Year: 1874

home is just as delightful as ever. Our
friends say to US, "strange what at
traction you can find to keep you 80
long at Santa Monica" We answer,
the attractions are everywhere; we
and them in sea and air, in earth and
sky; 1t is all one blended scene of
gaiety and beauty, except where the
jagged points of humanity mar the
outlines of the perfect picture.


There are now about forty tents,
scattered all the way from the beach
up Lovers Lane. Above the Chicago
House; ON the street known by the
above suggestive appellation, dwell
the German and Spanish portion of
the inhabitants. 1t is these nymphs
and naiads of wood and sea, who pre-
fer natures own bathing suits to any
Dame Fashion can invent; or, if they
do condescend to wear any article of
bathing apparel, they very coolly don
the same Oh the beach, utterly regard
less of eyes or opera glasses. This is
bad enough for men, but for women!


Last evening we sat on the beach,
and were much amused by couple of


MIsCHIEvoUs ELVES


Making fun of two baShful youths,
sporting with the waves. 1t didn't
take the girls long to see that their
victims were very much annoyed by
their close scrutiny, and, girl-like, we
fear, they relished the fun more than
the bathers did, for when they came
creeping out of the briny deep those
elves raised what appeared to them to
be opera glasses, but which we knew
were only their hands, and through
the phalanges surveyed the moist pc
destrians as they hastened up Spanish
Avenue towards the Mohongo Hotel.
1t was ludicrous enough when they
would stop every few minutes to pull
up their blankets closer around them
and cover up their feet, then glance
cautiously toward their tormentors
with that entreating look which said,
"do put up your opera glasses"


One great help to the bathing Mt
Santa Monica is the rope attached to
the buoy, which was anchored here by
Mr.. Gavitt two weeks ago. By this
rope, the most timid bathers are ena-
bled to go as far out as they wish,
without the least danger to life, though
blistered hands are quite common.


One very attractive feature here Is
the burro riding. We saw three hunt
ers start Off on those animals
the other day. AS the cavalcade
ascended slight eninence, the last
one Of the party had the misfortune to
slip off from the back of his fast steed.
His saddle followed Immediately,
while his gun plowed the earth several
inches deep. The whole party were
perfectly convulsed with laughter;
nevertheless, he picked up gun and
saddle and tried il again with better
success.


A friend of ours brought us the Err
press the other day with


THAT LETTER


From Santa Monica. We read along
very we'll satisfied until we came to
"the skeleton in the closet" Now,
the very idea of any one coming down
here, and having the impudence to
call Zoe a skeleton! And that isn't
the worst of it; they are trying to
confine that mysterious person in
| CiOSCts ALI .JOu uldy
whisper your lies into the ear of Ewes
fairest remember, you told on your
self; but you can't play us in that
style. Why, we could give better
description than that and not half try.
| am only surprised that Dumnorix
has not cen commissioned as CORES
pondent before. If we were on the
editorial staff. he should have been in
his right element long agO-providing
we could have found out what it was
AS for that bloomer, it is quite evil
dent that he is only jealous of the
privileges granted to "the young man
of leisure" If he had finished that
gentleman's picture by telling whether
he parted his hair in the middle or
not, we should have known who was
meant. We do hate those cor
respondents who serve up only half
the current sensation.


This afternoon we glanced across
the way, and discovered


TWO EDITORS AND A POET


Over at the Double Cliff House. The
poets position suit him to "T.,"
although he was unable to find an
other gopher hole. 1t was suggestive
| VI IuIdl l-cdScs VIC -WcIt IdtlcI sur
prised at seeing them put on so many
Ayres, and hope that these three rep
resentatives of the Los Angeles press
will give Santa Monica q better name
than Right Away is inclined to do;
for it is easy enough to see that she is
only traudess, and deserves nothing
better than cremation--yet, as she ac-
knowledges being green but forty
eight hours before her attempt at
writing up Santa Monica, we fear that
the verdancy of the article is past all
powers of cremation by this time.


In last Tuesdays HERALD we found
suggestion which reminded us of
scene that occurred the Sunday before
and proves to US that hoodlums from
Los Angeles think themselves justii-
able in coming down here, going into
the tents Of our boys and insulting
them; then running back home
preaching up law, order, municipal
regulation and calling for all officer
upon the very flimsy plea, "of let us
have peace at Santa Monica We
have got that already, and if we hear
anything more on this subject, they
will get piece of our mind.


A CERTAIN PEDAGoGUE


Who has more than once visited the
beach this Summer, came to the con-
clusion that it would he a gallant
thing to have horse, and buggy down
here, so he jumped at the conclusion