Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-30
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PROM THE SEA SHORE.

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4 Glance st the Population They En-
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OLD SANTA MONICA, Sunday,
July 2eth:-All aboard for Santa
Monica. BY rail, stage, carriage,
oxprsss wagon, horseback or afoot.
Any way to get here-out of the
dust and heat of the "Village Of
tho Angels" or tany other town
where the nbominable custom of
civilization compels the citizens to
live In houses aud submit to the
oppression of. .well-regulatsd society.
Come and breathe great mouthfuls
Of sea breeze, expand your lungs,
threw out your chest. pitch your
trunks and bandboxes overheard;
whoop, yell. shout, roll In the
sand, tumble in the surf, splash in
the sparkling sea foam-dive with
the maids and swim with the mer-
maids.
This is what the wild waves are
saying, II my telephone is correct.
It whispers other things too-more
In detail: That the tide of visitors
Is flooding the cafion at old Santa
Monica. That q passenger is not
1T the mercy of the railroad and
need not pay dollar for o ticket by
rail, when passage by comforta-
BILE conveyance, q little over two
hours ride, and good opportuni-
~ to see the Intervening territory,
can be obtained for fifty cents.
That there is nice, cheerful little
village among the sycamores In
the caiion and its
POPULATION IS INCREASING
Just how many are now in camp
cannot be correctly estimated with.
out an actual count, and they
move too rapidly for counting,
Jumping at the figures, and includ-
Ing both sexes and ali ages, with
ont distinction OF "race, color or
previous condition of servitude,n y
three hundred will not be e'mnch
above the number of those who
have gone down to the sea, to set
up housekeeping after the primitive
style OF life In the woods. The
canon Is dotted with tents from the
beach up to where the trees are too
thin for comfort.
An old miner will readily see the
resemblance of Old Santa Monica
to the mining towns of early days
that IL, at first glance and in out
ward appearance only-for the
s'sligginas' are left out Of the pic
ture and the flush times! Alas!
have they not departed from the
face of the earth? We, who have
been there-do we not realize that
THE DUST AND "CHIsPAs''
or other days are known no more
in the land, and that where "slugs'
did oEce abound, dimes and half
dimes have been budded. and even
they do not yield a "volunteei
CROP" Then, u prayerfnl friend,
who in former times served the
Lord by keeping restaurant at
camp meetings, discovers here a
likeness to the "old camp ground"
of an ancient mining set
tlement. Leaving out the prayer,
shout and sacred song OF the reviv-
alist, this picture has some of the
features of that other.
Restaurants, hotels. hayward /,
fruit stands, saloons, lodging
houses, and corner groceries have
been improvised and appear to be
doing living business. They speak
Of this as the
"LONG BRANCH OF THE PACIFIC.n
For the natural facilities in the line
Of bathing, it throws Long Branch
Ia the shade, and as resort for
invalids, if any place on the Allan
tic Coast can turn out healthier set
Of invalids than this beach, it has
not yet been advertised.
This is cheerful crowd. Acoua-
Tic sports make up the leading fea-
lure Of the entertainments, but
, there are not lacking other sources
nf recreation. rhe familiar pop of
the shot gun indicates that there is
gnme in this region. Horseback
riding is on the programme, while
"swinging in the lane" and stroll
ing on the beach figure in The list.
With all this, there was still an
aching void in the heart of the An
gelans who had hied them from
the more sullry precincts of the
inland settlements for the express
purpose of having a good time.
There was no place to dance! A
hall, lights, music-there was none
--and q shadow like unto that of a
passing cloud rested upon the brow
of
ARDENT YOUTH AND MAIDEN FAIR.
IMAM wants but little here below;n
and it's all the same with woman
and where only smoth floor, some
canvass walls, and fiddle are lack
ing to fill the cup of happiness, the
chances are favorable for tue hold
ers of the cup. Old Santa Monica
now is blessed with o full fisdged
ball room. 1t was one of your citi-
zens who came to the front with the
plank, canvass and music. And now
lice Bales's Hall" echoes to the
patter of feet and the duIcet strains
Of the goddess fiddle from three to
six nights in the week. The pro.
prietofs might not take it kindly
were the chronicler of this chapter