. Travel January 1915 . over she will return tothe toil of enjoying herselfamid her orange grov<and palms. The PacificCoast is the most tranqi^scene in all America. Isimply oozes with the tranquility of happy contentNot at all like the tranquil-ity of the mighty barrecanons of the Rockies orthe motionless Great SaltLake, for instance. That isthe tranquility of death. And now let us see tlumisfhtiest wonder of East-ern America as some sortof contrast to those of theWest. I crossed the con-tinent to view Niagara Falls in order that, as I sped swiftly overCanada, I might take with me a lasting


. Travel January 1915 . over she will return tothe toil of enjoying herselfamid her orange grov<and palms. The PacificCoast is the most tranqi^scene in all America. Isimply oozes with the tranquility of happy contentNot at all like the tranquil-ity of the mighty barrecanons of the Rockies orthe motionless Great SaltLake, for instance. That isthe tranquility of death. And now let us see tlumisfhtiest wonder of East-ern America as some sortof contrast to those of theWest. I crossed the con-tinent to view Niagara Falls in order that, as I sped swiftly overCanada, I might take with me a lasting impression of their vastnes-I shall not talk learnedly of the many tons of water that pour overthe brink of both falls, for you know all that already; but I ma;.admit at once that when I saw Niagara for the first time I was dis-appointed. Not until I had spent a full day roaming over GoatIsland, passing from the American Falls to the Horseshoe Falls, anddescending to the bed of the river far below did I appreciate tlu. Statue of Brigham Young, the founder of Salt Lake City The dome of St. James Cathedral at Montreal The French Cathedral of Notre Dame at Montreal JANUAKY191 5 - I ^ r R A V K L


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