Evening star., 1911-05-24
DR.. Lyons
Tooth Powder
cleanses, preserves and beau
ti6es the teeth and imparts
purity and fragrance to the
breath. Mothers shouldteach
the little ones its daily use.

breath. Mothers shouldteach
the little ones its daily use.
particular to explain that most Of the in
cidents related by her were fiction
, instead of fact.
The church is 10 feet long, 40 feet
| wide, and the ceiling is 2S feet from the
| floor. It is regarded as the purest speci-
| men of mission architecture in California,
and its perfect proportions and noble
lines and the simple dignity Of its facade
always excite the enthusiasm of artists
and architects. A series of perfect
monastery is also very much admired.
| The exterior is as simple az 1t can be
| and the interior is equally so, although
| the severe lines are then broken by the
introduction of crudely carved cedar tim
bers and highly colored paintings de-
signed and executed by Indians who had
never seen any works of art. There are
statues OF the blessed Virgin and st.
Joseph St Dominic and St Francis,
and the place of honor above the altar
Is occupied by figure of Santa Barbara.
| the patrOness OF the mission. There are
several mural paintings of later date,
quaint of design and rude of execution.
which enhance the effect of severity and
antiquity.
Has Air on Antiquity.
II any one should come upon this in
stitution in Spain he would assume at
once that it dated back to the fifteenth
century. or earlier, although this is barely
100 years old. The walls are made of
cubes of sandstone nearly six feet square.
which were quarried in the neghboring
hillsides and by infinite labor brought
4 don hy~< <h0 Jv,Jt tNv,
Of the monks The timbers were cut be-
| tween thirty and forty miles In the can
| yons OF the Santa Inez range. and they
| 100. were brought all that distance on
devotion. Nothing illustrates more vividly
| the influence of the Franciscan friars
and the devotion Of their converts.
Among the records preserved in the Ii
Drary Is report In the handwriting of
Father Sierra himself. describing the cere-
monies at the foundation Of the city the
2lst OF April. 1872. Father Sierra, clad in
his best Vestments, celebrated mass in a
| chapel made OF brush out in the ad1oin-
Ing fields. and the altar was the stump Of
q tree. The soldiers, under command of
| Gov. Neve and Capt. Ortega. their faces
| bronzed by exposure and their bodies clad
IN ieathern waistcoat and leggins, laid
aside their shields and lances and knelt
around this rude chapel while mass was
| celebrated.
Then stretched on the ground, they
hstened TO an Impressive sermon, while
several hundred Indian warriors prompted
by curiosity, gathered around them,
watching the proceedings with intense
interest and wondering what their mean
ing could be. After the sermon the cross
| was raised and blessed, and at daylight
the next morning the venerable mission
| ary. then nearly seventy years of age
started on foot, as was his custom, for
Monterey. 1t was his last Journey
Original Buildings Stand.
| After the good man was on his way the
soldiers built huts of brush and mud for
their own lodgings inclosed them by
palisade Of heavy branches Of oak and
sycamore trees. making a corcl about 200
feet square. Within the next few months
permanent buildings Of adobe and mortar,
setting upon foundations of stone, were
completed. Some of them which formed
the southwest side of the quadrangle, and
We're occupied by the married soldiers and
| their families. are still standing although
| tney have lost their original appearance
| by frequent alteration. The house of the
commandant, located three or four rods
| from the corner of Santa Barbara and
Peroido street, is also standing, and bears
unmistakable evidence of age.
The mission and preside of Santa Bar
bara were the scene of many exciting and
romantic incidents. There were several
! uprisings of the Indians, although none
was serious: Santa Barbara was invaded
IN december 1872, by Bouchard, a pirate
VINO terror1zed the entire coast. The
cOmmandant sent the women and children
and valuable portable property into the
mountains, when the APPROACH of the pirate
was made known by mounted messen-
ger from down the coast But no attack
was made. The only damage Bouchard
did to the peaceful little community was
to unload upon 1t a poor, drunken sea-
man. who had become a nuisance in his
m m and Lfv@I h4n
to take care of him and give him food
and shelter until his death several years
later. and in the meantime he made them
much trouble.
In 1917 a French voyageur describes the
mission as follows:
Aa we advanced the buildings of the
mission appeared under finer aspect.
From the roadstead we could have mis-
taken 1t for chateau Of medieval times,
with its lofty apertures and belfry Com
ing nearer. the building grows without
losing anything of its beauty and takes
on little by little religious appearance:
the turret becomes a spire: the BRASS in
stead of announcing a knights arrival, |
sounds the office or the angelus The
f1rst illusion is destroyed and the castle |
Is convent.
Fountain a Surprise.
"1n front Of the building, in the middle |
of huge square, is a plain fountain |
the workmanship of which, imperfect as |
1t was, surprised US more, since we had |
not expected to find in this country, |
otherwise SO far removed from the fine
things OF Europe, this sort Of luxury. |
reserved among us for the dwellings of
the rich
Other visitors have been equally en-
thusiastic about that fountain, which Is |
regarded the finest piece Of stone |
work in California. 1T consists Of an up
right octagonal standard. upon four sides |
of which are scrolled buttresses divided |
into three fillets, giving added grace and |
lightness. Only one of these scrolls re- |
mains to show the beauty of the orna-
ment, the others having been knocked