The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-07-15
ABo1TsH1NG SPACE AND CoMFoR1

SPACE AND COMFORT The announcement is made, not with scientific detail as yet but with the of hope, that Peter Cooper Hewitt who has already proved him- self to be discoverer of note will soon add to the transportation tools of his day and generation a craft which will sail the waters at the rate of a mile a minute. This has led to the impui- sive prediction, New York to Liver pool In thirty. hours"
 May we ask in all reverence, what in Heavens name does any sane per- son want to go from New York to Liv- erpool in less than day and a half for? What good will be accomplished, beyond the eradication of the restless ambition of the fly by night who is capable, according to his lights, of do- ing cathedral in an hour and an art gallery in morning and then on to the next town? There are those of us living who still recall with lively amusement the American swiftness of foot of George Washington Phipps who figured in Bronson Towards drama of "The Bankers Daughter" It was the delectable Phipps who re- corded each new Venus he saw in his note book under the index letter 'v'' and each Adonis under "A" in order that when he returned home he could amaze his friends with his complete understanding of the task of seeing Europe. He was in the imagination of the playwright the hustling, energetic American for whose benefit in elme all things would be made to move quickly. It Is time those of us who are satis- fled to live seven days In the week and to ignore the demands of the eighth | came in for our share in the rights oi |
 the human family. We have advanc- ed that far beyond the needs of the lsimple folk who were strenuous enough to found the country and the State, that We have no desire to return to the stage coach as means of wis. liting our friends who are dwellers 1T distant parts, but it may be questioned If we have advanced that far that wC want to be thrown at them as in a fury or on the back of gale. There Il still philosophy in the idea and reasol in the argument that before we aligh lupon the doorstep of a friends hom i've should have the time at our dis
 posal needed to divorce us from tn
 cares of business or the burdens 0
 fatigue and make us acceptable to hin
 as guest. To enjoy ones friends, o
 to properly appreciate the works O
 the masters as the museums preserv
 them for us, we must approach then
 with 8 difference born of reste
 mind. How Is this to be done if W
 are to be catapulted at them?
 The invention of the wireless instru ! ments of telegraphy has added llor , TOT to an innocent flight across tn } ocean from troublesome responsibilities ) The cares we had undertaken to leav l at home find us speedily in their figi ? through the ether. Under the old COT : ditions we could forget and be forgo- : ten for ten days When we landed V ) had regained our strength and we, l ready to grapple with anything. IT . dragon at the entrance of the faii B giants castle seemed barking pupt l easily overcome. Now we are to ha' - added, say the enthusiasts, a era e which will take us across the restf Q ocean with all of the accompaniment I of restless life, and when this Is a
 complished we shall be able to wh t across the continent, breakfasting 8 New York and dining In San Franc h co. This is a nice prospect to hold 0 e to men and women whose life on lai y and at home has only intensified t !! need for periodical rest away from { e things which oppress and unnerve. B tt and bye one will camp in the grand ( 's woods meath the rays of the elect d lamps, and then the whole animal kin 0, dom will laugh at us. We doubt a es if we are advancing as rapidly as t IS inventor thinks. He has yet to pro l. that he Is our friend.
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