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Show - y m m winter f or those who I WOMAN TOURS UNITED STATES FIRST V'gAI For sI years Mrs. M. R. Hart of faiM Wilmington, Del., has been syste- B9 matically touring the United States. BJ "seeing America first," preparatory WB to an extended tour of the world on 9 tne same mlnuto plan. She said In H i Io Angeles that she has visited ffij every State in tho Union except BY Texas and that now she is on tho BVj way to Texas. j didn't leao Texas until last B because I regarded It as the least BftBi ' interesting of the States," Mrs. Hart B sa&, "but because I had a curious B notion that, because it is tho largest B j State in the Union I would see it Hj last Several times I have traveled BH hundreds of miles out of my way to avoid crossing Texas soil in my HB effort to keep to my schedule. BBBI "I have been interested in travel elnco I was 10 jears old. My husband hus-band Is kind enough to permit me to tak.j at least one, sometimes two. trips a year." Mrs Hart started out by touring every county in her native State of Delaware. Then 6he visited the New-England New-England States, then the Southern States, and in turn the North Middle Mid-dle West, Northwest and Rocky Mountain region. "I havo done it systematically, one State at a time," Mrs, Hart continued. con-tinued. "I visit tho principal cities of each State. I take all possible sight-seeing and elde trips. I am never in a hurry, but do my traveling travel-ing leisurely, studying the peoplo and the country as I go and making mak-ing notes in my diary. "I like the cities of the West bet ter than those of the East. Out hero they ar0 cleaner, better lighted and more attractive In appearance. Rut I do not like your Western men. They arc too flirty 1 believe that you call It unconventlonality out here. It was at Denver that men began speaking to mo on the streets and In public places. I noticed more of It In Salt Lake City. There was a lot of it in San Francisco. "When I go to Europe I will be able to answer questions about tny natlvo country, because I will have B en practical I all of It. I am remembering re-membering a lot of figures and that sort of thing. When I do go abroad no one can accuse mo of not having seen America Drst," |