The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-04-09

and beautiful Shrubbery. We then
climbed into the Princess" the
glass-bottoned boat and looked
with wondering eyes at the sea bet
tom consisting of gorgeous rocks.
Big shells were to be seen here and
there and sea weed with large wavy
leaves stretched up to ships floor
from the bottom of the sea. Then
fish began to come, colored green,
blue, Speckled. striped and gold
from behind sea weed. The sun
shining down into this water made
some very beautiful effects. i shall
never forget. Then a native SWIM
mer dived under and seemed to be
taking it quite easy, floating about.
We were all fascinated at the
Spanish village and birds. The
return voyage was very beautiful.
The sun was going down, making
the sea very blue. the white break
ers contrasting just like You see in
pictures. I always thought they eX-
aggerated, but now / know. Sud-
denly. we passed huge grey bat
tleship at the port with a row of
sailors drilling. / could hear the
orchestra playing a farewell piece
and it seemed to mingle strangely
unreal into the scene. IL seemed TO
be saying Goodbye to Catalina and
San Diego, the Navy City"
The next day. March %. was spent
as we desired. I went shopping with
Ida Roller, the Alaskan girl and had
the big thrill of being in big de-
partmert stores and all over.
On March %, we were in San
Francisco (the foggy city, 1t was
foggy, too. the first day. We stayed
at the William Taylor hotel and
then went on a 30-mile tour of the
city. At first / thought San Fran
cisco was all bay windows, hills and
crooked streets. 1t changed some
what. We went over a hill GIG feet
from sea level and got a very good
view of the city. A blinp could be
seen flying around. We were amaz-
ed at the huge cable bridge being
built. 1t didn't seem possible, but
there it was. The bus driver SEEM
ed very humorous making The drive
twice as interesting. 1t would take
a book to put down all he said about
this huge city. One thing he said
was that it had 948 restaurants-48
were o. K.
Golden Gate park looked very
natural, although it is supposed to
be artificial. once being only bare
sand waste. The aquarium at this
park was simply wonderful. / act
ually saw a turkey fish with fins
that looked like feathers Cliff
Rocks was also very interesting. We
could look down ON the waves toss
ing and see the seals lying on the
rocks. After this interesting tour We
dined at Lido's. the most popular
cafe, where a floor show and fine
orchestra entertained.
Chinatown was strange and mys-
tic. Chinese everywhere! Strange
tonguesl We visited temple where
a guide explained many things and
also taught us the fundamentals of
the Chinese language. 1t is based
mainly on symbols. AS you know this
trip was at night and when we
followed the guide down a long
black alley, you can easily imagine
how creepy we felt. We visited a
Chinese Art Studio with doors
round like the moon and shaped
like vases. The bazaar was next.
Here we saw many kinds of the
Chinese articles, ivory statues for
only $500 ana 10 percent if you got
five of them. The guide said Mrs.
Roosevelt got one when she was
there. At the hotel dinner was
served in the special dining room