Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-02
&. ENGELBERT Won BEV-
ERVOORDE, residency or

~ EAN NOOitDEg IcolucuCy VI
governor of the province Of
Pekelongan, Isle of Java, Dutch East
India colonies, is in Los Angeles en-
route to his home in The Hague, Hol-
land. He is a guest at the Lanker-
SHIN.
Mr.. Won Bevervoorde has been a resi-
dent of the Dutch East Indies for the
past thirty-three years, being governor
of the province named for the greater
part of that time. He has only re-
turned home twice during that long
period, and is now returning for good
having, as he expressed it, served MS
country much longer than the average
citizen and having earned rest.
The present is his first visit to the
United States, his previous trips be-
tween Holland and Java having been
via the Suez canal. 1t will probably
not be his last visit, however, as he Is
enchanted with America, especially
Southern California, and asserts that
its beauties are even greater than those
of the Orient.
The prominent Hollander did not in
tend to give Southern California visit
when he left the far east and probably
would not have done so had 1T not been
for a curious happening on board the
steamer across the Pacific. On snip
board he became acquainted with sew
eral Americans who were returning
from the Orient. On telling them that
he intended to stop in the United states
and go sightseeing they advised him TO
include Los Angeles in his list of stop
ing-off places. He told them it was i'm
possible, but they insisted and finally
one of them, an easterner by the way,
remarked:
..Ir YOU don't go TO Los Angeles you
can't say you have seen America at
it's best" This statement determined
Mr. Won BeVervoorde and to Los Ange-
les he came. Now that he is here ne
is staying several days longer than ne
intended and only regretting that his
tickets will not admit a still longer
sojourn here.
Mr.. Won BeVervoorde said last even
ing that he was particularly impressed
with the beautiful flowers and ShruD-
berry in Los Angeles.
Here you have the magnificent foli-
age of the Orient, as beautiful as IN
the far east and also the fruits ana
flowers of the Occident. L never I'M
agined such thing possible. That
any place on earth should be so blessed
was utterly inconceivable to me until
I came here and saw 1t for myself
Another thing ghich impressed me
greatly with your city and this part OF
the world is the great amount Oh
money spent on maintaining pupllc
parks, roads and amusements for the
people. Being in public office as long
as L have l know that t g european
governments do nothing like this for
their people, especially for their col
onies. 1t seems to me to be one or
the grandest parts of your country and
your life that your cities and states DO
this
Mr.. Won Vevervoorde will visit the
principal points of interest IN Tue
United States on his way home, eX-
pecting to take about four months TO
the trip.
Fred L. Presbrey, veteran chief clerk
of the Hayward forces, who has peen
on the sick list for the last five weeks
returned to Los Angeles YESTERDAY
from Mount Love- where he has been
recuperating. Mr. Presbrey has not
as yet, resumed his duties at the Hay
ward, but expects to within week.
When asked where Mr.. Presbyrey
was last evening, Fred Woods, the
room clerk at the Hayward, explained
that his chief had been at Mount
Lowe wasting his time catching squlr-
rels and claiming them up.
"And do you know what he had the
nerve to ask me to do this morning
when he blew imp said Fred, IN
disgust.
"Well, sir, he couldn't get shaved at
the Alpine tavern, SO his crop of spin
ach was something awful. 1t looked
like a. forest of silvery pines. AND
he-he actually had the crust to ask
me to beat around in the brush heap
which adorned his fiz and chase the
chipmonks out of it, because he ola
not want to scare the barber VINO
shaved him"
E. G. Washington returned last
evening from a thirty-day (24-hourl
sentence to Santa Ana. Wash said
he entoyed the trip to the fullest ex-
tent and claims he will go again some
day. He also stated that he might
possibly go down there and start
farm if he thought the Lankersnlm
could spare him. Real estate dealers
need not break their necks TO get
down to the Lankershim and sell the
land to Washington, however.
Remember what a deuce of lot OF
weddings have been going on at the
HAYWARD lately? One after another
the guests of this hostelry have oeen
pairing off. Have you noticed II!
Well. here's something else tunny
about the Hollenbeck along the same
line. 1t may possibly contain the rea-
son for Cupid's activity.
EVERY USllOOJ IA eAAS
ried. w.
Go look 'em over some day. You
wouldn't think it just to gaze on then'
The fact is they don't look the part.
If you can find one of them VINO LOOKS
like married man you win:
But just ask one of them about II;
He'll put you right in short order He'll
tell YOU he is married and that every
other front in the house is in the
same condition. And from the way ne
tells it you will gather that he is
mighty glad of it and wouldn't pc
otherwise for all the tips in the world
Now, the theory of those who nave
tried to explain the little blind gods
rushing business at the Hollenpeck Is
lust this: The man talks with one OIL
the bellhops. The latter tells OF ms
own perfect contentment with the
world in general and the Hollenpeck
in particular since the happy event
took place. The guest listens and the
argument sinks in. He asks another
bellboy about it, and gets the same
answer. He begins to look around LOT
a wife for himself. The result Is
foregone conclusion. In a rev Gays
John S. Mitchell or anybody else VINO
happens to be handy is standing up
as hest man at the wedding.
Rennett Bond of the Lankershlm mas