The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-17

motel. Q - s. easy to irnGnages.it.s All
the water 10 hauled in, tank cars from
r. distance OF o than . hundred
miles Q near Phoenix. Arizona.
Colorado river, but 1t IL III thousand
feet below the hotel and they have
not found any body to pump 1t up
and az It takes q day to make the trip.
1t would take too LONG to send . bell
boy down after . pitcher Of water.
Consequently they charge se~venty-hYe
cents for q bath up there, but it's
worth the money. The cuisine II Z
cellent. The hotel ID d on the
american plan, and the CHARGES are
reasonable. The appointments are
splendid and I would ask nothing bet
ter some time than to spend q. week
at Ell Tovar.
Last night I went over to Pasadena
and attended the monthly saloua given
by DR.. and Mrs. Robert J. Burdette
at Sunnycrest, Dr. Burdette. I am
sorry. to- say. q in extremely poor
with the pancreas and 10 In great pain
a good deal Of the time. 1t IL touch
ing that this fine souled and splendid
man. full OF human kindness. charity
and helpfulness. should be 80 afflict-
ed. He 10 In bed q good deal Of the
time. but last night got mp and min
gled with his guests. who included the
artistic, literary and musical lights Of
this section OF southern California.
They were 30 kind to us It seemed like
getting back into the bosom OF ones
own family. Mrs. Burdette entertain
ed us with a description Of her six
hundred and odd bells. Of every kind
and description, gathered from all
parts Of the world collection Of
great value and the most wonderful
anywhere. She has q little bell no
bigger than a thimble. made from a
fragment Of Old Liberty bell, when 1t
cracked and shed a few precious drops
Of bell-blood. She has a bell made
from a fragment Of the bell that rang
out the signal for the massacre Of the
Huguenots. at the time Of the a
sacre of st. Bartholomew. She has
bells from q sacred Jewish temple in
Russia, and the breast plate Of an old
Jewish high priest-somethtng Of
priceless value, with the most beauti-
full chasing and tracery. l. eve saw.
Then there are bells from camels in
the heart Of Palestine, with a wonder
way of in the Holy Land, Chinese
bells, and bells Of half . thousand
tongues and kinds. Her paper on them
was an education in itself, and I would
not have missed 1t for much.
I met again my old friend. DIR. Nor
man Bridge. one Of the finest char
actcrs in this country, an authority on
tuberculosis. and much interested In
the Southwest Archaeological. mus.
cum. He brought. as back. to the
the trip, through the balrny air at
about midnight. He IL an old friend
Of Eugene Field. and We found much
that was delightful to talk about. Soon
I'm going down to see my old friend,
DR.. Charles F. Lummis, and we're go
ing to have a Spanish dinner In his
own way and talk things all over.
Lummis is one of the most intereS.-
ing characters in California, and he
reflects a good deal Of the old spirit.
in Spanish times, on the horizon that
He was the moving spirit in the estab-.
lishment Of the Southwest museum
that will do SO much to preserve old
history, relic and tradition. He's
genius, and the world is fortunate 1t
has such e for what would It be
il we were all commercial, and no one
thought to ave htstory-as our friend
Fish Of the state muesum does.
I'm strlnglng TINS out TO a cOhSlQer-
able length, and will write again. SUI
fee it to say that everything is going
we'll, California is being more than
good to a stray far from home, and
I've already enough engagements in
sight to keep me fairly. busy FOR 2
man not inclined to work :much.M Z
My address will be the Hotel Alex
andria, which is n of the incest
places I've eve been fortunate enough
to stop at. It's in the heart Of the
city and a handy place to get about
tell some news of, them-and some
other things.
James W. Foley.
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