Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-30
AT THE HOTELS

when I left New York I was
| financier; I shall leave California a
poet" said H. T. Hurdleman, wealthy
pickle manufacturer of New York, who
is registered at the Alexandria
MANY of my friends in New York
dub me the scrub financier.' he con-
tinued, "but when I get back 1 mean
to tell them I'm a poet. Now, you
needn't laugh. 1 realize the contrast
between pickles and poetry, but am
not the same man 1 was when I left
the east. l am a different fellow en-
tirely. 1 may never write any poems,
but I'll feel them all the same, having
once seen this part of the west. Since
coming to California, and especially to
Southern California, my heart and
mind have been warmed. softened,
flooded with the mellow beauty of your
golden state.
'I do not see how anyone can keep
from becoming an artist of some de-
scription If he lives In California, and
1 do not see what can keep Los An
geles from becoming the art center, at
least, of the west. Why, everything
around you suggests music, poetry and
art. I was not surprised a few days
ago to see in Blanchard hall such Won
derful paintings by Southern Califor-
MIA artists. I would have been disap-
pointed had the pictures not been beau
tiful'
eff you like it so we'll here why do
you not come here to live?" Mr.. Hur-
dleman was asked.
81 may do SO yet," he replied. IAN
my life / have been too busy making
money to think of the beautiful things
of life, but I see where I have missed
IT. There are thousands of men in New
York just like me. They know New
York, and that is all they know.
wonder why people will stuff them
selves in a big city that way, and make
themselves prisoners for life, when
there is so much beauty and happiness
to be found within only a few days
ride"
NJ Longfellow of San Francisco is a
guest at the Alexandria.
J. H. Gill, Orange, N. J., was a
guest Sunday at the Hollenbeck.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. C. Kelley, tourists
from Boston, were at the Hayward
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. r. offner of walla
Walla, Wash, are visiting friends in
Los Angeles.
Mrs. c. D. Diclkey of San Bernardino
was a visitor in Los Angeles yester-
day, registering at the Lankershim.
Miss Jennie. Plumber and Mrs. F. B.
Catron, Doth of Santa Fe, N. M, were
among the guests at the Lankershim
Sunday.
G. H. Buchanan. a shoe manufac-
turer of st. Louis, Mo-. is a visitor In
Los Angeles, having registered at the
Lankershim.
r. Pank, a prominent business man
of Guaymas, Mexico, was among those
who registered at the Westminster
Sunday.
Arrivals at the Angelus yesterday
included H. A. Willard and A. G. Ba-
ker of San Francisco, and Mrs. N. Jebb
of England.
c. Y. Wisegerber. a retired merchant
of Lewiston, S. d., arrived in Los An
geles yesterday accompanied by Mrs.
Wisegerber, his wife, to pass a few
days. They registered at the Hayward.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Schroeder of Chino
Cal, were in this city yesterday and
were guests at the Hayward Mr..
Schroeder is president of the Chino Su-
gar company.
| Among the prominent guests at the
Alexandria Sunday were Andy Brann,
well known railroad contractor of
Philadelphi, Pa, and j. p. Mccain of
New York who is in this city to make
preparations for the big Elks' conven-
ton to be held here in June.
| S. f. Savage, business man from
Denver. was in Los Angeles Sunday
and was a guest at the Lankershim.
Mr.. Savage expressed himself as highly
pleased at the growth Of Los Angeles
| during the past year, and said he
always felt "gloriously happy while
in this city.
L. H. Manning, a railroad contractor
and builder of Tucson, Ariz., arrived
in Los Angeles yesterday with Mrs.
Manning on an extended visit. Mr..
and Mrs. Manning registered at the
Van Mugs. Other guests at the Van
Mugs yesterday were Miss Hazel Tenn
pie of Oakland, who has many friends
in this city, and H. A. Jastro. bust
ness man of Bakersfield.