The morning call., 1890-05-11

81 a. the dead; One has scarcely time to realize
ms, 10 analyze these curious elements. before
me train draws up at the little platform in front
oil the cemetery. Watch them aiight.
surely II must be sense OF duty rather than
bereavement which has brought many OF these
people with smiling or. at most. siolldly uncon-
eeihed faces TO THAT there burryn' ground"
, bat look! Observe that little figure in black
| the better it
| THROWS BACK THE HEAVY VEIL
Anu GiscI0ses the face of child wife, or widow
nsen1t There is no need to invoke the aid Of
WIN sigh that is half sob she clutches her
Da9 9 aha her bouquet as she starts on her first
every hope OF her life two weeks ago Poor
tning! What look OF unutterable never-ending
woe 1en, is on her facet What hard, crushing
| asony Is 10 her beart-and yet five years from
my she VIII be again wearing orange blossoms;
| VIII VIII again be worshiplng but at some other
80 let the band play, or rather the cars start,
a anu snort and tear and dash along until the Full
,HHa,stieet entrance to the park is reached. From
cnapafrai thcket brings the visitor to the top
VI au avenue OF steps, from which can be com.
claimed portion Of the Godsn Gse Park Tue AnS
superb plece OF landscape 1t Is In few places
else IN the wide world can such spectacle be
mianessed 10 the middle OF winter-and phe-
| nomenally hard" winter at that.
DOW. Down In the valley beneath lies great conser-
tie bright sunlight, while around in every direc
| noa lie walks and drives and trees and flowers
auu SHRUBS and lawns, and in short all the ee.
, nents OF modern landscape gardening. Moving
nilner ana thlther Is a vast throDg Of gayly
dressed people; horses and vehicles dash along
ten ufveWays and ever ana anon there comes
rom away 10 The left, borne on the afternoon
| air concert,
Bursting with unexpected suddenness on ones
vision, alter that sharp climb through the dngy
chaparfai II seems almost like view Of fairy
.anu or me Transformation scene in panto-
m n in nurp nf fba .yrifo iyf
examine The animals rather than the still aspect
Oh sunday in The park, 10 observe what people
| than 10 view
PICTURESQUELY SPECTACULAR EFFECTS;
| And this purpose leads down this great avenue
e. steps Into the valley beneath and across to
principal entrance,
In round numbers it may be said that from
t b 10 seven thousand people visit Golden Gate
Taik every pleasant Sunday during the year.
1nese may be divided into three general classes:
frst1fanilies and single people Of tile Ordi-
nary walks III life, who come TO listen 10 the
music, 10 walk among the flowers and to lie
around on the lawns when they are dry enough.
be oecond-Ihe young people who come TO play at
pase-oaii ana other games since the chlldren's
| quest.
Ihlrd-The bloods and swells who come on
horseback, in buggies and in a miscellaneous
array OF other vehicles. partially for exercise and
largely for display
Ii Is an animated scene TO watch the constant
ssueah Oh equestflans dashng up and down that
diiVe; IL Is moIe-it is a study. LOOK! gaze on
Of that pee bse team aasang aGng 10 ,Ton5
us owner must be fash. AT least this IS
logical conclusion, but, nevertheless, II is errOne
Gus. HE man is wholesale merchant has a
dainliy and Is money grubber. That is bis one
extravaganza.
,oI BEHIND him comes an insurance mans wife,
iolilng about in an open barouche. People say
tIat sne likes to be seen, and this afternoon she
S certainly does seem to enjoy being looked at.
sue Is tat and forty, II not fair, and ll-natured
EOSslp IL IuaL she Is a SeIf-ma06 woman: that
sue graduated from the kitchen to the drawing
room al one bound Why should she not? DO
nol Inc biographies Of our greatest men say that
they are the architects OF their own fortunes?
But observe that couple OF young people be-
stable, and can be guaranteed never to attain
speed OF more than i've miles an hour. How I'M
comfortable they look. That young man is a
THRIFTY MECHANIC,
And that is his best girl She promised on last
thursday 10 marry him, and he wishes to pay
her some ante-nuptial attentions aud to show her
team which anybody else could have had for
50 90 or 81, anu which he does not know how to
The throng Is SO thick as it dashes past that
you nave not time to observe half OF the people.
II Is only here and there that face. turnout
or tout ensemble impresses one. For Instance,
look at that dashlng blonde OF uncertain age
with the demure companion In that nalty little
DOG cart Who is she, and how does sue support
Is she abad9" Well. we are ali SUPPOSED 10 be-
Innocent until proven guilty. and the blonde has
never peen proven guilty OF anything.
linen again observe that other dOg-cart driven
oy mat handsome lady. She stops 10 speak to a
nlase young man who rides behind a trotter.
They are husband and wife and in opulent cir
cunstances, but they are hardly ever seen to-
gether In pubic. Why? Well. there are more
things In heaven and on the eaitn Than Horaiio
could dream of, and II Shakespeare were set
down In San Francisco he would get points In
gard TO some OF its domestic arran gements which
would make his hair stand on end.
Glance At that fast liyeTy-stable horse and the
dwo nondescrlpt young men who are behind It.
Inc driver IS not very good horseman, but he
wants 10 appear as such. He Is German gro
Gerry clerk aud has been two years in the cOun-
try. His salary Is $50 month and he wants 10
be blood on It, His mental balance has not
been equal to the atmosphere of the bar-roOm.
But notwithstanding its rarity, The procession
u equestrians grows monotonous and the audi
come relief.
WHAT A CONTRAST
Here are from one 10 two thousand plain,
everyday, he-morning and go-to-work
people listening to Tue music. These are the
best elements Of San Francisco's cosmopolitan
and heterogeneous population.
Husbands are here with their wives beaux
with their sweethearts, mothers aud nurses with
their children-sll listening to and appreciatng
the music and taking In pure oxygen. The
thoughiiui observer, too, can fnd much in this
motley gathering to study, for the majority of
men ana women, when In repose, carry their
minds In their faces and actions If lie VINO looks
knows now 10 read the heroglyphics of human
sentiments. Regard for an instant that young
couple over there. They are In love with each
other.
Ootsey wootsey tootseyl Why, man located
quarter OF a mile away can tell what they are
saying to each other by the expression of their
faces-ihat Is II his eyesight is good. The band
Is playing sacred medley as they sit there talk
lng ana furious burst has been succeeded by
comparative quiet during which The silyery
tongue OF the cornet. softly rising above the
other instruments, almost breathes the words:
Angels, ever bright and fair,
Take, oh. take me In thy care.
The angels OF heaven may be pure and sweet,
but those two people have beside them the angel
in whose care they wish to be taken; and yet
TWO years from now they Will be glazing at each
other from different corners OF the divorce court
room.
The music dies away slowly, and before Its
last strains have ceased reverberatng IN the air
WILD CRY COMES
From the children's playground. Here Is sight
that should make the gods laugh. A mob OF
boys, Wild with excitement, are yelling like
Colnanche Indians for the championship game
OF base ball, for iurse Of % cents between the
Telegraph Hin nine and the Minna.str. Ell nine,
has just reached Its critical stage.
The Telegraph-hill boys one ahead and
the Mlnnastreet boys are In their last Innings
with no men out and one on second base. Bang
The sphere goes flying out to right field Go,