Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-27
SPEAKS ON
REAL TIE
BURDETTE TELLS ABOUT FIRST
TRANSACTION
TITLE HAS HELD GOOD FouH
THOUSAND YEARS
Realty Board Hears Famous Humorist
Expound Principles of Sound
Business al HoIIenbeck
Luncheon

Rev. Robert j. Burdette was the prin-
cinaI sneaker at the luncheon given yes
+erdav noon at Hotel Hollenbeck by the
local realty board. The well-knoWn hu-
morist touched up his mundane topic IN
his usually happy manner as follows;
"Just why a minister should be asked
IN address the realty board or Los An
eeles puzzles me little. Because
nan whose possessions are supposed TO
lie beyond the Jordan should De pu.
little interested in the grazing plains OIL
Moab. 1t would cast a gloom over this
nIeasant little luncheon If | were to pieau
III, wou n forget the good buys you
have on hand this afternoon ana tnink
of vour final good byes' at the great
divideb IL might be profitable, put IL
wouldn't be timely for me to tell you
that when you can read your title ciea,
n mansions in the skies, 1t ism d sooo
tbing for YOU to put your title in escrow
-usually in your wifes name-ano neVe,
see it or think of it again until you neeu
IT. Because in that case you Wouiu heeu
1t the worst way. Ana ina. 10 ,,,tias .nv
Vol, would probably get it. the securities
and values which deal in require daily
handling and use to keep them at par.
"What shall 1 talk to you about tnen,
can't preach at you? Ii shouiu
talk real estate you know more ABOUT
that in a minute than have known al
NV life. There is an old Spanish proVerp
Never talk Spanish in the house OF the
Moor He'll find out in five minutes now
little Spanish you know ana now pau
;s the little you think you know. Fos-
sib,v Won sent for me to offer you after
I,rcbeon amusement. That is ever
dangerons thing to do. You remember
that is what the Philistines did TO sam
con And Samson didn't do thing TO
+ba pbilistines. And he brought down
tbe house in the way he didn't IT.
..your most honorable business, whlcn
now engages the brightest ana mose
alert mentalities andthe most peIsuaeivS
aIoouence yoked with soberly stated ana
dostiv nhrased statements of fact and
.,aI,,a rather understated, / am given TO
,,,,aorstand-dates back to very serious
- yerv solemn-and very beautirui
,,stin,e The earliest instance OF any
,.pangnition of property in land was when'
asoo Years ago, Abraham came TO the
children of Heth, recognizing the own
arshin of a certain nelo' III whieil
h,rrowed tie cave OF MacPlieian, ~
pnhrnn one of their tribe. He sought
49,, u and after the amount OF hag-
~ SI,,,se That is common today, did So That
az tirst recorded real estate transac-
L., 1Ia naid for it 400 shekels of silver;
thot was the price. And that is tne hIse
tine on record in which silver IS rep
.ino tod al as money. 1t was not counted
IN ooin-it was weighed-'current money ne
with y, 1 the merchant This is also tne ,e
first time of record in wnicn a. a s.anJ ano;art
20 r.,a;ght Is mentioned. And this ancient
..saetion =. in realty, about which cius-
~. so many 'irsts' of commercial and
er.nciai Importance, was the purchase
20 - orave-'giye me a possession OF d
t,,ra,ns ~ Mace with you, that may bury
,,sp daed ont of my sight And for CEN
turtles ,g aI'. this was the only center OF the
lives of these, people. The only oit or OK
property in the worio thai, anrs gensrations. SU
'rha onlv Mace they were sure Of And
stlli iI untouched mt by time and change, en-
,i,,ras tbe cave of Macphelah. That is be-
cause it is in Syria. Had it been in Los
Angeles the field would long since nave
been cut up into town lots, and a troliey