Show IN SAN FRANCISCO A salt laker Ta lkling notes of it SAN FRANCISCO cal august editor deseret news A baay breeze courses over the bosom of the bay into my window while I 1 sit and silently jot down a few items for your Tea readers dero this is a peculiar city built on a peninsula and thus situated so as to tb catch all the changes of temperature and climate peculiar to the atmosphere of toe the pacific ocean it is never what wein we in utah would cak cah warm sometimes it is warmer than at others but I 1 have never dared to leave the house without an overcoat and for the first day or two I 1 was in imminent danger of taking a chill but now the weather seems all ail right it if tarn am only warmly clad an overcoat is as essential here as in an am umbrella rella in london A gentleman would as soon think of going to a the atre without his ticket as without his overcoat san francisco is like rome borne built on oli hills only whereas the ancient capital was reared on seven hills it seems to me the modern city is built on seven hundred the cable cars climb over them at the rate of about seven miles in an hour while they are going but I 1 never saw so much stopping and getting on and off in any city of the world people get on to ride up a single hill of two blocks and off eff again as soon as the summit is reached perhaps the car will stop at every block short ones at that to accommodate some such passenger so that the vehicle is not the easiest thing in the world to ride in especially when you have to stand the passenger is barely in when away they go and he no sooner dives for a seat of security than the thing stops suddenly and bandit him on the reticent person of a fellow passenger I 1 saw one young lady roll right oft off on to the floor of the car and scramble up again before any one dared leave seat or strap to offer assistance A pair of crimson hose fought the air for but a moment and a pair of crimson cheeks were soon the admired of all admirers as the lady bounced up catching the bell rope by mistake in ani an a effort to obtain aw an equilibrium and seated bested herself in the lap of a cefai man with long hair a dainty shirt bosom and a diamond scarf pin among the places of interest to be seen here are golden gate parkwood wards gardens the cliff house the presidio chinatown the theatres theartres the atres and the fair I 1 took in the park yesterday and w was as much interested in the beauties of nature and art combined as presented at that lovely public resort this Is tp the e land of flo flowersjr flower sj and they are beautifully laid out so as to adorn the grounds arounds one large plat is decorated wit with h the design of the american flag and under it is the music of the star spangled banner all done in flowers of beautiful shades the music pa papillion pavillion is in the form of a shell and can accommodate a very large band an n this park is a monument to garfield and one of the authors of the national hymn erected by james lick here we see the elite of the city driving out in their fancy vehicles and riding tricycles cycles tri for exercise there is no rain at this season so the lawns are watered with hose and the drives with water carts A wind rises nearly every afternoon and watts the dust from place to place whithersoever it listeth as in salt lake and other large cities cliff house tomorrow GALLIC |