The herald., 1895-07-01
MOUNT LOWE
Active Preparations for the Fourth Of July
Celebration

Active Preparations for the Fourth of July
Celebration
Travel over the Mount Lowe railway
continues very brisk, and large proper
tion of visitors are from distant points
and from other states.
During the last two days the following
names were registered from San Fran
cisco: Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Downey Harvey,
Mrs. Joseph Young, Estelle Young, Lille
Ellis, Mrs. M. McNicoll, Miss Isabel Nc
Nicoll, Miss NJ. l.. OConnell, Maurice W.
O'Connell ]. G. Beattie. Freda Bloom
ingdale. Mrs. II. Sinsheimer. Adolph
Rosen berg, Misa J.. +. Banks. Miss J. H..
Tsso MINIS Mrs ,n & H. WthFST and the
Chicago is represented by Mrs. G. H.
McMilien. James Morgan Mrs. R: W..
Bridge, DR.. II. II. rockingham and Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas E. Teegarden.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Randolph are from
Louisville. Mr.. Randolph built the great
railroad bridge across the Ohio at that
point.
Miss Nora Pettibone of Buffalo will re-
main several days. She is greatly charmed
with the mountain scenery, which she
compares with that encountered by her
in Europe and the orient.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hustace and Miss
Lucy Ward are from Honolulu.
Joseph Schoder and daughter, Miss JOY,
and son, Howard, were accom- panied by
| Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Johnson, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Poole ana Eugene G. Has
kell. all OF Los Angeles.
Judge Enoch knight was the guest OF
Professor Lowe, and enjoyed pleasant
stay on the mountains.
Great preparations are being made for
celebrating the Fourth Of July. ana par.
ties wishing to avoid the dust and turmoil
OF the city should come up the night pre-
ceding.
The great search light swung its brllli-
ant beam of rays over the somber valley,
illuminating now peaceful hamlet now
| a flying train now seaside resort and
now ranging up and down the busy streets
Of Los Angeles and Pasadena. Then turn
ing the light upon the mountains it lit
up ridge and glen, the observatory and
the flag on the hotel making the speecta-
tors involup tarily exclaim"Old Glory"
From one of the grand outlooks on the
new extension there is a view of three
loops of the winding road one below the
other and beyond these is the group OF
buildings on the isolated summit of Echo
Mountain nearly a thousand feet below
and then the broad claims of the San Ca
bIel valley stretching away to the sea.
This is the point selected by Artist George
Gardner Symons OF Chicago and London
for his canvas. The fore ground contains
masses OF rock and characteristic foliage
faithfully reproduced while mountain, val.
ley and sky with all their rich and varied
rints all form NOBLE work OF art. warmly
praised by so excellent a critic as Miss
Ada Withrow.
A large number of guests wended their
way to the Lowe observatory last evening.
The moon being a the end of her first
quarter showed her serrated edge with Its
volcanic peaks and dark shadows to
great advantage. When the great tele-
scope was pointed to Saturn, good eyes
could seq tho division between the rings
Notwithstanding the proximity OF the
planet u the moon. 1t was very
beautiful object. Then the eager specta-
tors were favored with viewrof the in
terestng quadruple star Epsilon Lyrae
which to the unaided eye is single star
of the fourth magnitude and with small
telescope is shown to be beautiful
double. But under the powerful lens OF
the Swift telescope each of the compo.
nents are resolved INTO doubles, so that the
system consists OF double double re-
volving about common center and re-
quiring thousands of years TO complete
their mighty revolution.