The Detroit times., 1915-05-03
SEEING AMERICA FIRST.
~ FRED c. KELLY
Copyright. 1915. by Pred c. KeIlyJ

OF quiet fun In the following manner.
Go 70 the hotel desk and inquire the cost Of
automobiles The clerk win pleasantly offer TO
get you car for - an hour. Then stroll out
or your hotel across the street and you viii find
plenty Of high grade machines 10 be hired for
81 an hour-Just as good machines and just as
have asked twice that sum But you must be
sure To 20 and Inquire for the auto rates At the
hotel desk first-else you win not appreciate the
bargzin you may find Immediately in front Of
the hotel
Then, besides the touring cars TO be chartered
at such reasonable rates, there are the jingIinx
Jolly iitneys. In San Francisco the jitney car
seems 20 have risen to the height Of It's useful
ness. There are 50 many jtneys In service that
IL Is not necessary 20 wait any longer than one
would for a street car
One afternoon I was starting down toward my
cab man asked me $50 TO take me down-about
q fifteen minute ride. I thought IL too much. but
he said he would lose money n he did II for less.
Just then jitney man came along In a neat In
offensive. little. cieanly-washed car and offered
10 haul me right TO my hotel door for q dime
Inasnuch a. the other man would have lost
money at any price less than $50, felt guilty
over riding for ten cents but the jitney operator
assured me IL was perfectly all right
IF could Just keep my car filed he told
me. Il would make a lot Of money. And have
no complaint as Il Ii. For the last two months.
besides my regular fixed expenses. which In
the car itself. have been putting $50 away IN
the bank each month. And have allowed my
self living wage for driving the car
This man also told me that he had an early
morning route to call at homes OF hard-workinx
mechanics and take them 10 their work They
paid him fixed sum by the week 20 call for
them in the morning. and BY doing so they were
able not only TO get q breath OF fresh air before
going 20 work. but could sleep quarter OF an
hour longer and could avoid the personal discom-
fort Of starting off the day with q stand-up ride
In a crowded street car
imagine these men will easily increase their
earning capacity enough, By their comfortable
work. 10 more than overcome the slightly In
creased cost Of transportation
A young man. evidently a scion Of one OF the
first families. sat In costly new Fierce-Sparrow
car which stood by the curb as he waited for his
parents. There was great deal OF hauteur en-
grayed on hts features for one 30 young. A
pedestrian noted this and walked up to the
young man.
Rudolph" said he. IN a patroniring tone,
will you haul me out to the fair for dime, or
This is no iftney;" exclaimed the horror.
struck youth
"oh. IT'S engaged. heyr" went on the Joker.
pretending not 20 understand. We'll here's a
penny. anyhow, Just for luck Take Il home to
your wife and little ones."
And the youngster was too busy gasping his
| surprise TO refuse.
Another beauty OF the jItneys r. the opportun-
ity they afford the lonely passenger 20 enlarge
his acquaintance In a street car one rarely
talks TO the stranger at ones side. But IN a
/ jitney every passenger talks - every other
passenger. The novelty OF the thing makes con
versation. A great many romances are being
Matched IN jitneys. Scenario writers will derive
more profit from the little cars than the pro
/ prietors themselves
In japan there are 49, people for every a
acres OF land. 25s cows 2es donkeys ana sfs
swine for every square mile Of land in the king
dom.
There 10 a tribe OF Indians I'm MEXICO whose
language r. limited 20 about 400 words, and who
cannot count more than ten.
When an old man falls in love IT'S apt to b,
Ia bad fall