Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 123, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1917 — Taxidab Driver Was Human. [ARTICLE]

Taxidab Driver Was Human.

No one has ever accused a taxicab driver of doing anything but his fare, but a hard-faced clock nurser showed the-other day that he has a tender spot under-his money pocket. He stopped at Bellevue hospital and helped a raggedly dressed old woman and a raggedly dressed little girl out of his cab, after which he called to an orderly to ask: “Where d’ye take sick people here?” The orderly indicated where the reception wa’rd was, and the chauffeur led the aged woman‘and the little girl into it. “The lady,” said the chauffeur to the doctor, "ain't'feeling none too good. I sees her leaning against a post on the Bowery, and the little one tells me they’re flat broke and live way uptown. She don’t feel good enough to even go along up there, but you can fix her, doc. Here, miss, this half buck’ll get her home.” After which the stone-visaged person whistled his way out -to the taxicab.—New York Herald. ——-