The Republican journal., 1896-03-26

get caught, but it is disgrace to aid the
haps for, no better reason than because
misery likes company. Unrest, agitation,
dissatisfaction, business troubles and
social disturbances will prove to be only
stepping stones by which IA higher and
nobler national life shall be attained by
our citizens.
While God reigns, our country will
stand secure, if we remain true to our
manhood. L. G. Dow.
Midwin er Carnival in Southern
California
AS DESCRIBED IN A LETTER TO FRIENDS
AT HOME.
Southern California is the tourists par
adse The winters are so perfect that a
greater part Of the time can be spent in
the open air in riding, sketching, hunt
ing, etc. Then, TOO, the people here are
alive 10 the many advantages to be derived
from the wealthy classes who come here
to enjoy the mild winters. and they i'm
provse many attractions to help lure them
here again. Not the least of these at
midwinter carnival, when floats and car
riages gaily bedecked with flowers, horse
men and wheelmen, with bands and
streamers flying, parade the streets on
New Years day; and gala day it is, |
assure you. Little Pasadena with its 3D.
600 inhabitants was completely overrun
by the dense crowds that poured in upon
her from miles in the country, us well as
the adjoining cities. This year the train
service between Los Angeles and Pasa-
dena, 9 miles distant, consisting of three
railroads, and electric cars that run every
fifteen minutes, was wholly inadequate to
bring the multitude that was anxious to
see pageant of flowers in midwinter.
Santa Barbara has her Flower Festival
in April when both cultivated and wild
flowers, of which there are many hundred
varieties, are at their best, and add their
abundant beauty to the scene. Large
pyramids and lofty arches are composed
wholly of flowers of the rarest and choicest
the display. 1t is really worth going miles
to see, and many go miles to see it. Then
comes the Los Angeles Fiesta, which rep
resents everything good in Southern Cali
fornia, and the city gives itself up to JOY
supreme. This Fiesta lasts three days
l takes on old Spanish and Mexican feat
to behold.
In these pleasures no expense is spared.
The generous, open hearted people of this
great empire of the Pacific do everything
worth doing on a scale most magnificent
and grand. Our great hotels, as commo-
dious as any in the country, are built to
entertain the thousands who fly hither to
escape the Implying blasts of a less gem
erous cline. And from these hotels fly
hither and thither the great coaches called
Tally-hos with four and six horses, and
a footman footing his horn as they rattle
along the streets. Two come up from Los
Angeles every day in the most gorgeous
trappings, with six horses each, on their
way to the mountain road to Mt. Lewis,
five miles distant. They have steam and
electric roads to the terminus of the noun
tain road, but tourists like to spend their
money in this way because it is more
novel and costs great deal more, and
that suits them better. To-day, | have
counted seven of these Tally hos passing
our Office and four Of them had six horses
each, and the others four each. These
coaches are manufactured purposely for
this business. They set up very high and
their finish and trappings are most ele-
giant.
This is grand climate. Were ! a poet
| would never tire of singing its praise.
1t is beautiful and comfortable in sum
mer, but most inspiring in winter. You
can almost toss an orange from an orchard
of this golden fruit to the snow on the
peaks beneath whose shadows you stand.
1t is simply grand, beyond description.
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