The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-12-06
Concluded from last week)


ing out in the city for a "sight-
seeing" trip we saw Smith go up in
his aeroplane. He looped the loop
and did other aerial stunts.
Our first visit was to the Preside
Reservation where we saw Fort Point
and Fort Winifred Scott. Preside
covers 100 acres Of ter
ritory. There were houses on some
parts of the coast, that extended out
into the bay. The houses contained
mines and were placed out there in
case of war. While there we saw the
"Golden Gate" called this because of
the fact that it greatly resembles
the Constantinople Golden Horn. The
bay washes one side of the city and
the ocean the other, and this Golden
Gate connects the two and forms the
northern boundary. We saw the sun
set at the Golden Gate which was
beautiful. Sun rises on one side and
sets on the other. At Fort Scott
there were great big guns stationed
on the bank facing the bay. The
soldiers were seen practicing. Nearby
was the Post Guard barracks and
the Alcatroy prison; also an immense
golf court where sham battles are
had.
We next travelled through the Rich
mond district, which covers one
fourth of San Francisco; then on by
the Sutro Heights to the Cliff House.
Que from the Cliff House could be
seen a large rock, which had quite a
number of seals on it. These seals
were protected by the Government.
Near the Cliff House was an old ship,
the first that ever sailed to San Fran
cisco around the Northern Passage.
We went through Golden Gate Park.
which has 100 acres of land in it.
While there we stopped by one OF the
and saw lots of pretty i'ow-
ers. There was quite a good deal of
Cecil Hemp to be seen. This hemp
is used to make ropes. 1t has to be
mashed and rolled and after going
through the various processes, is
ready for use.
We stopped by the old Mission
church of San Francisco. There we
saw the grave of Don Louis Antonio
who was the first High
Governor of San Francisco under the
the Mexican Government. He died
in 1890
After having lunch in the city we
went out to China town. There we
went through many curio stores, then
our guide took us around the little city.
We reached music masters stu
dio, and upon going down flight of
steps, we found him there ready and
willing to play us a few pieces on his
various instruments. We saw the tel
crhone exchange, which was operated
by Chinese girls-the only one owned
by the American people that is run
by the Chinese. We were taken to see
a private family, in order that we
might become better acquainted with
their mode of living There was the
mother and her three children, also
the grandmother to extend us well
come. The mother and her oldest
daughter were sewing buttons on
some shirts which they had gotten
from factory, which paid about ten
cents for a dozen. The two small
sang and recited for us. Their
mode of living did not appeal to me
at all, and they were what I would
term "poor housekeepers." Their
1avIlg a lower and top berth, with
no sign of mattress, just merely a
pillow and some quilts. This fam
ly, however, We're of the poorer class,
and we cannot judge their whole
-ace by them. We went in one of
he drug stores and while there met
,ne of the Chinese doctors. We were
shown two small boxes of ginseng.
costing $1,000. This medicine is used
or most any kind of disease.
San Francisco has a population of
100000. She enjoys but two seasons,
winter and summer being left out Of
he calendar. Spring begins in No
'cmber and continues to April, when
autumn commences and rounds out the
year. 1t never gets very cold, neither
loes it get very hot. This accounts
or the lovely display of flowers, trees
md vegetation which they have the
ear round; however, there was not as
pretty . display as Los Angeles had to
'f'cr.
We left San Francisco on the 10Th
Nftcr our arrival at the Union Fer
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