Southern California; . MISSION ARCHES — SKti r:rZ:^j. The power of the missionsis gone, the people to whomthey ministered are largelydead and scattered, and thebuildings are rapidly crum-bling into dust, but about themstill clings an atmosphere ofromance and poetry, a melan-chol} peace which is sad, yetbeautiful and fascinating. Theyhold the poet and painter in their spell, but for the pleasure-seeker there are brighterscenes and happier hours awaiting in the modern centersof life, where the past is forgotten and where the daysare too short to crowd in all the diversions which are
Southern California; . MISSION ARCHES — SKti r:rZ:^j. The power of the missionsis gone, the people to whomthey ministered are largelydead and scattered, and thebuildings are rapidly crum-bling into dust, but about themstill clings an atmosphere ofromance and poetry, a melan-chol} peace which is sad, yetbeautiful and fascinating. Theyhold the poet and painter in their spell, but for the pleasure-seeker there are brighterscenes and happier hours awaiting in the modern centersof life, where the past is forgotten and where the daysare too short to crowd in all the diversions which are athand. Coronado and Pasadena, Catalina and MountLowe — on every hand are sight-seers and pleasure-seekers, and the old life is but diml} remembered bythe new.
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