The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-11-17
A FRIENDLY LETTER
LAST COMMUNICATION OF GEN
BEADLE TO HIS FRIEND AND
ASSOCIATE, PROF. GOFF.

ter from zen. Beaule rev weeks
ago when he was in the enjoyment
OF life and health and which recounts
his pleasures viewing the exposition
at San Francisco
625 Buena Vista Ave, San Fran
cisco, Cal. Sept. s. 1915.-My dear
Professor Goff: Though remaining
a while longer at 1929 Alameda ave-
nue., Alameda, Cal, | give my future
and permanent address in the head
ing of this letter. Your very well
come letter of August 81 reached me
promptly and was read with pleasure.
My daughter, Mrs. Frink of Eugene,
ore, and their family are for a few
weeks occupying a furnished home in
Alameda and will remain here for a
little longer, but wherever | shall
happen to be the San Francisco adj
dress Will find me. BY agreement
the Frink family gave me a delight
full home here In Alameda which is
an enjoyable suburb across the bay
just south of the city OF Oakland and
strictly residence city. | can assure
you that my comfort is very complete
and / am gaining in health and re-
covering my weight and strength lost
In the hard winter and spring at Hot
Springs, s. ID. My first winter out
there was altogether good, but the
last one was filled with storms and
changes and / could not maintain my
vigor there when a hard bronchial
cough worried me. / had reached a
weight of 228 pounds out there and
when l came away this had dropped
To-. ton
ing. Here we have the warmest SUI
burb of San Francisco, and ii Is doing
me good. partly due to the good liv-
ing here served to me.
Alameda is strictly an island,
slightly separated from Oakland. IT.
is almost perfectly level and we are
near the south edge where the shall
low water Is warmer and the beach is
lined with bathing pavilions and bath
houses for heated sea water. The
wading Is good for a long distance
out and the firm sandy bottom has
enough surf for enjoyment. IL is in
teresting TO observe the people. espe-
cially women and children. going
down the streets toward the beach,
clad In overcoats and slippers that
bathing suits. They are ready for
the plunge when they lay off the long
coat. The children refer to their
morning papers that give the hours
for low and high tides and the chill
dren prefer the latter, especially
when they occur in the sunny after
noon. The water may reach four
feet In depth then. A strong south
wind brings some breakers" a 100
yards out or more. There are no
holes in the bottom and the boats are
numerous. 1t Is very safe. The city
Is almost exclusively one of residence
and Is adorned accordingly with
trees, flowers and lawns and has ex-
cellent walks and pavements, so
can enjoy walking, as compared with
the steep hills about Hot Springs.
Connections with San Francisco are
easy by the electric cars and ferries
and we 60 to the exposition when the
afternoons and evenings offer spe-
cially attractive features. Sometimes
we use the entire day over there, TAX
ing with us a luncheon that we eat
at places where tables are furnished
and hot coffee served for a small fee,
or have a regular dinner served a la
carte or table d hote. There are
scores of places for these in conces-
sions or state and foreign buildings
and the variety is great. One can
take dinner or lunch under a differ
ent flag every day for two weeks or
more. and test the coffee or other
speciality from Guatemala or Japan
and eat with IL the different kinds of
scones from Scotland or the United
States. The fresh, hot buttered scone
Is the best, but they are made like
sandwiches from all kinds OF native
fruits or sauces. The best scone |
found was the hot, highly shortened,
elongated bireuit, opened and butter
ed inside. big enough for fair lunch
and lasting out a cup of freshly made
coffee. But details will never do, for
Ii would require a week to deal with
the varieties in one line alone.
The way to see the exposition is
first to look at ii as a whole. There
are little cars (electric) that run on
small, low wheels, so they cannot run
fast with the guide standing back and
telling one "all he knows" He is an
educated. intelligent young man who
Is as familiar with everything as Mrs.
Tolles Is with the good Normal IL
brary, and knows all about the
streets, avenues, squares and groups
of buildings and the specially beauti-
full vistas. Their service to me at
first was enjoyable. No conveyances
on the grounds can be run swiftly,
the wheels are too small Safety
first was thus secured. OF course
there are official automobiles of the
usual types, but they are run care
fully. 1t is the exterior view that is
most attractive. the architecture, the
color scheme, the evergreens, shrubs
and flowers (great masses all in
bloom) the combinations into courts,
the artistic harmony In the variety,
and In the evening the wonderful IL
luminations. l have never before
seen ANYTHING to comma ro with n all