The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-03-30

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therefore, we should be careful in re-
ferring to the havoc then wrought
not to blame it all ON The eartn-
Now as for Frisco any
intelligent Eng1ish-speaklng sentie-
man who uses that hybrid apDreVia-
ton ought to be sentenced 1or the
entire period Of the war between the
nations to serve in the renches at
Przemysl. There is a Frisco rali-
road over which I rode from Kansas
City to Memphis on my way pach
East. bat [ did SO under protest, De-
cause l have caught the San Franslc-
co spirit. and it is q good thlng' TOO.
The road is some 2,o0V mics from
San Francisco. 1t IS SO named be-
cause it does not go there, just as the
Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio rail-
rOad from Charlotte to TaylOrsvlile
was so baptized in infancy becaus
there vas never any crazy POSSIBILITY
of its touching either the ocean or
the two states em~blazoned in its en-
titlement.
The Symbolism Of the Tiger Tanner
ON 1.-THE Zone"
After passing through the city IN
| auto and in street car and nOtlnS
| constantly the scars and the sky
| scrapers, l entered the Exposition
| grounds through the Zone gate. A
| few PAGES and I was standing before
! the Selig wild animal show. A glo-
rious, big-limbed creature-a daugh-
ter Of Norway from her face-Was
standing on a platform while a
spieler was singing her praises as a
tiger-tamer. She wore white tights
and her arms were bare. She looked
the powerful scandinavian that she
was, as she stOod there, smiling and
confident. before the background Of
cages, with their restless. c%ircling
tail-swishing inmates. Suddenly |
noticed that the woman's arms were
SCARED and scratched, and, though
the Wounds were long healed, they
told an eloquent story Of her com
bats in the cage.
1.-The entertainment begins at nee
ladies and gentlemen the spieler was
saying, and this lady will show you
the remarkable attachments which
the wild beasts Of the jungle nave at
tanned under her training. She is
Franklin Olga Christine.'
mo, she is not" I interrupted, i'm.
peratiyely. you know not Wbereo.
you speak. Her name is San Fran.
cisco and she is beautiful in spite O
her scars"
The Fourth City With a Soul.
San Francisco Is a city of uniqu'
and fascinating individuality. 1t i
absolutely unlike any other city il
the world. It is Oriental, and We
not the East. 1t is Partisan, and We
mot Paris. It is both, mingled, an,
lspliced with Americanism. Profes
!sor Stephens, of the University o
ICalifornia, says there are four an,
only four American cities with
soul. The first is Boston with tn
soul of Puritanis1n: the secon i
Richmond, with the soul of the oil
ISouth; the third is New Orleans, wit
the soul of the Creole, and the fourt
lis San Francisco, with the soul Q
cosmopolitan Americanism, the cit
where the Old World falls upon tn
neck of the New World and kisse
, her.
The Reign of Art.
San Francisco is without doubt
city sui generis. Her individuality
Unparalleled, and she has no doub]
y il civic personality. She glories i
tbeing named for n Of the purest
= the Saints. and yet withal she is on
OF the most wilfully wicked OF cite
: though her sinful indulgence mu:
be served to her upon a silver ira,
fShe drinks deeply, but from a golde
fgoblet- but never does she sguzzle,
for that would be in Wretched tast
by the same token, though she is a
q exquisite epicure, she Is never guilt
i OF commanding. She is industriol
. and prosperous, and business to tf
core, but art blazes always her su,
D. ceSsfuf cOmmercia1isnl. Her bant
20 are housed in marble palaces. Thr.
~ OF her hotels, the st. Francis. ~
fairmont. n the Palace, are fit {,
kings to dwell in, but all her hote
and apartment houses-and there =,
q TO be one on every corner on
the middle of every block-haye he
Han eye TO genuine art in the fresc,
limo nv n,
Idlnlng room.
Artistic Art Stores.
mere are many art and artin,
ftores in the city. and the buildings a,
store-rOoms, finished in expensi
hardWoods from the worlds riche
forests, are themselves works of a
one or the most famous Of these