Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-24
ELLEN ADAIR SEEKS
UNCLE'S HOME, BUT
FINDS HIM GONE
A Taxi Ride Through Phil
adelphia's Streets Brings
New Surprises at Every
Turn of Road.


the kitten died.
l know now how that kitten felt be-
fore it died 1t must have thought the
world a cruel place. and glad it was
to leave it. My rude awakening hurt mo,
too For when the lovely lady swept
away-it was the kindest thing that she
could do, poor soul-she swept my child
ishness along with her My eyes were
opened to a treaChcrous world and deep
down In my heart two feelings reigned
supreme.
First was a trembling thankfulness that
Hhe had gone. Then came "A great deep
pity for her pain, that swallowed all re-
sentiment and all fear. | knew her sor-
rows weie unfathomahe. Poor, lonely
soul In that strange underworld, drifting
among vague shadowy forms whose
hearts have long since died--is there no
resurrection to a higher life? out in the
sunlit spaces. Children's voice Call-out
in Gods world are happy blessed homes.
TOO late, too late!'' 1 still can hear her
cry.
At ,ength | rose from meditating there.
and sought the railway station once
again. | had escaped the greatest dan
ger, and nothing could harm me now.
l hailed a taxi to convey me to my
uncle house. my shabby trunk was
piled on it. and off we started.
NEW SCENES ALONG THE WAY.
noticed that the driver was a negro,
and he wore no chauffeur's uniform.
missed the smart appearance of the Lon
don taxis and the vase of flowers within.
This strange dark chauffeur drove so
fast and an rotired in alarm that
We were careerng on the wrong side of
the street, For, We drove toward
the west. on that wide thoroughfare
called Market street ye kent unon the
rtrht.banJ side and not tho left
"Wc certainly will have an accident
o,iita soon /" said I and sought the
sneaki,,g t,iho
T could NOT find II and we still swung
on at lirbtntnr sneed stiIl on the right
hand side This was FOO much could not
stand II any longer and hung far out
of the window.
"plcase stop,'' cried To tho chauffeur
"You will have an accident II YOU don't
keen to tho nroper side Of the road
Please cross over to the left at once"
Tha duskv driver duly stopped, and
shook his puzzled head, II drive all
right" said he in a soft. musical voice
a voice that seemed 70 hold the liquid
melancholy of old slave days I'VE
mus keep to the right side 1t is the
rule here -
sank back in nv seat amazed Here
then the traffic laws must be the opposite
of ours in England, Yet I could not
shake off the vague surnllse that We
would shortly collide with something.
The policemen looked quite different
from ours: they wore no helmets, but a
peaked cap of the type our postmen
wear in England, and many of them rode
on horseback.
7 thought the postnen did look strange
mail carriers, I think, the name is here
They wore straw hats with wide up-curv-
INC hriros dove-coIored and with suits
Of bIrish gray.
We passed great shops in Market street
Il think they're called department
etores''-and great street cars Changed
evervwhere Thev had no upper deck,
these cars. but all must crowd inside. No
one AZ home sits inside A car in summer
time, unless il rains. Thev ALWAYS climb
upon the roof. to get the breezes and a
view 7 thought II must he dreadful that
warm Julv evening. inside those big troll
lev cars, Although thev were so huge
and long, noticed they could turn
around a sharper corner than cars OF
half their size in England ever could.
We turned sbsrnIv north from, Narke,
street and swung along In quieter streets
The taxi bumped and bounced upon its
way, for the road seemed strangely rough
and uneven, We ratified right across a
railroad crossing, too; I saw the taII-end
OF a great goods train lust passed. II
seemed so odd to see those railway lines
x.t Is Irnc,a's .afe," @ef" .ho"gn, nope
1t was now Just after O'clock, and
darkness seemed to fall so suddenly, II
seer Seehe9 60 10 ,n. me Ihat IN le" snort min
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sat .'s. ahu taN'u P"D"'ltN' Ihey sven
WeHt LuI tne'' TOT sa" many little en-
caInpl'eHtS lEnt "ut upon the pave
hhent suEe, me tatAer would sit upon
camPStool mere reading the evening
PaPe' anu p"dC"iul4E smoking not the
pipe OF peace, out one big black cigar
"hNe the mother sat and chatted with
her friends who might pass by upon the
street
thouEht the crowds NJ little chill
the 9 curfos l"s''.,St g,,.I. 'l,ne thlnFs lked
was crounad All ro,7p1 ,l,o t,,,t, 1T.