Evening star., 1942-06-14
EDUCATIONAL.
BY JESSIE FAINT EVANS,

Out on the Pacific Coast, wal
against Japan is very definite, i'm
mediate objective with evidences OF
actual preparedness against this
particular foe entering into almost
every aspect of daily life.
Mount Wilson'S mountain-tor
surveillance of the valley below
which contains Los Angeles and
its surrounding towns and cities
60 per cent of the population OF
California. is no longer strictly
astronomical one from the giant
observatories of the Carnegie In
stitution, but military one as well
Picturesque Monterey, Williams
burg of California, is mecca today
not because of its historic back
ground as the capital of California
under the Spanish, Mexican and
American flags, but because it is
the nearest town to Fort Ord with
its thousands of soldiers.
Tall. lusty, khaki-clad lads from
Oregon, Washington and New York
throng the streets of its famous red
and yellow-marked Path of History
over the week ends.
Sherman's Quarters Stand.
Still standing in Monterey are
the Mexican War headquarters of
Lit. William Tecumseh Sherman,
destined later as Gen. Sherman OF
Civil War fame, to originate the
scorched earth military policy in
his march through Georgia. So the
legend goes, it was in Monterey at
the Casa Bonifacio, better known
as the Sherman Rose Adobe. that
this officer, whose memory is COM
memorated in Washington by Sher-
man Circle, once wooed the lovely
Senorita Bonifacio, the Rose of
Monterey"
Near the quaint Mission Inn,
which we made our headquarters
is the Old French Hotel where Rob-
ert Louis Stevenson. vainly court
ing health. finished his famous
classic. "Child's Garden of Verse" "
now universally beloved alike by
English-speaking children and those
interested in the education of the
very young
The woodwork in Monterev's
Casa Abrego is fashioned from the
| tlmbers of the S. S. Natalia, the YES
sci which conveyed Napoleon from
Elba and was subsequently ship
wrecked upon those far Pacific
shores.
Visitors always linger. too, before
the Henry house, girlhood home of
Lou Henry. who married her COL
leee sweetheart. Herbert Hoover,
and became one of the Nations first
| ladies.
Monterey's fishing industries, like
those of San Francisco, Los Angeles
and other focal Pacific ports. have
/ been taken over by the Navy au-
thorltles for the duration. Her
sardlne fisheries were the largest
in the world and her salmon and
| aoalone fisheries were considerable
/ ones.
Salinas Valley Productive.
Between Monterey and Santa
Barbara, en- route to Los Angeles.
lies the vast Salinas Valley. some
times called the salad and sugar
/ bowl of the Nation" There. thou
sands of tons of iceberg" lettuce
and sugar beets are raised annually.
The Spreckles sugar factory. visible
from the train. is one of the largest
IN the world. The growing of
Guayule rubber in this vicinity. a
comparatively new industry before
the present acute need for it. is of
course assuming ever-increasinp
importance.
Callfornlans are nothing if not
vitamin-conscious. Everywhere are
stands selling all sorts of Juices
Inc venders on the trains even sell
more iced tomato and carrot Juice
than they do the more familiar
SOFT drinks of the Eastern Seaboard
Domestic assistance sis virtually
impossible to secure in the average
California household. The result
Is most California housewives do
thelr own cooking. housework and
even gardening since the japanese
evacuation, and seem to like it. or
at least are philosophical about the
situation. Hospitality in the home
is both generous and gracious. the
Old Spanish saying, Let nv house
be yours" having very nearly uni
VerSal Interpretation. Most of the
MONIES are ideally planned with re-
gard to the expedition of the house.
hold machinery.
Little Toxic" Empty.
Inc phrase. Japanese evacua-
tlon' has a tangible meaning in
Los Angeles. In its erstwhile Lit
Tie Toxic business section. for
square after square. the vacant
windows and empty shops of once
prosperous Japanese theaters. banks,
drug stores, commission houses and
many other enterprises stare at you,
their signs and names still upon
| them.
At nearby Santa Anita. once a
race track. rows upon rows of one
story wooden shacks are built along
both sides of long streets. They
are occupied by Japanese families
awaiting deportation, an entire FAM
lily to one room. Tall towers,
equipped with powerful search
lights and machine guns manned