New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-20
TheConning Touer
THE GRAND TOUP

oranges, wheat and butter produces
that paradise, it is matter Of vo,a.
ment that they don't cal agriculture , ="
art. Perhaps it is science. or q .,n..
There are ia art works in the s,ha,
ton, mostly oils and watercolors-.~
good and some not, as is The yay MI,
art works. Most Of them are Califo,,I.
landscapes. But perhaps the best p;c.r,.
is Alice +. Howeps Boat at prov;,..
town, Mass" Whatever ina: proves,
In charge is Mrs. Maude Deyer.u r.
ter, curatrix. 81 find it most deight,plI !.
this room," she said. Every day I A.,
cover something new, each morning :.
happy TO be here again. The pictures a..
SO restful. / don't know much abou, A..
know what like, that's all. Tier. I.
something about this part Of the count,
that brings out the biggest and bes, 1.
one. It is so big-you have room % thin,
big thoughts. People come out here "a,
visit, 20 back home and then simply b,rs
TO come back 10 live. There was ",
&c. Howells, cousin Of William ps,.
Howels, the famous novelist. He came NJ,
here to Southern California and Ioca..5
here" Mrs. Foster was asked WHY ,hs,.
wasn't a literary exhibit a, the Fair. q
don't know" she said. Il suppOs. |.
is because writer's are such a mo-.
est class Of people. There are lots q,
them here, too We have Gertrude A,b,,.
ton, you know And Harold Bell Wrigb.
He lives over at Redlands His last bool
was about Redlands, and believe he biz
off some Of the people there, though /. was
typical of society almost anywhere n.
books aren't philosophical, know. Oh
yes, we have lots Of famous writers her.
Their names escape me just now II.
large outdoors seems TO give them wid.
expression. You couldn't i've in Southern
California very long without touching
hands with some well-known people o,
course, they come and CO."
Gelett Burgess, Of whom Cal'forna i
proud, was born in Massachusetts,. VII
and Wallace Irwin, claimed by San Fran.
cisco, were born near Oneida, N. Y.
The Rogers groups and the wax flowers
under glass are gone, cen with the good
king Charlemagne. But the American Ar
Leather Co., of Los Angeles, has an eI.
hibit. The grandest thing in it, to ny
notion, was a big white leather square
with THE Rosary" printed on il. The
poem was surrounded with painted roses
and q narrow strip Of green leather, srd
if anybody can think Of anything more
Perfectly Sweet, | will give her a cOWd
THE Eyes of the World" bound in Imp
leather, or a pair Of embroidered sus-
penders.
The spell Of Harold Bell Wright IS
everywhere. Into my room at the I. $.
Grant Hotel shines the electric sign Of Tie
hotel across the palm-hlled square. Il.
the Barbara Worth.
There are finer hotels than the 7. 8
Grant, but none honester. In each room
a card telling what the price Of the room
is; and when the clerk hands you your
key he tells you, whether you ask or no.
what the room costs. And the tal!c''
prices for pressing and cleaning are clear
ly stated on a card inside each clothes
closet. Other hotels say Valet in stterc'
ance," and let it 20 at that You knows
the Grant that you are not getting
special price, high or low; and that 10
body else is. The San Diego hotels, BY m
way, are under bonds not to raise tneH
rates during the Fair. And the San pse
prices, in and out Of the Fair grouna'
are low, even at the Cristobal, the OF"
class restaurant on the IsthmuS Ny Sa
Diego expense account won't won! ~
business office.
Mrs. Foster should read Up on the l''A
talent, especially when il amounts
genius. Take the poem, san Diego "
f. Hollingsworth and copyrighted Oy ~
Trolleyman." I had to find it by myseI'
on a souvenir postcard. Mr.. HollingsV0'"
says in part:
Fair San Diego City
On San Diego's Bay,
Is like a gay theatre,
Staged for a merry play
The business part the parqus'
Down on the level ground
While rising tiers above IT,
Fine homes are circled round
And farther up the hillside
Just like a flight Of stairs
The scene is viewed from windows
As if from oDers chairs.