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Bright Ideas for Entertaining

by Mrs. Herbert B. Linscott

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Which is Your City

What city is for few people? (Scarcity)

For happy people? (Felicity)

For hypocrites? (Duplicity)

For chauffeurs? (Velocity)

For truthful people? (Veracity)

For athletes? (Elasticity)

For greedy people? (Voracity)

For wild beasts? (Ferocity)

For home lovers? (Domesticity)

For actors? (Publicity)

For reporters? (Audacity)

For wise people? (Sagacity)

For hungry people? (Capacity)

For telegraph operators? (Electricity)

For crowds? (Multiplicity)

For nations? (Reciprocity)

For odd people? (Eccentricity)

For beggars? (Mendicity)

For unhappy people? (Infelicity)

For office seekers? (Pertinacity)

The names of cities and their nicknames may also be used, thus: Boston, “The Hub”; Philadelphia, “The City of Homes”; Detroit, “City of the Straits”; Cincinnati, “Queen City of the West”; Chicago, “Windy City,” or “Garden City”; Buffalo, “Queen City”; Cleveland, “Forest City”; Pittsburg, “Smoky City”; Washington, “City of Magnificent Distances”; Milwaukee, “Cream City”; New York, “Gotham”; Minneapolis, “Falls City”; St. Louis, “Mound City”; San Francisco, “Golden Gate”; New Orleans, “Crescent City.”

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