The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-05-01
FOR THE SIESTA.
A Serene Sunday on the
Water Front.
AN EXTREMELY QUEER CAMEO
The Girl With the CrinoIine Was the
Cynosure of All Eyes at
the Ferries.

Yesterday was day for siestas cool. re-
freshins and delicious.
Picnickers left the city in thousands by
the Sausalto and Ell Campo ferries to loll
among the green woods of Marin County,
while along the city's water front listless
mariners stretched their weary limbs on the
smooth, white decks of their ships or caught
a few minutes Of blissful repose in ham,
mocks swung in forest of masts.
seaman in hammock and with pipe
is generally in no mood to spin a yarn-he
would rather listen to one. However, a re-
cining sailor who was heard to mention
something about the waterfront Cameo"
was requested to give All explanation of his
words, ana though he told no story, he
whisiled to the Cameo" and let her speak
for herself.
The Cameo proved to be a little girl with
black eyes and a clean-cut profile which has
earned for her the appelation mentioned,
which tersely describes her facial outlines
She was ragged, hut seemingly proud of
it, for she unheSitatingly showed the tat
tered condition of her dress, shoes and hat,
and claimed, boastfully, that no brat along
the wharves could brag of such u show of
poverty.
This was Only the preface to n demand
for nickel. Then, with studied Thank
you, sir, God bless you," to THE CALL man
Sne turned 10 tue sailor.
No, the sailor would not give her any
coin, he vas poor himself.
Having first assured herself that the mari
neF was proof to the power of suasion, the
cameo suddenly burst from her self-assumed
setting and into TRADE of abuse From
her rosy lips came swear words that would
have turned stevedore green with envy
and even throw into a dismal shade the.ad-
jectiyes OF the average deep-sea captain. 80
The sailor crooked his finger to the re-
| 1r,x 1, e.. .
of emphatic EXPRESSIONS and whispered,
cynieally, That's the Cameo, amt she
| jewell"
The officers at the Oakland ferries had
| their hands full. Never since the glorious
days of last spring had such crowd
crossed the bay to Oakland and Alameda.
In all the multtudes which gathered at
| quarter hourly intervals to catch the steam
| ers. no one individual attracted half so
much attention as pretty girl in a crino-
| line.
1t was no evasion, no half-soft affair with
| a tendancy to lie in wiihered-l look ing folds
| against the wearer as though ashamed to
| show itself in all its bold r0tunditV, but
| bona hde crinoline with big steel hoops be-
Meath TO prevent its being mistaken for
! ANYTHING else.
The wearer managed it very well till she
| went TO cross the planking ever the sand
| lot facing the new ferry landing and tried
| to make the San Rafael ticket Office.
The gentlest zpDhyrS of the front do not
| blow over this arid space and Miss CrinulIne
| got tangled up in them.
She was the cynosure of all eyes for the
| few moments it took her 10 get safely over
| A comparison of her appearance as she
| battled with the breeze aud dust could be
made with most anything of the nature of
| wind-tossed fuchsia or swinging fire-alarm
| bell.
Hundreds of people patronizad the tugs
| which took persons off To the French war
| ship. and as many hundred more visited the
| fine four-masted American ship Roanoke a
| FremOnt-street pier.
The excufsnnistS to the Farallones on the
| tug Katie ONiel were disappointed in their
! days sport. When the htlle steamer got
| nearly abreast of the Islands she broke her
| circulating pumps and WAS LETT at the mercy
| of the ocean. She tossed helpless about,
| likewise did The stomachs OF her passen
gers.
Limp forms hung over the eerail like
| holsters on a boarding house balcony Oh a
sunny morning. Fortunately the tug Relief
came to the rescue, aud towed the sufferer
back to port
White wings that seemed to never grow
Very fled through the portals of the
Golden GAZE in the afternoon.
Tie reason for this remarkably long pro-
| cession of canvas-spreading vessels was that
| the fleet of sailing vessels drlayed bv the
| bad breaking of tho bar on Saturday were
| taking advantage of the fue weather and
| smooth water to Put to sea-
The steamer Scotia came in from the
| North in the afternoon with the report that
| the steamer South Coast. which had been
| previously reported ashore at Tillameok
| is high and dry on the sands Her stern is
submerged at high tide. She struck on the
bar before going ashore, and Knocked off
her rndder. She was light at the time she
drifted on the beach, and will probably
be got off next high tide.
There Is one sad occurrence to report from
the vicinity of Harrison and Steuart streets
the death of Mrs. Sophia Petersen, grand
mother Of the well-known boatman and
oarsman.
The funeral took place in the afternoon
from 10 Harrison street, the Petersen resi-
dence. Floral tributes were plentiful and
elaborate. Mrs. Petersen was a native of
Sweden, age Ga years.
Captain Neyihs OF the School of Naviga-
ton at 402 Beale street is reported as very
Ill.
Captain Roe OF the Merchants Patrol
System, who has been away for several
weeks visiting San Pedro, will return to his
post of duty TODAY