The herald., 1894-02-12
THE rKNDRRFoor IN OUR MIDST.

The midwinter for Southern Califor-
mia is already on its wane and spring
will be upon US in few weeks. The
arrivals Of eastern people in our midst
have been quite as numerous as in any
former year, but they have not spent
go much money as heretofore, owing t.
the financial stringency. People who
boarded at some Of our leading hotels q
year ago and did not deem "a day an
extrsvagant price, are now living in
private boarding houses at $10 to $12
per week, according to the rooms occu-
pied by. than. Then there were those
whose daily expenses were about 81,
who have cut even that frugal amount
in half by going into, lodgings and cook
ing two meals per diem over coal oil
stove. And all this for health.
OF course, we have to listen to an &C.
casional lecture from these good people,
and it becomes our duty to receive it in
a spirit of patience and Christian resig-
nation. A Native Son of the Golden
West was talking one day in San Fran
cisco with an Irishman who was telling
how much finer the fruits, vegetables
and fish were in Ireland than here. AT
last the N. 8. G.. W. lost his patience:
''If everything ia go much better in
Ireland than here why didn't you stay
there?"
"Me honey" replied the Pathfinder.
81 KEN to California beksse l wanted
to. and you KEN here bskase you
couldn't help yourself"
That is something always to be recol-
lected when the tenderfoot begins to
complain that things are not quite what
he expected them to be. There is nc
use OF our flying into = passion at his
querulous remarks and telling him that
if be don't like it he can go to a place
the existence of which is denied by Mr..
Ingersoll. We must remember that the
tenderfoot has come here purely of his
own volition and was not bound to stay
here "a hours if his inclinations were to
the contrary. Again, we are not 30 sen
sitive to criticism as we were in former
years. 1t used to be so that we were
always volunteering to give the new
conner anything he wanted, to stall of
unfavorable criticism on his part and to
force him to like us whether he leaned
that way or not
That day mas gone by, and it is best
for all concerned that such is the case
The newcomer must take things az BIT
finds them and not growl because we
have ceased to be complainant. At tbs
same time don't let us be idiotic enough
to give growl for growl. He will go away
ia search of more favored localities ans
be won't find them. He will be glad tc
come back here, "a has been everybody
else that has spent one winter with US
II he chooses to live cheaply while her
and not dine on pate de toie grGs ant
Chateau Yquem, as he did the first time
he came out here, let ne remember tina
it is his money and not ours, that he i
spending in our midst; and that W.
have every REASON to be pleased that h,
is here at all.
Besides, you don't know to whom you
are talking. The man whom you set
coming out Of delicacy store with
half dozen bundles of ready-cooket
yictuals in his hands. may be the poo
relation Of some capitalist who has sem
him out here to inspect the country ant
whose investments in our midst will de
pend largely upon the poor relation
report. On the other hand, the sur
posed poor relation may be the rich ma
himself. He knows if be makes an
great display of wealth, that the price
CT land will be advanced 20 per cent, q
soon ss he displays the slightest II
clination to buy. So he puts on poo