Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-08-14
TALES OF THE TINES.
Observations During = Brief sajourn In
the Quaker City.

Shhht'sPho ~ Oio VI bhc tbhibbb DihStH
In the country to got lost In whom you get
away from Chestnut, Market or Broad
street little way and start To go back to
~. You walk half an hour and then
ask policeman. Io tells you TO take
Chestnut street car and also where 20 find
IL. Invariably you get on car going Ia
the wrong direction, and you land at "a
railway station fyo or six nilos from the
place you arc looking for. All cars In
philadelphia go TO some railway station,
perhaps because there Is no other place To
go.
Philadelphia policemen arc among tho
most courteous officials In tho world. I
asked ono tho last time was there how TO
get to Moyamensing prison. He pointed
to crate of peaches and said with dignity
and solemnity, "Steal those peaches"
PhiladeIphians have two amusemeDts
now. One Ii the trolley party and tho
other Is the geological garden at Fair
mount park. The greater Of these IL the
trolley party This may be because trolley
cars are swift. They provide an absolute
change from the ordinary life Of tho town.
Beer and brass band accompany trolley
parties. When o steep down grade Is en-
oountercd the conductor shouts, "Tbree
minutes In the tunnelp" Then he pulls
down the trolley pole. The lights go out.
The motorman lets go the brakes, and tho
car shoots down the hill at U mile min
ute gait. The darkness enables the young
men to steal kisses unseen. The rides
down hill arc called shooting the ohutes.
There have been no accidents yet, but there
will be some day.
Scrapple and fried mush are the prinoi-
pal breakfast dishes In Philadelphia. The
hotels print these two dishes In black type
at the head Of their bills of fare. II you
pass them over and order something else,
the walter looks at you with astonishment.
Then he brings you as little as he can Of
the dishes you order and extra large por-
tions of scrapple and fried mush besides.
He stands at your elbow and watches you
eat. II you don't tackle the scrapple and
mush at once, he will push the other dishes
out Of your way.
Everything In Philadelphia stops at mid
night, except possibly the CLOCKS and the
two rivers. Nearly all the saloons close
before that hour The restaurants CLOSE
long before that. The trolley cars stop
running, and the only people on the streets
arc policemen, detectives and crooks.
There are very few crooko, except Of the
burglar variety for they stop work at ID
o'clock too. II you happen to be caught
away from your hotel when the trolley cars
stop running, every policeman you meet
will stop you and ask you where you are
going. II you convince him you are not
thief he will let you go with the remark
that it's time decent people were In bed
and 1t doesn't help mans reputation to
be out at that hour.
Gout Is the rarest of the ordinary dis
eases that afflict man In Philadelphia de-
spite the fact that the people live well and
drink old Burgundy. Looking around for
reason for this exemption from gout,
the writer encountered bathtub. It was
q nice white porcelain lined tub He let
the water run until the tub was half full
Then he saw that the water was thick and
brown. 1t felt mushy when he cautiously
put finger In 1t. He looked at it for a
minute or two and pulled out the plug and
let the liquid run of. There were two
inches of mud In the bottom Of the tub.
Here was the explanation Of the exemp
tion. Mud baths cure gout, and every
Philadelphian has q mud bath In his
house.
The leading merchants in Philadelphia,
lncludlng Wanamaker, advertlSo bnelr OUT
ing suits by window displays. The usual
style Is q swinging hammock, In which Is
q wax figure of q woman. The face Is al
ways CHASTITY and suggestive of death. On
q card over the hammock and the figure
are these words:
Amt This Great For $500?
The women crowd about these window
shows by the hundreds and stand a long
time.
Many Philadelphia women take their
lunches with them when they 60 shopping.
| The merchants have ladies' waiting rooms
In their stores and In these the women
eat their lunches and talk about the win.
| dow displays they have seen. They post
pone making their purchases until after
| lunch.
There are a great many ways Of getting
out of Philadelphia. There are two ferries
and several railroads. Trains run fre.
| quently, and II you are unhappy after you
have been In town half an hour just jump
| on q trolley car. 1t will surely take you
to railroad that runs trains out of town.
New York Sun.