The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-26

/ Il suppose that the word hslpfulness'
has as many different meanings In different
parts Of the world as . ships cat has vArie-
ties Of foreign fieAs,' observed q travelled
man. did you ever zee q horse, hitohed
TO q vehicle, fall down In Londoni
have, many. many times, and the proceed
nEs following the little calamity are always
and inevitably the Same.
The horse hitohed, say, to q London
hanson cab slips on the greasy pavement
and goes down. All Of the other drivers
Of cabs and buses and carts and all sorts
Of conveyances Immediately begin 20 bawl
with ell their might at the driver Of the
fallen horse, those behind eIeOrating him
for getting bis trap IN their way, those In
front twisting around in their seats to yell
derision at him for being such duheT Of q
driver 80 to permit his horse 10 60 down.
Then q bobby Jumps out Of the mas Of
vehicles and ahouts . stream Of oockney
vilihcation at the hard luck hanson driver.
telling him that it's pretty nigh tim for
him TO be In the work'us II he can't bold his
beast up. The bobby stands around and
bulldozes the cabby until the thing "a ell
over, threatening to lock him up II be doesn't
make haste 20 clear the thoroughfare.
Not a solitary driver or foot passenger
makes the slightest effort 70 help the fallen
horse or the driver Of the hanson cab. II
there u q passenger In the cab, be jumps
out Gs soon ~ the horse goes down, and
begins 70 shake his fst at the oabby and
70 call him names and 20 threaten 10 have
him looked up for incompetent or reckless
driving and have his license taken away
from him.
'Under this stream Of abuse the cabby
climbs down from his perch, only making
NtIfHNntlOn when 6nnnBnon
particularly bitter and personal; He has
TO pull and tug and struggle with the horse.
II " impossible for the horse 20 get up
without being unhitchedC the cabby has
shaft. the thing u complicated. The cabby
unhitohes the animal, yAnks him 10 his
feet, and, followed by the bobby, he takes
him to q stall In the nearest livery stable.
where the stranded cab rests, and haul
Il out Of the way 20 a side street or the
livery stable where the horse 10 quRrtered,
all the time enduring the derisve yells
Of the other drivers and the remarks Of
the hooligans on the sidewalks.
As he pulls the cab through the streets
the crowd Of drivers Of other vehicles even
lash out at him With their whips II he IL
slow TO move out Of their way, and II not
unoommoTly happens that the unfortunate
oabby, rodsed 20 fury ~ such treatment
tackles a driver who goes this length, pulls
him on his seat, and then there IL an out
and out fight Ia the street. blocking trafic.
and generally winding up In the arrest Of
the fighters,
That's the sort Of performance I have
seen SCORES Of times when horses have
gone down on the slippery streets Of the
English capital And u perfectly repre-
ssnts the English idea Of the thing known
as 'helpfulness' It's every man Tor him
self and the devil take the hindmost over
tners, sum enough. and / am bound 70
say that that wort OF thing leaves a Rrisly
sort Of impression on the mind
Well yesterday Afternoon I saw a han
som cab horse clip and fall az a busy corner