Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-02-25
LETTER FROM CALIFORNIA.
Lr. Editor:

Dir. Editor:
The rainy season seems to be over
and the streets are again thronged
with Eastern visitors. Every hotel is
full and turning people away that
they cannot accommodate. Rooms
all over the city are in demand at one
dollar per day and up. All declare
there was never such rush to this
town before. Boston, New York,
Philadelphia and Chicago are all rep
resented, and the people have their
good clothes along with them. You
can pick these visitors out as they
pass you on the street with their ele-
giant fur boas and seal Jackets. Furs
are worn here as q luxury not as q
necessity. L wish [ could describe to
your lady readers some of the beauti-
full styles and dresses / pass on the
street here these beautiful afternoons,
but not beirg a Worth I will only say
they are charming and dazzling to be-
hold. In this throng you meet gray
haired women whose figures have said
goodby to the litheness of youth, and
men whose lessons were learned
among the experiences of the great
world. You also meet the beardless
youth flushed with college enthusiasm,
and beside him perhaps the young
girl with dreams of the cap and gown
that viii clothe her graceful form
when she is q dignified senior. AS
these figures pass, a feeling Of sadness
comes over me that my rheumatic
joints will not allow me to keep pace
with these young, springing steps Of
youth and beauty.
We are having some excellent
attractions at the theatres this week,
and next week Sarah Bernhardt is to
be here and the swell society will
have chance to show their diamonds
and good clothes at S4 a seat, stand
ing room 81 How many seats shall
1 reserve for Barton? Faust and
Sousa are both to be here in March,
but it takes long purse to patronize
theatres.
The leading resort OF Los Angeles
to-day is Mount Lowe and Echo
Mountain. The foothills, which are
about twelve miles from Los Angeles,
are reached by electric cars via. Pasa
dena, passing the ostrich farm and
through the poppy fields near the
foothills, where you connect with the
great cable incline 3OCO feet long
and 1900 feet above sea level is the
Rubio Canyon and pavilion in the
heart of the mountain. The cable is
operated by electricity, the machinery
being OF massive construction with !
absolute safety devices. The Alpine |
division extends to the Alpine tavern |
5000 feet above sea level. s trolley |
line to this tavern is four miles in |
length, winding around the sides of !
deep canyons through oak and pine |
forests with scenic effects that are |
beyond description, while the magnif- |
icent panorama below which embraces
San Gabriel and San Fernando valleys: |
Altadena, Pasadena, Santa Monica,
San Pedro, Santa Barbara. the Pacific |
Ocean, the beaches, and the San
Nicholas Islands, makes a scenery of |
SURPRISING grandeur. Mount Lowe |
has many attractive and entertaining
features, among them being the Lowe
observatory which is free to patrons
of the railway; the Worlds Fair
searchlight, the largest in the world.
said to be 5000, ,OOO candle power.
The Casino building has a magnificent
ballroom and bowling alley. There
are also tennis courts, croquet grounds
and Z lnenagerie. There are thirty
miles of bride and foot trails to the
various canyons and peaks; the sum-
NIT Of the highest is 500 feet above
the sea, where a superb view of the
surrounding country can be obtained.
The Alpine Tavern is located near the
|summIt among the big pines, with
massive granite fireplace in which
hangs the crane and kettle with stone
oVens on each side. These hotels are
poth under the management of the
Mount Lowe Railway Co., and have
e2cehent accommodations. Their
rates are $3.50 per day. The whole
frip can De comfortably and cheaply