The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 3, 1896, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1496. —Qy 11 Interesting Items From Important Points in Alameda County. EVEN DURING CONFESSION Rev. Father McSweeney Never Objects to Meeting a Reporter. MAYOR DAVIE LIKE CLEVELAND How Oakland’s Women Writers Started to Get Out a Holiday Newspaper. ¢p OrrIcE SAN FrANCISCO CALY, AL aadmay, Hob. 2. 1800 | Rev. Father McSweeney was inter- viewed in the confessional box iast mght for the first time in his life. When thus engaged he is generally ti:e one that inter- views. When the reporter called at St. Francis de Sales’ clergy-honse the servant said the priest was hearing confession and could not be disturbed. As there was no hope at the clergy-house the janitor was approached, and he, too, refused to help to bring priest and newspaper man to- gether. He hinted that if it were a mat- ter of death he might be prevailed upon to break the unwritten law, but for any other cause he could not be tempted. There was no hope for it. The priest’s story was necessary to authenticate a report of s frustrated elopement of two bright young ladies and the priest had to be seen. There was & line of penitents leading past the confessional box and the stranger fell in at the end. 1ndue time the empty box was reached and Father McSweeney turned to hear what the suppliant might say. His surprise may be imagined wLen he discovered the identity of the stranger. “Well, well,” said the priest, but he cor- dially gave the desired information, and when the penitent emerged from the con- fessional box no one would have guessed that it was the priest who had done the confessing. 1t is again stated that the Populists are trying to oust Mayor Davie from office. That is nothing new; they have been try- ing to do it for nearly a year. Itis stated that they are also obtaining affidavits proving that his Honor did violate the purity of electionslaw. That isa sur- prise in one way, but not in another. In the first place the name of the Alameda County official who is now in office and whose friends did not violate the purity law is unknown. In the next place there are hundreds of “‘politicians” in Oakland who would swear that the moon is a green cheese, and for a very small consideration. Judas’ paltry thirty pieces would seem a fancy price for many politicians on Broad- way and in West Oakland. or Davie is, in nearly every respect in which these two men have come before the publ counterpart of President Cleve- Jand. Botn rode into power in a political whirlwind, and no sooner had each fairly warmed up his official chair tban he re- alized that public opinion had turned a complete somersault, There wasa lot of talk of impeaching the President, and thereis a lot of talk of impeaching the Mayor. Both movements will be tound in the end to have been cogecluded -in the same manner. Whatever rules or preju- esof political faith they bhave broken rignored, there are enough firm friends either case to prevent personal ignom- other than that of & political nature. It is openly stated that the people elected Davie and that he is now working in the interests of the capitalists and bankers. The assumption is untrue, and the best proof of its falsity is the fact that those who are most prominent in throwing out the charge are those who, when a banker filled the Mayor’s chair, thought the ad- ministration perfect. The greatest ele- ment in retarding the progressof Oak- land are the organized “jobs” forever being put up by the hoade of men who al- ways smoke cigars and derive a comfort- able living from *politics.’”” Under Pardee and the reform movement of his time these elements of disturbance were deci- mated, but now they seem to be on the increase again. These are the men who are constantly demanding the ‘‘ousting” and “impeachment” of public officials whom they cannot use. The ladies of Oakland are to issue the ‘Washington Birthday edition of the En- quirer, and as it is the first venture of its kind ever attempted in this city there is much speculation as to the result. There was a meeting of the editresses two days ago and about ten ladies were present, All were understood to be pledged to se- crecy yet some of the doings of the fem- inine sanctum haye leaked out and prove that although there is an “Alameda County ‘Writers’ Association” this does not imply that there is a corps of newspaper-women on this side of the bay. The conference also developed the fact that there is more than a trifle of vanity among certain scribes of the gentler sex. The mysteries of the “detail-book’” were explored, and it was somewhat of a surprise to the ladies to learn that some one would have to visit the prison and jail; another must camp at the receiving hospital; a couple must at- tend the parade, but would have to ignore the banquet so as to get in “‘early copy.” This was rather unromantic, and at this stage of newspaper manufacturing one laay proposed that there should be a modest little article on the “Women Writers of Oakland.” This motion was amended so as to read ‘‘the women report- ers of Oakland.” Then the fun began and the feathers to demi-volt on the top of in- dignant heads. Who were the writers? Who were the reporters? The question could not be answered and Mrs. 8. C. Bor- land, the cool-beaded editor-in-chief, said that the detail of writing a mutual admi- ration article wounld be held in abeyance, but did not use this exact language. A liberal estimate of the active woman re- porters in Oakland who do not work across the bay would be one and a half. In the earlier part of the week some phil- anthropists, who were more sympathetic than practical, staried a movement for the benefit of “‘a vetern journalist” of this City. - Everybody in Oakland knew that although the poverty of the man was not overstated the part relating to worthi- Dess had to be taken cfm grano salis. However, money began tocome in and the prospects for a good-sized fund were very bright. A local editor temporarily handied the fund, and now he regrets it. Last Thursday night the beneficiary was found in the lower part of town, and was taken in the patrol-wagon to the City Hall, where the charge that is marked with 8 rubber-stamp was placed against his name. The Judge next morning imposed the usual fine for an old offender, and when in the dock the prisoner made s novel-plea. He said, “Your Honor, a man down town has some money of mine, and if you give me time I will go and get enough to pay my fine.” e went to the editor, used some strong language, made some threats, and when he Jeft the man who had been his truest {riend sat down and wrote a new definition of the word ingratitude. 5. W. B. Alameda’s Proposed Library Building. _ALAMEDA, Car., Feb. 2—The proposi tion to form an association of public-spir- ited citizens to erect a public-library build- ing, at & cost approximating $25,000, has by no means been abandoned, but is bein perfected by those having it in charge .nfi the prospectus will soon be given to the public, so it is stated. The organization will be actuated largely, if not entirely, from a public spirit and a desire to see thelibrary properly und adequately housed in a structure that will not only meet all the requirements but that will be a credit and ornament to the city and evince the public spirit and good taste of its people. Itis not proposed that anybody shall give money to the fund for the erectiou of the building, They are simply to loan money at n?ow rate of interest—probahly 5 per cent—to be paid back in one, two and three years, The city can very well bear the burden of the improvement if it is spread over three years, but it cannot stand it in any single year, and to issue bonds is a tedious and expensive process. The city cannot specifically be bound to repay the private association if it shall erect the building, but public sentiment is in favor of the step, and a majority of the present Municipal Board will hold for three years, and are in accord with the movement, so that there could be litile risk on that score. In the New City Hall. ALAMEDA, Cat., Feb. 2.-—The City Trustees will hold their first meeting in the new City Hall to-morrow evening. The new Council chambers are large and handsomely furnished, and are a big im- provement over the old meeting-place. Among the matters which will come up for action to-morrow evening will be the awarding of contracts for the addition to the municipal electric-light station, - cluding a building, engine and boilers. Engagement Announced. ALAMEDA, CAL., Keb. 2.—The engage- ment is announced of Miss Emmsa Boeh- mer of this city to Charles Logan of Oak- land. Miss Boehmer is the youngest daughter of Fritz Boehmer, a pioneer merchant of Alameda. The wedding will take place on the 15th inst. at the home of the bride’s father on Central avenue, The New City Prison. ALAMEDA, Cin, Feb. 2. — The new City Prison had two _occupants yesterday. They were 8. L. Peterson and Frank Kelley, charged with having burglarized melahxp Prosper, now lying at Alameda mole. —_— THEVTERSARELIE 00K Clean Plays of Histrionic Ability Will Tend to Elevate the Mind. Keen Discrimination Is Necessary As in All Other Things Affecting Human Morals. OARLAND OFricE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,) 908 Broadway, Feb. 2. | Rev. Philip Graif spoke on “The Thea- ter” to-night at the First Baptist Church. He said: Do the prudential ethics of Christianity taboo the playhotse altogether, or is there a safe, wise, golden mean of discrimination? Mere anstére Puritanism is nosien of strength, nor is contempt or narrow restrietiveness an answer to fair logie. | Of course, if the drama is inherently baq, | the sooner its obscene lips are silenced and its | transparently veiled nudities are decently draped the better, but if it is constitutionally grounded in human nature the quicker we give our aid to refine and_eleyate ils artand literature the rore valuable will it become as & moral vehicle jor the culture of humanity. Nodoubt the trashy, flesh-tinted siuff that has too oiten glit d and pirouetted and bawled across ihe stege, along with certain | green-room scandals and other noisome things, have made & large body of the Christian_pub- | lic look askance at the theatre and fight shy of its seductions and its fig-leaf tendencies of wardrobe. Rightly used, the playhouse might | be made a handmaid of religion, and instead of a hotbed of vice or illicit sensation, might be converted iuto sumething of a vorch of ethical philosophy or & school of virtue. 1f of old Christian truth was often dramati- cally represented by a series of passicn plays in the churches, why should histrionic genlus if used for lofty purposes be frawned upon or stigmatized? ‘Really our law of action should4 be 10 conserve the good and spew out the evil, or, in other word-, 10 transform the smirched and leper-spotted into a healthy ministry of pure, unalloyed happiness and progress. Even Christ himself did not disdait 1o create his parables, which in many respects were mas- terly and exquisite little pocket dramas, illus- trating L\en\'enl{ principles by all the fascina- :ion and spell of earthly 1ncident and adven- ure, 1tis not figuring at haphazard to say that the world’s greatest seven masterpieces of the drama are decp studies of conscience and duty and make strict obedience to the oracles of the skies their holy dominant note. But still this broad recognition of the essen- tial dramatic element in nature and life does not blur the moralist’s keen-eyed vision as to Ih’e hurts and harms of indiscriminate theater- going. _Though recreation is at times an iron neces- sity it is guesiionable whether the average footlight fiashes of the daf afford our youth a safe or wholesome form of entertainmént. In moral discipline it is better to be a little too strict than to be a trifie too flabbily lax. In short, whatever tends to purify motive, stimu- late noble impulses or exalt mnnhood or glorify humanity, promote and champion that ; but waatever ‘fires unholy passions, lowers the moral tone or devitalizes plety, that either ab- hor and shun, or, better still, by God's grace iry to convert from a demon of ‘sin and error into an angel of light and goodness. THE SUNDAY BALLOONS, Oue Ascent Was Not Made, the Other Followed by an Accident. The fates have been against Mlle. Viola, *‘the Empress of the air,”” for the first time she attempted to make an ascent from the Haight-street grounds she fell. The sec- ond time she was announced to rise sky- ward the rain came down in torrents. Yes- terday when her balloon was about in- flated it caught fire and the ascent had to be postponed. She was offered another balloon, but as it was as fall of holes as a porous plaster she declined to use it. Another balloonatic, Otto Burke, volun- teered to make an ascent, 8o the bag was filled and when it was cut loose he rose about five hundred feet and as be was crossing the chute lake it commenced to sink. Burke cut loose, expecting to come down in the lake, but the parachute did not open fast enough and he was carried a little beyond it and in descending struck against the fence, injuring hisleft arm and leg. There has been considerable jealousy among those who go up in the air, and it was reported on the grounds yesterday that there had been some jobbery to pre- vent Miss Viola from making the ascent and that the burning of the balloon was not an accident pure and simple. L T MO How He Walked. A new schoolmaster in one of the smalil schools near Sheflield was endeavoring to make clear to his young pupils’ minds the meaning of the word “slowly.” He walked across the room in the manner the word indicated. “Now, children, tell me how I walked.”’ One little fellow, who sat near the front of the room, almost paralyzed him by blurting out: “Bow-legged.”—Spare Moments. e ———— There is but one factory in ‘Japan where Jeather shoes are made. The natives, ex- cept about the court, wear sandals of siraw or wood. OPHUM DEN 1N THE HILLS, The Lad Who Discovered It Was Threatened With Death by a Fiend. ONE OF ITS NUMBER KILLED. Located Near the Baptist College and Just Outside the Limits of the City. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FraNcIsco CALL, 908 Broadway, Feb. 2. } A yonng man who delivers goods for an East Oakland grocer had an experience a few days ago that he will not soon forget. He was taking goods as usual to a’house located in the hilly region where Thirty- sixth and Commerce streets cross. He has always been met at the door by one of the occupants, but on the last occasion his knock was unheeded and he walked in and deposited his goods on the floor. To his great surprise he found that the house was an opium joint, fitted up with bunks, and in nearly every one of them Wwas an occupant either smoking or asleep. No sooner had he looked, around than one of the fellows rushed toward him and pushed him to the door. He told the lad that if ever he told any one of what he had seen he would probably be found some morning dead. He took himself away as fast as possible and has not been near the place since. The house is an ordinary looking cabin, but it is frequented by a very hard set. Among those who frequented it was Thomas Lamb, the desperado who was shot dead by Officer Andrews while trying to escape from cnstody a couple of weeks ago. His brother sm{ goes there, and an- other habitue is a young fellow well known to the police named Tye. Itis stated that the mother of one of the boys owns the place. When its locality was made known to tha pojice it was stated to be outside their jurisdiction, as it is just beyond the city limits. Now that its existence is known, the opium joint will doubtless be suppressed, as it is within a few blocks of the Baptist California College. CANNERY FOR HAYWARDS. Big Inducements Are Offered By the Board of Trade. OAKLAND, Car., Feb. 2.—At a special meeting of the Haywards Board of Trade the question of having a cannery located at that town was discussed. Mr. Johnson of San Francisco said he had been delegated to represent certain capitalists of San Francisco who were de- sirous of locating a cannery at Haywards. He said he was instructed to attend the meeting and find out whas inducements the Board of Trade would guarantee, The committee appointed for that pur- pose stated the inducement offered to Mr. Schammel, a canner, was to give him the use of Estudillo Square, They were will- ing to give any other responsible party the same terms. Mr. Begier stated that P, E. Bowles, of Oakland, was authority for the statement | that Mr. Hickmoth, the Oakland cauner, bad orders for 60,000 cases of fruit which he could not fill. Most of the fruit canned by the Hickmoth Company was grown in the vicinity of San Leandro. He consid- | ered the inducement offered one of the | very pest. The general opinion was that it would be well for the parties desirous of | starting a cannery to meet the Board of | Trade, and Delegate Johnson undertook | to arrange for such a meeting in the near future. LIGHTS CF THE OPERA, Experiences of Mme. Tavary and Thea Dorre on a Mexi- can Tour. The Women Were Indignant at Car- men’s Wiles—Mascagni Praised Dorre. Mme. Marie Baeta Tavary and Mme. Thea Dorre, the bright particular stars of but his work was something marvelous. With afew tonches of his hands on the clay the likeness bezan to appear, and be- fore he had modeled half an hour the head stood out, an exact image of the person ne waslrepresenting. “He colored his work, then fired it, and when the bust was completed it was a marve!ous reproduction of the sitter.”” *I wish my trunks had arrived. Iwould show you some of this poor peasant’s work,” said Mme. Tavary convincingly- “My bust is a wonderful likeness, and he modeled a head of Mr. Payne Clarke, our tenor, that almost speaks.”” % Mme. Tavary is full of enthusiasm over the role of Aida, which she is to sing to- night. “The make-up for the part takes me an hour and a half,” she said. “It is so difficult for a blonde to change herself into a dark Egyptian, but when the trans- formation has been made I revel in Aida. Darre too,” continued the prima donna generously, “she isa magnificent Am- neris, Dorre is an actress, and she depicts the character of a scheming, wily little Egyptian to the life,” = There is a popular tradition that in opera companies the rival prima donnas hate one another, and if they occasionally speak honeyed woras, do s0 only to con- ceal a sting.” But this tradition is all at pany, for its two brightest stars are the best possible friends and praise one an- other in all sincerity. Tavary and Dorre, in fact, never say m-an thing, and always play into one another’s hands when on the stage together. orre, the witching dark-eyed Carmen, who made so warm a_place for herself in the affections of San Francisco opera-goers last season, has returned as handsome and bewitching as ever. Theyoung prima don- na enjoved herself in ber own way during the Mexican tour by riding miles over the hills and reveling in the picturesque scen- ery and quaint life. She is a splendid horsewoman and scorns the lowly bike. Her Carmen was the great attraction of the season. The gay cavaliers used to send notes by the score round to the stage door, beginning ‘‘Heavenly Carmea,” and heart- less Carmen used to have many a laugh at the weird English in which her unknown admirers penned their admiration. “It was my first visit to Mexico, and I found it like Italy and_Spain.” she said, “all poetry and picturesqueness and beggars. Buithe very beggars had a touch cf color in their dress, or a pay sarape thrown round their shoulders that made their rags seem beautiful. I enjoyed the climate there, justas I revel in the lovely California sunshine, because it is my nature to like anything that is tropical and to hate the cold.” Dorre has played Carmen with brilliant sea with regard to the Tavary Opera Com- | results in Naples and other parts of Italy, but she had never tried Prosper Meri- mee’s heroine on a Spanish-speaking au- | dience till her recent Mexican tour. “You have no idea how the women resented it,” she said, laughing mischievously; *“some of them fairly made faces.at me in the chairs. Ttook itas a compliment. They said, ‘Our Spanish women ure modest, none of us are so bold as this Dorre makes Carmen.” They did not understand that the Carmen of Merimee was like Topsy, ‘she just gfowed,’ and was not a type of any particular country.”” It is very probable that Mme. Dorre will go to London nextspring to sing Carmen and Santuzza at Covent Garden. In New York her Curmen was spoken of by the critics as sharing the palm with | Calve’s, and in Milan, where she had the benefit of some private coaching from Mascagni in interpreting Santuzza, the composer of “Cavalleria Rusticana’ called her an ideal exponent of his passionate ticilian heroin MANY WOMEN |SINGERS. Flourishing First Meeting of the New College Settlement Movement Held in the Broadway School. The new vocal society known as the Woman’s Singing Class of 1896 met at the Broadway Grammar School yesterday afternoon for its first practice. An attendance and enrollment of ninety- six persons attest the genersl and active interest already awakened in the move- ment that was inaugurated only ten days ago by Miss Jean Parker, principal of the Broadway Grammar School, and Mrs, C. L. Bonestell, The object of the class is to furnish all lovers of vocal music an opportunity to come together for an hour ever Sunday afternoon and practice upon the composi- tion of the masters. Itis a gratuitous attempt to foster the love of musie, par- ticularly among those who are too much occupied through the week to devote the time necessary to continue and improve the knowledze of singing they may have acquired earlier. The by-laws require a payment of 5 cents at each meeting, the proceeds being devoted to the preparation of the sheet music and to the janitress’ fee, which are the only expenses. Any surplus that may accrue will be devoted to the purchase of wall charts to sing from. Yesterday’s practice was upon “‘Like as a Father,” taken from oueof the oratorios, MME. THEA DORRE, WITH THE TAVARY GRAND OPERA COMPANY. the Tavary Opera Company, arrived here yesterday from Los Angeles, ahead of the rest of the troupe. Both prima donnas are in” splendid health and spirits, a happy condition of things which they attribute largely to their recent Mexican trip. They were carried away by the color and picturesqueness of the al fresco Mexican life, which, they say, acted as a mental tonic and an artistic stimulant., Mme. Tavary, who is an accomvlished painter and sculptor, made an artistic find at Guadalajara. Some one told her that there was a wonderful sculptor liv- ing in a little adobe hut outside the town, and for the joke of the thing she went to visit the self-taught art- ist. ‘He was only quite a poor country- man,” she said, in describing ther wisit, “what in Europe we should call a peasant, Mrs. Bonestell, the director of the class, conducted the voices and Miss Elsie Wade acted as planist. In an address to the regular choras drill Miss Parker, the president, said: “‘Mrs. Bonestell and I are very desirous of seeing more older reople interested in this hour, from 8 to 4 o'clock, on Sunday afternoon. We want the mothers and more of the older sisters to take part. No matter if they do not know a thing about music; let them come at 2:45 o’clock and they will be giv:n a little preliminary practice each Sunday, so that they can easily fall in with the others.” . The rules of the class say that the mem- bers must be at least 15 years of At yesterday’s meeting there were rr aps a dozen matrons, but the majority of the singers were girls. B Cleopatra’s Needle, on the Thames Em- bankment, weighs 186 tons 739 pounds and is 68 feet 54 inches high, A CLEVER SCHEME FOILED Discovery of a Hidden Wire Pass- ing Into Ingleside Race Course. GLOOM IN -THE POOLROOMS. An Expose That Sht;ws the Keepers of These Dens Will Resort to Any Means. Perhaps the downtown poolrooms will not get the results of the Ingleside races so readily as they are at present boasting that they will do. One of their latest and most ingenious attempts at beating the management was yesterday effectually nipped in the bud. The keepers ot the downtown poolroom “joints” have been strutting about of late with a consequential air, that would indi- catethey had somethin : ““up their sleeves.” The various dens about town are now in the enjoyment of splendid telegraphic service. A wire leased from the California Jockey Club that runs to San Jose gives them the full results of the races at the Bay District track. It will be remem- bered that during the last racing period at Ingleside track the Pacific Coast Jockey Club folks learned that the poolrooms were getting the results of theirracesby having them wired from the interior towns where poolrooms were runninz. To obviate this, the Jockey Club leased the prisons with felons, would have to close their doors for lack of support. He Once Owned the Site of Johannesburg It is a curious commentary upon the in- stability of human affairs that the former owner of the entire citv of Johannesburg now lies a confirmed invalid in the work- house infirmary of the quaint old market town of Guildford in Surrey. The oid man seems to have had a most remarkablo career. He was in the service of the East India Company, fought in the Crimes, was uenou:ry wounded at Sebastopol, and afterward passed through the Indian mutiny. He then went to South Africa, where he fought against the Zulus and tha Boers betore the Transvaal was made ove: to them, He bought for £350, his accumu- | lated savings, over 15000 acres of land near the source of the Limpopo, where ho made up his mind to ultimately settle, but | war broke out, he took up arms against | the Boers, and formed one of the party who held Pretoria against them. In 1880, when the republic was declared, he refused service under President Krueger, and’ the consequence was that his land, upon a portion of which the Transvaal city of Johannesburg now stands, was forfeited. Thus the old man who lies*dying without a penny in the world just escaped being “rich beyond the dreams of avarice.”"— Philadelphia Public Ledger. THE CALIFORNIA ADONIS, Rupert Schmid Savs He Has Modeled the Handsomest Man Here. It Is Colonel Herbert Choynski, Who Is an Aid.de-Camp to Governor “Jim ” Budd. Rypert Schmid, the sulptor, is tired of seeing peopie wait till they are dead be- RUPERT SCHMID'S BUST OF COLONEL CHOYNSKIL the wire from the telegr aph company, and the interior rooms were obliged to cl ose up shop. Now, this was a serious blow to the City “commission plan.” Their eraity pro- prietors held a conncil of war. It wasde- cided to invade the enemy’s camp. Many clever devices were resorted to for obtain- ing the results of the different events run off. Men inside the grounds signaled to confedarates on the surrounding hills, women passed out through the gates with | the desired information secreted about | i , carrier pigeons were called into req tion, and in one instance a wire of the Postal Telegraph Company was tapped. The latter occurrence, how- ever, it 18 said, was with the full knowl- edve of the local manazement. But the Ingleside people were not slum- bering and the different clever plans were after one or two recurrences frustrated. Nonplused and in despair the owners of the smaller joints quit the business, while the biz dens temporarily suspended, await- ing the reopening of the Bay District. Next Thursday Ingleside track will re- open for the spell two weeks’ running. Once repulsed and” in desperate straits the men engaged in the nefarious poolroom traffic resolved to get the required infor- mation at all hazards. Men whose past records were shrouded in darkne:s were called into requisition and asked to submit plans. At last one | was hit upon, and that is the reason the | keepers of three downtown holes have been telling their dupes ‘“we will get the Ingleside races.’” For some time the management of the new track has been cognizant of the fact that an underground wire bad been run into the track, ana yesterday the story leaked out. Fearing mmethm%J of this | sort, the Pacific Coast Jockey Club bas | bad in its employ for some time a skilled electrician, whose duty it was to inspect the buildings for hidden wires. Not many day's ago the inspector became aware of the fact that there was “something in the air,” and very soon he made a starthing discovery. Entering the grand stand below the arched Enssnge-w_uy was an underground wire that had its egress in the toilet-room, which is located at one end of the betting ring. In three different locations in the room, cunningly concealed, well out oi the range of the human eye, were stations to be operated upon the push-button principle. The worl was that of an expert, showing that the stealihy hand whose labor had been for naught, was old in experience. The course of the wire was then followed. In one instance the long iron rod.extend- ing between the hifching posts was util- ized as a conductor. 1he wire then passed along under the ground, making its exit under the fence at a point south of the main entrance. Just before passing under the fence was a fourth station that could be used if the operator thought himself watched at the other points. Out- side of the race course the wire followed along the fences and trees for some dis- tance. Connection with a main wire had not yet been made. This expose only shows to the public what the men engaged in this ill’efial pool- selling business will resort to. Time and again their many sharp practices have been shown up in print, yet still they thrive and appeal for a law licensing their business. Had the California Jockey Club out forth the same commendable efforts to prevent the ruinous dens from getting the results as did the new racing organization there would be no need of callingupon the police to close the illegal resorts up. nor of enacting any new prohibitory measure, for ese parasites, that threaten this nd. sport with destruction, take the hard- earned pennies of the newsboysand fill fore they have portrait busts modeled. He has long been keeping his eyes open for a perfect specimen of manly beauty, 1 order to catch it while young, model his specimen and place it beside the most de- crepit old bust he can find and say, “Look on that picture and on this,”’ when people urge that they*would rather wait till they | are dead to be modeled. To Mr. Schmid’s great joy, he found his ideal type of manliness recently in Herbert Choynski, a young Californian guardsman | who is aid-de-camp to Governor Budd. After expending much eloquence in point- ing out how much better he looks now | than he will fifty years hence, the sculp- tor succeeded in persuading Colonel Choynski to pose, uniform and all, and the portrait bust which has resulted from the sittings has filled Rupert Schmid with enthusiasm. . “Itisso much better to havea young, live subject,” he said yesterday, as he con- templated the manly head of Choynski, wrought in clay. 'With malice afore- thought the sculptor had placed his new work beside the head of an antique million- aire, who waited till he had lost his teeth and had acquired a triple chin before making up qms mind to go down to posterity in plastic clay. ‘‘He had lost everything that constitutes £ood looks, and should be in the cellar, wiere I put most of the old chromos,” said the sculptor, ‘“He serves as a foil to Choynski, though. The face of the colonel is perfect, the shape of the nose, the length of the chin and of the forehead! They are all on dreek lines, and if one only models him just as he is one has a perfect specimen of a faultless face and head.” Rupert Schmid never tires of extolling the specimen of manly beauty he has been so fortunate as to capture in its prime. He says he hopes Colonel Choynski’s bust will teach people not to wait till they are dead to be modeled. “He is a very bril- liant man, and if he ever becomes Gover- nor of the State or President of the repub- lic I shall become famous through this bust,” said Rupert Schmid. “Look at a man like Grover Cleveland,”” he continued. “There is no great gratification in model- ing him now; his face has run to flesh. But if Grover bad had the good sense to foresee that he would become famous and had been modeled while he was yet young, the sculptor who did the wark would have shone with a reflected glory.” DR. DILLE ON POOLROOMS He Utters Strong Words Against the Proposal to License That Form of Gambling. Rey. Dr. E. R. Dille of the Central Meth- odist Church delivered a scathing sermon last evening on the “The Latest Infamy, the Proposal to License Gambling.” The preacher introduced his subject by saying that the gambling instinct was almost the strongest in human nature, that it lies dormant in every man’s heurt, and that when awakened it entirely en- slaves and roins its follower. ‘‘When this fire burns in & man’s heart,” said the speaker, ‘it leaves nothing beau- tiful in his nature. Gambling in its essence is theft; it is on the same plane as picking pockets. The community which tolerates gambling can have no morality in its social circles and no integrity in its commercial circles. I wish the parentsof this City would teach their children that to drop a nickel in one of these infernal nickel-in-the-slot machines is gambling, and to put money in that fool trap, the Louisiana lottery, is gambling. 3 “There is one form of gambling that has become dominant in our City—that is racetrack gambling. The unclean birds of heaven and earth gorge themselves ai the racetrack. ‘A good ‘starter’ is paid a higher salary than a Judge on the Supreme Bench. “This species of gambling surpasses as a crime-breeder even the Louisiana lottery. There is nothing which holds up so many inducements to young men to gamble with their employers’ money as the pool- roomns. “These gambling institutions have been driven out of nearly every Eastern city, and now, following the lines of the least resistance, they have come to the wild and woolly West. ~ And now a Supervisor has come forward with a resolution to saddle this baneful evil on our fair City. There could be no greater outrage than this. It seems to me that San Francisco bas suf- fered enough already without this new blot on 1ts escutcheon. ‘‘Does it follow that we should license poolselling because it cannot be sup- pressed? Because we cannot suppress the devil, should we license him and give to him all the traffic can bear? “Shall we say that we will stand by and aid you while you succeed in the ruin of our sons and bring their mothers to a grave of sorrow ? “Poolrooms can be suppressed as well as thievery or opium-smoking. Even if these be carried on in secret, still they are not publicly sanctioned and have not such debauching influence on the young.” ————— University Lectures on Journalism. The Catholic university of Lille has re. cently attached to its law faculty a depart- ment devoted to political and social sciences, in which courses in industrial legislation, and ahove all in the legislation relating to the press, are serionsly given. The university, it would seem, hus wisned to emulate certain universities of the United States in bringing modern journal- ism into the still air of academic ‘studies, This year it is ope of the best known writers on the Catholic Univers, M. 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