New Britain herald., 1915-06-05

/ Redlands Chamber of Commerce and
| chairman of the committee on hos
pitality. He is the author of the
pamphlet guide of Redlands which
! every sightseer will henceforth use in
visiting Smiley Heights. He has also
! in preparation a souvenir pamphlet
! with "reminiscences of the Smiley
/ Brothers of Lake Mehonk, N. Y, who
We're prominent benefactors of Red
lands.
Mr.. Jump made a decided impress
sion on New Britain because Of his
1 intense interest in the civic welfare
Of the community and by his promo
| tion Of several projects for the bet
/ terment Of social conditions in the
city. His advanced ideas on these
matters evidently have been wei
coined in the west.
An article written by Mr.. Jump and
entitled "A Little Baedeker of Cali
fornia," is published in the June is
sue of 1.-The Congregationalist and
Christian World The editors note.
which is prehxed to the article and
gives some interesting sidelights on
Mr.. Jumps life in California, fol-
lows:
Has Toured Through State.
Three years Of residence in Cali
fornia, part of the time in the north
and part of the time in the south; an
athletic nature which has sent him
tramping into many nook and
Granny of it's high mountains, at the
same time that his automobile reg
listers more than fifteen thousand
miles traversed in tours all over the
state; a travellers instinct for the, UNI
usual, the picturesque, and the worth
while; these, with reporters way of
telling things make Rev. Herbert Al.
Jump Of Redlands an ideal author for
the miniature guide-book Of CaIifor-
MIA which we print In this issue His
article gives the sort of information
q tourist would like to have, and
points out many detail easy to over
look. He evidently regards the route
chosen for The Congregationalist
party the ideal route to follow: and
his descriptions will be OF service to
the members Of that party, as well as
to many another who may pursue the
same general line OF travel this sum-
mer."
New Britainites Going.
Many New Britain residents will
visit the exposition this year and it
is expected that some will visit Mr..
Jump. His article describing allur-
ing scenes from San Diego to San
francisco is therefore printed, as fol-
lows:
I'D rather be busted lamp-post
on Battery street, San Francisco, than l
be the Waldorf-Astoria''
This picturesque quotation intro
duces Will TWINS sketch of San
Francisco. 1t voices with character
istic vividness that mysterious tender
ness which every Californian born or
made cherishes toward his adored
state. This California mood" cheer
full, dramatic, highly expectant, doing
and suffering in gusto, is not unappre-
ciative of the excellences of the rest
of the universe. But it regards all
other excellences as matters of indif-.
ference compared with the horizons,
the mountainA, the wales kissed with
flowers, the SHINING and tingling his
tory, the masculine energy, the big
verturesomeness, the bold insouciance
that are stirred up together to make
the indefinable compound, California.
1t lis legend hereabouts that 4
new arrival in heaven was being
shown around by a celestial guide. AS
they passed from palace to palace of
the many mansions, with more AMI
more Of beauty shifting them every
turn, they came finally to a temple
| fair beyond all Imagination The
visitor asked in amazeme emit:
why are all these people chained
to the floor?
'.Oh," was the answer, these saints
came from Southern California. They
are not contented here. We have
to fasten them to keep them from 60
ing back"
| Westward, Ho!
! All America is coming to California
| this summer. Six hundred conven-
| tions Of various sorts are announced
| to meet on the Pacific coast One rail-
road already has fifty special trains
| chartered for July. If one arranges
| his tour as he ought TO arrange 1t,
| he enters the Golden State by the
Santa F'e route and the Grand Canon.
Pursuing this course you cross the
! Colorado river at torrid Needles, and
! first grind along through California
/ dry" desert relent1ess1y bleak and
| cruel, with the inconsistent cactus
| penciling its botanical jerks and
/ angles against a dun-brown back
4 ground.
/ Disem barking at the Gate City, Z
san Bernardino, whose name is q
! first lesson in Spanish pronunciation.
i and changing to another steam train
1 or the electrics for Rediands, in
/ half hour the beauty of California
bursts forth upon the sight in all its;
fragrant and exquisite plentitude
i Redlands Is concededly one of the
miniature paradises of the Pacific
1 coast Here snow-tipped mountains
/ for nine months of the year rim the
4 sparkling orange groves, winter flying
i into the face Of summer, cold hurt
4 ling Is challenge at the heat. The
1 mountains are genuinely such, too,
climbing In "Grayback' to an altitude
of Il, 500 feet. The Smiley Brothers