The Lamar register., 1913-06-04
OTHER PEOPLES CARS
~ CAROLINE MANI.


'Of course, / realize that the world
wouldn't be half SO interesting II
there were no queer people," said
Adela. looking up from her embroid.
cry, but of all the queer people. some
of those who own automobiles are the
Queerest"
Nov, give the explanation" said
tie girl who was making buttonholss.
what started me to thinking ON
this subject was the car that just
passed" Adela went on obediently.
TT belongs to the Prentices. and they
hawe had It q year. We used to take
the whole Prentice family out driving
Saturday afternoons when we had
horsea, but we've never been asked to
ride with them in their machine, not
once"
Nobody else has," said Jean. soothr
ingly. "The two Of them go alone in
that seven passenger car every time.
Once thought they had turned over .
new leaf and had asked somebody to
enjoy a ride with them, but It was
only . married daughter that they
were taking to the train"
II have a cousin who has a car" re-
marked Louise. She never had
asked one of us to go with her. SO
when she telephoned me that she WAS
going to stop for me and take me-
riding, / was all in a fiutter. She was
prompt in coming. and OF we went.
After we had gone four blocks she
ind hor utn
to see a friend on a little errand. or
course, / said / would not mind"
There was nothing else that you
could say" laughed the girl who was
making buttonholes. she had you
completely at her mercy"
well, she did not have me at her
mercy long" Louise chuckled. she
made her call. but after had sat star
ing out of the window Of the hmou-
sine for an hour and five minutes 1
opened the door and went quietly
home. My cousin never brought up
the episode afterward and she never
asked me again to go riding. l fancy
sometimes that her chauffeur is trying
not to Tough audibly when her car
sweeps past me-"
Il was treated worse than that"
said the married member Of the cir
Gle. 'It was just after my wedding.
and q friend of mine was anxious to
show me some attention. / was very
much pleased when she invited me to
70 to q large club reception 1t fash
ionable hotel. 30 I wore my wedding
dress. There isn't anything nicer than
the reception that that particular or
ganixation gives, and my simple we'd
ding gown was not too fine. especially
- my friend called for mo in her car.
I'VE had . delightful day and I en-
joyed every minute Of It When We
came home and were near her corner
and mile from mine. she stopped the
machine and had the man open the
door. She said she was sure I would
not mind taking the street car the
rest of the way home. as she was In
. hurry to get homo herself"
"She didn't" cried Adela- what
did you sayf"
II said good-by." declared the mar
ried woman. Then I went into .
drug store and telephoned for . tad.
I considered myself in luck to have
20 much as q nickel with me-"
i've often noticed that dropping
habit" remarked Alice.
THE amount Of worry that comes
from owning a car is funny" said Lou
ise. What with the automobile face
and the automobile nerves the owners
are wrecks before the machines are
"They mortgage their homes to buy
machines and mortgage the machines
to keep the houses from being sold"
said Adela, cheerfully.
There go the Dunbars now!" cried
Louise. spilling spools over the floor
as she jumped to look out of the win
dow. 81 wonder what they'd say If
they knew how we have been talk
ing?"
ST can guess that" laughed the girl
who was making buttonholes. They'd
shrug their shoulders and say 1t ID
easy to tell that not one member OF
our valued sewing circle owns an au-
tomobile and that we are all Wildly
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