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Los iAngeks~cum-Hollywood
of the invaluable American Mercury , a patriotic catechism taught to all the children in the public schools :
Question. Where is the State of California situated ?
Answer. On the front side of the American Continent, between the rest of the United States and the Pacific Ocean.
Q. Why is Southern California famous ?
A. It contains Los Angeles.
Q. What is Los Angeles ?
A. The climatic capital of the United States.
Q. To what has it been likened ?
A. To paradise, heaven, Eden, and the Riviera.
Q. Which does it most resemble ?
A. It is a happy combination of all of them.
Q. What is the population of Los Angeles ?
A. 900,000 boosters. (Will be more to-morrow.)
Q. What is a booster ?
A. One who knows a good thing and wants others to share it.
Q. Of whom does the population consist?
A. Mostly of people from Iowa, together with many former residents of other states and a sprinkling of native sons.
Q, Into what classes of people may the United States be divided ?
A. Those who have already seen Southern California and those who intend to see it soon.
Q. What are the Eastern visitors called ?
A. Tourists.
Q. What is a tourist ?
A. A permanent resident in the bud.
Q. What things may a tourist see in and around Los Angeles that he does not see back East ?
A. Oranges, ostriches, lemons, alligators, olives, missions, sardines, aqueducts, harbours, tunas, bungalows, abalones, loquats, casaba melons, horned toads, snow-covered peaks, submarine gardens, yuccas, eucalyptus, palms, pepper-trees, cafeterias, Thanksgiving celery, and Christmas strawberries.
The list is not long enough. He may see lodging-houses like Moslem temples, with domes and minarets lit up at night by searchlights buried in the grass, or restaurants like engine
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