The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-12
Californians in New York
Gotham Weather IS Sultry and Thousands
Are Leaving for Europe

NEW YORK, n. Y, July AT this
season of the year the weather be-
comes terrific, and long after sunset heat
waves rise like columns of pale smoke from
the stone buildings that have been absorb
ing the suns rays all day long. Up to
midnight any attempt to get little sleep
is iruitless. AT that hour, however, a slight
change comes and one can get few
hours of rest; provided, of course, always
that the coal man does not dump few
tons into the alley beneath your window.
The coal game is quite popular here now
coal being cheap.
Landlords take advantage of the market
and load up for the winter. In consequence
coaling goes on in all the apartment blocks
for at least a straight week, or until the
Easements are filled and your trunks are
carefully covered up. It would not be sur
prising to me to discover that the janitor
had broken open atrunk or two and found
room for little more coal on the inside
Excursion boats leave every pier daily
for the various watering places both near
and far. The passengers are divided into
three classes-moneyed men, the working
class ana tramps. The latter element go as
far up the rivers as their few red cents
will take them and as much farther as
they can get without being kicked off.
Thousands of people leave daily and an
average of IS, 600, 600 month goes to Eu-
rope alone to be spent a-touring by Amer
lean travellers. OF course, this represents
the millionaires and men and women OF
luxury and idleness, who intend to do the
continent ''large."
This enormous output of human beings
leaves the city socially marred, and those
who do come here merely use 1t as gate
to get somewhere else. Most of the thea
tiers are shut down and the roof-gardens
furnish most all the theatrical amuse-
ment, considerable of it being very in
ferior. Variety people who cannot afford
to go to the watering place or lay of for
the summer months allow themselves to
be billed as stars and infiict their very or
binary talents on the perspiring audience.
That the Government has its right eye
on California there is no longer further
doubt. Only last Thursday William c.
Harris, the great piscatorial and hsh Gull
ture authority, as we'll as the editor of the
American Angler, left New York, COM
missioned by the Government to prepare,
ready for press, a work on American game
fish, to be fully illustrated and printed in
the highest style of the art. This book
will concern California most particularly,
Mr.. Harris will first go into the Saw
Tooth Range in Idaho and from there to
California, beginning IN the lower part of
the State and making his way toward the
north, passing Professor David Starr
Jordan at Palo Alto so as to give that
popular educator an opportunity to set
forth his famous chestnut OF fish. About
three months will be consumed in all. and
the book will appear toward the end of the
year. 1t is to be the most complete pub
LEGATION yet issued on the question. con-
tanning many colored plates.
Californians who happen to be in New
York at the present time are carrying
their heads little high over the victory
of Fred Webster, president of the Country
Club in the Golden State. owing to the
fact of his having won the international
cup at the shooting tournament in London
last Wednesday. He left the other side
on the day following, and will arrive in
the United States to find big delegation
waiting to dine him with California zest.
After that he will be sent on to San Fran
cisco for another round at the hands of
the Country and the Pacific Union clubs,
both of which he is member.
Jack Follansbee arrived from. his South
ern California ranch in the early part of
the week and sailed for England on the
following Thursday, to be present at the
Henley Yale race. He took along several
friends and will make a three months
trip and return the latter part of the sum-
mer.
F. D. Ryan, District Attorney of Sacra.
mento County, along with Judge Garoutte,
is at the Hoffman House. They spend a
good deal of time taking in the races and
fitting along Broadway in the region OF
the political corrals. Toward evening one
can see them making toward the roof
gardens or the parks where bit of cool
air can be INDUCED in.
Judge Joseph J. Burke, presiding Judge
of the Bay District track, has been in the
city for a few days and goes to ST. Louis to-
day, where he will judge for the season.
Many people of the coast will remember
Mrs. Mary Billings-Boyson-St we'll
known socially in both Oakland and Sac
ramento. The lady is new playing in
''Olivette" at the Herald-square Theater
and always manages to draw the Califor-
mans who happen to be visiting here.
Edward Payson Critcher, formerly of
San Jose, is now residing at 80 Glen ave-
nue., Mount Vernon, New Jersey. Both
Mr.. Critcher's wife and sister are with
him. He is at present working on the
New York Recorder.
John z. Nash of the Tivoli is in town.
New York to Mr.. Nash is like the Bay