The morning call., 1893-02-21

Ub VIII DllZLdIu MtdtUcI III NOW 1OAh
Pennsylvania and Ohio. recalling the storm
of 1888, is stI ongly in contrast with the open.
spring weather reigning in California. We
have occasional spells of cold days. and at
intervals torrential rains, but very little that
can be termed disagreeable. There are few
other parts of the earth where robust men
can dispense with overcoats from one end
of the year to the other. Ladies wear furs
good deal, but IL they were not very costly
and were not considered beautiful and EVIL
Dental Of style. some other material would
probably be deemed becoming Many East
ern visitors are in California at this moment.
and they cannot fail to be i'm pressed with
the marvels of our climate. At the same
time grumblers are heard to say that In the
East people are prepared for bad weather,
whereas here ehangeabe or cold weather
sometimes comes and the people are caught
unawares. But what about the poor people
in the East who are not prepared?
Charles Mitchell, the pugiist. must begin
to regard this country as very hospitable.
He was refused landing because he was
con sdered a convict, and when freed from
restraint under habeas corpus he was re-
fused admission to hotel on the ground Of
this very faint in his career. Having set
tied the preImina ries for bruising match
with Corbett he has initiated the manners
drunk and provoking row. The assault
made upon him by group OF bartenders,
assisted By bottles, proves that the English
champion is vulnerable IN as ignomlnlous a
manner as other people. lie WAS not car
ried home on shutter, but in cab. Should
he remain for training on American soil his
idus achates, Abingdon Baird, will drag
him into some other rumpus. Corbett does
not drink whisky, and perhaps he smiles
when he thinks OF glove day.
The Chinese In San Francisco have kept
up their New Years customs with a chas-
tened sobriety this year, as II their tills
were short of money. but the stranger who
studies their festivities for the frat time
may have the impression that Chinatown
is gorgeous beyond the further exertion of
art. Yet the quarter, when studied beneath
its tinsel, is frightful in filth, squalor, over
crowding and unforgetable stenches. Per-
haps il is the last New Year John will have
the opportunity 10 celebrate on American
soil. The days are running out fast when
registration Is allowed, and IL the law Is
not complied with either Uncle Sam must
suffer The rebuff of contemptuous defiance
or tile Chinese must be deported. Evidently
the Mongoians are not going 10 move. either
here or in the East. There are some signs
that in British Columbia the Chinese are as
undesirable as here. The Legislature has
from $50 TO 500. Such a tax would keep
out large plumbers.
The City Fathers of San Fran cisco have
been in consultation about the shortness of
cash in the treasury to meet demands. An
issue of bonds was suggested, but does not
appear TO be considered feasible without an
election, which would cost 100000. Economy
is therefore to be practiced in the various
departments, and doubtless the interests of
the city will not suffer by official habits of
thrift One thing settled is that bonds will
not be Issued.
Beichroeder, the Berlin banker, Is not so
very rich, If he has only left fortune Of
hundred million marks-S25. 100000. With
this capital, however. he was able TO stir up
the national loan market very actively. no
doubt in cooperation with other firms OF
financiers. II must also be remembered that
such fortune appears enormous In Ger
many. where millioDaires are by no means
numerous. The coins by which milli0naires
are estimated make considerable differences
OF status. In Germany marks are reckoned.
in France and Belgium francs, in America
dollars, in England soyereigns or FIVE
dollar pieces.
The rich American abroad is up In arms
at an heraldic slight which the possession of
wealth and good name has not corrected.
London rather than Paris is now the Mecca
of the migratory swarm who visit Europe,
all the difficulties of getting into aristocratic
society having long been overcome. 1t is
impossible to make of London Paradise,
but it is a great Babylon that everybody
likes after a year or two of residence.
Those who aim at social distinction have
recently been shocked TO discover that in
book of crests of Great Britain and Ireland
only tweDty-f0ur families In America are
referred to as entitled TO display crests.
Surely there are hundreds OF old families
who can trace their lineage across the At
lantie. The feeling OF rage among those
who are ignored must be very explosive,
but possibly they can correct the blunders
In subsequent editions of this book of fate
by crossing the palms of the officials at
Herald's College with coin. 1t is their duty
to hunt up pedigrees and embiems for
healthy and wealthy people born without
them.
Patrons may also have veracious bi0g-
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