Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-07-18
THE CALIFORNIA WAY.
Strangers Get Everything Nice
Flowers, Fruit and Seats.

/ Strangers Get Everything Nice
Flowers, Fruit md Seats.
A woman who has Travelled much was
commenting on California hospitality
the other day. She said: Il have new
er seen people who treat strangers as
the Californians do in any other por-
ton of the world
Sacramento was the first city Of the
state which my daughter and entered
Having few hours TO wait before TAX
ing the train, we suolled out and en-
countered u little girl with an Armfu
of magnificent roseA 1t was the mid
die of winter, and I remarked Oh the
sight to my daughter. The girl heard
me and exclaimed:
"'Oh, you can have themr l said
that | would take one, but she forced
the whole armful upon me.
4 was just taking them to school,
she insisted. 4 can get plenty more at
home
after lunch we walked out again
and stopped ut residence to look over
the fence at the roses in the garden
The lady Of the house saw us from the
! window. came out and picked Il great
bunch for us. We were fairly abashed
at such treatment. We had come from
the east, and we didn't know what to
make Of it.
Later we were at Pasadena one day.
riding on one Of the trolley cars that
run out into the surrounding country.
The road was lined with beautiful pep
per trees, with great punches Of scar
let peppers among the glossy green
leaves. made the remark that l
wished had bunch to dry and take
home with me.
"T'll get you a bunch said the con-
ductor. And he actually stopped the
car and got me bunch of these pep
pers! A lady on the car asked us il
we were going to the rose carnival.
told her we knew nothing about it.
She explained about it and said:
Every one who attends is expected
TO bring bunch of roses. When we
get off the car will take you to my
home and give you roses to carry and
show you where the opera house is
She I'D so. and. armed with beautiful
punches of roses, we entered the opera
? house. Every seat was sold. and we
, bought standing room. The entertain
ment was Il sort of spectacular affair
in which the young girls Of the city
were dressed to represent differen
roses. Every inch of the woodwork OF
: the building was concealed by masse(
! roses, every person in the house carried
: roses, and at the close of the pro
: gramme. by some sort of mechanical
: arrangement overhead. Il shower O
: rose leaves fell upon the audience. 1
= was the prettiest thing that ever saw
- But the most astonishing thing abou
= it was that two gentlemen left thel
seats and forced us to take them.
I'VE said: Why. we cannot take you
seats You have paid for them, an,
= we have bought standing ROOM The
: replied, oh. you are strangers. ant
we cannot allow company to stand u
y in California; And they gave up thei
" seats to us after paying 50 apiece 70
them. How they knew we were strau
:. gers l don't know, but they Away
g spot you in California and do some
I, thing nice for you before they let 20
= go.
- my brother went to a convention /
- San Francisco. and when his delpgg
), ton had reached the headquarters the
- had chosen they found Il perfect bow
: er Of golden California peoples an
great baskets of fresh fruit. Nesting i
a its own leaves, on every hand, an
each day the faded flowers and oil
- fruit were removed and fresh put
- their places. At all the other delegi
= ton headquarters it was the sam
- It's a little way they have in CalifO
=, Anew York Times.