The evening world., 1913-01-06
ROUGH VOYAGES
INNEW YORK TkX|S
Brave MAN
Aide-de-C Camp to q Car Says
" Takes More Git Than
Guarding Royalty.
IT COSTS MORE, TOO.
Eilar Leopold Herman Gets
the Scare of His Life In
q Smashing Trip.
IT COSTS MORE, TOO.
Br Sophie Irene Loeb.

By Sophie Irene Loeb.
0iar leopold Herman. Aide d oAmp
- eAs lass Csas 81 Russia anh also
oeess to tho Royal Family Of Bag,and.
Aa~inG besn decorated - . member Of
the Victorian Order BY the late King
Reward for bravery IN saving the lives
lof some Of the Royal family. ssys II
leAAsD more courage 20 ride In New York
peaxlea6s than 70 protect Russian Csars.
)naA makes MS protests - the .. sninG
'Wessa - eo1iovs:
Soa my arrival IN New YSsG ana hav-
~ he'd some experience WITH taxicabs
y Waueed 10 sntsr . protsst ~ 70 -
loDssavsnisnoss suffered. and afssSsn-
tou1sea0 - - the proper autforstiss for
- 1e1nG ! learned that the lows gov.
vUu118 thsss things IN this country were
- Q seaAs Of construction. end that The
'ovsalag World was sndsavoring 70 A.
~ the public IN this uAttsr.
'roru1t me then 10 commend pour a..
Dses n oils A4sSction. since the
OtsN0ss nat must necessarily result
- such . systsm a. undsrstand you
Nv here must Be appaaiiins to say the
h0E I had an appointmsnt 20 meet
QDne friends for To- at the Hotel Pasa
- w. accompanied By Senior Purss
lnmsr Of the Adratic. on which chip
Soad arrived IN the city.
We had walked up from the 6A0 -
IT, Hotel Imperial end ooardsd he
~ taxicab IN Zine outside OF ~
mn1n entrance II was one Of the ysa-
JoV OF orange ceiersd branA.
o0aAErNlNo WENT WNoet0
WITH THE WoNko.
We had hardly smbaslssA when
ssaasthing went wrong WITH the 'wosirs
Asd made her wobels from sids 70 80
IN Q most srra&io fashion. On arriving
- NM awsnus . large motor bt0 wAs
ooppeaching ~ In the csntrs Of the
ireaA. Z horse carriage was Stationsd
% ~ ri0ht hand o8 the roadway. With
ss;y SuMcssnt spacs ssGt bstwssu them
- saAbis Sue vshicls On Q straiG1bt
oOurse 70 Yass between thsss eva.
TIE Veosibiiity. Of . oslusleu - IN
OesrtaAn seusUs ewao inAss1 grsaR. on
WAtch aceSunt ~ ia4uipsd.. from ehs
ma - he whsa WHISTLER M%svA not
b advisable - stoN
She'll - a sighs Drsssaely. sorr,' hs
ROLLED. Only Ne Whssis have eettsr
inoprloohel.' Ara "a this occasion VI
s0spsd the anticipatsd collision. But
subsequently, We raa several similar
st1lhA Or each time sAs went ahead
aftes having slowed dswa the srratic
oevements were temporarily repeated.
With orders Coz the Plaza Hotel. hs
oAttsred ~ By landing u outside Of the
mansion Of Mrs. ooslst In Fifth avenue
We rspsatsd our order. TO the Piass
Motel
"'whsrs b Il serpr said he, much 4
sas surprise. Il was Up 70 10 then 4
0a,ss him wise.
Our trip took sightssn minutes. an<
- 1Ars on the tsxtmstsr register indi
satsA u.so. There was NO light on tn,
register. the iamp's back door was ala
I'll the time. and Il was necessary 4
uss . lot q matches In our sndsavor Z,
SsaA the register. The indices. too email
end % deeply sunksn. unless with
Oeod light we're almost invisible.
I'VE thanked cah06 Pat for mall,
landing " safely, and suggested tina
. 1sy docking and . general ovsrhsufn,
e has cor might 10 bsneaoiai. We -
asessA bow . rsal eaxicab. such a. !
found IN London Or any peovincal town
q DngianA, would have saooomoiishs
- Journey IN half ths tine ana 1t one
Gsasssr a. <hs Dsios. naaue,y 8 osnts.
."our story sn6D aot hesU. Far frou
- Wasn isawing our friends We sam
~ anothr hsAnA ee tan - convey U
Aome And sa route ~ ~ dAsoussin,
~ Aoodoo "a w2soh hAA previous,
bsso . eoptc Of ooawsrsation during Ii
evening. whsn 70 oar surprise We foun
the ear nvuIosr shown inside to req
7-s-l. which eotallsA n
oeaMed aftsrward owned his own ca
ws remarked WAs - extremely cav
t3ous and courteous nan. and when pre-
ceeding along Twenty-ehlrd street ives
toward Hoboken ferry. At q speed q
about eight miles IN hour. In attemptin
70 cross Eighth. avenue Q large mote
vaa northbound up the avenue. trAve
ling At high rate OF speed. attempte
10 cross our bow. Our driver. In o-ds
10 avoid what would appear to be a ali
astrouH collision. turned his machine |
the right. while the chauffeur OF III
motor van 1t ths last moment switchs
TO the left. with the result that the ster
Of his van. with terrific impact. con
rpletsly wrscksd the front portion OF III
car in whioh W. were travelling. an
the car here rsmaissd Dut.
Needless 70 cay. We continued o.
Journey by means OF q surface car. Hs
II not been for the prsseass Of mind I
the two drivers We would not have o
capped without serious personai injur
which fortunately was our good luck.
The apathy and apparent lack I
savoir fairs OF the New Yorik polis
IN N q