The morning call., 1890-12-25
RARE WORK OF ART.

Facts in Connection With the Barber
Shop, Etc, of the California Hotel.
One Of the monuments erected to the en-
terprise of the citizens of this city is the
California Hotel. This caravansary, which
has but recently been completed, has Just
been .opened under the management of we'll
known and experienced hotel-keepers from
the East, and promises to outvie all others
In point Of superb appointments and fur
niShingS.
in fact the cost of furnishing each room of
series of suites amounts to 5000 aud up
ward.
The painting and tinting work in all the
rooms and throughout the hotel add to the
beauty of the elaborate finishings, besides
rejecting great credit upon the artistic work
Of the painters, Messrs. Fraser & Keefe, of
81 Suffer street. All of the painting on
the walls under their supervision is done in
oil, and the tinting, which is Of the most va
ried and delicate hue, is comparable with
any work of that character ever done in San
Francisco. Messrs. Fraser g. Keefe also
had the contract for the woodwork finish
ing. This is composed of hardwood, and
the polished wood work is the handsomest
in the State. The firm has earned by the
artistic skill of lis principals reputation
southern points of the Pacific Coast. In ad-
ditlon to their work in many prominent res
licences and buildings in most of the Coast
cities they will be remembered as being the
artists in the execution of the excellent
painting and tinting with which ST. Mary's
Cathedral on Van Ness avenue is replete.
In the California Hotel the entire interior
wood work is finished in oak and cherry.
The tonsorial adjunct to the hotel consti-
tutes one OF the neatest and most elaborate
N IN q nf &c ind sv.A .sk. T.
its finishings it is of the most elaborate
yet quiet style, and the appointments are of
the latest improved pattern, hespeaking at
once the comfort and ease of patrons.
This poem of royal beauty has been leased
to John Stable. who has already attained
an excellent reputation as tonsorial artist.
MT. Stable is now and for many years has
been located in the Occidental Hotel. Here
he employs corps of efficient BARRIERS, who
are neat In appearance and reserved in man.
ners; Mr.. Stable IS veteran in the barber
ing business, having commenced his voca-
ton MS early as the year 1853. During the
past twenty-five years he has been estab-
llshed in several different places In the
United States, and is probably the most
noted barber In the country. His services
were always in demand by the largest and
most respectable establishments of tonsorial
art in New York City. To Mr.. Stable is ac-
credited the distinction of having had as
regular patrons of his chair many Of the dis
ehsuisueu men anu statesmen whose names
are included in the annals Of American his
tory. Henry Clay, Daniel Webster and John
Z. Calhoun were among his steady patrons,
and when they came TO be shaved they would
patiently wait for Mr.. Stable to appear in
the event OF his being temporarily absent.
1t is hardly necessary TO say that when once
one undcrgoes treatment at Mr.. Stables
shaving parlors he seldom fails to continue
his visits. The barber-shop, as well as the
entire hotel, is fitted up with fine quality
OF heavy, clear plate glass and large beveled
mirrors. Upon entering the ladies' recep-
tion-room one is Immediately lost in wonder
ment at the elegant array Of mirrors which,
peeping out from almost every conceivable
point In tho room, resplendently reflect all
that should perchance pass within their
range. Tho contract for furnishing and fit
ting the plate glass and mirrors was UNDER
taken and completedlby the well-known firm