San Francisco Lunch Saloons

They have free lunch saloons in San Francisco that a stranger, entering them casnally, might take to be the residencea of millionaires. He would find immense mirrors reaching from floor to ceiling ; carpets of the finest texture and the most exquisite patterns ; massive tables covered with papers and periodicals; the walls embellished with expensive paintings. A large picture which had adorned a famous drinking and free lunch house was sold the other day for $12,500. Some of the saloon-keepers are men of education and culture. One is an art critic of very high local repute, who has ■ritten a book, and a very readable one, of San Francisco reminiscences. The lunch served with a twenty-flve cent drink usually consists of soup, boiled salmón, roast beef or mutton of the finest quality, mashed or fried potatoes, sliced tonmtoes ; bread, butter, cheese and biscuits. Let's go West.