EDITORIAL 



IT has long been recognized that no world traveler has completed his 

 round unless he has visited California. There is good reason for this, 

 for California is a land that stands alone in the world for its many varied 



and peculiar attractions to the leisure class. It is not a land that can 

 be seen and understood on a single visit, for it is so vast and its wondrous 

 attractions are so many that one must come again and again, always going 

 away with desire still unsatisfied, and with sights unseen and pleasures 

 untasted. It is this charm of the always new that implants the desire in 

 the minds of all who visit the State to return for further enjoyment. 



All the world has heard of Yosemite, with its mighty rocks and mag- 

 nificent waterfalls, and when the tourist speaks of California there imme- 

 diately comes to mind this masterpiece of scenic beauty. But Yosemite 

 is but one of thousands of wonder spots in California. Kings River Canon 

 has its valleys and waterfalls almost equalling those of Yosemite. The 

 Pinnacles of Vancouver may be classed with Yosemite, even though they 

 be away from beaten paths of travel and are known to but the few. The 

 canon of the Sacramento River, with Shasta's beautiful and enchanting 

 falls, once seen is always remembered. 



Standing guard over Golden Gate stands Tamalpais, that mountain 

 from whose top world travelers have gazed in awe and admiration on such 

 scene as is to be found nowhere else. 



These be but a few of the thousands of bits of scenery that enchant 

 those who seek new sights and new emotions. With it all is a climate that 

 of itself were attraction enough for the ordinary traveler, for here is a land 

 where the climate is an available and tangible addition to the pleasure of 

 the temporary as well as permanent sojourner. It is a climate which at 

 all seasons of the year and in all parts of the State draws one to the Great 

 Outdoors. Be it in city, suburb, or wide play-ground of mountain, valley, 

 and seashore, one of the peculiarities is that there never seems winter 

 weather and never summer weather. Seasons come and go, but there is 

 no time when the earth is shut to its lovers. Be it spring, summer, autumn, 

 or winter, the outdoors is always inviting. 



The camera devotee finds here grandest scenery, warmest colorature, 

 and softest lights and shades. The lover of pedestrianism finds roads and 

 trails leading over hills and through dales such as we see in our dreams, 

 and may wander ever to sequestered spots under great trees in forests 

 through whose mysterious aisles fancy may lead for days until one feels 

 cut off completely from the world and all its cares. 



With twelve hundred miles of coast-line, California presents such vast 

 variety of beach and cove and wave-beaten cliff that one could spend 

 years along the shore without exhausting its charm. With water always 

 at a temperature that permits of bathing, one need never know the time 

 of the year, or care; the sea always invites, always refreshes and invigorates. 



Europe boasts her medicinal springs, and thousands wend their pil- 

 grimage there annually in search of elusive health. In one county of 

 California there are more medicinal springs than in all of Europe, and in 

 the State may be found more than two hundred that are famed for their 

 curative qualities. 



The sportsman finds game to his desire, while the lover of outdoor 

 sports may play golf, tennis, or polo at all times of the year. The traveler, 

 be he seeking health, diversion, or knowledge, can find all he seeks at 

 any time in California, for here there is such diversified charm from which 

 to choose that the State is always attractive to tourist, or health or pleasure- 

 seeker. 



