New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-26
CALIFORNIA REALISM.
c,,rr-oD,Y NIGHT AT THE FAIR

well-to-do does not turn up in large numbers o"e
to the fact that as soon as you get ihsiae ''' e
trance gates you have TO begin paying d.'n's' q'1
ters and haif-dollars to get anywhere. iou "''' %
through the main buildings and look al the 'u''N,''
garden Tor nothing. but nobody wants 10 w
these n ,cs and everybody wants to 80 where l.
costs r,.l 10 cents to haif dollar to be admt'ed'
tho IND nj find q best to stny away.
For q long time well-to-do san Francisco has pe-
walled the want Of interesting places 10 MAKE TIC
object Of it's afternoon drives and Walks. Ihere are
no suburbs in San Francisco, no Morris ana Jerome
Parks no Coney Island. no Riverside Drive-no-
where 10 go but perpetually to drive to the park
take an exciting survey Of the sanddunes' the
Prayer-book Cross and then drive home again THIS
after about ten years. begins to PAIL ana so II II
that the Fair supplying a long-fe want, mas lIS
best patronage among that class which mas SUM
Gent leisure to be bored and sufficient money 70 pe
willing to pay half dollar to see "kilauea' the
Burning Mountain" whenever 1t pleases
You pay Is cents TO get into Cairo Street, and INSIDE
the portal find yourself In street lined by bazaars
in which gttcring Persian wares and odd Egyptian
curlos that look very picturesque wherever they
were made are spread forth allurIngy. The bazaar
people are doing badly. and mplore the passer-by
In tones of urgent entrcaty to buy or their wares
Few people do Is early in the season IN the hrst
place. in the second Cairo Street is too interesting
perspective to lose. one wants to look ABOUT ana
get the general effect not to concentrate the vision
cites.
San Francisco IS represented by many OF It's most
charming types. The handsome Jewesses are there
in Quantities one knows them in Il minute by their
warm richly tinted compeXions showing pure PINK
and white under their thickly dotted wells their
dark hair invariably curly and worn parted on the
forehead drawn back loosely over the tips of their
ears: their fine clothes, well made setting smoothly
over figures which at sixteen are perfect. at thirty
shapcless As well dressed as they are ana as
handsome in n different style. are the daughters OF
rich Gentle San Francisco Tha: the Sc fine cre atures
have in them the pure, unanted blood OF the irlsh
peasantry can be seen in their distinctly Hlbernian
type Of features shellpin tinting Of their COM
plexlons the rich hair constantly inclining to red
the splendid look OF health and vlgor that dis
tngushes them all. the broad large faces, the stall
wart heavily built robust figures broad-shouidered
broad-hipped broad-chested. This physical perfec-
ton has been bequeathed by rch-booded Irish
peasants to their American descendants And this
superb heritage. helped out by genial climate. has
bred n race Of Amazons magnificent In body, II some
times heavy In MIND.
I'D and down through the winding ways of Cairo
60 these beauties OF the Golden Gate radianty
arrayol their gay attire. lighter In than that
Of their sisters OF the Atlantic seaboard showing
a prediction on the part OF the wearers for fawn
color, with dash Of crude petuna purple. Every
snooth-Irawn tan-colored coat front shows great
bunch Of dark purple vioets the third buttonhole
now and then varied by a crepe-pealled, lavender
tinted orchid or two.
These rob cairo Street OF some OF It's picturesque
fore!gnuess But Cairo Street trlumphs over
their aggressive nn-lesieclc Californian modernness
when 1t lends the last touch Of realism TO its winding
ways by allowing wedding procession to pass SOW
IS down between the baZaars to the open streets
Three very bronzy looking but gorgeously belizcned
canes constitute the main body Of the procession.
From Caro- Stree. with lis gterng bazaars. It's sun
stepped streets with long stretches OF shadowcross.d
yellow walls. its Greary brown-faced citizens sitting
outside the theatre door between two great brass
drums. its dancing girls and Its came-drivers. TO the
camp OF 20 IL long step. Actually ii is just
the garden. and then down broad road between
eucalyptus trees, some Of which bear the legend.
ITO Gold Guch. miles" Before you have got
this far. however. you have noticed the coach
s~ately rolling through the streets OF Sunset City
picking up passengers for the camp II is good
old Concord. brown and battered. drawn by four
horses and driven by broad-hatted Jehu who re-
calls memories of Yuba BEL. You may have noticed
tho train II pack-burros which a miner has driven
across the Fair grounds earlier in the day To the
person who has ever lived among the mining camps
this train of littie donkeys each with his neatly
balanced load swung across his back strikes the
eye with a sudden shock OF bewidered surprise. At
ono time it has been well-known and familiar
sight. especially N the spring when the break
and the rrogpectors out into the foothills with
their kit packed the backs Of two burros.
But in the midst OF Sunset city surrounded by the
gorcs Of the Orient. 1t is startling in its rough.
The camp is in its full glory at night Then sur.
round!ngs that might take on from the perfection OF
the Illustration are botted ont by the friendly dark
After you pass the frs, cabin and find yourself in
the little street. a weird OF utter ISOLATION of
absolute strtngcnees. takes possession OF you You
have entered new place. a new piece Of the world.
a story OF Bret Hartes. back in the California OF
chn 0hgrS' rna r" ran Is t tSs
the sound OF the river rppling on the bar which
Hartc's stories is not heard But here is the lite
street ascending gradual incline that you have
sncSSnter From the opened doorway Of gambling
house and saloon the crude Light cuts a passage
across the darkness Of the thorOughfare The
shoulders Of tiny cabins catch reflection of the
geam. the white flap of tent is revealed In the dis
From the hotel where the stage stops and Wells
Fargo's office Is come sounds Of voices. IL IS barn
like place. with stretch OF upholstered, implanted
wall and a bar inside where miners ounging.
Nearer by from the gambling house. comes the
harsh grating Of the roulette wheel It swings
rough walls. the bar at one end. the TWO musicians
sottrd slightly raised seats the stove in the mid
layout There are good many people round this
men in mining clothes and broad h1ts. men wei
dressed and wei LOOKING and-someihlng that W.
don't remember IN Bret Hlrte story-quitc a good
many fashionable looking women. who. leaning for
warl with bold determination plant their dollars
and haif-dollars On the green ollcoth squares
It, single counter its stove surrounded 10y soap-boXs
set end its wares. labelled at the prices OF ~.
tie place with It's great stone fireplace and its
row bunk; passing John Mackays cabin. which Is
only a shell now, suddenly is arrested by the
sound Of music smart. wel,-cadcnced dance music.
mark Il by tn inspring clicking r he casianets
II proceeds from the dance ha-a long. low build
ing In rough wood with tcket-takcr in the door
way. wrapped In a great coat OF muskrat or Wild
cat fur.
Inside the d,rcc hall the revels have begun. The
floor IT, cleared for Icspn. From the roof hang four
k,tps.pr lamps. vita Gin Ncuertprs. and a BOARD
standing boxes ia provided for the visitors to sit
on Tho musician they look Ike NeN!clns sit on
overturned boxes AMI lake music with rafting
old piano Two guitars and violin The lively
prits Of tho camp have g. thercl here Tor Il dance
tonight There arc MeXcins-hoth men and women
the former I'm ih'ir short jackets. tight trousers
trimmed with buttons down the outside OF the leg.
perhaps. ana sonbtcrOs. The women wear brlgh;
satin skirts ami short embroidered Jackets These
dance admirably. When Carmen Martinez what
eyer her nationality hc. her appearance - distinctly
Spanish rises for he fardgngo. the ono)kers ana
her own cDnuaaons applaud Carmen ia the head !
danseuse, AMI Is short plump and dark. with the