The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-03
IONDONS UNDERGROUND EASY
ITuIII TtkE IOG ANYWHERE!
RIT THERE'S AN ~.
Ann Nu,i know the Reps Other~lse
Tn,nEs MAJ Happen. - Charles nat
tel oomiS Disco, ered fondness
far PrdesITIa nlsm Aiss Desirable.

T0STNH, Juns " YOU KNOW wv
A.. o.. ru,.erground system in London
tAs O.. subway beaten 10 pulp.
~ 10. knnw the ropes is an innocent
-b,a-e bat u 10 one Of the biggest he in
~. r.,y II London l.ondoners them
80. 4, not pretend 90 know more
ga rEa ~av - get home and 60 the
- and o. one or two easy places like
,ha-ius Cross or Piccadilly
minis how II u la New York. We
,A.. nm. one and only subway that splits
g. ~ AZ Ninety -siAth street Passengers
~ Manhattan street have besn carried
a., IN t~nnV avenue trains. but there are
yia-d. constantly shouting OUT the names
- N. trains and the trains themselves
A.. pIalnK marked. - IL IL httls short %
r.uk stupidity Il nerson goes sstray.
BIZ IN London there IL wonderful
,v.tam a veriiable chinese alphabet. and
roca YOU have learned it you can 60
almost anywhere for an inhnitesimal cost
T,7rv travelling across the city for two
cent. But a. saw. you must fret learn
n. names AMI routes % the following
Ines which cross each other and join
~ means u foot subwavs tending To
rr,r,te exercise: Waterloo and city.
METROPOLITAN. Piccadilly. Great Northern
All City. Hampstead Railway. Fast
London District. City and South London,
Central London and Bakerloo.
Sav Won want 10 go from British Museum
station ,hlocks from the British Museum.
~ the ~sy, - Victoria station. You 60
I, the booking ofice and prefer your
money and receive . ticket IN ChAring
~.
holding almost trainful Of passengers.
ne guard pInrhes your ticket aud YOU
l.gIu - descend into the bowels OF the
cath We have -kyscrapers in New
Y,-s lut they have earthscrapers In
London ln~n Ijo feet YOU 60 In some
49,
You ahgh, in a well ventilated. tiled
t.rrel and begin pedestrian exercise u
va are not spry you will he oVertaksn
~ the London young women on their
vav 20 work OF returning from II. Many
Them are very good on the sprint.
some u the underground foot pA.sa gee
49, a. far as from Fourteenth TO Nine
t~au'h street. and after . hard days
work the PEDESTRIAN exercise IL good for
ona w dust. no smoke. no danger OF
Now We come to . pair Of stairs. Up
We - az hot pace and come on the rail-
way Realizing that At home trains run
m The right hand track and forgetting
tfa' we are in Great Britain we get into
Airarr and are rapidly borne away from
the y.Ace We are in hurry 70 reach.
We lotice strange stations. and appeal
ia % Young I,ondonsr We are told thai
re aye travelling in the wrong direction.
Ne take the next train back and begin
al over again.
IH.uG through To a parallel tunnel We
o.-7- ~ our train. which has just pulled
/ The guard opens the gate. steps ont
.'r.'r" station platform and calls TO you
g. rrn" ahoAri There h no particular
bury even Il there il a crowd. hecause
"a 'ra.r will make up in speed IL you
90 '.-pr Al the stations Do you want
o. smoker smoke up. then. The ladies
49, .U .ect They do not smoke on
'ra.r. v"' but they do not object TO your
HIrg'
Perhaps you are on a line whose guards
49, 200 Any 20 open the doors themselves.
l... o." -, rerfect liberty TO open them.
So. -. 1r"n them between stations
20 -r.- the door. there's a notice that
-" vu. Hrw and step on into eternity.
- .r own lookout. IN; also your
.. -ra and YOU are hned IL you fail
p. 30 '.is particular line and indeed
49, .E"s n" guards open the doors
~ . '-s 'l"mselve~ and step aside 20 let
..~s Sometimes they wait until
'.- % l.s got up sorne speed and
''ar '..y 'Imr IN at the other end 81 the
'. ..Sr o. Try the monotony.
10 wicket reads Change at Oxford
Bv the way you can't hook
'--.I ~ Victoria only to Charing Cross.
C. I.''"unam Court road you zee q
= ing" for Chsring Gross You
a OIL. guard II he ssre.s with that ad
h" Avs he does
y.' = and step into a peck 81
o. 10 once because when after more
s--''..s through tunnels that some
b. r"m.rd YOU ~ Alice in Wonderland
--..r rfter the White Rabbit you
. .r Pr tT1'her lift and show your ticket
. .-- ard n" says. This il the wrong
-.' You should have gone TO Or
q a 49,
h"s 'pt I'm in hurry 10 get TO Vic
station I've got TO catch train
's' p-rhaps They'll let you through.
a -re zig room u a lift you enter
a. dor that they don't give halls
.. ~ Won 60. and then you 20
~n. down. through other tun-
'.. turn toward q guard At
'. y" tells YOU that you've come
"- ~ way 90 back half way and
.,.' gam. TAX" first turning To right
.. .""r straight ahead
rN 90 and reach your train Just in
Nsru" looks at your ticket A. you
,nt YOU sit down and high, no
To- 'rli py guard that no smoking
'.d you Step On your smoke and
s.Ir watch
nassing hu, you feel the healthy
much walking gives There
." m" rppf ~ this car with all
plarnly marked CharinR
r.' far IN. Your troubles are
."i You have but o. step into
~ metropolitan or a Dis
r" ether train and yOu'll 10 AZ
n"vr station beyond ~ Jamess
3. great systeml
''-r Won l"ave tho train At ChArinR
.'' &c. me tunnel act and climb =
siAIr- pr reach the man IN tho
a-r 80 confused that I don't re-