The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-11-22

| Lived in a Shoe" "Jack and the Bean
Stalk" and others. In these gardens
could be seen all kinds of flowers,
cactus, and trees. The terraces were
so pretty and green and at a distance
one would think some were benches,
for there was placed at each end either
a concrete or iron arm. Some flowers
were arranged in beds in the form of
stars, wheels and other designs. The
tool house was built on the plan of a
water mill. The idea was gotten from
a water mill that Mrs. Bush saw while
in Europe. The trees that especially
interested me in Los Angeles were the
flowing Eucalyptus trees. The leaves
are long, narrow and fiat, curving like
a banana.
We hired an automobile at Pasa-
dena and took in the residence section
of all the millionaires on Oak Knoll,
California street, and others. The
orange groves in this section were
beautiful and loaded down with fruit.
We rode over one of the largest via
ducts which is 400 feet long, $50 feet
high and cost 100000. We saw a
number of houses owned by some very
prominent men. Among them was
Skiffman's home, inventor of Skiff-
mans Asthma Cure; Wrigleys home,
the man who makes Wrigley's Spear
ment chewing gum; Montgomery
Wards home, Harkness' home, the
Standard Oil man; Willy's home, pres
ldent of the factory of Overland Au-
to Company; Widow Garfield's small
red shingle bungalow. She is the wife
of the late ex-President Garfield; also
Robert Burdett's home, one of our
great authors.
Los Angeles and it's surrounding
country is what I would call the Gear
den spot of the West" 1t is the
wonder and admiration of every visit
ro. There are to be found roses, gera-
NUNS and other flowers the whole
year round. There are great gardens
of citrus trees and the palms are love-
ly. 1t was a common sight to see
palm trees in the fro mt yards with
geraniums of nasturtiuns growing out
from between the cones, and great
big carnations could be had at most
any fruit stand for five cents a dozen,
some times two dozen for five cents.
Los Angeles claims a population of
6l6,317. There are twenty-five public
parks within the city limits, and the
hotels, schools, churches, hospitals, and
libraries are many.
On August 1st, we left the hotel at
IL o'clock and went out to San Ga
BARREL. While there we went through
the Mission Curio Shop, also San Ga
barrels Mission. In the latter place of
interest we saw many old paintings
which came from Spain and other for
elgn countries. We saw a small round
mirror which was 163 years old. There
was Baptistry in this Mission where
$4,000 people had been baptized.
There were four bells in the tower
that were of great interest to us on
account of their extreme old age. One
came from Spain in 1895. The largest
OF the four was made in the United
States in 1880. There was an old Ii
brary book there that came from
Spain 333 years ago, also one that was
42G years old (three years before Co.
lumbus discovered America.) We al
so saw the original doors that were
taken from a Mission in It'll. There
were numerous statues and pictures of
The Apostles, the Virgin Mary, and
Christ, and the Spanish vestments
were quaint and valued very highly
by these monks of the Mission.
There was grape vine near this
Mission which was planted by them,
that is lao years old. This vine is
tremendously large-covering two
bulldings-one where grape juices are
served, made from these grapes, and
the other is called the home of Ra-
mona. Ramona was a beautiful In
dian girl who became noted because of
poem that was written of her life.
There was a rope hanging in front
of her homeland anyone wishing to
enter had to pull the rope and q
bell would ring. In order to see the
vine an entrance fee had to be paid.
There were tables and chairs under
the vine and grape juices were served
ther also.
While in San Gabriel we saw the
Mission Play, which was giving its
'21 performance. On their 700 ami
versary they had great celebration.
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