Southern California; . ond, one of the largest andfinest of western hostelries. It cost |;3oo,ooo, and con-tains nearly three hundred sleeping rooms. The furnish-ings throughout are most liberal, and various up-to-datefeatures are included in general equipment. The build-ing is very pleasing externally, being cream and olive-green in color, and architecturally quite impressive. I write of Pasadena with the new wine of spring inmy veins. The linnet leaps into the air and sings fromtree to tree. The mocking bird pipes its full, richlyvaried strain. The orange trees are decked with balls ofgold,

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Southern California; . ond, one of the largest andfinest of western hostelries. It cost |;3oo,ooo, and con-tains nearly three hundred sleeping rooms. The furnish-ings throughout are most liberal, and various up-to-datefeatures are included in general equipment. The build-ing is very pleasing externally, being cream and olive-green in color, and architecturally quite impressive. I write of Pasadena with the new wine of spring inmy veins. The linnet leaps into the air and sings fromtree to tree. The mocking bird pipes its full, richlyvaried strain. The orange trees are decked with balls ofgold, and from the orchard the warm breeze bears thescent of the blossoms. In every garden is a wealth ofbloom. Vines of white lamarck and banksia roses climbover houses until the very gables nestle in bridal bowers,and the gold of ophir opens its petals from a thousandbuds — a riot of color that is a wonder and a joy. Pasadena, the crown of the valley ! A town on thebroad slopes that sweep up to the rugged sides of the 39. s;- \*^f -iSl y . !!.;

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