The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-02-06
CALIFORNIA AS SEEN BY OTHERS
What Visiting Journalists Say
of the State.
Eastern Pens Run Riot in Western
Praise.
Visiting Newspaper Men Write OF Their
Coming and Brief sojourn-some
Pleasant Tributes to South
ern California.

The San Francisco Chronicle of Sun
day says: Were the southern counties
beyond the Tehachapi to question the
direct benefit which would accrue to
Los Angeles and San Diego from the
holding OF a great exposition nearly 500
miles distant by rail such criticism
would be silenced by the appreciative
descriptions of the grandeurs and the
glories OF the southern half of the state,
which the visiting newspaper men from
Chicago and other eastern cities have
written.
These visitors have seen the mid
winter fair; they have gained slight
acquaintance with San Francisco; they
have made hasty trip to Los Angeles,
and they returned to their eastern
homes praising California. This is but
one of multitude of lar reaching effects
of what the Chicago press terms the
third OF the worlds greatest fairs.
The visiting newspaper men have
written for the Chronicle some of their
impressions from brief visit to Cali
tornia.
thirds and more across the continent as
lifted away above the plane of luxury.
Another writer describes the banquet
hall at which the visitors were enter
tanned in this city as a speaking testi-
monial OF the climatic possibilities OF
| California.
The theme of the ,Forty-nine Mining
Camp occupied the pen of one of Chi
cago's most gifted newspaper men, who
described it as far more interesting than
most of the features in the Midway
plaisance at the Chicago exposition.
San Francisco bay and it's picturesque
approach was the subject of much kindly
comment. The reception at Los Angeles
WAS of 50 generous character that it
caused one of the visitors to observe:
Imagine dozen strange young men
going into q Massachusetts city and
fraternizing with the mayor in less than
twenty minutes"
Pasadena, Mount Lowe and the Pa
cific-the possibility of playing snow
ball, riding through orange groves and
taking dip into the warm waters OF the
Pacific, all within short hours space
came as surprise to the visitors
from the rugged winter chimes of the
east.
Above all was the revelation OF the
hospitality Of the golden state, open
armed and as wide as the limits of the
commonwealth.
Each of the members of the party
described different portion of the trip,
30 that the whole number of little arti-
cles formed complete description of
their journey since they left Chicago.
Those articles descriptive OF Southern
California are as follows:
TRIP TO Los ANGELES AND RECEPTION.
How little one knows of his own
country! From San Francisco to Los
Angeles had always meant about the
same thing as from Indianapolis to
Vincennes, or from Chicago to Spring.
field. When we took the trip we began
to find out that in California even the
distances are magnificent.
"You ought to jump down to Los
Angeles for day or two," suggested
some of our friends in San Francisco. So
we Jumped" for day and night,
climbing mountains and sliding down
steep inclines, and, after we had ira
versed distance equal to that between
Chicago and Pittsburg. we found our
selves approaching Los Angeles. We
knew we were approaching the town,
ae reception committee had already
swung aboard and was serving lunch
con. The hospitality of this beautiful
city reaches out its tentacles thirty
miles or more. Once you are caught it
is very difficult to escape, and after a
few hours you don't care.
1t was raining when our car came to
a wheeling stop at the station, and
therefore the committee was heartbrok-
en-. As matter of fact, it was a very
harmless sort OF rama warm and des-
ultory splatter. Ihave seen rain of
that sort fall for half day in Chicago
and at night the weather man would
announce continued fair weather."
And so we went driving, and what we
it would be prospectus of the town, a
table of statistics and panegyric on
the climate. But it was thoroughly en-
joyed, and hope we all learned some.
thing.
At night we went to the Press club.
The programme consisted of hand-shak-
ing, pipe-smoking, Gala lilies, violets,
tossts, songs and any number of
speeches, breathing tie most intense
cordiality. There was not a trace of
formality in all of it. The pipes were of
clay. Good people!
Imagine dozen strange young men
going into a Massachusetts city and
fraternizing with the mayor in less than
20 minutes. Before we retired we had
arranged to prolong our visit.
GEORGE AIDE.
PASADENA AND MOUNT LOWE.
A trip to California formerly included
run down to Southern California after
visiting San Francisco, to see the orange
groves, and then not leaving until ride
to the big trees had been made.
Through one of the greatest engineer
ing achievements of the age, success-
fully carried out by Professor I. S. @.
Lowe, California now has new point of
interest which is second to none, though
Niagara Falls and Yellowstone Park
have always been Americas wonders.
At first Professor Lowe was discouraged
by many. but he held his own, and now
thousands OF tourists would not leave
California without first having taken a
trip mp to Echo mountain. Leaving
Los Angeles in the morning, we were
driven by way of Pasadena through
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