The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-05-15

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W Hat VIII DE III lIiile one OF the llheSt
P"oiit PARKS III America IS C'ie \a'iollal
No!uieIS lioiiie' at Na"teI!e' ABOUT 'Nree
ihlIeS from santa Monica. Inc lone
has quarters tor nearly 5000 soldiers, OF
Wh!ch number about $500 are on the
Io" mere Is always great ACTIVITY
among the oiaeI SoldlefS TO get trans
lVlle'' " VlIS ll"liie' Oh account ol Tue
beauty 81 location ana mlldhess OF eli
mate. Many OF the younger men are
employed, under the supervision OF
Skilled gardeners, III laying out walks
and tloWtI-beds, the intent being to
nave the ehtlle grounds one mass OF
tonnage ana ploSSollS' W mat mas been
uolle ALREADY Wen Illllcates mat the
1lnaI results VIII produce setting well
worthy the closing act OF the drama in
the lives Of many, for the soldiers are
very oid,-some beyond the ninety year
llmlt, and IL various states OF helpless
ness; SO the death-caIl grows more fire.
queht each year, There were four lying
IN the dtad-house, awaiting burial When
we made our visit to the Home Only
one is buried each day and with mill
tary honors.
/ met several old soldiers here who
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pennsylvania, who claimed he went to
college with James Il. Blaine. The
latter party afterwards requested the
loan OF a quarter till pension day, which
he proceeded to utilize in tine usual
manner. Inc carriage drive to the
home IS one OF the finest out OF Santa
monica.
But The dnveS on the ocean beach at
10" tlde are superb. AS you are Whlrl-
eo along the incoming waves Will some
times break almost TO the hub, giving a
SalC-spfay pain not at all unpleasant.
ne orlVes TO Mandevllle and Santa
-hoi'io' canyons ale DIS ullieieht from
Vlils DIS can oe imagined. Mountain
Vie"s' country ROADS, sparkling streams
nome OF the Water-cfess-and the
gorgeous spring tlnts OF the follage and
via mowers form program most var
leu ana entertaining DRIVING IS only
one amusement III llSt almost without
emu. Inc beach Attraction 90. IS a
corporation controlling the baths, bowl
Ing Alleys shooting galleries, swings
and other amusements on the beach
There are numerous re1reshment places
board walks two miles long for prone
nading, three piers for fishing and steam
launches for holder fishermen who wish
to tell large fish stories when they get
home. IT'S thus you can imagine San
ia Monica on a hot Sunday in summer
or warm sunday in winter, or in fact
on most any day of the week. Some
thlng Is moving all the time. Surf
bathing, which. II not INDUCED i'll every
day, is at least taken by dozens and
hundreds Of persons every week in the
year. Ona pleasant February afternoon
| saw thirty persons of both sexes, at one
time, sporting on the surf. Family par
ties come to the beach from the inter
lOr hitchlnp old DObhin to a tree in the