Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-21
A City Notebook

IN THE nice cool cellar under independence
L Hall, where Fred Eckersburg, the engi-
ncer. and Victor Anderson, the carpenter.
have their pleasant haunt. we inquired after
the health of Martha Washington the state
House cat. We were very sorry to miss h"r,
she having gone out for Il sauntcr about the
square. Victory, her rising young daughter,
was there. however. and Fred Petersburg
busted her off a chair so that we might SIT
down for a chat. We asked him II any
treasure trovc had been found under the
grandstands which have just been taken
down. The ladies who watched the Iron
Division parade must have kept their trinkets
we'll pinned on, because Fred assured us that
the only findings had been one cent and
couucimans badge Not even hairpin
So our intention of pulling whecze on the
ladies was frustrated.
LNROM mysterious store cupboard Fred
L pulled out an interesting old saddle rack
which was found in the Hall some years ago.
lie thinks it may have been the very one on
which the statesmen of &c hung their sad
dies when they rode up to the State House
and hitrhcd their horses outside. lie also
showed us one of the former visitors books,
with Mr.. Tnft's signature in it. dated De-
ccuber 30 1911. Below Mr.. Taft's name
were those Of John Wanamaker and Major
Archibald Butt, Mr. Taft's aide, who was
lost if we remember rightly, on the Titanic.
ON ONE Of the little streets that runs
" south from Market street near Third
there is a sign. 40 Parking" An upstate
PENNSYLVANIA German looked at it thought
fully and then turned to his wife. You
see vot n veil governt city this is he said.
"Efcp the docks amt allowed to park in
public
TT YOU went to the postofice at Ninth and
l. Chestnut yesterday you may have noticed
that big barrage of pink roses at window
No. :, where Letters, etc., for .hen are de
Uycred to the anxious public. George Scott.
chief trace clerk, who has been in the service
for twenty four years. was having another
birthday thrust upon him, and the flowers
we're in his honor.
WYE ARE glad to see that good old G. A.
w lIenty keeps his hold on the younger
generation. Sitting on doorstep at Tenth
and Kelly streets during the noon hour (and
what we were doing in that significant neigh
borhood is our own concern), we found boy
immersed in book. 1t was fIenty's Ready
to Abdicate: A Tale of Waterloo"
WE OFTEN wonder what the business col
w lcge happers, who are so throng on
Chestnut street at lunch time. talk about.
Many time we have loitercd along behind Il
couple of them, hoping to get line on the
way their busy little minds revolvc: but
their busy little jaws revolve so much faster.
with the customary adhesive confection, it's
hard to get word out edgewise.
A COMNlUTER on the Cinder and Blood
n shot tells us that the roses along the
embankment beyond Wayne Junction station
are now in full and magnificent bloom. For
few minutes we were almost sorry that we
had given up committing.
TT YOU want to see how well Uncle was
L prepared for a long war, have look
at the despairing announcements of the
surplus property officer. posted on the boards
In the halls Of the Federal Building. If.
for instance, you should need 100 900 curry
! combs, or several thousond tons of olco :