Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-02
VENICE TO OBSERVE
FOURTH ANNIVERSARY
SUMMER BRINGS RUSH OF RES
IDENTS
Beautiful Beach City Takes on Lively
Air-Nata Day to Be ceie-
brated With Fireworks
and Aquatlcs
sunset 1891.
Especial to The Herald.l

VENICE, July with the ther-
mometer doing handsprings in the In
terror, and the closing of the Los An
geles schools, the influx of summer res
idents to this beach has been enormous
Beach cottages have taken on lively
air, while the plaza blooms daily with
gay gowns and lively children.
The villa city is receiving many ac-
cessions daily and has the appearance
of a miniature town. The crowds on
the Rialto and on the piers are strictly
holiday assemblages, summer dresses
and neglige predominating.
The hotels are all filed, or nearly so,
and the heart of the seaside caterer is
light, with much business and a steady
stream of sheckels flowing in. The
Wells-Fargo Express company which
hauls the baggage for the merry max
ers, is running extra cars to accommo-
date the rush, huge piles of trunks be-
ing landed hourly, and being in turn
whisked away to the various residences
of their owners.
To Celebrate Anniversary
Next Sunday there will be a special
Fourth of July celebration, while on
the following Monday Venice will cele-
brate the fourth anniversary of its
birth. Four years ago Abbot Kinney
dreamed a dream. The substance of
his meditation follows: A city of color
and canals, with thronged Rialtos and
imposing colonnades and stately build
ings, bedecked with the vivid coloring
of sunny Italy; a playground for the
people of the south Pacific coast.
Mammoth pavilions and commodious
auditoriums were included in the Wis
ion of this man; a pleasure pier eX-
tended into the ocean, supplemented
with a breakwater that would afford
shelter to the commerce of the world.
Four years ago the waste of sand dunes
which spread over the territory occu-
pied by Venice today inspired the
dream.
Material and workmen were rushed to
the scene, and the fulhllment of the
dream was about to be realized. A
storm wrecked the magnificent pavilion
and threw its timbers on to the beach.
A new lot of material and fresh force
of men again went to work and erected
the auditorium in twenty-eight days.
Dream Comes True
Today the new Venice of the new
world the playground Of the Pacific
and the show place of the nation,
of the dream city conjured up by Mr.
Kinney four years ago. The work still
goes on, and every season finds some
new attraction added A large and
commodious bath house accommodates
thousands of bathers daily. while the
unsurpassed beach is lined with people
enjoying their sun bath or dip in the
Pacific.
A force of life guards, the best that
money can hire, is in attendance at all
times to look after the safety of the
summer crowds, and in winter these
men are often called on to lend help
ing hand to the lucllless fishermen who
are caught out in sudden squalls.
On the fourth anniversary of Venice
water sports on a more elaborate scale
than any heretofore attempted will be
in order Amateur and professional
contests will be pulled off, and many
endurance events and exhibitions of
fancy swimming will take place. There
will be an elaborate program of fire.
works in the evening and a grand ball
at the dancing pavilion, as we'll as an
aquatic carnival in the plunge. The
Redondo Beach water polo team and
swimming club Will be present to take
mart in the celebration.