Popular Science Monthly 



729 



The Chair- Car — the Latest Develop- the distance between Minneapolis and 



ment in Stagecoaches St. Paul over fine macadam roads. The 



MINNESOTA has returned to the fare is twenty cents, which lifts this par- 

 good old days of the stagecoach, ticular highway coach from the despised 

 although those of the natives who can jitney class. 

 recall 'the romantic 



journeyings of the 

 clattering vehicle 

 would have some 

 difficulty in recog- 

 nizing the coach in 

 its revised, 1916 

 edition. The crack- 

 ing blacksnake whip, 

 the plunging horses 

 and the picturesque- 

 ly cursing driver 

 give way to the al- 

 most silent whirring; 

 of a gasoline motor. 

 In place of the hard 

 and crowded seats, 

 there are soft leath- 

 er chairs, with com- 

 fortable, springy backs and an arrange- 

 ment of springs in their bases which 

 absorbs all the shocks that the shock- 

 absorbers of the vehicle itself overlook. 



Gone also is the close confinement of 

 the stuffy old coach, with its romance- 

 nourishing darkness, where the young 

 adventurer could hold hands in perfect 

 safety with some fair passenger. For 

 the new highway coach is brilliantly 

 lighted by great round windows, not un- 

 like the portholes of steamers. At night, 

 incandescent bulbs shine in the ceiling. 



This modernized stagecoach clips off 



^ 



The modern stage- 

 coach looks hke a ship 



A soda-fountain table that is convenient 

 and sanitary and handsome as well 



Inside, the seats are comfortable and 

 there is plenty of light 



A Sanitary Refreshment Table 



An attractive and extremely durable 

 restaurant table is made with heavy 

 metal legs and four swinging stool seats 

 of mahogany or oak finish. When un- 

 occupied these stools are out of the way 

 under the table. 



The tops are noteworthy. They are 

 pure white, of a solid material, made by 

 melting crushed onyx at a temperature 

 of two thousand six hundred degrees 

 r^ahrenheit. This material does not ab- 

 sorb or craze, is as easily washed as 

 glass, is unaffected by acids, and strong 

 enough to endure hard usage. 



In addition to being a very compact 

 and handy arrangement for ice cream 

 parlors, especially in small stores, these 

 tables can also be used outdoors, obviat- 

 ing the trouble of carrying chairs as well 

 as tables. 



