Home of a Noted Author in California 
Charles Frederick Holder, His Works and Recreations 
By SEYMOUR COATES 
T O those whose vocations permit them to dwell 
apart from the swirling vortex of life in New 
York or any other of the great business centers 
of the country, no spot offers more inducements or 
affords more charm than some of the smaller towns 
in the coast counties of Southern California. 
That this fact has been appreciated and taken 
advantage of by numerous literary lights is made 
quite apparent by scanning the list of guests at almost 
any social function, as detailed by the local daily 
or weekly press. Especially is this true of Pasadena. 
Here is a little residence town set upon a mesa, at 
the head of the great San Gabriel valley, encircled on 
the west and south by the San Rafael hills and the 
foot-hills which separate the San Gabriel and the 
Los Angeles valleys. To the north and extending 
eastward some sixty miles, where the range is swal¬ 
lowed up by the maze of the snowcapped peaks of 
San Bernardino, San Jacinto, Greyback and many 
others, are the Sierra Madre mountains, full of 
beautif ul canons, from which at one time there issued 
to the valleys below streams of crystal clear water, 
hut which have long since been diverted from their 
channels into pipes and reservoirs for delivery to the 
thirsty groves of citrus fruits, the broad expanse 
of vineyards, the refreshing fields of succulent alfalfa, 
and the acres of strawberries and other small fruits. 
Amidst such surroundings, where the air is pure 
THE HOME OF CHARLES FREDERICK HOLDER, AUTHOR, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 
The flowers along the roof are lavender Wistaria with masses of white Lady Banksia Rose. Over the door Poinsettia and 
along the side masses of Heliotrope and Red Geranium 
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