Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-02-23
HOW THE MODERN
WRITER'S LOOK ON
N.SPEED MANIA
Gouverneur Morris breaches
on Form Of insanity; Geo.
Fitch Tells of Present Tour
ing Methods.

THE writer who would achieve
popularity lis he who feels the popu-
lar pulse aud writes thereof So Il
Is no wonder that into the literature"
OF today there is injected stream or
gasoline. The one thing upon witch
most writer's not employed IN the
publicity bureaus Of the autofactorlea
seem 60 agree Is that the speed mania
IS getting too firm grip upon the
mind Of the automobile enthusiast of
today. Gouvorncur Morris. Que OF
the leading authors OF modern short
stories. has published the following
speed sermon:
The Excuses for speed.
Has anybody yet admired the hare
But the tortoise. here IN our own
Manhattan has been worshipped by q
nation, The excuses for speed are
few-to save life, to turn the tide
OF battle, 10 do a kindness. For speed
for speeds sake there Is no excuse
whatever. Brown rushed his corners.
Grove faster than the law allows
along the straightaways, and all that
ne has to show for IL is fifteen min
utcs Of time he claims TO have saved.
So save fifteen minutes of valuclcss
time nc had riskcd his own life ana
that OF three o.her men. lie ought
TO have been kicked, Someone said
IN nay ear. Hell OF fellow that
Brown. doesn't know what fear u.s."
Someone was right. Either Brown
didn't know, I'm which case he was
born fool did know and didn't care
IN which ne was another kind OF "a
fool. or was showing of (Which e.
more likcly). and In which case ne
was both. They say that time is
precious. What is Brown going 60 do
with his fifteen minutes? Keep them.
Ca course. the selfish dog. But ne
might have given them to me. | was
his guest. l could have used them
and enjoyed them. / could have de-
cidcd whether the thing We saw IN
front OF tho road house was a dag
or a chicken, whether the things In
the fold were oaisias or torn paper
whether or not the girl under the elm
Was going 90 ask the man In the Ouggy
40 give her a lift. and / could nave
thought upon the pleasure of that
mans absurd friend. the automobile
nds opened TO men. Instead I was
Obliged TO shut the eyes which God
gave me to see with, and TO try TO
reason out what was going 20 become
of my family, with me cut of In tho
very heyday Of my youth--and debts
Fast driving Is q breach of manners
Tor which our rules of conduct have
set 90 nnd a corrective. II a man Is
objectionable in "A club, YOU may eject
him but at the wheel OF his car he
may De as Objectionable az he ploases.
And you ask him. How fast can you
drive from here TO there and with
pride he tells you. The question
ought TO be. How 'wcll can YOU drive
from here 20 there?' or How safe
ly7" or. with what pleasure 10
George Fitch Remarks.
And then there Is George Fitch Of
Peoria, the inventor oi Siwash college
and wrlter-cxtraordingry on the pure
OF motor boats. George
writes thus OF the speed mania:
The travellers We're from Missouri,
so / had no difficulty Ia becoming ace
qualntod with them. There were Ave
of tnsm--a chauffeur, father and
mother, daughter and a Erl'nd-
mother, The last was nearly seventy.
~ho smiled placidly as they disinter-
red her from the tUnncau, ana later
on, when she had removed from her
face I'VE layers of soil collected in
ls many states. she spoke enthus-
.ustiCally of the trip.
We've been on the road week"
she said. land we've had the most de-
lightful time, though the roads have
been little dusty, our mileage Is
1915 tonight-prctty good for week,
ISN'T Il? / think we've got the tour
ing record from 81. Louis to New
York. II we haven't Wen come back
and get II with our new car this fall I
DO YOU know. we only stayed In New
York overnight Usually I Ike To
spend couple OF weeks there, but
rs so much more fun 20 keep goiuB
Il Was splendid coming up from Bos-
Ton this afternoon. I guess we had as
many az twenty races. but our good /
DID Bosco never failed u.s. My son
calls his car Bosco because, he Says, /
ne eats 'em alive He says he never /
saw car with such an aversion To f.
getting dust on his front numoer
plate"
asked the old lady II she didn't
get tired during long days riding.
"Oh. yes" she said choorfully; 81 I
get SO tired / am almost dead by
night. but I'm always ready FOR an- 1
other day We've had a hard ride l
Today. We wanted t0 get gp here for /
the night. and go we left New York I
AZ four o'clock In the morning Think 4
Of O., We rarely start before six un- I
less we are going 90 do over three |
miles. We got over into I
Connecticut and sid told the chau- /
1eur he could take the nd or, as he
calls A. / was really frightened. We I
ild seventy miles an hour for ever 30
long. Now ana then we would strike 4
a bump in the road, and II my dauRh- /
ter hadn't held on 90 me I guess /
would have gone out several times |
We ran into two traps, but 81 paid I
our fines ON the spot, and we would
have made Hartford for breakfast n |
we hadn't had "a blowout. Toner I
row wen have an ensier day We're /
only going 90 Montreal
Montreal was close 10 two hundred |
miles by road And you like an /
Ihis?" ! asked.
"Oh. yes" she said calmly; 81 al !
ways go with 81 and Carrie on their :
trips like the motion. and I have |