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Lighter Side o f Life as Depicted by Famous Cartoonists and Humo
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I E W IS C A R R O L L , a uth or o l
A - / "A lic e in Wonderland,** made
fo r him self an cnvlalrie reputation
by b a llin g up the language and
in je c tin g in to hia m anuscript re f
erences that had noth ing w h a t
ever to dp w ith the story.
T h e c a p tio n on thia c o lu m n la de
signed along the C a rr o ll lines, but
the w o rd " r ic k s h a " r e a lly stands
fo r som ething.
R o ug hly s peaking , the la s t cen
sus re p o rt on ric k s h a s accounted
fo r 44,000 o f th e ru b b e r-tire d , tw o
w h e e le d .
o ne-passen g er
vehicles,
d ro w n by fleet-footed coolies c apu -
b le o f h au lin g h u m a n c a rg o on
m o a t an y kind of a th o ro u g h fa re —
a s p h a ltu m p re fe r re d — a t ubout the
s a m e ra te o f speed and w ith less
noise th a n goes w ith the o ld -fa s h
ioned h o rse -d riv en cab.
In p oint o f g ra c e and lu x u ry noth
in g has e v e r been in v e n te d th a t can
c o m p e te w ith i t o r m a k e a b e tte r
show ing
along
the
b o u le v a rd s
w h e re tra ffic s tre a m s .
L o t Is N o t a H a p p y O ne.
W h ile a s p ectacle o f this s o rt Alls
th e e ye It seldom d rifts in to one's
m in d th a t the lo t o f the ric k s h a
m a n is not a h a p p y one. T h e egsy
lo p in g s trid e of the m a n betw een
th e brass-m ou nted shafts, the th re e -
foo t b ic y c le w heels ru n n in g s ile n t
ly on b a ll b earin g s, m a k e M e r c u r y
and his m a c h in e a floatin g u n it,
g lid in g o n w a rd a p p a re n tly w ith o u t
e ffo rt, b u t it n e v e r occurs to the
c a s u u l o b s e rv e r th a t p erh a p s th e re
is a lim it to the p h y s ic al e n d u ra n c e
o f the h u m an a n im a l sw ing ing along
w ith a h u m a n burden lo llin g u n d er
a p ith h e lm e t, p u llin g on a good
• e -g a r and liv in g th e life o f R ile y .
N o th in g
so c o m p le te ly
fits a
w h ite m a n fo r the' ind olen t life as
spending fo u r o r five hours a d a y
in a ric k s h a .
T h e v e ry c o n s tru c
tio n o f the d e v ic e in v ite s a h a lf-
re c lin in g p o s tu re; • added to w h ic h
th e g e n tle o scillatio ns, m o re sooth
ing th a n any m o tion e x p e rie n c e d
f r o m the c ra d le to the g ra v e , p ro
d u c e a re la x a tio n m a tc h e d o nly by
in s e n s ib ility . A N e w E n g la n d w o m
an bro ug ht up to sit e re c t in a
s tr a ig h t b ac k h ic k o ry c h a ir and
hold h e rs e lf lik e a B u n k e r H i l l
ra m ro d th in ks n othing,
a fte r
a
w e e k o f ric k s h a in g , o f im ita tin g
(. lm p a t r a o n h e r chnise longue e ye
in g M a r k A n to n y. A ric k s h a " s u re
do b re a k d o w n " one.’s re s is tan c e
and m a k e s a fo r m a l p osture, co
in c id e n t w ith good m a n n e rs , q u ite
u bore.
" S tr u t S ittin g D o w n ."
O ld boys w ho c a n ’t e ven g et the
n o m in a tio n fo r co u n ty c le rk b ack
h o m e look lik e s e n a to ria l tim b e r
a f t e r doing a s tre tc h in an uph ol
s te re d ric k s h a .
A nd a tin horn
s p o rt w ho c a n 't even g e t a kind
g la n c e fro m a head w a itre s s , a fte r
a fe w spins b etw een ric k s h a w heels
h as d iffic u lty d is p e llin g the ru m o r
th a t he is C la r k G a b le . T h is , how -
e v e r, is not th e case w ith resid en ts
o f P e ip in g , w ho, h a v in g passed the
in fla tio n stage, o re w ith o u t b o m
b as t.
O n ly th e fo re ig n e rs s e e m
a b le to “ s tru t s ittin g d o w n ,” as
s o m e one once said o f an unpopu
l a r s ta te s m a n .
A nd the cost is n othin g, c o m p a re d
w ith the sense o f s u p e rio rity w ith
w h ic h th e c o n s u m e r is in fe c te d .
F o r the s m a ll sum of $1, M e x .,
w h ic h h ere in P e ip in g m e a n s 35
c ents in A m e ric a n spondulics, a
th o ro u g h b re d
h ig h-step pin g, flrs t-
class coolie ric k s h a boy can be
h ire d fo r the d a y , w h ic h is u n d e r
stood to be 12 fu ll h ours, w ith such
t im e fo r lunch ns the p a tro n , in
th e fullness o f his e n la rg e d h e a rt,
fe e ls th a t he can s u rre n d e r to his
fa it h fu l foot s e rv a n t.
T h is ra te
holds good a t $7 p e r w e e k. Beyond
th a t, the t a r iff fa lls >to $20 a m o n th ,
M e x ., o f course, w h ic h p laces the
r ic k a t y o u r disposal p r a c tic a lly
w h e n w a n te d , th e boy a c tu a lly
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