Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-02

day and fireworks take their place dur
ing the evening.
so much for the inside exposition
grounds. If you have seen expositions
before and have a slight hankering to
visit this and want to be entertained out
side the grounds you have most adj
nirable field. Every crossroad, creek and
slough in these parts has more history
wrapped up in it than you can unHpvel
in a months stay.
But before starting out to investigate
these you can spend a day visiting the
battleships that lie in Hampton Roads,
facing the exposition grounds. Nearly
all are from our own navy, but occa-
sionally foreign vessel puts in and lines
up for inspection. All are open certain
times in the day for inspection.
After doing the vessels you can visit
Old Point Comfort. This point was used
as a military post as early as 1880
Here you find Fortress Monroe, our larg-
est fort; the Hampton school for Indians
and negroes, the national soldiers home
and homes of the officers commanding the
posts. Hotel Chamberlain is located here
Commercial Center
From here you can go by boat to
Newport News, the Huntington ship
yards and dry docks and heavy shipping
interests giving this more prominence
than the city itself.
Norfolk itself is not an attractive city,
although it has the best water shipping
facilities in the country and should be a
second New York. 1t is away back and
needs Yankee push and enterprise to
help it along.
Here YOU will find relics of the first
settlers in old buildings, churches and
,graveyards Sir Walter Raleigh dropped
in here in 1886, although the place was
not founded until 1852. Some of the old
buildings look as If they were erected
about that time.
II was going to say some of the darkies
look as if they came with the buildings.
you can get reasonable accommoda-
tions at any of the numerous hotels now,
but such was not the case at the opening
of the exposition. Something has dropped
since then and the hotelkeepers are TAX
ing notice.
Portsmouth. just across Elizabeth river
from Norfolk, is prosperous city. where
are the United States navy yards. You
can take boat to Yorktown, visit the
spot where CORVALLIS concluded to quit
and see the first custom house in the
| country. The same time is required to
visit jamestown island, where John Smith
built a town and tried to settle the
country.
Early Ruins
"Tiere you see the ruins of the old
jamestown church. Just opposite this
island is the first incorporated town in
| the United States, where are the fountain
| in which Pocahontas was baptized, the
old powder horn. built in 1714. and the
debtors prison. 1t is days ride by
boat or two hours by rail to Richmond
and the same to Washington.
"You are as well posted on subjects OF
interest as myself and can decide whether
it is worth while to count these two cities
as an additionaU inducement to visit the
exposition. You can find all the attrac-
tions your pocketbook can stand if yor
come here, or you can take in few
and guess at the rest and have plenty
of money for other things.
"The fall months are most enjoyable
down here and the ones when the ex-
| position will be at its beauty. If you
start any time after September dc
not think you will regret 1t. Just now
| we are enjoying regular California wealth
I err. Our party lives on the fat of the
land. We have a home of our own anc
| employ one of those famous nanny
cooks, who has enough up-to-date ideas
| to give us Ben Truman dinner wher
we want it. We astonish the natives
here by doing our own marketing and
carrying our own market basket"