The San Francisco call., 1906-09-09
By w. Gner Kidder.

effect of two agreeable causes.
being born and living in Cali
fornia. He seems TO be neither
better nor worse than his Eastern
brother. though. perhaps. a mutual ex-
change of supernuous virtues might
elevate both averages. He is proud of
California. but his pride is too much
tinged with retrospection and pro-
phecy. too much given TO glorifyins
the gone and hurrahing for the COM
inE. Memory and expectation seem to
lcowd appreciation of the present
ough he hopes and remembers, he
Nrcver recalls the disagreeable; resur-
rccts only the fragrant; never wor-
ries. and when "reminiscences cease to
amuse he forgets. Every Californian
is aware that California is everything
good hut he cannot forget that il
was better and is going to be best.
With money he is generous and, while
worshiping it with the devotion of a
miser, lavishcs it with the prodigality
~ a spendthrift. Wealth. powerful
everywhere has a power in California
unknown eiswhere; even pedigree evsp-
CRATES before the very suggestion of a
bank account. You must have personal
respectability to enter society, but
family" bah. The Californian has
neither the tempcstuous energy Of the
Yankee nor the easy culture Of the
southerner; and don't know who else
has But lie is without the offieiousness
of either. and ] donH know who else
is. Not that the Yankee doesn't mind
his own business as well as the Cali
fornian. but he minds other folks bet
ter. A ~down-easter' is, perhaps. the
only man on earth who can make d sue
,coss of his own affairs while making a
speciality of yours. But his solicitude
IS equaled by his enterprise and
benevolence. The New England Yam
kce. without his oficiousness, would
be perfcct without his philanthropy.
q nuisance.
The Californian is spiccd with gen
erous alloy OF bohemianism: he is the
very disciple of pleasure He loves
money but he loves il for what 1t
gives and he spends his last dollar as
II 1T was dry leaf and he the owner
OF infinite forests" He drinks as much
as we. but from some mysterious cause
doesn't get so drunk. l am investi-
eating this trait in the interests of
science. But his strict attention to
his own affairs to the forgetfulness OF
others emphasizes the good he has and
atones for the good he hasn't He
loves his home better than his cafe,
but he loves his cafe too much. He is
not sufficiently grounded in domestic
economy TO understand that home
in Milpitas IS more sacred than a
boarding house in san Francisco.
san Francisco restaurants had q
world wide reputation. and she has for
years, been a city Of refuge for those
sanctimonious old bucks from the East
home TO weep over her sins. The fact
is the Californian is more open in his
deviitry. but i can't see that what he
DOES publicly and owns up TO is worse
than what we do privately and lie
about. If he is fond Of divorce it is
because he loves peace. We. on the
contrary. believe in purifying the do
nestle atmosphere with squalls. The
man who resisted the temptation to
have a good time" here before the fire
always struck me as having had too good
p tine before be arrived ! am not in
Drdinstoly suspicious, but when one OF
my sex swaps or his hat for halo he
invites from me rather wonder than
The Californian is not a
there is discipline in his
Nor does he carry his
pleasure into his business
In sentiment he is pauper in spite
of his climate. fruit and flowers; but
he is young yet. Perhaps you have
heard Of Andrew Jacksons old darky
who was expatiating on his masters
greatness after the battle OF New Or
leans. De fac is declared this old
negro TO another. Mars Andrew Is de
0igges man dat eber lived" L dunno
bout dat replied the other; "deres
soadlemity." Oats so" answered the
first. but Mars Andrew is young yit"
50 II our friend is deficient in imagin-
stion We must remember that he has
been in his Elysium but 2 few years.
Poetry IS a plant Of slow growth, but
his very environmcats are his guaran-
Zee of future inspiration. What Gale
Ionia bleak and Wild has done Cali
.ornia viii do. This state is peopled
By sample Of every nation. and to
systematize and mature the results OF
so heterogeneous a commiagling time
3 needed.
one Of the most pronounced char
lcteristics or our trans Rocky Noun
ain friend IS his repugnance to
grievances: he rarely airs his
roubles and il he appears unsympa-
-hetic il is because he doesn't want
vou TO air yours. He doesn't invite
HE unpleasant, but when il comes he
takes his medicine" Any complaint
Jf his employees has little effect. and
he best sauce for humble pie in Cali
'Ornia is silence. reporting the delin-
luent only advertises your mortifica-
ion. That this Indifference 10 rational
'.n1f ending encourages inSolcuce IN