Show From a Traveler's Note Observations In and Around Los By La Fayette Lentz Written for he Utah There usually comes a feeling of both bewilderment and witchery when I enter a strange city at but on my arrival at Los there only came a strong sense of not that the ride over the Salt Lake Route is the but the day was unendurably The sun glistened with fury on the dry treeless deserts of Ne which might well be God's the thermometer in registered degrees in the Only toward sundown when the train had wound its way through the notable mountains east of San Bernadino and had flashed into the magic orange groves of did the longed-for breezes come breezes that would have made Los Vegas seem a j has a lively In and Around Log But once in Los Angeles traveler forgets the dis of the The the air is only forgotten of the multiplicity of things The spirit of and the glow of hospital are the first tie ing Everywhere recorded the state of evolution-of substantial ed business poor-lighted resided splendid electric finely constructed business comfortable with the a sion style of architecture greet and please the Enterprise is symbolized in mi of buildings along- South Spring and Main One's very blood is infected ni the germ of hustle as one time of rs and matched the The most was that they J did not loiter and each 2 he industriously pros- even 33 1 was shoes Hacked on another the negro kept busily I ind tried to persuade me i theatre si I Kerby several a that the streetcar are not as well informed I desired to make a lad to go to the western of the I notified the v here I wished to k slid that he would when I got Be-mi after a I Li reminded him and to my as well as that guessed the car jut go quite- so far down on This belated meant a ten-blocks walk lit of the most satisfactory out of Los Angeles t are any number to tempt is that to Catalina i A kaleidoscopic trolley tt San followed by a t leisurely and more delight-o voyage of several hours treacherously sleepy one to The downed by the Banning who have established hotels do the transitu and from private excursions in the It is one of monopolies found in my ex- ll the over as we soft whose wat-jj binding me of the Bottom part of the was the fee ft It wW were fl and the ferid gardens J us swayed Pale green farther down strange forms of sponges clung to the dark weeds pierced here and there the lurid while in and about them glided the the perch and the Now and then could be observed abalone shells from which the island-town derives its modified The meat of this animal which inhabits the is cut out and dried and shipped to where I am it is considered a favorite had a facetious member on board and he remarked as' we were peering over into the dim- lighted depths that perhaps the little fishes were looking up at us and astronomically wondering if what they This levity on his part at once dispelled that sort of awesome wonder which had filled our and we landed laughing and Before leaving we noticed on one side of the steamer a number of boys in Their presence was explained in a They were lined ready to dive for whatever money might be thrown and the alacrity as well as accuracy with which they dived over and secured whatever coins were was As the steamer puffed out of the harbor I stood on deck a moment watching the rapidly receding I was impressed by its picturesque the wild rugged hills towering unevenly to a cloudless the sheer with which it frequently sloped to the but more than that by the conquest of man who had transformed its barrenness into a place of who had tamed its natural by his own innate An All-Day There is a certain all-day ride to the neighboring coast towns of Los Angeles called the Balloon-Trip Excursion that I found a Of the guide was unusually and that counts for a great Moonstone Venice-by-the San the Soldiers' are just a few suggestive names of our As we whirled by some orange groves the guide raises the raise snow and in they raise and in Texas they raise merely as a sample of his in passing a rather he disdainfully announced that there dollars were exchanged for poor while at he pointed to a nag-pole and asserted that the old soldiers not care for it any when someone inquired he they think it is long ft was just such bright quips as these that kept US' in good humor and made the tedious waits pleasant and the enjoyable scenery more Venice-by-the is a conception of a certain Was so impressed by old Venice that he attempted to build one on It is a successful but a scenic failure in my Moonstone Beach and Redondo are pleasant sea-side the latter with noble palm-trees and richly-hued flowers to please the just beyond the is and there the famous flower Paul de has his But I most Sawtelle where the old soldiers' are comfortably provided In und among lovely trees and brilliant flowers lie their pretty They have a nice library a memorial a spacious dining and their I felt at once proud and sad as I watched old now torn by the ravages of wind in and out among the They wore their uniforms and appeared proud in These were among the men who bled for a noble cause and who wrought out actively the salvation of a And as they slowly ambled I believe I realized for the first the deep pride of being an American and felt the thrill as never before of |