Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-07-18
MISS IDA MAY ADAMS
TELLS or HER TRIP TO CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles, Cal,

ROckcaStle friends have written
asking for description OF my
trip | know of no better way to
comply with heir r,quest than tn
write them and others through
the pages of the SIGNAL. Ios
Angeles is so pretty that l feel
like taking the whole time in
telling you OF its beauties and
delights, but so many oil YOU
have heard me on this subject
before that after telling you just
a little OF our abiding place | will
pass to the more interesting
details of the trip across the
continent by way of the Northern
Pacific, whicl took just nine
days barring the lime at Yellow
stone.
My sister and l are keeRiag
house, in a charming bungalow,
such as are built nowhere else
IN the world as in southern
California. The house has So
many windows, I'll! ON hinges so
as to open the full length OF the
window; that so far as air 10 con-
cerned we kave as free circulation
in the house as though we were
out of doors. The modern con-
veniences in our house, as in
most of the other houses. make
me ieel every day as if l wanted
- come BACK to Rockcastie, and
show my friends all of Tie simple
devices that contribute so much
to our ease and comfort as we'll
as to the beauty of the homes.
Not a bed in our b ouse is in
sight, being every one built into
some nook or crannie. Tbs
most unique one of our beds is
built into q door of ordinary
size. Itis 2 fpll sized bed and
q res not fila. f disappeaPrs
INTO the wall by simply closing
the door. Our Dining room and
kitchen are so arranged that We
can lay the cloth, sat the table,
and put the food on the table
while we are both seated at the
table in the dinin, room. then
when We have finished eating We
can clear the table in the same
way without moving our seats,
as we pass everything from the
table through eaHsealsa Banpals
in the woodwork of the wall, onto
the kitchen shelves, table and
sink, bookcases, buffet, cooler,
desks ETC., are all built into the
wall: From the table We Car
switch on any n4Wber 81 ali oil
the electric lights in the house
The bath room may be entered
direct from any one of our FIVE
ROOMS. The 90 gallon hot
water tank in the bath room !.
concealed from view by being
inside a closet. The tank is sup
piled with an instantaneous Ga.
heater. The arrangement is sucf
that the water passes through
coiled pipes and the contents O
the entire tank Can be heated
in less than 3 minutes. A
medicine chest. built in, thu
lavatory, and soiled clothes chute
which CARRIES the soiled CLOTHS te
the laundry room. A vacuum
washer, hot and cold water
stationary white porcelain tubs
built in ironing boards, and a,
electric iron in the cool screened
laundry room, making washing
a pleasure instead of drudsery
The kitchen is the most convenien
and attractive room on the place
A gas range, refrigerator, sinl
and various electrical appliance.
make you understand why we d
not need a servant even if W
gould afford it. We have a ROY
ef enormous palm trees in from
at the house and a row OF lemQ
trees at the rear. We picked
dozen ripe lemons from our owl
trees this morning. Our flower
which form our hedge fence an
grow in such luxprance are
great pleasure to us.
We left Louisville on the warn
est day of the season. Crossin
Illinois We felt the heat great
and at Chicago it was simpl
terrific, but after we passed S
Paul. Minnesota. we had deligh
full weather. The prairies
Illinois and the fertile fields
Minnesota all have their charm
! but the first thing that intereste