Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-23

Ridge Avenue
ONE of the odd things about human pelngs
~ is, that wherever they happen to live
they accent it as matter of course. In
various foreign cities I have often been
amused (as every traveller has) to see people
going about their affairs just as though II
were natural and unquestionablc 1or them
to be there 1t is Just the same at nome
Every one | see on the streets seems 10 pr
not at all amazed at living here instead OF
Iot ne saw Indianapolis or Nashville.
envy NV small Urchin his sense OF the eA-
treme improbability of everything. "heu
La cots on trolley car he draws a long
breath and looks around in ecstasy Mt the
human scenery. | am teaching him TO say
in a loud clear tone, as he gets on lhe cur
,.'Jook at all the human beings III ''o
same accent of amaZcmcnt thar he uS'H ""ru
be goes to the Zoo. Perhaps in tins way lie
will preserve the happy faculty OF peihs sur
prised.
TT is an agreeable thing to keep the S"'"'
l. sense of surprise in ones nome 'UMn
that one would have in strange c''S'
will find much to startIe you IL 70" NV
vour ewes open. Yesterday, Tor instance
was lucky enough to meet Ecn'''l"T. WI"
hod stood only a few feet away from lhn"o'"
T fornd that in a certain cafeteria Whlch l
f,oo,,ont the nricc YOU pay for your uhc, lS
i,,.n,s inst one cent less than that puhcn'u
-, tbe check. The cashier explained 'n"'
th;s always gives II pleasant Surp'lst :" Wv
customers and has proved su''i soV" ""
ynrt;sing dodge that the proprietor u'"Ie
a habit. And ] saw, in clothlnS u'""i
window on Ninth street, some li""S t'pa
for men, notified purple anu o.ni,' 'm'. t
nroyed that the adventurous Spr' mas 'o'
hiod in the breast of the male SEX
UHERE is much to exercise '"G ''' =" "
i VOYAGE along Ridge avenue Approach
;,, Nv way of Ninth street. one secs III 'l'e
,';ndnw of a barber shop the new contract
,Iat tLo amnloying BARRIERS have drawn up
itb their iourneymen. inns hErc'lh'n'
st,o,,s q soupd sense of human 'qultl'S' pro-
aIo;n,iup as it does that inc owner must
NOT do no act to enjure the parper personal
earnings" 1t suddenly oScrrr," " nv,
hat had not thought of before now the
I'. VIA. - Great Britain must have grieved
ia, I,ondon newspaper got up lsome
w. W. oool an agitation in favor ot every
S.u." - Englapd raising a beard in memory
nf King Edward The pan was thht lhe
,onoy thus saved was to be deVoteu TO
i',,s;I nion,S had almost said growing "A
tattIosbin TO be named after the Merry mon
patSl'' pau, nf course. one should not speak of
aaising antH n heard, but of lowering it. How
ever
D;,oo ovonue begins at Ninth aud Vine, in
f donression Perhaps the fact that
a. ms ont toward the city's greatest collec-
49,, ~ IS cemeteries has made it morbldly con-
w. io,,s of human perishabiiity. AT any rate,
- otarts among pawnshops, old clothing and
! ~ So ond hotties of Old Virginia Bit
,l tho Great Man Restorer. The famous
Wat;o,oI Theatre at Callowhill street has
t'aa,'a a garage: it is queer to see the old
aonaninm arch and gilded ceiling dustily
p',ItoJ over a fleet of motortrucks. After
'i;1darness Y"ul of railway yards one comes to
nio,s bit in the 100 block: little brick
I'oI that hends around into hudde of
,. IN ,,orJs and small houses, where large
JIM, pu.M 'arrot was stopping and noddins on
| 81" oId hoxes. This little scene Is over
plaI u hy tbe tall brown spires of the Church
lIoNeo s tho Assumption on Spring Garden street,
r,,t1EpE is matter for tarrying at the
i Snring Garden street crossing. Here is
an ambitious fountain built by the bequest
~ Mary Rebecca Darby SMITH with the
carving by J. J. Boyle plcturing another
Rebecca (she of Genesis AAlV, az giving
| a drink to Abrahams servant and his
camels. 1t is carved IN the prone that the
@ uonU, and thirsty. both man and beast, SO
~ - Accommodating to find it dry, as dry as
~ ;rns along the way The horse trough
- haarded over and thirsting eqnines go up
!. praad streat for draught. The seS
| - - -s ~. - .ce,tttted. hv one ~