The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-19
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IT except re thu fzzHeas
Northern Pacific Tacoma
hotel md fhe marvellous sies
n fhe mountains from is
norehe<. Pacific avenue was
nm Of sfunnps. and funny little
cd car With zome <orf q engine
made three trips 70 Cd Town
daily.
II i also hard 20 realize
that two years after this the
Ladies Musical club was start
ed. The meetings were very
interesting and great social
events
Also bringing = familiar picture
to the older generation and many
Of the middle-age class Is the
letter from Mrs. T. v. Hinscale.
Of Seattle. Mrs. Hinsdale recalls
the DAYS Of the nineties when. as
Fannie Paddock. she marveled
at the speed with which the mail
was transported between Taco
ma and Seattle. She recalls see
Ing the mail carrier, with sack
on his bacw trudging down to the
dock at the foot OF Pacific ave.
and throwing It on the deck Of
the FLYER. Then
an set. We uhizzefI around
Browns point. waving TO ladies
bathing mot shy Of covering
In that Victorian day.. then
due north. hugginE the shore
lined with virgin timber till
We came To \ small clearing
called DesNIoineS. Next
was Three Tree Point. where
the steamer made = dizzy turn
and We beheld Seaffle's sky
scraper. the three-stroy occl-
dental hotel. /. :.
"soon we have to. the gang
plank was out, and the mail man
went off with the sack on his
back. The next morning the
letter would be delivered at the
postoffice If one stood in line
long enough.
But the Ladies Musical club
cannot wait long enough in line
for me 10 relate all there is OF
the time when there was all
this and heaven, too"
If any of the old days were
better than others. they were
the days when the cultured wo-
men who came to New Tacoma,
Washington territory. got to-
gether the year after Washing
ton became a state, and organ
lied the Ladies Musical club.
They came from the centers of
culture in the east-Boston,
Philadelphia. and others of the
old established cities. They
missed the music and lectures Of
the old home town, and cast upon
their own resources. they organ
lied the Ladies Musical club.
Then came the University Glee
club, now the Orpheus club, and
later the st. Cecilia club.
Those were the days also
which brought Annie Wright
seminary, the College of Puget
Sound and Whitworfh college.
later moved to Spokane.
Those who built Tacoma were
not interested solely in the ma
terial. They were shrewd in
business. to be sure. and made
money, but they also saw the
desirability Of the cultural. They
had vision and ideals. Because
Of that Tacoma might find it
profitable to turn the pages back
half a century and relive the
days that produced some of the
worthwhile things we have
today.
The stumps have disappeared
from Pacific ave, the old FLYER
long ago was only rotting hulk
In a junk yard and. more's the
pity. local water transportation
has about passed out of the pic
ture; the old switchback has been
mel; the funny little car with
replaced by double track tun-
some sort of an engine that
made three trips daily to "old
Town" Otis treason to say it now
Its Old Tacomal was sue
ceeded in order by the horse car,
electric trolley car, and now the
motor bus. but the cultural
fhinrs hava <arna;nn1