The San Francisco call., 1910-12-04
SANTA BARBARA SEES A
BUSY SEASON AHEAD
Social Activity Is Already Taking on Life
And Many Winter Homes Open

whip, her trousers gathered into just
the right degree of fullness. a la male
attire. and her long tailed coat stand
ing jauntily out from her waist.
The Moores are admirers of horse
flesh, and Moore always brings his
thorou ghbreds with him from Chicago.
The same men attend them year after
year, and the owner visits the padded
car at every important stop. The
family comes in private car and an
other car carries their automobile and
extra household equipment that cross
the continent twice a year.
RIPLEY HAS FAMOUS GARDENS
E. P. Ripley. president of the Santa
Fe, has one of the handsomest homes
in Santa Barbara, and with Mrs. Rip
ley he occupies it every winter. He
will be here early this month. 1t is
not generally known that the Ripley
gardens are as beautiful in their way
as those of the Busch place at Pasa-
dena. But they are hedged in as
though they were in an English sub
urb instead of on one of the most
travelled residence streets of resort
town. Mrs. Ripley is a charming, old
fashioned little woman, with a face as
sweet as Quaker's. Her garb is as
much more plimentary could be
said in this day of show and glitter.
Another notable family that has a
winter residence in the City of the
Old Mission" is that of Doctor Kincaid
of Poughkeepsie, N. Y, who arrived
last week for the season. They have q
beautiful. rambling house at Valerie
and Garden streets, and when they
leave it does seem as though their
pretty home were a tomb.
AVAUNT. YOU YANKEE NAMES
Santa Barbara is in love with the
early Spanish nomenclature and it does
not propose to have any crude Ameri-
can names palmed off on it. Just now
the offensive title centers in the East
boulevard, which the truly elite detest
with deadly hatred. This East boule-
ward is the drive along the water front
leading from Santa Barbara to the
coast highway. past the John Edward
Beale and William Miller Graham
places.
1t is suggested that it be changed
to "Paseo del Mar" which means the
same thing in musical phraseology
Boulevard" 1t is contended, is a
Franco American" term, and can it be
possible that the gallants of Santa
Barbara and Montecito fear that they
may gain the distinguishing title
'boulevardiers"
In illustration of their contention
the artistic point to Micheltorena
Figueroa, Garlic, Valerie, Arrellaga
and ask how would they sound if they
were Michigan, Fifth, or Jefferson. in
stead of the stately and sonorous names
they are? That reminds us: Several
years ago the hospital that is now
owned by the Sisters of st. Francis was
erected by a company of Santa Bar
bara men. They sought highfalutin
title and lighted upon Salsipuedes
which is the name of a street running
along its rear. The name was placed
upon sign all bright with gold and
blue and the new hospital certainly
looked good to it's owners. One fine
day. however, a Spanish don rode ur
to the door and, after chatting with
the head ofethe institution, asked why
he had chosen such an ominous name
for his place. He explained that Sal
sipuedes means get out of this hole
if you can" and was applied to the
street when it was a, muddy cuI-de sac
in which If a person found himself he