Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-12-23 | Page 6 | Carmel Loses Charm for Vagabonds

CARMEL CAREL S lOSES a Ma M r CHARM FOR FDA VAGABONDS Coast Town Becomes Too Civilized 1 r for Usual Run of Artists THE SEA SEA TIIE Cal pec Dec BY A A. A P. P P. This This little city Is' Is b c ng m too civilized for the vagabond artist I Time ime was when wandering and im Im- writers writers painters sculptors I playwrights wrights actors and others of or the si gentry found Carmel a haven of deal Ocal sympathy The community took them at Its heart and when they de- de i I I parted tore up their I. I idus d d. U U.'s Us Usand s 's and nd forgot Carmel was proud of or this tramp talent li J Rents its were low then theiu lt t was v.-as even possible for tor a a. promising youngster to get a no shack for tor nothing and he could count on dining out at ot least three times a n. week He could stay in bed the rest of ot the time If necessary A sixty-day sixty credit with the tho grocer was wal common Buot no more Evil days have hae come Taxes and the cost of living have been growing by bounds First came camo electric electric electric elec elec- lights and telephones and the migratory migratory migratory mi mi- Bohemians stood for that But when recently the tho city trustees de decided decided de- de that Carmel Cannel needed nEJede a system and levied leed assessments accordingly accordingly ac ac- cordingly it wa wad too Tor for them Those here began to drift southward to to some kindlier clime and the word going out that Carmel was not what I It used to be e others others' quit coming There are still numerous writers painters and musicians living here but most of them are wealthy or at least I well to do and willing to pay for the upkeep of or a modern city