Do you wish to know something about conditions in Mexico? Would you like to learn what the Mexicans themselves really think about affairs down in that dis- turbed republic? Go along Broadway west of Grant avenue, and then around the corner on Stockton, and you will see strange signs, and perhaps you will not know that "Fonda" means restaurant, or that "Tienda," means a store. But these are the signs you will see, and when you go inside you will hear nothing but the gentle Spanish of the Mexican, so toned down and so changed that some of the Castilians profess to be unable to un- derstand it. Here you will find all the articles of household use that are to be found in the heart of Mexico, and that have been used for hundreds of years despite the prog- ress of civilization in other countries. You will find all the strange foods and all the inconsequentials that go to make the sum of Mexican happiness, and if you can get 67 BOHEMIAN sufliciently close in acquaintance you will find that not only will they talk freely to you, but they will tell you things about Mexico that not even the AROUND heads of the departments in Wash- LITTLE ington are aware of. ITAL\ Perhaps you would like to know something about the bourgeoise French, those who have come from the peasant district of the mother country. Go a little further up Broadway and you will begin to see the signs changing from Span- ish to French, and if you can understand them you will know that here you will be given a dinner for twenty- five cents on week days and for thirty-five cents on Sun- days. The difference is brought about by the differ- ence between the price of cheap beef or mutton and the dearer chicken. Up in the second story on a large building you may see a sign that tells you meals will be served and rooms provided. One of these is the rendezvous of Anarchists, who gather each evening and discuss the affairs of the world, and how to regulate them. But they are harm- less Anarchists in San Francisco, for here they have no wrongs to redress, so they sit and drink their forbidden absinthe, and dream their dreams of fire and sword, while they talk in whispers of what they are going to do to the crowned heads of Europe. It is their dream and we have no quarrel with it or them. But for real interest one must get back to the slope of Telegraph Hill; to the streets running up from Co- lumbus avenue, until they are so steep that only goats and babies can play on them with safety. At least we suppose the l)nl)ies are as active as the goats for the sides of the hill are alive with them. Let us walk first along drant avenue and do a little window shc)j)ping. Just before you turn off Broadway into Grant avenue, after passing the Fior d'ltalia, the Buon Gusto, the Dante and II Trovatorc restaurants, we 68 SAN FRANCISCO come to a most interesting window where is displayed such a variety of sausages as to make one wonder at the inventive genius who thought of them all. As you wonder you peep timidly AROUND in the door and then walk in from LITTLE sheer amazement. You now find ITALY yourself surrounded with sausages, from floor to ceiling, and from side wall to side wall on both ceiling and floor, and such sausage it is !

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Do you wish to know something about conditions in Mexico? Would you like to learn what the Mexicans themselves really think about affairs down in that disturbed republic? Go along Broadway west of Grant avenue, and then around the corner on Stockton, and you will see strange signs, and perhaps you will not know that "Fonda" means restaurant, or that "Tienda," means a store. But these are the signs you will see, and when you go inside you will hear nothing but the gentle Spanish of the Mexican, so toned down and so changed that some of the Castilians profess to be unable to understand it. Here you will find all the articles of household use that are to be found in the heart of Mexico, and that have been used for hundreds of years despite the progress of civilization in other countries. You will find all the strange foods and all the inconsequentials that go to make the sum of Mexican happiness, and if you can get sufficiently close in acquaintance you will find that not only will they talk freely to you, but they will tell you things about Mexico that not even the AROUND heads of the departments in Wash- LITTLE ington are aware of. ITAL\ Perhaps you would like to know something about the bourgeoise French, those who have come from the peasant district of the mother country. Go a little further up Broadway and you will begin to see the signs changing from Spanish to French, and if you can understand them you will know that here you will be given a dinner for twentyfive cents on week days and for thirty-five cents on Sundays. The difference is brought about by the difference between the price of cheap beef or mutton and the dearer chicken. Up in the second story on a large building you may see a sign that tells you meals will be served and rooms provided. One of these is the rendezvous of Anarchists, who gather each evening and discuss the affairs of the world, and how to regulate them. But they are harmless Anarchists in San Francisco, for here they have no wrongs to redress, so they sit and drink their forbidden absinthe, and dream their dreams of fire and sword, while they talk in whispers of what they are going to do to the crowned heads of Europe. It is their dream and we have no quarrel with it or them. But for real interest one must get back to the slope of Telegraph Hill; to the streets running up from Columbus avenue, until they are so steep that only goats and babies can play on them with safety. At least we suppose the babies are as active as the goats for the sides of the hill are alive with them. Let us walk first along Grant avenue and do a little window shopping. Just before you turn off Broadway into Grant avenue, after passing the Fior d'ltalia, the Buon Gusto, the Dante and II Trovatorc restaurants, we come to a most interesting window where is displayed such a variety of sausages as to make one wonder at the inventive genius who thought of them all. As you wonder you peep timidly AROUND in the door and then walk in from LITTLE sheer amazement. You now find ITALY yourself surrounded with sausages, from floor to ceiling, and from side wall to side wall on both ceiling and floor, and such sausage it is !

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