"If the gentlemans would wish to see some other apartments—?" suggested the obliging waiter, as we closed the door.
"Oh, no thanks," I said. "This gives us a good idea of it."
As we moved towards the elevator the waiter asked politely: "The gentlemans have never been in here before?"
"No," I said, "we don't live in San Francisco. We had heard about this place and wanted to see it before we went away."
"It is a famous place," he said. Then, with a shake of the head, he added, "But before the Fire——Ah, the gentlemans should have seen it then!"
CHAPTER XXXIX
AN EXPOSITION AND A "BOOSTER"
The Panama Pacific Exposition will unquestionably be the most beautiful exposition ever held in the world. Its setting is both accessible and lovely, for it has the city upon one side and the bay and the Golden Gate upon the other.