The morning call., 1890-07-28
STREET SCENES.
Odds and Ends Picked Up Along
the ThOrOnghfares.
Eumors of a Street CrOssing-An Cd Woman's
Handsome Equipage-Haying Good
Time"-Fashion's Limit.

Although it is the middle of summer and
and all those who can leave the city for the
seaside OF mountains Lave done so, the
city's main thoroughfares are just as
crowded afternoons as ever. 1t is only the
sight of new faces that gives notice to the
boulevardier of the change.
FILLED Up THE VOID.
Visitors from the country have filed up
the local voids. Adopting the same gen.
eral principle that change Of scene and
air frpshens them up. they come to the city
and the city folks 90 to the country resi-
dents stronghOlds. 1t is simply a tempo
rary change.
A POPULAR FALLACY.
There is popular belief among the in
habltauts Of large cities that the country
visitors are the ones who get run over the
most frequently on the streets and cross
ings by cable and horse cars and other We
hicles The statistics do not bear out this
belief. but rather demonstrates its fallacy.
The police officers who act as preserYers Of
order and escorts to ladies young ones pre-
ferred) at the Kearny and Suffer, Mar
ket and Third. Market and New Montgom-
cry and Third and Howard streets cross
ings are unanimous in stating that for
downright stupidity and carelessness about
being run over the local ladies carry off the
pIlze.
STOPPING TRAFFIC.
Given stout middle-aged lady with her
arms full OF marketing bundles and few
Of her offspring in assorted sizes trOoping
after her, the officers say that the mental
alteration such woman can display and
yet fail to be arrested for downright lunaey
is something phenomenal Charging heller.
SHELTER from the sidewalk into the center of
the cable-car track, she remains there as
immOyable as if she were rooted. The fu-
riuus yels of the gripman, the changing of
the gong and the strongly worded advice of
passing transfers disturb her not. She
acts as if she would rather be Jugger-
Eauted than not. ImpeTOus in her way,
she remains on the track while all traffic IS
arrested. Then sometimes force has to be
employed to crow-Dar her off the track, as
il were. Generally she abuses roundly the
care taken to preserve her life, and declares
her intention Of reporting a conductor of,
say HOward-street car, because his car
does not 90 out California.
Country visitors, as arule, if strangers, are
too timid about leaving the sidewalks to
cross over TO cause any trouble to traffic.
They err little, perhaps. on the other side
and occasionally the crossing officers have
to drive them across like flock OF sheep.
AN OLD woMAN's CART.
a SOIDtNI at prominent ledLuTe anu one
that is not altogether a pleasant one, Is the
old woman who drives an Offal buggy
around the business streets. She evidently
has either dairy or pig ranch somewhere
out in the suburbs, for she makes the
rounds of the markets and wholesale vege-
table and fruit stores very diligently up to
about noon collecting all the decayed and
damaged vegetables and fruits thrown out.
These she places in barrels dashed on her
chariot Her route can be trailed dis
tinctly by the Co ious drippings from the
refuse. II triekes in steady little streams
along the streets and makes the crossings
so slippery that many Sansome and Bat
terry street merchant prince has taken an
involuntary and sudden seat on the cold,
hard cobbles and Yehemently blessed the
aged female.
ANTEDATEs THE ARK.
The turnout she drives is as unique as
herself. The propelling power is back
number dating from the settlement OF the
Mission Padres. The harness is principally
composed Of rope and pieces Of bed-ticking.
The chariot itself looks as If anterior in
date Of construction TO the ark Each wheel
is dlShed. 1t Is wonderful sight. Armed
with a big blacksnake whip, which she
welds as if it were scepter. the proprietor
Of all this grandeur sits enthr0ned and
keeps up a steady rub-ii-dub on the ribs of
the distant relative of Sunol. She wears
always, whether it be hot or cold, heavy
mans OYercoat, boots ana SOFT 1eIt hat, and
as often as not consoles herself with a
strong, black oily pipe, which she puffs
furiOusly. Occasionally she is accompanied
by yoHth-possibly her great-grandsOn-
who assists her in loading up,
SEEN AT HER BEST.
1t is when one Of the dished wheels gets
locked in a car-track at some lively business
crossing that she rises TO her full strength.
The little streams trickle away merrily and
aIr A n ha lie IN pnH har nina
ana whack away at her holse. Finally
some good Samaritan pulls the wheel free,
and then. without word of thanks, the
procession w0bbles away.
A COUNTRY BLOOD"
One Of the chief glories Of the western
end Of the Kearny-street boulevard, say
from California to Broadway, is the young
man from the inner sections of the State,
who has come to see Frisco" as he calls