Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-05
AUTOMOBILE is
KEEPING RURAL
LADS AT HOME
MODERN VEHICLE is SOLVING
FORMER SERIOUS PROBLEM
EXPLANATION OF MOTORING is
TO FARMER BOY PLEASURE
Quick to Master Machinery, Sees New
Sights and Faces and Glad to
Return Home Because
Refreshed

Among the many wonderful achieve
ments that the modern automobile lsI
bringing to pass is the solution Of the
farm and the boy problem. In the mind
of one motorist, at least, this inven-
ton of man will unlock the mystery as
to how to keep the young men from
forsaking the country home in order toI
live in the city
Man is n gregarious animal. He loves
TO mingle with his fellow kind. He
breads isolation and solitude, conse-
quently he hunts the place where the
greatest number of people congregate
in the smallest place-the city.
Here he gratides the Unborn instinct
to rub up against his fellow man to his
hearts content Sometimes Ire smooths
off the rough edges and becomes a
polished magnate, and is heraIded from
one end of the land to the other as a.
farm lad, born on a farm-country
bred-one who has raised himself from
obscurity to the pinnacle of fame.
Few Reach Fame
But cold facts show that the rank
ana lie OF lIlt touAiAAA y leAA7 NiA' A'''
CRATE to the city merely fill in cogs
of corporation machinery, wheels which
keep grinding away with the same mo-
notonous regularity year after year.
This is what the city offers TO thel
average youth. There is none of that
free and Independent spirit which dis
tinguishes the country cousin from ms
city relative. He satisfies his longing
TO mingle-but he also learns more
cussedness in six months than the pure
air country boy could learn in life
time. While many boys leave the farm
because they are gregarious animals,
nine out Of ten do so because they lose
interest in the farm.
The lack Of proper recreation has been
offered as the reason he loses interest
in the country It is considered a tough
proposition to toll all day in the broil- |
ing sun and at night after the chores
are done to lounge around until bed !
time.
Auto Gives Recreation
A local dealer in automobiles has |
given this subject great attention, and
since his trade has largely been among |
country people, he believes that the /
motor car viii be found by every pa |
rent confronted by this problem as
the sure remedy. This is just the kind |
of recreation the country lad needs. |
It makes the eye sparkle and nerves |
tingle with joy and excitement There
is exhilaration in being behind the
wheel i'm operating the brake, clutch, /
spark and gas control.
The average country youth is quick
to pick up the knack Of handling a !
car. being familiar with machinery. It'll
also creates an interest i'm good roads |
which is necessary for every farmer. /
When he returns from a spin the tired /
feeling is gone and he thinks life is |
worth while
He gets To travel sections of his own |
territory which he never saw before, |
he can easily run into town as often |
as he pleascs. and after the seasons !
work is over and before winter comes |
he can take long tours over the entire |
land
The automobile breaks the last thread
that separates tho farmer from the city,
now that he has the telephone and
free rural delivery.