The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-06-19

people who go to bed early and know moth
ing of the worries OF press publication
were among the guests The day was passed
merrily without Earring incident. and with as
much enjoyment as can possibly be eX-
/ trseted from six or seven hours Of liberty
under the greenwood tree, and within sight
of the Understanding sea. Various friends
of The CALL generously contributed prizes
for distribution. 1t Requires no small cour-
age on the part OF nlght-WOrklng PRIMER
10 give himself a day OF recreation. de
pays for 1t by doubling his sacrifices: All
night before the eYentful n0ontde OF
his bilarity, he has been at woTk.
He can only snatch few hours
Of Tepose. and he has TO look happy,
sprlEhtly and free from care while Dicnlck-
ing: but all the while he has the knowledge
that when he returns to town he must
resume the picking-up Of stamps or the
imposing Of pages, and must have clear
eyes and a translucent brain to decipher
vile manuscript over which the writer
himself would pause and aDathematlZe. II
requires courage. but the printer is equal to
il, and he deserves all the prizes he carries
home to comfort him.
The old grievance Of hiring servants,
keeping servants, treating servants prop
erly, getting servants Oh any terms is con-
slant and inalienable. Probably the prob
lem never can be solved of recOnciling
servtude to mistTessship San Fran
ciscans are only common sufferers wiki
the rest of civic humanity, but
of eight servants seven are certain
to be women-that is for domestic service.
The gardener and the cOachman do not
make any row beyond demanding more
wages occasionally. They are working on
permanent lines Of stability. But the all
round female slaVey or the special
lied hOusemaid OF cook or lady
maid, has other views Of STABILITY,
against which wages count as nothing.
1t requires delicate management of lrrltat-
ing difficulties to reconcile any girl or
woman 10 any employment which lsolates
her from marriage aud the possession OF
her own home and her own children. The
home IS the goal with womanhOOd, Chill
dTen are a necessity Of the feminine
nature, and, although many women are de-
priyed OF that rounding happiness Of their
life their ideal is still that of nature. In
spaTsely populated State like California,
therefore, the embarrassment is to buckle
any description of servant down to per-
manent duty. The servant IS clumsy or
otherwise, tut the detection Of unreliability
Is a constant Of the situation.
The Chinaman, and possibly the Japanese,
understands well the dilemma Of ths house
keeper. From scarcity OF labor in the house
hold the Chinaman has drifted into impu-
dence, extOrtiOn and independence.
He claims $50 to $40 OF $40 a month.
and sulks when ordered TO do IN
usual work The sooner be is extruded
from competitive service the better, because
being a degrading element in all employ
meut be blocks the way TO the engagement
Of others in household work. Chinese cooks
NAV, according TO ABILITY, command
from $40 to $50 a month in beading
houses. But wherever a Chinese cook
rules the roOst there is discOn-
tent It would be very much better TO
employ a FTenchman at higher rates. The
French ale supreme in cookery ana justly
regard It as fine art. But the Chlnaman
Is only a trained automatOn. and If badly
trained is vile antOmat0n.
An Eastern paper has expatlated on the
merits of the wines of California, calling
attention TO their genuineness aud the
fashion Of drinking light wines, now the
vogue in Europe. and infeTentialy the
vogue in civilized America. B:immin0
beading champagne is described as the
beverage az all courses of the ban
qUet and port, sherry and any other
wines heaveT-a very doubtful attain
meut IN YIntage-aTe Telegated TO The ObllY-
ion OF non-cOusumptioD, which IS aSsurediy
stomachcS. To all this California has no
special objection. We can serve the
world both ways, according TO the de-
siTes of The flesh. Our viuculturists
are quite commercial enough 10 adorn
the banquetlng-table with the heaviest
wines and the lightest, and as the
phyllOXeTa has ceased from worrying, and
the acreage for vineyards is much too eX-
tensiye TO be presently turned to account,
we are under no necessity TO be lTaudQ-
lent, and TO adulteTate VINE and impose
upon consumers with false labels. Long
may the time be distant when lOgwOOd and
label lies are aGjuGcts OF Pacific Coast COM
meTcial prosperity
The teetotal element by no means too
strong. would gain at least little knOwl-
edge of the other side Of the question they
are so constantly di>puting by perus-
ing an article by Dr. Farquharson,
member OF Parliament and army sur
geon, on tile defense of moderate
drinking. Perhaps there is nothing
new to the specialists in these discussions,
but there Is a good reservoir Of common
sense. Tie difficulty in all these alcoholic
appetites is 10 secure moderation. DR..
FaTquhRIsOn does not attempt TO macadam-
ize a road to this desirable end. Perhaps it
cannot be done. He only describes the phys
ical benefits that come from the sober uses
of fluids which often produce iuebriety, and
lie even dTags in the 10 yer animals TO show
that they inherit the common weakness 10
sip the forbidden and seek oblivion from
care temporarily. All eminent men, he
maintains, have looked upon the wine when
it is red. InfeTentlally, therefore, teetOtal-
erS are not eminent BRUSH.