The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 5, 1896, Page 17

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 1896. 17 s gentle hand has made Itseif ’ ipal affairs here as eisewhere. Woman’'s influence bas Ipable power behind the throne of nciseo’s mayoralty, and to the of that invisible power be 1t said ely or unwisely d to perform only social and be- functions, but it has operated more direct fashion in practical appea nevolent liety and kept me fully acquainted rs.”’ said one of the bright- “I always insisted 1 wing what had engaged - and believe I aring the bilities as m s L€ JAMES m life been an unseen | the feminine element in the ad- | ation of governmental affairs has | fidence and companionship rare even for and daughter. Mrs. Bryant hasa recollection of the troublous times nd-lot agitation which marked r husband’s administration. To her lot fell the honor of entertaining many nota- s who visited San Francisco between the years 1873 and 1880. Chief among them were ex-President Grant and party when making their trip around the world, John sell Young, Minister to China; the admiral of the Italian fleet and Mayor Brown of St. Louis. Mrs. Bryant is a member o ity scopal Church and one of the board of managers of the Frank OTIS—1874.75. by a “Call” artist.] last Wednesday evening Mrs, Pond gave a | dinner of thirty-two covers in honor of | Miss Grant, the betrothed of her eldest son. Itisin such pleasant home functions that she finds her greatest pleasure. Mrs. Pond is one of the board of managers of the Ladies’ Protective and Relief Society. The youngest of the ladies who have so acceptably filled their posts as social as- sistants to the Mayor is Mrs. L. R. Ellert, whose home is at 1915 Webster street. She | discharged her duties when ex-President | Harrison and party, Vice-President | Stevenson and party and the Wana- | makers were the guests of the City in a charming manner. Her pleasantest recol- ‘ lection of her husband’s administration is ;".hc visit of Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson. A | picture of the party occupies & place of honor in Mrs. Ellert’s parlor. Mrs. Ellert is glad her husband is out of | public life. She isa devotee of home, al- | though her beauty, intelligence and grace would make her an ornament of any social assemblage. | Curiously enough none of San Fran- | cisco's lady Mayoresses were mative c | daughters of the Golden State. Who will be the first of California’s fair offspring to E: race that position? | How Preparations Are Made for Per- formane: Playing b ‘ PLAYING FOR THE QUEEN. | s at Windsor Castle. ore the Queen by ‘‘royal com- s an exchange, is the highest | desire of every English follower of the | stage who desires to reach the topmost round in the ladder of fame. The Queen has had but few performances held before | her of late years, and the notice in each | case has peen very short. | When the manager of a company has | been notified to appear with his players or | singers for the royal pleasure, he imme- diately hastens to Win dsor with his scenic artists and stage mechanies to make re | for the performance. The temporary stag, and theater is constructed and the per- | formers have special rehearsals. The gen- | eral members of the company are also | given a thorough coaching if an overa is to | be produced, as the Queen is very critical. | The stage is erected at Waterloo chamber | —that being the apartment generally used | for the vurpose—the auditorium con- | structed, the royal and other seats arran; | according to e ed witb floral and other chamber decors | adornments. During these preparations | in the castle those of the Princes and Prin- cesses who happen to be there frequentiy i heir aid not being lim- ns look in and assist ited to suggesti and directions, but sometimes extending to moving with their owDi i de it T piece of furniture | or decoration to judge how best it should i be placed. The Queen also may “drop in”’ with its logic and its upied the proud po- ief to the execu- The wives of the former neer in this and succeeding H. r, who was a bachelor, the holding that office seen in public ivalid. She died oon w fine type ve, refined was slender and dark as her character, hed for gentleness health of the mi > at the northeast and California street: it time in a neighbor- he number and ele- was the scene of f Dr. W. F. McNutt, visit of Queen of the H nds on her ur around the world asone of the state occasions thirty years a Frederick H. Coon of this City and Henry Irving Coon of Berkeley are the sons of 1 lady of the City.” Next came M of San F ent Post e then “first . Frank McCoppin, wife ncisco’s third Mayor and pres- ster. The McCoppi was then the southeast cor lenc 1 Seventeenth streets, McCoppin v a young wil with no al concern 1n state. Aft lapse of near! ars she has n white-haired, | face and manner n the days gone by v, widow of T homas Mayor of San Krancisco from , was disti hed for her hos- v and the mag e of the vari- J t the mansion icon Hill. None of the wives of the ecutives entertained oftener or more lavishly. Mrs. Selby isa Southerner and s traces of youthful beauty. She s her time when 1n California be- tween her City residence, 2119 Buchanan street, and her country seat at Menlo Park. She is spending the pr: winter in New York, where she is accompanied by her daughter, Miss Annie Se] Mrs, Faxon Atherton of Menlo Park, Percy W. Selby of Menlo Park and Mrs. Kempff, wife of Captain Kempff of the navy,are her children. Mrs. Jackson Ralston of Ozkland and Prentice Selby of this City are her step-children. Mrs. Lucy Otis, widow of Meyor James Otis, lives at the Occidental Hotel. She dispensed hospitality with a lavish hand during her husband’s term of office from 1874 to 1876. The residence, at 821 Sutter street, was the scene of a unique social function at which Mrs. Otis presided with grace. It was a breakfast to the Japanese legation. Mrs, Otis Jr. of this City Stockton are he U‘:geluw is her niece. Mrs, Otisis a lady of distinguished bearing and a refined face, {ramed with snowy hair. The widow of A. J. Bryant resides at 2727 Clay street with her 18-year-old dauehter, and between them exists a con- and Charles Otis of ion of Mayor Coon's McAllister and James | woman. children, and Mrs. 8. E. | She is not fond of public life, [Sketched from life by a “Call” arti | 1aid out in t instructions, and the to inspect progress, much to the trepida- tion of officials and workmen, for all of whom these preparations are an anxious operation; for her Majesty has keen judg- ment and a cri 1 and artistic eye, and without any warning may order all that has been done to be undone. Simultaneously with thjs work, numer- ous rooms are being got ready for the coming company, while the royal chefs and their assistants are kept busy with preparations in their department. At the performance the Queen’s chair faces the center of the stage, slightly in advance of all other seats. Right and left are chairs for the members of the royal | family, and behind these are seats for the | ladies and gentlemen of the household and | invited guests, A rich and beautiful programme is pro- vided for her Majesty; less elaborate but yet dainty artistic programmes being sup- plied for the rest of the audience. Then tie performance proceeds. The Queen always leads the applause, and the others present take the cue from her action. Beginning generally at 10 o’clock, after the late royal dinner, these performances | conclude about midnight and then there Is a rush for the good things bountifully 0 he several supper-rooms im- | rovised for the occasion. The principals, aving been presented to her Majesty, sup in one epartment with such of the gentle- men of the household as care to join them the rest in other rooms, according to the grades and distinctions preserved, The special trains for the return home are to leave at 1 o'clock, even though it be Sunday morning, as it several times has been, and for a time the thoroughfares are alive with the visitors hurrying to the sta- tion in royal carriages or on foot. Many | of the higher officials in the castle accom- | pany the party, and the leave-taking is al- | ways cordia! and sometimes just a trifle hi- | larious. In a day or two a few rings and | brooches bearing the royal monogram— | the much-beloved “V. K.”—will be for- ! that may still be found in various country parishes were planted. Our climate, how- ever, was not suited for this purpose, for the silkworm eggs were hatched before the appearance of the leaves on the muiberry, and the silkworm died of starvation. This, however, was no permanent drawback to the industry, as by far the Ereater propor- tion of raw silk has had to be imported by silk-manufacturing countries. Another hundred years passed, and a still fiercer persecution took place in France when Louis the XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes, and the Huguenot weav- ers once more found refuge in this coun- try. In thirty years England became an important producer of silks, which were chiefly manufactured at London, Nor- wich, Macclesfieid and Leek. At Derby, in 1717, John Loombe established the silk- throwing mills for the manufacture of silk yarns which became so celebrated, and the productions of which were sold in Italy for better prices than Italian-thrown silks. At the beginning of the last cen- tury Coventry began the weaving of rib- bons. Nottingham, in the early years of the present century, began to make lace, including silk lace, and eighty years ago Nottingham . was also weaving broad goods.—National Review. — THE THRONE OF AUSTRIA. Emperor Francis Joseph to Choose a Successor. Now that the question of altering the or- der of the succession to the throne of Ause tria-Hungary has become a matter of pub- lic discussion in the semi-official press of Vienna and in . the imperial legislature 1t may be regarded as having passed out of the domain of mere court gossip and of club rumor into that of practical politics, and as such has become worthy of serious attention abroad. It was first mooted at the time of the death of Crown Prince Ru- MRS. A. J. BRYANT—1876-79. [From a photograph.] MRS. L. R ELLERT —1863-94. obliged to keep his bed for some weeks afterward. Emperor Francis Joseph not only de- tests his nephew, but is known once to have struck him in the face in a fit of fury at some piece of blackguardism that the Prince bad perpetrated. For he sees re- flected in Prince Otto all the Crown | Prince’s worst faults, without a single one of “Rudi’s” many redeeming qualifies. To all this it may be replied by way of argument that it is not Otto, but his father, | Arckduke Charles Louis, who stands next | to the Emperor in line of succession. But | Charles Louis, although younger than | Francis Joseph infinitely more broken | by age and infirmities, and besides, in | spite of his being as respectable as Otto is | the reverse, his ascent of the throne would | present, from a national point of view, al- most as many disadvantages as that of his son. Indeed, his succession would prob- | ably result in a revolution in Austria itself, and in an insuirection on the part of Hun- | gary against the continuance of Austrian | rule. Of all the princes in Europe this arch- duke is assuredly the most reactionary, | the most bigoted and the most narrow- | minded. Throughout the present reign Archduke Charles Louis has shown him self a most uncompromising foe of ever 1 thing in the nature of reform and progress. | Under the circumstances it will be read- | ily understood that Emperor Francis Jo- | seph, who is a shrewd and remarkably | sensible man, and whbo has at heart the welfare of his people and of his dynasty, should take steps to avoid the disasters with which both one and the other are | threatened in the event of either his brother or his nephew succeeding | to the crow It is understood that | he has now definitely adopted measures to | debar them from the throne and_to assure | the inheritance thereof to the eldest son of | bis younger and favorite daughter Valerie, | the elder of his two_girls having married a Bavarian prince. No one knows exactly, | save the Emperor and one or two of his most trusty counselors, what the precise terms of the law are which govern the suc- cession to the thrones of Austria and Hun- ary, or to what extent they are suscepti- le of modification by the sovereign of the dav. They are kept a profound secret, the Minister of the Imperial Household being compelled on assuming office to take an warded to the chief performers, and so ends a function never forgotten by those who take part in it. SERIOULTURE IN ENGLAND. Brief History of the Manufacture of Silk Across the Atlantic. ve years ago England was manu- times as much silk as she is st year the total valueof the manufactured was, roughly, 2,000,000; in 1860 it was £12,000,000. Tak- ing into consideration the increase in population, the increase in the quantity of silks which must be used, and, more- over, the considerable increase in the num- ber of purposes to which silk is applied, one is inclined to believe that the English silk industry at this moment indicates the healthiest and most promising signs of an early and total extinction. And, were it not that during the last few years efforts for its resuscitation have been made in various directions, which have been to some extent successful, but scant hope conld be entertained of its survival, Silk manufacture is thing we ought to feel we would not willingly let die without some strenuous endeavor being made to avert so untimel rophe. It isone of our most artistic industries and one of ourolaest and it has an honorable history. In the year 1183 it existed in this conntry; in France we donot hear of it until 1480, | and it was not until 1 that it was intro- duced into Lyons. In 1585 the influx of refugees from the religious persecutions in France and Hol- land began and many of the persecuted were weavers of silk. This resulted in a quickening of the English silk manufac- ture and we are indebted to the mis or- tunes of these countries for the good for- tune which then came to our own. James 1 made excellent endeavors not only to encourage silk weaving but also to introduce silk culture, or the production of MRS. E. B. POND—1887.88. oath not to divulge the shghtest informa- tion regarding them. By many it is erroneously supposed that the succession is governed by the so- called Pragmatic Sanction, which was the cause of the War of Succession in the earl part of the last century. It is doubtful, however, whether this species of treaty is still in existence or whether it really re- ceived the assent of the two divisions of the Dual Empire, for the famous Austrian historian, Hormayr, plicitly declares that the signatures and docu- ments to which they are applied, bearing the date of 1713, were for- geries, and the * official Hungarian papers, in response to the question raised about the matter a few years ago by Louis Kossuth, were compelled to admit that no trace of the treaty in question is to be found either in the State archives at Vienna or Budapest. In fact, according | to the most eminent authorities in Austria there is mothing to prevent Emperor Francis Joseph, who has pointedly ab- stained from ever referring to his brother or nephew as his successor, from nominat~ ing as his heir to the throne of Austria- Hungary his young grandson, Archduke Franz.—Ex-Attache, in New York Tribune, .- OHECKS DRAWN BY WOMEN. Extent of the Drafts on Banks That Cater to Female Custom. Checks drawn by women and aggre- gating in value more than $100,000 have been cashed by a few of the banks in this city and Brooklyn within the last three or four days. In almost every instance the money paid out on the demand of these feminine checks was brand new. For a number of years the banks that cater especially to women have made ita practice at Christmas time to pay out new bitls and new coin only in honoring the checks of female depositors. Two or three of the banks use nothing but new money | for this purpose all the year around. | As compared with the drafts of previous | years, the women of New Yorkand Brook- | lyn have been quite economical in their nse | of Christmas money this year. R.C. Lewis, who is in charge of the women's deparc: | ment of the Lincoln Nationai Bank, said that while not so many checks of large | fizures had come under his observation | this year as last, he was of the opinion | that fully as many ladies’ checks had been | cashed and he did not know but that the | average might run alittle hicher in 1894, | All women’s checks are paid with new | money at this ban | _H. C. Du Val, although busy with Mr. | Deprew’s affairs most of the time, is an | active member of the executive commit- | tee of the Schermerhorn Bank in Brooklyn, of which institution he was one of the | organizers. That bank is conspicuously a woman’s. bank, and the fair depositors have kept the paying tellers busy for the | last ten days. Only new money is paid out | here. Saturday and yesterday were par- ticularly lively days, Mr. du Val said: “The women have apparently curtailed their expenditures this year. Although their checks have been as numerous ag last vear they have averaged smaller in amount.” Jacob R. Demarest, paying teller of the Bank of New Amsterdam, said that the woman depositors of that bank had been active in drawing out money for Christ- mas, but he did not think that the amounts drawn were so large as last year’'s. For instance, where a woman would have drawn a check for $150 last year the same woman would be likely to draw out $100 this year.—New York Times, B Absent-Minded. A story is told of a venerable professox in a Western college who rivals Sir Isase Newton in absent-mindedness. He walked under a sprinkler on his lawn withous noticing it till he got indoors, when he found toat his hat and coat were wet, and looked out in surprise to see whether if was raining.—Springfield Republican. TE = The chief exponents of music in Japan are women. Most men would considery that they were making themselves ridicus lous in society by singiug or playing. dolph, was revived when Archduchess raw silk from the cocoon, into the land, and for this purpose the mulberry trees ley Free Kindergarten. She has a keen, intellect and a retentive memory, hich make her reminiscences exceeding- ly interesting. Mrs. 1. Kalloch, the widow of the hth Mayor, resides at Whatcom, Wash. Her children, Mrs. Amelia Van Wyck, Miss Carrie E. and Knapp Kalloch, live | with her. I M. Kalloch, an attorney of this City, is the other member of her fam- ily. Throughout his term as Mayor Mr. Kalloch reta red his connection with the Metropolitan Baptist Church as its pastor, and n_i~ wife was active in church work. | Her aid as counselor was no small factor in her husband’s administration. She was devoted to her family and her church, and | pever came in direct contact with public affairs, | Mrs. George H. Sanderson, widow of San Francisco’s Mayor during the years | 1891-92, now resides at Stockton with her sou, Dr. Harry Sanderson. She was en- | titled to do the honors of hostess on the | occasion of President Harrison’s visit to | the coast, but owing to her illness at that {time the duties were discharged by her | daughter-in-law, Mrs. George R. Sander- | son. Mrs. E. B. Pond is a gracious, beautiful She is a native of Ohio, but has ‘snem her life here since her childhood. does not care for the ballot and says she would be a dire failure as a politician. She was not called upon to entertain in any special manner during her husband’s term, although their magnificent home at 1019 California street 1is admirably adapted to such uses, On MRS. I S. KALLOCH—1880.81. Marie Valerie gave birth to her eldest boy, and has now come once more to public at- tention through the severe illness of Arch- duke Francis Ferdinand, who isafflicted with consumption, and whose days are consequently numbered. His death will, unless the order of succession is altered, have the effect of rendering his younger brother, Otto, heir presumptive to the throne, an eventuality which neither the Emperor nor yet the nation can contem- plate with equanimity. For Otto is the black sheep of the reign- ing family and the most universally ex- ecrated member of the house of Hapsburg. The estimation in which he is held by his countrymen may be gathered from the fact that when some time ago he exhibited at one of the art shows of Vienna a water- color which he had painted, representing a wild boar surrounded by its proceny, it was the standing joke for Eeopla to ask one another what they thought of *‘Otto’s letzte Schweinerei’’—Otto’s last piece of hoggishness! He is not only a libertine, but also a drunkard, and his behavior to his charming wife, a daughter of Prince George of Saxony, has been of so disgrace- ful a character thaton two occasions she has been compelled to leave him and to re- turn to her famiiy. Once he disgraced himself by stopping a peasant’s funeral while he was out riding with some friends in_the country around Prague and by leaping his horse back- ward and forward a number of times over the cottin. So great was the scandal cre- ated by the incident that it was brought up for discussion in the Imperial Parlia- ment in Vienna, the well-known Deputy Pernerstoffer declaring in a most 1mpas- sioned and eloguent speech that it was un- just to reproach the students of the Uni- versity with excesses when the younger members of theimperial family themselves ze: such an example. On the following ay a pnrt{ of young noblemen, boon com- panions also of Archduke Otto, invaded the house of the Deputy in question and administered to him a terrible thrashing, injuring him so severely that he was MRS. GEORGE H. SANDERSON—1801.92. [From a photogravh.l