The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 26, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1895. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. Sl’BSCRIPT]ON RATES—Postage Free: one week, b; reily and Sunday CALL ALi, three months by mail 1.50 .65 1.50 1.50 nday C. day CALL, one month, by mail. 0 Mai sco, California. San ¥ .Main—1868 Telephone......... EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Cl reet. Telephone..... : £ BRANCH OFFICES 30 o'cloc ) and Mission stree! open ti1 9 o'clock. open an antil 9 0'clock. u OAKLAND OFFICE : 208 dwa EASTERN OFFICE: 32, 34 Park Row, N FOLTZ, Specia w York City. Rooms 31 ar DAVID 3 THURSDAY... THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. It was the boss Christmas. the swear-off. The next th There was no Christmas weather like ours, This year has been good but the new one After another is American alliance might talk would mean busine: vour Christmas gifts than yesterday. Ten chances to o will seem better to- John Bull man in peace, but it was ve zed to pass this Christ- uncertain. m Congr business, else. ess not only attends to its own but helps that of every one 2 pano e given way to emergency well adopt the motto e who only stand and resno enjo, of b of the Valley roac The people of the M p now prepared to admit that a arought is not the worst thing on earth. It is not pleasant to turn from the con- templation of Santa Claus to watch the Solid Eight, but it must be done. the unhappy distinction ed to cripple the progress Cleveland ought to meet Congress half way and admit a protective tariff for the sake of getting relief for the treasury. Pat some of the brightness of yesterday into your style to-day and you wiil do basiness better, if not a better busine: The Examiner is to be congratulated on | the success achieved for it yesterday by the boys and girls of the public schools. While the bosses are jubilating over the dismissal of the last Grand Jury they are shivering over the prospects of the new. Doubtless Professor Wilson is glad he was not re-elected to Congress, as explana- tions at this juncture would have been difficult. Any bill that provides a greater revenue will suit the emergency, but nothing short of thorough tariff revision will suit the country. Democratic faction fighters are rapidly reaching the point where even the indi- viduals of the party will be divided in mind and full of confusion. It will be interesting to observe whether the Supreme Court, in considering the ¥resno matter, will exhibit a greater con- cern for legal technicalities than for the interests of the people. Ttissaid that not a single American Athletic Association has arranged to take part in the revival of the Olympic games at Athens next spring, and there would seem to be a chance for California to come forward and save the credit of the country. The Christmas number of the Voice of Labor, published in this City, is valuable both in an artistic and an industrial sense. Its thirty-six pages are crowded with val- uable and conservative matter pertaining to the interests of the laboritg classes, and all is presented in so attractive a form that readers of all classes will be pleased. A pleasing variation from the general run of Christmas periodicals is the holi- day number of the Nation. I contains excellent articles on Ireland, the Ancient Order of Hibernians, the Catholic Knights of America and some of the most noted dignitaries of the Catholic church in this City, Itis handsomely illustrated, ably edited and most attractive in every re- spect. The Christmas Argus, resplendent with illuminated covers and rich in illustra- tions, is a valuable as well as an interest- ing contribution to the literature of the season, and is especially attractive because it deals mainly with local conditions, en- terprises and men. The number is an ex- cellent one to send to Eastern friendsasa holiday souvenir, and in that respect will serve the double purpose of pleasing the - recipient and advertising the State. One of the most complete and attractive pictonal representations of San Francisco ever published is a panoramic view in three sections just issued by W. T. Hess and now for sale by all book-dealers. The three views form parts of a single picture and show the City as seen from Pacific Heignts, the Hovkins Art Gallery and Goat Island. Each view is worked out with a great elaboration of detail, showing all the principal buildings, and taken to- gether they form as comprehensive a pic- ture of the whole City as can be obtained. 00 | that it desired and was unable to elicit ma of politics ul- i Valley are | THE JURY DISMISSED. The Grand Jury bas closed its labors and been dismissed after a very arduous ses- sion of five months. Its members have given to the public a great deal of valuable time taken from private concerns, and by | attacking instances of corrupt and incom- petent management of municipal affairs 1t has drawn upon itself the hatred of power- | ful organizations maintained for public | plunder. While it did not accomplish all | tegal proof of corruption universally be- | lieved to be rampant in the City govern- | ment, it has uncovered the sores to the public gaze and armed citizens with in- valuable knowledge concerning the ways in which public rights are outraged and | the treasury looted. 1t ciosed its labors with a presentment of Street Superintendent Ashworth on eight counts of incompetency and neglect of im- portant duties. It required courage to do this. Behind Mr. Ashworth are supposed to stand the worst and most powerful cur- rupt political infiluences in both parties. The exposure of Mr. Ashworth’'s methods is a matter of great ortance in itself, but it has an nificant value when compared with the realization that in his | exposure one phase of corrupt politics has been laid bare. However much he may suffer, boss politics will suffer vastly more. In his person and thods, in all that has | made the conduct of his office an outrage | upon intelligence and a stab at the pros- perity and fair name of the City, he isonly | & concrete expression of the infamous po- | litical methods of the past in San Fran- cisco. Itis in this light that the disclosures made by the Grand Jury are exceedingly . The jury has informed the | respectable people of the City how their affairs are conducted; how the treasury is looted by unserupulous rogues; how con- tractors shamelessly rob property-owners and saddle upon the City worthless im- | provements which have to be maintained at an enormous public expense; how com- binations among members of the Board of Supervisors are formed for the purpose of ering shameful pr: es and crippling the most important industries. | The retiring Grand Jury may rest as- red thut it has the respect and gratitude | of the public, and its members may realize | that they Lave lifted themselves far above it! politics give rise. - They have made it rfor succeeding grand juries to pursue the good work and clear the Augean stables of the City of the muck that fouls them. This jury has received | able and disinterested i from | public-spirited citize; ederation. the public. | hopes =nd of the next Grand J 1 now await with high ixiety the impaneling | A PECULIAR OBSTACLE. The whole pected turn which | check the progress through the San Jo Trustees of Fresnc | vice of the City Attor ed to grant the Valley re e through the city, eonstruing the L islative act of March 23, 1893, to require to offer the he highest bidder. | r the Valley 3 etition the | will lament the unex- events have of the v road quin. e Board of 1g under the ad- | go the offering of it to the highest ! While the Valley road is the oniy appli- cant for the franchise and the only road building through the valley and having necd for the Fresno privilege, it might seem strange that it should refuse to s mit a bid, as the presumption might be that its bid would be the only one sub- | mitced; but its projectors are well aware of the violent,hostility of the Southern Pa- | ific, and are unwilling to risk so great an interest to the chance of competition with | the Southern Pacific in the bidding. It | has pursued the safe course of taking the | matter directly before the Supreme Court. Tne Trustees of Fresno are doubtless | conscientious in offering this most far- reaching of all obstructions to the progress of the new road, which is to relieve the | | people of the burdens which now oppress | them and render their prosperity impossi- ble, but the fact remains that their course directly favorable to the Southern Pa- | cific and antagonistic to the interests of | the valley residents. This puts the Fresno Trustees in a doubiy unfortunate light be- | fore the public. Still, their own safety suggests this measure of caution. preme Court will declare that the act of | 1893 is not applicable to this case. The | clear intention of the act was to prevent local governing boards from exercising | favoritism among competitors for street- | railway franchises, and was intended to | cure the evil prevalent in San Francisco of preventing the street-railway interests of the Southern Pacific Company from em- ploying bribery in securing valuable fran- chises. There was never any intention that it should apply to a steam railroad traversing the State and desiring rights of way through cities and counties. If that were 80, the Southern Pacific could put a stop to all rival railroads in the State. It is sincerely hoped that the Supreme Court will give the matter its earliest attention, as the case is one of the verv gravest im- portance, atd Geeply affects the most vital interests of the people. PERSISTENT IMPUDENCE. It was noticeable that during the time when the Grand Jury was seeking evidence of a corrupt understanding between the downtown pool-sellersand the Solid Fight of the Board of Supervisors, the latter were very unobtrusive with regard to the | ordinance aimed azainst pool-selling every- where within the City limits, including the racetracks. We believed and at the time announced that vy the very nature of things the Grand Jury wason a hopeless quest, as bribery is necessarily one of the most diffi- cult crimes to discover and punish. Ap- parently the Grand Jury has failed to ac- complish its desire, though it and every other intelligent citizen believes that such an understanding exists. It was only after the Grand Jury had abandoned that branch of its work that the Solid Eight dared again to bring its pool-selling measure to light. At a meet- ing held Monday it adopted a resolution passing the order to print. One of the mi- nority voted for the measure in order to be in a position to move fora reconsideration, which he did. Tnis will serve to delay the, measure for a time. It should be kept in mind that a revival of this fight against 1 the horse-breeding industry of California came only after the Grand Jury had ap- parently failed to find convineing evidence of corrupt collusion between the down- town poolrooms and the Solid Eight. This will naturally create the impres- sion that the Solid Eight deem themselves secure and that they may proceed unhin- dered. Meanwhile encouraging news comes from Tacoma. George W. Boggs, ex-Treasurer of that city, has been con- victed of abusing his trust and has been | ing’ { bave | as one | built in Oregon,” said a veteran Wal man, It is more than probable that the Su-| € | good thing we ha sentenced to six years in the penitentiary. As he was the strongest of the gang of offi- cial plunderers who have plunged the city m disgrace, and as several others are awaiting trial for similar offenses, the probabilities are that every one of them, despite their heavy backing, will soon be wearing stripes. The revolution against corruption in Ta- coma was produced by the high-handed conduct of the corrupt officials in violat- ing the law and plunderinz the people. Their overconfidence proved their down- fall, as it inevitably does in similar cases elsewhere. Men pursuing that business acquire a feeling of security that inevit- ably leads to their ruin. They are never able to realize that the powerful influences —generaily corrupt political bosses—upon which they rely to paralyze the police and the courts and thus pervert justice must sooner or later break down under the pres- sure'of popular indignation and that the doors of the penitentiary must open at last. FIGHTING IS ESSENTIAL. The hisses and jeers which greeted the speakers at Henry George’s ‘‘peace meet- in New York the other evening were significant. It means that the temper of the people is not for peace. The efforts of peace congresses to institute an interna- tional method of arbitration when differ- ences arise have proved futile. After an indefinite interval of peace it comes into the blood of 2 nation to have a fight. Ifit is not convement to pick a quarrel with a foreign country the nation will develop in- ternal differences, which lead to an inter- necine war. Ail su¢h wars -and they are essentially bad—could be averted by fight- ing some other nation. Had the Ameri- can wars of 1812 and 1846 been of a wider scope, so as to include all Americans who wanted to fight, the civil war of 1861 would never have been fought. Grover Cleveland is an accidental instru- ment of destiny. In insisting on the en- forcement of the Monroe doctrine in the Venezuela matter he happened merely to be the person who had the color of right and authority to apply a match to a train of powder. Americans have an abiding sense of propriety and form. They want to fight, but they desire to go about it de- corously. As Mr. Cleveland has done what any and every of them wanted done, in extolling him asa statesman and patriot | they are merely praising themselves for statesmanship and patriotism. The very existence of governmentsis a product of wars and the nations which | prate most of peace are tbose which have the most formidable fighting machinery. There would be no such things as national governments had not the banding to- gether of one people for self-defense and | fighting been necessary. who argué for universal peace s well insist that d ctive national autonomies should be abolished. That, as we all know, is imp So long as there are | racial differences there will be wars; so | even as there are differenc:s of na- | ticnal policies there will be wars. | Itis human ure to fight. The very of individuals depends upon a ng with conditions which overcome in order that life ble. The simple act of earn- is a battle fiercer and ore tragic within its smaller bounds than the most spectacular iniernational ry records. From the fight xistence we rise to that for the safety and comfort oi the family, and from that upward to the integrity of the nation. Every step in life is a struggte to overcome an obstacle. Those who have in them the fighting quality most highly developed are the ones who are most suc- cessful in lite. | A dogz baying the moon is as interesting who declares that wars are un- and avoidable. be shall be possi ing a livelihood to necessary, ev PERSONAL. C. E. Curry of Martinez s visiting here. G. W. Alexander, a merchant of San Jose, is | here. T. B. Cunningham of Canton, China, is in the Cit; Arthur B. Robinson, a business man of Auck- | land, ,is at the California. J.F. Culiman of New York is at the Palace, accompanied by his wife and child. | R. E. Impey of the United States Navy, who returned from China by the steamer China, is | at the Grand. WISHES HE HADN'T SOLD. | «I was & stockholder in the first railroad ever | -street | “and it was & snap. The road wasa Portiand. It was builtin 1861, and 4, rolling stoek and mules cost only a little 000. It was & mile long, and , woman and child_that rode that | mile had to come down with 23 cents. There were only six stockholders, and the first year | ve paid far the road and divided neariy 50,000 in profits. We didn't know what a fered us $200,000 for it cas ent and sold it to him. I New York Sun. | 1iid like fool haa it now POINTERS ABOUT VENEZUELA. The republic claims an ares of 632,807 square miles. { Liberty of worship is guaranteed by law. | The standing army consists of a little over 3000 men. The national militia consists of all males | between the ages of 18 and 45. | The constitution is modeled on that of | the United States. The coast of Venezuela was the first part of the American mainland sigated by Columbus, From 1550 until early in this century the country was under Spanish domination. In 1810 Venezuels rose against the Spanish yoke, and in the following year the indepen- dence of the territory was prociaimed. It was not until 1845 that the independence of the republic was recognized by Spain in the treaty of Madrid. The emuncirauon of slaves took place on March 24, 1854. Don Guzman Blanco was Dictator from 1870 untii February 20, 1873, wheu he was elected constitutional President. The pure white population is less than 3 per cent. The vast majority of the people are ne- groes, Indians, mulattoes and zambos. Elementary education is well provided for under the law. There are two universities, nineteen Federal colleges and verious other public and private institutions for higher edu- cation. | The money system of Venezuela is that of the Latin convention, the franc being represented by the bolivar. w York World, The Americas United. Los Angeles Times. Out of the tommy rot which has been cabled from abroad regarding the present crisis there comes at least one sensible conclusion, voiced by Colonel Genero Alos of the Spanish army, who is quoted as saying that “if England should press the Venezuela affair to a climax, she would soon recognize the fact that there is really only one America, and that in a crisis such as the present one, every republic on the Continent, from the pigmy San Salvador to the giant Brazil, would coalesce as 1 by magic and 1ollow the United States in battle to preserve and defend the integrity of their territery ageinst European aggression.” e Convenient Lack of Memory. Los Angeles Express. We have waited very patiently for some of our Democratic contemporaries who so strongly favored an alliance with England a few weeks ago to come out in denunciation of the President’s message, but they seem to have forgotten their theories in the face of the condition that confronts us. —_— Cannons Sometimes Mean Peace. Alsmeda Telcgram. “Peace on Earth” is the watchword of the sesson—but the hum of the cannon iactories can be distinetly heard. { away from that ch: AROUND THE CORRIDORS. “No,” said Attorney John E. Richards, in answer to a question, “*I do not think it wise to dispel the belief so general among children that Santa Claus is a material and breathing being. There is no doubt about this mythical individual bringing a vast amountof happi- ness into the minds of youngsters, and we must dmit that the belief does not make them mis- anthropic or pessimistic. “There is something delightful about the illusion, and it sweetens the life of a child and fills his mind with thoughts of contentment, at the same time instilling into his thoughts an element that will be pleasant to revert to in after years, Itis afact that weareall creatures of illusion, and most of us, even after Santa Claus is explained away, permit ourselves to become imbued with other illusions and be- lieis, most of them confined solely to ourselves, “Just so long as a child can find pleasure in thinking and dreaming of Santa Claus and the mense essistance from capital, has been Eng- land. Slowly and certainly the whole agricul- tural class has declined and dwindled, and if our farmers want to read their own story in a worse form, thev should study the effects of free trade in a whole library of British Pariia- mentary Reports on the depressed condition of British agriculture. All Quiet in San Fraucisco. Santa Cruz Sentinel. San Francisco financiers are not excited by the rumors of war. The bankers and capital- ists can see no reason for uneasiness in the money markets, tor, in their opinions, the sit- uation is not critical enough to meterially af- fect the conditions on the Pacific Coast. Money is easy, the banks have large balancesand credits are sound. Our Financial Slavery. Stockton Mail. President Cleveland sent a message to Con- | gress yesterday strongly urging prompt action |JOHN E, RICHARDS THINKS IT WISE ILLU: [Sketched by a TO KEEP UP THE SANTA CLAUS SION. “ Call” artist.] gifts he brings, it is a good policy to permit that beliet to live. To his mind there are thou- sands of conclusions regarding the s sition and general appearance of the old fellow with white whiskers and asleigh full of Christ- mas presents, and the man who conyinces his boy or girl that Santa Claus is a myth takes )ne of the greatest pleas- ures that can be conjure *8o far as | am personal ing Santa Claus, I can never forget a very fi v boyhood. There lived next to me two youngsters who got it into their p. concerned regard- heads that he would be & good thing to hold | val. With thisob- in view they crawled from their beds about dnight on Christmas evc, each of them car- rying a weapon. The eldest, about 6, had a flintlock musket and the youngest, 5 years of age, was armed 10 the tecth with a Mississippi yauger and & billet of hickory wood. They stationed themselves on each side of the fire- place and settled down to await the coming of Santa Claus. “When he comes down, Tommy,’ eldest, ‘nit him a lick with that stic show hLim we are here, and then I will puli up my gun and tell him to hand over his sack so we can take our pick or the presents. If he hollers, Tom, crack him again and I'll punch him with my bayonet.’ *‘Tommy promised to carry out these instruc- tions and the two raseals croucaed down to await developments. They remained in their up on the night of kis id the places nearly two hours, whispering softly to | | each other and listening intently for the jingle The | ngto | of the slergh-bells of the reindeer team. fire had gone out and things were begi look distressing for the youngsters. A confer- ence was held and it was decided that Tommy should fnspect the chimney to seeif it was large enough for old Santa Claus to get through. He stepped into the fireplace and poked his head up the fine. After a little strug- gling he s ed 1 getting his body ha way in and then tried to turn around. sult was thet Tommy got stuck and began to yell .ustily. The father then appeared on the scene and found himself confronted with a strange spectacle. One boy was apparently | hanging out of the chimney, with the soot falling all over him, and the other stood in the middle of the floor with an old musket grasped in bis hand, waiting for Sants Claus to show up. Tommy was pulled down from his pre- dicament and both boys were sent to bed, with instructions to camp there the rest of the night. On the following morning, a little late, how- ever, they awakened to find their stockings | filled with good things; but it took them sev- eral years to find out how Santa Claus gotdown that flue when little Tommy found it impossi- | | ble to turn ound in it."” THE OLD HAND-PRESS. Pattered and shattered— With ink all bespattered. But still with the power to annoy and to bless; Loved by the editor— Cursed by the creditos ing and stumbling—the old hand-press! Rumbl Gone are the editors— Patient, meek creditors, Since the far day when it first saw the light; Age has but lengthened it, Riveted—strengthened it, Made it a victor in many a fight! Stars from their setting fall; Men die—forgetting all: Suns—they may vanish and light may grow less; But till Gabriel's horn shall blow, Ages unborn shall know That it's still in the business—the old hand-press! Atlanta Constitution. FROM WESTERN SANCTUMS. A Condition, Not a Theory. Los Angeles Times. Yes, Mr. Cleveland, it is unmistakably a con- dition, not a theory, that confronts us at the present time, A Needed Change. Alameda Telegram. It would be & good thing if Wall street could be totally eliminated from the country’s com- mercial interests, A Principle, Not Money. Sacramento Bee. The capitalists of England have made com- plete fools of themselves in thinkiag that threats to withdraw all their money from this country can force the people of the United States to knuckle down to Salisbury. California’s Greatest Drawback. Los Angeles Herald. The worst drawback to settlement and prog- ress within our bounderies island monopoliza- tion. The same evil exists in every other State, but that is no reason why California should continue to suffer from it if itcan be abol- ished. Unlimited Resources. Pasadena Star. ‘The United States is just as rich as Great Britain and its debt is not more than half as great. Talk about the impassibility of raising money to carry on a war isn't calculated to frighten this Government from the stand taken. Protect the Farmer. San Francisco Globe Review. But how can we change or improve the far- mer’s situation by lowering ihe tariff ? Even free trade can only aggravate the competition and hurry the process. The nearer we come to iree trade the more violent the competition must be. Of all countries, the one whose agri- culture bas suifered the most, in spite of im r just to | The re- | | for the reform of our currency system and the | meintenance of public credit.” He tells us tha “we are in the midst of another season of per- plexity, caused by our dangerous and fatnous | financial operations”—which is to a consider- able extent true, the “our” refers to Mr Cleveland himself and his Secretary of the Treasury. | PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE.# | Mevor-elect Jesiah Quiney of Boston is the fifth of that name 16 gain fame and office. | Profescor Archibald Geikie, the distinguished | British geologist, is coming to the United States soon on a lecturing tour. Ex-Governor Morgan G. Bulkeley of Con- necticut has been elected president of the Con- necticut Soas of the Revolution. The Rev. James Eastwood, a widely known Universalist minister and for some time the oldest graduate of Tufts College, has just died at Guiliord, Vt. Although he has been across the Atlantic | twenty times or so, Mr. Adaws (Oliver Optic”) has recently started on a journey around the world at the age of 73. A pew statue of General Grant is to be erected in the square fronting the Union League Club in Brooklyn, and is to be unveiled on the next anniversary of his birth, April 27, 1896. Mme. Faure, wife of the President of France, is & great reader and an authority on fiction in all languages. She reads English and German, but of course prefers French writers to others. | Miss Kingsley, the daughter of the late | Charles Kingsiey, who is coming to this coun- try on & lecturing tour this winter, is an au- thority on modern French art, and her lectures | will be mainly on that subject. | HUMOR OF THE HOUR. | «say, Floss, what makes that suake tie him- | self upin a knot?” “Guess he wants toremember something and he hasn’t got auy handkerchief.”—Life. “Jack writes he has been playing poker with papa, and paps writes he ean’t possibly send me a check for a month.” “What on earth are you going to do?"” “Send for Jack.”—Life. The telephone, it Is seid, is not making much progress in Russia. And no wonder! Fancya man going 10 the *phone and shouting, *Hallo, is that you, Dvisastkivchsmertvoiczskie?” “No. Itis Zollemschouskaflirnocknstiffsgro- woff. Who'sspeaking?” “sezimochoekiertrjsuksmzkischokemoff! 1 want to know if Xilferomanskeffiskillmajun- wehzvastowsksweibierski is still stopping with Hvisostkivchsmertvoiszski.”—The Katipo. When a man has money to burn it isn't very hard to kindle u flame in the feminine heart.— Philadelphia Record. : “Do you believe & married man lives longer than a single one 2" “Well, I don’t know.” replied Mr. Newed. “Ilived longer before I was married than I have since.”—West Medford Windmill TWO POPULAR SLEEVES. The bishop sleeve is one of the most popular for round waists, whether of silk, velyet or woolen fabrics. It isa distinctively new fea- ture of this season; an old waist remodeled by & pair of sleeves will be unrecognizable, and it is a simple matter to make a pair of sleeves, and needs no knowledge of dressmaking, thus making an opportunity for any woman to have an extra waist if a well-fitting bodice be left of last season’s wardrobe. A black, brown or biue, or. 1n fact, any wplain waist may be made stylish and useful by making sleeves of piaid. Add a couar and belt of the plaid, and the weistis done. A plain fold of the plaid down the center frontmay be added, ora strip laid over each shoulder seam, ending in a point over the slceve. Sleeves of chiffon in a silk or satin bodice meke a dressy waist. A handsome bodice of silk or satin may be made to do ad- mirable service by adding sleeves of printed velvet, or of the checked or striped velveteens. The \IT T sieeve isthe melon sleeve; it is principally popular for evening and house weer. ILis cut in sections, and over the seams joining these is laid a narrow jet or gimp trim- ming. A lace is used from the narrowest to four or five inches in width. A beautiful waist of pink peau de soie had the seams of these sleeves covered with sal One of blue China silk had ruffles of blue, yellow and rose chiffon, an inch in width, and all gathered together, sewn in each seam. | is transiormed. MUSIC AND MUSICIANS. A lively German writer, who uses the pen- name of Kalauer (Nonsense), has just P“?‘ lished & Little Dictionary of Music, Whicl:hl full of piquaney snd which treats eve_n g most serious questions with clever veneflax‘lh raillery. Among other good things on nh this jocund definition of the *Music of the Future” (Zukunftsmusik). “By tnis u.-rm,{ says the author, “are designated the ‘mmlod certain classic composers who have corralle beforchand the motifs that Wagner had re- served for his own ‘music of the future. Mendelssohn, in particulsr, inaugurated this System of refined robbery. - For instance, he commenced his overture of ‘The Fair Melu- sine’ by the ‘Weave Motif,’ which bel?nled l‘a the future prelude of the ‘Rhinegold,’ and his ‘A Minor Symphony’ begins with one of the most besutiful motifs of the ‘Welkure, which was also an ‘opera of the future’ when Mendelssohn used the motl{t Itis not astonishing that the plundered Wagner should have become furious as ‘Lowe’ (an | amusing play of words follows, un‘t.rnnlll.!ed in English on the name of “Lowe.” the cele- brated composer of ballads, which signifies in English “lion’”) robbed of his ballads. No one can wonder that Wagner fourd nothing good in Mendelssohn and Franz Schubert, whn: :‘1)::. inspite of his honesty, could not resis - posxr;:g'music of the future’; it was Schubert who stole, beforehand, the ‘Forge' theme from that esteemed composition, the “Nibel- ungen,” and used it for the principal motive of the scherzo in his D minor quertet, although he had the decency not to print the work till aiter his death.” Kelauer goes on in this strain, and his revelations are entertaining to musi- cians, though they will make him enemies among the straitest sect of the Wagnerians. The journal Il Trovatore thinks that mych seeking aiter a composer to guide its musical destinies has driven the little town of Pesaro crezy. Gomes was first esked to take the directorship of the Pesaro Music Institute, but he could not leave Brazil, Puccini declined the honor, but Mascaeni, who was and is mekingasensational tour of Austria and Germany asa conductor, consented to assume the duties of director on his return to Iialy. Il Trovatore says: “They have lost all common-sense at Pesaro. This will be seli-evident when we explain that the Veginning of the scholastic year came the other day, and, as it was impossible to present the new director to the publie, the composer of ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’ was replaced by his | wife. Mrs. Mascagni was paraded through the streets, and the town was illuminated in her homor. What & ridiculous celebration. De- cidedly the people of Pesaro have lost their heads. A pair of long black gloves on two slender expressive arms have captivated Paris for the last three years,and now they are exercising their tascination on New York. They belong to Yvette Guilbert, the most remarkable cafe chantant singer of the century. She has not the slightest claim to beauty, and her features in repose have little fascination. The first Parisian manager who took her up and com- menced to coin money with her cannot for the life of him tell how he ever gave her achance among his performers. But on the stage Yverte She is a living, breathing ex- ample of a woman who does the impossible. She is statuesque, not chic. Whatever abaundon she may have is uot expressed in & frou- frou of ris, or =& series of well- directed kicks. She uses her eyes with effect, put it is from her arms and her B | Yvette Guilbert, the Music Hall Singer of the Century. [From a photograph.} voice that the magnetism comes. Those arms, long and awkward by themselves, can execute & series of remarkable gestures that are capable of bringing a house to her feet. Those gestures are rure, and in them lies the fascination of Guilbert. The most novel point about her songs is their impropricty, combined with her innocentand unconseious way of singing them. To the listener and looker-on the chanteuse does not seem to have the slightest idea of the indecency of the song that is falling from her lips. But just at the most telling point, by an expression of her face, by a wave of those biack-gloved arms, she indicates to the audi- ence that not a single point has passed unno- ticed by her. Then, wickedly statuesque, she walks demurely off the stage. Hammerstein is paying her 16,000 for sing- ing one month at Olympia, and she has the privilege of singing in drawing-rooms and other private entertainments. After a series of postponements Sir Arthur Sullivan’s “Ivanhoe’’ has received its German production at the Opera in Berlin. The Em- peror, the Empress and the whole court were present on the opening night, for it was by the formal order of William the Second that the work of the English composer was accepted. The Emperor also gave the signal for the ap- plause, and sent for Sir Arthur to the impe- rial box to congratulate him, but all that did not secure the success of “Ivanhoe” with the public and the press, both of which gave ita cold, not to say frigid, reception. Asacrumb of consolation to the composer the little Berlin theater Under the Lindens is producing “The Mikado” with great success. The Royal Opera-house at Munich has just revived Mozart’s “Don Juam;"” and the revolv- ing stage, periected by the chief machinist, Herr Lautenschlaeger, was employed for the performance with great success. The changes of scene (and there are seven in “Don Juan™) were all performed instantaneously before the eyes of the spectators, and the curtain was only lowered between the first and second acts, for Mozart’s division of the opera into two acts was followed. Opinions seem to differ es to the suceess of Spiro Samara’s new opera, “La Furia Domata’ (the Taming of the Shrew), which has been produced for the first time on any stage at the International Lyric Thester in Milan. The libretto, which is taken from Shakespeare, is cald to be & happy adaptation, but the general opinton seems to be that the clever young com- poser does not excel in Iyric comedy so weil as in more tragic operas. The performance and staging of the new work were superb. Some modern philosophers distrust the soothing influence of music and consider that its effect is to abolish the combative in human nature and to weaken and enervate the cour- age and the will. To those who manifest such apprehensions it is sufiicient to mention two names. The warlike republic of Sparta was in ancient times the headquarters of choral sing- ing. and Germany, the creator of modern sym- phony, renks es one of the greatest of the armed natious of the world. Inalong article on “Music the Art of the Nineteenth Century,” Le Menestrel says: *“In the history of civilization the nineteenth cen- tury will certainly be called the age of steam, electricity and music.” = «Donna Diana,” & new opera by the Austrian composer, E. N. de Rezniczck, has just been produced with great success at the Municipal Theater of Leipzig. The Court Theater of Weimar is preparing the first represcntation of a new opera, “The Man of the Ses,” the music of which is by Hans Sommer. e ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Tueg MoxroE DOCTRINE—'‘American Boy,” Stockton, Cal. The Englishman who contends that these United States are “spasmodic” on the Monroe doctrine and quotes the entrance of Maximilian into Mexico without protest from this Government is evidently ignorant of historical facts or else be has a very short memory. During the time that the United States was involved in civil war e dispute in which France, Great Britain and Spain were interested was occupymng the attention of Mexico. By negotiations the claimsof Great Britain and Spain were settled, but Frence re- mained on Mexican territory, and during 1863-64 it became apparent that Napolzon ITT wanted to establish a monarchy ol soil. A regency was formed in 1863, and in July an assembly was convened to decide on the future Government of Mexico. On the 10th of that month it was resolved by a vote of 250 and 20 against to have a hereditary mon- arcnical government. The crown was offered to the Austrian Archduke Maximilian, who accepted it,and on the 12th of July, 1864, arrived at the capital. On the 6th of Novem- ber, 1865, after the United States had subdued the rebellion, they, tnrough William H. Seward, Secretary of State, directed the Ameri- can Minister at Paris to represant to Napoleon 1II that the presence of the French army in Mexico was a “cause of grave reflection to the Government of the United States” ard that the latter could on no account allow the estab- lishment of an imperial government, based on foreign aid, in that country or recognize there any other than republican institutions. Napo- leon took the hint, and in the summer of 1866 withdrew his forces, after which followed the capture and execution of Maximilian. In that case the United States sustained the Mon- roe doctrine. THe CustoMs BERVICE—'‘Customs,” Mark- hams, Sonoma county, Cal. The rules for ex- emination under the civil service rules for the customs service require that the applicant shall be & citizen of the United States, and that he is not in the habit of using intoxicating liquor. 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