Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-05-26

summing AASA OAVOhA Wv AASAA0 s~AAN
Gretchen; the Fox family, Cinderella
and her doves, etc.
I wish I had time to describe the
auto trips back and forth from Yuma
which I have taken with Willie and
his family. I have made the trip
three times; once in Dodge car;
once in Buick, and the last time in
a Studebaker. The trip in the Dodge
was the most thrilling. We left Yu-
ma June Is when the thermometer
was 118 degrees. To avoid crossing
the desert in the heat of the day, we
left Yuma at o'clock in the evening.
Thus we were crossing the desert
between Yuma and INLAND at mid
night. An unusual feature was a
storm, with thunder and lightning and
some rain. The thrills began, how
ever, when we reached the Mammoth
Washout, which road consists for
miles of undulating rock and sand.
Willie was driving very carefully at
about ten miles an hour, but notwith-
standing all this precaution it was inn
possible to keep our seats in the car.
The jerks were so sudden that two or
three times I thought my neck was
broken, as went flying up to the top
Of the automobile. My hand was al
most blistered from holding on to the
side Of the car, and Mary and Helen
Marie had a bruise. It was with
great relief and joy that we all reach
ed hotel in Brawley at 2 o'clock in
the morning. Except for the stretch
over the Sierra Madre mountains,
most Of the remainder Of the trip was
over paved road, and much Of the
scenery is very beautiful.
Just around the corner from the
Acacia Hotel is the Rosegrove Hotel
where Miss Wygant another friend
lives. She had for while position
at Long Beach. Long Beach is to
Los Angeles what Atlantic City is to
Philadelphia. During my Christman
vacation, we went to breakfast to-
gether at Boos Bros Cafeteria
there are five beautiful ones in Los
Angeles-after which we went, on
down to the Pacific Electric depot and
took the 8.45 car for Long Beach. I
had good view Of the oil wells, which
have sprung up recently like mush-
rooms. One high hill is just covered
with derricks, and it /. is certainly q
prettyssight to see them all lit up at
night.
We reached Long Beach at 9:45.
It was glorious day, following a
three weeks rainy season. Although
it was December ~, the bathers, with
bare limbs, shoulders and arms, were
enjoying dip or lounging on the
beach. The sun shone down with such
force that even I had to remove my
coat, as I sat watching the bathers.
The Merry-go-round, Rabbit Racer,
and other amusements were in full
swing, and it seemed difficult to real
ize that it was midwinter L want
you to know, however, that before the
sun gets up and after it goes down,
Los Angeles needs heat almost as
much as "back East" does. Although
there is no snow or ice, the wind blows
down from the snow-covered noun
tains and penetrates keenly. Women
wear furs the year round land wraps
are always necessary to comfort when
one goes for long ride in an open
car.
Thanksgiving Day and Christmas
Day I spent with Willie, Mary and
Helen Marie at Alhambra. Alhambrs
is a pretty town Of about 10000 in
habitants, eight miles from Los An
geles, and three miles from Pasadena
On Thanksgiving Day Uncle Glen and
Aunt Nellie from Lathrop and Aunt
Thora from Yuma were there, and we
had quite a family reunion. Heller
Marie drew and colored the little fav'
ors, which she placed with white
rosebud, at every plate. She is quite
a little leader among the children Of
the neighborhood. She and one Of
the little boys write some clever little
plays which they stage themselves
ant they were very much interested
fol while in a tiny newspaper which
TIL I had printed by hand, with double
he dimes, classified advertisements
society section and all. One advertise
ment read as follows: "For Sale: The
Pacific Ocean," I don't know why
they want to get rid of it, for they
certainly love to play on the beach.
While I am writing I am thinking
of the Chinese dinner to which Miss
Leonards has invited me this evening
There's a wonderfully elaborate ant
artistic cafe, just across the stree
from the hotel, called the Red Dragon
Did you ever eat chop suey? Eacl
Il al "a >1.i ~H L. IL