The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-11

bing his victim he dragged him upstairs to his
room where the Encouragement of the race
horse man began. There you are now, old
man. How do you like that vest and that coat
and those shoes? Here you are for swell
stand-up collar and pair of link cuffs. How
does that strike you? Now get onto this watch
lob and see"
''Hold up, Cliff; that fob don't go. want my
gold chain with big links. You can't work off
no lob on me- Here, give me that chain,'5 and
Mr.. McCarty reached for the dream of his
makeup, which Talbot was attempting to hide
for the time being. He finally got hold of it
and coupled it on to his watch with the re-
mark, "Now, that's something like, Cliff, and if
it don't suit your aristocratic eye, why we quit
right here"
Talbot tried his best to get the fob on the
watch instead of the chain, which was pulling
the vest down like dumbbell in q sack, but
McCarty was firm in the belief that he looked
all right until he got up in front of the glass.
AT this point it struck him that he was wearing
the clothes OF man feet high, and as Nc
Carly is not much over it naturally ruffied
him a bit. In a few moments all the wrath in
the race OF McCarty came to the surface and
he began to toss broadcloth all over the place.
The storm OF clothing lasted about one minute,
after which the man of ffWhite Hat got into
his own tweed suit and forswore dude blow
outs for the remainder OF his life.
eve have become so accustomed to the sight
of beggars on our public streets that we fail
utterly to realize how disgusting and disgrace
full they are" said Presiding Police Judge Low
in conversation concerning the proposed
arrest of professional mendicants. ''The Mer-
! chants Association is doing splendid work in
removing inanimate filth from the streets, but
| they are not removing the animate filth. That
| Work should be taken up by some association
or person and pushed to an issue. 1t is just as
necessary to the good name of our city as the
work done by the street-sweepers. Besides
some OF these stump-legged and one-armed
/ beggars are vicious, and have often obtained
money by actual intimidation. If these beg
gars are arrested and the legal points in their
| cases are finely balanced between them and
the people OF this community, so far as I am
! concerned the people shall be given the best
| OF 1t, and the defendant may test the law by an
| appeal. One of the most trying duties of q
| police magistrate is the determination of the
| question whether beggar is a fraud or not,
| bat frankly, don't take much stock in this
cheap subterfuge of selling pencils and so forth
on business streets. 1t is merely an excuse in
most cases. However, L do not wish to be
understood as prejudging the matter. My
! opinion as a citizen is simply that the present
condition Of our beggar-ridden thoroughfares
is Il public disgrace"
"Such is fame!" mournfully remark ed Preble
Jones in the corridor of the Baldwin last night,
accompanying the remark with an unusually
heavy sigh. 'What is the trouble now?" quer-
J led sympathetic bystander. "Wen," re-
| turned the pedagogue, sacrificing another drop
| OF hearts blood, tout at the school the other
day was remarking to the class how many
| great men had recently died. Among others l
mentioned General Benjamin F. Butler, ex-
| Governor OF Massachusetts,, whose deeds in the
late war are matters of worldwide renown.
After speaking of him l asked if any of the
! scholars could tell me who Ben Butler was. A
| little chap way down in the corner raised his
hand and gave him permission to speak. Il
| know who Ben Butler Isl he shouted. He is
the one-eyed seal out at the Cliff House."
can amusing incident happened on the
berkeley train the other day. said Employ
ment Secretary Leslie of the Young Mems
| Christian Association yesterday. "a long, lean
| lanky, overgrown schoolboy OF Is years travels
to and from school by that line every day. The
! tralnmen are not long in becoming acquainted
! with regular passengers, and on the day speak
OF the brakeman attempted to Josh the lad
l do not see how your people dare to trust you
out without a chain, he said. That is al
right, retorted the boy. They will have you
| In the pound pretty soon because you do not
wear collar. Don't wear collar, Ell" ejacu
| lated brake. 4 should say l do wear one.
| wear Southern Pacific collar'o