THE L. W. BLINN LUMBER COMPANY

California Street, Chaste Greek Temples of Finance, And Gargantuan Torvers of Granite and Steel; Grant Avenue, Street of Fairy Shops, Displaying the Treasures of the Looms of Lyons, And the Filmy Intimacies of Laces and Silks, Beloved byFair Women;

The Mighty Multitudes of the "Mission," Habitat of the 'Workers, Clean and Manly t "North Beach," Little Italy, Transplanted Andalusia;' ,"Chinatolvn," an Oriental Brocade, draped on a Hill, Delightful Things of Canton, Incense of Cathay;

Westward an American Nagasaki, Cherry Blossom Stores, Goldfish and Lacquers; And beyond Interminable Blocks of llouses, Stretching out, far out,

To the "Presidio," where the Grim Guns, Protect the Farthest West.

Where the White Laced Edging of the Blue Pacific, Flutters on the Golden Sands of her Broad Beaches, High on a Clifi, an Hospitable Caravansary Dominates the Rocky Pinnacles, And Viewed from out beyond the Sea Lion's Isles, It Beckons a Welcome to the Ocean Traveler.

Oueen of the West, Sweetheart of the World, Tender of Heart, Rapturously Lavish of her Favors, Prodigal in her Offerings of Joy and Action, San Francisco Calls

To the Virile and to the .{.dventurous, , ' As She Called to the Argonauts of an Elder Day.