The Washington herald., 1908-05-30

ford 10 stay In the magnificent hotels
with which the city IS plentifuIy provid-
ed. The great majority Of the visitors
teke furnished rooms. The chamber Of
commercs helps the visitor TO find place
TO stay and It has on its list 5000 fur
nished rooms. No city in the country
OF the size has anything Ike this num-
Der. and not evca New York can boast
OF list or directory which contains SO
many addresses OF the kind The An
geleno is always willing 10 help a stran-
ger. Any policeman can direct one how
10 reach any address in the city by street
car-somethiug that can be dore In very
few cities. OF course, the cop" is aided
by a book he carries but Los Angeles
sees that he has the book
The Los Angeles real estate agent Is IN
a class by himself. The stranger within
the gates cannot escape him. He calls at
the hotels. Let the stranger declare that
he Is only tourist that he doesn't want
10 buy any property, that he has a pref
udlce against real estate, that nothing
on earth could induce him 70 become In
terested in a corner lot The real estate
agent smilingly replies: Certainly. Ger
tainly, but I came around jusr 10 take
you for a drive over the city. lust TO
show you the town" From, his tone one
would think that selling land was the
last thing on earth he would care 10
think about.
The agent takes the stranger into his
motor car. He sweeps through the we'll
paved streets. He points out the spleD-
did system OF ornamental street lighting.
and mentions that Los Angeles was the
first American city to follow the lead OF
Paris IN this particular. He indicates
new office buildings and hotels with a
careless mention Of millions Of dollars
in connection with each. he stops for a
minute on the crest Of an elevation and
says: Look" The stranger looks about.
and as far as he can see in every direc-
ton there are neat streets bordered with
roses and geraniums and fianked with
rows Of homes and bungalows Of every
conceivable style OF architecture except
the square box effects Of Eastern cities.
When the vision is all taken in the real
estate agent casually remarks that four
years ago there wasn't a house In all that
section. Parks. clubs. palatial residences.
avenues of palms, long rows OF pepper
trees. a profusion Of trOpic flowers and
a maze Of beautiful homes. The real es-
tate agent hasn't yet said a thing about
/ lots But he win. He knows that there
is good chance TO sell some OF them. for
that Is exactly the way some 1000 or
$1,000 people have been brought 20 Los
Angeles.
The City Of Angels refuses point blank
10 look at the hole. It concentrates its
gaze upon the doughnut. When the panic
came last October II hit Los Angeles as
| IL did every other city But creditor
wholesalers said 10 debtor retailers s"Yori
mustn't fail We won't let YOU fall We
will give YOU more time, We must look
out for the reputation Of the town" The
1 booster spirit here penctrates even into
/ the region Of the personal pOcketboOk
Il Is a city of ideals. Even a real estate
/ agent with his mind on business. said:
| Remember, Los Angeles can furnish
! a geranium for every man, woman. and
4 child in the United States every day"
(Copyrght, lsO5. By Frederic J. HasinJ