The Washington herald., 1921-04-13
'SAYSLOW PRICES
RULE IN HOTELS
OFPASADENA, CAL.
Mcintyre Says Guests"
Get Real Service in
Hostelries.
BY o. o. MCINTYRE.

PASADENA, April IL. The ho-
tells Of Pasadena, which is resort
city, offer more for their tariff than
hotels anywhere I ever stopped.
The Jesse Jameses Of the industry
have not discovered Southern Cali
fornia. The Maryland, Huntington
and Green, which are the leading
hotels, actually surprise New
Yorker with their moderate charge.
The service is superior to the
majority of New York hotels and
the way they make the guest feel at
home is a true art In itself. Each
afternoon and night SHINE special
function is arranged for the guest
who may attend or not according
to his desires.
New York newspapers refuse TO
call hotel patrons hotel guests"
but out here I believe they are
guests The femme de chambre
on our floor discovered a button
missing from my historic long
tailed night shirt and sewed on an
other without being asked.
/ think Western folk are very
tolerant. Two verarda takers in
front of the Maryland were talking
for the benefit of the after-break-
fast assemblage. They wanted IL
known far and wide that they lived
in New York. They proved It by
mentioning Fifth avenue and Broad
way. By the same process / am
going to take an orange back to
New York to prove / was in Cali
fornia.
Visits Ostrich Farm.
Today visited an ostrich ranch
and negotiated the purchase of a
baby ostrich, weighing 1s4 pounds.
to send to II. T. Webster. the car
toonist. who recently sent me a
live five-foot alligator from Flor
ida. / have wired him to have a
nice collection of old door knobs
handy. for the little dear will prob
ably be hungry when he arrives.
I was told he had a kick like a
bottle of moonshine. but am hop
ing nothing happens when he is un-
Grated. Still you never can tell.
My dog is again in deep disgrace.
He playfuIly galloped of with a
golf ball owned by an irate gen.
tleman on the miniature golf
course near our room. He doesn't
seem to understand that the golfer
is in a high temper for he awaits
him-and then suddenly dashed of
n great glee. The chase has lasted
twenty minutes. I hesitate to go to
the rescue.
Jap Women Working.
Today we motored to Santa Mon
lea, where I got my first view OF
the Pacific Ocean. Oceans are
pretty much alike to me. They all
seem big and wet. The drive to
Santa Monica is through avenues
OF palm trees, orange and lemon
groves and the walnut groves.
which are just budding. The Japa-
nese women are seen everywhere
working in the fields with the men.
They have innumerable STANDS
along the road. and there are big
bikes of oranges for sale for %
cents. The only evidence / saw OF
the prejudice against the japanese
was a sign on an Americans road
side fruit stand, which read: Buy
From a White Man" In Santa
Monica / saw Charles E. Hughes.
no relation to our Tuesday Presi-
dent, who used to work with me in
SiuCinndll ana laDOT IN NtW 10Th.
He Is a California journalist now
and all tanned up.
BootIegEers Wear Badges.
Venice is Southern California; s
Coney Island. 1t was the last place
TO go dry before prohibition, and
they say the boot1eggers have to
wear badges to keep from selling TO
each other. But that might be a
mean libel. l promised Pee Wee"
Byers. who toots a saxophone ad-
mirably in the Palais Royal. New
York, that ! would visit Venice
He used to have the orchestra at
the old Ship Cafe out on a pier, but
il has burned down. Nat Good
wins old cafe is here. notice
that there are no real estate
agents in California. They are all
Realtors"
We had intended to entrain to-
night for San Francisco, but this
section is too satisfying to leave.
They say, anyway, that San Fran
cisco Is much like New York, and
so We have decided to forego a visit
there.