The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-02

O'Clock in the afternoon, then and
there to defend yourself in the above
entitled action. And you arc rcquir-
ed to bring with you the following,
to-wit: Any appendages. appendices.
wives. swccthcarts cousins, babies.
friends or other witnesses against
You. Also your digestion and your
mouth, item, your disposition. The
prosecutor is fierce. but the jury of
eighteen has been carefully packed
in your favor. If you can put up
any sort of defense. the verdict will
be mot Suilty-come again"
Many distinguished persons have
been honored with a summons to APP
pear before tho court of el alcaldc
mayor. ~llclcna Modjcska. John Muir,
John Burroughs. Joaquin Miller. Bliss
Carrnan. Frederic Remington. Haru-
lin Garland, Scton-Thompson. Will
iam Allen White. Henry Van Dyke,
John Phillip Sousa, William Lloyd
Garrison, Peter Newell. Ida NJ. Tar
bell. Edward w. Box, Jane Adams,
f'pie Read and scores of others, who
came to defend themselves against
the charge of not knowing AN old
time California good time. and were
acquitted II adopted honorarily in
to the family. And as Lummis HIM
self says i'm Il little brochures accom-
panying the m 'Bcforc the
SrinGo came and until he cAme so
thick as to tranplc il out, California
had the happicst and most h%uspitahlc
mode of life that any part of tho Uni
ted States ever knew. 1t was patri-
arrhal. romantic. beautiful--bccause
really human. Some of us remember
when ono could travel 5000 miles
from Chile to Oregon without a let
ter. n dollar on a namc--and be surc
nf getting home at whatsoever house.
There are rather too many people for
that now. liut We can keep the spir-
1T alive for some people. It's worth
while. \ California family has been
elected for his very purpose. to save
for itself and its chosen guests a real
touch of tho old %patriarchal days
the California that used to hc. The
family is therefore erected to give
an old California evening to such
guests Gncn or womcn who have done
something true in art, literature. sci
ence. craftsmanship or material prog-
ress.) An old California home. an
old California supper old California
freedom and Observation-Disclosures are
what it is for. To give our guests
a different memory from any other.
IL cmo worthy the history and
romance of California;"
Some of the mcmbcrs of this family
/ know already and all of them are
citizens of Los Angeles and lis en-
virons who have distinguished them
selves in art, literature or the
sciences. There is J. a. I'oshay, the
educator. John S. McGoarty of the
Times, historian, poet and author of
the Mission play to he put ON here
after tho ann of the Oberammer-
gau PLAY. DIR. Norman Bridge, Hector
Alliot, Senator Flint. Attorney Joseph
Scott and others. DR.. Hector Alliot
is Il delightful Individual. Il scientist,
archaclogist, inventor. humanitarian.
philosopher and linquist-and ] have
been honorcd with many delightful
evenings in his company. He is a
member OF the French academy, hon
ored for his services in behalf of the
International copyright. member of a
dozen historical. archaeological and
geographical societies. and his name
is open sesame tn everything that is
worth while in southern California.
And withal he is modest and unas-
Stunning as Il child. that being the real
evidence of his bigness. lie is de-
lightfllly we'll and accurately in
formed and time spent in his COM
pany is Illuminating and educating.
He is the inventor of Il threc-corncred
poison bottle. Il guasc for determining
tlSll-feedinG qualities of sea water,
a dozen and one practical and valu-
devices for useful purposes. alI-
Thor of brochures and ESSAYS on count
less topics from Indian customs and
traditions to sane plans for tree plant
ing and his scheme for tree planting
along California roads has been
adopted by the California state bureau
for tina DurpOSe. He and his N.;fn
have been like old friends. and we
could ask for no friendships more
delightful and edifying.
LunmiS' poem ON the r%attlesnake
is a classic. and YOU will find it in any
good anthology Of modern poetry. His
style is vigorous, incisive and keen.