The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-09-23

iANtT ~ 4 AZ 2Aa4lAGA place 1lsfA
for a few minutes we shifted the aar
surrounding brcuShzrns and motors
ernbiaZoneo with Crests and coat<-ef-
arms fitted Qua IN minute detail a.
perfectly as u1lady's houioir could
be- from fragrant flowers IN vases ~
and perfume bottles with jewel
wrought -rnonograms interviewer IN
their mountinss.
\ DenioCraos Of Diia p4dation-
But i true sportsman 1as our Jeha
No hanser-on TO the skirts Of the d.
rich was he No frivolous devotee Of
fashion foliles-but ore who carss
10 the races TO see thu races. and.
just as Ne were settling back 10 rcv-A
IN our luxurious urrouadlnSs with
out b~estoving look or word on US bat
doubtless harborinx In his heart a 50
cret contempt for our grovciisnx
spirit that sought TO hang on to tn.
fringe OF "A society in which W. did
not naturally move-on h. drove
from these Eslysian fields Of fashion
and elegance. only To draw up IN tn,
midst OF taxis and victorias As humble
and diiapidated ~ our own.
Now what can be more CALLING to
soaring ambition than To and its-if
IN its own class what came ~
out for 10 see =
Not people in oar own circunstanc-
of life. surely. who dressed As We dld
and ANONYMOUSLY rod. in hired cabs
as we did. No indeed We were
looking up IN this world and would
brook no back-set.
All these thoughts Indignantly
surged in our rebriiious hearts-bu,
how them To our driver
Indeed, how with him
at all? We might as we'll have been
deaf and dumb for all the good tho
gift of speech could do Us on this or-
CaSion.
Where we sat in this sufocaiiax
atmosphere OF bourgeois eentility.
{ with rapt eyes on the red and oranx.,
!. Caps Of the Jockeys "a they flashed
I aroupd the rack
; That Preeazious Trench
! We held earnest consultation. earei
: fully constrated a French sentence ia
E our best style-the same being to
{ the effect that il WaA not the actual
[ racing that we wished To see. but the
toilettes de la grande DANES" and
: would he please. 1--WE were 50 glad t.
S be able to work in the familiar
y ~'sevous plais,' at least sure of that.
5 drive to the first place at which We
were stationed, AS the crowd would
{ soon be coming out and We would
miss the very thing We came out to
see.
This done-even though fAultily@
It but at least so our intent and purpose
z Nohth NC ~ asAi wv lVtAs "
3. question then arose "a TO how We
were to attract his attention.
g The only mode Of address known &
is us was ''garcOn. this having been IN,
" title by which We learned TO hail tn.
n walters on our trip over on tn.
,r -Rochambeau. but that seemed much
too flippant and juvenile a title to U.s.
le in addressing a dignified creature ol
h full ffty-five summers. arrayed in fui
d regalia Of silk hat and frock coat
Our courage failed IL. The suggestion
lie was hen offered that a gentle tug OF
{, the button on the back of his Goa
t. might bring him out of the trance ir
l. which he seemed stepped and ths
ii latter course being decided upon a
Is the most tactful mode Of gaining IN
IL attention. we applied ourselves To j
~ accordingly, finding 10 our deiigh
Of that it worked with all the expedienc.
"a of its electric substitute when presse'
in similar emergencies.
Of Having previously, in An evil vain
d glorious n boosted OF my "ac
lie cent" which no one else seemed {
10 nave observed, / was maliciousIy Ii
,g order that my ignOmy might be en-
X comprised before their very eyes
appointed spokesman for the crowd
and so. carefully and deliberatel,
70 with what seemed to me faultless die
ton and accent. with a, the dignit
Of President Wilson before assemble
a Congress, delivered my message
" not being received. however. l regre
Oh to state, with the same degree OF en-
M lthusiasm that marked the effort of tn
~ ilustrious dignftary to whom. in tn
lie ~boldness of expected success. ha
nv the ~effrOntery 10 compare my Ow
tic humble Stye.
Beaten In Talking Match.
Perplexity and amazement stol
T. upon his brow, a voiiey Of voiubI
en- and incomprehensible French srnot
ed our terrified ears. in vast panic an
UT excitement we jabbered a reply wit
.es hopeless despair ne replied IN kline
"a and at last. the situation CROWN
" more complicated and acute eac
as minute. with despairing "Je ne con
go preHez pas accompanied by expires
a sive OF the shoulders m
n waving Of hands. he calmly reSeate
Ter himself on the height above US ar
ew addressed himself to the real issue IL