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Show FRIENDLY TOWNS Small cities and towns that do not have a "Welcome" sign on every main road leading into the place are regarded as "slow and out of date. As a rule, the signs emphasize friendliness regardless of whether whe-ther the community has it. Once upon a time, it is related, there was a man who believed in signs, and taking the one at the edge of a strange town literally, liter-ally, he drove in and prepared to be real friendly. He sat on the curb for an hour and not one person even looked friendly, much less asked him any questions about what luck he was having among strangers. This is a mistake common to us all. We boast of our friendliness friend-liness and advertise the fact to the world, but we never exercise our shaking arm on strangers, and never discommode ourselves in order; to give them pleasant remembrances of their visit. The touring season is at hand. Thousands of motorists are going go-ing to be passing through. Some of them will stop here if they get the right kind of a reception; more of them will be our guests if we show ourselves hospitable. If we are going to be friendly, let's loosen up and act human when a stranger comes within. |