CHAPTER XX
SOME CURIOUS CONTRASTS
THE lure of the Monterey peninsula has brought within its circle of enchantment a strange mosaic of diverse communities. The common and dominant note of satisfied content runs through them all, but the means employed by each community in the pursuit of its ideal is peculiarly and strikingly divergent. In one, religion holds the key that unlocks the door of happiness, and discloses the quiet abode of puritan serenity. In another, literature and art, led by the spirit of Bohemia, invite to intellectual joy and informal merriment. In yet another, a vast playground out-of-doors entices the pleasure seeke to its alluring and perennial charms. And in the midst of these more recently developed communities, quaint old Monterey moves serenely on in her accustomed way, giving little heed to the intruders who have elbowed
