It was the dawn of the twentieth century in uptown New York. It was the time when the Schumacher's bought their first touring car, a handsome machine with a gleaming brass radiator, and taillight which sparkled like diamonds and rubies. It was the time when family, fortified with a picnic hamper, would go to Central Park to spend a very pleasant sunny day - and that's where the Schumacher's are heading right now, as our story begins.