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THE BURTONIAN THE B RTO IA JUNE 1932 ON BEING A CHAUFFEUSE SKINNER PRIZE ESSAY By Laura Wade 1931 Most people like to ride 111 automobiles and a fair share like to :be drlven There are those who themselves know how to drive and then those who th1nk they do To the professional drlver the latter class seems terribly large These people characterize all speeders as wild or reckless but any real driver knows the difference between speeding and reckless driving and knows that it is a question of control and experience and alertness and not miles per hour And these same people who think they know how to drive will call a woman who goes forty five on a straightaway reckless but a man who passes on a hill travelzng at the ra e of fifteen m1les an hour is pe fectly all right Thus while lt is a Joy to d ive for some people for others it rbecomes a task To satisfy every one if one IS as I am a chauieus it becomes necessary to be able to speed or to drive all afternoon at twenty miles an hour listen to 'backseat driving and be nice about lt care for the timid souls fespccially crossxng railioad tracksl have information about the history of the country and the best places to shop and eat at one s fingertips and cater in general to all the passenaers wants and desires to the best of one s ability A chauffeuse must do more than Just drive There were once tvso elderly ladies hexe for the summer who wished to character and my family history they decided to accept me for their chauf feuse The first day that I took them out they asked to see the town and inquired about who lived in every house we passed As we went by one large pla e and I told them who lived there they fairly squealed for Joy be ause they were sure it vsas their former pastor The next dr1ve should include a call at the Peterss house I would please call for them at tvso thirty and then after the call we should go for a short r1de In case of rain-abut oh no lllde d' They never went when it rained driving in the rain was too dangerous because cars skid' The d y for the Peterss call arrived bright and clear I drove up to Mrs Cramer s summer cottage iMrs Cramer was the elder of my two lad csl five mlnutes ahead of t1m so surely to be punctual and I was none too early for there were the two old ladies awaiting my arrival They were decked out like June brides The younger one Miss Edwards wore high white shoes and never shall I forget those shoes' A blue rosette ornamented the top of each Just what for I dont know unless to cover the shoestrlngs Both ladies were as excited as children over a Ch11stmas tree and talked so fast that I didn t have a chance to answer half the questions they asked me We reached the Peters s house about three and I waited in the car read ing Half an hour passed and the southern bree e that had been gently , 1 4 1 , . , . . . V . , - .1 - ,, .. H- , - I 1 - ,- X - ' u 11 V . . , . . .... , 1, , 1' . ' . . . . . V. . 1 - 1 - I . Y. . y 1 I 8-. I Y . A . 2 . . . . . 3 . . , - 3 go for a drive every other day. After many inquiries about my personal , - . ' ' , C A Y . , . . Y C , V . V . . . ' . 1 , ' -1 1 1 N . ' . 1 U . Q , . . . ' . - . i ' ' n T VY ' 1 Y ' I Q ' . 1 1 l -. , , . .1 , ,U Y . . Y - . , Z '
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