The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-07
! THE GREAT WEST AND
THE PEOPLE THAT
MAKE It
A Study Of Young California
as he May be Seen in
San Francisco.
LIVES ON DOLLAR BASIS
North Carolinians Who Have Como
to Fortune and to Fame in
the West.
LIVES ON DOLLAR BASIS
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA A PARADISE
fhe Scenery Along the Canadian Pacific Equa
- That Of Switzerland. The Future Of
The Great West is Beyond Power
Of Prophet to ForeteII.

"The American continent ray sink un-
der the sea, for / have taken the rest
that it yields, and the best was neither
dollars love nor real estate"
This is what Kipling said after a visit
to California, ard having reeently been
there myself I can Well Understand how
he could so write and yet believe that he
was stating the case n.ldly.
We descended upon the Golden Gate
from the north, straight shoot down
through Canada country Astounding in
wild scenery and hospitable men. 1t was
on certain afternoon / can't tell you
what day it was, because in this mad rush
across continent watches had repeatedly
to be turned back and all reckoning of
days was lost But late one afternoon
Gate, and then through the rush and whirl
of San Francisco to the Palace Hotel-"a
en-storied warren of humanity with a
thousand rooms in it.
From it's marble halls and electric lights
we sailed forth for three nights to See the
sights of the city. On the fourth night
we were given a banquet there, compiet-
ing our intoxication that had been begun
by the winds from the Pacific, helped on
by the mad whirl of the city and finished
in dauge of native wines. By day we
were in the hands of men who had ar
ranged excursions for us and were anx-
ious that no point of interest should es-
cape our observation.
There was the inevitable trolley ride to
the Cliff House for a view of the seals
upon the rocks, a drive in the parks, q
steam boat excursion to the Golden Gate,
where Capt. Ward and the good ship Rio
went down; and a trip up Mt. Tamalpais
ON queer little train that reminded one
OF nothing so much as of a mountain goat
as it went up and up, round and round,
jumping over dizzy trestles from peak to
dim outlines of the great city in the
golden haze of the noon day.
At night this golden haze turns to
white sea-fog that whips through the
streets dimming the lights and making
overcoats and wraps a necessity. But
despite it's fogs, San Francisco is a great,
where else, you may watch and study
Young California.
You will find that he is rich, very rich.
but he does not swagger and take on airs
because of his wealth. He hardly realizes
1t, though he enjoys it to the utmost You
meet men with one, five. ten, twenty mil
lions, but would never guess it from their
dress or actions.
Young California is extensively dressed
and somewhat self-assertive in CONVEX
sation, but always cheerful in manner and
a s generous hearted and hospitable as the
Old South.
The men are all of sturdy stock, pleas
nt-mannered but business to the core.
Though often millionaires, they work and
work hard for their daily bread, but we
never found them too busy to extend a
large hand of welcome. 1t needs no badge
to mark the native son of the golden west.
He knows not fear. carries himself like
man and has heart as big as his body.
The moral of "The Sick King in Box
hara."
"That, though we take what we desire,
We must not snatch it eagerly
need not be insisted on i'll California.
We were early taught that Whatever we
wanted belonged to us and we need not
stand on ceremony in taking it. We were
not long in learning the lesson and rifled
orange groves and flower gardens ruth
lesslv
Young California is a spendthrift. He
is lavish in gifts and extravagant In ex-
penses. He has never come down to the
cent basis. He thinks in dollars and
considers nothing less than two bits t25
cents.) The one, two and five dollar bills
are as strange to him as the penny, and
to offer one of them in trade is to at once
betray yourself as an Fastener. They
make greatly-these men of the West
and they spend lavishly.
The California women are very fair and
always charming. They walk Splendidly
and dress well. Though they have not
the smooth skin and soft complexion of
Southern women, they have fine healthy
color that makes paint and powder SUI
peruous. One finds among them as many
varying types as among the men, and