BEAUTY IN DISTRESS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1450, 27 May 1912, Page 5

BEAUTY IN DISTRESS.

TUB KNIGHTB-ERRAXT THAT DIDN'T. A largo white motor-car stood by tlva kerb. Its occupants .were four young, ladies—young, but tremendously responsible, for tlie.y had dispensed with man, mere mail, and had the car to themselves, . A youth lounged elegantly on the footpath beside the ear. Presently the fair occupants desired to proceed, and'the youth was requested to givo the "handle-pin" ;hut conventional pull-up which, to Die eye of tho bystander, inspires the energy within the engine-box. He obliged. But there was no response. <jetting nervijus, for, f|iiite obviously, his knowledge" of motor-cors was limited (o the oniwnrrl and visible utility of "hamlle-piiis," ho again applied himself In tho task, while four fair heads vei-c inclined encouragingly towards him. Grasping the "dumbiron," ho whirled it stn-nnmisly-'-abMit six revolutions! Tlio "Autp-Car". (llvat esteemed authority on practical motoring), says, apropos of barrel-orgnn performances with "handle-pins,'' if the engipo does not start at once, do not, whatever you do, continue the revolution, That way lies broken arms. No! Return the handle again to the lowest point, reengage it witii the miotic! ni pin e.'i tho em! of the crankshaft, anil repeat the. pull-Mift-up motion. Tho engine. wi!i.iur.eiy start on this or the next operation of the. kind.

However, She youth did iuil_ Milfyr a, broken arm. He merely perspired, »vewred, and finally tlej>ay(r 1. defeated, difr cmnfUcd. Than the fair chafi'siir k>ft ; il't> flceving-wlier-l, defended to eavth, »d----vauci'd to the front of the car, and grasped the "handle-pin" will'. feminine <lifluU'nee, and Rave a tentative pull. The ear was obdmatv. Ho »he vent bait to the sent, and tiio four in til# ear gazrd about them, distress in Iheir glanccr. Hut the males who could. ami might lnivn helped, fither did nol notice iliejr ostremit.v, or hesitated to onsTage upon an oflicfi. of -succour which might promise grateful wniles'or ignominious defeat.. .At lcnffh the four evacuated liie' ciladrl, and I'm bli; white ear «tond alone and dt'.orted. These, Messieurs, are not the days of knight-errantry.