The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 28, 1895, Page 20

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 1895. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. | | | | '3 Adver- building, Rose and If we cannot do well, let us think well. Society owes a duty to the art exhibit. To have an artistic taste you must digest art. Everything need it. There is always rest in the right kind of ; exercise, { The longest lane is the one that leads nowhere. Whatever is done for another is generally well done. A profligate wife makes a skinflint of nusband. Stagnation wastes more money than en- terprise c =Praising the cook is & good way to im- prove the broth. It is the pi most s in life. 1ch of poverty that causes the 1 The optimist can see something even in a pessimist. zood No iconoclast has the power to break any but frangible idols Display your enterpri: yourself, but let { courage even to tell what is true. A SUMMER CHANGE. If it were not for the wonderful variety of climates in California at all times of the year, our people would be denied one of the most precious gifts that nature has be- stowed upon the State. It is so generally the fact that one cannot tell the truth about California without seeming to tell a lie, that it requires a certain degree of Califor- nians themselves know the truth, and are aware that a comprehension of it is impos- sible to a stranger. Thus, what person who has not lived here can understand that at any season of the year climates peculiar to all the four seasons elsewhere may be found in a few hours’ travel? On its very face it looks incredible that these radically differentand opposing conditions should stand shoulder to shoulder almost from one end of California to the other. The *California liar” will never become extinet until he ceases to tell the truth. He is as absurd a creation in Eastern eyes as the casual traveler who writes about our State is in ours. And yet very many localities in Califor- nia have their transitory local discomforts; again, a particular place may have a cli- mate that is good for one person and bad for another; still again, a locality may have a climate agreeable to one person at one time of the year and disagreeable at another. But thisis the one great fact to keep in mind: Any person under the sun can find somewhere in California, at any time of the year,a climate that exactly suits him. The close contiguity of these various con- ditions has produced in California a pecu- liar social ‘habitude. This is seen in the form of a kind cf seasonal migration, and it is the wisest thing that Californians do. The residents of the coast, for instance, after a “winter” of balmy, soft, yet highly stimulating winds from the tropic seas, long for the crisp, dry heat, brilliant sun- shine and rarefied air of the mountains in summer; and during the growing season of summer, when there is nothing to do on the farms and vineyards and orchards, the residents of the great plains of the interior desire to escape from -the heavy, palpita- ting heat of their homes and come over to the coast, where constant breezes are fresh Rt S g and cool, and where sleep beneath a pair e e of warm blankets is infinitely sweet and Spend your time at home and your | as caressing as the gentle stroke of some money for home products. good angel’s hand on the weary brow. e But the st of all these gentle pleas- In the eyes of the average woman man is | ures is mping in the summer, whether but a bundle of bad habits. To remember your friends with pleasure you must forget a good deal. ine of California is so liquid e people drink it in. The su that sensi | Take your exercise vourself and let an- other mah take your medicine. el i I you wish to be praised by good people, you must not praise vicious ones. Very few people can tumble to them- | selves without feeling all broken up. The goldbug thinks he sees a silver cloud where the people see silyer sunshine. There can be no art culture in a com- munity where there is no art patronage. Cross looks and hard words pave even the pathway of home with cobblestones. Most men who are a mistake in the se ingin pride made n of their wives. You can make almost any man rise to | the occasion by putting a pin in his chair. I If there were no white lies in the social | world there would be many a black story. | A great deal of what is called high art in these days isn’t even clothed with genius. | AS | end their lives in doing | they are merely promoted. Make yourself master of a single good opportunity and many more will come to | you. People who s good never die Satire is the weapon of a cruel heart, but humor is red paint on the nose of Kind- ness. True character, like the glowworm, emits the strongest light in the darkest situa- tions. If enemies quarreled as often as lovers, there would never be any peace in the world. —_— Good doing is more efficacious than prayers to secure forgiveness for evil deeds. An open-hearted woman is one whose cardiac perforations have been made by Cupid. No woman should confine her study of‘i California art to the contemplation of a | mirror. = = | As a supervisor of society even Mrs. Grundy has been accused of being partial | to boodle. | ST e T | We have a better reason tobe proud of | the Spring Exhibition than of the attend- | ance on 1t. — In courting the sunshine of California one indulges in the most pardonable of flirtations. i ga s S People who rely upon others to give them a lift never get very high without losing their balance. Country people may say they come to San Francisco on business, but they act as if it were a picnic. —_—— If San Francisco wishes to begin the work of improvement, every cobblestone will afford an opportunit; Nature provides a reward for all good- ness and never demands that anybody should be good for nothing. The man whose heart is not set afiutter by a sight of the pretty girls of San Fran- | cisco has need of a physician. The New York company which is build- ing houseboats to rent has set an example to enterprising San Franciscans. It appears that woman proposes to con- tinue extending her sleeves until she gets even with the wide, wide world. If you are not thankful for ihe beauty and the delight of San Francisco you have never yet realized your situation. e There is an esthetic education for every- on the coast by residents of the interior, or along the mountain streams by dwellers on the coast; for the change of climate is as valuable as the novelty of the outing. The Coast Range north and south of San Francisco is the fayorite and proper resort for this pleasure, for there the noble, solemn and mysterious redwoods abound, with streams which are rivulets of sun- shine and pearls. There, too, we find the rhododendron, filling all the space yith its exquisite perfume; the dogwood Blossom, big, white and bold: the tiger lily, luxuri- ating in its gorgeous panoply of splendid colors, and innumerable more modest blooms holding up their dainty lips to re- ceive the sun’s bold kiss. There is no danger of rain in these long, shining months. A drowsy fog ma; now and then in the mornings, but it only | makes the bed feel more luxurious and en- ticing; and when it passes away the great sun empties its very soul upon the earth and pours its richest treasures into every human heart open to receive them. And | s0 slips away this glorious summer in the woods, where nature’s unshackled limbs are stretched lazily abroad in the sun- shine and men have a foretaste of the peaceful life that lies beyond the ends of | the earth. THE DEBTS OF THE CITY. The City of San Francisco will, during the present week, be forced to face again the specter of its debts, and that in a way | which always proves distressful to the in- dividual debtor, and which is likely to do so to the Municipality unless some of its wiseacres shall be able to point the way out of its present dilemma. ‘The creditors of the City, whose claims for the unpaid balances of last year and of the present one amount in the aggregate to about half a million dollars, appear to be unwilling to go further in the way of furnishing supplies to the various depart- ments of the City Government without assurance from some source that their bills, at least for supplies yet to be furnished, will be paid. There seems to be an impression that the State constitution makesillegal all claims against the City for goods furnished to it or for ob- ligations incurred by it, when its treasury is empty, and forbids the payment of any debt arising during one year out of the revenues of the succeeding one. The sec- tion of the constitution referred to reads as follows: “No city shall incur any indebtedness or liability in any manner or for any purpose exceeding in any year the income and revenue provided for it for such year with- out the assent of two-thirds of the qualified electors thereof voting at an election to be held for that purpose, nor unless before or at the time of incurring such indebtedness provision shall be made for the collection of an annual tax sufficient to pay the in- terest on such indebtedness as it falls due, and also a provision to constitute a sink- ing fund for the principal thereof on or be- fore maturity, which shall not exceed forty years from the time of contracting the same. Any indebtedness or liability in- curred contrary to this provision shall be void.” (Const., Art. XI, Section 18.) It would seem at a glance that this sec- tion of the constitution could neyer have been intended to be applied tothat class of the obligations of a city which includes either the salaries of its officers, which are fixed by law, or the necessary supplies for the conduct of its departments, and which are essential to their maintenance, in order that its functions as a city may be performed. The construction of the sec- tion of the organic law whioh would com- pel the City to close its almshouses and hospitals, to cease the operation of its Fire Department, to stop its gas and water sup- ply, and to have a general jail delivery of its prisoners, because, forsooth, its silurian officials had’ failed to make an adequate tax levy to meet these absolutely essential expenses, is one which should not be adopted, if by any nicety of reascning its avoidance is possible. A careful reading of this section of the constitution would seem to disclose that its only object was to prevent the incurring by cities of those obligations which its officers have the discretion to incur or not, body in studying the artistic and pictur- esque possibilities of San Francisco. In these days of elastic complexions no husband should be permitted by his wife to imagine that he married her too hastily. and which are generally obligations for those civic improvements or adorn- ments which find their usual form of payment in a funded debt. The idea seems to have been to prevent the creation of a funded indebtedness witliout People who read a great deal without | first securing the assent of the qualified cultivating a taste for the finer forms of | €lectors of the City, and without also pro- literature are guilty of a dissipation that viding beforehand for the collection of weakens some of the best fibers of the | a0 annual tax running through a long mind. series of years by which this special form of debt should be paid. Such Novelty is a good thing so long asit is | is the only reasonable construction to be but a modification of something old and | given to this section. The construction tried, but nobody would like to hear the | which is being attempted to be applied to .music that an elephant might get out of a | it, and which is being used to alarm the fiddle. creditors of the City and te involve e it in embarrassment, is without any rea- son at all. Suppose, for example, that by reason of some defect in the process of levying the annual taxes, the whole of the revenues of the City for any single year should fail, and their collection be found to be impossible after the City had progressed through some months of its administration, is it conceivable that the outstanding bills of the City for its sala- ries and for its necessaries would be void, and that during the rest of the year the wheels of its government should perforce cease their motion and its operations and functions be suspended until the revenue of the succeeding year began to flow in? It must be apparent that such could never have been the purpose of those who framed this section of the constitution nor their idea as to its operation and effect. In a recent case before the Supreme Court a long step was taken toward reliev- ing the constitution from this harsh and illogical construction. The court decided that the salaries of City officials which are fixed by statute were notintended to be included within the classifica- tion of this section, nor to be lim- ited as to their sources of pay- ment to the revenue of the year within which the service was performed. The court expressly limited the scope of the section to those debts or liabilities which the City possesses the discretion to incur. From the reasoning of this decision it follows naturally that if the salaries of City officials are to be excepted from the effect of this section the necessary supplies for those of its depart- ments which by statute it is bound to maintain must always be excepted. The City has no more discretion with reference to the expenses of its Fire Department than it has with reference to the salary of the Chief Engineer of that department. If it is bound to maintain the department it stands to reason that it must be bound to pay the bills necessarily incurred in its maintenance. From this reasoning there is no escape, and there should be none. The City must be bound in law as it is bound in honor to pay its debts. There is no use dallying with this dilemma nor postponing the settlement of the question because it happens to be disagreeable, nor because the City treasury is at present de- pleted. It is due to the merchants who have already furnished the City with a large amount of supplies, and who are expected to continue to do so without re- ceiving their money due or about to become due therefor, that the legal status of their debts should be established at the earliest possible time. Let the City officials take hold of this matter with a firm hand, and either resolve to honor these obligations as soon as the condition of the City treasury will permit, or else take the matter at once into the court and have the issue decided as to what the municipal liability may be, A NOBLE BOULEVARD, Standing in the center of Market street and looking westward, we observe that the imaginary prolongation of this greatest of San Francisco's thoroughfares sweeps up the rolling incline and disappears beyond the range of low mountains through the lowest point in the saddle of Twin Peaks. It is known to most of the older residents that the original intention in laying out Market street was to extend it over the saddle of Twin Peaks and down the slope of the western side to the ocean. As the improvement of the City is now the order of the hour, and every citizen possessed of a spirit of pride and patriot- ism is casting about for the best means to that end, let us imagine what Market street would be if extended over Twin Peaks to the sea. At present the street stops, a little over three miles from the ferry, at the foot of the steeper hills which traverse the penin- sula from north to south. The Market- street Railway Company has a cable line from the ferry to this point, and there it is deflected southerly into Castro street, fol- lowing that thoroughfare nearly two miles further, to its end at the base of the hills. If instead of this deflection Market street were opened the cable would have to make a sharp climb to the summit. On the western side the grade would be compara- tively easy all the way down to the beach. The point where the extension would strike the beach is about eight and a half miles from the ferry and about the same distance from the Cliff House. Thus, the ferry, the Cliff House and the western end of Market street would be the three points of an equilateral triangle, and therefore would constitute the three salient points past which to run the grandest scenic boulevard in the world. Pursning Market street, the grade from the present terminus to the summit would be too steep for boulevard purposes, but in nowise would lessen the charm and avail- ability of the route for a cable scenic road. For a boulevard a great deal better scheme than a straight road is available. The neighborhood of the summit is surveyed and platted into a most picturesque laby- rinth of crooked streets, which follow the bewildering contours thereabout on the easiest grades. It would be far better to construct a tortuous boulevard over a route which should wind in and about the nu- merous pinnacles that serrate the sky line, for by this means there would be secured, not only a comfortable grade, but an amaz- ing variety of panoramas, which would include the facing of every point of the compass and every one of the splendid pictures which the summits of these hills reveal. Once past the barren saddle of the peaks the westward-bound driver will find before him about four miles of a country totally different from that which he leit behind on the eastern flank. Much of this long, rolling stretch has been planted to pines, with wide plantations of eucalyptus here and there. A cable could follow the con- tour withou$ difficulty, but a boulevard might have to make a slight diversion at intervals. The street would pass within a half mile of the Almshouse, would cross the San Miguel and ocean roads near their juncture, and passing over a large open cattle range would strike and cross both arms of Lake Merced.” Every inch of the route is beautiful and picturesque. Expensive though such an improvement would be, its grandeur would compensate forall. From the ocean northward to the Cliff House we should have the ocean boule- vard, already made part of the way, and at the Cliff House we should find Golden Gate Park with its splendid drives and its smooth road back to the City. OUR EXCHANGES, In referring to the action of the CarLn urging business men to give support and encouragement to the San Joaquin road by pledging their business to it the Bishop Register says: “This is identically the same, in intent and motive, as the pledge the people of Inyo County were asked to sign when the teaming plan was advanced several years ago, when such a pledge would have helped the project to success. The S8an Joaquin Valley people have not been scared into a fear of such an agree- ment, as Inyoites were, and the enterprise will receive encouragement accordingly.” This reference to the experience of Inyo is on€ that sheuld not escape the attention of the people of any section along the line of the San Joaquin. As the Register well says, similar pledges, if given in time, would have materially promoted a helpful enterprise in that county, and there can be no doubt they will be of great advantage in the present instance, while fortunately there is not much danger that the monopoly can frighten the people into re- fusing to give them. The most notable of our Pacific Coast ex- changes of recent date is an issue of the Santa Cruz Surf on the anniversary of the disastrous fire which destroyed the business: portion of that city last year, and to which the editor has given the appropriate title of the Pheenix edition. Even the most casual survey of the paper shows that dur- ing the past year Santa Cruz has made a record for energy, enterprise and accom- plishment of which any community might be justly proud, for while one large illustra- tion shows the ruins of the city gn the morning after the fire, others exhibit the handsome blocks of buildings that within a single year have been erected in their place. In addition to this, Editor Taylor has been sagacious enough to make the record of this particular display of energy the oc- casion for a general review of the advan- tages and resources of Santa Cruz and an account of what has already been achieved there by the enterprise of individuals or the commendable public spirit of the com- munity. The showing in this respectisa remarkable one. Santa Cruz is one of the most progressive of American towns. She has not only had great advantages, but has made good use of them, as is made evi- dent in such public works as her streets, her sewers, her parks, her electric lighting and her water supply. Among the more noticeable features of the edition are two excellent maps; one showing the position of S8anta Cruz in rela- tion to San Francisco and the adjacent counties, and the other a railroad route from San Francisco via the ocean coast | and Santa Cruz to Tulare. These maps | may well engage the attention of capital- ists and railroad builders, as they clearly reveal the possibilities of profit in con- structing lines along the route suggested. Every page of the issue, in fact, contains something worthy of study, and the peo- ple of Santa Cruz should see to it that it has a wide circulation. It is pleasing to mnote the cordial way in which the leading papers of the coast are supporting the proposal to make an earnest and aggressive struggle to bring the next Republican National Convention to San Francisco. It is generally recog- nized that the assembling of the conven- tion here would be a benefit to the whole Pacific Slope from Washington to Arizona, and hearty promises of co-operation with San Francisco in the undertaking come from every side. One of the ablest and most forcible arti- cles on the subject that has yet appeared | was recently published inthe Los Angeles Express, which in conclusion said: ““Politically it would be a wise move for the Republican party. which has always found its warmest friends and most loyal adherents in the West. We hope this mat- ter will be at once taken up by the press, Boards of Trade, Chambers of Commerce, and other organs of public opinion on this coast, and pushed to a successful issue. Los Angeles will help San Francisco all she can.” The enterprise is indeed one that may rightly engage the energies of every pro- gressive organization on the coast, and if it does so there can hardly be any doubt that it will be successful. San Frauncisco and Los Angeles make a strong team in themselves, and if they receive any assist- ance from other enterprising communities they will be almost certain to win. According to reports that come to us from various parts of the State, we are going to have fruit crops this year that will afford excellent material to work on in building up an extensive industry in fruit preserving. The Woodland Mail says: “The late frosts were only a blessing in disguise, and will save the orchardist the trouble of thinning his fruit. It is better to have one large apricot than six that are small in size and inferior in taste.”” The Santa Cruz Sentinel gives a similar view of the case, in saying: ‘Unless much greater calamities happen to the fruit from now forward than have yet been felt, we shall have all the fruit of nearly every kind in California that we can take care of.” Equally good reports ecome from other sections, and, what is more, there are signs that an effort will be made to preserve a good deal of fine fruit in this State, instead of shipping it as raw material. The Santa Clara County Grange has begun moving in the matter, and other counties will not be long in following the example. In fact, the Fresno Republican is already urging the enterprise in that county, and very em- phatically says: % “We ought, in very shame, to cease shipping dried frnits East, that they may there be manufactured into yarious edibles, Regard for our pocketbooks and for our reputation for business sagacity should terminate such a child’s business.” A good hint for the people of San Fran- cisco is found in the recent statement of the Los Angeles Herald that the price at which Los Angeles city bonds have beend recently sold, and the eagerness of the multitude of buyers, would indicate that there is no lack of money in the country for those who have the collateral. In fact there has never been a time when a com- munity with good credit could borrow money so cheaply as at present, and ac- cordingly it would he wisdom on our part to follow the example of thosé cities that are borrowing money for municipal lm- provements. When all the circumstances are taken into consideration, it will be seen that the hint given in Los Angeles is not only good, but it is so broaa there is no getting around it. i YSAYE, A MUSICAL IDOL. There is no denying that San Franeisco is far, very far, from the madding erowd of musical celebrities who annually escape from Europe and spread themselves over the Eastern States. Many of these perfiormers are advertised and sustained by piano and other manufacturers to play upon their particular brands of instru- ments and_thereby popularize them; but in this case, when the virtuoso is not guite up to the mark, the public generally detects the cloven hoof of seli-advertisement and refuses to accept the performer at the manufacturgr's valuation, and the discomfited musician retires whence he came, shaking the dust of inartistic America off his feet, Other European artists, however, like Pade- rewski, are accepted on their own great merits, and are idolized and raved over in & manner peculiar to America—that is, to Eastern Amer- ica, for the Pacific Coast is rarely accorded an opportunity of hearing an artist who is the idol of the hour, and there is little precedent as to the manner of treatment he would re- ceive. Virtuos! whose glory has fled often come to us, it is true. Remenyl, for instance, ‘who has just departed, once set London on fire, but that was many years ago, when he was young and charming. Now, grand old man of music t! he is, Remenyi is in the sear and yellow leaf, and it would be a farce for San Francisco to languish over a musical Rip Van Winkle. However we are really to hear atlast the newest celebrity, for Ysaye, the most promi- nent figure on the artistic horizon in the East at present, is coming to give seme vielia se- citals at the Baldwin in May. Ysaye only came over from Europe a few months ago, but he im- mediately filled the achiug void that Pade- rewski had left in the dilettanti’s heart and was the joy of the matinee girl who split her white gloves to shreds in applauding him. The tri- umphant performer atonce crushed his rival and friend, the famous Ceesar Thomson, Who had also come over tostar. Henri Marteau has been no more thought of since he appeared, and the great Paderewski’s memory has sunk into temporary oblivion from New York to Chicago. Ylage is a man of about 85, a native of Liege, in Belgium, and a pupil of Vieuxtemps. his charms is that he is modern and emotional, a musical impressionist in fact, and his follow- ers profess to experience whatever feelings he chooses to evoke in them. There is nothing ethereal about Ysaye's appearance. If he were & mere ordinary mortal he might be de- scribed s a sort of fat boy, but when he plays his face is as the face of an angel to his ad- mirers. As for his locks, they are notso fluffy as Paderewski’s, but they are longer, and as he fiddles they wave about in rhythmical ripples. Ysaye is in most respects the foremost man among the young violinists, and he has been more raved over during the last six months than any other artist, not excepting Paderew- ski. £ The interesting question now arises, Wwill San Francisco prostrate itself before this idol as the East has done, or will it gaze askance at thelong-haired fiddler and give him oceasion to say, in the Frencn vernacular, that the City by the Golden Gate is a jay town? 3 The programme for Monday, May 18, will in- clude the following numbers: Concerto (No. 3, B minor, Op. 61)......Salnt-Saens Allegro non troppo. Andantino quasi allegretto. Molto moderato e Maestoso. troppo. Allezl’;[m\)% Ve ‘rnd Grand Orchestra. ... Weber Concerlnu&"k Concerto Mendelssohn Alles Andante. Tt 2 11 molto vivace. e M. Ysaye, with orchestra. Ballad (B minor). . M. Lachanme. ..Chopin ‘Wienawski “Faust” fantaste. M. Yi ¥ 5 There will be frequent changes of programme during the engagement. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Judge Dibble is safe from the confidence man, Yesterday morning ashe stepped out of the Lick House & man passed him and nodded with a familiar air. “I don’t know that fellow,” said the Judge, as he looked over his shoulder and followed the stranger around the corner with his eyes. “It is a dangerous thing to let people claim an acquaintance with youn, and it pays to never acknowledge a nod unless youknow your man. The town is full of confidence men, and they have very little feeling about claiming any acquaintance which they think will be of financial benefit to them.” “Suppose the gentleman accosting you really knows you through some previous meeting?” “Oh, no, never. That is out of the question. 1 never forget a face.” The Judge shook his head with a positive air and proceeded: “Suppose you are walking along the street and an apsolute stranger rushes up to you and says he met you in such-and-such a place or at s0-and-so’s house. What is the best thing to do? I mean in case you never saw him before ?” “What would you do, Judge?” “Simply say, ‘I never saw you before, sir.’ Why, certainly I would. Ihave no doubt that dozens of men misrepresent themselves, and I believe you could recall cases yourself. It is infamous, sir. Yes, infamous, ir. Do you not know that the reach of the confidence man is without limit? Just think.” After a brief pause, during which the gentle- man addressed thought a little, he proceeded JUDGE DIBBLE ESCAPING A CONFIDENCE MAN. [Sketched from life for the “Oall” by Nankivell.] to tell how Judge de Haven and Surveyor-Gen- eral Pratt were both hoaxed by the same man. “It appears,” he said, ‘‘that the fellow, who ‘was young, good-looking and elaimed to hail from Connecticut, walked into Judge de Haven's office one morning and grasping the judicial hand of his Honor, laid out the family history and brought up by announcing that he was a nephew of the Judge. Great was the joy of the uncle when he found out that a nephew fresh from the native heath was in the eity. He was so boisterous in his delight that he handed the boy $20 and bought him a city map so that he could run around town a few ‘moments before going home to dine with the rest of the family. “Nephew never came back, and it is stated that on the same day he dropped in on General Pratt, and, with a burstof good old Down East informetion, announced himself a first cousin. This was enough for the Surveyor, and he im- mediately left the office and took his new re- lation to see the sights, after which he graciously saw the gentleman for a gold loan, and then telephoned home to gather the clan of Prattand welcome the new man. During the day Mr. Pratt got separated from his cousin, and they have never been able o find each other since.” Judge Dibble smiled a satisfied I-told-you-so smile, and walk away, remarking that it paid to be sure. J. B. Power, European buyer for Murphy, Grant & Co., has just returned from an ex- tended tour of the European markets. He has taken up his quarfers at the Palace, and was shaking hands with his numerous friends all of yesterday. He reports business on the im- prove, and that trade in England, France and Germany has received a considerable impetus during the last six weeks. In the East the cry of “dull times” is not so trequently heard, and, all in all, Mr. Power is of the opinion that the volume of trade will be much larger this year than last. “I am glad to be back home,” said Mr. Power, as the longer one stays away from California the more homesick he becomes. We have many novelties on the way for the summer trade, and the ladies will go into ecstacies over one or two particular lines.” Quite a number of internal revenue officers are quartered at the Occidental. Several changes have gone into effect, and engineers and lieutenants who had nice easy shore duties will now have to visit Bering Sea. Engineer Zastro of the Richard Rush and Engineer Myers of the Hartley will change places, and Liguianant Rodmare of the Thamen Cozwin Ti One of succeed Lieutenant McConnell of the Hartley. [ The latter will go out on the Perry when she sails for the Arctic. The Hartley is the board- ing cutter used in San Francisco Bay, and an | appointment to her is eagerly sought after by all the revenue officers. —_— THE VICE OF D_I'LL_DHEADISM. BY S. H. FRIEDLANDER, THEATRICAL MANAGER. Deadheadism is a pernicious vice that per- vades all classes in every city of the Old World as well as the New, and of late years has become more and more noticeable and obnoxious. “No pent-up Utica” contracts its powers. Some managers of theaters have thought the vice might be restricted if & portion of the aundito- rium, to be known as ‘“Deadhead Row,” were assigned to seat those who do not pay, but the idea was abandoned, because there were per- sons who would stand the pillory, as well as the contempt of the honest ticket-buyer, if they thought they could make a nickel by it. Now the Eastern managers, as well as those in | this city, propose to ettack the vice in a more radical form, and make an effort to abate, if not destroy, it altogether. The lowest form of “deadheadism” belongs to a species of the genus “deadbeat,” who pays nothing and makes it the business of his worthiess life to subsist on the honest labor of others. He is chronic. He glories in his scheme. This spe- cies may be seen around hotels and other in- stitutions of public resort. You can tell him as easily as & gambler tells a marked card, or as a police officer detects a sneak thief by the hang-dog 100k he wears. He studies to victim- ize the theater, particularly, and when he succeeds in doing so loudly boasts of it. You will see this creature in the auditorium, seated by and annoying responsible ticket pur- chasers, and no matter how creaitable the per- formance may pe he will be sure to decry it as “a frost,” a favorite term with him. This nuisance works a double damage to the theatrical mansager’s business. First, by im- posing his worthless presence on the theater; and, secondly, by keeping those who would pay out of the house by disparaging, in season MANAGER FRIEDLANDER. [From & photograph by Thors.} and out of season, the different productions. There are scores of these vermin about the dif- ferent San Francisco theaters. This species | of marauder on théatrical enterprise has, !i venture to say, done more to impair the busi- | ness, not only here, but elsewhere, than any other cause that may be cited or suggested. ‘What is it to him the heavy rent the lessee pays for the theater, the large and expensive com- | pany occupying the stage, or that in whatever | direction the manager reaches out his hand it | must carry money. The deadhead has only one opinion of the performance, after beating his way in, and that is, tersely expressed, “I've been to see the show and it’s no good.” He | knows no more about the merit or the demerit of the play than & cow knows about Sunday, but he thinks it is the correct thing to con- demn it, and he rubs his hands in glee if the en- | terprise promises to fail. ere is another kind of deadhead—a man who intends to be honorable and respectable in his dealings among men, who would scorn to take eny man'’s labor or substance in business life without recompense, and yet 8o insidious is this deadhead vice that he does not scruple to avail himself of the investment of the man- ager and of the time and study of the “poor | actor, who struts bis brief hour on the stage,” without making proper return. He had a free ticket given him once and thus became tainted, giving rise to the expression, “once a dead- head, always a deadhead.” Itis to such indi- viduals, however, that managers look for a measurable cure of this vice of deadheadism, A little reflection will convince such men of the injustice of free admissions, and being business men used to reason from cause to effect, each one will put himself in the man- ager’s place and get a correct view of the situa- tion. Their example would work & most desir- able and wholesome reform in this respect. I am happy to say that the managersand legitimate journals all over the United States bave joined in vigorous effort to fling this “0ld Man of the Sea’—this vice of dead- headism—from the shoulders of the profes- sion. It was, indeed, high time to at least make an attempt to stop the abuse, one will acknowledge, when he reads of the condition of the theaters on account ofitin the different cities of the Eastern States. The Philadelphia managers say that that city is “‘overstocked” with deadheads. They seek the merest excuse to get a ticket, and the man- ager’s life is made a hard one by them. A well- known manager of that city says: “They usually lay for me about a quarter of 8 o'clock in the evening and wait around the box-office. They come in singles, pairs, trios and quartets. And so I wait around until 8:30 o’clock before I put in an appearance at the theater. By that time the would-be deadheads have gone home or bought tickets, and I am often §100 the richer.” In Cincinnati, it’is said, all the railroad offi- cers, from the president down, are deadheads, as well as every influential citizen of German extraction across the Rhine, all the force in the Mayor’'s office, the police and every hotel- keeper. In Boston, on one occasion, there were 1600 lithograph#tickets received at the door—an auditorium crowded from pit to dome counted up only $250—and it may be said that this same pernicious lithograph and bill-board practice of free admission prevalls tg a greater or less extent in all the leading cities of the Eastern States. While the deadhead vice does not prevail in San Francisco to the extent it obtains in the places I have named, it has, at the same time, gained so firm a footing here that a united effort is demanded on the part of our local managers to displace it. Otherwise, in a short time the situation will become & fight for managerial right in this city, as it is in many of the cities of the East, and the dignity of the profession will be lowered beneath notice. Asoneof the managers of anew theatrical enterprise I feel myself constrained to write as above. I am heartily in sympathy with the fight against the vice of deadheadism going on in the East, and consider it but just that every- body who desires 10 spend an enjoyable even- ing at the theater, or for any other privilege, should pay a falr price for it. In this way our legitimate enterprises will be placed on a pay- ing basis, and managers will be enabled to supply a line of talent difiicult to do at present, Where, on account of this deadhead practice, so much financial uncertainty exists. Itis the intention of the Cclumbia Theater managers to cut off atthe start of the enter- prise what is usually called “the free list,” ex- cepting members of the press on whom the public depend for correct theatrical informa- tion, and alsosuch people as give full value for the privilege of admfssion. Itisa bold move, but I hope it will be recognized as just one and be sustained by an intelligent publie. Teedler e They may succeed in reducing the price of the telephone service, but they will never be able to thaw out the voice of the young woman PERSONAL. s Thomas Maclay of Petaluma is at the Lick. Colonel A. K. Whitten of San Jose is at the Lick. G. C. Freeman, an attorney of Fresno, is at the Lick. State Senator E. C. Hart of Sacramento is at the Grand. Major L. W. Juilliard of Santa Rosa is a guest. at the Lick. A. Hanson, a lumberman of Redwood City, is at the Lick. L. Gundelfinger, a banker of Fresno, is stay- ing at the Lick J. B. Stevens, an attorney of Napa, is regis- tered at the Lick. Dr. Walter R. Gillette of New York is stop- ping at the Palace. Governor Budd and Mzs, Budd registered at the California yesterday. ] G- McM. Ross, a mining man of Copperopolis, 1s & guest at the Occidental. E. P. Stacey, a banker of Minneapolis. regs- tered at the Grand yesterday. . C-M. Cassin, an attorney of Santa Cruz, reg- istered at the Grand yesserday. Judge A. P. Catlln of Sacramento came down yesterday and registered at the Lick. Dr.J. L. Ord of Pacific Grove and Mrs. Ord registered at the Occidental yesterday. John T. Sullivan of the Sea Beach Hotel at Santa Cruz is stopping at the California. B. F. Hawes, a hotel man of San Andreas, is among yesterday’s arrivals at the Grand, Worth E. Ross of the United States Revenue Service is among yesterday’s arrivals at the Californie. Judge J. M. Murphy of Arizona and Mrs, Murphy arrived in the City yesterday and pus up at the Lick. W. W. Douglas, Assistant State Controller, came down from Bacramento yesterday and is stopping at the Grand. J.S. Power, the European buyer for Murphy, Grant & Co., has returned from his annual trip to Europe and is registered at the Grand. Mrs. D. J. Staples is lying dangerousiy ill at her residence. Her condition is such that hopes of her recovery have been given up. Colonel D. B. Fairbanks of the Fifth Regi- ment, a banker of Petaluma, came down yes- terday to attend the University alumni ban- quet, and registered at the Lick. Mrs. Clara Shortridge Foltz left for an ex- tended Eastern tour yesterday. During her absence Mrs. Foltzwill contribute a number of letters to the columns of the CALL. John E. Budd, an attorney of Stockton and brother of Governor Budd, came down yester- day to attend the banquet of the alumni of the university. Mr. Budd graduated in 1874, and has the honor of having sent the first son of an alumnus to the university in Harry Berkeley Budd of the class of '98. SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. It is better to be & high private in the rear rank of the army of progress than to have a {front seat with mossbacks and silurians.—Mar- tinez News. It begins to look as though Great Britain might take extreme measures in her dispute with Nicaragus. Evidently Lord Rosebery realizes that James G. Blaine is dead, and that Walter Q. Gresham reigns in his stead.—Los Angeles Express. Sixty men are reported to have deserted from the warship Olympia since she left San Fran- cisco for Santa Barbara and Los Angeles. Here is & chance for some of the unemployed, but it is one which few will jump at. Uncle Sam, in his military and naval service, is an unpopular employer.—Oakland Enquirer. The influence of a local paper is 1ot limited to its own circulation or readers. If the arti- cles have been well prepared eome of them are extensively copied, and thus, instead of three or four thousand people reading the items, they are often perused by hundreds of thou- sands of people.—Oroville Register, The opening of China to a less restricted com- merce with the world leads the way to great things ior the Pacific Coast. The opportunity 'will soan be ours. It remains with us to show our appreciation of it, and not allow the North- west to derive the most benefit from it by a greater energy and a more alert activity.—San Rafael Journal. PEOPLE TALEKED ABOUT. Prince Massimo of Italy thinks that hisis the oldest family in Europe. He traces his an- cestry to Quintus Fabius Maximus. Jorge Isaacs, the celebrated novelist of the Republic of Colombia and one of the greatest literary lights of Latin America, is dead. Major von Wissman, the famous African ex plorer, who has been spending the winter at Naples, proposes to take up his permanent residence in Berlin. Mme. Dessin, who died in Calais, France, recently, was famous as the landlady of the Hotel Dessin, where Laurence Sterne wrote his “Sentimental Journey.” Thomas Hardy’s novel, “Tess of the d’Uber- villes,” is to be dramatized, with Mrs. Patricl Campbellin the title-roll. It ought to make a powerful and entrancing play. F. J. Williamson, sculptor, has executed a bust of the late Lord Tennyson in marble, to the order of the Queen, to be placed in the grand corridor of Windsor Castle. Since the recent attack on his life Premien Crispi wears under his shirt, says the Caffero, & Genoese journal,a light but solid coatof mail of steel of double thickness over his heart. Colonel Waring, the Street-cleaning Commis« sioner of New York, recommends the building of street lavatories in the city. Charles G, Wilson, president of the Board of Health, joins also in the recommendation. ¥ Saint-Saens ‘has been making an extensive tour of the far East,and it is likely that he will give the world some orientalized music in the near future. He was especially in- terested in the strange dead cities of Kmer, in Indo-China. SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS. She—How old would you say I was? He=Um—well, I should say you were old euough to know better than to 1! nL I would answer a question like that,—Detroit Free Press. 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