The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 10, 1895, Page 13

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,, SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1895. 13 SANTA BArBARA, March 8. Most every- body ‘in the civilized world has heard of Summerland, the new Utopia that spirit- | ualists undertook to found some five or six years since, where they were to enjoy their occult belief in peace, undisturbed by the ridicule or ief of unsym- pathi skeptics. An account of the outcome been experiment has never w the disappointment and homesickness of the gentle stran- gers who came to this coast with happy ons, only to find that the town which they had paid decent age prices of from $40 to $50 apiece, re- themselves into the steep hillside of a barley field of doubtful value, which al- most one would count dear at a hun- dred dollars an acre. Homes were built and tents were pitched on the steep slope. There was nothi for the most migrants | g else to do, sir tment ansconti al jour- hey tried to console themselves with loubted beanty of the location of the v, lying midway between Montecito and Carpenter ita Barbara, ve t e ;@ URPRISED @M UNITY WMMERLAND . men. At a depth of from sixty to seventy feet he found oil. In two of the wells the flow was inconsiderable. In two the oil welled in at a rate of about twenty-five rels a day, according to his crude facili- ties for measurement. The fifth proved to | be a fifty-barrel well, and quite recently | 0il was found in a sixth s the flow in this case swelling the total to about 125 barrels a da g | When the news of Mr. Williams’ first | important discovery was noised about, the | oil-boring fever began to fire the veins of | Summerland people, and even tocagitate ‘ the citizens of Santa Barbara, who are gen- erally understood to have reached a state of nirvana, where nothing mundane can disturb their composure. But Santa Bar- bara has of late evolved a Board of Trade, ris Board of Trade has_been stirring enerally, and all the town is with new purpose. It did not long for L. K ier, 4 prominent and wealthy citizen, to decide that Sum- merland offered a promising field for in- vestment. Mr. Fisher at once commenced boring a_couple of wells upon his own land, half a'mile east of the little settlement, | and th near Ortega station. Mr. Roberts of Goleta followed his mple. A man named Loomis, from Los Angeles, leased some ground in Summerland and commenced sinking a shaft. Sanders and Dana, the latter the teacher employed at the tiny schoolhouse on top of the hill, concluded that they could not invest their savings to any better advantage. The de- feated prolibition candidate for Public Administrator of Santa Barbara County 1ght the infection and started a well. The Summerland poetess watched the sink- ing of a shaft in her front-door yard with as great interest and as high expectations as 1f she had never written a sonnet to the roses which were uprooted to give way to it. All Summerland is now digging holes or preparing to sink shafts in its posy beds :\nlll vegetahle r The very children can be seen soil with fireshove! v removing the top and rigging toy der- A pub- and well patron- - was for the most part 3 t and rderstood by won- hat one of the more pre- that rose from amid the us de took place. v a short time, however, before tle seftlement bezan to have grum- This wasal ogi- the situ on. Given a com- munity of people with nothing to do, no industries a except anes of life to off from_intercourse with d by their peculiar organi- be the inevitable al intercourse grew mmerland. There her, it ns of misrey ne tempest ended in an outburst of libel suits, in which about half of the popuiation of the settlement arrayed on one sid 1 the remaining half on the other; libe osts for th ity and Disgusted and discour- one or two of the Summerland liti- ,and others were pre- ien a new and thrilling g to go, W Hiscovery was made that literally threw ofl | on troubled waters and bids fair to make the little lement one of the most thriv- ngin In vs of the colony the acci- dental discovery was made that the whole village was underlaid with a stratum of nat- ural and the hopes excited by this as well as the immediate utili- zation of the gas for purposes of fuel and lighting, did much to nage the first gs of the discontented and to 1 settlers to patience. As time went on and no flow w found of su cient importance to justify the founding of manufactories or piping to surrounding s, and the fact that little Summerland nd her fuel underground became a mat- of as little moment as the fact that Santa Barbara finds her fuel by denuding Ler hills of their beau Suddenly a report s circulated that beneath the ck adobe soil that covers the most of Summerland oil had been foun: A man named Smith Cole, di for water, had struck a considerabl of ofl, which, when accurately measured, proved to be about five barrels a day. Other Summerl welis, hoping that they, too, would chance upon like happy discoveries, and a desul- tory experiment or so was made by some for the purpose of speculation. But, although a trace of oil was found here and there, no one else found the fluid in paying quantities, and the matter was allowea to almost drop out of sight, the discovery of natural gas had don his indifference was not unnatu in view of the fact that in a canyon back of Carpenteria, some eight years ago, a flow of oil was struck in pay- ing quantities, and a company was at once organized to develop the “‘oil field,” into which several prominent Santa Barbara men put considerable capital, with the re- sult that after some years of expensive ex- Ploration and experiment, the company | suspended operations, after having ex- pended a sum many times over the profit derived from the original well, the from which was soon exhausted. canyon lies but three or four miles bac Summerland, and it seemed leremcliy probable that the flow in Mr. Cole’s well was an accidental ‘‘strike” of the same aracter. dIA\lIX:-ahvrhilP H. L. Williams, one of the founders of the Summerland colony, had been silently considering the situation and making observations of his own. Al along the beach in the vicinity of m- merland films of oil are seen on the ebb tide, and in some spots the sand is curiously puffed up by a gas. which forces its way from far underground, which will burn if a match is applied to it. Instead of sinking a shait upon the hizh bluff upon town stands, Mr. Williams decided to see what could be found along the ocean beach, where the indications were most favorable. Accordingly he sank five wells along the sands, a little above the reach of the This work was pursued in the most primitive way, without any boring ma- chinery or any of the improved appliances generally used in such cases, shovels and spades being the tools and the motive power the sturdy muscles of Summerland a seance-house, where | nd no way of making a living | sulted in a fine bill | verdict of “no | 4 land people went to digging n which the | ! ricks. Meantime, Mr. Fisher has strack a rich flow in both of his wells and is pre- paring to prospect his land on an extensive iere never was a little town as sur- prised as Summerland. Be it said to the colony’s eredit that with all its internal bickerings it has been from the @eginning a peaceful, law-abiding place, whose name S ly once appears on the county’s { criminal docket. A Summerland thief, a Summerland tough or swindler or gambler or drunkard, is an unknown quantity. Awakening from her idle day-dream of high philosophical contemplation thelittle settlement finds itself preparing to be a bustling manufacturing town. | houses and tents on the hillside are losing their aspect of bandbox nicety, and the dainty little gardens look neglected. The Summeriand aristocrat wears a tarry jumper and is besmeared with oil from head to foot. Unprepared as the settlement was for hese developments in an ethical way, practical facilities were no less lacking, Where were the tanks to store this great daily output, the barrels in which to ship | it, the side tracks toreceive its freight cars? For the entire daily exports of the small town have hitherto been limited to a coop of chickens and a sack of vegetable cles are being overcome as fa: Improved pumping machi is being imported, tanks are being 1t, barrels bought by the thousand, and - ery bui | before long the_daily oil shipments from Summerland will cit quite a figure in | 1 the county’s traffic. A amount of the oil, the most is of an excellent quality for fuel, is being daily consumed by the ice and macaroni | factories and the Arlington Hotel in Santa Barbara and by the asphaltum works at | Carpenteria., Taken all in all the development of this | great body of cheap fuel has the most im- portant bearing upon the growth and pros- { perity of Santa Barbara and all of the sur- | rounding district considerable of which 0 DEDICATE ST, ANTHONYS RMAN CATHOLICS WILL ASSIST ARCHBISHOP RIORDAN To- DAY. E ECCLESIASTICAL PROCESSIONS, SOL- EMN HIGH Mass axD Two | SERMONS. i RS e | Theformal dedication of St. Anthony’s German Catholic Church will take place at | the church edifice, corner of Army and | ¥olsom streets, this morning at 10 o’clock. | his Grace the Archbishop P. W. Riordan | officiating. Four German Catholic benevo- ilem societies will attend the ceremonies, { and Father Miller, the Jesuit priest from San Jose, Father Clementine, director of the Catholic orphanage at Watsonville, and the clergy of St. Boniface will assist the Archbishop in the services. Promptly at 0 o’clock the procession will form in front of St. Boniface’s Church on Golden Gate avenue. The Society of St. Louis, an organization of boys, will be in the van, and those of St. Anthony, St. Peter's and St. Paul’s will follow in the order named, and the clergy of St. Boni- face’s in carriages will bring up the rear. | The line of march will be Golden Gate avenue, to Sixth street, to Mission, to Armyv, to Folsom. ‘The church will be reached atabout 10 o'clock. St. Peter’s Society will welcome the Archbishop at the church entrance, and the formal blessing of the building within and without witl follow. The clergy of St. Boniface, clad in the cowls and robes of their order, will participate in the ecclesi- astical procession. After the dedication a solemn high mass will be sung, with Father Clementine as celebrant. The gospels and a sermon in German by Father Miller continue the service, and after another mass the Arch- bishop will preach in English. At the conclusion of the services a grand dinner will be served, and at this, as well as at the dedication, all friends of the Ger- man Catholics out in the Mission will be made welcome. The ladies of the congre- | The tiny | gation have done everything in their ower to make the occasion a pleasant one or their guests. St. Anthony’s Church 1s-conducted by the Franciscan Fathers. Rev. P. Leo Brun- ner is the pastor and Rev. P. Quirinus Stucker, O. 8. F., acts as assistant pastor. CITY CREDITORS ASTIR. Possibility of the Supervisors and Grand Jury Aiding Their Cause. A meeting of the Associated Creditors of the City and County of San Francisco, many of whom are prominent members of the Board of Trade, was held yesterday afternoon. J. P. Le Count, ex-president of the Board of Trade, presided, a goodly attendance of the creditors being present. Mr. Le Count briefly outlined the work that has been done in behalf of the credit- ors and pointed out the necessity for the enrollment of all claimants against and | creditors of the city. He said that the | Supervisors and members of the Grand { Jury seemed inclined to do everylhins_ in their power for the relief of the “confiding creditors of the city. They regard the present situation as a discreditable one to the city and are anxious to see the matter straightened out. In answer to a question Mr. Le Count said: *A mistake has been made by some- body, perhaps one of our members, to say that we were organized in opposition to the charter election. Such is not the fact. We are not looking for trouble. We have enough on our hands just now without mixing up in elections of any character. We are creditors with but one organized purpose, and that is to secure the satisfac- tion of our claims.” ‘With an understanding that the move- ment should be prosecuted vigorously the | Associated Creditors adjourned. THE STINGS OF REMORSE. SAM MEYER, HUSBAND OF GRACE BENJAMIN, TURNS HIS BACK ON HIS HOME. His REcorp SHows THAT HE Has BEEN A SLAVE TO His Passions. The tragedy of Grace Benjamin Meyer, who lost herlife by asphyxiation in a bath- room at 406 Sutter street, has come to a close and the curtain of oblivion is slowly rolling down. The sad tale has been told and retold, and soon it will be forgotten by all save one, whose conscience makes a coward of him and will not be at peace. That one is Samuel C. Meyer, the lawfully wedded hnsband of the poor young woman, whose honor, even in death, he tried to besmirch by denying the marriage. ver is no longer the debonair and happy man about town that he was. He is miserable now because his selfishness outweighed his manhood and his honor. He no longer occupies his rooms at 406 | Sutter street, although his personal prop- erty is there still. Mr. Margetson, agent | of the building, yesterday said that M | had not been near his rooms for two d Memories of joys that were and madder { miseries of awakened conscience ng that | now are haunt the man’s mind and make it impossible for him to abide among the famibiar scenes. Meyer no longer attempts to offer ex- e. cuses for his denial of the marri v admits that he did a mean and ghly reprehensible act. He now looks back on his career, on his episodes of pas- sion and reckless gratification of the senses, and sees the trail of the serpent behind him. His friends have forsaken him; his relatives look upon him with | scornful contempt. He has been a Lothario, this man Meyer. Somewhere back in the eighties he made the acquaintance of a handsome young woman of doubtful reputation named Pearl Weod, who had a child, a little girl year old, and resided in Quincy place. Meyer fell madly in love with her, and it is said the woman returned his passion. But a wealthy young San Franciscan was also a suitor for the favors of the fair Pearl. When the relatives of this young man | learned that the infatuated youth intended | to marry his charmer, they set their heads to works and evolved a scheme by which to save the young man from a disgraceful mesalliance. They went to Pear] Wood and bought her off for the sum of $5000 on the agreement that she should leave the State. She accepted the money and straightway informed her other lover, | Meyer, of what she had done, and they quickly came to an understanding. Pear], | with her money, left the city, and M followed and joined her immediate! They traveled to Omaha, where they were married. After that they went to the Eastern cities, and had a merry time so long as Pearl’s purchase money lasted. When it was all but gone vicissitudes be- gan to crowd thick and fast upon Meyer. e finally made his way back to San Francisco, was forgiven by his mother and other relatives, and once more landed on s | his feet as a good fellow. | But his ruling passion rushed him into trouble time and again. He was always in entanglements with some woman with a pretty face and an attractive figure with- out regard to the moral side of the charm- er's nature. Among those to whom he paid court—and considerable money—was a notorious woman named Kate Burke, who came very near wrecking him irre- trievably on the shoals of his unbridled passion. His best friends finally prevailed upon him to give her up and take on a semblance of decency. Meyer had many other flames around his susceptible heart from time to time, but none of them proved serious until he met Grace Benjamin, whose sad story has al- ready been told. It is not Meyer's fault that this woman does not now sleep in a dishonored grave. A CABLE-OAR WRECKED. Its Trucks Wrenched From Their Fas- tenings—Nobody Hurt. The Ellis-street cable railway broke down about 9 o’clock Friday night, and it was not until 4 o’clock yesterday morning that the last car left the corner of Market street. The trouble was caused by a broken strand in the cable. Just before car 552, in charge of Gripman Hilary, reached Devisadero street on the eastbound trip the strand tore out a pulley at the foot of the hill. Two cables run through the con- duit at that point, and because of the de- rangement of the pulley Hilary’s gri caught i the wrong rope. All went well until the sidehill curve into Broderick street was reached, but there the car stopped suddenly, the forward truck was wrenched from its fastenings and thrust back against the rear truck and the car was tilted nearly on end. The few passen- gers on board escaped with a severe shak- ing up, but the werk of clearing away the wreck lasted till peep of day. COMING BACK FOR REPAIRS. The Gunboat Bennington on Her Way From Acapulco. News has been received here that the gunboat Bennington has left Acapulco for San Francisco, and that she may be ex- pected to arrive in about a week. The ves- sel left here about a month ago to do po- lice duty on the Central American coast, and when she arrived at Acapulco it was rumored that one of her boilers was dam- This was denied at Washington, but the statement was confirmed by ad- vices on the City of Sydney. Before she sailea the vessel'had just come off the dock at Mare Island. The lighthouse tender Madrono is taking in stores and fuel at Union-street wharf, and to-morrow she will sail south to in- spect the lighthouses. ———————— Nor excelled by any high priced liniment, Salvation Oil, twenty-five cents a bo:tle. | To the new woman who is reaching out her slender hands to grasp so many of this world’s opportunities and possibilities, pharmacy has often been suggested as an ideal profession. Theoretic luxurious in its its neatness, bright with glittering rows of shining glass bottles and jars lettered with burnished gold, sweet with the mingled odors of spices, essences, roots, herbs and vaporized perfumes, and always quiet and well ordered—is the one place devoted to trade where alady would be quite in har- mony with her surroundings, and her presence and work meet with unqualified approval. s00d prescription clerk requires only a fai t of education, combined with good judgment, accuracy of eyes and touch, discretion, and a decent stock of common-sense. Thus equipped a man whose tastes run in that direction finds a position in a pharmaceuntical establishmen t both agreeable and well paid, and it has seemed to many that a woman equally well endowed might take up this line of work and be most successful therein. Indeed, so well fitted do women seem for Ella Higginson. [From a photograph.] 0 this especial business that some years since it was confidently predicted ‘that they would soon drive from the field the men who have for so long, in peaceful and un- disputed possession of pestle, mortar, scales and graduated glasses, put up our prescriptions. Oddly enough, though, in spite of all that has been said in favor of a eminine invasion into the kingdom of drugs, pharmacy is the one profes- sion which has, so far. held close to its old conservative way. Though the colleges of pharmacy throughout the civilized world number among their students many women and girls who have faith enough in their own abilities, and in the ultimate ap- preciation thereof by the general public, to take up the studyin earnest, the drug- stores that employ women as clerks are far from being numerons. Even here in California,where, under the act of 1891, some forty women are registered as pharmacists and assistant pharmacists, the woman prescription clerk is rarely seen, and, when seen, is looked upon as a curiosity. There are quite a number of drugstores in the State owned by women, but in the great majority of cases a male manager and male clerks are employed therein, and the lady proprietor does none of the practical work. In the small country places the wife or daughter of the resident physician often has charge of & miniature pharmacy; but, with few exceptions, in deference to popu- lar prejudice the putting up of any but the simplest prescriptions is left to the medi- cal gentleman himself. Here in San Francisco we have three drugstores managed by women, Mrs. J. B. McElroy, Mrs. A. E. Scott and Mrs. Mec- Dermott each being the proprietor and practical superintendent of an establish- ment which will not suffer by comparison with any under masculine control and supervision. At St. Joseph's Hospital also there isa woman in charge of the drug department, and never yet has_pious Sister M. Hya- cintha made a mistake in the work in- trusted to her or given any cause for com- plaint. In Sacramento there are two such stores under feminine control, and Los Angeles and San Diego also have within their borders women druggists pursuing their chosen calling. Little by little the barriers are being broken down, but it is slow work to com- bat prejudice’ and change public opinion, and prejudice and public opinion seem, so far, very much against the innovation. Mrs. Ella Higginson, the well-known and brilliant writer of New Whatcom, Wash., is a practical pharmacist, and for some years conducted a drugstore in that pleas- ant town. At first she met with not a _little opposition—silent and other- wise—for the place was comparatively new then, and among its citizens were many who had little faith in the reliability and business capacity of “wimmen folks.”” Before lon ,Ihowever. she demonstrated her fitness for her posi- tion so dcci(lelll]iy that she won her way into public confidence and favor, and when she retired from the cares of business to de- vote herself exclusively to literary work, in which line she has achieved such signal success, her retirement was most sincerely regretted by the whole community. Like nearly ali women who have had practical experience, Mrs. Higginson is a firm believer in pharmacy as a profession for her sex, but she isfully convinced that almost every woman who attempts to enter it will find it uphill work at first. Adverse public opinion, she says, isa greatand most serious obstacle, and close and thorough study of the subject has forced her to belieye that in regard to this matter such opinion is far stronger and harder to overcome here in the West than it is in the East. Mrs. Higginson is also of the conviction that pharmacy is the one profession which men, as a rule, are jealously defending against the encroachment of their sisters, and that only in rare and exceptionai cases do established druggists look upon the addition of women to their ranks with favor. The fact that in many cases it is almost impossible for_ufn-l or woman to obtain admission behind the counters of a pharmacy in order to gain the necessary }our years' experience which is a neces- sity for graduation from our college of pharmacy does indeed show that there is no warm welcome for her in the new field. When, however, she is fortunate enough to have some relative or friend in the busi- ness or to find some pharmacist broad- minded and progressive enough to give her an equal chance with her brother students, it can be said to her credit that almost without exception she makes the most of it and proves conclusively her fitness for the work. Among the little band of women phar- macists — practical, self-reliant, self-edu- | cated, skilled and enthusiastic—which we have within the borders of our State, one of the most prominent is Mrs. ‘Elimbeth McGaughey Bennett, formerly | of Santa Rosa, now’ of Oroville. Indeed | so successful has this lady been in her chosen profession that her example cannot | fail to be a help and encouragement to all | women whose tastes and inclinations lead | them to take up this branch of work and | study. Mrs. Bennett, who is one of a decidedly medical family, three members of which, a sister and two brothers, are successful phy- sicians, began her business life on the foundation of an excellent education, as a teacher in the city schools of Wi- | nona, Minnesota, afterward teaching four years in Sonoma County, in this State. | An enthusiastic student. of chemistry | even in her schoolgirl days, she early de- | termined to become a practical pharma- cist, and to that end entered the College of Pharmacy in this city, afterward working at the business for several years under the direct supervision of one of the best drug- gists on the coast. | At the expiration of this self-imposed season of probation Mrs. Bennett, with a fine courage which augured success, pur- chased a drugstore in Santa Rosa, burden- ing herself with a debt of $3500 borrowed money, and started in business for herself. “I was obliged to succeed,” she says simply, “for I had to pay back that money with interest, and,” with a sigh of satis- faction, ‘I did.” Mrs. Bennett has been particularly for- tunate in her chosen calling, for the com- munity in which she established herself | was ('):cef)timmlly free from anything like | trade jealousy and narrow-mindedness and | gave her the heartiest support, both moral and financial. She found few, if any, pre- judices to combat, and the popularity of her store, and its owner, were unques- tioned from the fi A branch store in Sebastopol was soon started by this enterprising lady, and con- ducted by her for two years, at the expira- tion of which it was sold at a handsome profit. Later on Mrs. Bennett sold her large drugstore in Santa Rosa, and removed to Oroville, where she has built up a flourishing business, and identified herself with the best interests of the town. Mrs. Elizabeth McG. Bennett. [From a photograph.] It is needless to say that thislady is a strong advocate of pharmacy as a pro- fession for women, provided that they are equal to its requirements. “ The business demands long hours, close confinement, much drudgery and constant_study,” she says, “and carries with it heavy responsibilities. Sex cuts little figzure in the matter, but individuality makes all the difference in the world, and she who wishes to be successful must love the profession and devote to it her whole time and energy. 1 never argue the matter, but I think I am proving by my work that a drugstore is just the place for me, as it is for any woman whose tastes and education fit her for such a position; and T hope to see the time when every first-class pharmacy will em}:gov at least one woman prescription clerk.”’ ONE OF EDISON'S EARLY SCHEMES It Failed Through the Kindly Consid. eration of a Freight Crew. “It was while Thomas A. Edison and I were co-tramp operators together years ago that the then very amusing genius of the great inventor was made manifest and util- ized by him to subserve his purposes in ob- taining sleep. while on duty at a small town in New York State,” said Colonel L. C. Weir, president of the Adams Express Company, to a Cincinnati Fnquirer re- porter. ““We had both secured positions as operators at the railway station, I being the day_and Mr. Edison the night man. As Mr. Edison’s whole mind was absorbed in his electrical studies he spent his entire time when off duty and supposed to be sleeping in his experiments, and when the time for him to relieve the day man came fatigued. & “fn fact, I have seen him come to the office to begin his day’s work almost worn out. But fortunately there was little for him to do other than answer the calls sent over the wire every two hours by the dis- patcher to ascertain if all the operators were on duty. To Edison to have to keep awake for such trivial duties as this was very trying, and though then quite a novitiate he conceived of a plan by which he could sleep and wake in time to answer the calls. Y “It was this: Near his instrument he placed his cot and over the head of that he placed a bucket. By means of a rubber tube he conveyed the water from an over- head tank to the bucket, which was so con- structed that within less than two hours enough water would be conveyed from the tank to the bucket to completely fill the bucket, and when it began to pour over it would drop in his face, awakening hkim in time to answer his call. “By this means he continued to make his he was very much physically and mentally, i electrical experiments through the day and sleep at night and answering every call for three months, when one night & belated freight was sidetracked at his station. The night was very sultry and the crew sought the office for water. They discovered the ket almost full of water and also Mr. son sound asleep. 5 /ithout awakening him they emptied the contents of the bucket, supposing it to be drinking water, and departed. The call came. Edison slept soundly on, oblivious of all about hjm. The bucket refilled just as the succeeding call went over the wire. Springing up, he answered it, and the question, ‘Where were you when the previous call was sent?’ greeted his ears immediately, and wasa puzzler until he glanced at the old office clock and saw he had slept four instead of two hours. Frank and brief was his reply, ‘Asleep.’ “ ‘Report at the office here to-morrow and get your time,’ spoke the dispatcher, and the next day we were tramping for new pastures. It was several days after- ward before Edison learned of the secret of the failure of his new invention to do its work at the proper time and cause his dis- missal. He swore me to secrecy at the time and I had not thought of it in years before until just now.” MAN'S FATAL DEFECT. buc] Ed The One So Regarded in the Eyes of a Woman. The papers are poking unmerciful fun at one woman for having the courage of her convictions. An unprecedented oppor- tunity to pay back the grudge of ages was offered by a London journal which invited its “lady readers,” as they seem always to call them on that side of the water, to air their vie as to which of man’s sins comes nearest to being unpardonable. Naturally enough, this called out an *ele- gant derangement of epitaphs” from the fastidious fair ones, who, judging from their answers, objeet less to moral dis- hevelment than to uncouth manners or uncut hair. One of them, however, held up as the final and fatal shorteoming a quality which she called **ineffectualness,” and the race of rising journalists has ri; in a body to ask, ““What does that mean ? and to n er the eccentricity es and swallows ’ as the little girl expressed it, and passing over all known vices, sticks at one whose very name is @ mystery to the critics. The critics are all men, of course. If they weren’t they would understand in a trice what she meant, and would know hers to be the only genuine stumbling- block among them all.” For every one has noticed that poverty, stupidity, bad ma ners, personal uncomeliness oreven untidi- ness seem incapable of suggesting an im- pediment to the marriage of true minds. Their possessors go gayly to the altar every day, nor does the full-fledged villain apparently find diffictlty in persuading some member of the persuadable sex to share his shady fortunes. Who ever heard of a bachelor criminal? He always has a wife and family to plead for him. But “ineffectualness”’ where i h n who can forgive it? cult without resorting to slang. vernacular the ineffectual man is the “chump,” another word whosé meaning must be felt rather than explained. “What is a ‘chump’?” disdainfull a severe relative of an irrepressibl girl who had used the objectionabl Wi and who as cfuickly replied, “Why, a chump is a—well, a person who doesn’t get there !’ This is the ineffectual man in a nutshell. He cannot arise to the occasion, he doesn’t get there, he is a chump—and woman de- spises him from the bottom of her discern- ing little heart. She asks but little here below; often, indeed, she only wants the merest masculine peg on which to hang her affections and ideals and feminine as- pirations.. She does not require that peg to ‘‘stay put’’ in the wall, and let it wabble ever so slightly or come tumbling down from its place, notall the king’s horses nor all the Ling's men can put it back. She won’t “have it! The man who misses the propitious moment for a kiss, the man who seizes the moment too soon, the man who is afraid to propose and the man whose self-security leads him to precipitate mat- ters, the man_who cannot put a bold face on his lack of business success and the man whose prosperity makes him presuming— one and all, she scorns them as ineffectual and passes by on the other side. As the astute banker in “The Henrietta’ ruefully remarks, “A woman never forgives a man for not being there when she is about to fall.” Success, or at least a simulation of success, is what woman worships; and while she may overlook failure in the man she already loves, she never falls in love with it in the first place. This is why woman, by no means “un- certain, coy and hard to please,” looks critically on two men and one s taken and theother left. It is not mere boldness; oh, no! nor business prosperity nor com- mon-sense that commends the former to her favor, but that subtle, undefinable characteristic partaking of all these quali- ties yet distinctly different, which we call “sand.” Fair Ellen, before the stirring events of her wedding night, probably thought one man was as good as another, but when young Lochinvar pranced in and at exactly the right moment, and in ex- actly the right way, claimed her for his own, while the ineffectual man, “the poor, craven bridegroom, said never a word,” what woman would hesitate? She never does. She has no other but a woman’s reason, which she puts in softened form to the disconsolate possessor of all the virtues but the one thing needful: She said: “I agmire and respect vou. But my heart’s choice is Barney McGee!” —Philadelphia Press e sl S 5 The poet Swinburne is 58 years old and in the prime of physical condition. He is an unimpressive figure. 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