Show I Ames Will Probably Want an Airship I IT 1 Is predicted at Washington that tho first man to buy a Wright aero plane after they aro put on the market mar-ket as undoubtedly will bo tho case before very long will be Representative Representa-tive Butler Ames of Massachusetts Mr Ames is an enthusiastic automobilist automo-bilist and has always had the speed hugh Ho Is wealthy can gratify every Inclination and deslro along that line and is generally supposed by his colleagues col-leagues to buy about two cars a week Ono automobile man nays it is only necessary to assure Mr Ames that there is a now automobile out that will bent everything else that ever burned gasoline and ho will buy It Ono day last spring when there wasnt much doing around the capitol Mr Ames took a newspaper man out for a little run In a bigbonneted over engIne whalo of a car he had bought a month or so before They scooted around town on the low gear and I finally started up the Conduit road toward I to-ward Cabin John bridge Marshal Collins being temporarily disconnected discon-nected from tho sweet little suburb of Glen Echo tho Massachusetts congressman con-gressman who was acting as his own chauffeur kept throwing in a little more gasoline and a little moro spark and speeding a little faster every minute min-ute Finally tho newspaper man got scared to death and hung on with hands and feet He nearly dropped dead when Mr Ames turned around and yelled at him above the nolso of the car 1 wish we had a good straight stretch of road so wo could go a little bit fast Wo are not going much moro than 60 miles an hour and this car is guaranteed for S5 They do say that when tho pair of them landed back In town tho newspaper newspa-per man was In a nearfaint and had to be revived with three drinks all In a row So those members of the house who know Mr Ames propensities say that ho is Just waiting for the chance to buy the first Wright nreoplano put on the market in order that he may make an intellectual effort to break his cultured neck |