The San Francisco call. [volume], October 20, 1907, Page 1, Image 1

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ENRICHMENT
OF THE
REFUGEES
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pmtflJtr twSiv bachelor glrlji jrorronnds ;
hersetjTwlia her own hoa«eh.old rodi.lny:
th* »hap* -of i plctnreaj . hangings^ and h
trasses to produce a i eablance of a '
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tim* to c*t • eaoTJCB mon«y \u25a0• to - buy^iaj
teas, aad acritap« i -'aßd : «»ve« .the otlur^
half of ; her:llf*^to*pay. 'thi; mortgage,^
and tbrocgh It all aha "Is *ntlrely' repaid^
by th* kaowlftdg* that, she, wlil ,or,
s&* loes own ahonia. . -\u25a0: The prosalc^e^
tails of . getting - a cement •' floor* In '^fe*
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it Is all her own. •. ' \u25a0 \u25a0j f ??~r;^~'. : .
la th* tcpsytorryness ofjpVesent^bßi^
£!tlons~in Baa Fraariscoj:a%ny^ peoples
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grasp. \ This" U-oa^tp^'sU^ngMtJdj^^
velopments/tnat. \kiikxii.\\ dlsaster'has?*
brougSl In- Its v.Waki^^^yt^l^^v
swept" away »^xa*«yjhjoaea ; 'hai^e«}<'
the ca-aso^o^ott^^^oVjnV'W.to'.^in^.^
expected; wXya".; ; a»Sfpl_&cesr f : .ii*r^V>v
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tages built .by, th"c Bejl'ef cor-'/'
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sjnonntsLto;more, : thjin. libp.'a^tfd^henj:
sereral^ : families'.^ can " Bettje^'ciosV-.tor'-'r
lessened. )• Tho'se -who; have' beenVpaylpsX
thelr. t i inpntHly;' Installmen ts 5 Tor-!
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Tn rents. - "^ , - /"''"' "" ,"" /'
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The San Francisco Sunday Call.
Magazine Section
Part I.
r.ttaaxpeoted 'place jn the downtown' dls- r
t. lottos', square" 1 and ,at • North- Beachj are I
i mostly peopiis'or^he'Latln : races, ijiany ?
/ of'- them r pwn'' iojts',' and. had their fown *
*-' home s | be for a ;•; • tn c i- : fl r e._> '\u25a0 Others '? have
»';bl»nf(sjivin«i.^
caring ; hoines ;* now. Jdayj finds *
LtberaVeady^^
j- \u25a0tor* I; of 8 household \u25a0 {good*. > taka^their $
\u25a0• lio^aetfen^^^way^fEYen 'beforaUhe J
f day .' set 1 - £or^ vacaUns.' the* camps 'j
|I'ni«,ny^fl<.rth*eia.V,were : - coxnf ortabjy..; set- \u25a0
jtlet'*/' ---- -..\u25a0 : " vv> '"I \u25a0 " .'. •' '
!^Tha^traveler; on/the Mission: road. Will
:• of ten ffirid :'th"e\ progress of \u25a0;'str«?<»£ :
VCArTsioPped byra.truck.bearibgiajlittle'
V Kre'eir < cottage ;;asscrting;;lts, right -.to
: the "middle of .thefrba'd. 5 - : The hilly; tract!
•' beyond -,! Mission V and '_ .Twenty-ninth
•/streets Ms'; dotted' with scores ;of,'-cot-^
/.ta'se* fin V every *>_tage ..'of ..transfarma
tion.^. ."Some \u25a0 are ; just, as jt hey/ carhe .f ronV,
Vjthe'.Jrefugee Vcainp /'carpenter's*.. -hand.
\u2666; :3d%nj>aVe> half /covered -sTrith shlnsrlcs,,
VwhlleV.the.^ other -'half :.of -the wail "Ist
.;Rtarlhg. : . Ereeiily. : and -wai ting /tor' the
vtbe, family lt'o; get another "<lay r
off. ' Sbme^arWso disguised. ]fro*nv their;
\u25a0v or 1 gr l n al - . bleakness f that "\u25a0x. only ' t h a/; ey e ;
; accustomed I bjvlpng: . observation ' to 'the
/dimensions lof the i refugee- shack ', will*
\ detect j'thero)- underneath', the* ' artistic
' riew' dress. V-.fi:'. ,v, 'v - \u25a0 '
.The County^ Line Village ; .
p ' V*Fpr roile^along, the 3llssioniroad-the
."cotiagesVare* scattered'. rVßishtVo'nJth*
t county line j a.*' regular?rvlllage "rot" r ot * them
[_ has Vro^n ''up* V People 'a«V buying, land'
I on*;thVf Installment , plan , and "are^fixing
? up ? their > cottages"' as?lf /they 'meantit'o
*"»tay.' ; ' }7ot "bnly/aro *tbeV .Vyias':'wl£h
one f another* in '"giving " \ .homes
t. bull t sup r of I t-pro \u25a0 or, thre«_cottages^the
1 mo 3t r arfistic shapes^but* they are] lay
\ In g '^jat I car4ens g and , planting' V vege
(tables'} and j flowers. &• ilany * hark-
J Ing- back? to v country 'lifa'and ere^add
r lnsjpigsy endj chickens "to* the; attrac-
; !tiona 'of t the. landscape.. .;••', ,
i j '^.\u25a0-typical * case i ls :that ' of • 5, .-.woman
iWhoswas left with two.amall caEdr«n
to. support.: Sjia was not csed to work
ing for her Uvtng.'but Bha^tooSc^ttp the
.burden of tha famjly vrxg» .«arii«r
courageously and Vdcceedad in malting
a bare *living;for herself 'aafi her chll-^
dren. \,But tha'problein oC.honslnir.'was'
monumental, for tha relations between
the. wages >of .- unskilled wosoaa's labor
and'prss'ent San Francisco rczts ' er»
atralned.'to say:th»l«ast. sTha'reTarsa
cottage; solved; the probleno. .Sha'had
-been* payings rent -on one of tha cot-.
\u25a0 tages/ and . when she decided on mov-
Ing" It: the -rent J was returned to bar.
•The. sum <was ! su/Bctent to cover the
expenses ' of ; movjTTg.' - A woman ; friend
\u25a0secured* another " cottage *nd the two
tosjff-tuer.'bohsht -a. lot; . s paylng.vln ln
"ststllmcr.ts about one-half of what each
mus^have^paid for. any. kind of haoita-.
tlon:lnthe city. \u25a0 into 'two tJja
fcoit -earner. easily -.within cv«n l the.lr
small: jn# > ar.y. " .The- twos houses; wera
combineU into one; ana the owners ars
busy * at' "odd 1 moments sain^lfng: tho
rwalls.^.'One: qf.'theax, "minds", tb.a babies
-at, home -: while . the, other is the. waji
learner "of "the combined families. Sha
'travels^ every;* day -from • her -'home ,dn
>tVe>cou'nty"llrie ; to the cannesy. at' North -
•.lJeach.-and nrither thedisAance uor. tha
long^hours- of *t°il se*;n hVird. becausa
, site : .knoTj?, already the.juy /of .owgins
af flonse and will soon -ov.-n' the, sround
\u25a0itf stands pn.
* There were many old people,
< ciai'ly 'women, .who -before tiiv lire Ii«"d
- Inexpensively 'in some unused an-J un - j
wanted corner "of. a- house antfjasttaaaa-'
;aVed "with 'a* little -sewJns. or .washing,
'of :, janitor' work, to earn cnoush/for
their living expenses. " The fire 1 swept
; away ;their ' homes and often- their ep
pbrtunltles/for makinr the frugal wag»
\u25a0 they * dept-nde*! ' uppni . It* was ' expected
'that a- large, number of' such peopla
* would 'become dependent upon 'charity.
Vnd Uhe* charitable .societies' were^pr*
' pairing .to make 'an especial ', In
!- their behalf.. The refugee cottages have
provided 'homes for. many of them and
••haveTenabled, them -for yet, a while "tf>
'.enjoy -their isdepemlenee. .
' •' 'Qf.allTtiio!. v.orl: accompllclicd by,tha -
"Relief r from 'th' 4. -time of ..t'.ie bread
1 \u25a0 Hpel to uhe," breaking up o* the camp?
nothing "---Is '» of : "greater iniportanc*'
I to 'the C|t>:, than . that, of ; establishlnj:
* s.ooo; families; ia their, own homes, Oc
•'the jToadst leading to tha^uburbs mov- >
1 ing .trucks. • are -trundling, th* little j
- green -houses: that spellrcomfort. lnde- ;
f pendenca ; and 'happiness ; to . these \u25a0 thou- \
•* lands.' x -