The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-06-30

the San Bernardino Range a water
fall about twenty feet in length could
be seer from the train. The noun
tains covered with snow were so
large that it made the stream of wa
ter appear to be the size of a thread.
Los Angeles.
Arriving in Los Angeles we went
to the Rosslyn Hotel, which is fire.
proof and earthquake proof. This
building had Is stories and a roof
garden. From here an excellent
view of the city is to be had. We
thoroughly enjoyed every minute of
our stay in this city. I would like
to live in Los Angeles on account of
the lovely flowers. I can't say that
they are prettier than ours but there
are greater quantities everywhere.
I can't express the delight 1 felt
when 1 saw great long hedges four
and five feet high, of red geraniums,
immense beds of pink ivy geraniums
and row after row of rose hedges.
Being a "countryman" it took me
sometime to get used to the street
crossings. Mr.. Rogers seemed to
take great delight in my nervousness.
We went out to e Frank Sign
and his wife and sister, Isabelle.
They seemed so glad to see us and
we talked all the time about happen
ings and people of Abbeville. Frank
said that we were the second people
he had seen from home since he went
to California eleven years ago. He
Looks we'll and seems to be enjoying
life. His wife is a lovely young
woman. We went also to visit an
uncle of Mrs. Amos B. Morse, Mr..
Edward Harden and his wife. We
selected after eight o'clock to go as
we wanted to be sure to find them at
home. We spent a most pleasant
hour with them for we found them to
be very charming.
Pasadena is evidently the floral
center, for everything and every
where was covered with flowers of
all kinds, all in bloom. We spent
nearly a whole day in the Busch
Gardens. They are grand beyond
description. There are two gardens,
the smaller one contains over thirty
acres.
After spending three days, we left
Los Angeles in the morning in order
To see the scenery all the way to San
Francisco. We took the coast
route. There had been a fire in one
of the tunnels on the Valley route so
all the trains were detoured via the
coast. We could see the Pacific
ocean all the morning, at times the
track touched on the edge Of it. The
groves of fruit trees and orange trees
especially were to be seen all the
way. The season for the oranges
is about over now but there was
quite an abundance still to be gath
cred and shipped. We met one man
and his wife who said they shipped a
great deal of their apples and
ges to Atlanta.
San Francisco.
San Francisco, the place selected
for the great Panama-Paciic Inter-
national Exposition, is a grand city.
There are so many sightseeing trips
and places of interest besides the
Exposition, that n could easily
spend his whole vacation there. Hav-
ing visited this city in 1911, we de-
cided to spend our time at the Expo
sition. Of the 1,196 hotels in the
city we selected "The Larne," which
is operated. on the European plan
and managed by a woman. We had
a splendid room on the second floor,
facing the street with private bath,
telephone, steam heat, ETC., for one
dollar per night. We ate break
fast and supper at Scott's Restaurant
where you get such dandy fare. Our
dinners we had in the fair grounds.
The first day our hearts went
down a degree when we saw a mist
ing rain. The grounds were al
most empty of people until after
midday when the sun came out. An