The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-12-15
A Visit to Chinatown.
By 4. 2. B.

Many strange sights are to be seen
in the city of San Francisco. The
ones which interest the tourists
most, are those to be seen in China
Town.
Leaving Market st. and going up
Grand Ave., the party soon comes
to Dupont ST. You will notice at
once the change in your surround
ings. Here are to be seen the first
! glimpses of China Town. The street
| is lined on both sides with shooting
galleries, mostly run by Japanese
men and women. The noise in this
one block is something one will new
er forget. The continual crack of
fire arms is to be heard long into the
night hours lit is then that China
Town wakes up. At almost every
corner you will see standing out in
front of small Offices, signs which
read: Guides to China Town FIR
nished Here One dollar is the
price asked by these guides 70 r
showing you around. But one Wis
iting China Town can see as much
and even more without guide than
with one. These guides take you
over certain route, where by GO
ing alone you are able to visit all
the places Of interest. You will not
be forced to hurry and thus you will
better enjoy your visit without a
guide. Dupont, Clay, Pine, Cali
fornia and Kerney streets are all
located in the very heart of China
Town. The writer is very familiar
with that section of the city and
, wishes to state that if any of you
are expecting to make trip through
China Town, would be glad to ac-
, company you. My office is located
on gallery No. 8, office No. 185.
can assure you that / am always al
home. For the sake of friendship
no charges will be made.
Passing along Dupont street, we
cross Pine. then we-begin to gel
!. among the almond eyed gents. From
Pine clean down to the end OF
Kearny street, the places are full OF
!, Cinnamon. You see their strange
customs, you hear their conical
talk, and on every side of you see
} their places of business. AS you
i pass along the street, your nostrils
i are assailed by the pungent odo1
: which arises from -the many dark
gloomy alleyways and places Of en-.
) trance to their homes and stores
: This odor, which is very unpleasant
!. comes from the opium dens, of which
there are, or was great many be-
fore the earthquake. It is saio
/ when one once becomes a slave te
: this drug, he or she is forever lost
This / have found to be true in mos
: cases. Some Of the most pathetic
t sights / have ver witnessed were
those who had some slaves to thi.
? drug. Some t; later on | shall
!. give true ace, of the life of I
? young e; VIII SAealne slave te
: this drug. It v MY after mucl
Z persuation the y 4. ritter was able
| to extract froln ~ a the story Of
{ her downfall. Her life has evel
t kept me from touching the accurse6
| drug, and am sure some of yol
; will also give it wide berth aftel
reading her story.
q The way things use to be run il
!. Frisco, it was almost safe for a Chi
E naman or any other class of people
to smoke the dope without fear O
i the law. You can see more hop
heads, as users of the dope are called
I around Chinatown in one day thar
: are to be found in the entir,
: state of Minnesota in a year.
1 have had some amusing experience
3 with that class Of people. "A hop
Q head is very forgetful; when full o
dope he will take anything he cal
. LAY his hands on, The only trouble
8 is that their dreams never are true
It's case Of hurry up some mor'