Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-11-14
rhe Italx of Amerlca.

Yesterday afternoon train OF eight
superb Pullman palace cars rolled
mp by the depot in this town, loaded
to the last seat with great Eastern
excursion. They were the first Ray
mond party Of the season, and came
to participate in the festivities at the
of the magnificent hotel at
Pasadena. To-day an Ennis excur-
sion from st. louis will arrive by the
Sunset route, and will add, certain
more hundreds to the population OF
this city and OF its suburbs.
Telegraphic dispatches in the HER
AID this morning, contrasted with
the bright sunshine, genial air and
blue skies over our heads, explain
Why these large parties arrive here
20 frequently. 1t is not yet quite
mid November, yet all over New
York there has fallen very heavy
snowstorm. The last soft tints of
the far-famed Indian summer OF our
old homes have faded into the pale,
leaden-gray OF a big snowstorm. The
white mantel of o dead winter en-
folds the world thereabouts. The
murmur of every rill will soon be
hus he'd, strangled by icy fingers.
"The melancholy days" of Bryant's
poem are wide over all the land.
Bare trees that shiver in the blast,
nipping airs that make the blood run
cold, wild, wide waste of frigid
death are the circumstances that en-
wrap life in that region. For Elk
m onths there will be little comfort in
life. Until April there will be long,
bitter fight for life to all denizens OF
that ice.bound portion of the coun-
try. Those who are still below the
m eredian of life, and who are en-
dowed with exceptional health and
strength, may find some hardly
sna tched pleasure in SNOWFALL fights,
skating or sleighing. But to all not
SO gifted by nature with very robust
constitutions, to the aged and to the
invalid, there stretches out long
and weary time in which they may
look to be shut up within doors,
away from the freshness of the open
ar, deprived OF the beauty of the
sky and of the invigorating influence
Of outdoor life.
Contrast with this the cloudless
sky, the warm sunshine, the clear,
pure air, that blessed the deni-
zens OF Southern California
yesterday. Ladies walked the
street, careless of even the lightest
wrap. Men worked at their occupa-
tions as if it were midsummer, coat
less and yet with the dew of honest
labor on their brow. Children rolled
upon grass plats before the doors of
their homes, in bare heads and arms,
yet thoughtless that there was such a
thing as weather to trouble people.
The gardens are abloom with roses,
heliotrope and other flowers. The
mountains are wrapped in delicate
blue haze, and every sight and sound
invite to the full enjoyment of perfect
outdoor life. There is years vital
ity in drive over the country. There
is all but Immortality in dwelling in
such perfect cline. So genial is
the weather that life under such cir
cum stances is as near unalloyed
pie asure as.can be found on earth.
The two pictures fully account for
the great influx OF visitors to this re-
gion Of perpetual sunshine, and Of
he althful atmosphere. Little by lit
tie the existence of this eclectic spot
has been impressed on the minds of
the people. They are at last begin
ming to realize the fact that such a
place as Southern California is within
their reach. With each passing year
they come in ever increasing num-
bers to pass the winter here. Each
one who goes back becomes COM
missioned herald to proclaim the
beauties and comforts of Los Angeles
winters. His story reaches thou
sand ears, and all who hear become
possessed OF the desire to come and
partake of these good things OF life
themselves.
A glance Of the mind at the pres.
ent condition, and at the past history
of Italy, win give an inkling of what
Southern California is to be. In the
HERALD to-day is a letter to an East
ern journal from Northern Italy,
about Lake Como. and her lovely sis
ter waters. What has been done
there is being done here, and it will
all be done on q much more magnifi-
cent scale than it has ever been done
there. There are more attractive
elements here than there. To all
visitors going into Italy, the land Of