The Washington herald., 1921-04-11
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NEEDLES, Cal, April lO.-It Is
a pleasurable sensation suddenly to
leave a bleak desert and find your
self in fairyland Of tropical trees.
That is the experience of the trav-
eler in arriving in Needles. The
! first thing that caught my eye was
palm tree in a garage yard. The
air is balmy and laden with the
perfume of tropical fruits.
People jokingly refer to Cal
ifornia Boosters" / do not believe
1t needs any boosting. The girls al
Needles come down to meet the
trains. After leaving New York
where furs were in demand, it was
| odd to see them in seashore togs
and hatless. Many carried fans.
Fatty Arbuckle went up to chat
with Jake, the engineer. and
crowd of the Indian peddlers gath
cred around him with no little awe.
But tho girls gave him only a pass
ing glance. Each coast train has
its movie star and / believe the
girls were more interested in our
orn-rimmed spectacled friend
Boston, who walked briskly up and
down the platform.
The depot yard was filled with
flowers and little dwarf trees.
Every home seems to be well kept
and has a garden. There are no
slums as We know them in New
York.
All the natives speak of Los
Angeles as Los" and Il. A"
Consequently do not believe I will
ever learn to pronounce it correctly.
The passenger from Boston called
A loi h,,. ha l.. a.
be depended upon, for he has been
way across. One does not bathe for
four days.
At Needles one gets his first view
Of the California hair cut, which is
quite an institution in itself. 1t is
trimmed after the manner of the
palm trees, closely clipped up all
sides with a heavy patch Of growth
on top. I imagine the BARRIERS were
formerly sheep shearers. At any
rate they WELD a wicked clipper.
With the California hair cut you
imagine the victim is bald until he
removes his hat.
Skirts are worn much longer out
here. Ny attention was called to
this phenomenon by a farmer from
Iowa who had recently attended the
poultry show in New York. He was
en- route ITO Santa Barbara to at
tend a convention of the Walnut
Growers Association, and he con-
fided that in July he would be one
Of those present at the Missouri
and Kansas grange meeting in Kan
sas City. He seems to be a man Of
large affairs and carries a tooth
brush in the upper right hand vest
pocket.
Cicero. the cat, has stopped yowI-
ing at night. He. seems to be re-
conciled to his fate. Or perhaps
he feels the influence Of California's
well-known hospitality At any
rate he is quite content.
Alex, the porter, has just brought
the evening editions of the Los
Angeles newspapers. Eight column
headlines announce: "Earthquake
Hits the East" But after reading
1t you learn that some observatory
attendant found a slight blur on his
seismograph that morning. 1t is
California's way of resenting the
Fasteners remarks about earth
quakes. This dispatch was dated
from Terre Haute, Ind, and
that is not east to the born New
Yorker who refers to New Jersey
as "out West" The death of Bert
Lesion Taylor. the Chicago humor-
list, was recorded in the same news
papers. He had a large and en-
thusiastic following. Nearly, every
one on the train was saddened by
the news. 1t is our last meal on
the train. The walters were In a
genial mood. Tomorrow night they
start back to Chicago, where, they
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