Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-30
a City Notebook

Fl. T. C. went around to hear the Phila-
delphia Band give popular concert on the
City Hall Plaza the other evening. At the
bottom of the printed list of selections he
read this notice: Kindly Join in Singing
Words on Back of Programme.
Getting ready. to lift up his manly voice.
he turned over the sheet and found the fol-
lowing.
1t Is impossible to indicate by statistics
the prevalence of disease attributable to
contamination of foods by dust, unclean
hands and unprotected conveyances used
for the transportation of edibles. An In
vestgation conduced by the health authori-
ties of a recent neighborhood epidemic or
typhoid fever showed that exposed food
stuffs were largely responsible for the
spread of this infection.
WILMER KRUSEN, NJ. D.
We entered q lunchroom on Broad street
for our favorte breakfast of coffee and
mir of crullers. IT was strangely early ana
only few of the fat arm chairs were occu-
pied After dispatching the rations we care
fully filled our pipe. With US we had
copy of an agreeable book, The Cdlamities
and Quarrels of Authors. 1t occurred to us
that here, in the brisk serenity of the morn
ing, would be a charming opportunity Tor
FIVE minute smoke and five pages OF reading
before attacking the ardors and endurances of
the day. Lovingly we applied the match to
the fuel. We began to read:
OF all the sorrows In which the female
character may participate there are few
more affecting than those Of an authoress-
A stern, white coated official came over
to us and tapped us on the shoulder
There's sign behind you" he said.
We looked guiltily, and saw:
POSITIVELY
NO SMOKING
At the corner of Broad and Spruce four
buckets stand on the pavement beside fire
bydrant They are kept filled with clear
water but are not a symbol of the great event
of this week. little sign standing by them
saws George A. Tare Memorial Station.
Stop' Water Your Horse!
II was eight o'clock. cool drizzling night.
Chestnut street was gray with dull, pearly,
opaoue twilight In the little portico east
of Independence Hall the gas lamp under the
ceiling cast soft pink glow on the brick
columns.
Independence Square was sea of tremu =
lous dripping boughs. The quaint square
lamps threw splashed shimmers of topaz color
across the laky pavement. Golden lamps
in a, green night" as MARVEL says, twinkled
through the stir and moisture of the evening.
The cocoateria on Eighth street closes at
one A. NJ Between twelve thirty and clos
| ing time 1t is full of busy eaters, mostly the
night shift from the Chestnut street news
paper Offices and printing and engraving
| firms in the ueighborhood. Ham and eggs
h,ossou merrfiy The white coated walters
move in swift, stern circuit. Griddle cakes
bake with amazing swiftness toward the
stroke of one. Little dishes of baked beans
stand hot and ready in the steam chest. The
waiter punches your check as he brings youl
frankfurters and coffee He adds another
perforation when you get your ice cream
Then he comes back and punches it again.
Here" you cry, "let it alone and stoI
bullying it :"
Sorry, brother" he says. 81 forgot tina
peach cream was fifteen cents"
One o'clock. They lock the door and turn
out the little gas jet where smokers light up
As the tables empty the chairs are stacked VI
on top. And if it is a clear warm evening
the customers smoke final weed along tn
Chestnut street doorsteps, talking togethe
in CHEEKY undertone.
Summer street is the little alley running
eastward from Franklin Square, that lead
into the heart of what we call the Enchante,
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