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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 20, 1902)
Society Women and Their Automobiles -v. i i MRS. ADOLPH LADENBURO AT THE RACES. ( MR. AND MRS. EDEN STEVENS IN THE COUNTRY. r "U years ago a young woman wno I had been spending the summer at newpon went dbck to new i one and announced that her disposi tion was ruined. Her friends anxiously Inquired wherefor. "Automo biles," she replied. "Automobiles, In con junction with women. Far be it from ma to doubt the Inherent superiority of our Bex or so completely to forget myself as to look with admiration on man as a class, but when It comes to automobiles, he la it. Women have no business tearing around streets in racers. No, they don't run over anybody, but one always expects them to. I have been on the verge of nervous pros tration all summer. Never tell me that woman can manage one of those huge, puffing engines, even with a man alongside, and to race around without the shadow of a man as thsy have been doing all summer at Newport Is uncanny and positively un civilized. I'm going somewhere else next year If they don't stop." The speaker was right in saying that it was a bit uncanny, and she was only one of many who thought that most of the so ciety women of Newport would manage to blow themselves up before the year 1900 had run to its close; but nobody did blow up, and here they are In 1902, still run ning the great ma chines with their own fair hands. In large cities one does not see so much of this, but at New port and other fash ionable country places It Is dis tinctly the thing for a woman to assume complete charge of her auto and to run it at such speed as the law allows. One of the first so c t e t y women t o bring over a ma chine and have her chauffeur teach her how to be quite in dependent of his services was Mrs. H e r m an Oelrlchs. This was early In the summer of 1900, from which time the automobiles already In the United States may be dated. So ciety la ever on tho J S v MRS. FRED NIELSON LEARNING TO RUN HER OWN AUTO. watch for something new, and It Im- woman of fashion that here was a chance mcd'ately became obvious to the bored for a sensation somewhat new. It be- O ( 1 MRS. PELL AND HER RACER. came common to see women tearing along the Ocean Drive (ten miles) In their own machines, unat tended. There is, of course, no reason why women should not run their ma chines; it is safer for them, on the whole, than to drive a pair of spirited horses, but It gave the newcomer a shock. Among the most devoted drivers of autos was Mrs. "Willie" K. Vander bllt, jr. Her hus band Is far and away the most en-' thuslastlc auto rac ing man of this country. When his Red Devil won the famous race at New port It was generally conceded that the credit was due rather to him than to tho maker of the machine. Mr. David Wolff e Ttlshop's machine was ad mitted the faster, but Mr. Vanderbllt dared run h s at a greater speed round tho curve and won by risking his life. Mrs. Van derbllt early caught her husband's en thusiasm. It might be added that the two are now racing in France. Miss Anna Bands and Mies Brooks, daugh ter of Mortimer Brooks, were also among the early devotees. Mrs. Adclf Lidenburg Is prominent among those who run their own machines, and her brother, Mr. Eben Stevens, with his wife, Is an enthus'ast who likes to dlppense with the service of a chauffeur. It Is the correct thing to have several automobiles In the stables. Of course, no one who aspires to fashion Is without at least one, but It Is better to have a heavy racing machine (costing from (12,000 to 120.000) and a lighter vehicle or two (cost ing from $1,000 upward). Clarence Mackay has slic In his stable. Mrs. Mackay, however, refuses to catch hor husband's enthusiasm. She always drives horses, and he never. Another case of such matri monial disagreement as to the charm of the auto Is to be found in the John Jacob Astor family. He drives an auto every day of his life, but his wife dislikes to. Omaha College of Pharmacy, a Progressive and Scientific Institution 4 1 3'.-. I ! if? - S V,'" r , l! si 1 . .. 1 , , t Vf -. c i .. if M'' I The Omaha College of Pharmacy, Omaha, Neb., has thoroughly es abliehed itself In the confidence ol 'the people. It completely fills the demand for a thorcugh-going college of pharmacy In Nebraska. Its excellent fatuity, modern equipment, and practical methods of Instruction make It one of the most desirable colleges of pharmacy in which to prepare for this profession. Those contemplating the study of pharmacy should send for catalogue, giving full Information about the school.
