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EVENING LEDGEft-PHILABELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17,
1917
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WOMEN LErtKN SLOWLY ,BUr THEY
jKK UtlCKniNU-U
MAGNETIC POSTS
ATTRACT MOTORS
M'Liss, on Tyros' Trail, Sees
Shrieking Women Hug
Instructors
PETTICOAT
COPS"?
By M'LISS
Out on tho Northeast Uoiilovanl there's
a stretch of curbstone unrt n collection
of lamp-posts, which In point of construc
tion ami genet al nppcaranco .iro In no wiso
different from nny other curhhtono or any
other Ininpposts. Tho lampposts aro na
upright 11a any lamp-posw "pro meant to
be: and the curlistoncs aa .horizontal.
But ask any auto sMlchiii.in wlint ho
knows about those posta mill stotiea anil
he'll answer quickly:
"Magnetic, simply magnetic, you can't
keep 'em away from 'em." Which sountla
cryptic, but means HomethlnR when It's
explained.
IIAVi: A CAlt. MA'AM?
Tho nuto sulcamun ho'a n type, lltho ami
blithe and built somewhat nftur tho man
ner of a OlbHon man will tell you that
tho most dllllcult moment In his life Is
not In getting a man or woman Intcicslril
In buying a car. The man or woman not
Interested In buying iw car, oven If they
haven't the cash, doesn't exist. The hard
est nut tho HaleBinan has to crack Is to
Bet tho prospective customer to buy HIS
car. Tho rvmpetltloii between nuto 'sales
men la an llercu as that between tho pret
tiest blond and prettiest brunuetto ballroom
belle.
Tho customer approaches.
"H'm, li'm, I'm thinking of putting n-llttla
money In a car," ho announces. "I have a
friend who gets a great dcnl of satisfaction
out of your make."
A friend takes tho same prldu In his car
as ho doeH In the plea his mother used to
mako or the Intelligence of his llrst-born.
AJid If you got n car different from tho kind
TRAFFIC COPS MEtfEfLY SMILE AT
THE SCEWifiY WHEN WOMEN
SPECDECS GO BY
posts and the eiiiiistnni x uei'imes a positive
factor In tho life "f tin- InMtuctor
WOMEN COK WOULD ATTEND
TO BOTH r-IrtLC (ND FEMMLE
The New Order
1.
A tlriiiviy ilrnnr;
A KiinliMi Miri'lt
And all ulune
In Itlrtln unit.
So den mid prim,
To guide the reel
With hiinblne In her alntt-llhn ee,
The 11111I1I rrl-rlllu ilully pllei
Her ailiri'l.
II.
A iioIhj ntrci'1
Or reiiil or piirlt,
here fiixhlnns meet
Ily iluj or dark;
III leather elilll
I'mm IhmiI In hrel.
And re-eliitlilli in her iwi.
The tnuderii niiliden deftl, gulden
Iter ulieel.
Anonymous.
l.uuIC (H"I" Till: I'DST!
"All beglmi. t-" the nulu Milcnmn told
me rrlipl.v, "want to built the i urlis and
climb tho posta. Sometimes they succeed;
that i. If they're (strong men Riven to
l.aiiBlng on. Then yivt enn-t get tho wheel
nwny from them. If they're women It's
ra-y, If they don't Mrntiglo ou. Oh, yei.
when a woman's luniilng nmuck In n car
the 11 hug anything, even nn nulo Instruc
tor "
He Fnlil IMIi lnodeitly, but he looked so
plnli and healthy nml sllckery and polished
Hint If nnythlhg had to bo hugged In n
riuilal pnhleky motnenl, I can't Imaglno
m thing moro satisfying than ono of theso
tpleal nuto salesmen mot can b. aeen by
the scores behind Ilia big glass windows on
auto row in llroad street
nuaoiNii AvmiTun
"Women nro funny," ho cnniltiuett, Now.
thli hn been (mid iv hundred thnuwitiil
times by n. hundred thousand men nnd It
atwns iirofaces an oh-wxatloii on tho sex
which that hundred thousand Imaglnesn to
bo keen.
"Vis," ho 'developed Ills thought, "whe.tt
the get In iroubto thoy nlvvnys wrenm
fur lome innti they nro In lova with or they
1 me barn In love with, liven tho huskiest
pn Inien becomes tho clinging vino when
vbe lne control.
'.Tlmtny. savo me!' clip cries, nml t take
the plneo of Jimmy for tho tlmo being.
it's plain to see frnln tho nuto man's
.iltl'ude that he regards woman na distinctly
tin- mrorlnr sev In tho llrst plnco. shn
,b n t buy n earVlght It's got to nppca
t.i the eye. rllvcn n long, svcllo body nnd
..tin. live color of paint, Pome nifty UP;
lKilfr. n flower vaae and what cafes sho
ibiit lis little Innards It inny havn n
1 miankerotis appendix, or a disorganized
dl'P "tlve svslem nt the Btnrt, but tho fe
rn,. I., iiiirchaser. neeordltiB to tho cynical
-uleHinim. vvots It tint.
wosins iiaiuj to TiiArit
In the scennd plneo. tho woman customer
ha-, lost custo beeitui e It takes her Just
twlm as long to lenrti to run n car.
1 once taugh! a girl In two lessons,"
tho Instructor remarked, "hut she was nil
athleto and brave. Usually It lakes seven
or eight lessons t" teiieh 'cm, nnd then.
they don't know nnyhtlng iilmtit tho ma
chinery. "Now a mini," he throw out Ills
chest, "a man le.irni In thtee or four les
witii',' mid In that time be i.in ehango a
tire, adjust the ailirninrt properly, detect
a week unit" (1 endenvnied to look Intel
ligent "replaco new p.uts on tho com
mtilnlor; In short, In i in take euro of
emergencies. There'' m.lv one man I
couldn't teach t" in .1 nir. and he was a
sea captain tla always turned tli vnee
In tho opposite direction, nnd then hod
teach. for n ropo to send Instructions to the
engine room Ho was hopeless
HUT THKVIH4 UKTUIIMINKD
"Hut theie'x ono thing about women:
they'io determined I taught an old lady
seventv-ttto vears of ago to run her car.
True It took her forty lesions to learn,
' ! I nl.l ,n.A.,a lrtl.H ..
i,,,i sf. was willing The youngsters are , """.. """'",.,". ""V.net ,
the bravo ones and the , u"' hB ,,, "mean , e LTwouM W
herl-d'"" many women & along and femlnlro the g ""ffil
there d bo twice as in.iny would wo bo then? DI" btM
. .. 1 - . . f-n Iilf I Tlir I lit; 1 Niwu t -
Hut' the oHlcera Just lB'' ."'"'t"1 "
,,,en eet their number., taken nnd pay a , cops. Hut ho would, of course. tJS?en
fine
rt Tor pining i" i"'- " 1 ' . . , I
oHlcera Just laugh at them nnd 1 The nuto salesman said he didn't v '
them as thev go sailing by The , hut ho thought ho'd rather liv, e
their number. taken nnd pay a . cops. Hut ho would, of course. ?,V?
), t.lt,L ah mi lft, l,nl ..i ... v(l
iP " iiiv. ,..,., .-,.,, j, i'ini.111 nuiu salesman I
This was on argumint for extending the I be so safe from arrest by thcm, "" '
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Illustrated UaolM
ho lias you offer him tho biggest insult
that mortal man can offer another. This Is
nuto ethics.
Tho next step is the N'ortbeast Houlcvard,
tho place whore the lampposts and the curb
stones are seemingly so well behaved.
The salesman suggests a llttlo spin. It Is
on enjoyable little spin All successful autn
Milcsinen aio good company, that's the
louson they i u successful nuto sahmmen.
After the little spin tho salesman Im
superseded by tho Instructor. Tho cus
tomer la on the point of signing checks or
something which will m.vko tho llttlo darling
hla'n. Ilu now knows that tho carburetor
Is where you keep tho gaa and not tho
sandwiches.
When an Instructor looms on tho North
east Houlovaid with a prospective cus
tomer; when tin.' former unys to tho latter
in ominous tones, "Vim take tho wheel";
when tho beginner thrilled at tho captaincy
ho has achieved prepaiea to demonstrate
that running a car la the easiest thing In
tho world, then the magnetism of tho lamp-
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