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 postmaster general, and his wife, the beautiful Rebecca Gratz, the heroine of Walter Scott's novel, "Hugh Wynne." Now touring past the Friends and Quakers' meeting house, the birthplace of Old Glory. On your left the Betsy Ross house, occupied by 1600 poor orphan boys. Not far from here is the Black Horse Tavern, the favorite worshiping place of General George Washington.

Touring west on Market street. Directly in front is the tower of the City Hall, 36 feet in height, surmounted by the statue of Russell H. Conwell. The building with the dome is Mr. Cattell, the city statistician, the author of the famous baseball poem, "Acres of Diamonds." The vast edifice on your left is Temple University, founded by Stephen Girard, the originator of the price "$1.98, marked down from $2." Here we make an interesting detour to avoid the congestion on Broad street. On your right the residence of the late Doctor Munyon, the famous hair restorer, the man who said that every self-respecting man should have a roof garden of his own. This is the city of homes: there are 375,000 single homes in the city, each one equipped with the little instrument you will notice attached to the second-story windows. This is called a Busybody, and is a reflecting mirror used to tell when the rent collector is at the front door. On your right is the North Penn Bank, where Benjamin Franklin flew