tine could have done*Based upon our apparent IndiCference to the continuance of the eelehruthm. San iXntoiiio now announces a Washington *h Birthday celebrationwhich apparently in rnodHed of liftours The Bed Men are the principal factor in giving it. and probably tin*program will bo practically the same a8 in the first years 01 our celebration: storm Big of the city hall by Pocahontas, delivery of the key of the city. etc.But Laredo should do something to keep tip the interest of strangers inour section. We have many things to attrac t people from other sections at this time of the year, when the people of the North are In the midst of their heaviest cold weather and we are doffing our winter clothing.It has been suggested that a pageant would be a proper way to at tract people to this selt; tion. And of all Texas cities, not even San Antoniohas more history upon which to base a pageant. Our city dates but little later in point of settlement than San Antonio, and there was wild country and much hardship in our neighborhood long after San Antonio had become a trading center and the nucleus of a metropolis.