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Show THIS Ii LIKES COOUEiTOR "No Pushee, No Pullee" Couplet Is Revised by Wealthy Chinese Solfpreservatlon Is the most powerful pow-erful instinct, ono is told. But it Is traile.d closely by tho impulse to acquire ac-quire an automomiblo. An American automobllo manufacturer manufac-turer recently received a request for prices, from the interior of China. He was asked to name Uls price for a car finely finishod and luxuriously He was asked to namo his price upholstered, complete except motor. No motor was desired. It developed that the oriental who wished this car lived where gasoline was costly, but coolio labor was cheap. Besides, he had no wish to go fast. I He proposed to sit in his car and steer it leisurely, .while coolies pushed it from behind. Iteport of a yet more peculiar taste in automobiles is brought back by a ! government scientist lately returned from Asia Minor. I A native potentate had satisfied his longing to possess a car. He would not trpst himself in it. No other was (Permitted to run his toy. But he got fa deal of pleasure out of it, aside from the Bimple Joy of ownership. He has rigged the electric equipment equip-ment for a purpose which best suited i his fancy. He would command an j unwary subject to place a finger on a certain spot, and then would give the subject a shock that knocked him end for end. Verily, great satisfaction can be obtained ob-tained from a motor car without speed it. oo |