Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-20

rections, where people of limited means can
obtain accommodations. One Of the camps
is managed by the proprietor of the hotel;
the other is independent. Their accommo-
dations are comfortable, their meals plain
but wholesome, their rates are low-from u
to 81 q day-and do not know where one
can buy so much sublime scenery and 50
many soul-inspiring spectacles for the same
money. The jewellers in tents have every
privilege that is enjoyed by those who pay
50 and 81 day at the hotel 1t IL simply
a question Of comfort versus luxury
Barring the dust, which is unnecessary
and exasperatfng, and is due to the parsi-
mony and indifference Of the state govern
ment of California, Yosemite Park valley
is a paradise, and those who love nature
cannot enjoy a greater privilege than to
spend a summer here. You do not need a
better hotel, and If you prefer to camp out,
as more than half of the visitors do, you
can hire tent and all, the appurtenances
required at a nominal cost, and the state
guardian will locate you in a favorable
place. He will tell you where you can cut
your firewood and draw your water, and
you can buy all the supplies you want at
the stores. But under the regulations you
will have to bury all of your tin cans.
scraps and garbags, your waste paper and
debris of every kind. in the ground.
Means of Recreation.
The MERGED river. which comes tum-
bling 1900 feet over the wall of the valley
most beautiful streams you can conceive
of, is said to be full Of fish. The railway
and hotel advertisements make a point os
that, but 1 could not find anybody who
had ever caught one. They were not
served at the hotel table; and the authori-
ties to whom l applied for information ex-
planned that "fishin' is out of season." 1t
is always So They serve canned salmon,
sailed Goldfish and kppered herring in the
hotels at mountain resorts. because trout.
black bass and other fish you expect to
find are always "out of season."
But there are Rlenty Of other things to
do besides fishing. At the hotel concen-
trate dozen or more trails which lead up
low them on foot on horseback. There
are walks and drives innumerable-to the
different waterfalls, to Mirror Lake, to
Inspiration Point, and to other places
where all tourists must go or suffer eter-
nal remorse over wasted opportunities.
There are excursions that require a day
and some that require two days. Others
take a week or ten days, and outfits Of
every kind, even linen busters and leg
gins. are provided by people who make It
their business to look after the visitors.
There are horses and mules and donkeys
for lightweights and heavyweights, and
women are required to ride astride. Since
side saddles are prohibited, because they
are dangerous on the mountat ntrails, di-
vided skirts of blue denim are furnished
instead, which is very sensible arrange
ment. There are all kinds Of vehicles, too
carriages that will hold two and others
that will hold ten people; and drivers and
guides who are truthful, careful and cour-
teous.
The View From Glacier Point
At the top of Glacier Point, which COM
mands the best view of the entire valley
perched on perpendicular wall Of granite
$500 feet high, is another comfortable no
tel kept by a woman-Mrs. Lewis-and q
most charming hostess she is. 1t has
wide verandas from which one can enjoy
what is probably the most beautiful PAN
Drama in all the world, and everybody is
compelled to get up to see the sunrise
among the peaks Of the Yosemite. 1t is
useless to dissent. If you don't get up the
people who do will talk SO loud and make
SO much racket that you can't sleep; and 1t
is easier to observe a custom than to re-
sist it, just as it is easier to row down
stream than to row up. And the
spectacle Is worth the trouble. 1t is
not equaled anywhere else. 1 have
seen the sunrise in various places
over the Grand Canyon of the Colorado:
from behind the snow-wrapped peaks of
the Rimalayas; from among the volcanoes
of Bolivia; from the jungles of Brazil
from the Mount of Olives; from the desert
of Sahara; from the fjords Of Norway;
from the Top of the World. and from va
rious other places; but. as young man
from Chicago observed on the balcony at
Point Glacier: THE Yosemite has dead
cfnch on 'eyn ALL"