Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
LOS ANGELES SUNDAY HERALD-JUNIoR SECTION

girls in bathing and thought what fun
it would be for them to go in.
The morning after the girls got their
bathing suits they went in to see how
it felt in the ocean. Their mother told
them not to go in any deeper than
their knees.
After a while the girls got tired
of just wading around in the water, SO
Elsie, the older of the two girls, went
out up to her waist. She was jumping
around and having a good time when q
big wave came and knocked her down.
Dorothy, who saw her fall, ran home,
calling to her papa to come quick, that
Elsie was drowned.
Mr.. Blake came running out of the
house and jumped in after her with his
clothes on. Elsie was not drowned,
but was very sick for the experience.
When she got well she decided that
it was best to mind what her mother
said.
But, after all, the girls had a fine
time while they were here. Besides
going in bathing the girls went fish
ing, although they didn't catch very
many fish. But the thing they enjoyed
the most was boat riding.
ELDA CLEMMER.
794 Iona Vista drive. Grade B 8,
Daisy avenue school, Long Beach.
Age 13.
Mr.. and Mrs. Blake had visited a
good many of the beaches and they
decided that Long Beach was the most
amusing place for children. Thursday
morning at $3.50 they were to start.
At 6 o'clock Thursday morning at
least two children in Los Angeles were
up. When 9 O'Clock came they were
off. About 9:20 they reached the sta
ton. Mr.. Blake left his wife with the
two children while he went to get
tickets.
"All aboard for Long Beach"
shouted the conductor. How they hur-
ried into the car. Forty-five minutes
later they arrived. They were going
to stay two months. The girls could
do nothing but look at the ocean. They
had never been in bathing. Mrs.
Blake thought it wise to let them watch
others first. The first day they were
there. their father thought they would
like to go boat riding to Catalina ISL
adm. They went out on the old arch
rock and had a lovely time. The next
day they went fishing out on the pier.
They caught three big fish
About two weeks after they had been
there Dorothy came to her mother and
asked If she and Elsie couldn't go in
bathing. Her mother told her to call
Elsie in and she and papa would go
down to the beach with them.
The bathing was the most fun of all.
Dorothy learned to swim. Elsie was
a little afraid of the ocean, but she
loved the plunge.
The two months came to an end at
last. and two very happy children were
on the cars once more ready for home.
When they got home their father
surprised them by having paper sent
called The Herald. There was a
Junior that came every Sunday. Doro-
thy won three prizes and Elsie won
four. HELEN HITCHCOCK,
Grade A9, Temple street school; age
II.
The next morning Mrs. Blake took
the girls and went down to Venice.
When they got to the beach and
stepped off the car Dorothy cried: "Oh,
is this the ocean, mamma?"
"Yes," said mamma, that is the
ocean you have read of in school,"
'I think It roars too loud" said Elsie.
They got a nice four-room cottage and
they telephoned papa to come on down,
and the girls put on some old dresses
and they had a sand fight. That even
ing they all went down to the dancing
pavilion and watched the people dance.
Bright and early next morning all
were up and taking a dip in the surf.
They stayed in quite a while and when
papa and mamma went out Dorothy
and Elsie stayed in a while longer.
Dorothy, the oldest girl went out too
far and the undertow caught her. She
screamed and Elsie tried to pull her in
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