Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-08-05
AUTOMOBILE CHAUFFEUR
The Following From the Pen of Err
nest Forstner Gives Good Advice


"Being connected with the automo-
bile industry, ] constantly come in
contact with young men who are
anxious to become automobile chauf-
feurs. About the first two questions
asked are, How long will il take me
To Learnt and How much will you
pay?' The first question of course can
never be answered correctly and |
therefore never hazard a guess, and the
salary question is almost as mythical
as question number one. My only an
swer to question number two is, start
on nothing with an advance from time
TO time gagged by the advance in the
applicants knowledge of and ability
TO operate the average motor car.
"The average young fellow thinks
he is a full-fledged chauffeur, worthy
of eighteen TO twenty dollars week as
soon as he can drive an automobile
and his willingness TO lend helping
hand TO any kind of work around the
garage, from washing cars up, suddenly
leaves him and if his salary is not inn
mediately raised he quits, goes some
where else and gets work by passing
off to know more than he really does
and fails TO make good. He generally
lasts in one place about a week until
he settles down TO equip himself TO fill
the twenty dollar week position he
aspires TO.
ITO be high class automobile chauf
feur you must not only be able To drive
an automobile, but must be fairly wei
acquainted with the mechanism, anc
becoming acquainted with the mechan
ism is where the high ambitions of tn,
would-be chauffeur receive quietus
he realizes he is up against stiff prop
osition.
at might be inferred from the fore
going that learning TO drive an auto
mobile is the smallest part of learning
to become a chauffeur. Such is no
the case. AS soon as anyone can stee
an automobile through the streets ant
at the same time operate the propellin,
levers he is not necessarily a driver il
| the true sense of the word. Courtes,
and common sense may have been lief
entirely out of that PERSONS driving
He may go rushing madly along, neve
mindful of the danger TO pedestrians
other vehicles, the occupants of the ca
he is driving or himself. Such pei
son is not a real driver.
1.-THE advice generally handed out b,
those who know, is for young men VIII
are not willing to work hard, mind an
body, early and late, for about lively
months, with just sufficient remunera
ton TO supply their needs, not TO al
tempt TO become chauffeurs, for the
will surely fail and instead of lucra
tive eighty per month position the
will find themselves either out of wor
entirely or on the forty per list, an
once in the automobile game very fe,
quit, even if they fail TO make gooc
But on the other hand, there is plent
of room for the right fellow. Their
will probably be over 100000 automo
biles marketed in 1910 and as man
more in 1911, so there will be no fes
of job for he that knoweth. But
not be misled by the fact that it take
the new auto owner only a few week
to drive his car and get next TO fe'
details concerning the mechanism
You can do as well as he, but he ism
equiping himself for life and you arr
Take time and learn TO be the frs
class article, commanding the highes
price.