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...chief hitch after combining its hair and washing it behind the ears," said Stone, who had absolute power over the city for four years, was in getting the inhabitants to become tourist conscious and in making them aware of the historical interest which the place has for the sight-seer...
...high. The case will be made of bullet-proof steel. Its top will be made of plunder-proof, non-shatterable glass. It will be bolted to the concrete floor and weighted down with iron. A combination safe lock will guard its contents. Peering through the non-shatterable glass the sight-seer will see, fastened to a silver rod, George Washington's false teeth, the lower set dangling from the upper by the little gold springs which held them in his country's father's mouth...
There is little doubt that such a vigorous policy, if conscientiously adhered to, will remove the breath--at least of contagion, from Boston and its environs, and be a convincing proof of purity to the Tercentenniary sight-seer--provided he doesn't stay too long...
...American Legion, not the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce, had organized the show. But it was the first air exposition that New York has had for almost eight years and 20,000 persons daily endured the active discourtesies of Grand Central Palace Exposition factotums to see the planes. Many a sight-seer bought a plane on the spot. Many another was there just to learn to recognize the different makes...
Klapproth, an exuberant provincial, during a visit to Berlin desires to enjoy an adventure which in the telling will outclass the experiences of a rival sight-seer in his native town. He hits upon the idea of visiting a sanitarium for persons mentally unbalanced and promises to start a nephew of his in business if he will arrange for such an adventure. The nephew resolves upon the rash expedient of taking his uncle to the Pension Scholler, a private and eminently sane boarding house...