Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-08-02

The much-looked- for road machine
was in the place last week and made some
! needed repairs on the road. Inc help
boarded at John Morse, Jr.'s.
Another Story From California.
Extracts from a letter to Mrs. Hattie
Rogers from Mrs. Ida Lewis Bentley, now
at Los Angeles, Cali
s.It takes me a good deal Of my time to
attend to the men that come here. There
are the front door men and the back door
men. | Will mention the ones ! have TO
dicker with. The milk man, the China
man, the order man, tgroceries) the de-
livery man, the laundry man, the paper
man, the postman, the garbage man, the
fruit man, the butter and egg man,
the ice man, the distilled-water man, the
city water man, the gas man, the baker
man. All these come regularly and then
there are all sorts OF beggars, agents,
peddlers, etc. Yesterday Eta insisted
that / should lie down for an hour ana
rest me. / got up and went TO the door
six times and then the hour was up and
! went and asked her il she did not think
| looked rested.
ave drink distilled water which is
brought to us in great bottles holding
five gallons. II costs us 25c. The ice IS
high priced. This is called a land Of sun
1 shine but we have seen but very little
/ Of April. aud we have had but three hot
spells since we came here, one in
February, one IN April at the time OF the
quake and one asst week. ! put my ironed
Z clothes out in the sun to air and today
/ there was not a half hours sunshine and
once 1t sprnkled smartly and this Is the
! season when not a drop OF rain IS sup.
posed to fall. Thus far / have found
California just as cranky as Vermont
ever was. This is lana of gold and 1t
/ needs ali the gold TO enable one TO live
/ here comfortably. My hubby says il is
the land Of fakes and guess he is right.
"There is not an hour during the night
that we cannot bear teams passing,
ROSTERS growing and dogs barking, and
/ the electrics run until about two in the
morning and then they stop until five.
We have lived here over three months
I but / do not know q soul on this street
even a name. 1 visit more or less with
/ the back door men-even the Chinaman
/ has got so he likes me and will falkland
they all tell me their trials and troubles
and ambitions which gives me the OPP
/ portunity to speak Kind and helpful
words Ny one dissipation is going
down street with Scott Saturday night
and walking from lst to Ith streets. There
are crowds upon the streets and nearly
all nations are there. There are the
I Cinnamon in funny wooden shoes and
coarse black clothes. They often wear
derby hats which look very funny over
/ their spigtails' which are heavy black
/ braids falling to their waists, usually, and
which bear no resemblance whatever to a
pigs tail. There art the japanese with
I their women and sometimes babies. The
babies are just as bright, sweet and
Z lovable as anybody's babies The women
wear their hair like the high school girls
and wear gay colored silk kimonas. The
I men dress Ike the better class young
/ Americans and are always neat and happy
Z looking. In direct contrast to them are
/ the dirty, sour, greasy, yillainous looking
/ Mexican and half-br Indian men and
women. Some OF the young men and
/ the girls are quite nice looking II one
admires real dark beauty, but / prefer
negro blood to turnish dark color for
me for il Is not SO cruel and sly
4 Here one makes no distinction between
the other nationalities " they speak
+ English aud dress like other folks
"All the shops and stores are open
Saturday evenings and all are made as
gay rs possible. Great crowds OF the
/ better class, and some OF the lowest.
gather In front OF the great show windows
where costly jewels OF all kinds repose
, on velvet beds and silver ware is ex-
/ hibited. The Japanese shops are also
well attended and the windows OF the
/ department stores where the richly
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/ their iinery. ] can hardly tell the differ
ence between the dummies and some OF
the women that stand and look at them
/ There Is also a big crowd before the
Los Angeles Examiner building where
an Immense printing press may be seen
throwing of the evening daily paper !
The last time we were out we came To A
great crowd OF men. Here Is where the /
hobos bang out said Scott, and be
gripped my arm tightly as we elbowed /
our way among them. They were truly |
tough looking lot OF men with
sprinkling OF gaily dressed, bold faced 1
women. Cheap eating houses and saloons |
were on every side and the air was filled 4
with the odor Of onions, beer and whiskev. i
Soon we came to a hand cart upon which |
was mounted young man with pale
renneu lace. lie was speaking with much 4
earnestness and an occasional. Halle l
luiah y GLORY to God from among the
crowd told its own story. He was one
OF the Rescue Mission preachers. / sent
him heartfelt God bless you' ana 4
passed on. The next gathering was the
Salvation Army Volunteers OF Amer
lea. and they were singing, Jesus saves
Me- most beautifully. The next gather
ing was the Salvation Army proper with
STANDARDS, uniforms and musical instru-
ments OF various kinds. They had an
orderly and respectable looking audience.
Everybody loves and respects the SILVA
ton Army. They have a large Industrial
school here and are doing great work.
the next gathering was at a street corner
where delicate, intellectual young man
mounted on soap box was telling a
crowd Of respectable looking working
men and women what Socialism is NOT
Like the Others he Is devoting his time
strength and talents to what he honestly
believes IL Tor the betterment OF huuanity.
Inc streets were lined with "boothsn or
tent-ilke coverings where pies, cakes.
sausages, coffee, tea, etc, popcorn. hot
peanuts, ice cream, light liquors. patent
medlelnes-in fact most everything moi
TOO large, from oranges and cherries to
porous plaster and corn cure was sold
Loud voiced men decked with some sort
o. nnery TO catch the eye cried aloud
their wares. There were also little tents
where gramophOnes talked gibberish and
invited you in to have your palm read or
your fortune told, and dark haired
women clad in gay Oriental costume
beckoned 10 the passerby. ANYTHING. !
everything TO catch the cstchable and
get money. Scott and were not cstchable.
wocia nave liked to have given tbe !
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