Munsey's Magazine, May 1903

# Munsey's Magazine, May 1903

This issue features extensive coverage of the nascent American automobile industry alongside fiction and miscellaneous cultural pieces. The lead article by George E. Latham, "The Automobile and Automobiling," examines automobiles as both sport and practical machinery, arguing the industry surpasses competitors internationally. It documents growth statistics (eight hundred machines in 1900 to projected twenty-eight thousand in 1903) and addresses skeptics who dismiss automobiling as a fad comparable to roller-skating and bicycling, ultimately arguing the automobile's utility and endurance distinguish it. Related technical articles by Colonel Albert A. Pope, James P. Holland, and Winthrop E. Scarritt address automobiles and infrastructure, good roads, and low-priced vehicles.

The fiction includes short stories: "A Daughterly Chaperone" by Mrs. Charles Terry Collins; "Senate Bill No. 22" by Agnes Louise Provost; "The Robbery at Oldport" by Anne O'Hagan; "Mandy's Raid" by Grace MacGowan Cooke; and "A Bit of the Sod" by Kathryn Jarboe. Serial fiction includes chapters VII-IX of "The True Love of Aaron Burr" by Louise Kennedy Mabie and chapters XIX-XXIV of "Barbe of Grand Bayou" by John Oxenham. Poetry, essays on historical figures (Queen Alexandra, Aaron Burr), and miscellaneous features complete the issue.