Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-07-25
D. D. MCDONALD Is TOUCHED AT
 VENICE.
(i.os Angeles Times

| collar. D. D. Mcdonald of Prescott came to the Times news rooms few minutes after midnight, jus, in from Venice.
 trains and steamships and has been through the country three or four times. but nothing ever impressed him so quickly and so much as Vcpjee. He called for lost typewriter, and sat down to tell the people about it. He wrote SO fast that the sparks flew. aud as his fingers played on the keys the diamonds in his rings re-cmbled light ming flashes.
 | In about four and a half minutes Mir. Mcdonald handed the city editor three typewritten sheets of paper, burned at the edges and still smoking, with . bold signature ai the end and his new experiences at the seaside sum. med uP 'husly:
 l came to Los Angeles recently for a little stay, and among other things decided that | ought, by all means, to see Venice, the gem f,hc ocean, not much less celebrated than thr Venice of Italian fame. Accordingly l saw Ven. lee, and Venice "saw' me.
 l arrived in the resort city early yes terdny afternoon and proceedcd to steam up on root beer and clam chow. der. l never drink anything stronger than the beverages referred to. there. fore was able fo walk vcry well sll nft. ernoon.
 Early in the evening, hearing the mn. sic and seeing the people meandcring toward the skating rink, l fell in line and went too. paid my little dime nj the door, and entered the arena {: there paid further sum of 2j cents, and was handed out s pair of skates The skates fitted to my feet, and I was ready 'o enter thc gay throng and forget troubles.
 l had made two circles of the room in safety. and was on my way around the third time, when one of thc floor walkers" accopte-i me nml asked mo to put on my coat told him very politely to ev io another region that Is hotter than Venice, Hell. They don't wear coats in Arizona, or any place evcr was at then ~kate., nsound the rink and stopped at the | front end, where the skates nre kept. Feeling rather abnshe-l, as a true Ari. zonan does when rebukcd for indecent exposure, ! took of ib- skates, and meeklv ~ormcd my way through the ' crowd to the front row of spectators. whew stood in n erouehing position for fear of offending the spectators. As
 was ls'ginning tc feel safe again. m. other person, no less q parsonage than the manager this time, acrostcd me , with a hearty slap on the bnck with his hand, and asked me to 20 and ge' my coat. l refused, and he told me to leave the building. As there was n poiieeaas there te see that his -r1ers 2 were carried out, I "moscyed.' l told the manager that 1 would go out and climb q tree and wait ,sere umil some good friend brought nc s coat so that
 1 couki 70 to Los Angeles in safety. 2 was dressed in n good suit of clothes
 minus inc cext, with white silk shirt h Arizona fkat wouid be considered
  - ricty. such as you generally find a' . public resorts like Neniec.
 e After getting outside the building :, 1 su.hbniy thought thai 1 had beer " aimHsm,n-d ont of 25 cents. went back and asked the 1cs,rkecper to have q the msnnget come oat and see me. .l did n"s care "a venture within tho :. arena again without that emi. Tho
 important parsonage at the door tol' y me to tell my rensons to p~aicc'nnn
 | then asked the gir1 at the window
 to get inc msoey fes me. She re
 fused, and it was vp to me to fade
 away.
 went into a restaurant te get [ l. meal after leaving the rink. There
 was told to go and get coat o' D .tnrvc to death. The resnlt was tha
 1 sought another place sDd had a square
 French meal. They paid no sttention t' '' >nch for'nalities as lack of coats there
 l also discovered during tho ev~nin, r. that my vest had been slit for a dis f tanee of over m ineb at inc arm hole |, and that my pos.kctbook had been cs ' trasied through the aperture 'hu
 made. The pockctbook contained tw' P, We'll Fargo orders for $50 each, ti'
 in currency, return trip ticket 10 Pres ., colt. return trip ticket tc Los An
 golcs from Venice. m annual pass oi
 the United Verde and Pacific railway '. and various other articles. I told ', policeman nbout the loss, and he sai'
 h- would try to get ihe thief ] tol'
 ans,her cop afterward about it, so' :" told him that could show him the ma' ,. unIe.s 1 was greatly mistaken. li' D. did not ask to see the man.
 n Thsse are some of my experiences II a Venice. the modern city of the Doges
 After being put out of the place be
 cause 1 wore ho coat. a race was called ' and one ma0 sksted by me dressed i' Ie white tights made of cloth so thi'
 that you could not tell whether b.
 was dre saed at all when he was thirt,