The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-03

N/ line when we nave the Terror
" Of the Tan g., consider?
All thyHc Who hove bee, mo
slaves ~ tho funny litft, Iast moving
clock attached to the fr nj end az
slow moving vehicle will und rstand ,N-
actly what is meant. Even occasional
victims " the meter habit will be quick
to recognize 1.-THE absurdity Of city
which features Pauline and her troubles
when vast horde of Wild taNiCabs are
at large, liable to attack innocent Citi-
zens at any moment.
For We never know when or whore
We may find ourselves IA q tight place.
forced to throw ourselves upun the
mercy of these ra, nous beasts and
their trainers. Time ami experience
have proved concluSvoly that the mercy
or taxi trTiuo rs KIN 1wn technically as
chaufeurs--is about rs tender as a por-
ton OF beefstcaS in tank Gown hotel.
Yes, indeed. the menace of the tax
is not to be whcczcd at. 10 IL creeping
up on us rapidly, at the rate uf 10 cents
q creep, with 80 cent handicap. The
quips and uurks Of roulette wheel
made 70 mind its master are easy when
compared to the vaGarics II taxi
meter.
Look at the meter and YOU feel that
Ralph DE Palma doing the last lap at
the Grand PrN has nothing on you FOR
speed. Glance out Of the side window
and you know a snail taking a iclsurcly
trip would make you look as IL YOU were
travelling backward
Suppose you are late for a very i'm
portant dinner party away mp Albany
way--at the corner OF l59th street ana
Riverside Drive, to b. exact. You had
decided to save the price OF a ta&ilnD
and buy few acres Of ground with the
difference between it and one ticket of
transportation in the subway. You sc
YOU will he exactly thir;y-fivc minutes
late for dinner, provided there IS no
leakage by way of blocks or other cN-
igencies Of underground travel Some
thing must be dom about IT, Caution
is cast to the winds What's few
dollars more or less when your social
standing is at stake?
Out with the trusty leather wallet
Taxi Taxi. Hundred nf,y-uiuo-ard-
Riverside, quick-- Show some speed
nov. Three hours lat. Gee. get the
comedy car Didn't know they let these
seagoing hacks up on land. Give her "a
lot more juice. | love the Snr,,l of
singcd gasolenc At this rate we ought
to he there q week from : me damp
Thursday. What's that were humping
over. corduroy road" VIVA" Irs
Riverside. and this Is the natural gait
of the car? Say why don't they bring
SONY of those Western bronco busters
down here and let them train tuNicahs
for "A while? That would tarnish their
taste for activity.
After long dreary hours during which
YOU are slammed against every side
OF the enclosure. iOited and juEEied and
generally incapacitatcd both physically
and sartoria,ly. the door is flung open
by rough hand and you are invited 20
make your cNit.
1t seems rs II YOU have been riding
for days. In hushcd voice you in
quire the cost of this painful experience.
Then comes the answer, and you know
you have been riding for day. An
other month's salary thrown 10 the
wolves You might argue, but some
thing about the pose uf the bandit in
bearskin, the author of this personally
conducted trip, causes YOU to unsnap
the rubber from The trusty wallet and
hand over all your worldly wealth sans
comment.
For the privilege Of slipping a soupcon
Of tomato hisQue from the wedding
spoons and peCking q dab Of lettuce
from the Christmas salad forks You
have endangered life, limb and fortune
The hollow never again that sounds
in your ears Is hut the hooking echo
OF "never aEains" that have gone be-
fore and will come after.
A new trick is being worked by the tax
bandits. You may have thought there