInSs
LOT Imlsinds as lhulNluudis, thcy were AZ
s 7ul ~ pc VI -o,l't " as "a uoaIu,
out WouIu nave Deen rather nlncut 70 ma
stoGRing =, rGe We. enough 70 hoId LOT the
IN SnrlstnlSs sum SlIt Was teanl T3iisr, me pres
ent 6 Was Ir9in lne AdIoInople IIno OF Great
% pIIithaIl anu " IJeitnu Ia anu was gwen 70 tne
nIsnMaS pDsIu ,h ~ IeMcosnIion M S oI tIs NoIk IN
Si S nts , or ri UrSr Wauh me SIS
Inopny coIlIes' 'or 'o"r'h. 'drS was run lew
'"oh'hs dso'
According 70 stories told by automobilists
who toured ABROAD TINS year, the practice OF
.hr0Wlng s.ones at noVori-ts ls not cohnneo
70 ms country, where " IS by no means as
BAD as u was year or two ago, owing TO he
vigorous methods adopted oy automobile
cInos 70 siaIhp out me eNl, ror snort tlme
Ine pIdStfCe nouIlsneu III cerIaln ulstrlcts IN
hngand Dut prompl prosecution OF the
onehuers oa e, nS .helsh Mo.0r thlon nad suoD
sdlutoIE e entSt ,hat tne s,ohelnTpWeIs nave
ceaseu thelr EFFORTS IN thls me anu are deIot-
ing gtleH spare uiIle 10 iher he'us OIL ehueaNor'
u seems out Yesterday that every maker
tried to Guido his competitor IN enlarging on
the horse-powerTatl OF hls motor, says the
Automobile SO completing, indeed, were the
various claims, based on practically the same
factors-cylnder dimensions. compression