Southern California; . e height ofthe season are assembled nearly athousand people from all over theworld bent on having a good is rowing, sailing and fishing, wheclmg, horse-back rides and carriage drives — a fine swimming tankand surf bathing, golf links and miles of sandy beachto stroll upon and watch the white combers come roll-ing in and breaking upon the shore. There are concertsand entertainments in the large theater, dancing andmerrymaking in general. Among the favorite drives is the one from San Diegoaroimd the beach to Point Loma. It is a bracing driveof twelve miles out t
Southern California; . e height ofthe season are assembled nearly athousand people from all over theworld bent on having a good is rowing, sailing and fishing, wheclmg, horse-back rides and carriage drives — a fine swimming tankand surf bathing, golf links and miles of sandy beachto stroll upon and watch the white combers come roll-ing in and breaking upon the shore. There are concertsand entertainments in the large theater, dancing andmerrymaking in general. Among the favorite drives is the one from San Diegoaroimd the beach to Point Loma. It is a bracing driveof twelve miles out to the abandoned lighthouse on thesummit of the point, past Old Town, over the hardcrust of marsh mud and finally around the sand dunesto Ocean Beach facing the fresh sea breeze and catchingthe little ditty of the shore lark by the wayside. FromOcean Beach the road ascends to the ridge of PointLoma on the summit of w^hich is located a new well-equipped hotel and sanitarium named from its location. ^^~ %V l.^. ^W Mj ly. A number of theosophists have organ-ized a society for the recoverj- of the losmysteries of antiquitj and have pur-chased a large tract of land adjoiningthe Point Loma House, where they pro-pose in time to erect buildings andestablish a school. They have certainlychosen a favorable spot upon which tosearch for the lost mysteries, for it com-mands everything in sight. The driveleads on along the backbone of thejiromontor}- to the old lighthouse, from• w4iicli point of vantage a glorious pau- orania of sea and .shore is presented.^ We are not at a dizzy height abovethe sea — only a few hundred feet — butso aloof from all the rest of theHr _ world that the outlook is mostiM^ striking and impressive. Away offalong the western side of the pointHoUI•dc^Coro>^Jo break the tireless waves of the ocean, and to the south and south-east the blue horizon line is obstructed only by thethree rocky points of land, the Coronado Islands. Thelong curiously shaped strip
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