MDDM 26: "Philadelphia girls"

[Bandwraith at aol.com]

Nice to see a little demo of patriotism to get us off and cracking
in America:

    These are Philadelphia girls,- who, in the articles of reckless 
Flirtation, the
    Surveyors will discover, put all the stoep-sitters of Cape Town quite in 
Eclipse.
    [259].

And do I hear an echo of: 'The Articles of Confederation' in the above line? 
But beyond that, how striking the difference between the drab Cape Town
with it's strictly delineated zones and this more free-flowing American polis.

It's no wonder the impulsive Jere, picking up on the spirit of the times, 
greets
the lambent Franklin with: "Good Patriots All !" [266.7]