Putnam patriot., 1925-02-13
NeM YnaI'. E.He. l92l.

Today we devoted to seeing San Francisco. afeet and by motor, up hfli and down hill and around. from tha harb0r Co tho ocean and back again. Ne were faid that we must lunch or dine at aTat's at the Beach One af the city, most famous restaurants. So hy motor this morning we went over the hills and out towards the sea There is spot, near the famous lif House. where the motor road climbs hal and then dips down again and one looks out oyer the open sea where huge surf breaks on q wide and beautiful beach The motor f0lis along a boulevard where nov and then breaker sends the water dash iug over the asphalt
 Al Init we find q charming hou#e set ln the loyeliest of Oriental gar dens and we lunch bY huge window Chat looks towards the sea Food la California is frequent subject ot conversation San Francisco Is proud
 ef her excellent restaurants and her
 excellent cuisine To the Fastener there k also cause for rejoicing In Che extremely moderate prices chace
 cd in tha best af the hotels and EestHu
 rants The service Is uniformly good
 and always courteous. The luncheon
 at THit's. a dinner at littie rcstau-
 rant later on Ht Los Angeles. VIZ shnH bong remember
 At The Golden Gate
 So for as we can remember. almost every geography and ehildfen's travel book that we read in the old school days had pictured deserintlan of the CTf House and the Seal Rocks at the very entrance to the Golden Gate 60 on leaving Tait.s We went back to the Clif House, a restaurant perched high upon those volcanic rocks which form the sentinels of the harhor eu= trance Just outside. in the ocean are the seal roeks.' covered with the great brown squirming seals, Hopping about, ouarrellnE. raising hnarse cries to heaven and generally delight ing a hundred or so children wha are watching their antics with shrieks ef joy Then we take the motor again and ride back Co the city through the beautiful heulevards ef Golden Gate Park. past the remaining structures of what was the San Francisco ENposi= ton and then ns an added sight. our driver takes us into the city's new Municipal Center and shows up with great pride the handsome new City Hall, the Auditorium where mis taken but at least. brief Democratic Convention four years agn nominated certain Governor G0N for the presiz doucy.
 We werc warned that Chinatown h San Francisco is not the picturesque region that it Was before the earth quake. vet one of our party would see the famous quarter iast the same. IL was keen disappointment
 Chinatown Ia San Francisco is filled with the Chinese. f is true but t is noN a medefn quarter of wide streets and modern apartment and business houses The shops contain little that is of interest CT individuality Most ! of t can best and most quickly be . descrihtd as Chinese junk In these
 shors enc is waited an hs solemn fac ed olenials ug hy lttle Chinese girls l who have hahhtd theif hair and are nnt unaeaHai with rouFe and face 1 powder Chinatown is residence of | the Chinese who are steadily succeed= | iuF n AmerIgHHi themselves wtth= eut the privilege ssnshin. A we were arts ing fer dinner this eNenirN was aleat 2A there came ring at tht telephone We pick fd up tbe rertNfr and hoard at the aihrr end of Che Wlre the 4aiee of a friend in New York wishing ns a Happy New Year Had New York been a. el6se tu San Francisgn as Pom. fret Is to Putnam the connection could nrf have heen kttttF- and ytt as WF talked we eould not but think of an thc blizzard blown mile4 of city and rlau aBd mountain and valley that lay between. \ feW minutes later wp rr- eeittd letter hs air mall posted in
 New York scarce forty eight hours before, Somehow. home seemed near. ur.