“On our way south from the Penn Treaty Park, we went through Franklin Square, and then you saw Washington Square when you were down by Independence Hall. This morning you saw Rittenhouse Square. Logan is the fourth. These four squares were laid out by William Penn as a part of the original design of the city.”
Not far from Logan Square they were enabled to reach the bank of the Schuylkill, and the rest of the afternoon they spent in the lovely Park through which flows this river and the picturesque little Wissahickon.
Their first visit was to the Zoo, which the chauffeur told them was one of the finest in the United States. They invested in peanuts and small cakes and made themselves popular with the animals whose cages they passed.
Then they drove on, gliding swiftly in and out among the stately trees which the engineers of the Park had had the good sense to leave as they found them. Along the Wissahickon they noticed many small inns, all of which showed signs, inviting passers-by to come in and partake of “Cat-fish and Waffles.”
“I can understand the waffle supply being limited only by the energy of the cooks,” exclaimed Roger, as he read one of the numerous summonses, “but if they catch the cat-fish in the Wissahickon they must keep an army of fishermen out in the boats all day long!”
“I wish we could go out on the river,” murmured Helen, as they whirled along the banks of the Schuylkill. “It looks so refreshing there.”
“I think we can get a barge at one of these boat houses and go up the river a little way,” suggested Mrs. Morton, turning inquiringly to the chauffeur.
“It’s a pretty bit from about here up to a place called ‘The Lilacs,’” he answered. “It’s a pretty little club house.”
“Oh, do lets do it,” cried Ethel Blue excitedly. “It would be lovely.”
So they went to a near-by boat house and made the arrangements. The boats were large, with seats for four rowers besides the seats in the stern and bow.