New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-14
Once He Had ObfrfV-ttOo,
Bur He Gaze Fifteen
Aoay 10 His Friends.

In The good OLD days when there were
real red blooded stories in the reading
books. when nobody worried about the
child mind and a schOolmarm was a
schoolmarm and not German folk dancer,
did q mean one ever slip trick question
like this into your arithmetic examination;
If p had thirty-two automobiles in 1909
and seventeen automobiles in 1910. how
r,7f,cis did he receive for the automobiles he
sold II they were worth Sl5.ooe ariecc?
!; would be i very decetful teacher in
deed who would expect you TO answer
Nothing 70 this particular problem But
the problem is taken from real life. ana
Nothing j. the right answer. b Is G
u. G Billings. He did not sell the other
fifteen automobiles At all-he gave them
awa,, when the new automobile licenses
rad been granted about tis frs o.
ADJUST and lie lis. o. oWners made
public. t5.e socialist papers wrote sar
.aslic ed ,orial< about the man who was
s-raTl,s alo-.g with onlr seventeen motor
car Blu they were az UnsCspecilng as
IL schoolboy that anybody in New York
Houls let his generous impulses foot up 10
t.. .acr:fice Of So. cJ0 without letting The
u',oie world hear about Il
TIL. one act. = nothing else. makes Mr.
BILLINGS an interesting t',-E-'t-- NAA4f Oh
Indian rnailara jah or u noble Of the old
Roman Empire would be expected to scat
;e,. presents to his friends on such scale.
He owns more automobiles even with his
s.erfc,ed supply. Than are put down 70 the
c~e.E 81 any Other private New Yorker.
ard II i natural 10 wonGer what ne finds II
DO with seventeen o. them, to say nothing
Of what lie Nigh; have found to 10 with
THIRTY two.
Il Is easy IL figure or Z possible solution.
y Al Billings - determined u own the
fastest automobiles L the world. - for
wears lie owned some o. the fastest trot-
ling horses. ne might have four cars each
80 four different racing models and 50 I'!n
= fair chance. - having cn- 81 TWO Of them
,1r7--eckea AMI in good running order a.
an given time This w"uld account for
sixteen. ana lie Seventeenth machine
with 70 JOY family gse. ,Sut Mr.. BILLINGS
6o.s rot care scr automobile racing, 81
even iug excessive speed. Most - his cars
are 81 ~ or 80 IoT=ep0;.c-, aEld lis lIost
Yar-erf,.i IF all Is of 30 Horsepower
iier- l. she disposition % The famous soy
entee.. o. or day not long ago. Three.
WIKI three % the six cllauffeuTs. We're with
AiI. anG Mrs. Billings ~ their home la
CloSeaand. WncIe tncs' woTe staying fer the
G:anG ,,.rcuj meet If lish1 harness hciess
Ia -,.icl. }'y TIE ay. al. EiiiI.Ss's morse
T-...an hsd iust DroieI- The worlds record
for a trctlius rae w..Ec;-t 4 wind siiein.
Three more - tie Big cars H..Te waiting
"a ti.e spa st.us Stable and garage at "ort
Trssa Hall. tie Billings mansion OH Wash
tn2 OF Heights
Two more ne-c a Inc machine shop
,!r,cr tie cara-,e. where two Of The Billings
F,r.rca .l5ec..!uiciaEs aEd an assistant we're
,aaKl,.g minor .cpaIrs. Three others weTs
OF II !. po4....g rainsto1in with parties Of
~. reliih.-s's New York friends. The
..-..-..... slx were being .crnodeiled ana
.7....3 ,y;tll ne Iatest wrinkles Of equipment
-. = Jew York factory
:. :. ajra.st literally true that Air "a
,..-., i.s.. s-..i.1 Go5i..- best ~ ding
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