The San Francisco call., 1909-04-20
GOOD CHEER RULES
IN JOYOUS CAFES
Rubber Supplies Are Plentiful
and Slot Machines Popular
as Trade StimuIatOrs

n AN FRANCISCO merchants have
come TO recognize the value of the
~ slot machine as trade stimulator
and therefore the manufacturers
and retailers Of slot machines do a
thriving business in this city.
Recent objection that has been raised
70 the gambling feature OF some slot
machines has resulted in the passage
Of an ordinance which VIII co away
with the use of these machines as pure
" gambling devices. But as a legiti-
mate contrivsnce for the stimulation OF
trade the slot machine has evidently
come to stay.
The merchants look upon the slot ma
chine as an invaluable means of in
c-easiug their business by lending the
accessory Of mild excitement to the
transaction Of prosaic sales. For in
stance. the child who drops q penny
IN the slot to get q stick OF gum or
chocolate viii acquire liking for that
particular brand Of gum or chocolate,
and this viii lead 10 larger sales. It
is On this principle that the slot ma
chine IS used.
The slot machines Sre OF many vari-
eties and Of ingenious mechanism.
Great mechanical skill goes into their
msnufsctute. 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 g paying investment;
that is proved by the increase con
Stantly noted IL the number that are
being used.
The slot machine dealers Of this
city are also kept busy supplying the
demand Of interior towns in which
these trade stimulaters are Just as
fr
New devices are constantly being put
on the market, SO that those who fnd
amusement IN using them may expert
ment with . greae>yarfety.
TlROM the very earliest days II was
said Of San Francisco by men and
= women familiar with the great
metropolitan centegs OF the world that
here hrst class meal could be ordered
at smaller expense than anywhere else
on the line Of rouud-the-w world travel
This was undoubtedly the fact in
the OLD San Francisco that perished
with the fire: it is just as true OF
the new san Francisco that has sprung
snto lie.
see Rome and die" so ran an old
saw. See san Francisco and live" is
a more proper and up 10 date maxim
Since owen Meredith asked, Where is
the man that can live without dining?'
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 10 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
are hundreds of cafes and restaurants
IN the city the equipments of which
collectively run into the seven figures.
There is nothing like their uniform ex-
ceIlence anywhere else in the world.
when reasonableness of prices and the
surprising excellence of cuisine are
considered. Whoever dwells in San
Francisco that has not made a tour of
the cafes, and the visitors from outside
who have been similarly remiss may
know that they have missed a liberal
education, which lack they will DO well
to repair with the greatest possible
promptness.
HODERN business involves the
lVl constant use of the rubber stamp.
AfA 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 Ia q great commercial and
mercantile center like San Francisco.
There are so many uses to which
the rubber stamp may be applied in
all the clerical branches of business
that the sale OF this article has reached
EonderfIll nroportions in San Fran