Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-09
ELLEN ADATR MEETS
WITH NEW FRIENDS
ON RIVER TRIP
Merry Little Spinster Tells
Pleasing Tale of Travel
and Extols the Charm of
Scottish Life.
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A certain very lively lady OF the West
ern Planets" was particularly kind to me
on the return journey from Wilmington.
my dear" said She "G've just heard
that you are an English girl, and living
all alone / do admire your pluck, and
want you to come round and see me.
Your English accents just the Cutest
thlngi Five years ago I had the greatest
time in London and in Eastbourne. I'm
school teacher and an old maid, too
but very brisk and happy all the sameH'
She certainly was charming. and ! liked
her from the very first.
Il was i'm Scotland, too" continued
she, II thought that Edinburgh was the
Cutest place, chased tine Highland rcgi-
ments for a week-indced I did. These
Killed soldiers are the dearest sweetest
things! Ny rooms were i'm the Balmorai
Hotel on Princes street, just right below
the Castle Rock. | used to put on my
hat at 10 o'clock every morning, and
open my window wide, and listen. Dear
me. feel quite fluttered now just to
think of it,"
ITO think of what?" asked. quite
mystlfed. The little lady really seemed
perturbed.
my dear" said She reprovinsIy.
why, don't you know? The Scottish
regiments morning march was right be
low these windows At the first wild
stirling of the pipes. used to head
straight for the elevator quick. quick
the street, the street" | used to pant out
to the attendant"
This seemed a curious proceeding Il
know that five years ago the Black
Watch and the Seaforth HiShlarders were
stationed at Edinburgh Castle l said.
"Do your refer to them?'
THE CALL OF THE KILT
MY dear" the little spinster cried.
"how can YOU speak so calmly of those
men! I went just crazy over the swing
ing kits and plaids and tartans' \
dozen killed ppers marched right at the
head of the regiment, blowing just like
a hurricane at sea, From the white
CATERS that came up below each sun
burnt knee the jeweled handle OF a
dagger shoue! They simply were mag
nificent. Then came the drummcrs clad
IN tigerskins. The pipe-major wore
glorious leopard skin across his shoulder.
too. His cheeks were crimson, but he
blew increasingly! The tune went to my
head and to my heels-I used to chase
that regiment for miles, and march be-
hind them when they played
Och. a hundred pipcrs. an a.. an A.
Get up and gle us blaw. a blav,
WI their bonnets and tartans and kills sac
They're the handsomest ripers Of a. Of a.
1t struck me that such genuine enthu-
slasm must have often proved a shade |
fatigung, and that the little spnsters
strange military antics must have aroused
no small degree of interest in the calm
dignity of Princes street. But re-
Trained from comment thereupOn. To me
discretion ever is the better part
''E-dote on all things Scotch continued
she. quite una Dashed AT dinner I al
ways used TO beg the head waiter to
bring me a dish called Wee Grumphe
wi Neeps." He was a solemn man. an
elder In the kirk, and very slow. \
Gamma fash ma held wi a they foreign
names, mem. he would say, rofectively.
So much for my Scotch accent. 1 knew
he was a most religious man, and SO !
asked him what denomination he held to.
Am a Wee Free" MEM lie would
say most soemnly 'releegIously upholdiu
the Auld LIGHT creed, too. \ Gamma thole
they modern meenisters wi a their
rantin'. ravin ways ave dingin the dust
out o the pulpit cushions
A BROTHERS VERSION
The spinster's brother now took UP the
tale. He was a man Of middle age. good
looking, and a bachelor. The way that
Mary carried on in scotland made me
blush for herr" said he First with the
soldiers, then the walters then with the
one eyed charioteer who drove us round
10 see the sights"
MY dear. care for everything that's
Scotch" responded Mary" iauntily.
A too facetious youth urearthed the
time-worn jest anenr the Scotch highbull
Did she include that, too, within the cate
CORY? The little spinster eyed him with
a frozen eye. sudden change came DER
the spirit of her dream Long years of
training youthful minds in paths Of recti-
tude, long years spent teaching the young
idea how TO shoot" came to her aid right
here. The wit Of the facetious youth. I'LL
now inflated by a too-admlring female
audience at home, collapsed beneath the
sword prick OF the spinster's eye In the
long pause that followed his remark, the
whilom Jester wore an oddly Disconnected
look.
The Western Planets" came TO earth
at midnight, when We retOuChed terra
hrma at the Arch street dock. / had
enjoyed a pleasant evening, and had
made new pleasant frIends-lhan which
aha haart Of n ansLra -r.nr.