The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-11-20
CRYING NUISANCE.
Noisy Peddlers Around
Sunset City.
SAN JOAQUIN'S BUILDING.
CeyIon Will Show Her Natives
And Products.
EPOCHS IN HOUSE-BUiLDING.
Thousands of Visitors to the Park
Give a Fine Revenue to the
Car Companies.
EPOCHS IN HOUSE-BUlLDING.

"Yers yer ar fer yer picters OF tn Fair,
dimeapice. "-''Popcorn. two for five
peanuts, nickel a bag"-"Soda water.
sarsaparilla, lemon"-"Move on, now;
move on, say"
These were a few Of the cries heard out
at Sunset City yesterday afternoon, where
fakirs and peddlers innuumerabe vigor-
ously solicit patronage and block the pas
sage of the Sunday visitors to the exposi
tion buildings. How they all manage to
procure licenses is marvel. They haunt
the grounds as occasion offers and hang
about the entrances by scores.
The Park policemen declare that the
peddlers are plying their vocation under
insufficient licenses or none at all. The
License Collector gives permit to ped
der, who believes himself empowered TO
divide up his privilege among dozen 9TH
ers. Collector Lees has been informed of
the irregularities in the licenses and has
promised TO investigate. but the police say
that so far nothing remedial has been at
tempted.
In more ways than one the peddlers
demonstrate their nuisance possessing &C
complishments. Visitors are lmp0rtuned
and harassed at every step and not infre-
Quently are besieged by several rival mer-
chants with portable stocks. Sometimes
the exigeDcies of business lead to such
sharp competition that well developed
fight is the result. Such occurrences were
noted several times yesterday and the four
policemen stationed about the fair build
ings are not sufficiently numerous to keep
a watchfu eve on every one.
Officer S. NJ. Thompson reported an in
stance in which young woman who has a
small stand, attacked an old man. scatter
ing his stock of cigarettes and candy among
the small boys and the sand heaps. The
old vendor had license, proper form, but
the girl with the injured air, defended her
action with the explanation that DE old
gent interfered wild my trade, see?"
The attention of the executive commit
tee will be officially drawn to the necessity
of taking prompt measures for the check
of these and other annOyances. which are
becoming too frequent near the exposition
site. A force OF special policemen will
probably be employed to aid the regular
patrolmen, who cannot cope successfully
with their allied foes.
San Joaquin County came into line with
other California counties yesterday In an
application for space on which to erect
separate building. The San Joaquin COM
missioners visited Sunset City and looked
the ground over. They were much i'm
pressed with the outlook for the exposi-
ton and with the accompanying advertise
ment of the capabilities of this State.
After noting the plans Of other counties
they reported to their local association that
San Joaquin could not afford to be behind
In the race.
The recommendation of the commits
sioners was acted upon and they returned
to San Francisco yesterday to arrange for
location. They visited Golden Gate
Park in the aftern Don, in company with
Engineer OShaughnessy. Several availa-
BILE sites were noted, and final arrange
ments for the building will probably be
made with the executive committee to-
day. San Joaquin has already paid de-
posit of 5000 for space in the Horticultural
Building, and so will make competitive
as well as a cumulative display.
The CeylOn Government has detailed j.
r. Foster as its representative at the Fair,
and be and his associate, T. A. Cock burn,
are working in the interests of the tea and
coffee planters of their island. Practically
all Of the Ceylon exhibit at Chicago will
be removed hither. Foster arrived in this
city few days ago and CockburD is super
intending the packing of the goods and
paFaphernelia of the display by his twenty
one Singalese natives.
Twelve of these men and four women.
now en- route hither from Colombo, will
assist in the Mdwinter Fair exhibit. Cey-
Ions tea and coffee trade is large, and Mr..
Foster states that last year $4,000, COO
pounds Of tea were shipped to Great Brit
ain alone. At jackson Park tea was sold
to visitors at the Ceylon booth, the aver
age consumption mounting to 10000
cups mODL0. bOCH tea ana cOH66 are to
be sold at Sunset City.
Ceylon's national exhibit will include
display OF the precious stones found
there-sapphires, emeralds, topaZes and
rubies, as we'll as the more humble cats
eyes. The native production of cocoa will
be exhibited, also laces, silk embroideries
aud curios. The Singalese women will
give exhibitions of their skill in embroid-
ering fabrics. The entire exhibit will be
located in the Manufactures and Liberal
Arts building.
One of the principal attractions of the
Belgian exhibit will be concentrated in
what is known as the History of Human
Habitations," from earliest times. This
is very comprehensive and will occupy
two streets. Facing on these avenues will
be arranged in regular order buildings
representing the progress in the types of
dwellings. as we'll as an interesting repre-
sentatlOn or the advance made in archi-
lecture.
Few people not cOnversant with this art
realize the tremendous strides made In il
since Adam erected his first shelter. All
of the buildings to be erected will repre-
sent the most strlKIng features in each
nations building, although they will be
confined TO the structures occupied BY
families in each instance. There will be
Syrian, Egyptian. Persian, Indian, Etrus-
can, Franco-Italian and Grecian houses,
the homes OF the Aztecs and Incas, the
Nofeh AuOiiOau 1uuldn top o6S anu MOORISH
houses. Ali of the human habitations re-
counted in history will find some place
and some form of Identification in this
collection.
These houses will be as near the origin al
size as Is compatible with the space as
signed, and 10 them will be exhibited for
sale goods and curios nearly Identical
with the nation or tribe who originally
occupied such structure, and they will be
presided over by people attired in cos
tunes to correspond with the surround
ings. For instance, Russia's house win
sell trinkets and mementos Of her native
land, and Russia's daughters will attend
TO the visitors and dispense the wares,
The Firth wheel is well advanced. and
its erection in its place will soon be COM
menced. The foundations for 1t are laid
deep in the ground. The boxes which