The San Francisco call., 1909-04-13
GOOD CHEER RULES
IN JOYOUS CAFES
Rubber Supplies Are Plentiful
and Slot Machines Popular
as Trade StimuIatOrs

r. AN FRANCISCO merchants have
come 10 recognize the value of the
Osiot machine as trade stimulator
and therefore the manufacturers
and retailers OF slot machines do
thriving business in this city.
Recent objection that has been raised
10 the gambling feature of some slot
machines has resulted in the passage
of an ordinance which viii do away
with the use of these machines as pure
ly gambling devices. But as a legiti-
mate contrivance for the stimulation Of
trade the slot machine has evidently
come 10 stay.
The merchants look upon the slot ma
chine as an invaluable means of in
,creasing their business by lending the
accessory of mild excitement to the
transaction of prosaic sales. For in
stance. the child who drops a penny
in the slot TO get stick OF gum or
chocolate viii acquire liking for that
particular brand OF gum or chocolate
and this viii lead TO larger sales. II
Is on this principle that the slot ma
chine is used.
The slot machines are OF many vari-
clies and of ingenious mechanism.
Great mechanical skill goes into their
manufacture. and as they are for the
most part rather costly, a great deal
OF money is spent in their purchase
But the merchant who uses them re-
CARDS them as paying investment;
that is proved by the increase con-
stantly noted in the number that are
being used.
The slot machine dealers of this
city arc also kept busy supplying the
demand of interior towns in which
these trade stimulators are just s
popular as they arc in san Francisco.
Now devices are constantly being put
on the market. 50 that those who find
amusement in using them may expert
ment with great variety.
IRON the very earliest days it was
said Of san Francisco by men and
women familiar with the great
metropolitan centers OF the world that
here first class meal could be ordered
at smaller expense than anywhere else
on The lire Of round-the- world travel.
This was undoubtedly the fact in
the old San Francisco that perished
with the fire; it is just as true of
-the now San Francisco that has sprung
into life.
see Rome and die" so ran an old
saw. see san Francisco and live" is
= more proper and up TO date maxim.
Since owen Meredith asked. Where is
there has been no satisfactory answer
10 the query except that there is none
such. But life without satisfactory din
ing is only half life.
There are cafes and restaurants by
the score in san Francisco. represent
ing not only the characteristic cookery
OF every nation but also in great vari-
ETY. of size and every conceivable de-
gree OF furnishings. from the more
humble to the most luxurious that
money. liberality and the exercise of
discriminating and cultivated taste can
supply through the skill of both native
and foreign artistry Altogether there
arc hundreds of cafes and restaurants
i'm the city the equipments of which
collectively run into the seven figures.
There is nothing like their uniform ex-
celence anywhere else in the world,
when reasonableness of prices and the
surpassing excellence of cuisine are
considered Whoever dweIls in San
Francisco that has not made q tour OF
The cafes. and the visitors from outside
who have been similarly remiss may
know that they have missed liberal
education. which lack they will do well
10 repair with the greatest possible
prOmpmess.
f ODERN business involves the
tVI constant use of the rubber stamp
]'A and if for the manufacture OF
these simple little labor and time saw
ing devices alone. the Importation and
sale Of rubber would be an immense
business in great commercial and
mercantile center like San Francisco.
There are so many uses to which
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