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zion ~ ipHutesim ~ small ll1h'h I"''
M, ,fa &, hy tho way ~ pts .'u' we hnvs
to deal with Nr Ta,iot vbo has De 'aineta
with hm Philadelphia, lpa Yielded "l' h"f
,onnoler' socrrta ~ 'im Nod Er "'i' '"f'h
tn cnnqurt npd ~ trRe snapshots ~ "'her
woflda
-t, ,riyb, ,ru,rsullv he said" b" observes
sp., a., ono. ..ty may 10 fpuud iuunfr"rabl"
s,nier,a ~ tr'rrrst 80 huth che amateur nnf
brofe.-ipua' prtls'. bat chang" ~ food, s'"ns
md atmosphere ia beneficial ~ b"th NINA
and body. and ,t re- oit'im"s wi-" - rps 'o
,,, s.npo. ,rd hrpt t.!rr field. ~ nhservHti
Here b. - solemn trutl -t1t"d win ah dn"
,nndc.ty and ."fIpY-n"., After steady diet
NJ s.,l.,.l, and the urndultcroted and more
innocent farm products. und prolonged
contamination oi tItc urauticS ~ ih" 'itJ Han
even the moot patriotic rhiIadciphian may
need a change The NJ antio ocean alIur"s
Mr. Taylor. and. beginning hi, narrative
Easily aud naturally In the historical present
tense h" gives ~ h-Impr"ssons Of -hIpboard
life We sight a steamer on our l"-ward
side 4 passing vessel II great excitement
on an ocean voyage. From III" time wh'n
she first appear, a tiny Speck on the distant
horizon every ON" ~ on deck Watching her
A. she slowly climbs into fu.i view, then dra -
nearer and nearer t. our floating palace.
How oompanIouaole she seems IN the vast
pa>t.' around Us.
we wonder to which line she belongs what
il her name. her speed; whittier she Is bound
and now that she Is within haiIing distance
We await eaGer.y the result oil the usual Inter
change OF question: and answers by means
OF small hags and II certain code oi gnIis
well understood throughout the nautical
wor.d. lhe following are some oi the pu"s-
tions asked. To what line do you De'ohsF
W hat is your port| Have you seen any
icebelgsr Met any wrr,KsE Are YOU Il
trampr and 80 on until both sides are satisfied.
then away sAe speeds uu her coarse, white the
passengers and sailors on uoth ships gaze at
one another tnTough their glasses ant" t"oy
are lost iu the distance. The eNc,tcuent ~
over and We All Ict4ru - our former oc,upd-
tiuns or stand .OonIus idly out to sea '"
Here Is fhLauciputun simplicity tSe!l-ldt
.lOuuenCc, too, has Its place. ana All id!iOr
~ ana b. continues
The yce IA ar l. deli htful and invigordtius.
the s.y u perfect uGIie. ani the tELIs!lceht
waves with tAcr iOI.ny edges 'lTcleh away
in long UeautIlI. curves We ieeI tae hcaTt
turuu, OF u.i Neptune as the waters plush
soitly over the steamers sides. and We speed
sp ddlIy forward, with the rush and .sh
OF the sea sounding IN our ears with Wild
sweet melody AL Is own. 10 iall asleep on
deck amid these charming condltiOns is de- |
AgLtiul Indeed Iood Philadelphlan does |
not lightly change the hauits OF lifetime. |
And 80 here Mr. lay lOr. and perhaps his reader |
also. sleeps but only to be wakehed by tho |
shriIl whistle Of the quarterma,ter and by |
the various noises made 10y old Neptune in an |
angry mood. At Liverpool MIR. Taylor fnds |
that there are many poor, and at some Of |
them he ta..os u snapshot. |
Alas" he sympal hetcally eSclains, las |
for the misery and crime and want that exist |
In all the great cities" and under the wing |
of a detective he goes the mdught round |
Of the wrctched dens of want and sordld |
infauy that arc shown to the inquisitive |
globe-trotter at so much per head. At Ches-
ter he discovers possibly with the aid OF
Baedecker or the local guide book that the |
vall was built by the Romans In A. y. 81
and entered by Mar!us. King OF the Rritons.
twelve years later. While in Paris he visited |
the Jardin Mabile. whore he found the dane
tng pretty gay" but he was better pleased
with the picturesque and more homelke
repose of Pere LaChaise. while the morgue, |
too, presented "A curious. but cad attraction.
AZ Cologne (founiel by the Ubn when they
we're driven across the Rhine bv AGrippa
IN b. C. 3sD Mr.. Taylor discovered a cathedral
and the bones of il,cOo virgins. lie also
noted the manufacture OF a refreshing per-
fume. one" he says, could almost batho |
In the perfume here for the money II would
cost to filter our muddy Philadelphia water.
There il an enormous quantity of 1t manu- |
factured and almost every store seems to
have Il for sale" In London he was impressed !
by the sto.idity and impassivencss OF tho
horse guards on duty at Whitehall Bar
racks and by giving a few pennies to n police
man he was able to got a good position in
crowd that was waiting opposite the entrance
Of ,rli tn On n |
first appearance after an deness Of some
weeks. Mrs. TAYLOR was. ~ he tells the story,
lust In tme to behold the Grand Old Man. |
who, holding his hat in his hand bows snil-
ingly In response TO the enthusiastic greet
ings which come from every side He walks
brisSy along. and, as he comes close to me-
moved by an Irresistible Impulse. ! step out
from the throug and extend my hand. saying
I am an American who wishes to shake the
hand of the man who has 80 bravey fought
Il hard battle"
The smiling and fertile fats OF Holland.
the pleas .nt banks of the Rhine. the streets
of Berlin and the sands of Ostcnd all offer
their more obvious attractions to this modern
knight Errant OF the Kodak. and tho sheet
of virgin foolscpn, and Information oo2es
out of him at every por" Even his fellow
travellers look To him as to one who knows
thincs-and sometimes with uniOrt unate
results. "a IN TINS instance, on the OCCd sion
of his setting out for home and Philadelphia
again. "Indcscribahle confusion reigns in
our hotel at Liverpool, for more than a hun
o!red Of its guests are on the point OF sailing
FOR America. lnnumerable packages. grips.
umbrellas and walking sticks line the corri-
c.ors Every one Is moving TO and fro in hot
haste One lady asks me If know at what
hour tho steamer on which she has taken pas
sage will sail and then wants Information
IL regard 20 her steamer. man with rerspi-
ration trcklng down his face bess mo to
tell him how to scnd his five trunks and other
largage to the landing stage.
Those and many more annoying and un-
fortunate people make life burden to mo. |
do not know why they choose me to share
IN their misery. DO look like walking
bureau of Information. ! wonder II | do.
I shall learn how to change my expression.
We hclieve that NJ. Charlie. VI. TAYLOR, Jr,
oi Phladelphi1. viii ind II di~ cult 20 cnlk |
up the sources of his nultifarious infor- |
nation. lie appears TO be one of those men
who arc fat cd n lcnl, wisdom Inforr,atiOn |