Santa Paula (St. Paula), is in Ventura County, thirty-five miles west of San Fernando, on the Southern Pacific Railroad. “St. Paula was a noble Roman matron, a pupil and disciple of St. Jerome. Though descended from the Scipios and the Gracchi, and accustomed to luxurious self-indulgence, she preferred to follow her saintly teacher to Bethlehem and devote herself to a religious life. She built a monastery, a hospital, and three nunneries at Bethlehem.”—(Stories of the Saints.)
Sereno (serene), a place on the shore near Santa Bárbara, whose placid charm well befits its name.
Ventura (fortune), a town near the southeastern end of the Santa Bárbara channel.
