Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-07-15

run 1t with perfect ease and safety,
The result is that every woman In
the country wants to run one. Curl
Gus how women like to run things.
The frs thing woman finds out
about a man is whether she can run
him with perfect ease and safety. II
she can, she marries him. And II
appears that some of the men are
easier to run than some OF the cars.
But that's off lle point. -
ION the busiest streets, on the oou.
levards, on the country roads far from
home, you meet women-thcusands OF
them, driving automobiles with as
much confidence and skill as they
drive their husbands. The only dlf.
ference Is that they seem to derive
more pleasure from driving the motor
cars. That's what makes 1t so .humi'
liating. It's lad enough to be driven
by a woman; but to have to take Sec
ond place with the family roadster,
that's simply awful. ..=- =.
Auto Has Opened UP .. ~.
New World to Women. =
"The automobile has shattered the
shackles of custom. II has brought
greater contentment into the lives OF
women. 1t has opened up new worlds
for them-worlds Of health, Whoie.
some recreation, self-confidence, inde-
pendence, joy. -,
And friend husband foots the bill.
and seems to enjoy 1t as much as
anyone else. Oh, us husbands aren I
such hicks! Why shouldn't the weak
woman drive the automobile? There.
in lies the salvation of women-driven
husbands. Divert their minds to the
driving of automobiles and they'll for
get to dom.neer over their male COM
paniens. They'll lose interest in try
ing to engineer the destinies Of their
lords and masters, and unconsciously
open the way for more freedom, con-
tentment, pleasure, recreation and in
dependence all around.
For, after all, our darling wives
are inf. nitely more concerned about
our happiness than anyone else In the
world, even more so than automobile
manufacturers. The effect Of the au.;
topchile on the woman has produced
a powerful secondary effect on the
whole family. especAlly on the child,
rem. The big problem of fathers and
mothers Is to make home attractive
and interesting enough to keep the
children there. Fathers and mothers
are in direct competition with all the
allurements designed to attract the
attention of the young folks away
from wholesome home influences.
keens Boys and Girls ... ~. 81.
CorAented at Home. H.. -. Fri
What has had most to do with NIT.
igpting the influence of harmful al.
lurements exerted unon the young
people? The automobile, in the
hands Of the mother. 1t is big enough
to win out over everything else de-
vised to draw boys and girls out on
the streets. ..4 - ~
The confidence and self-reliance
so apparent in the modern young wo-
man have been acquired to a large
extent from, driving motor cars; and
II viii reflected in future genera
items DO not believe ii Is an exag
geration to say that women have
PLAYED a more .imnortant part in the
deYelopment q the automobile than
have men. The men have made it an
indispensable factor N business; but
what to my mind is vastly more i'm
portant-the DEVELOPMENT of the au
tcmobile as an institution in the Am
erican family-has been brought by
women and women alone. H..
and the effect on the women and
children is the best possible effect
that could be obtained. 1t has made
them physically strong, mentally keen
and spir tually serene; and these are
the most important attributes of beau.
tiful womanhood and healthy child.
hood"