Evening star., 1942-10-25

Jeanne Barinott. was at Mission
San Juan Capistrano, founded by
Father Junipero Sierra in 1776. In
the little adobe chapel in which he
once offlciated. services still are held
for parish members.
We proceeded to Hollywood and
saw the Twentieth Century Fox,
United Artists and Columbia Stu
dios. The Twentieth Century-Fox
typifies them all, being several
stories high with no windows. Large
advertisements of forthcoming
movies were on the walls. We saw
several of the popular night spots,
and also Hollywood High School,
which Lana Turner attended. The
homes of celebrities make Beverly
Hills the loveliest section in Los
Angeles; in grandeur they excel all
expectations.
After driving through a scenic
palm highway and miles of irrigated
fruit groves and almond trees.
we stopped for the night at Ban
ming. at the edge of the desert, be-
tween Southern CALIFORNIA; two
highest mountains. We drove
through the Coachella Valley, below
sea level, where 5000 acres of dates
are grown.
Many Indians.
Since one-foUrth of the full
blooded Indians in the United
States are in Arizona, and many live
along the sand hills of New Mexico,
We saw manv between Flagstaff,
Ariz, and Albuquerque. N. Mex.
The women wore extremely full long
skirts, shaWls and plenty of f1ashy
ornaments, and one of them carried
a papoose on her back. 1t must
have been moving day. as many
we're hauling their meager belong
ings with burros or old cars. Some,
however, had nice cars standing by
makeshift huts.
In this region of the Petrifled
Forest, an almost level arid plateau
gashed by winding canyons creates
a lovely scene. The Painted Des-
ert, with colors like the walls of
the Grand Canyon. mountains of
peculiar reddish glow cut by deep
valleys and canyons, some with
cliff dwellings left by a prehistoric
race, and miles of vast lava beds,
make it wonderland.
An enchanting city to visit is
Santa Fe. a settlement dating back
to 1910. the capital of New Mexico.
The many odd streets with stone
pavements, Indian and Spanish
shops and quaint adobe buildings,
give it more Mexican or Spanish
atmosphere than American. Ap-
parently the population is mostly
Mexican. There are two Indian
schools in Santa Fe and many
churches. The Cathedral of ST.
Francis de Assist, built for the Span
ish people, has priceless old relig-
ious paintings, ornaments and beau
tiful decorations which attract
much attention San Miguel Mis-
sion, erected for the worship of
the Pueblo Indians, is the oldest
church in the United States
Marks Twain's Home.
The Palace of the Governors. a
long, low structure with massive
walls, the seat Of government for
three centuries, is now occupied by
the Historical Society of New Mex
leo and the State Museum. 1t was
here that Gov. Lew Wallace wrote
the latter part of Ben Hur," and
the chair he used is in the Ben
Hur room"
At Hannibal. Mo, went through
1f o,ly =
interesting to see his second-h floor
bedroom, which can be reached from
an inside stairway as we'll as an
outside one, as described in Tom
Sawyer" Across the street is the
home of Becky Thatcher, Tom S
first sweetheart, and adjoining the
rear yard of Mark Twain's house
is the home of "Huckleberry Finn.
Many of the incidents in Tom Saw
YER and "Huckleberry Finn" are
based on actual happenings in the
authors boyhood town.
I was happy to reach Springfield
Ill. the State capital I wished to see
most because Abraham Lincoln
lived there for a quarter of a CEN
thIy. Lie SdplVCl ID lllCe, Uul
YVES more interested in the Abraham
Lincoln home, the only house he
ever owned 1t was built 103 years
ago by the Episcopalian minister
who, two years later, married Lin
coin and Mary Todd. The Lincolns
bought the house in 1874 and oc-
cupied it until they went to the
White House in 1861. Some of the
articles of furniture are original
Lincoln pieces, and the parlor is
furnished and arranged as when
he received the committee sent to
notify him of his nomination as
the presidential candidate of the
Republican party.