Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-05-27
wOMAN'S DEPARTMENT.
sDrED ny BELLE MEADE SMITH.
A Papnlnr nesor,.


TO be, one Of the popular resorts Of Los
d,,o Angeles. II a just at the right distance
from the city. The fare to and from 1t
iswithin the reach Of the most modest in
come; and withal there Is cosmopolitan
sfs freedom not only about tho place itself,
but also about tho trip, that responds
81 2the universal chord in the Democratic
es mind Of the people. From an aesthetic
standpoint, there are too many peanut
- shells and too much tobacco Juice upon |
n the floors Of the cars, while n half II not
W. a wholly intoxicated male being does
81 not make the most agreeable vis.a-vs; |
u8l still the ride Is but an hour long. The |
a'u scenery along the road is beautiful
s and varied, and santa Monica, when
once II is reached, is large enough to nc.
III commodate the assorted human herd
~ which from day to day seeks It's invigor-
9h' ating breezes. When once there, no
- danger IL felt OF being crowded or an |
~ H noyed, for the peculiar physical con-
~ etruction OF the spot seems 10 have been |
go especially devised by nature, TO keep |
~, people from elbowing and stepping upon |
each other. The long stretch Of beach
!N"e affords space enough, while those who |
'A care more for an extended view than a |
q walk or seat along the sand, can find
" an unlimited range upon the bluff. The
VI. town itself, too, 10 far prettier than |
~ most of the Atlantics seaside resorts;
while the tents pitched all along the |
fi strand and at the foot of the cliff, form |
'N5 n picturesque contrast to the cottages
'N built above them. The old Santa Monica |
wNt Hotel, Is indeed a very substantial
~ aud slightly structure; but the new |
xlhArcadia would adorn an older
and a more pretentious location |
nN Than Santa Monica. lt Is, TO |
pl some, pleasantly suggestive of the
'o' 3nuge Stockton House at Cape May; and |
...l. L.. a.. HI. -
@1a' II is beautifully stuated; 1t is
= anpl lied with every modern con.
~ venience, and il has well |
aa' arranged and agreeable dining-room
in whichare expeditiously served meals |
that could not be improved upon. But |
1li Imople who cannot afford the luxury |
~ pi . hotel can make themselves
hil perfectly comfortable, with their |
tst lunch baskets and their babies along |
The beach, and young men, who |
afi are as restless rs cocky infants, can |
80 walk about all day in the pursuit of what
a. they regard as enjoyment; and sweet
3i hearts to whom nobody pays the slight
sseset attention can unblushingly caress |
}'ta each other in the noontide glare, |
while badly made men and women
in still more badly made bathing suits,
az, can, II they will, ahiver and turn blue in |
~, old Oceans cold embrace. In short, at |
,sv Santa Monica, the American dream OF
G pleasure which is total emancipation |
. from social restraint is fully realized
adj 10 i'-o-fri Communism
~. is the illegtimate child Of despair. II is
H. conceived in misery, it is born and nur-
~ tured in penury, and afterward it takes
sA upon itself mature estate in the darkest
9 and the most deTraved corners of society. |
Capital slipping its coffee and gancing
over its morning newspaper knows no |
nbnut ito ran1 moi iba,, I.,aa |
Ne the jacka know of humanity. 1t
ls the poor and the wretched alone, who |
gY. San clearly understand the character
and origin OF these rabid disorganizers. |
1- In nine cases out Of ten the Communist |
Is the dissipated good-for-nothing who |
- has no moral right to the bread for which |
he is determined not TO work, and who
,, lncltes riot just as selshly as mob I
OF boys tie tin can to dogs tail and |
then set upon him with yells and stones.
An Anarchist (and an Anarchist and Com
munist is enc and the same) is Ms great an
~ enemy to the poor as he is TO the rich;
but this the poor are very slow to see.
And no wonder They are ground down
by hopeless, desperate want they have
~ no chance OF improving their conditions,
and they know full well that from Capital
they can expect nothing. Behind them
d are debt, disappointment and privation;
q before them is the same; and the meagre
rs salaries they receive and the large
families by which they are pin
o. loned, permit OF no change for the better
W. u is impossible for Capital, or even COM
lort, TO enter into this state Of affairs; or
1, tofeel sympathy for any OF the distress
u that grows out Of it. 1t is only those who
NJ know the sting OF privation who can ap-
spreciate the madness which leads men
b to fire the houses OF the rich, or to seek
s., by any system OF distribution to take
10 from those who have, and TO
give to those who have not
In fact it is financial and not political
q dlfnculties that are at the root of all riots
g. and revots in which men without ambi-
il uon and women without aspirations pro-
miscuously engage. Happy people, no
matter how humble may be their tastes
and positions, have no inclination for in
slt surrechons. On the contrary they are
prone to indulge in conyivial festivals.
: IN which men, women and children
s.i.aliSe participate. They would rather
O'Clock to some pubic garden where games
's2and sports arctic be enjoyed than to lis
ten TO boodthirsty harangues and to be-
eticoine reNolutlonlsts and wear the green
elcockaae. That is, il they are prosperous
t andcontented; otherwise the Anarchists
n .slIout of ITO arms % arouses within
fthem all that is fierce, unjust and unwar-
"Irantable. But in this state of mind.
and with hungry children following at
their. heels, and years of oppression
D. singing them to madness, they are
tIuoIc 10 DC pltleu IMAM blamed. In such
saturbulent times it is true, to be sure,
that Capital does not repose on beds of
roses yet the pangs to which it is sub
\. jected are very different from the panrs
with which the poor writhe. 1t is easy
for well-fed man to exhort a hungry
q man to be patient, or for a father with
ga substantial shelter for his children
81 to advise father without q shelter
,tior his offspring TO endure as becomes
'Tsa man. Shakespeare says:
NoA wretched soul bruised with adversity
NE bid be quiet when we hear it cry;
Butwere we burthened with like weight of pain |
~ AS much or more we should ourselves |
- complain"
SCI So it is if Labor could exchange places
with Capital, it would look upon wealth ,
andposition with very different ewes; it ,
twould unquestionably feel that he
g who possessed had a right to hold
ii his POSSESSIONS and not only to {
resist but to exterminate .whomsoever ,
sought to wrest from him his Inheritance.
SdftCaptal, on the other hand, could for
"a while occupy the position assigned to
Labor, it would keenly feel the blisters {
iAon it's white hands; it would cry out for {
can increase of wages wherewith il might
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