The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-10-04
THE REPUBLICAN JOURNAL THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1906

praises, ana doing stunts III s"iiccy
OF qulcksteps, double-shuff1 anu hlgn
kicking, some of the women oelng par
ticularly agile, while airily swinging
their skirts to and fro, dancing school
fashion.
One fat, baldheaded, elderly man,
VINO was ''just as young as ne useu 70
De, nlmbly dropped on his hangs ana
glee1ully waved his feet IN the ar,
while SISTER" who was plrouettlng
near him looked as though she wanted
10, and ! momentarily expected her 70,
follow his example. With Puck l
EVACUATED, What fools we mortals
per- 1t was truly sight to move
nearC OF stone tO-nOt tears put iaugh-
ter, and the numerous spectators VINO,
like myself, were drawn there through
curiosity fully appreciated the 1act ana
peals of laughter but feebly smothered
arose from many quarters. The ponce
have been called upon by disguised citi-
zens more than once to enter and take
a hand in the festivities.
At one time young girl OF but four
teen lay on the floor in seml-consclous
condition, which the fanatics fervently
commended, considering her hlghly
promoted in that she was then taken
into the presence of the Lord and given
a personal interview. Again young
man by the name of Price lay on his
back kicking his heels into the air ana
wildly shouting, at is great to be with
the Lord; it is great to be one OF HIS
chosen Since joining the HOLY
kickers" his mind had become affected,
and 1t was only after struggle the
officers succeeded in Handwriting him,
and he was lodged in the city jail that
night as insane. 1t is astounding that
well dressed, intelligent and refined
looking men and women, as are many
who comprise these congregations, can
thus deport themselves through a
fanatlcal frenzy in which they disgrace
their sex and the name of religion; but
variety being called the ''spice OF life,
an evening spent with the Holy Kick
ers' is certainly an innovation on the
numerous forms of entertainment IN
this city. Los Angeles is the least
promising of any city in the States for
persons seeking employment, the reason
being that it is the Mecca for thousands
of men and women in poor health, who
are glad to make enough to pay their
board and lodging and remain in this
enviable climate; and more especially
since the earthquake at San Francisco,
there are twenty persons to each job,
consequently wages are small and good
jobs are hard to find at any money.
Room and house rent is high, as are all
building materials. Cottages Of five
rooms that we would get in the East
ern cities for $40 and SIS are not less
than S25 here, but living expenses as
regards groceries and dry goods are
much the same as elsewhere, fruits be-
ing especially plentiful and cheap. On
this border of the U. S. the cash
value of climate far excels all else when
one buys real estate. 1t does seem a
funny thing to be paying out ones hard
earned dollars-and big lot OF them,
toO-fOr warm air and genial sun. AIT
is supposed to be one of the few things
anyone can have for the asking;
commodity that cannot be bottled up
and sold over the counter, yet one
quarter of what you pay in buying
home here is for things seen-the land
itself, and may be house on it-but
three-quarters is for something unseen,
and that is the climate. There is no
tlawleSs climate on all our great round
earth, but there is a certain highly
favored strip running through Arizona,
New Mexico and California where the
weather COQulClOn5 are more Hearty
ideal than at any other spot; for this rea-
son the health seekers and their next
door neighbors, and friends in adjoin-
ing towns. who have tired of watching
the Indicator playing hide and seek
around the zero mark every winter, of
frozen streams, and long drawn-out
spring thaws, Of pneumonia, catarrh,
consumption, and big coal bills-those
are the ones who finally run away from
all those things and seek out some
portion of this favored land, willingly
paying one dollar for soil, and three
dollars for the blue sky above it, and
the privilege of summing themselves in
Old SOILS comforting rays for an aver
age of ten months out of the twelve.
My candid belief is that a comparative
ly healthy person in our Eastern land
who rather likes a dash of winter and
is not injured by severe cold really
feels better in a sense and has more
ambition, energy and "get-up-and- get
to them than these native Californians,
for there is a "snap-and-go' in the winter
season back in our dear old New Eng
land that this changeless climate GER
tainly misses: so the ''joy of living is
not confined wholly to Southern Cali
fornia and like climates.