Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-05-31
THE CALIFORNIA WAY.
strangers Get Everything Nice
Flowers, Fruit and Seats.

Flowers, fruit uHO ScAAHs
A woman who has Travelled much was
commenting On California hospitality
the other day. IShe said: 81 have new
or seen people WHO treat strangers as
the Californlans 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 strolled out and en-
countered little girl with an armful
of magnificent roses. 1t was the mid
die Of winter, and I remarked on the
sight to my daughter. The girl heard
me and exclaimed:
ooh. you can have themP l said
that | would take one, but she forced
the whole armful upon me.
az was Just taking them to school,
she insisted. 4 can get plenty more at
home
"After lunch we walked out again
and stopped at a residence to look over
the fence ut 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
Mt 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 lunches of scar
let peppers among the glossy green
leaves. made the remark that l
wished | had a bunch TO dry and take
home with me.
"Tn get YOU bunch, said the CON
ductor. And he actually stopped the
car and got me a bunch Of these pep
pers! 4 lady on the ear asked us If
we were going to the rose carnival l
told her we knew nothing about it.
She explained about 1t and said:
Every one who attends is expected
10 bring a bunch of roses When we
get off the car. will take you to my
home and give you roses to carry ana
show YOU where the opera house is
She did so, and. armed with b'autifui
lunches of roses, we entered the opera
house. Every seat was sold. and we
bought standing room. The entertain
ment was sort of spectacular affair
in which the young girls of the cry
were dressed to represent different
roses. Every inch of the woodwork OF
! the building was concealed by massed
roses, every person In the house carried
roses. and Mt the close OF the pro
gramme. by some sort Of mechanical
/ arrangement overhead. shower OF
rose leaves fell upon the audience. II
was the prettiest thing that ever saw
But the most astonishing thing about
It was that two gentlemen left their
seats and forced us to take them.
eve said: why, we cannot take your
seats. You have paid for them. and
we have bought standing room They
replied. on. you are strangers, ana
we cannot allow company to stand Ut
in California. And they gave up theiI
seats to US after paying 81 apiece for
them. How they knew we were stran
gers don't know. but they always
spot yea in California ara do some
thing nice for you before they let you
go.
"My brother went to convention III
San Francisco. and when his dclcga
ton had reached the headquarters they
had chosen they found perfect bow
err of golden California peoples anc
great baskets OF fresh fruit nesting il
its own leaves. Oh every hand, and
each day the faded flowers and Ole
fruit were removed and fresh put II
their places At Ill tie other delega
ton headquarters it WAS the same
It's a little way they have in Cal'for
Mathew York Tines.