The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1918-02-01
SEEING THE
GOLDEN WEST
BEAUTIFUL CALIFORNIA-DE-
sCRIPTION OF ITS FLORA
0SCRICHS IN THEIR HOME
ALLIGATOR FARM.
BY Mrs. II. A. Boyd.

Beautiful, flowery, sunkist Califor.
MIA! In the valleys millions of yari.
ed colored flowers bloom while in
the distance at many places snow
covered mountains glisten in the
same sunlight. The weeks spent at
Los Angeles was very interesting
Inc Wrigley and Baldwin mansions
were very pretty indeed. Mr.. Wrig.
ley as you know, is the president of
the Wrigley Chewing Gum Comnanv
me Busch gardens and the Sunken
Gardens are among the most beauti-
iul TO be found anywhere Mr., Busch
is member of the firm of Anheuser
Busch and Co., the great beer people
In the Arroyo Gardens nearly all the
scenery is natural.
could write book on the flora
OF california Geraniums in Los
Angeles grow five feet high. Rose
height. J."
The millionaires' homes in paso.
dena are certainly beautiful, The
most interesting thing to nv mind
however, was the Ostrich farm ont
from Pasadena. I have ALWAYS heen
Interested IN ostrich feathers. One of
une most interesting episodes of nv.
Young ladyhood was the neriod d,,,
ing which willow plumes were stvl.
lsh There is something very fasci.
naIlns about a beautiful feather wav.
ils from the top of your hat or Law.
tr nns coViy and snugly along the crown
Inc nameSakes of some very nron,i.
neht persons were found in tbe non
we were delighted to meet the Mr.
ana Mrs. Taft. Had the pleasure of
starring at Mr., Wilson. Were enthus.
ell over the prospect of seeing Mr.
roosevelt at such close range though
we were disappointed to see that he
IIau no big stick" We Thought
JACK Johnson to have been in Spain
hut the keeper informed us that ne
was right there/ We viewed him
from a respectful distance, as an os.
Vrlch with pugilistic tendencies
should always he kept at arms length
BaDy ostrichs must he very dutiful
aoont honorinlg their father and their
mother as they certainly live to a
ripe Old age. Some in the reserva.
uon were one hundred years old. The
MAZE and femal birds can not he
anart until they are eleven monthe
ola. The male are black and the fe.
male white or grey. They believe in
getting thoroughly acnuainted before
nlatns and consequently thew snend
i've years in selecting their mate
"nen twenty years old they begin
10 lay. The female takes care of the
eggs during the dav and the male has
1il1s pheasant duty to perform
at NIGHT That would he de.
hshtful rule for the members nj
the human family we think
the ostrichs make their nests in the
center OF each pen on the ground
me period Of incubation is forty two
days. The birds will swallow anv
th,ng that comes their way from a
gold watch to an orange On the
reservation we saw an immense in
cubator for the purpose of hatchinp
large quantities of eggs.
At the Alligator farm we sav
tliouSanns OF alligators. Phbv ALI.
sdlors are very cute, though we have
never known any one to make nets
or them but moving picture neon,n
Al thls farm was one venera ble
Drother said to be two hundred years
o,d' though we doubt verv seriousIv
II there is any nerson living wbc
can vouch for his age. The skins
are not valuable before thev owe
twenty wears old. Some of them arc
carnlvorous and live to be five and
sN hundred wears old
An interesting trip was mode r.
Iemn!e Baptist Church which cost
$4,000 and whose corgrogation nav
their pastor Dr.. Brower, s1oONO nov no,
year Tor his services. This works
no hardship on the CONGREGATION as
thev have moving pictures at tbe
church during the week
Universal City is the home Of man,
Moving Picture corporations and i,
quite picturesque Thirty Thousand
people are employed at this mace
venice, California is called the Cone,
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