The San Francisco call., 1906-06-26
| THE XRR[ a4sVIVD|
Hark, ha. X. the dogs do bark,
The beggars are coming to town,
All in. rags, (but not. with jags)
To put the free soup down.

All in rags (but not with jags)
TO put the free soup down.
'Catastrophes turn the tables in MANY
ways For several years the advertis-
ing departments of the Southern Pacific
and the Santa Fe railroads have been
busy exploiting the, Indians of the
southwest. Tons of pictorial literature
have descended upon the country, call
ing attention to the fascinating interest
that attaches to the homes and life of
the latter-day savage The Sunset
Magazine has overworked Maynard
Dixon. the Remington of the West, by
demands for illustration and cover de-
signs. For months during the CON
struction of the Union Trust building a
/ gigantic. Indian. painted almost as high
as the building on the exposed wall
looked down upon Montgomery street
from the muf1ling of his bright blanket
/ Had he stayed there li,rough April he
| might have had sudden memory of
! the temperature upon his home desert.
Railroads and writer's and artists all
/ have led the feet of the public to the
Southwest with the lure of the ruined
pueblos and the relics of vanished
peoples II is something new in the
! tourist line to be visited ourselves by
Mojave Indians from Needles who have
come here TO see our own ruins, with
| plenty Of money in their pockets to pay
for their hotel accomtn odations, even
though these be found In q relief camp
For my part, IL this thing continues, I
shall suggest to my wife and daughter
That they take the stiIetto work they
4 have been doing, with other of their
landiwork. including the red worsted
slippers they knitted me, and sit on the
curb beside one of the more picturesque
/ Of our brick monuments and incite
these strangers to the point of pur
chase. l myself, in view of the leisure
l now have. may condescend to sit near
them smoking, and to make a good job
of it will borrow a blonde baby from the
Petersens next door.
Information is given in a morning
paper regarding the height Of the at
mosphere. 1t is said to be 131 miles
high We have not measured it our
selves, but in the course of daily
walks through the burned district we
have come upon places where the ruins
have not been thoroughly inspected
and where the atmosphere is so high
that we believe the scientists are too
conservative.
In recent decision handed down by
Police Judge Mogan the title to a
doomed parrot continues to vest in the
original owner even after any and all
rescuers have averted the doom. With
our knowledge of the ethics of fire in
surance we should like to Ask whether
there should not be % per cent cut
in the parrot upon its return to the
owner.
A scarcity of labor is reported from
the borax company in the Mojave Des-
ert 1t had not occurred to before
that this business is not carried on
entirely by-mules. We.infer either that
these efficient animals are becoming ex-
tinct or that there are minor Offices
performed by persons not mentioned In
the company's printed matter
A correspondent complains of the
children who roller skate upon the
passable streets of the city. 1t will be
hard to abate this evil without the
appearance of ingratitude. The parent
who forbids his children to use their
skates in this way will feel the re-
proach of the little ones reminder that
most of his household effects were
saved from the fire by means of con-
veyances for which their skates fur
nished the wheels. In almost every
case the children will seem to have
him.
The Hon w. C. Ralston of Alameda
County, in a recent interview, declared
his intention not to run again for the
State SenatOrship. He announced that
he would start O boom for a certain
business man of this city who resides
at Fruitvale Before we are through
with this campaign" said Mr. Ralston
"the people will learn that Fruitvale is
on the map" No strenuous campaign
is necessary to this end. as the claims
of F'ruitvale are fully recognized In the
general knowledge OF the fact that
there is the location of the Altenheim
the German home for the aged and IN
firm.