The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-21
1t TEACHERS CONVENTION
VISITORS IMPRESSED WITH CALI
FORxIA.s HOSPITALITY.
shovereA CpSn yisitors and sa-
perA Dissertations IN Their HeneR
-TsmphIets On states Resources.
snecfal Csrrrspontience.


National Educational Association II ~
an end 1t has been an unqualified
success in every particular. Great
numbers. brilliant speeches, ample prep
arafiorsx and unboanded hospitality have
all contributed To its effectiveness Even
the weather clerk must have worked In
behalf Of the association. giving days
bright and runny. but not too warm.
IL is much to have made one OF such
audiences. 20 have listened for a week TO
able addresses from the prominent esiu-
Gators Of the country. whose writings
have long been famiiiar-men like Hon.
w. II. Harris. United States commits
stoner Of education: David Starr Jordan.
DIR. +. Louis Soldan. of ST. Louis. and
DIR. Emerson T. White, OF Columbus. o.
These great gatherings have long con-
tributed directly and powerfully toward
raising the standard Of education
throughout the country. bat only those
who attend them realize the degree %
inspiration and benefit that may be
gained from them.
But one incident had occurred to
shadow the assembIy-the wreck Of q
Burlington special OF nine coaches on
fits way from ST Louis. which resulted
In the death OF two teachers and the in
jury Of eleven others.
On the Steamer TO Port Los Angeles.
On leaving San Francisco we imme-
diately began TO realize what II was to
be unit In a great convention. Teach
ers throHged the boat. teachers Of every
type: teachers serene, severe and gay:
teachers old and young; teachers long
ing for the shore and disdairffui teach
ers-but teachers all. and all bent upon
the utmost enjoyment OF a rare oppor-
tuntty. Every berth was taken. and at
night long rows OF improvised cots down
the dining room floor spoke OF unfortu-
nate, improyident teachers-late Corners
who failed sufficiently to realize that
they were travelling the road to the
teachers Mecca. 1t was notably
courteous, happy. weli-bred crowd. which
made the best OF narrow quarters with
out grumble and cared for the con-
yenience and pleasure of individuals. II
spent Its days In visiting and story-teli-
ing. and at evening It improvfsed excel
lent concerts.
Visit to Santa Barbara.
Al Santa Barbara the boat stopped for
an hour and a half. The passengers quick
iy crowded the waiting carriages and were
driven through air thick with perfume
along the one long. straight street OF the
town to the old mission. No wonder Santa
Barbara has become famous for lis flower
feies. Nature seems TO keep II in gala
AtNHS 2At tbC t4tfft NuS<S agS tiltFt III
great profusion. The beautiful la Marque
climbs TO the caves, completely covering
the whole side OF a house. The Duchess
grows Into real rose tree. and in one
place We saw bananas Old pepper treas
are beautiful with their graceful foliage
amt gnaried trunks, while TO northern eyes
II seems unwarrantab.e prodigaiity TO dec
crate lawns so iavishly with giant palms
II Is interesting to watch the evoiufions OF
the eeran.um as one moves south: here it
l.
some fine houses and many beautiful
grounds. but IL owes mnch OF Its peculiar
beauty TO It's delightful situation. Back Of
Il range the ever-present California noun
fains, which here lose their yellow color
and take on rsore rugged aspect, with
many canyons and sharply marked shad-
ows- On the other side Hes the sea.
santa barbara Mission.
The mission is very large anc the best
preserved OF any OF the old FRANCISCAN
buildings. A hundred years have passed
over IL 40 lightly that lis massive colon
na6es. brick thing and barred windows are
stiI much as they were though they
speak OF times and conditions long since
ers wide view of mountains. sea anc sur
rounding country is obtained
II has the distinctive pictureSauenes 80
and suggestiveness OF all California mis-
saon architecture. It's history clings 10 Its
very walls. Every one OF the san-Surued
bricks IN the saggiug pavement tell tales
OF poverty. danger. endeavor as Ingenious
as courageous, marked success and s,ihSe-
ouent ruin. The use 81 the building has
changed with the change Of conditions. 1t
Is now a training school for priests
sights of Large Things.
One thing Northern visitors did not ex-
pect 70 ind in California namely any of
the Iargss, things In the world Things
new We might see: things interesting or
things beautiful but surely We though.
with our accustomed modest pride Wash
tngion ponopollxes all the greatest things
OF earth However. on reaching Port Los
Angeles the passengers went on deck TO
see The longest wharf in the world: at
Redoudo they hustled out TO visl: the larx-
est carnatiou field IN the world and came
back carrying abundant evidence OF having
found large carnation field in which were
grown large carnations A, the Chamber
OF Commerce. ~ Los Angeles there iS n
large nut elsphS nj standing upon a large
Platform which Is covered with large sea
moss, It's paianquin and trappingx are
embroidered with grains and grasses Of
enormous size This. far aughf know IS
the largest nut elephant In the world We
began "a think that we nigh. be IN the
drSeSt place I'm the world. and dav by say
the conviction has been forced un1n us
sha. We are In the place ot the greatest
hospitality.
California; Warm Hospitality.