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Show I, "AUTOPEDING" TO BE THE FAD OF SALT LAKERS THIS SEASON i . . I Well known Wiikes playera tirst to ride on machine here. "(ilfr- Tnnmi'Son "i.pvrAi'AZ." A - yip'1! so "a ntopeding." The mysteries of the machine u e i'u explained to Mi?s lirvant by John K. Alt-xamh-r of the lnter-MnnrMiiin lnter-MnnrMiiin Elt-rriu company, who will dis-ti'!;jiii dis-ti'!;jiii th "ppd" hem. and within a few minutes Fhe whp denoting about the KroiinriH in amazing fashion. "See how quirk T ran stop." shouted MIph Bryant enthusiastically as she sped wfniight toward Alexander at a twenty-five-mile rlip. Of fours1, Alexander be-lleved be-lleved in his autoped, ho lie stood snil and hanked his life on the statement the fur r.ory man had made that the machine could slop within Its own length. The factory man must have been a few I inches wrong: in his calculations, for Ale.v-: Ale.v-: under was lowered to the dust, while j Miss Bryant applied the brakes. The machine ma-chine stopped all right, hut the rear wheel was not on the ground. Alexander ' looked up at Miss Bryant with a per-I per-I plexed. If not painful, expression. "There's proof i hit an autoped cannot hurt a per- son,"' he said, "but, say. would you mind I removing that wheel from my hand?" Cliff Thompson then climbed aboard j and it was with, difficulty that he was rZJ iJf" ''- f V few? i". "It don't hurt to get knocked down with (p' f , f wtw an uutoped." said Alexander, "but get (tx A v j that back wheel off mv hand." C JSV ' f , Salt Lake promises to become inocu- k NggJ -i 'l!5fc lated with the "autoped" craze, which, CS'Cy Wl' SfyfJa outside of war news, in the eastern cities h IV" 4 ? at present Is the chief topic of interest "t f In those centers, according to latest re- $P4 - frf-wb' ports, it is almost a crime for a person Vift'''--'!S J i not to bo the owner of one of the "peds," j J'TV rtl and hourly, or to be more exact, thou- f s f 1 sanils hourly cfin be seen scooting around ' i7 i i i corners or dodging wagons and automo- Jktsii w SJ i t 4. biles and carrying persons ranging from fiSYl''' I 1 ? : the most prominent society people to -the E'$i J ? s most minute messenger boys. V5xl 'iff II i fait Lake was startled yesterday to see I VJoV Iffi 1 i a young man sliding up Main street at a Ll-AWi el ' twenty-mtle-an-hour clip and seemingly ( ) ' M'-'r- "wp? s, i j riding on a small board. Pedestrians "iS ?u j1- ! stopped to gaze at the flying figure, only , u i T x ' f ' to see him lost in the traffic. A few K ' j minutes later he appeared again and F v sr v V s slopped in front of The Tribune build- y if Ing. Hundreds of persons surrounded him r v hSi and gazed wdth interest on the small' ma- J! ( K H. ' cjM chine which carried the passenger so if,,? V A swiftly and easily. pAv-y cV f( ai Two small wheels, a standing board and r rfV'''' a miniature motor were found to be the W secret of tlie wonderful machine. Its sim- j- - A . . m pliclty was the comment of those in the 'y-yt'':tiir '"' crowd who had regained their composure t enough to speak. With a short push the young man Nan, Bl,ant wiikes tnelr qtnr and again hopped on and sped down the firt womli m Sit Lak to eo "auto-street. "auto-street. All that could be heard was a SL.T n balt Jjake 0 S aut0 muffled "put put" which reminded one m 'It don't hurt to get knocked down with an autoped." said Alexander, "but get that back wheel off my hand." Salt Lake promises to become inoculated inocu-lated with the "autoped" craze, which, outside of war news. In the eastern cities at present Is the chief topic of interest In those centers, according to latest reports, re-ports, it is almost a crime for a person not to bo the owner of one of the "peds," and hourly, or to be more exact, thousands thou-sands hourly can be seen scooting around corners or dodging wagons and automobiles automo-biles and carrying persons ranging from the most prominent society people to -the most minute messenger boys. t'alt Lake was startled yesterday to see a young man sliding up Main street at a twenty-mtle-an-hour clip and seemingly riding on a small board. Pedestrians stopped to gaze at the flying figure, only to see him lost in tlie traffic. A few minutes later he appeared again and slopped in front of The Tribune building. build-ing. Hundreds of persons surrounded him and gazed with interest on the small' machine ma-chine which carried the passenger so swiftly and easily. Two small wheels, a standing board and a miniature motor were found to be the secret of tlie wonderful machine. Its simplicity sim-plicity was the comment of those in the crowd who had regained their composure enough to speak. With a short push the young man ! again hopped on and sped down the ! street. All that could be heard was a muffled "put put" which reminded one of a purring cat. Again he was lost in the dust and Salt Lakers were left to wonder what would happen next in the motor world. Later the "ped" appeared in the city and county building grounds, where Miss Nana Bryant and Cliff Thompson of the Wilkes Stock company established the record of being the first Salt Lakers to I separated' from the machine In time to make the theater for the evening performance, perform-ance, which goes to show how fascinating fascinat-ing "autopeding" can become to a person within a few minutes. Alexander promises that the "peds" will be thick in Salt Lake this summer. |