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out the civilized world for her
palmy climate. her equable tempera-
ture. and her everlasting spring
time" She has boasted, and truth
fully. too. of her roses and lilies and
yiolets which bloom while other
climes are wrapped in ice and snow.
and with warm. dainty fingers she
has decked herself with blossom
while her sister States were trying
in vain to thaw their frozen hands
over great fires of wood and coal
She has walked bareheaded beneath
her evergreen palms and pepper
trees. over lawns Of never-fading
yerdure. and has smiled back at the
fair blue skies that crowned her
head with golden sunbeams. This Is
California as she has been-as she
really is and yet the fastener who
walks the streets Of her cities to day.
is compelled to smile at her expense.
Late in the fall. deciduous trees
drop their leaves and hold up their
bare branches to swear that ''the
truth. the whole truth. and nothing
but the truth" is that it is winter
time. The fair skies weep 1t the
thought. and California arrays her
self in rubbers and storm-coats. gets
out her furs and umbrellas. and
sighs over the awful weather. "
The unsympafhetic fastener
smiles a broad smile when the ma
tive son." shivering in . tempera-
ture Of fifty degrees above zero. ex-
claims. Isn't this fierce."
This year has brought the climax
of terrible weather" The old
est inhabitant" shakes his head and
declares: Il have lived here for
twenty five years. and have never
seen such a winter As this"
The first Sabbath in January, a
heavy rain set in. accompanied BY
falling temperature. After church
services. in the interval before Sun
day SCHOOL. the word was passed
around the congregation that snow
was falling outside. The word was
brought by q young lady. over
twenty years Of age. who exclaimed
excitedly: "Just think, have
ssen snow fall. ! have touched my
first snowflake
One very old gentleman was heard
to say: They say il Is showing
That is worth going out Of dcors ~
see." So away they went. to lodk
at the lost snowfiakes that melted
the moment they touched the
ground.
As the people went home from
Sabbath school. through sunshine.
they looked up to foothills and
mountains that Rlittered under
quite a heavy coating Of snow. That
day and the next. trolley lines were
taxed TO their utmost capacity to
carry the crowds who went out to
Alum Rock Park. or TO the Saratoga
foothills. to play in the snow" On
Monday. all children and students in
the State Normal School who de-
sired il. were given leave of absence
to go out TO feel and taste snow"
for the first time in their lives. The
trolley lines are said to have carried
three thousand people from the city
of San Jose alone. and the majority
Of those who went brought back
pals or balls of snow for their
friends in the city to see. Ii vas
truly an amnsing spectacle for the
tender-foot from back East"
Last Wednesday evening. the peo-
pie of this city were treated to what
the papers mentioned as "A terrific
thunderstorm. that made things
lively for awhile" One Of the girls
and had jAt started to a prayer
meeting. when We saw a fash of
light across ths- southern sky.
WAS that lightning. or was il the
fash from . trolley" I asked.
A few moments later. . Iow. dis
tant roll Of thunder answered my
question. 'Oe. how jolly Mabel
cried. Now we will see sene fun
Sure enough An old lsdy came
running from the very next house
we came TO. and asked: Did hear
thunder" Indeed you did," We
answered. as we passed on