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large room having two single beds, 

 each provided with the one stiff sheet, 

 but we carried sheets with us after 

 our first experience. At breakfast we 

 were served first a saucer of oatmeal 

 and milk. This looked homelike, but 

 one taste was sufficient, for it was 

 simply saturated with smoke. Bacon 

 and eggs came next with the same 

 result, and so on to the fruit. This 

 we could eat, but we were surprised to 

 see the waitress take our plates, throw 

 their contents out of the open window 

 and return them for us to eat our 

 fruit from. All refuse is disposed of in 

 this simple manner. Turkey buzzards, 

 called "Jim Crow" birds, sit perched 

 on the roofs, or near-by tree tops, on 

 the alert to fly down and gobble up 

 every scrap of waste food thrown out. 

 These birds are protected by govern- 

 ment for scavengers. 



