The Washington times., 1905-09-10
HARD TIMES NOW
FOR CAB DRIVER
Grows EnviOds of Motor
Omnibus Conductor.
TABLES TURNED IN LONDON
Lady Henry Somerset Talks of
the Custom of Wearing
Earrings


shank's flimi,able drawings. entitled
The Last Cob. was reproduced re
Gently n London moto. magazine in
the background of this extraordinary
looking vehicle can bc seen disap-
pcsring omn.lus-also Of the cd style
with n scowlins omnibus eoDducte~
slar:nS .nviousiy at the retreat.ng
ca5by.
This So rt c. envious conservatism is
s,ill very much alive. but today the
tables ase completely turned, for il is
the cab driver who IS envious OF the
motor omnibus conductor. The other
day rs q very roomy first class motor
omnibus went hoot;ng toward oxford
circus hanson driver rose in his
perch ard shouted Justify: ''Eh. get out.
ye old stink pot: would We ave the
streets to yoGrself?
Alas. there was no Cru kshanh tC
immortail=e forever the expression of
nasra"roIs hate in the claimants face.
and the incident scarcely caused
smile. significant though II was OF the
passllg CT the old order.
Notable Motor Event.
Mary trenchaat and clever remarks
have been made of the effect of meth
ods OF transportation on civilization. and
without attempting TO probe the scien-
ti:ic and philosophic effects Of the mo-
tor. we may glance at the part women
arc taking in the whiri OF transport
progress.
Perhaps the most notable motor event
for English women motorists is the es-
1ab;ishmen:--on the sugg OF Queen
Alexanara--of the first aid motor corps.
= lrA t--
such motor experts as the Hon. Arthur
Stanley. NJ. P, and the Hon. John Scott
Montague. III. p, who think it is 'es-
sentiaily a woman's work"
1t is well that anything so progressive
can be allowed to women IN view OF the
remarks OF a celebrated English bishop
IN one Of the principal London dailies.
Among other heresies he gravely affirms.
that women have abused mer's chivalry
and have proved themselves unworthy;
that men have ALLOWED them to
know too much.
We have motor weddings and motor
races with lady drivers; in fact, the
Kaiser's sister entered her own car in
the Herkomer Trials, and intended TO
drive it herself, but the car was not
completed in time. And. alas, we also
hare motor accidents. But to revert to
Cruiksank again., the days of the cab
riolet. from the records OF his pencil.
could show something more gruesome in
the way OF accidents than even the
motor car.
To Speak Esperanto"
Walking up Ludgate Hin today was
invited by a large placard to TRY it."
and with ready obedience 1 gave my
penny in return for copy of little
book entitled How TO Speak Esper-
anto'
This is one of the direct results of the
first international congress of the in
ternational key language. and DR. Zam-
ehof-a Russian by BIRTHS truly king
OF a wider entente cordiale' than any
the world has yet welcomed. According
TO expert witnesses Of various national
tiles the whole of this auxiliary Ian
guage can be grasped IN few lessons.
Certainly the little primer that my
penny commanded is simple and clear in
the extreme. and IT seems quite evident
on the face of It that "Johano estas
agrabla' must mean that John is agree
able. There is something so refreshingIy
vague about the virtues Of John one
need rot know
mean that the summer is warm, Q
truisn only permissible to compilers of
a grammar: The delightful novelty
about this grammar is. however. that in
- there is nothing irregular" and Eek
ceptions" do not exist
Without a License
An amusing Incident occurred recently
in England when a hawker of pills was
charged with not having a peddler's IL
cerse lie pleaded that he had freedom
as reddIe- Of vegetables. PeddIers OF
vegetables. II seems. are exempt from
license. and his pill. he maintain
cd. was OF vegetable composition.
He lost his case. as also did the man
who was srrpsted in Paris for catching
desd fish IN the Seire with his hat One
wonders II Il was his only hat and why
he should run the risk of Imprisonment
FOR the sake OF dead fish.
The necessity which probably drove
him to this action would. / should have
thought. be punishment enough.
The oftcial spirit Of unreasOn which
coade-,ucd this bold angler T=ssHs su
rrerno oycr the Paris water supply. Tn,
administrators. whatever the tempera
tUre Of the summer, decree that Par!
shall be without water six hours out o
every ;wcnty-foer. Ard this oecaus
there oEce was very bot summe
which made sSch restriction neces
sary.
An Interesting report has just bee
published REGARDING the London waite
supply. signed by Sir William Crooke
end Sir James Dewar. II must be salts
factory 20 Londoners 10 know that q
samples of water tested by these expert
were all clear. bright and well Uttered
What the process of filtration involve
may be imagined from these facts. Tn
Thames samples Gnfiltered. were TouH
70 contain s.yS7 microbes per c. c. IN
cases. while after filtration in som
cases the microbes were 0.
Earring Custom Scored.
Al amusing and rather strongly wore
ed diatribe against the custom OF weal
Ing earrings which appeared In a dali
newspaper lately set me wondering WI
Jewelry in such abundance is tolerate
In professedly civilized age. But il
seDseless TO condemn one form Of o-n;
ment more than another. bracelets al
Just an much relics of a barbarous "a
a. earrings.
- rnndered on thu extraordinar