New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-08

SC ~. AVN ire nrcksss of several choice shrubs
and roscs-things to he had for mere song IN 9ur
city-and il was necessary to provide nice Eseen
and T. did not take m6rc than q week or two 70
get the whole establishment into somefhlne resem
bling order-it OF the dantiest ntsae n"AeS'
inside and out, that you often see. .
There had been evinccd such . widespread d,s.
property from the date Of our advent, Shas we
wcrc forced to put up notice denying ADMISSION
10 strangers, in order to insure the quiet neees-
aary for regulating domestic affairs Nevertneless
several intrusive individuals presented Snsmse 49,
and upon having their attention called 10 inc
placard denounced the whole establishments IN sucn
offensive language that was obliged to help lew
Of them them o cos o. co one However, one night Eliza
beth came to me with hospitable smile ana sa'u
II think dear that now we night night taK Ssss
At an unconscionable hour the next morning we
were aroused by q continuous peal at the doof
bell, which was being revolved In the hands q
s%entss Of civilized fe and resolved to enjoy
new sensation when opportunity anorueu: 4 d hu,
ricdy threw ON my clothes ana Opener t inc scn
twilight produced by the dull pallor OF approach
ing dawn. Swallowed in places by the sickly glim.
mer of San Francisco gaslight, which some assn,s
municipal authority in bygone years stipulated
should not be obOvc sixteen candle power.
An sure we was on our way to work.; sor
Me an Mike is ingaged In ttIe , sars t
me. saws he Let us list be afther steppin'
round an takin look at the foine new pozzy-
lany house, Pat says hc'
l stilled my impatience and made a desperate
effort to control my chatterlng teeth. lOWaro
great or humble, li1h or l0wly our duty was ihe
Besides not the ,onn,rv The
honest patronage was by no means to be desplsea
II every day laborer in San Francisco should
build pozzuolana cabin; our irlena ION ooa''
retire millionaire on short notlce.
The two men followed me through the house
in open-moutbcd astorishment, treading the softly
carpeted floor in undisguised ave, ana examn s
the culinary arrangements with the pleased sur
prise Of members of "a grade of society TO who'd
the kitchen is familiar quarter through habituaI
use tine ys e0 ce Of careessy
to me with the air of prince OF the crown
MANY thanks to We for yer trouble, sor An
moind We, Pat, whn build me that Elegant man,
sion on the Hill, sure I'll consider usn' the same
material for the servants quarters
We had two more calls before breakfast and
LETT the table once and Ezaoefh fw be TO sn1 oo
to my business she was gong Iror1 roon ="
room. heading procession consisting OF courie
Of fat old ladies' an elderly gehrelm n hah ' n
her arms and two clnging to her skirts' ana our
groceryman from over the way.
As / ran up the steps at noon-lt had peer
agreed between us that should renew the good
old habit of coming home to lunch-l 1oun1 ny
wife bowing fresh party OF people out OF me
front dY and usherng new lot INTO by hc a pa oGo,
of scorched mutton chops. When the last guests
had taken their departure. and there was momen-
tary hiatus in arrivals received fearful embrace
Indeed. dear, I couldn't help it." she walled
I" I had Just got everything on the range l1r
cosev little meal when the bell rang and hall
dozen pcople filed in, and-and they're all burnt
TO crisp"
7 would not wound her feelings further by
calling her attention to the very amhiguons ch;r
in the form of n reminder that there WIS neaI
looking restaurant around the corner, and
thought ON the whole 1t would be wise o arrange
to take n portion of meals there until the
rush subsidized
For Of course the rush would subside Tom
who ran in several times day during the hrst
few weeks, in q state of high elatlon at The sue
cess of his experiment, assured rs that OF course
in the nature Of hnGS IT could nsyeT or f' be
satisfied and we would be left to ourselves save
for an occasional visitor from away, Just enough
to keep Elizabeth from feeling lonesome.
But 1t did keep up Week after ;l,, week x a ,hS
nozzuolana house flowed on without cessation
From the mansions on Mob Hill, from the byways
90 tho Mission. from the crowded down town
caravansaries, fashionable Pne-st boarding houses
OUTLYING suburban homes, the Hodest elegance
of the Western Addition. the conservative homes
Of North Beach, and even the unsavory precincts
of Barbarv Coast, the tide Of sightseers surged on
with undated zeal to the pozzuolana mouse
Along with q goodly number Of people moved by
Legitimate purposes came vast tribe who never
had a house of their own in their lives ana never
OK
who took in the place as regular feature OF
forenoon shopping expeditions and repeated thelr
visits In the company OF friends with the same
amazing pcrSistcncv displayed in their patronage
OF the Mechanics Fair or a bench show: and IN
their wake followed mack of young people gong
to and from school who slipped IN on every pos
sible occasion. They came at all hours ana sea-
sons, and we were frequently kent up long beyond
our ordinary bedtime to exhibit the house ana
discnss It's structure with some country gentleman
or Eastern tourist who was compelled to leave
on an early train In the morning: while the work
ing classes evinced singular unanlmltv III Sc
Letting the carly morning as the season Tor ther
visits.
Many of our guests proved Verltable GOtns
and Vandals, and pocteted numerous small artl-
cles of brio s-brac Clipped the door and window
frames and even cut off the corners of our Wilton
rugs presumably to exhibit IN triumph TO ther
friends mementos OF their visits to the pozzno-
lana house Occasit nally some impudent arts
tOcrat would offer my wife or me piece OF silver
as if VIC were on par with walters at restaurant
" ushers at play.
As the winter advanced and Elizabeth felt the
need of rest and retirement, we hired sunny
faced youny German girl, Ilulda by name and my
wife secluded herself in our large room on the
Of e sna hSd
exciting encounters with ill-bred strangers 10
prevent their entering the room by force; for the
idea was at once conceived that some secret con-
nected with the structure of the house led to the
scaling Of this apartment More than one ag,
gressive individual shook his INST az the closed
door and denounced me as n cheat and fraud
Many insisted that there was some defect III t'ie
material which had commenced to display ltseb
in that quarter while few suspected that for
some mysterious reason they were denied view OF
the choicest portion of the house
About the middle of January held a conhdcn-
tiaI talk with Hobroole and he readily assented
to my proposition To close the house for period
of six weeks from that time 1t is needless To say
that the public and the press took this act as
verilcation of the truth Of their suspicious, and
great hue and cry was raised that the pozznolana
house was q failure; that the material had been
unable 10 Withstand the celebrated atmospheric
inHuencesn of the San Francisco climate, aud that
| the cement had decomposed so rapidly that the
|. building was already uninhabitable.
Our answer came in a form that the public least
cxnected IL was an infants feeble wall. Rarely
has a baby's influence been 80 powerful or so
uuickly manifest. The press and the public
rracionslv conceded their defeat Our baby to
as so sacred possession that we would scarcely