Telegram-herald., 1889-06-19
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Should y0a happen e arrive Ia a4a
F1ancisco fEo1l the FIRST o about the Iaid-
cIe of tie nenGh, ycu VIII nad the Pe0-
lie - = sild state u exelfeneDL Ils
cas-se Is the Immediate approach o. iIl-
D.odiase pEesezl1s * tie regular noEthly
cE4af1g Il tbs Lig Lottery. Which ooeurs
on a. send Tuesday Of sach calendar
Hlorta. a. trinss nth Is rather curl
ous coI-4t-ssa u 21zirs- Although strict
L. ag4izss the common hW. lottery
t,cSets 1<s openly s0id-c04p0ns they
are csl11ei and 10 solld seeEn thai every
nll-l. woman 4nd child Ia the town =
the 7s,-sessOr 0f = twentieth. = tenth, a
fifth, hair or a whole ticket. TIE en-
tire city plays The game.
IL you socially vLsit q friends house.
the host % hostess expresses al interest
Ia you oy inquirins ths number of your
lottery ticket and mentioning the nun-
Der OF theirs. Tho clerks ia the stores,
the merchants IS their desks, and the
boys ca the streets al have tickets or
course the day OF the drawing Is one Of
unusual excite nent. Extras are issued
from tho newspaper offices giving the
numbers cI tie lucky coupons: the bui-
letia boards gre besieged by deeply in
teresteti mob. aAd the next day column
iatsTvicas a.e pdsl--G=d with the win
ns.s q any fa~xsGsL-yly gcUaToGs sum.
Al thsA. - tbs ytxioor from abroad, is
In0Ee than passing str-lye. To the resi-
dent II Is IN ordinary circumstance of
life. Your true San franciscan would
a. soon 20 without his dinner IS without
his lottery coupon. sooner, much sooner.
am sure.
But il must DC borne in mind tina. less
than fifty years ago San Francisco was
settled by the gamblers. and the spirit Of
chance they inculcated hasn't disap-
peared by any means. Gambling. or,
more politely speaking, speculation, is
as rampant today as IL was III 40. You
see IL not only in real estate, mining
stocks and business enterprises. but il is
met in the every day walks of life. Step
into cigar shop 10 buy weed. the dice
are promptly brought out and the atten-
dant Is ready To throw them and see
whether YOU shall pay for two cigars or
none. Ride through the streets on a
cable car with an acquaintance and he
wants TO flip nickel To decide whether
you or he shall pay the fare. Women
ply the seductive thing called poker as
deity as the men, and skill in "a quiet
little game with = small limit" appears,
on the coast, 10 be q national character
istic However. it is perhaps needless TO
dilate on this peculiar phase Of the mod
ern Californian.
Living In San Francisco IL 10 many a
vexed social problem. In certain respects
it is like Paris, either very costly or very
cheap. One finds il the most expensive
and again the most reasonable city in
America in which 10 reside. Rents are
nigh, wages of servants more than dOu-
BILE what they are IN the east and house
keeping is luxury which the man of
modest means cannot comfortably en-
ioy. y tidy little two story house brings
$50 q month, = servant girl viii Lot work
for less than $50, and if she is 4 good
cook $40 is her price. The family wash
ing is always done outside and costs
about s. q week. Thus 500 u month
is required for rent and wages alone.
Living at the leading hotels is also cost
". about 81 q day with incidentals
added.
OF course, the vast majority Of ordi-
nary people cannot afford this mode of
life, and the plan generally adopted IS
expressed bv tho words furnished
TOoDs." san Francisco appears to tie
stranger like . vast lodging house Turn
where you will. FURNISHED rooms to
rent greo,s the eve. In the midst OF the
business thoroughfares. along the side
streets. out on the fashionable prom
enades. all over the city and its suburbs.
rooms are 70 let for men, women and
children. They are - 10 had at ali
prices, from 3 = week to 500. For in
stance. ! am Row occupying parlOT and
bci roccl. wiki bath room privileges. for
6 a w-s-a,. Ia the same building are
score Of coa2lcs living IL a similar way
They p=y for their apartments from 81
q SIS week. OF course. this mode CT
lie is rot conducive - morality.
In fact, is offers premium on pronlis-
cuous relationship. but in san Francisco
no one inquiries about the private affairs
Of his ne;ghbor, aad the reputation Of
the city Is far from being ike unto Go
sar's wife. Tie r,.in falls upon the Just
and the unjust. and the landlady, from
the lowest % the highest grade. takes
her fee from any respectable appearing
couple and no questions asked. This
enormous population existing in lodg-
inEs lives 10 tie Restaurants which
abound Ia the city. They are of al
kinds and oonditions-Frsnch, English.
Italian. German. Spanish aDd simple
American Meals can be had all The
way from ten cents 70 g. br: the large
majority 0f people favor what l. known
as the popular saloons. where the serv-
ice Is neat and clean and the food whole
some and well cooked These immense
dining rooms. of which there are several
ara unique We have nofMag hketLem
in the east: thsy appear Indigenous to
the sol
Waen I FIRST saw this bilI of fare a.
sumed it was q place similar - the
''Cieap and nastys' in London OF the
stzdents' cafes IN The Lstin Quarter q
Paris. but I took three meals ~ enc q
them yesterday. and nv experience r3ar
Be worth relating Nearly ell the dishes
are 10 ceuts each. II yea take three 10 -
25 cents. or two = cent dishes and one
u cent Dish - 20 cents. This mole 4
discountinz IS c1liar ard 4uite q study.
although t8r r-sco cls-k aai modest