Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-02-04

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The Pix, a favurite promenade of az
evening. lined ou each side with plaers
of amusement, rrfrvshment booths, etc.
The Auditorium aud long pier are slso
popular aud the long walk is called the
Walk of the Thousand Lights clusters
ct electric lights making it beautiful.
Tuesday afternoon W. went TO AVA |
iiun Camp at Dominguez to see the fly
ing machines. Dominguez has a little
historical interest being the place where
the Mrxicans fought their last battle on
American soil. IL certainly was good
place for flying machines. There was
grand stand erected on a knoll and the
view for miles was lovely. OF course
YOU have read in the papers all about
successful flights of the Frenchman
Paulhan, and Curtiss, who were the
principal aviators. The crowd was
most enthusiastic over Panlhan, a.
though Curtiss made some good points.
1t was wonderful sight and there were
more than $4,000 people there that day
| to see it. During the waits between
acts the ladies who had "glad rags
| promenaded in front of our seats and
allowed us to see the latest i'll smart
gowns, up-to-date hair dressing and
swell hats.
Can YOU realize that this was January
IL, aud was a spring-like afternoon,
green fields surrounding us, and far IN
the distance the snow-capped mountains
"Wednesday we went to Pasadena aud
Thursday morning took the trip in the
Seeing Pasadena" auto. We had
good guide who told us everything we
needed to know and made the trll
pleasant. Pasadena is just as lovely as
Won have heard it was, and "then some"
We saw the many beautiful churches
two especially costly ones being thu
Methodist and Presbyterian, also new
Christian Science church, costing man,
thousands of dollars, every dollar o
which was raised before the building
was begun. The three big hotels, wher
John aud figure We could not afford t.
stay more than quarter Of an hour, a
their price per day, THE Green, 9Th
Raymond" ,and "The Maryland" of thes
: three, the most beautiful ontwardly W
/ think is "The Maryland, and all ar
t very good looking.
There is said to be mile of milliol
/ aires on Orange Grove Avenue, and
;, cannot describe their beautiful home,
Add money and good taste to nature
charms of climate and scenery and 20
have combination that is perfect
The Busch sunken garden was one c
! our stopping places and it was wort
! seeing, Busch is a millionaire brewe
aud in consideration Of the admission {
the public to his gardens, is not r,
quired to pay any taxes on the gardens
aud in addition the city keeps two pc
j. Icemen there to protect them fror
=. harm.
:, We saw the home of Burdette, {
"a Bishop johnson, the Episcopal Bisho
of Southern California, of Preside,
Il Garfeld's widow, Cudahy's home, tn
n homes of the four brothers who max
q the Tanglefoot fly paper, and our guild
a. said they stuck together just as the
O fly paper does, the houses being in
row, the home of the maker of "Dande
Il inc" who has made a fortune in til
"a last eleven years from the sale of "Dal
d derine', and many other homes Thu
ar seemed very beautiful to us,
0, We then went to South Pasader
re where we had twenty minutes to Wis
T. the Ostrich Farm. We have been thel
le twice before, but it is worth sever
visits, not only to see the queer bir'
If who strut about with such all importal
o air as if to say, "Anyway, | have tt
" first wear of these fine feathers; whe
al you are lucky enough to get them the
t. are second hand " but to visit I'll
~ show rooms where this time the e.
It, hibit which won prize at Seattle tn
year was displayed, willow plumes, al
ID beautiful boas which make any woma
We want to buy.
Is The afternoon of this day was take
up in trip up Mt. Lowe. The fir
m part of this trip, starting from Pasadel
ic as we did, was by trolley, and wine
n, along the sides of canyons, all the tin
70 climbing higher until Ne find ourselv
ge in Rubio Canyon 22O0 feet above tt
a sea. The grade begins at 60 per cen
I'd then becomes 81 per cent then drops
I'd IS and As per cent. That means tn
it on the steepest grade the car rises
feet in every 100 feet travelled. III
ng cars seat about % people, are pernanen
ed ly attached to cable of the finest stee
en- tested to 100 tons, never loaded to e
Mt coed 3 tons, aud protected by devic
It's which make accidents impossible, al
a in spite of being told all this it is rath
sy a thrilling trip.
rg We leave this car on the top of the i
of cline and see the great searchlight whit