The morning call., 1893-03-12

was not enough of il. so 1 ordered small
bottle OF Cliequot with some AngOstura
bitters 80 25). which frightened up my
mind. Then the world was mine.
Next 1 proceeded to the barber-shop and
lad my hair cut, shave, a shampoo and
my boots polished. which, with a small fee
10 the bootblack, amounted to 81 %.
Then [ thought of my stomach, and
going to a French rOtisserie ordered some
fruit, eggs, broiled chicken, toast a small
bottle OF sauterne and pint OF champagne,
all OF " hich cost 81 80.
After a walk OF 4 block I went to
saloon and ordered creme de menthe,
which was soon afterward repeated, at
cost of 50 cents.
Then l thought of smoking a cigar; I
had enjoyed cigarette after breakfast
knew Of a place where they sold cigars for
81 apiece, 50 l went there and bought five
and the tobacconist thought l was crazy
Total So.
ut was such beautiful day such
balmy atmosphere, with sunny skies, apd
not a cloud in sight-that l thought drive
10 the park and Cliff House would be in
order.
81 hired a good double team of speedy
sorrels Tor SIS and started. At the Villa
stopped for pony OF brandy (25 cents) and
gave the hosIler so cents for holding the
horses and telling me it was fine day
The air grew little chilly as l neared
Dickey's, so / stopped there for another
hostler 80 cents. 1t is a good thing to stand
IN with the hOstler.
After passing the speedtrack the ocean
was in sight, and In a short time | reached
the Cliff House and had the horses we'll
Dlanketed under the shed. Wilkins was
there, OF course, ard / also met three par
tieNlar friends, charming fellows, who
asked me to drink.
II took glass of wine. and in few min
utes had a chance to reciprocate. l ordered
a laTmp D0ttiA Of wilma fS5l Than ba
treated to cigars and left me alone, after
refusing another drink. That was hard
luck. There was no one else around to
help me get away with the wine, so / gave
the hoster 80 cents and drove back to Dick
eys, where caught up with the boys
1hey were taxing something and thew
asked me to Join them, which did. taking
glass Of wine. Naturally / recprocated
win quart bottle OF wine (S5).
BY this time | was out of cigars. having
smoked OF partly smoked al of nv good
ones. They don't keep dollar cigars at
Dickey's so / had to take four for dollar
1t broke my heart to smoke such cheap
cigars.
"WeH, drove the team back to the sta.
ble, and. feeling dusty and dirty, had an
other shampoo and a shine, costing 30 cents
which made me feel like Russian duke
out for holiday. Then l sought Kearny
street and met Doc and thu rest of the
cocktail brigade on the boulevard We
had the usual number of rounds of drinks.
treating and re-treatUg, and at 6 o'clock /
excused myself, after spending 81 In cham
pagne cocktails wnen it came my turn to
treat.
Nature demanded something to eoun ter
act the effect of all the liquor had drunk.
so l went to dinner alone at a French res
taurant. | had small bottle each of St.
julien, Chablis and CliequOt with my
dinner, which / ordered a la carte. In
cIudlng nall dollar for the waiter the bill
was 81 Still l had my pockets finn Of
money and began thinking that Charley
had cinch on me.
"A creme de menthe set my brain work.
ing and L decided to 60 to the thester. The
drink and boutOnniere afterward cost me
80 cents. ! bought proscenium-box al
the theater for S15-reckless, wasn't it2-
and sat there in solitary grandeur.
Two acts passed and became gloomy
so l went to the bar aud ordered a small
bottle lS2 25). Prices vary at different
places.
y did not feel like returning to the hay
so l sought the street. Overhead was a
clear SKY and lovely full moon. The
temptation was too much and could moi
resist IL. l went to Cret's and got his hest
double team (S9 and started out
- had pony brendes at the Villa and
Dlckey's, and with fees to the hostIers The
entire tax was 81 Then | reached the
Cllh House intending to admire the pIav of
the moon beams on the waves and listen IN
the barking OF the seals. But didn't In
stead met some railroad officials and in
ABOUT lhree-quarters of an hour ordered tw n