The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-06

ho'F would be, defeated. they wou,a =,
'east have the satisfaction of bavin,
$1,000 up against the wave of soc,a,,sr,
'''e" tens to drown the country.
THE AUTOMOBILE IN ppo,r
Many people believe that the rr.,,
poets had inside information" as to fu-
ture events. This is strikinglv
the case with Shakespeare. who is
popularity regarded as discerning many
things far in advance OF his day ana
time. The case is similar with the
prophets of Scriptural times whose do
Nout vision penetrated the veil OF
the future. The work of these
prophets was mainly concerned how
ever. with mighty events-the rise
and fall of nations, the scourge OF
pestilence. the waste of war. 1t is
generally agreed that they had If
tie concern for the lesser affairs of
life. a close reading of the SAVINGS
OF these ancient seers reveals some
curious forecasts
The Kansas City Journal has heen
investigating old forecasts OF the ed
vent of the automobile with interest
ing results. The word "automobile"
does not appear in the Bible vet the
prophet Nahum says: The chariots
shall rage in the streets, they shall
1ostle one against the other in thu.
broad ways; they shall seem like
torches they shall run like the
lightnings." Jeremiah refers to the
round tires. Hike the moon" To
those who have trouble with the mag
neto the words of Job are approprint.
The spark of his fire shall not shine"
and. again. for the spark faileth and
hIeth away and 10. it is not" Behold =
says Isaiah they shall come with
speed swiftly. and with the noise ~
the rafting OF the wheels and of the
jumping chariots." These references
TO the motor car are htly supplement-
ed by the realistic description of The
enauTeur in Second Kings: His driv-
Ing is like the driving OF Jehu. the
son Of Nimshi, for he driveth furious.
~; and the chauNeuse seems to he
singled out in Acts. we let her
drive"
Turning to Shakespeare, the many
e'oe"' myriad minded. We find tina, his
vision was no less striking than that
OF the prophets of old For examnla
IN speaking Of the mania for fas,
driving so common now. the noe, 70
most explicit Philip in King John "
AFTER an arduous endurance run thus
cries out 90, am scaldcd with nv
violent motion and spleeny snaod ;.
Another character cxclaims. "it shat,
be speeded we!r; while sim another
bent on having 10Y ride" saws cleo
fully, thus We Sc; on. the s,yif,a.
speed the better" only to say later:
'For the which he did arrest me WIN
an oficer," good evidence that he az.
ceeded the speed limit. In conncctio,
with soy rides" the Drornio az
syracuse seems to have been purvevor
OF supplies for such festal occasions
as in one instance he reported that he
had bought the oil and the aou,
vitae" In Henry the Fourth. "
Travers describing an effort TO brea X
a record says of the man at tho
wheel: In starting he seemed to de-
your the way" an expression equiva
lent in modern slang. TO burning ur
the road" This suggests one OF Lor,
clihord's eontemptuous criticisms o.
new machine: Thy car never had
scorched the earth"
n recent emendation Of a wellknou,
clause in King John" reads thus:
my lord, they say I'VE cars were seer
tonight,
Four stalled. the nfh did whirl abou
The other four in wondrous motion
This new and Interesting version /.
| by a chauffeur of some em:nence whc
Mas made careful study Of what tn,
IAN of Avon wrote. 1t throws food