The Yale expositor., 1906-08-24
LETTER FROM LOS ANGELES.

Los Angeles, Cal, Aug. IL, 'O6.
Jas. A. MenZies,
Yale, Mich,
Dear Friend: Intended to write you
sooner, but have put it off until | rath-
er felt ashamed of myself.
/ have been here now nearly three
months, and cannot say that | am eX-
actly "stuck" OH this land of eternal
sunshine" In fact every morning
since | came out it has been very fOggy
IVA would call it cloudy in Mich, but
they say here that it is only fog and
the sun has to work about two hours,
very hard, To bore its way through, and
then the heat for the rest of the day is
very severe. But there is one thing
every night it is cool enough for blan-
kets.
This is truly land of flowers. Some
of the most beautiful roses, geraniums,
etc, are growing in profusiOn. To the
Californian they are very common, but
to anyone from another part of the
Union they are "immense." At Holly
wood zone of the suburbs of Los Ange-
leS) is the garden of Paul de LOngpre,
the celebrated painter. This is one Of
the finest in the state. Nearly every
lawn in the city is veritable flower
garden.
Nearly score of parks are located
throughout the city and Mrs. Brown
lives within block or two of Echo
Park, one of the most beautiful ones.
Carl and myself go down there quite
often, and sit i'm the shade of the large
palms.
Two or three weeks ago | went with
a party of friends to RedOndO beach
for Sunday and we enjoyed ourselves
immensely. This is one of the beaches
where moonstones are found, and |
am enclosing you few which | picked
up myself. We all put on bathing
suits and spent couple of hours in
the surf. There were hundreds of peo-
pie i'm bathing and all went in for a
good time. 1t is little different from
bathing i'm Old Mill Creek. 4 person
can taste salt for an hour after he
comes out.
Expect next Sunday to 60 to Cata-
lima island. This is the place where
the sea shells are easily obtained and |
want to have Il few that harvested"
myself to bring back to Yale with me
when | come.
like my job here very well. The
office | am working i'm employs about
thirty hands. They have two linotype
machines, three cylinder presses, three
platen presses and ruling machine.
Also IA complete book binding depart
ment, and turn out strictly first class
work. We work nine hours per day
and get off Saturday afternoons. Mrs.
Orr and brother-in- law are the chief
stockholders, and they are doing a
very large business. Have been work
ing overtime some, for which they pay
time and one-half. Last week got in
two days extra time.
Since coming out here | haye seen
the following oldtime Y ale folks, and
have enjoyed nice visits with EACH
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Darcy and son
Fred, Mrs. Orr, Mrs. Adams, formerly
Stella and Leah Darcy Mrs. Ella
Mitchell, Jessie Alison, Harry McKen-
ma, Norman Menerey, Herb WEIGH,
Frank Munta, Mrs. A. q. Brown, Mrs.
NJ. Z. Brown and Carl Brown. Am
boarding with the latter. Have also
seen Duncan McLaren, of Emmett, a
grandson of ID. Mckenzie, and Frank
LaViolette formerly of Brown City.
My uncle, Allan Brown, was buried
just week previous to my arrival.
Don't think | will remain out here
very long, as | like old Michigan bet
ter than anything | have struck yet.
Well, think | will stop writing now
as il is nearly time for the Sunday col
lection of mail. Hope you will get
time soon to answer this, as | like to
hear from the old town. OF course we
get the ExpOsitor and it is always a
welcome visitor. Give my regards to
Mrs. Menzies and the rest of the fam
lily. am, yours truly,
Chas. :. Brown.
1885 w. Temple st.