The Hillsborough recorder., 1878-06-26
cALIFoRSTA,s A,sspENDTHRIFT
lss HABITS.

3 s HABITS. r
From the San Francisco News Letter. i
Il The reform most needed In CaiiforniaGis,
IN our extfavagsnce, which Is NOT only an
evil III Itself. bat istie cause Of nearly ALI
the abuses which have cFept tint0nur
governments and society. There are two
things which have come down 10 us from
the days of gold. .'and we could very we'll
do without either on them. The one u
recklers extrrysRance; the other, That
qnees specimen of hnTanity who takes
you by the button-hole and begins, When
came "a tiiis STATE IN 49 Or the spring Of
f5i.,s Tile gri,r destroyer Is reforming the
latter very fast in The only way tits pos
siLle. Wis by shutting Oft lie winsii for 50
long as he has breath. SO Iong will he
bDre sbu with the story Of his past glory
~hesf he could thrw slugs 1--WE meaii
golden ones) 10 the birds But the other
II d different fmatter--tinie only increases
Ii. ai,d death has no power over II, and
only gives II an opportunity TO show Itself
10 advantage in q long line OF carriages. a
silver -lnoni,ted casket. and all the j,omp
and vanity which It seems necessary 10
display Ia taking a poor sonlless clod Of
earth 10 its last rest. TO such an extent
has this thing been carried that poor
man can no longer afford TO die, whilst
extravaganza has taken from him The
means Of living; and were il not for tie
free lunches and occasional help from
generous friends, he would be placed in
the position of the boy In Toby Rosen-
tllal'S picture Between Two Fires" "wh",
hanging by his hands from the orchard
wall. finds his retreat cutoff hy ball dog,
while the iraie owner advsnces upon him
frum the other side ofthe wall. This h \
city of sI,endthrifts, beginning with the
poor newspaper man, who SPENDS the
whole of his weeks earnings Bpan the
last thing in neck-ti.ss. Men have been
kiinwn To ark their frieHsl- up 10 drink
and sIend their last half dollar. although
they knee their family was fhl want of
bread. II mIghthe thought this man was
drunkard. Mailing Of the kind. He
probably only drank sosla-water' He
was only following the fashion, and was
merely aihoughtless. reckless Californian.
The disease l,crneatesall CLASSES ofsociety.
Ii attrackS men, women and children
alike. Children III San Francisco sle,ih
more money on candy aud playthiugs
than grow.np reopI. IN other parts Of the
world do In things they don't require;
and the amount Of money squandered ia
chiIdren's dress Is something awful to
contemplate. Ata children's hall given
here Few years ago, a child offs or 7
rears ofage appeared IN \ dress which
c,si $1,000. aud her father was not .
millionaire. The laborer IN san Fnncisco
spends more upon bis living aud dress
thanihe sell,to-,lo bridesmaid In England,
and the consequence h that when hard
times come he goes 10 Join Kearncy and
the other cnmmunhsts on the sahd.iot,
and u is tile example of the ricl, which
las brsughthm 10 hpegary, and cl'ahged
hlsn frnm the honest laJUres intothe tsei
III the hands Of q lot of ofunscrupulous dcsn-
agogtes, who aim t. make political capital
out Of his wretcl,ed condition. which was
brought about by n bad example and his
own folly. The clerk here spends more
than The mercl,ant ~ England, and rot,s
bic employer 10 feed his extrn yagsnrr.
and The wife 81 the clerk who receives
$50 psf month dresses as well as the
MERCHANT who is making siOloo0 per
annun. The ladies vie with each other
IN dress, the furniture Of their houses, and
The grandeur Of their equInages. The
men in the numler and value of their
horses. aud il,e beauty and expense Of
tl,eir mistress; and this csssses state u
dishonesty and inmorHlity painful " con.
template IN this ollsrwise beautiful city.
II must moi he inferred that this state Of
thlnss 10 peculiar 70 San Franclsco. What
We say of this city may sith equal truth
he saI,l of any other Large city IN The
uuson. Bank presidents emlwzz'e. clerks
rob their employers. goverrment officials
steal. men co,n.nit forgery andwnmen
adultery, ali o. keep up this internal ex-
tiava,,ee; and unlrss there Is q trrrat te.
form ~ this. We need never expedite see
an end offbe private and public im,nors
aIIty which 80 disgraccs the us A. II
IL impossible 10 ret honest representatives
from among people whully given ~, to
this vice. The children suck itin with
their mothers mix, are brought up and
educated inn, until II becomes asecond
nature. and The next generation bids fair
20 be worse than the present..
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"A dispute arising relative 70 the bert
mode Of drrssipg beff-sleak. The oan,ro o.
vcrry vas determined By one VI the die
putan,s giving, shakspere as an authority.
&c whsasfwete done txcrs we'll demo.
thea 'twsre veil 10 we're done quickly. +
8fa. ~rTS-,1w..s-.ss~.r - ~ I'D
noforgives svnrsshins 70 him Who for
gives himself nO,Iiisg' eisga,qqs a. 4