Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-06
THE CHAFFING DISH

selves in huge fur coats and all have sofa
cushions to recine on. Even in an all night
session'of Congress you will hardly note so
complete abandonment of disllusion,
WEAKNESS and cynical despair as is written
upon the blank faces all down the, aisle.
Even the will-power of George Crccl or
VIII III. Hays would droop ebcforc this
three hour ordeal. Professor Einstcin, who
talks so delightfully."- of discarding Time and
Space, might here reconsider his theories if
he brooded, baking gradually upward, on the
hot green plush.
THIS genial Owl is not supposed to stop at
l. North Philadelphia, but it always does
BY this time. Philadelphia passengers arc
awake aud gathered in the cold vestbulcs,
painting for escape. Some OF them. against
the rules OF the train. manage to escape on
to the North Philadelphia platform. The
rest, standing huddled over the swaying
couplings find the leisurely transit to West
Philadelphia long as the other segmcnts
of the ride put together. Stoically, and be-
yond the power of words, they lean on ono
another. AT last the train slides down a
grade. In the dark and picturesque tunnel
of the West Philadelphia station through
thick mists of steam where the glow of the
firebox paints the fog n golden rose, they
grope and find the ancient stairs Then
they stagger off to seek a lonely car or q.
nighthawk taxi.
To viii Lou
(Who Thinks Alec Oqs tho only caller al tho
Globe CatcJ
MILL. o viii, o VIII, O! cognac ran
W so madly,
Porto gave such zppy edge to the morn
ing head
That cannot blame you, much, if you look
back sadly
To those Clermontois days, days that now
are dead.
THOUGH I often saw you in that old
L cafe, Will.
Never when Marie was gone. Genevievc
away.
Has Yvonne refused you fat? And Ger
maine? And say, Bill,
Do you still get letters headed Globe Cafe?
ALEC Il. STEVENSON.
What the economists used to call the law
of diminishing returns nowhere comes into
play with such tragic rapidity as in the de
youring of doughnuts.
We went with Il certain Soothsaycr TO
harry platter of steaming hot sinkcrs at n
Chestnut street palace. of pleasure After
the first, our mood was 'AIl's well with the
world. - After the second we both began
to recall that Napoleon won his victories on
an empty stomach. After the third we
wandered along the street agreeing that life
is a melancholy Illusion
We hear it said that there arc going TO be
some vast new hotels in Philadelphia. II is
curious TO think that somewhere in this city
there are modest, docile and sweet natured
youths who will have to be hardened into
bell hops and hat checkers.
NJ, A. e. protests that il is poor team
work for the Quiz and the Dish to deal with
the same topic they did the other day
when DR.. Albert Einstein was mentioned in
both departments.
Not at all. we aver. IL the learned Quiz
editor can find suggestion for a query in
the humble Dish, the Dish can CLEAN n
whceze by studying the Quiz, then both de
| partments feel that they have doubled in
brass and get home to the evening meal five
minutes earlier. SOCRATES.
The number Of times Villa has been
killed in the past causes ono 20 look with
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