Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-01-16
AND
TRAGEDIES OF
AUTOMOBILE

merry member OF congress from the
Twenty-fourth district, and he made
his campaign this year on an old
white mule Mr.. Burrell is 80 years
old, and is fond of the old order of
| things His principal competitor was
Pleasant t. Chapman, who whirled
through the district in a whiz wagon.
He made rapid campaign and while
good many people were inclined to
bet on the mule, Mr.. Chapman and his
automobile were elected Even the
farmers who drew their frightened
horses up into the hedge as he
chugged past in his touring car
turned out and voted for him on cleo
ton day.
Another candidate for congress who
is addicted to the gasoline buggy was
not so fortunate in his campaign.
Col. Herbert G.. Catrow. of Mianis-
burg, o., received the nomination for
the Dayton district, but one day, while
the campaign was at its height, he ran
over and killed laborer while his
machine was going at racing speed
along the highway. He was arrested
for manslaughter and the sentiment
of the district was so aroused that it
was thought best for him to resign
from the campaign.
Valuable Ally.
AS an ally of Cupid the automobile
has no competitors. From the first
days the young man who had the best
means of transporting his sweetheart
was always able to defeat his rival
who went wooing on foot. Young
Lochinvar never could have carried
away his bride in triumph had not his
gallant steed been hitched at the
gates, and young Jones of Podunk.
township never would have won
Amanda Jane from her other numer-
Gus admirers save for the fact that
he had new top buggy.
Now the young man, or even the old
man, with the automobile has all his
rivals outclassed. Even a chauffeur
who drives his masters car has the
advantage over the steady going mill
ionaire who takes the plebeian troll
ley.
Royal women seem to be as sus-
ceptible as other women to the charms
of the man with the machine. Last
spring Princess Amelie Louise Furs-
tenberg eloped from her royal home
with Gustave Kozian, an employee of
an automobile firm. Sic had other
lovers, gallant and noR2e, but the man
with the car was irresistible. After
she was brought sack home she was
married over her family's fearful pro-
tests to young Gustav at the castle
chapel at Kammersberg.
Automobile EIopements.
There are a thousand such in
stances every year, and the women
who find the lure of the auto irresis-
tible range all the way from princesses
to shop girls. Some of these automo-
bile Opponents end at the altar, with
the promise of happiness to follow, but
too often the climax has been a social
wreck.
A woman lawyer has attempted to
analyze and account for the fascina-
ton of the automobile for women,
and she decides that there is a psych-
ic effect to reckon with, and when
psychic change takes place, whatever
the agent of change be, human con-
duct may take any extreme"
What is the secret of the automo-
bile's influence upon the intellect and
will of women?' she asks, and then
proceeds to give the answer.
First, it supplies what humanity
ever has sought-thrilling sensations.
This makes it a lure not only to the
young but to the middle aged and the
old as well. The psychic effect of it
is marvellous. A friend tells me of an
acquaintance who was a model of
moral strength before getting an au-
tomobile. After that there was a most
astonishing change. Not only did the
character lose its charm, but the sense
of obligation was lost, and with 1T a
reckless disregard of the wishes of
others. And this was the price of the
thrills which the automobile supplied
This appetite for new sensations is
one that grows with what it feeds on.
1t leads one from desire to desire, ever