The San Francisco call., 1899-07-23

teacher. who had temporarily been con-
qLared N an unequal battle waged be-
tween the instructors IN the various
schools Of our city, and the solid sew
en- OF our last years Board Of School
Directors.
With grown daughter to support
ana numerous other calls upon her
generous but slender purse. this lady
haG YET managed TO save enough out
qr ner earnings 10 buy south OF the
PARK lot. feeling sure that il would
prove 70 have been q profitable invest
neEt in years to come. but having no
lLHIEht OF its present posi- bilities.
w hen, however, II became impOssi Bile
% collect the moneys justly due her
from the city. and the question Of pay
ing rent oL- Of an invisible income be
came serious one. the teacher took q
Saturday car ride out u the Cliff House
WITH vague idea Of putting Up q tent
IN me one spot Of earth that she could
call her own and living there II prtni-
tive fashion until right conquered might
and she cam into her own.
She came back to the city with q new
idea which she had gathered by the
WaySide, and she put that idea into ex-
eclLor without delay. From the win
dow Of the electric car she had seen the
mouse Ct the disciple u EscuIapius nest
ing among the sand hills. and the sight
had been an Inspiration.
\ day or TWO later another car made
It's unwilling appearance in the s0li-
rL1= 0t the sands. and then on the next
saturday an express wagon came from
the city loaded with & few simple arti-
cl@5 o. furnishing and q taC-IOpped
trunk. and on the next car OUT came The
teacher and her daughter and took pos
session Of their new home There was
no rent 70 pay TOW. and for Z little
u C-L- the heroic daughter braVeiy sold
papers 10 help out household expenses
and from her, al that time unrenuu-
eratIVe. work. These Two live in Car
vile stIll, but under happier auspices.
and their home, DeaUtiIed inside and
OUT bE the exercise u wouaQ's : Wit and
wisdom. = one OF the show spots" OF
the -Ccality-a monument TO the re-
sOurcetu. bravery Of a thoroughly indie
pendent and self-relianC human being.
The two houses made & brave show
ing from boulevard. beach and car line
and awakened envy in many an erst-
while peaceful and city-contented
breast. and soon the tide OF urban emf
grafton turned that way.
Al first the plain and simple car.
made stationary by certain mysterious
to The lay uird-braCings and COM
plicariOns OF timbers, was considered
perfectly satisfactory as a residence.
The interior Of street car is far more
spacious than such persons as have
only tenanted them for purposes OF
travel can easily realize.
When one rides on vehicles OF this
description only during the crush OF
morning and night and holiday the pre-
d0uinent impression retained by the
mind IS ot their limitations rather than
of their true dimensions. a double car
freed from its late and early tangle OF
uucOmfOrtabIy crowded passengers and
their bristling array Of encroaching
knees and elbows and baskets and bun
dies, is a pretty good sized apartment
after all when il comes down 70 mat
ter Of actual measurement By a little
arrangement Of poTtieres two people,
and possibly three can dwell in one
quite conveniently and pleasantly, pro
vided always that they are OF amiable
dispositions 10 begin with, and this fact
has been proven by the inhabitants Of
Carv.Ile-by-t -the-Sea time after time
Al first where the family 70 De shell
tered was actually too numerous TO be
tucked away anywhere inside one car
another was wheeled alongside and Al
aristocratic double house was the ad-
nirabIe result This idylliC simplicity
OF thought expression. however. did not
long satisfy the vauIting ambition Of
the progressive beach dwellers. AT
least those Of them who had become