, 1884-10-26
DAYS In FRISCO.
A City Claimed to Be the Most Fas-
chatting in the World.
How n Town should Be Painted
Red-In chtnatown-A New
style 8 O'Clock Tea
-Pfeturesque.

[HRuhamAh" in ST. Louis Globe Democrnt1
The destinations Of that blessed city Of
San Francisco are too many for any one to
attempt 10 enumerate, and on each OF the
busy days that ran by during my short stay
there was an echo 20 Lord Ronald Covers
raptures and an Endorsement OF bis belief in
its being the most picturesque city in the
world. Its picturesqueneSs might be height
ened and its appearance made to harmouizs
more with its real character If the dear Cali
fornians would only awaken TO the latter era
OF house painting and tint their walls and
roofs on a stronger scheme Of color. Along
the miles and miles OF city streets the bay
windowed houses are all painted the same
dull dirty gray or yellow. that looks like a
priming coat and matches IN monotony the
long and dunes along the shore The rich
redwood OF which they are built has the
warm, fine color OF mahogany, but they will
fully and wickediy cover it up with this
universal yellow gray paint that robs any
building Of character.
On one street their Is a large residence
hat is a masterpiece OF the new school
architecture. Astounding In all the quaint an-
giles. reese gables and windows that the
canons OF the Queen Anne creed viii allow,
and even that house that ought to be a har-
mony OF india red eni dark brown, or olive
and the tawny shades Of wnxsn shingles, is
painted in tie one universal color; roof,
foundation and window lines unrelieved by
any contrast or accent. The architect made
IA model In the beautiful outlines and orna-
mentation on the exterior, but the painter
spoiled 1t all as completely "a IL by malice
prepense. A little more color in the outer
walls would transform San Francisco, make
it brighter nnl gnyer than ever, and declare
It's character to the stranger at the harb0r
gate. 1t would not be necessary 10 paint the
whole town red, as they tell about on the
spot, but just u toach up the roofs. chimneys
and moldings with that enlivening hue.
CEAlY ron CHINAMEK.
u believe you eastern people are all crazy, ~
sighed our resi ent friends, as we found I'M
ending amusement and delight in Chinatown
and constantly bent our footsteps that way
ut the end OF every outing. The true Cali
fornians despise nothing more than the
sights aud smells OF Chinatown, and it is u
WEAKNESS to them when eastern people affect
to find picturesqueness there and rave over
the odd things. in the odder shops, that are
sold by the oldest people. The Chinese chill
dren In the queer, foreign streets are ami
mated leaves In Il picture book to a stranger,
and the full grown'M ongolian Is a being Of
endle. pos Utilities in the way Of study
and Entertainment There was that
lantsrned balcony Of the Hong Ferlow res
tauran., where We sat on ebony stools, and
slipping the fragrant oolong that was stepped
before us in the little covered cups, looked
down a narrow street swarming with blue
bloused Chinese, TO the blue waters and
golden brown shores OF the bay. There was
also Mr.. Ching Chung Chow, the Celestial
Delmonico, who own that swell restaurant,
q suave, courteous old soul, whose broken
English and mended China was most divert
ing. He kept the Caucasian group laughing
most Of the time, or else sitting in an atten
tive circle around his ebony table we listened
to that connoisseur talk about tea, porcelain
and the wonderful fruits Of the home empire,
while his servants brought in all sorts Of queer
looking things to illustrate his discourse.
EVE O'CLOCK TEA