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Awakening of Courtesy.Another good word for St. Louis— and not so much for St. Louis as for humanity, black, white and yellow, that one can find scattered over the great exposition grounds.The people seem to !)e learning courtesy and that it pays to be kind. Ask all the questions you want. The Jap you are talking to may have some difficulty in locating the camp of the Sioux Indians, and he talks brokenly, but he is the acme of politeness, and what he doesn't know he finds out and tells you. The man who sells popcorn walk a piece with you to be sure that you have the right road to the Oklahoma Building, in the Swedish restaurant the waiter tells you that his wife and chilren have made visits to the lair and has a fine time. The barber discovers that you came from Oshkosh or Milwaukee, and remembers that he was there for a week once, and enjoys a discussion of the merits of the old town.Ask any man in the Boer camp to show you around and he not only does it without expectation of reward, but tells you many interesting tilings, and when you leave you shake hands and \ote him a fine fellow. And there are the street cars inside the fair grounds. If you look all right and do not ask tool questions when the conductor is busy you will find friends there. In tue Indian village a grimvisaged warrior stops making arrows to tell you that you will find the famous Geroni-nio in the Indian school. He doesn't lt;xjoct a tip. He is very much of a gentleman, if he does sleep with a dog in the other side of the ted. The Kongo native has learned to say thank you. and the Piute squaw smiles as she uncovers her latest papoose and voices her appreciation of the admiration bestowed on the infant. There is mud in her raven hair and no bathtub in her home, but she is a good deal of a lady just the same. You eau roam at will over the gTounds for days without finding discourtesy in any shape or form. The spectators and those who run the show are obliging, friendly and helpful.There serins to liave been an awakening of humanity’s better nature, and it is cne of the best things at the St. Louis Exposition.v1adtl4PbritVaVI]s
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Logansport Daily Reporter
Logansport, Indiana, US
Thu, Sep 15, 1904
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