Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-07


which is unfortunate from one point of
view. but it is just as we'll, because in
that case the orange groves would have
to be cat down to accommodate the peo-
pie and the charm of the lovely little
city would he destroyed A great many
are coming here to enjoy the fncompara-
bic attractions. SO many that the older
orange groves within the CITY limits are
being dug up and burned and the snace
they have made beautiful for thirty wears
! is being laid out in residential blocks
Orange culture is very profitable and dec
oratve, but selling town lots is said to
be even more so and great deal of that
sort of business is being done at River
side. This is the cause of boasting on
the part OF the business men, but of
lamentation from visitors who have
found here, as nowhere else, the beauty
the quiet, the culture the educational
facilities. the climate and other Of the
civic attributes which are required TO
| make perfect residence for those who
have passed through the struggles Of ex
istence and have been victorious.
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Last year the census gave Riverside
1924 people, an increase of oS, per
cent during the previ-
Large Increase GUS ten years. The
| =; D.n,1.4: census of 1900 dis
III 1opulatiou closed tho presence of
1913 permanent Inhabitants; the census
! oc 1890 showed only 4,6S3 SO that the
| population has increased nearly fourfoId
during the last twenty wears In addi-
ton to the permanent residents at least
5000 eastern people come here for peace
and rest and pleasure during the winter
season and to enjoy attractions they do
not find elsewhere. 1.-The atmosphere OF
| the place" as some one has said, els
| one Of kindness, gerNleness and welcome,
courteous welcome. so genuine that the
| traveller accepts it as he does the beauty
! OF the woods and the meadows
You can recognize Riverside when You
! see it by the street lamp posts. which are
| very artistic and are reproductions Of the
coat Of arms Of the Mission Hotel. And
| 1t is interesting to know that they were
| all made in the town, Just as all Of the
| artistic decorations in iron at the Mis-
| sion Hotel were made by local black
| smiths. The coat OF arms represents a
double cross surmounting q. yugo. or bell
yoke. in memory of Padre Serra the first
explorer Of this part Of California and the
! good man who founded missions all the
way from Riverside to San Francisco In
! those days. as YOU know, there were no
| hotels or other stopping places but the
! Franciscan friars entertained travellers
| as freely as they offered them salvation
| There was line Of missions skirting the
| coast. just one days journey apart and
. their remains are the most attra ctive of
! all the antiquities OF North America They
+ were asylums for those in distress: they
were rest houses for weary Travellers who
were furnished with bed and board as
! long as they desired to STAY Ever WOODY
received hearty welcome on arrival and
! carried away a blessing at depa arturo and
! perhaps fresh horse from the mission
stables, II his own mount was exhausted.
! most successful attempt has been
made to reproduce those institutions in
what is undoubtedly
franciscan the most unique hotel
| Aroh;+oo+,ro in the country, II not
in the entire world. It's
architecture IS an accurate copy Of the
| Moorish designs that were adopted by
the Franciscan padres as most suitable to
climate which closely resembles that of
/ the south shore Of the Mediterranean. The
details nave been carried out with scr,l-
| pnious care and remarkable skill by the
architect. Mr.. a. D. Benton OF Los An
| geles All the woodwork. the fnishinss
OF the rooms and the furniture arc exact
| reproductions OF the monaStic designs
Ana some or them are genuine relics
In preserving the monastic idea Mr..
frank Miller, TIE proprietor, and Mr.
benton. the architect. have introduced
semi-ecclesiastic designs: images of saints
and copies OF shrines appear everywhere.
although the use OF strictly religious en-
| blems, such as affairs and the crucif1x
have been avoided. The chapel OF the
form OF music room. which, however. "a
more like the banquet hail OF a Spanish
| castle. The decorations and furniture
are all fifteenth century Spanish: the
walls are hung with Spanish paintings.
figures OF Franciscan monks occupy
brackets In the corners. but the stalls
are copied from those in Westminster
| Abbey. There is a pipe organ and an
/ organist who gives concerts every even
Ing. and Sunday evening the guests q,
tho hotel gather there to sing hymns. al
| though no religious exercises are held
The windows are filled with painted glass
burned by tho Spanish process the prin-
c'pal one being representation Of st.
Cecilia as a memorial to the late Mrs
Miller.
! The special features OF the building are
the cloisters, always cool and filled with
the fragrance of orange
Hotel blossoms and other flow
n..4 ers In the courtyards:
ciois'eiS. arched port!cos and he'll
| towers, which are limitations of those of
the ancient old monasteries. St Gather
| ines we'll in the courtyard is exactly like
! that in one of the genuine missions: the
benches of hewn wood. the heavy chairs.
| the tiled floors, the rough plaster, the
. rough-hewn finish OF the beams and other
! wood work of the interior In natural oak
| and the heavy handmade hardware are
| copied exactly from that used by the
! Franciscans hundred years ago.
| All of the bedrooms are furnished with
| old ia shioned high-post bedsteads old
fashioned pictures in oldfashioned frames
hang on the walls. and the electroliers
are modelled after the light of other
| DAYS" The reproduction of the mission
architecture is carried out cOnscientiOusly
to the most unmportant detail. but here
and there is departure. such as in
scriptions upon the walls and over the
| areplaces. which contribute to the salts
faction Of the sense and the tranquility
| OF the soul
''Sleep sweet within this quiet room
q thou, Whoe"r thou ert.
And let inournful yesterday
Disturb thy quiet heart.
Forget tySelf and all the world;
Put cut each feyersh light:
The stars shining overhead;
Slecp sweet dear friend good night