The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-12-15

characteristic fruit, the pumpkin, is
seen all the year, often elf-planted,
scattered all abroad, its succulent
corpulence running up into the hum
dreds of avoirdupois; grapes yet
hang on the vines,-green peas, new
potatoes, Strawberries, blackberries
and other fruits and vegetables yet
linger, as though loath to leave-in
fact, can be had by a little pains in
any month of the twelve; indeed all
that the most fortunately fixed" in
other parts of the world can only inn
port by levying upon other lands and
realms, can here be found indigenous
and in abundance and cheapness that
astonish. The animal, vegetable,
pomological and floral kingdoms vie
with one another to fill the cornu-
copia that pours its aff1uence all
abroad, until one unaccustomed to
the prodigality of this region is
amazed as he sees.
Something like the foregoing re-
Elections passed through the minds
of the writer and his alter ego as they
thought that they were thousands of
miles away from their loved ones
with whom they had always celebrat-
ed the annual heart-festival, when
an invitation came from near neigh
bors to join them in the pleasures of
the glad holiday.
The Universalists of Chicago and
the West we'll know the hospitable
home of Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Sawyer,
who for more than thirty years have
resided on Indiana avenue. There
the latch string has always been on
the outside of the door, and hosts OF
guests, East, West, and Midst have
enjoyed its genial shelter and ample
hospitality. They have established
winter home in Pasadena. "Arling-
ton Heights" is a beautiful villa oc-
cupying a knoll near the head of the
unrivaled San Gabriel valley. 1t is
surrounded by flowers of every hue
and shape; it overlooks an orange
orchard belonging to the estate,
whose multitudinous globes are fast
yellowing to their ripening; it COM
mands vast and everchanging pros
pect of valley, city, and mountain
range worth long journey to see. Not
the least of its attractions to the
writer of this is it's nearness to the
rose-embowered cottage where be
dwells,-El Nido, Spanish for 1.-THE
Nest"
On Thanksgiving Day, and during
the December day ON which this is
written, among the flowers that are
in bloom can name yellow jasmine,
four kinds of bignonia, verbenas OF
all colors, callas, saliva, lantanas
ageratum, alyssum, violets, mari
colds, heliotrope in vine and tree
form, lobelia, several varieties of ger
anium, gillyAower, poppies, coreopsis
laurestinus, white, yellow and blue
marguerites, pepper-trees, acacias
fifty varieties of chrysanthemum, OF
the most pronounced Paderewski
type, thirty or forty of the choicest
roses, orange and lemon blossoms
prophesying next years fruit before
the present crop is ripened, and max
ing the air fragrant with their odor-
but how futile to attempt to itemize
where description is impossible. Not
even hint can be conveyed of this
summer-in- winter. DIR. Gunnisor
once wrote to me in his own inimita-
BILE style the best description of the
ensemble here: II have never been
able to spell Paradise since l saw
Pasadena. | start the word all right
but when | have write n the first two
letters, my pen always glides offinto
Pasadena
This choice spot in the choicest OF
cities in the American Summer Land
is environed by twelve magnificent
palms, the graceful queens of the
arboreal multitude, peppers. eucal-
ypti, oleanders, loquats, magnolias,
yuccas, aloes, cacti, pampas plumes,
bamboos, myrtles, and the fig, orange
lemon, lime, pomegranate, and Japa-
nese persimmon in full fruitage,-
can better setting for Thanksgiv-
ing celebration be imagined? And l