Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-23
THr TOURIST SEASON

it is, there are already manifestations
Of ain activity in this direction such as
this city has never Known Already the
arrivals for the winter are In evidence.
and cottages are being seized through
out tho city in advance Of the grea
army that will be pouring into Los An
geles by Thanksgiving day.
Los Angeles is never at her best in
September ana October. These are tn Q
closing months Of the long dry season.
when the mountains are brown and tn @
foliage of the valley is thick with dust i,
and all nature begins TO cry for rain
and pant for the running brook Never
theless. Los Angeles is always beauti-
full Just now the roses are bloomin e
again Just now the chrysan themun1s s
arc beginning to open: the hibiscus is
at its reddest: the scarlet sage burns
with it's brilliant color: the yellow
acacia is at its best, and the autumnal
hues of the calla lilies attract the eye
in every direction. In few more weeks
the exquisite ponsettia will be sendin e
forth its scarlet stars, and Los Angel es
will seem TO the east ern visitor pic
ture out of Southern Italy.
Fronds of the waving palms, the
graceful date and fan. are green and
beau tiful, as always: the pepper tree
is preparing for its brilliant buds; the
ample shade and invite continuous rest
TO the weary.
Nowhere else in the world are there
so many evidences Of natures generos-
ity i'm beauty as in Los Angeles With
the coming of the rain the orange blos-
SONS will bedeck the trees and the
moonlit nights become redolent with
their perfume. In a few short weeks
the grass VIII cover hill and mountain
again, and Southern California will re-
new her attractiveness as the finest and
best section on the American continent.
And as for climate, No wonder that
people come here, not only from every
city in the Union, but from the leading
cities of Europe and Asia. The only
won der is that more of them do not re-
geles has worldwide fame as a winter
resting place, but s a sunni resort
its delights are fully equal to those Of
the cooler months. For, be it remem-
bered that in the IN after of climate we
have no spring, summer, utumn and
winter as in other countries. Los
Angeles is an eternal spring with
merely rainy and dry seasons. Here the
flowers are always in bloom; here there
are no storms, no cyclones, no snow, no
cold, no extreme heat, but all the de-
lights of an outdoor existence S6j days
in each year.
Is it cause for wonder, therefore. that
Los Angeles has become the Mecca for
all eastern pilgrims? Is it cause for
wonder that Los Angeles has doubled
her popula tion in less than five years,
and that now, with 2 quarter of a mill
lion inhabi tants she gives promise of
again doubling her populat tion in the
next five years? Is it cause for wonder
that this city is the wealthiest, proper
| tionately. to be found anyw here?
People are coming here in such large
numbers that every local clement of
industry and municipal government is
ia Xed to the utmost to meet their in
lcreasng demands. Great merca ntilt
houses. as fine department stores as
can be found in New York or Chicago,
foundries, factories. mills, all are busy
day and night, and all are unable to
supply the necesSaries of the over
whelming influx of fresh arrivals of
visitors and colonists, The whole city
working day and night to keep pace
with the tremendous requirements Of
the hour, and the whole of Sout hern
California still calling out its invitation
to the weary easterner to come here
and learn how to live.
And how fast they come! The trans
|cOntinental railway systems increasing
their capacity and still not always
able to handle the increasing traffic:
the builders struggling to keep pace
with at least one-half the demand for
new homes, and owners unable to build
rentabe houses sufficient for the
throngs that pour into the City of the
Angels.
But let them all come and welcome,
Here is the spot where life can be en-
jOyed TO it's utmost, and where the mere
breath of existence is Happiness. And
as for death-when it does come, as it
must, even in Los Angeles-it Is sweet
to die in this land of eternal flowers
and sunshine, VIII ere one may sleep be-
meath the poppy and the lotus, and
know tina above their green grave will
forever wave the palm and the pepper,
and the soft summer air sing a requiem
from years end 10 years end.
Live in Los Angeles? Why, bless
your dear, tired. storm-driven, wretched
eastern heart, If you looked once upon
this city and country, you couldn't live
anywhere else if you tried.