The Washington herald., 1921-04-15
HOW DO YOU SAY
Los ANGELES?
Talk Weather, Chew Tobacco,
Ignore Mary Pickford,
Says Mcintyre.
BY o. o. M'INTYRE.

Los ANGELES. April 14.-Todsy
learned to pronounce Los Angeles.
A Los Angeles newspaper gives the
pronunciation at the head of its edi-
torial column. thus: Loce Ahng-
hayl-ais. 1t is a thriving metropo-
lis, boasting a population of more
than 5000. and it has its Broad
way just like New York. although
not quite so wide.
The cigarette has not made such
headway out here, and tobacco
chewing Is not frowned upon.
There are also fewer belted coats,
trick mustaches. and white spats.
and the citizens milling and jost-
ling about in the downtown sec
tions have sepia compilations.
Weather is quite a topic of con-
versation- Four people asked me
IL didn't think 1t was an ''un-
usual day" To one of my unicel-
lular mentality all days are pretty
much alike. except the sun was
making me blink more than usual.
The movie palaces open early and
close late. Long lines OF people
stand waiting. Los Angeles is filled
with movie fans, but they do not
turn their heads when Mary Pick
ford or Charlie Chaplin brushes by
on the paves.
There is another earthquake back
East, according to the bowling
newsies. They seem to be quite
fad back home since / left.
One might imagine that flowers
are given away out here, but 1 paid
the same price for a boQuet OF vio-
lets that they charge at a Fifth
avenue shop in New York. But food
is much cheaper. and 1 prefer food
TO flowers at all times.
Los Angeles Is not without its
underworld. Confidence men thrive
here. Peaceful Middle-we farm
ers, who have made their fortune.
come out here to live quietly. and
scarcely a week passes without ~one
Of them being the victim OF a fiim-
iam game. One is now in court ex-
planning how he was "gyped" out OF
$4,000.
The residential section Of Los
Angeles. is magnificent and beaut!-
full. and II is easy to understand
why Fasteners build such fine
homes on the palm-lined avenues.
Los Angeles is filled with too many
boosters 1t does not need boost
ing. I did not hear a single booster
1T Pasadena or the other Southern
California resorts. They appear In
digenoAs to Los Angeles.
There is a Japanese section in
Los Angeles-much like New
York's Chinatown-narrow crooked
streets and old frame buildings
with feeble lozenges of light. Trade,
was very dull In all of the shops
we visited we were the only custom
ers> Business very bad" one mer-
chant said. After a time one begins
to feel the resentment OF California
against the invasion of japanese. 1t
Is, indefnabie. but the undercurrent
is there.
while waiting for my wife in
front of a Los Angeles department
store a stranger edged up and in
quired the time. He was quite
friendly and said looked like
cousin Of his from Ce1tralia, Mo.
] think he took me for one of the
peaceful Middle West farmers" so
I urged him on to see just what
his game might be. It developed
that he was a capper for sight
seeing bus.
The Los Angeles business man
wears his golf clothes to the ofice
so he will not lose any time when
he closes his desk. With a golf
SUIT and a tuxedo, one may be pre-
sentable for all occasions here.
Marjorie Rambeau Is playing at
a local theater. She il quite popu-
Tar and has issued interviews to
all the newspapers declaring her
love for my wonderful home State.
where the people are real and
where the sun always shines"