The San Francisco call., 1910-09-11
DISCOVERED BY BAEDEKER

How many people who have lived in San Fran
cisco most of their lives know the little Sweden
borgian church in Lyon street, 1t is modest place
of worship whose affairs rarely get in the
papers and yet it is one of the showplaces of the
town and is signalized such by Baedeker in his
guide the United States. Especially is the stained
glass window by Bruce Porter in this church deemed
worthy of note. 1t is homelike little place with
fountain outdoors in which the sparrows play and
an open hearth within whereon cheerful fire burns
I confess that all these details were quite unknown
to until discovered them set forth in the account
of journey written by a Chicago Tribune man.
He goes on to correct some dstressful notions about
the glorious climate of California as thus
n the east one talks about the weather; on the
coast one discusses, ad inin, the climate-ong
known the Glorious Climate of California
The G. c.. of c. is all that it IS pumped up be-
Although Karl does not double star it, he men
tions that the climate OF San Francisco is wonder
fully equable am requested to correct the
notion, which seems to be pretty general among
fasteners, that this remarkable climate is auto
matte; that on given day Of the year certain
teoroogcal phenomena are inevitable. Within the
limits OF its variation the G. C. OF S. F. huctgates
as any other climate auctuates On August p of
1911 there may be twice much fog and air
ooTns @ IN r4 m the 15 Pffn % ebra1 f lneTs : d n o mo9r ea
NAV he as di4erent from the February Q of another
maduro is different from colorado maduro-
But taking it by and large, here and there, around
and around Centigradc and Farenhet, the O. C.
of S F. is we'll up It's advance notices; and If
ore had nothing else to think about, contemplation
OF its perennial banliness might prohtaby engage
ones time.
Considering the dubious and unlamented summer
we have waded through this season with many
shvers this account IS most complimentary. Balmy
he says, but cammy he means
THE BUNKO INDUSTRY
Los Angeles appears to be more than commonly
productive of the tribe of get rich quick swinders
The noisy and 1oquacous Orlando K Fitzsimmons
came to us from that town and acquired much of
our good money before he nailed by the post
office inspectors. He used to have an office in
the Callaghan building that was fitted up like a
bank with 100000 capital.
In Chicago last week William H. HoIconb of
Los Angeles and San Diego was arrested on like
charges. He had Incorporated the United Exchange
with powers to operate automobile schools, sell rail-
road tickets run excursions, operate information
bureaus telephone and telegraph lines, advertising
bureaus and brokerage offices, publish guidebooks
and newspapers. operate detective bureaus theater
and real estate agencies, promote expositions con-
ventions and manufacturing enterprises conduct
exploration expeditions, deal in patent rights and
nearly hundred other forms of activity.
This amusing person had converted picture of
the Yosemite valley into an advertisement of 'the
southern California sanitarium, which his corpora
ton was supposed to own. His stationery carried
the suggestive legend Does everything for every
body, everywhere, all the time"
THE TROUBLE ABOUT BEING ERNEST
Ernest Vince writes an indignant column to
Watsonve paper, denouncing the Portland Ore
gonian's silly SANDER on the Pajaro valley apples
and calling the editor seventeen kinds of an ignorant
fool. He concludes with this alarming description
of his own state of mind:
am -- angry. that see red, and
consequently crave your indulgence for the many
of diction and punctuation When calm
down will have something further to say the
question.
An Oregonian joke IS obviously a very serious
affair and should be served with surgical operation
But after ALL the Watsonville chamber of commerce
should adopt vote of thanks the editor for the
portentous volume of free and valuable advertising
of the Paaro valley for which he furnished the
occasion.