The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-06
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the rosto,is arr eTulppei With motor power,
and do no, depend, "a did the original caf,
upon the eoci will and the sturdy logs ~
three amiabhe horses; but even with ade.
qtiato motor power y moving villa must
proceei seiately ovcr country ruads.
There arc pictures and brio-A-brao and
china 10 bc considered. for these oars are.
AZ their lost. worry complete In their furnish.
ING. though u neoc.tity limited In space.
Imagine the mos, d~lminutive, the most
compact Of city fats ast IN whesls n
turned out into the country TO live down
Ito city stigma.
Put the staterooma and galley and saloon
Of n toy yacht on wheels and vet II adrtft
upon tho high road. There you have the
home car,
For several seasons past a few enthusi.
as = have been rolling about the out Of the
way corners Of France In such perambu-
latory homes; but II was only last year that
the Home Car Club was organised. There
were but six charter members. Now the
membership has passed the ffties and 10
rolling on toward n hundred.
A little park in Auteuil il rented for the
accommodation Of cars not travelling, and
! there Is ambitious talk Of similar install
lations in other cities and villages. The
designing OF the cars, too, is becoming more
Of a science since a little group Of wealthy
folk have taken up the fad.
A car Of simple type has a dining room
III IhC " DCabolLo Iia bAiAO ~ ittchy .
q dining room whose doors and buffet slide
into the walls without taking up space in
the room and whose wide easement win
dows when thrown open make IA dinner
in the room almost an al freeco affair.
Outside the door Of the room, which Is the
front door OF the villa, is a little porch, like
the platform Of a railway car, though NOR
c~ommodious, and here the men retire for
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is clea AIRED and the dining room is converted
into the salon,
The sleeping room bears a family resem-
blance to the stateroom of a steamship,
with two comfortably wide divans facing
each other, a washstand that folds up against
the wall when not in use, a chiffonier and
a chair for furnishing. In the daytime
attractive covers are thrown over the divans
and the room serves as q general lounging
place.
Behind the bedroom Is the kitchen and
the maids room-tb~ former a miracle OF
compact completeness, for your true French
man must have his cooking done in ap-
proved fashion even when he Is living en-
~roulotle, and French cooking requires
u multitude Of pots and pans and parapher-
MALTA.
There might be worse things for summer
days than life in a home such as this, with a
constantly shifting scene beyond the car
walls and no fixed plan of voyage to inter-
fere with indulgence Of ones mood.
II during breakfast one tired Of the
river vista stretching away beyond the
wide open windows it would be 80 simple
a matter to be in the heart Of a forest glade
for luncheon; and, wherever the scene
invited, there one could loaf and idle The
days away, without being at the mercy Of
poor inns and %ravening inn keepers and
without the bother of packing and unpaok-
ing ones belongings and getting used to
new quarters.
ut is the ideal way of obtaining change
of scene and air without inconvenience
! and discomfort" said one Of the enthusiasts
of the club TO an interviewer. Il detest
u hotel. 1 like privacy and my W belong
ings and the rooms to which am acous-
toned and yet l like to pass some weeks
at the seashore, others among the hills.
Il like to get away from conventions and
people, but l want my material comforts
and ! love Nature, but not enough to endure
many hardshps for her. Always ! hated
the summer pilgrimages until ! bought my
car. o.
Now 1t is with difficulty that I stay at
home long enough to discharge my duties.
But no, I must not put 1t that way.
1T is the car that is my real home. 1t is
there that l enjoy life.
my house in Paris is by way Of a sop to
convention. In it l entertain, I show my
worldly possessions. l live up to my ances-
tors, but when 1 escape to my car 1 am
free.
"One entertains there, too; but with a
difference-lit little dinners, little lr~ncheons,
little suprers with q few intimates, and with
the informalty that is SO good a sauce.
"And il one does not enjoy. the slow
travelling from place to place, IL one wants
to be here, there and everywhere, but
without the necessity OF moving by slow
stages, then one can always put ones car
on a train. Yes, there is now an arrange
ment by which the railroads will transport
persons in their cars by the payment Of
extra fares. For example. three persons
in their car will be accepted upon the pay
ment Of our first class fares.
"As for me-, l like the drifting along
country roads without hurry and without
plans. but it is pleasant, too, to be whisked
away TO Normandy or to the Riviera or to
some other beautiful part Of Franco In a