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OLDEN TIME HOLIDAY FESTIVITIESBY W. H. WORKMAN.

(Read before hePioneers,June2, 1900.)Having beenrequested y yourLiteraryCommitteeo presentyouthisevening omesketches f theholiday easonin earlyLosAngeles, have taken ccasion o notedowna fewepisodes s theyrecur omy memory.Los Angeles,when I arrived n 1854, was a small townofabout3,000inhabitants,,500 ofwhomwerenatives f California,and the remainderwereestranjeros,s Americans nd foreignerswere alled. The people, specially heAmericans nd Europeans,alwaysobserved he variousholidaysby characteristic estivitiesandgrandreunions.On New Year's dayalmost ll of theAmerican lementwouldturn uttomakecalls,forNew Year's calls were hentheuniversalcustom. No friendwas forgottenn thatday,and pleasantwerethereunions f acquaintancesnd friends,nd themaking fnewfriends.Nearly very amily ept penhouse, nd not nfrequentlyentertainedundreds f callerson thisoccasion. The customwasso general hatmany f theprominentativeCaliforniansdoptedit n their ospitable omes nd thereby elightfullyncreasedNewYear's calling istsoftheLos Angelesbeaux. Butalas,thepicturehas its shadows,thoughmy memorywould lingeronlyon itsbrightness.At each placeof visitingwereprepared efreshmentsofno meanproportions.These refreshmentsereof a liquidaswellas a solidnature, nd if one did notpartakeheartily,t wasa breach f etiquette, hichthefair hostesswas loathto forgiveor forget.Now,myfriends, ou can readily ee thatif each callerpar-tookrepeatedlyfturkeynd cranberryauce,ofplumpudding, fmincemeatpie,of egg nog,of wine,etc.,and particularlyf etc.,hewouldbe pretty ullbefore losing ime ameround. As a par-ticipant ormanyyears n theceremony, can vouchfor ts cor-rectness,nd I can assureyouthatmany fellowdid not caretorepeat hecallingprocessbefore heyearrolled round, r at least


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OLDENTIMEHOLIDAY ESTIVITIES 23until e had thoroughlyigested ll thathehadeatenor imbibed.I will give you a littlestoryof two Christmas ays in Los-Angeles. On the first f theseChristmas ays,I have reasontobelieve,was heldthefirst hristmasreeeverpreparedn SouthernCalifornia In 1857 Los Angeles could boast of but a limitedresidence ection. The plaza formedhecenter f thecity. Northof itwere theadobe homesof the native Californians opulation,while outh f itwere the fewbusinesshousesof thatdate and thehomes f the American esidents.Los Angeles treetmarked heeastern oundary,ndbeyondargevineyardsnd orchardsxtend-ed toward heLos Angelesriver. Firststreet,penonlyto Main,marked he southern imit of population, xcept,perhaps, fewhomesust theother idecf it.On Main street, etweenFirst and Court,therewas in thosedaysa long row of adobe housesoccupiedby manyof the bestfamilies f primitiveos Angeles. This neighborhood as oftendesignated therow,"and manyare thepleasantmemorieswhichyet ingerntheminds ndhearts fthosewho ivedtheren "goodold days" and who stilloccasionallymeet an old timefriend ndneighbor. In "therow"lived n Englishmanndhiswife Carterbyname. Theirmusical bilitywas often source fgreatdelightto those boutthem, nd theypossessed the faculty well calledhappy)of bringingo a successfulssuematters ertainingo thesocialentertainmentfothers. So itwas that bouttheyear1857,when t was proposedthat a unionChristmas reebe prepared.Dr. Carter nd hiswife wereprimemovers n theaffair.Where now standstheMcDonald blockwas thehome of Dr.Carter, nd it was there hatmanyLos Angelesfamilies njoyedincommonhegailydecoratedreewhichhadbeenso lovingly re-paredbythemanywillinghands of friendlyeighbors.The chil-drenwere,of course, hehonoredguests,forthe thought f thelittle nes had incited he workofpreparation.Los Angeles, ntowhichno railroadcame,was in thosedaysfaraway from heworld,and the limitedresources f the timewouldrestrict venSanta Claus' possibilities.But on thatChrist-maseve no limitationserefelt, or hetrue pirit ftheChristmas-time illuminatedach and everyheart. Dr. CarterofficiatedsSanta Claus,while musicand songs,dancing nd games and thepleasanthatter f friendsompletedheevening's estivities.Thatnight hechildren f Los Angeles, hanwhomnone of their uc-cessors are happier,did not retireuntilthewee small hoursofChristmasay.


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24 HISTORICALSOCIETY OF SOUTHERNCALIFORNIAAnother hristmas as in 1861,and heavyrainshad fallen orone wholeweekprevious o that Christmas ay. The family fAndrewBoyle, ivingon thehighlands east of the Los Angelesriver, adacceptedn invitationo dine at the homeofDon MateoKeller,who ivedonwhat s now Alamedastreet, ear Aliso. Therain fellheavilyand persistently,nd the riverrose graduallyuntil twas impossibleo ford heswollen tream. There werenobridges n thatday,and so whenChristmas ame and the storm

still ontinued,he dinner crossthe riverwas out of thequestion.Thismighthavebeenall,but t soonbecame videntn thefamilyof Mr. Boyle thattherewouldbe difficultyn securing properrepast t home,for, n account f theweather,heyhad beenun-able toreplenishhe arder, nd therewas nota bit of flourn thehouse. The questionwas how to securethenecessarydjunctsofculinaryuccess. There wereno stores ast of theriver, nd buta few scattered dobe homes. At length t was decidedthataservingman,Jesus, strong, talwart onorean,faithfulnd dis-creet, ould be sentuponthismission, orhis lifeand training e-ducedall dangerto a minimum.He readilyundertookhe task.A noteofregretwas addressed o Mr. Keller and entrustedo themessenger.It seems ncredible,erhaps, o thosewho have seenyearafteryearthevast expanseof sand whichwe call a river, uton thisChristmas ayitwas a torrent.The Sonoreandivested imself fmuch fhis apparel nd swamto theopposite hore. He reachedthehomeof Mr. Keller,deliveredhis noteand securedfrom hegrocerytore heprovisionswhichhe needed. Mrs.Keller, nheropen-heartedospitality, ouldnotallow themessengero departwithout goodlyshareof theChristmas inner. Jesuspreparedtoreturn.He secured boardofsufficienturface. On itheplacedthegoods,securelywrapped o as to protecthemfrom hewater,andplungingntothe waterhe swam cross,pushingbeforehimthe mprovisedaftwith tscargo. He safely eached heoppositeshoreand deliveredunharmed he articles ntrustedo his care.You maybe surethat thebravefellow njoyedto theutmosthiswell-earned hristmas inner,nd,though he rainfellas heavilyduringheensuingweek, herewas no lack ofcheer nthehomebe-yond heriver.

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