The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-06

[ word In comfortable locOfnotion-l
1.-Two seats besides that OF tho driv-
or. and springs under all OF EN-
Tho surrey with it's tassclled and !
| fringcd canopy, to say nothing OF
the blackboard, tho side barred !
buggy and all the other niceties
/ invented 10y lutury-loving and pos |
eibility -cShausting people 10 be |
/ "tq-ts-ed" AT by the ones who |
thought tho times were moving too |
! fast and who asked Eravcly |
"What'rc we comm TO, anyhow
! Then. while everything else !
! cleared the way, took to the fance- !
corners and fields In alarm. leap |
| doomed up In the road. II spat !
| fire and coughed and smoked and /
/ steamed and stank II wss "A tiny |
/ buggy without u horse anywhere |
! connected with A. spare man |
who looked like a thoughtful me.
chsnic sat awkwardly and anri- |
! oualy nj Ia" driving apparatus.
/ which consisted OF lever Ho |
/ tried not 10 look self conscious and ]
defiant. but he could not help II. |
/ He was crazy, and knew II. ~
/ least enough people had told him
so to convince the most skeptical. |
/ Yet he could not care enough for !
| their opinion to keep away from /
| ana heart. He just had TO fool |
with those irrational and imposal- |
/ bile things. Whoozis could not tell. |
/ through tho fog that surrounded |
! this ghustly form like histori" !
/ uimbus. whether the figure was |
that Of Ellwood Ford or Iiury |
/ Haynes Many another person has
| had trouble distinguishing which |
from tother of this pair. though |
A, L
perfectly well and can prove his
knowledge While Whoozis looked.
the machine stopped. and distress
and Chagrin took possession OF the
! hlushing driver. lie was profoundly
ashamed. and submitted meckly to
the gibcs and the abuse of his all
wise observers. Yet he stubhornly
tinkerod up his machine. humbly
htrcd a horse to take him home. and
disappeared Elow,y down the road
To a chorus Of ridiCulc and con
tumely from the crowd.
Anon other figures appeared
driving with much and more assur
ance changing type Of vehicle. all
horselcss Came the high " wheeled
| " olsman OF Chicago. came tho one
lung Shadrach. came various ridiC-
ulouH looking things, each Eoing
along "A little more smoothly and at
tracing less OF crowd than It's pre-
dcccssor. But through. and above,
and below, and interviewer with the
sounds OF tho faulty power plants.
rang raucous and dorisive cit a
horsc!" from the unbelicving mob |
who knew that sooner or later these
people would wake from their
dream OF madness and go back 20
sane locomotion,
But all tho time these changing
and evolving contraptions were
travelling over better and better
roads.
There even fitted across to the
cars OF Whoozis the talk Of an agent
selling an old-timc Spruitt.
Yes. sir. this In the last word in
motor perfection. This IL two
cylinder engine, mind you--two
cylinders! You can count 'cm. The
engine Is located right back here
under the middle OF the ear. in cx
actly the right place; where all on
gnes OF the future arc to be put.
YOU crank II at this hole here on
the side And lis-sen! To show YOU
how even perfection can be refined.
they have fixed II so that when YOU
turn this little flap tn one side. to
open this hole and crank II, the
spark In retarded. 80 that the per
son Cranking II won't get any Kick
or injury out OF it' You pour the
watcr for cooling the engine into
the top of the radiator there in the
hood. and she tricklcs out back
here"
And wondering people held their
breath In anticipation OF this terri
bile plunge; and bought. and tink-
cred with; and loved. and hated.
and were told frequently to cit a
hursc!"
Tho cars OF Whoozis were nssailcd
with the noise of more motors. From
the cough they changed to moro
or less rhythmis chug; from a chug
to droninC roll. from roll To a
purr. The sounds grew less and less
, offensive and disturbing to Whoo1is
The stencil Of the exhaust grew less
and less nauscous. The sight Of the
, machines grew less and less gro
tesquc. The bodies OF the carriages
grew more graceful and slightly. And
all the time the roads wcr, smooth
, ins out. Then there loomcd upon
his enrapturcd vision the very
ouintcsscnce of perfection. his own
beloved Floof; the noise OF It's en-
, sine was as nothing The appear
; hnce of u was wholly satisfying
Then again voice:
lfNl Nlu W nOOHlS' Even after
- what you've sccn tonight ot cvolu-
4 ton from supposed perfection 10 a
p further perfection that showed how
4 crude and imperfect it's predecessors
y We're, YOU are human enough and
n sufficiently limited IN your vision to
Z believe YOU have attained the unim-
q proNahlc, You are as much a boob
z as tho yokels who rode behind the
2 snail-lhc oxen and tho clumsy
% hort"s' YOU are as infatuated as ELL
r ford wood or IIcynrry Hens when
: lh'F Invented tho wondrrul horse
less carriages and knew they had
: @id the last word BEHOLD now |
> shall send ia further review before
[ YOU the things that are to be within
I the ueNt decade. Look listen
. fearful roar as of an airplanc
h multiple cylinder motor assailcd
} Whoozis' gar SO shat he sat up sud
n denly. The sound. he now knew.
/ was his closing snort that SO often
y Characterizcs the Suorer's vaIcdic-
i tory lie looked about at the sensu.
/ uos appointments of his brains and
k hearts creation, hlinkcd daycdly M
4 the long rows Of lgpntIful core Ia,