Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-27
COOL WEATHER NO
BAR To PLEASURE
CROWDS FLOCK TO BEACH
AND MOUNTAINS
Rough Surf Keeps Timid Ones From
Embrace Of Ocean, but the
Plunges Are Substi-
tuted

In spite of the rough surf that
frightened away timid bathers the
beaches and mountains continue to en-
joy a popularity that nothing seems to
diminish. Even the most warm blooded
Angeleno could scarcely class yesterday
as a hot day, but still the beach and
mountain resorts claimed thousands of
visitors.
1t is often amusing to notice the
many visitors who come from beach
and mountain districts to Los Angeles
for the Sunday outing while the city
dwellers flock In great crowds to the
sea shore and the hills. But the day
is for change, and when one has the
surf booming at his front door all week
he is likely to seek a rest elsewhere,
even though it be in the hurry of city
life.
A cool breeze tempered the MONDAY
sun, and later in the afternoon made
the shore rather a chilly place. Every
available wrap was requisitioned for
service and was drawn closely around
some dainty lace -bedecked shoulders.
Surf Is Rougher
Surf bathing seems to have seen its
best days for this season. A rough sea
for the past two weeks has prevented
the more timid ones from venturing
forth, and the majority of the bathers
now are lusty young men whom the
big waves do not frighten from their
dip. Even the fair damsels who prom
enade the beach are falling off in num-
bers. It's still pleasant to promenade
and be the cynosure of admiring hun
dreds, but still, with such a cool breeze
blowing, ii becomes rather uncom-
Portable.
But because the surf is not inviting
does not mean that the visitors stroll
aimlessly around the resorts. They
have come for salt bath, and nothing
else will do. And so the plunges are
swarming with life. AS one looks from
a balcony down into the plunge there
seems to be as much bather as water.
A laughing, tumbling, splashing crowd
it is that lets forth it's pent up enthu-
siasm of the week in one short hour.
While their escorts execute double
hiphaps from the spring board, or slide
down the chutes backward the women
members OF the parties sit on the edge
of the pool, following with admir- ing
eyes the stunts of their respective
youths.
Fish Bites Fast
| But there is one man the cool days
do not bother. These are the days
, when the fisherman is in his glory.
J Earlier in the summer the crowds along
the shore would often scott at the
| lonely figure sitting out on the end of
, of the surf bubbled and curled around
J the bathers a merciless sun drew Bills
ters on his neck and burned his face a
I nut brown. But now II is his turn to
laugh, The cool winds and the big
, waves spoil all the pleasure of surf
bathing while they cannot mar his en-
joyment Clad i'm blue jeans and a
I brown flannel shirt, he enjoys his sport
apart from the crowd and pulls UP big
, barracuda or yellowtail in spite of the
] rough sea.
Still more of the merrymakers enjoy
I the day in other resort pastimes. The
popularity Of rcller skating. instead OF
4 being on the wane, appears to be in
y creasng, and the Midway attractions
I still continue to draw great crowds
Mountain Climbing Attractive
I But not all the pleasure seekers FIRE.
= quent the beach. To some the sublime
: grandeur Of the mountains Is of fal
j greater interest than the ever roll ms
waves of old ocean. To them the sol
I emn repose and ineXpressble magnifi
= cence Is not to be spoken OF i'm tn,
: same breath with the sandy stretches
j of the beach or the long, monotonoui
expanse of water.
= each with a lunch slung over the Tef
; shoulder. a party rides to the foot o
j the mountains, and spends the day in
climbing up, up. up the Jagged rock
n till they reach the top and have al
= unobstructed view of the surroundin,
: country for miles and miles.
VI And thus beside the noisy ocean an,
In the quiet OF the eternal hills, th
\ different holiday visitors pass thei
y day, each In the way THAI appeal
J. most to him.