The San Francisco call., 1906-11-04

M OTOR CARS motor boats. mo-
tor transeontinentaI tours:
motor races. motor climbs,
motor trucks, motor 'ambu-
iances, motor undertaking wagons: mo-
Tor in fact and in fiction; motor, motor.
motor mania. This is in truth a motor
cycle.
Richard III. monarch OF all England.
cried IN his hour of need, MY kingdom
for a horseg' But the humblest poor
Richard Of today. with only a weeks
salary in his pocket, dares dream of a
future peopled with prancing automo-
biles. They seem to be within reach
OF US all, from the penurious clerk to
his bloated employer. The horse has
been openly called passe. We no long
er stop to stare at the mincing airs
and graces of spirited pair of thor
oughbreds. Instead, our hearts stir
with envy as a shining white flier" or
radiant red devir' dashes by. IN Old
Kentucky could scarcely find a place
today on the stage of any Broadway
theater. but The Vanderbilt Cup"
with its automobile horse play-incon-
gruous as to the combination may seem
e-and fits optical illusion mile-a- minute
race. scored a record success.
France, Germany, Italy, America
Great Britain. Spain have bowed-the
automobile is the universal monarch Of
all civilized countries. There is, per-
haps. but one known spot of interna-
J,,+ I,.e
edged It's supremacy. transportation
by steam has been known in Engadine
not quite two years, and no automo-
bile has yet been allowed to penetrate
TO this magnificent portion of the Swiss
Alps. or. in fact, to any part of the
Canton de Grison. Otherwise. the au-
tomobiIist en- route can visit almost
every part of the civilized world.
Even the artistic temperament has
succumbed to the charm of this very
practical means of locomotion, and it
has been suggested. in consequence,
that rhyme worn. fiery eyed Pegasus,
who has scared with the dreaming poet
since time immemorial, be pictured in
future as a winged motor car Indeed,
many a writer OF recent popular novels
has spoken extravagantly OF the auto
mobile as living, breathing steed of
varying moods and tempers. Mr.. and
Mrs. c. n. Williamson have character
ized it as an up to date but tractable
bssilisk or dragon creature to be
conquered. then fondled; to be studied
and closely watched at all times.
On the other hand. the automobile
has been classified as a sort OF modern
5uggernaut, a death-dealing monster
that stamps out animal life with the
case OF a skilled executioner. Ministers
have arraigned it with bridge as one
OF the degenerating influences Of the
day. II has been termed the poor mans
curse and the rich mans nemesis. How
often DO we hear the automobilist ridi-
cuied with an obvious double entendre,
as taking life too easy" This last little
5est we have probably never thought of
considering seriously, yet here comes a
message from England that should
make US open our eyes and don our
thinking caps.
recent cable quotes the somewhat
startling opinion OF Sir James crichtou
Brown.
"Tbe temperament OF the times il
bilious. and nervous diseases are IN.
creaeing." was his statement in a presi.
Dental address before the Sanitary In
Epectors' Congress at BlackpooL There
80 need for a gospel OF recreation in
the way OF communion with nature
Rapid locomouon is craze which IN