Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1900 — THE AUTOMOBILE FACE. [ARTICLE]

THE AUTOMOBILE FACE.

Expression Worn by Women Whe Rida in Horseless Carriktes. She was surrounded by a bevy of eager questioning ladies and she enjoyed it. “Yes, it’s delightful,” she said, enthusiastically. “I can’t describe the sensation, but I imagine that it’s very like that of sailing through the air on wings. And it seems so odd to be moving rapidly along without any visible motive power.” “Where do they keep the motor?” “I never thought to inquire or investigate. I just ride for pleasure, you know.” “I should think you’d be interested in the mechanism,” said the plainfaced little woman. “Not a bit. Do you study the machinery of a steamboat or of a locomotive when you travel? Of course not. It is enough for me to know that you go skimming along, dodging hither and thither like a swallow and enjoying a buoyant exhilaration.” “Puts on a good many airs,” said one neighbor to. another as they walked home after the rapidly disappearing automobile. “You’d think that she invented the horseless carriage and owned the only one in use, instead of taking a few rides by special invitation. And did you notice that she’s getting the automobile face?” ‘1 noticed she looked ’ kind of queer.” “Yes, proud and puffed up, as if she were somebody betteFn any other woman. That’s the way they all look.”—Collier’s Weekly.