Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
HISTORY AND PUNS
FOR PASSENGERS ON
SIGHTSEEING AUTO
Lecturer Gives Interesting
Account of City's Past
Without Its Accuracy Be-
ing Challenged.

! greatly erred, that statistcians have not
been within Eunshot distance of facts.
and that you'll feel at the end OF the
trip that YOU should brush up on things
concerning your own city.
A trip on one OF these "rubber.neck'
cars was taken today by an Evening
/ Ledger reporter. He started from Fiji
! tecnth and Market streets in receptive
| mood, but before riding a mile was con-
! vincei that he knew very little. indeed
| about places and events in his own city.
The first surprise came when the car
/ reached the main postNffice. There the
| marathon lecturer pointed 10 the statue
! Of benjamin Franklin and announced in
! authoritative tones. There Is the statue
| of benjamin Franklin It was upon this
very plot of ground that Franklin few
! his kite and got electricity from tho
| clouds" Some Of the other riders also
| we're amazed. They made quiet COM
/ mont, but as most ot the passengers ap-
| peared to be contcnted the statement
passed unquestloned.
| one could half close his eyes and pic
! ture the guide enliehtcnnE an audience
| in n vaudeville house. Glowing tribute
! vas paid by the lecturer to prominent
! business establishments on Chestnut
street. on reaching Fifth street, he an
nounCed that the Delaware River was
/ five squares east; also that the Atlantic
]
/ Jersey and several other States was 63'i
miles east Of that.
/ CoNsC1ENCELEss ENCYCLOPEDIA.
/ Endowed with a vocabulary which
would have done credit to high school
graduate, the speaker then went on Ike
a human encyclopedia without a con-
science.
The block from Fifth to sixth Oh
Market street was referred to as great
mems row Luckily there We're no mem
bers Of the Pennsylvania Historical So
Ciety on board for the guide pointed out
tho early homes of several Presidents
half n dozen famous statesmen and resi-
dcnccs of others who helped make history
in tho days Of the citys early struggles.
At Seventh street ne was obliged to
drop history for commerce. All the de-
partment stores got the fullest praise
and the prices of hats and gowns We're
not forgotten. In describing one, the
lecturer remarked: There f. n store go
, large that If woman bought hat at
1 the Market street entrance and carried
/ It over every floor the hat would be out
Of style before she left the building"
Just then building hove in sight in
which a white coated cook was turning
acrobauc cakes That" shouted thu
guide. lis a restaurant where a hungry
man may got anything from a roast dim
nor to a raCe Of bread if he has roll
This brought a smile and, encouraged
h" went on There Is the worlds
largest Penn holder, City Hall. and il
cost s3 3o0o,noo 10 hold Billy in place Even
al that he becomes impatient on account
Of the deeds which 70 on under him"
Up Broad street the car then wabbled
When the suburbanitcs on board were
surrounded by batch Of beautiful build
i1-s the megaDhOned speaker let his ora
"a n nh
could have followed him. A food of su-
perlattves was applied n the surround
ing architecture. Tho facetiou7 talker
could not resist the statement that Venus
De Milo on the Academy Of Fine Arts
lost hor head on account Of praise"
"BROTHERLY LOVE" EXPLAINED.
According 10 the guide, this is called
tho City II Brotherly Love because tho
Girls Commercial School is opposite tho
Boys High School, at Broad and Green
streets
None Of PhiadcIphia's financcrs and
the amount Of their fortunes was forgot
ton on the remainder Of the trip up Broad
street. Wa"u asked about a particular
ornament which protruded from the sec
ond story of nearly every house on an
other street the guide looked wise.
They are husy-bodies" he said. "and
nm account Of present financial conditions
lN'N are IlHHrl tlleIe so mat the resi-
dents may earn if there's bill collector
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