The herald., 1895-04-29
CITY CANOES

1t is more than passing strange that
road -coaching has not acquird the popu-
larity here in California that It has at
tanned in the east and elsewhere: In
Paris, London and consequently New ork
coaching became such a mania that
regular course of instruction, including
such weighty teaching as the proper posi-
ton of the hands, the holding OF the
whip, ETC., was gone through with by male
members of upper tendon who were am
bilious to shine as modern Jehus. Among
some of the crack whips" and devotees
of the gentlemanly art OF coaching on this
and the other side of the big pond, are
names which have been familiar to
Americans 70. a generation or more. Col.
Jay, Chester Alan Arthur and W. u. Tiff
any and among the nobility coaching has
enjoyed great vogue Mr.. Tiffany after
ransacking the dusty records OF the Eng
lish nostoffice for a correct model, had
built for himself quaint old fashioned
English mail coach.
It seems that we have always liked to
give names to the things we are attached
to, and in some cases these names have
come to have commercial value. We
name our steamers after some hero or
favorite city; some ofius. give appropriate
names to our ranch or plantation homes,
| and we name our race horses. How pro-
| sale it would be to schedule Salvador as
mum Der two is to run such and SUCH
| race, IL Has OIlcH Decll TcIlIdThcu tiidt
proverbs are the ported wisdom of the
ages. What's in Manner might b..
answered with the one word everything.
Here are some of the happily selected
ones as printed in Paris paper which
have been bestowed on the coaches: The
Aquidneck, The Evening Star, which
makes delightful moonlight trips for the
benefit of--in the slang parlance of the
day-spoony lovers; The Constitution, The
Comet The Crescent The Meteor, The
Magnet and most delightfully."- named Of
all. The Old Times.
How delightfully."- pleasant it must be
for lady after a tired DAYS shopping or
for man who has toiled in his office
through the whole length of dusty day,
to have the opportunity of a ride on the
top of a coach with a congenial party of
friends and to find awaiting one on arriv-
ing at the end of the journey good din
ner, for which the brisk ride has. doubly
whetted the appetite. When back home
to turn in'' and sleep so soundly that
blast from the trumpet of the angel Ga
briel. though loud enough to waken the
seven sleepers. would not be heard.
Again, if you are an early riser it is pleas
ant to set out for a days coaching at the
refreshingly cool morning hour of six,
when the exhilarating atmosphere is like
draught of nectar prepared for the gods.
When we reflect that we have here advan-
tages of climate, etc., in fact all that
goes to make up the sum OF a perfect
coaching trip it is indeed a matter to re-
mark upon that we have / OF entered into
the spirit of coaching with more zest and
displayed more enthusiasm. Here in Cal
ifornia the roads are certainly above the
average and as the coach bowls along a
continuous and varied panorama unfolds
itself before .theueye, interesting to the
most blase OF. sightseers, majestic, grand
and sombre.
The dim Sierras far beyond uplift
Their minarets of snow"
The valley in early spring is carpeted
with the greatest variety OF wild flowers,
the yellow poppy predominating, remind
ing one OF the magnifcance OF the field
of the cloth OF gold. Dotted here and
there are beautiful ranch homes; one
rides through orange groves laden with
the golden fruit and the air is redolent
with the perfume of thousand waXen
flowers, all tempting one involuntarily
to change the famous aphorism of J hn
Burns on the wicked city of Chicago,
and call this "a pocket edition of Para
disc
1t seems that the proud position of the
whip is not coveted by our society
men, for l have noticed frequently that
the sour-in- hands are driven by the liv-
cry driver. 1t is not generally known
that the wife of our president is first
class whip" holding the reins and man
aging the animals like veteran driver,
and it was not al uncommon sight, when
the Clcvelands we're at Buzazrds Bay for
Mrs. Cleveland to take the reias as soon
as the party had left the town behind.
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Have you seen the very latest in ST.
tionery? Yesterday in a Spring stree, t
store | was looking over the new importa-
tons. The newest novelty was the Veto
ria plaid. 1t is strikingly odd. Everyone
remem bers that when the Princess Loui
married the Duke OF Fife, the great craze
was for the particular plaid of the clan to
which belonged his lordship. Another
fad in stationery is the French marginal.
1t comes in the pale blues. yellows and
pnks the inch wide margins running
down one side of the paper and enve
opes in darker shade. 1t is a trite say
ing that when trenchman writes a let
ter the deeper his respect for the person
addressed the wider the margin. How
ever true this may b.. it is pretty con
cet III STATIONERY for those who fancy
other than the plain white.
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The only reminders of the brilliant pa