Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-11-10
A TRIP TO THE COAST
ACROSS THE CONTINENT
Graphic Description Of Travels by
Student OF Architecture.
SEESBEAUTIES OF OWN COUNTRY.
Vivid Portrayal and Pen Picture Of
Scenic Grandeur in The United
States.
lBy Henry P Hopkins. Annapolis Md
PART II.

PART IT,
Santa Barbara, the city containing
the finest example OF SpsnisS Mis-
sion. is located between two ranges
Of mountains facing the ocean upon
its front. The Mission Is very well
preserved and is still seen by hun
dreds of visitors annually, who are
guided through its ancient halls by
monks, wearing the old-fashionei
robe fastened about the waist with a
white cord and wearing sandals but
no stockings. They tell OF its history.
architecture and painting, the latter
being done by Indians. part of which
still stands.
August 10th found me upon my
way to Frisco, city full Of history,
Cinnamon, and at one time, gold
They do things in Frisco. Their
buildings. streets. traffic systems are
very fine Golden Gate holds all the
praise ever given il and the park
bearing the same name is wond 4,
due to the fact that more than two
thirds of its vegetation is as thick as
that in Bronx Park, while the nu-
merous lakes are all made by the
hand of man. AS far as the fire and
earth quake goes, one would never be-
lieve there was ever such a thing
The city is built up just as Baiti-
moret has been, and Chinatown seems
just as full Of holes and dives as it
ever was, although we know that san
itary conditions are much improved
since the disaster. Eating several
meals in the Chinese quarter Of
Frisco was quite a novelty and a
gre at experience.
Berkeley, or the University Of
California, is far from completion,
but the buildings in towns are Of the
highest character, built Of granite,
semi Italian and Spanish Rennais-
sance in style, we'll placed and sur
rounded by an immense campus.
The most intere sting feature vas the
open air Greek theatre, built OF con-
crete, strong and heavy in mass, yet
little cold in detail, bat it stands
the only complete building If its kind
in America. The climate is entirely
different from that Of the southern
part Of the Stete. 1t is colo, windy
and frequently visited by rain, and
not as pleasant as the south.
The exposition grounds are a won
der, quadrsngular in shape, three
sides of which sire bounded by tn city
while the fourth looks out upon the
Pacific. There are few buildings
begun. some nearly completed and
when they are. we will see one of the
largest and richest collections Of ar
chitecture and art ever assembled.
Leaving Frisco my next stop was
Portland, passing Shasta Springs,
in northern California. After seeing
aud taking pictures of Mt. Shasta,
covered with snow, with its highest
point lost in the clouds, we wound our
way through miles of timber land.
At one place in Oregon, while going
up the mountain side, saw our track
upon three different levels below US.
Three engines are needed here. Port
land was very much like Frisco, but
lacking the harbor. It was nothing
like as large, but just as busy.
Leaving Portland, went south
east through Oregon and Idaho, cross
ing the plains of the latter State,
running through the desert of Utah
to Salt Lake City, the home Ct the
Mormons. The city is larger and
richer in many ways with its natural
resources than those of the Pacific
Coast. The buildings are modern,
large and numerous. Fine theatres
and hotels abound and there are two
large railroad stations, something
seldom found in the western cities.
The Great Salt Lake lies seventeen
miles from the city and is a wonder
in itself. The water is so salt that
100 pounds of water distilled will pro-
duce 20 pounds of salt.
A plunge into this inland sea was
one of my pleasures and ! immediate
ly detected how easy it was to swim,
SC different from the waters OF cur
beautiful Severn and Chesapeake.
You do so in spite of yourself A
small Coney Island situated dpon the
lake takes care of the pleasure seek
ers of the city. containing all sorts
Of amusements from dancing TO roller
skating.
(Continded)
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