The San Francisco call., 1896-11-08
Gossip About
Californians IN
New York

NEW YORK, N. Y, Nov. Last Sat-
| urday was the most memorable day OF its
kind in the history of New York.
1t was flag day and the G. 0. T. had
wisely agreed that it would parade the
streets of New York on that day. 1t would
,be i'm possible in this limited space TO De-
gin to describe the most remarkable pa
rade in the history of this State. over
1875, 900 men were in line, and more than
450 600 people stood for hours on the pave
ments and cheered and shouted until they
were hoarse. The proudest man In New
York SATURDAY. was General Horace FOR
ter, grand marshal OF the day. 1here
couldn't have been better man appointed
for such an undertaking, for General FOR
ter was on General Grants staff during
the latter part of the war, and he mas hao
vast experience in ordering and manlpu-
lating large bodies of men.
1t was extraordinary to view thou
sands upon thousands of men swing
ing by in unbroken file. There wasn't
hitch in the whole parade; just the
tramp, tramp tramp of the 125,0OO stanch
and true Republicans. From the Battery
to Forty-first street they came, shouting
and singing. Yellow chrysanthemums
were the favorite flowers OF the day, and
every man, woman and child had one
stuck some where. Some were made OF
paper, some of cloth, but the most
popular were the ragged "cold-slaw" ones
that had grown on real live plants.
The Fourth of July has never been cele-
brated with more enthusiasm and splen-
dor than was Flag day last Saturday, the
day of the Republicans magnificent de-
monstration. New Workers will never for
get it.
That man with the untiring ambition
and magnificent projects for progress and
universal prosperity. Claus Spreckels, ar
rived last week and with his wife is stop
ping at the Waldorf.
Lee Fairchild, the popular political ora
tor, has about completed his Eastern CAM
psign. He is not impressed with New
York State as brilliant field for labor,
and with the clannish spirit of a true West
erner he is looking homeward wistfully.
Mr.. Fairchild met with considerable sue
cess during the late canvass and has made
many stanch friends in the State.
Charles StalIman of San Francisco re-
turned home this week. He has been alb
sent from California about three months.
l.. S. Simons arrived Tuesday and ex-
Ing to important business. He is stopping
at the Hotel Metropole.
Mrs. Theodore Marceau, child and maid
have left the Waldorf and are settled at
the Holland for some time to come.
New York housewives are having their
! al
festive servant maid" and 'lady cook"
are sources of much annoyance and dis
gust. Housekeeping in New Y ork is de-
lusion and a snare, unless one can have
meals sent in from some neigh boring ho-
tel or restaurant, do all the housecleaning
and making of Seds, have all linen sent TO
distant laundry and hire a deaf and
dumb porter to clean windows and scrub
the marble stoop.
The modern servant is an anomaly, and
very serious one at that The N altitude
of long suffering employers will join forces
some day, and then-well, then the auda-
cious and brazen LADY cooks,f "Iady
cham bermaids" and gentlemen buffers"
will have to ''get up and git"
Ambrose Bierce. who is already recog-
nized in New York as a master of English
has been obliged by a severe attack Of
asthma to return 10 high altitude. He
will make his winter residence at Henry,
Green County, N. Y, where it is hoped
he will find immediate relief from his dis
tressing malady. 1t took three weeks to
complete the journey to his mountain re-
treat, as his weak condition necessitated
short and easy stages of travel. Mr..
Bierce's Tales Of Soldiers and Civilians"
has met with splendid foreign success
under the title of SIN the Midst of Life"
Miss Ethel Brandon (Mrs. L. r. Stock
well) has recently returned from Europe.
She tripped down the Rialto Friday, look
ing charming and happy. She has lost