The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-06-26
bright SPOTS SEEN
| DESPITE DRY CLOUD
Flowers, Fruits, Ice Cream
Cones and Pop Plentiful, but
Delegates Miss Highballs.
WET PLACE LIKE A PRISON
As Convention Nears Califor-
mia Hospitality Grows for .
Visiting ThrOngs.
BY STAT Correspondent Of rnr sun AND
Nav YonK HERALD,

NhN Nhh AAhAAh's
SAN Francisco, June 25.-The Vice
President OF the United States sports
one OF the finest specimens OF Bush
League hair cuts ever seen outside OF
Indiana From ear TO ear, In a grace
tul curve at the back Of his neck. the
barber has trimmed Thomas r. Marshall
to suit tho taste Of the plain people.
Americas three great schools OF litera-
ture, Indiana, Greenwich Village and
California. are splendidly represented
In gan Francisco. Journalism, which
has nothing whatever TO do with any
one OF these schools. mourhs the loss ol
William j. Bryan, seatnate and target
Of and for Arthur Brisbane at Chicago
Bryan will be too busy fighting to do
much writing.
The Hon. Gavin MeNab OF San Fran
cisco is tho big surprise OF the conven-
tIon gathering 10 folk who Imagined
that the namo "McNab" stood for the
typical, rOughneck, uncultivated type OF
political boss. Mr.. McNah Is a scholar
n philosopher and q wit. with the poets
on the tip Of his fluent tongue. He gave
a dinner tonight at Taits to the news
paper men, thu irguished guests anu
the National Committee.
Mr., MeNab lad q dream last night.
He maintains II is prophetic, but ne
doesn't pretend 10 understand It and
cannot get anybody 70 interpret II. He
v.,.s q, a.. ~r,yio.r hon.a m r0nnd nat loaf OF
ts a., I.nor thin hungry. des-
O'e~e -. - .,,ad tNacL cot made -,
hss.S h,t missed n He
- III, ths "a, away and the
a., -o,,nd Trs,artIv the
ns"u ,sns & ,,a ,oaf IN Va ,eetb and
et ~ let ,t cross country.
asaTsh seva na had not Thought of
wcek WHY was the loaf round and
natJ Ia there anv Significance In the
cat Ne,re blaekY What did the cat want
with the bread ANYHOW? Starting with
tbs ,aa. that the loaf "a the Democratic
nor,lOat,nn- he has tried 10 work out the
.vr,hoI,c Idcntitv of the cat but he is no
nsarar thn Solution az the mystery than
hs hos attained nv ordinary day work
nswsnapar methods
San Francisco Is making announce
ments of It's plans to entertain the dele
gates and their families and friends from
outside the State. Citizens are called on
to lend their automobiles for day or
for the duration OF the desire OF the Visi-
tors TO tarry preferably with chaurteuFs'
and trips win be taken to the State park
down the peninsula. which has some
tolerably sisable sequolas, and to the
beautiful Muir Woods across the bay
Fruit and flowers will be laVlshed. u is
intimated, but. alas, other bright ann
beautiful products which used to typifS
California hospitality cannot be 20 ooun-
t!fully promised.
tertainment for the women. California
hospitality has touch or sound ousi-
ness sense In 1t. horn OF the many years
during which the State has reaped the
profits OF having visitors come mere 10
enjoy themselves and 60 away TO tel
others TO come and do likewise Three
things stand out prominently as one on a
ferryboat on the bay surveys the oak
land shore opposite San Francisco Qno
is the slender marble Campanile, or Bel
Tower on the University or California
campus, which cuts rigidly across the
soft, low lying foothills, The second
is the massive marble office building
City Hall of Oakland. The third is the
dering up tina coast ana tue plonseis wv
followed them mace uns.HnS "nsn
they founded san rranclsco on Sne ~
tiny rock pTonon.o ms ~ tha n,har
long stretch VI Voas' Is o. a. 80.
siae OF inc o@S, Nn Iss hooS oou~try
shipphS spAGe Snu 49, haId H..
Stll' lttle oiu ma"Iia'n - -,
own tairly wen Lo' a.. 20 nnr rs,s nd
Der OF aecaoes N spl'e - a.. s otSa-
on one size anu IerSe' y" '''' N'"
A California professor OF Journalism
10 accumulating pracucai experlenea IN IN
have q lot to tell his classes when col
lege opens again. He expounos 10 ms
students that newspaper Work cohSs's
essentially In running do"n lacts anu
then writing them so the oroinarS ,Iaan
can understand them. Perlectly simple
Ia
and fundamentally incontroVertiole tne- @
ory. The trouble in an enterprise IKE
this, at this stage Is that there are 700
many facts, or too few or sohieInihs, NJ
The one big fact that ne Woulu lel. ms
young hopefuis to get IS tne name VI 'ne
man who Is going 10 De hoininH~u'
There are so many lavishly advertised
Special writers here whose papers
nrint their portraits along with their
stuff that the crowua VINO urllt thIous.
the hotel lobbies to get eye contact
with greatness are constantly lormlns
knots around the human sfnnoaimeht
OF faces of writer's Win WHOM they
have became familiar. They are NOT
always sure whether the race tney VIew
with awe and admiration 10 that OF
Senator or Governor or writer pu'