The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 16, 1896, Page 20

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1896 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: relly end Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier. .$0.18 D v CALL, one year, by malil.... 6.00 v CALI, 8ix months, by mail.. 8.00 .85 BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, San Francisco, Californis. Telephone.... .. Main—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. Telephone Main—1874 ‘ BRANCH OFFICES 530 Montgomery street, corner Clay; open natll pen until 8:30 o'clock. street; open until 9:30 o'clock. r Sixteenth and Mission streets; open ontil § o'clock. 2518 Mission street; open until 9 o'clocks 116 Ninth street; open nntll 9 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE : 808 Broadway. EASTE;I'% OFFICE: 2, 8 S 'FOR ALL. ——— e e The almanac-makers may call for winter in San Francisco, but it doesn’t come. The vote in the House on the silver bill was not so much a division as a split. t think what would happen if Mrs. dy should get hold of the cathode ray. Huntington talks well, but when you get on to his curves you find they are crooked. f paying high for Paderewski proves an appreciation of genius, then we have it to the full limit. Poor old Saint Valentine is no longer in the hands of his friends—the caricaturists have got him. S ly movement visible in Presiden- cs so far is of the kind known as “sloshing around.” Even if the Norwegians do discover the north pole the British will claim it and insist on arbitration, To achieve any kind of political reform we must trust the people, but keep a close watch on the bosses. We shall never believe that Nansen has discovered the pole until we see him reach a persimmon with it. Electric energy promises to be as com- mon in California before long as climate, and very nearly as cheap. Society does not exaggerate when it claims to have had a royal time last week and shown ncely Entertaining royal dukes and appland- ing musical prodigies will scon be just as common with us as any old thing. ‘With such weather as this to entice us to the park and the ocean, San Francisco has something of a quiet fiesta every Sun- day. Turn the. cathode ray boldly on your housebold closet, and you will probably find that the skeleton you have dreaded isn’t there. Providing the City Hall with an angel without wings is simply harmonizing it with the environment. Every home has one of the same kind. The New York Yacht Club made a mis- take in awaiting another letter from Dun- raven when it could have got rid of him with electric dispatch. 1f the Government would provide a means for reviving hydraulic mining Cali- fornia would soon turn out enough gold to pay the Cleveland debt. Those Eastern people who come to Cali- fornia as tourists and decide to stay as set- tiers make a better name for themselves than they left home with There are no candidates for the hand of Miss Democracy in this campaign, but, fortunately for her, it is leap year and she can jump some feMow. This is a good day for Folsom-street res- fdents to make up their minds to see to it that the work of improvement there shall be real work and nota job. Those who believe the silver movement is dead will be called upon to believe in an earthly resurrection when they hear from the Congressional elections this fall. There ought to be some provision in our Government by which the Senate and the House could refer their little deadlocks to arbitration and let business move along. An investigation into the enrollment for the primaries in Philadelphia disclosed the fact that in oné of the wards there were actually enrolled a dog and a cat as voters. To keep up with the interior San Fran- cisco will have to devise a means of mak- ing use of tidal power to generate elec- tricity in competition with the mountain streams. Under the rays used in the Roentgen photography both writing and printers’ ink are perfeetly transparent, casting no shadow, and therefore the art which dis- closes the skeleton within the flesh can never be made use of to read any written or printed matter 1nside of an envelope. Private correspondenee is still safe. — © The fact that Gladstone ceunld return to power in England almost ‘at. any time, while Bismarck is hopelessly set aside in Germany, shows how much better it is to serve & people than to serve a king, A vopulace may be fickle, but it is rarely un- grhteful, and it never ignoresa great man just to show it can get along without him. Professor Wilcox of Cornell has com- piled a series of stafistics showing that in 1870 more than one-fourth of our native population had removed from the States where they were born, but in 1890 only one-fifth had emigrated. The conclusion 1s that as a people we are beginning to set~ tie down and make permanent homes in- stead of roving around as our fathers did. 2d ety If out of the recent war flurry we do not get large appropriations for war purposes it will not be for any lack of bills on the subject. In the Senate alone there have been introduced measures providing $100,- 000,000 for military armament, $100,000,000 for coast defenses, $30,000,000 for naval ex- tension, $87,000,000 for coast armament and several other bills for increasing and cquinping the National Guard and the naval reserve. THE WINGLESS ANGEL. Above the dome of our City Hall there is to stand the higure of an angel without wings. This is not the first time that men have chosen such a symbol to represent what they fondly hoped to bave as th.e tutelary deity.or animating spirit of their civic life. Ages ago the old Athenians raised above the gateway of the Acropolis a wingless victory. They made her wing- less that she might never fly from Atihens, that where they had perched her there would she stay and victory be with the Violet City forever. The age of symbolism is over. We have passed beyond that stage of intellectual development when symbols, by exciting the imagination, could powerfully affect the conduct or even the faith of men. Few people in our country, or, indeed, in our time, see anything in art beyond the art itself. That ciass of men of whom it was written, “A primrose on the river's brim & yellow primrose was to him, and it was nothing more,” is the class to which most of us belong. We may not expect, therefore, that there will bz any wide ac- ceptance in this City of the symbolism of the wingless angel. In fact, if such sym- bolism should occur to any it would most likely give rise to a jest,a sarcasm or a sneer rather than to any thought of beauty or of grace. There 1s a symbolism in our wingless angel, however, and although a scoffing world may ignore it or mock at it, to all those who delight in fair things it will come again and again with a quiet insist- ence, Truly we must regard the symbol- ism of it if we expect atall toregard it with pride. Itisno immortal work, like the wingless victory of Athens. Such shat- tered fragments of it as remain after a thousand years will not be gathered up and treasured asa thing of heauty and a joy forever. What it symbolizes is what we must see in it 1f it is to be of any value to us, or of any significance beyond that of capping the climax of a long job. We need not seek far for the symbolic meaniog of our angel of the City Hall. The coincidence of the erection of this figure at a time when there is arising in the City a new spirit of harmony,a new impulse impelling the people to work to- gether for good things, a new sense of civic vatriotism, a new consciousness of the great destiny that awaits San Francisco | and a new feeling of the responsibilit which that destiny imposes on the indi vidual citizen, makes the statue to some extent the natural emblem of the spirit that now animates the people. Our wing- less angel, that having no power of flight is to stay with us forever, is therefore neither more nor less than a symbol of civic patriotism, and it rightly has its place above the stately edifice where the life of the city has its centerand its power. 1t is an assured truth thatif we can main- tain in the City thatspirit which for nearly & year now has been growing moreand more dominant among the people, we wjll be able to achieve many things which at present seem hardly more than far-off possibilities. It wasonce written of Jerusa- lem that her young men dreamed dreams | of splendor and her old men saw visions of | glory. - The same might well be written of our own golden City by the Golden Gate | to the world's great orient ocean. The | splendors of which the youth of this gene- ration dream, before they are old may be realized glories. All that is needed to achieve it is that the spirit of a true patri- | otism be kept steadfast in the homes that | are the altars of the City and in the halls where its laws are ordained. That it should remain thus steadfast must be the desire of all good men and it is this de- sire that endows with a lofty symbolis the wingless angel that guards the C Hall. THE LABOR COUNOIL. Representatives of the varions trades unions of San Francisco have organized a | council, which is to remain in session in- definitely, for the purpose of rousing a re- newed interest in the cause of labor and | to come to a better general understanding among themselves of the needs and hopes of all. It not infrequently is the case that an earnest and intelligent movement by the working classes to improve their condi- tion is diverted from its high purpose by | agitators employed either by unscrupulous | politicians or alarmed capitalists to bring the movement into disrepute. In all the world there is but one escape from the | multiple perils which wait upon the or- | ganized efforts of iabor. That is educa- tion. Just as it is impossible for an illiter- ate man to acquire without study and a trained observation an adequate under- standing ‘of the principles which govern society, so it is all the easier for educated men to take advantage of the ighorance of others. Fortunately there is little or no danger from any of these evils in the associations of American workingmen. OQur citizens of all degrees have not only the mental training given in the public schools, but | all of themr of mature ageé have received that broader education which comes from political freedom and incessant activity in the practical conduct of parties. In the labor convention which has just assem- bled in this City there weré men as well fitted to administer municipal affairs as any that conld be found, and in the gen- eral tone of the resolutions submitted for discussion there is shown a directness of purpose in attacking existing evils that gives promise of a genuine sagacity in dealing with them. Almost all improvements in social con- ditions have derived their first impulses from two classes of men; those of leisure and learning who have had the time ana the ability to study and to understand the causes of prevailing ‘evils, and those en- gaged in the hard struggle for existence who have been taught the full force of theseevils by a bitter experience. When the philosophy of the thinker and the earnestness of the workingman combine, reform movements begin, and it then de- vends upen the common-sense and busi- ness sagacity of the great middle class to take them up and direct them safely to the desired end. Inaland of free speech and among a people of- vigorous intellectual activity there will always be agitators, and not a few of them will be cranks. Workingmen, however, are no more in danger of being led away by these than any other class of citizens. The new organization in this City, therefore, is only another of those numerous associations whose various energies directed to diverse objects tend to mutvally assist in promot- ing the general - welfare. There is certainly a promise that much good will be accomplished in this instance. Some of the evils complained of, such as viola- tions of the eight-hour law and the un- sanitary conditions amid which many workingmen have to work, ought to be remedied at once. Atany rate the work has bezun well and there is every reason to believe it will continue so to the end. AN TUNNECESSARY EVIL. The recent shaking up which the fight- ing forces of the Nation have received has developed the unpleasant fact that thel engineers of the. navy are not.on an equal | walked hana in hand through all history | | tions which press persistently upon the | footing with the line, and that as a result our navy has become deplorably weak in that respect. It is clearly understood that this discrimination is a heritage of the days when fighting heroes were made on the decks of vessels propelled by sail and when the ingenious mechanic who made his advent with the appearance of steam was taken from the ranks.of civilians and therefore regarded by the officers on deck as a person of no consequence. = This tradition hag seriously impaired the usefulness of .the Naval Academy at Annapolis.- The Jad who applies for admis- sion to that institution is furnished with no inceniive to study that wonderful science which affer all places the life of the ship and of all its men in the hands of one who must be the eoolest and miost patient of all. This.is solely because the engineer, instead of being a personage who wears a sword, strides the deck in fine plumage and gives thundering orders to hundreds of mariners, remains unseen and urknown in the hot bowels of the ship without adequate authority or rank. The importance of his services, the edu- caticn and native ability required, the arduous duties which he has to perform and the tremendous responsibility which rests upon him have not been fully recog- nized. In the stress of battle it is he alone who is depended on to handle the vast intricate machine with precision, in- telligence and coolness; directing it in- stantly whithersoever the commander orders, keeping alive the maze of appli- ances by which the turrets are moved, and not for a moment removing his firm finger from the pulise of the groaning, struggling monster. It is he alone who must exercise the sharpest alertness of which the mind is capable, and be able instantly to devise means for repairing any damage that may be received. The troutle with his position is that while it lacks nothing of the heroic, no element of the picturesque pervades it. He does not have the chance of glory by falling with a bullet through his body, but his perils are very great for all that and he is denied the privilege of fizhting in the open air. Not being sustained by the ex- citement of physical combat, he must have a high order of character to fight none the less effectively in darkness and heat and with an invisible foe, Until the present order of things is changed it is useless to expect young men to covet the unfashionable berth. Ana- polis will have failed of half its purpose if it isunable to supply engineers to the fighting ships of the Nation, and the evil is one so simply remedied that its continued exist- | ence will be a constant reproach to the | country. ELEMENTS OF GREATNESS. The story of the private life led by Pade- rewski, the wonderful Pole who is delight- | our people with his piano-playing, is so identical in its broader aspects'with that led by all others who have achieved dis- tinction in the world as to have a special value in furnishing cumulative evidence of the elements of greatness. That is to say, this marvelous wizard of the keyboard lives solely for his art, and in the pursuit of that course eschews all the graces, pleas- ures, blandishments and dissipations of | life; all that might raise him above, drag | him beneath or in any way divert him | from the exceedingly restricted purpose of | his life; pays the strictest regard to the conservation of his vital forcesand devotes | his days to unceasing labor. ‘Whatever native talents he may bave had for his art, their development to the pres- ent point of excellence would have been fmpossible in the absence of the regime which he has forced upon himself. Bat it is clear that he could not have followed ich a course had it not been in him to do so. This may not be an encouraging re- flection to those who are aware of the pos- session of fine talent but who do not fully develop it by work, but that does not im- pair the truth of the ancient maxim that labor is the better part of genius. It may happen that a deep affliction cre- ates a spirit of asceticiem and a lusior | work that lift talent to the plane of genius. | This is said to have been the case with | Padere But that makes no differ- ence with the fact that rigid asceticism and | unceasing work make the round of his seemingly dreary and friendless private life and acconnt largely for his eminence. Greatness and personal i1solation. have where isolation was employed in labor. The wonderful part of the greatness | which isolation and labor produce is that it has the strength to resist the tempta- periphery of life at every point. Take Paderewski as an example. Heisa young man, good-looking, strong and healthy. The very nature of ‘his profession makes | him the object of insistent temptations of the most alluring kind. No man measur- ably less great than he could withstand them for a moment; but Paderewski has that wisdom of genius which informs him that should he yield to ever so small an extent the splendid structure which he has built from the groveling earth to the skies would come down in ruins, | = He is yet young and his most trying years are yet to come; the genius who can pass unscathed through the decade follow ing his fortieth year is a genius indeed. Booth' and Irving did, but McCullough died in a madhouse. Itis when the high and noble enthusiasm of youth begins to | fade that dissipation in middle life, fol- ‘ lowed by avaricein old age, begins to make ready for a harvest of ruin. A REMARKABLE MAN. Thomas Lake Harris, who a few years ago was the central figure of a series of strange occurrences, had so completely dropped out of sight that he might have | continued to live in obscure luxury in New York to the end of his days had not little ‘Mary Harris committed suicide at Tountain Grove the other day and sfarted a train of grave suspicions. But her piti- | ful death drags forth the shadowy memory | of the odd philosopher of Sonoma County and carries it far back to the tragic days when Lady Oliphant denounced him to the world for having strippasd her gifted son Laurence of his fortune. Harris founded a community in Sonoma County having the double feature of a | strict communism and .a quest for unend- ing life on this earth, He announced the discovery of a law whereby it was possi- ble for a human being to escape the pangs and penalties of death. He assured the writer hereof that he himself had mastered the law and would never die. That is something which it must be left with time to prove. He gathered about him a num- ber of persons of considerable means, and they all made over their property to him. Among these was a Japanese prince, who is now the manager of the property. The farm under edmirable care produced famous fruits and wines and enjoyed great prosperity. Harris lived in quiet content, retreating now and then to the mountains, there to periect himself in the mastery of the law of everlasting life. He was a man of superior intelligence, refined tastes and wonderful power. It is interesting here to say only that while he would not (because he claimed he could not) impart the secret of the law to any except those who had undergone severe training for its reception ! rial; he intimated that it was akin to the Pythagorean idea of rhythm as the basis of life, In other words, the Almighty, the source of all life, was the center of rhyth- mic pulsations which permeated all space and gave life to organizea matter. If liv- ing creatures could bring themselves into perfect harmony with this pulsation they would enjoy in the flesh the immortality which belongs to the spirit. It is_interesting to reflect that the idea of the Keely motor is based on a principle allied to this, though shorn of its Har- risian sublimity. It wasclaimed by Harris that he was able to communicate instantly and at will with his adept followers in ail parts of the world. If heis still a believer in bis old doctrine he has given to the pub- lic no recent evidence of the fact. PERSONAL." B. F. Brooks of Riverside is here. Y. de Bethune of Bordeaux is at the Palace. & xJames Hickey of Silver Peak, Nev.,is in the ty. E. C. Stewart, a business man of Portland, is in town. District Attorney F. G. Ostrander of Merced is at the Lick. Deputy Clerk J. T. Bestof Los Angeles lett for home yesterday. Silas Carle, a contractor of Sacramento, rived here yesterday. J.B. Chinn, the extensive fruit-grower of Vacaville, is in town. J. W. Bennetts, 2 business man ot Coos Bay, arrived here yesterday. W. A. McDonald, a railroad contractor end lumberman of Seattle, is at the Palace. N. Wines, the wealthy stage-line owner and mail contractor of Santa Barbara, is among re- cent arrivals here, Charles Wilcox of Chicago, who represents a firm handling more California canned fruit than any other in the country, is at the Occi- dental. George F. Smith, the wealthy ship-owner of this City and Senta Barbara, who hasbeen here for several days on businessin connection with his vessels, left for Santa Barbara yester- dey. R. C. Williamson of Palermo, who is largely interested in & fruit ranch of several hundrea acres in the Feather River bottom,on which oranges and ‘many other kinds of fruitare grown, is at the Occidental. F. 8. Delafield of New York, whoisan ex- tensive dealer in dried fruits from this coast, is in town. He says he looks for higher prices and says that for the first time in history the Cali- fornia dried fruits have driven out foreign im- portations of fruit in both New York and Chicago. Lyle M. Fletcher, general agent here of the American Refrigerator Transit Company,and Reid Northrop of St. Louls, president of the company, returned from Monterey yesterday Mr. Northrop is a cousin of George Gould. The company of which he is president is intimately connected with the Missouri Pacific. Theodore H. Davies, formerly British Consul at Honolulu, who has becn looking after the education of Princess Keiulani of Hawaii in Europe and who arrived here a day or two ago, sailed on the Australia yesterday for Hono- | He has preceded the Princess in order to | prepare for her return, which will be in about | lutu, one month. Mr. Davies’ two sons accompanied him. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. —Lewis P. Ho- bart was ene of the passengers who arrived on the steamer Fulda from Genoa. Mrs. Sophie Fuendeling arrived on the steamer Spree from Bremen. Among other arrivals are: E. § Rothschild, Savoy; F. W. Turner, Plaza Caswell, Mrs. Y. Coughlan, S. C. Kellogg, Everett; Dr. C. H. Catherwood, Gilsey; E. Rocjat and wife, Hoffman; C. Wolipett, Impe- E. Saunders, St. Deni: HUMOR OF THE HOUR. Playwright—Is her acting natural? Manager (enthusiastically)—Natural! Why, when she appeared as the dying mother last night an insurance agent, who has her life in- | sured for $10,000 and who was in the audi- ence, actually fainted!—Town and Country Journal. Downtown—What's happened to Bliffers? He goes around in rags. Upton—He has stopped renting and gone to building.—New York Weekly. 01d Lige says that some of the worst habits are found in the best society, and wonders how they got there. rible blow to at least one American industry.” “How so?" ““There wouldn’t be a fish left in the whole North Atlantie.”—Truth. Jack—A woman doesn’t know how to conceal Der feelings. Jess—Doesn't,eh? She can kiss the woman she hates. Jack—Of course; but she doesn’t fool the woman any.—Puck. “They say Tilly Tufthunter is bent upon mar rying anobleman.” “She hasn’t another idea in her head. Even when she takes up a book she can never get | any further than the title page.”—Puck. “The kiss,” wrote the dramatic critic, “wasa distinet disappointment. It lacked continuity of plot, and might much better have been done in three than in four acts. It dragged notice- ably towerd the end.” He stopped there. He did not wishto appear harsh.—Detroit Tribune. Hargreaves—You know that time I was so sick last summer? I just heard that thedoetor gave me up once. Ferry—I heard that he gave you up twice. “Twice?” *Yes. The second time after:he had been trying to colleet his bill.”—Indianapolis Jour- nal. Young Husband—Isn’t that baby drinking an awful lot of milk recently, Mary? Itseems to me wrong to give him so mueh. Young Wife—How silly of you to-say that, John. Don’t you know the doctor says the poor little thing is cutting its milk teeth?— Brooklyn Life. A DOG IND A CAT ASSESSED. The canvass of the Fiith Ward which is now being made by the anti-combine organizations has developed outrageous padding of the As- sessor's lists, says the Philadelphia Record. The sensational developmeuts which followed the canvass of the notorious Twelfth and Fif- teenth divisions were yesterday equaled by a partial canvass of the Sixteenth Division, in which Assessor Watson has registered over 420 alleged vaters, nearly one-half of whom, it is claimed, have either moved or were “faked” on the st In some places squads of voters were regis- tered from empty houses, aud in oue place, where men had evidently run out, it was found that a pug dog and a cat had been placed on the “st nmfer-me names of Peter and Eltood Parker. . It was at 623 Middle alley that Peter and Elwood Parker were distinguished by Assessor Watsom Six alleged voters were Tegistered here, including ‘‘Peter Parker, laborer,” and “Elwood Parker, 1aborer.” Mrs. Louise Frisby, who lives there, stated that there are only two voters in the house, The names were read off, third term for Cleveland would be & ter- | and when that of Peter Parker was reached she smilingly said: ““Oh, that was & pug dog I had. Elwood Parker? He was my cat. I told the man who came here about the dog and the caty and he said all right, and put them down.’ During the laugh which followed a colored youth shouted: “That catand dog can’t vote, for I helped take 'em out to the cat home.” IF LOVE WERE KING. What cruel wounds do mortal: Each other in the day they Iive ,"" What bitter thoughts and savage curses Hate in each angry heart rehearse What hours in mutual rancor wasted— Life done with half Its joys untasted Divine forgiveness, couldst thou rel Within each hateful hear: and brain; Celestial love, coulast thou but mend The broken ties 'twixt friend and friend, Forgotten all the old past madness, Men’s lives would glow in light and gladness. No longer would repentance come Co shed its tears upon the tomb; 0 longer by their stubborn pride Would men’s aftections be denied, - But they would act the manliest part— Meet hand to hand and heart to heart, FRANK PUTNAM in Chicago Times-Herald. Cee e PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. Daniel Gordon of Knox, Me., has been teach- ing school for sixty-sevon years and is still in barness working hard. Ameer Abdur Rahman has determined to in- troduce an electric lighting system at Cabul, and electric motors in his factories. SJohn Alden, the ninth of that name, is living in John Alden’s house at Duxbury, Mass., which was built in 1650, and in which the original John Alden hved during the latter part of hs life, George W. Putnam, who died the other day at his home in East Saugus, Mass., at the age 0f 83 years, was prominent in the anti-slavery movement and acted as private secretary for Charles Dickens when the novelist visited this country, Grand Duke Paul of Prussia is so tall that no hotel bed is long enough for his comfort, and he has one built in sections, which he carries with his luggage everywhere and which is put up by a special mechanic, under the superin- tendency of the royal valet, wherever the Grand Duke goes. M. Lemaitre, the new French Academician, is the son of & peasant schoolmaster. Heisa man of robust figure and medium helght, and, though he is haraly 40, he is prowing gray. He hasa beard, a mustache, light blue eyes, & shapely mouth and a musical voice. The voice is a result of his training as a choirboy. Lieutenant Egvind Astrup, whose dead body was recently found in the Lillehvdale Valley, Norway, was the sixth of Licutenant Peary’s party who has died since returning from the expedition. He was the son of aSwedish army officer, and on his return from the first Peary expedition was knighted by King Oscar IL The oldest man in Kansas is George W. Walshe of St. Paul, Neosho County. He was bprn in Scotia, near Schenectady, , in 1791. He is in good health and his memory is unclouded. He voted for Madison for Presi- dent. He was engaged in active work asa master mechanic in railroad construction as late as nine years ag & P. M. Arthur, chief of the Brotherhood of Engineers, who has recently been traveling through Europe, says that the condition of railway employes, especially engineers, in Eng- land isnot to be compared with that of the same grades of employes in this country. The wages are considerably less and they have few conveniences to facilitate their work. Tracy Turnerelli, who died on Saturday in Londou, was badly snubbed by Disraeli just after the treaty of Berlin was signed. Turner- elli hurried arcund and collected & fund for a gold wreath to be presented to Beaconsfield. After the collection had been made, the latter, ho had not been consulted, peremptorily de- clined to receive the wreath or ecknowledge the promoter of the enterprise. George W. Fecney, one of the oldest-engi- neers in the service of the Philadelphia, Wil- mington and Baltimore Railroad, who has just died, was the engineer of the locomotive that drew Abraham Lincoln to Washington for his inauguration in March, 1861, When Presi- dent Garfield was shot in the railroad station at Washington, Feeney was assigned to run from Philadelphia the train thet bore Mrs.q Garfield from Elberon, N. J., to Washington, MISSES’ ROUND WAIST. The waist shown here is made with a fitted lining over which the goods is laid in one piece for the back, and in the front is likewise seamless with gathers at neck and belt. The sailor collar is adjustable, so that other trim- mings or accessories may be worn. A dress of white mohair designed for evening wear had a satlor collar of primrose yellow velvet, with apolique of guipure lace. The belt and couar were of Dresden ribbon in white with yellow lines, rose-colored flowers and black edges. These latter being made adjustable, the gown could be changed en. tirely by a fichu of blue chiffon, with velvet belt and couar of the same shade of blue, A narrow pieating of chiffon trimmed the ed, O fr ot nsi h b ress of cheviot showing many bright col- ors had a collar of drab green vofi:_e:, with or eral rows of black soutache braid for trimming. A brown serge dress was brightened by a col- lar o{ velveteen in black and green and brown ecks. hA bkl“: “plwux had 'lflcolllrdo( D!I;I:k and white checked velveteen trimmed with gold braid. A gilt belt was worn with this. * i A waist of Dresden silk in brown was made with a collar of the silk. Pale green velvet (orAm;d : be‘:lnnd sl(flck collar. atiste dress of the new plaids, showi: blue and yellow threads, had lx::olllr bl?lvev :5 soie’ the soft silk with a satin finish. A belt and stock collar completed this dainty gown. i —_— WHEN PADEREWSKI PLAYED. Now the Instrument philosophized In manner most profound; Next a tragedv I witnessed, All the actors grim arrayed; Oh, I heard the soand of color, And I saw the hues of sound, And the wind-up wasa carnival ‘When Paderewski played. \\é\\\\“lll//'é/ . Peter and Elwood Parker, on the Asnnn_acnt Roll in Philadelpbia. Richard Gird, the Noted Grower of Su, Chino [Sketched from life gar Beets and Owner of the Celebrated Rancho. by a “Call - artist.] ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. McKINSTRY—W. J. B., Santa Cruz, Cal. E.W. McKinstry of this City resides at 1237 O'Far- rell street. A SoNG—M. K., Alameda, Cal. “When the Hawthorne Buds Are Springing,” & 50Dg, Wes not published in THE C A RovAL FLuse—J. G., Trinity Center, Trinity County, Cal. A royal flush is ace, king, queen, jack and ten of the same suit. SQUARE ACRES—J. M., City. This department does not ‘answer questions in arithmetic nor problems in geometry or alggbra. MISSIONS IN CHINA—M. B., City. The Ro- man Catholics entered China and estabiished & miasion there in the fourteenth century. THE SHAKERS—A. 8., Sacramento, Cal. The answer to the question about Shakers in Cali- fornia was answered in the issue of THE CALL of Thursday, February 12. WATCHMAN—S., City. Applications for the sition of watchman at the navy-yard may sent to the commandant at Mare Island. Two CENTS—F. §., City. - As your letter of in- auiry does not tell where the 2-cent picce alluded to was coined in 1202 it is impossible to answer anything about it. GOVERNOR OF Omro—J. Mc., City. William McKinley Jr. was twice Governor of Ohio, His first term of two years expired January, 1894, and his second January last. KALLOCH'S OATH—If Isaac S. Kalloch took the oath of office as Mayor of this City, that fact does not appear of record in the office of the County Clerk, where it should be on fle. THE CITY HALL—A. 8., City. The shape of- the City Hall is nearly that of a triangle with the Hall of Recoris for its eastern end. The ground floor covers a little more than three and three-quérter acres of ground, GLYCEROLE—Reader of THE CALL, Fort Bragg, Mendocino County, Cal. Glycerole of acetate of lead is a mixture of sugar of lead in the proportion of twenty-five grains with one ounce of glycerine, dissolved by heat. DiseAs—F. S, City. As this department does ot undertake to give medical advice tor the cure of disease it cannot furnish an answer 10 the question asked about hardening of the liver. Consult a first-class physician. CusToMs EXAMINATIONS—J. W., City. The -service examination for positions in the customs service will be held in the Lowell High School in this City on the 7th of April next. APD\icnlions will not be received after the 18th of March. % LAURA BURT—A. B., Redwood City, Cal. Laura, -not Madge Burt, who played with the “01d Kentucky” troupe, was not born in Cali-. fornia, and was not a pupil in any of the schools in this State, so Answers to ents is informed. To ALASKA—F. A. ity. If you want to go ber of strangers you must take your chances with the compan¥ you go with. ~This depart- ment cannot say anything as to the solvency of any banks in Alaska or anywhere else, * EvLocutioN—Resader, St. Helena, Cal. As this department is not a school of elocution it can- not enter into an explanation of how certain lines from the ‘“Merchant of Venice” shoula be intoned. That is a matter that should be decided orally by a competent reader or elo- cutionist. BricKMAsoNs—H. E., City. If & man wishes to apply for & job as a brickmason at Mare Island he must file his application with the clerk of the Board of Labor Employment and | then wait until he receives notice that he is wanted. There is no civil service examina- tion in that branch. CusTons SERVICE—W. H. §,, Gold Run, Placer County, Cal. There are four custom-house districts in the State of California—San Fran- cisco, Humboldt, Los Angeles and San Diego. There are no clerks to irspectors inthe service, The pay is $8 per diem for guarding officers, time eight hours per day. Discharging officers are paid $4 per day and their time is from sun- rise to sunset. MustacuE—A. C., Kelseyville, Lake County, tives that they have preparations that iwill force the growth of a mustache, but nature has more to do with that than ail the forcing oint. ¢ ments, If nature intends that a man shail have & mustache a foot long it witl grow to that length, but if it will supply him only with the semblance of one it is doubtful if anything will increase its giowth. Two SISTERS—Miss W., City. If the Misses Jones are sisters and they desire to inseribe their names on one visiting card the elder should have itappear as Miss Jones and the Jounger should sdd the given name, as “Mics lary Jones.” The same rule appliesto indi- vidual cards, the eldest unmarried daughter of & family should haye her cards read “Miss Jones,” not ‘“Miss Elegantine Jones. The younger sisters, 1f unmarried, should have their Christian names on their cards. BOOTELACKS—A. C., Kelseyville, Lake County. The San Francisco professional ‘bootblacks use different kinds of blacking, each claiming that he uses the best; many use an American brand and some use an English manufactureq ariieje The various -kinds of blacking produce the samo luster; the secret 18 not in the maferial it is in the manner in which it s applied, s 13 shown where two men work on one pair of boots, one will put on an extra gloss and the ',’."".,' wmul:o:tt:'m lueorlil.ul"nnd the one who us done the ter worl or the other’s work. Woacers SELKIRK—R. P. M., Jasper County, Towa, Alexander Selkirk, whose true name was Sel. craig, was born at Largo, a Scoteh fishi : lage n Fiteshire, in 1676, and Gind RS avis Weymouth in 1723. He was o sailor au i supposed fo have been De Foo's original of Robinson Crusoe. He was engaged in a bucea. peering exploit in the South Seas, and ‘in 1905 he was safling mester of & Cinque Pore 0 1704 .ne was put ashore on Juan Fernandez Correspond- | to the Yukon mines in company with a num- | Cal. It is asserted by dealers in hair restorn. | Island, at his own request, and he remained there for four years. is life was published in 1829, ninety-four years after his death. UNDER AGE—B. A., Oskland, Cal. A youth who has not attained his legal majority cannot legally obtain a license to allow him to marry unless he obtains the consent of his parents or, | in the absence of them, of one who stands in the stead of such. A stepfather or an aunt | would certainly have the right to step in in such a case and prevent the County Recorder from issuing the licénse by representing the fact that the applicant was not of age. Two Hetgurs—F. J., Ci New York City at the Battery is flve feet above sea level, at the City Hall thirty-six feet, at Central Park plaza, Fiity-ninth and Fifth avenue 47:5 feet, at | Mouat Morris 100 feet, at Central Park circle | 76:5 feet, at Boulcvard and One Hundred and | Eighteenth street 185 feet, and at Washingron | Bridge road and One Hundred and Eighty- | fourth street 250 feet. If, by “The Bluffs you probably mean the Palisades, these rise 480 jeet above the sea level | | 3 | THE EMMANUEL CHURCE—J. M. N., Harring- | ton, Wash. The Emmanuel Church, in which | Blanche Lamont and Minnie Williams were murdered, and the Metropolitan Temple, in | front of which Isaac S. Kalloch. was shot by | Charles de Young, are not the same. The | ehurch ison Bartlett street, near I'wenty-first, | Mission distriot, and the temple is at the north- | east corner of Fifth and Jessie streets. The | mistake has no doubt arisen fram the fact that | at one time the son of the late Mayor was pas- | tor of the Emmunuel Church. | A Bui—E. K, Baden, Cal. If a milkman | agrees to furnish milk by the month and com- | mences the delivery on the evening of the 8th | of the month. the month would close with the | delivery on the evening of the 7th of the suc- ceeding month, and with that delivery ne | would be entitled to present his bill. but he would not be entitled to present his bill on the | morning of that day for the reason that his contract would not be complete until the de- livery on the evening of thatdsy. Communi- cations intended for this department should ba CaLL Office, San Franeisco, Cal. PEXSION —*‘Captain’s Widow,” Banta Cruz, Cal. 1f you desire to obtain a pension as the widow of & captain in the army, but kave lost your husband’s papers by fire, you can obtain a duplicate of them from the War Department | at Weshington and on those file your applica- tion, but before doing so you had better com- municate with the pension office in this City for advice as to \what steps 1o take in the mai- ter.. In addressing such a commuication give all information at your command &s to the time of your late husband's enlistment, ser- vice, discharge when and where, the manner of loss of papers and anything that will assist in tracing up the record. ARGENTINE REPUBLIC—J. E. R., Visalia, Cal. The representatives of the United States in the diplomatie service in the Argentine Republia are: Edward L. Baker at Buenos Ayres; J. M. | Thome at Cordoba and Willis E. Baker at Rosario. William jI. Buchanan of lows, located at Buenos Ayres, is the Envoy Extraor- dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the | United States to the Argentine Repubiic. Dr. Don E. 8. Zaballos, with hesdquerters in Washingtan, D. C., is the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Argen- | tine Republic to the United States, but in his | absence Senor Don Vincente J. Dominguez is | charge d’aftaires. Walter T. Jones is United States Consul-General at Bahia Blanca (Argen- tina) in the Argentine Republic. A PERFECT WOMAN— ., City. According to a report made by Philip Martiny,a promt. | nent sculptor, the measurements of a periect | woman are: Height 5 feet 6 inches, front | measurement of meck 4 inches, across the { shoulders 16}¢ inches, across the bust 13 | inches, actoss the waist 10 inches, across the | hips 14 inches, just above the knee 415 inches | across, at the calf 435 inches, ankle 214 inches s. Side ana back measurements: Neck nches on the side, shoulders 5 inches, st 73 inches, hips 9} inches, above the knee 5 inches,at the kiiee 414inches, st the |ocalf 43{ inches, at the ankle 3 inches, the back across the shoulders 18 .inches, st the waist line 10 inches. For the benefit of those. wha do not desire to. measure according to sculptor's art he gives the following as the measutements: Height 5 feet 6 inches, cir- cumference of neck 1314 inches, of bust 34 inches, of waist 2414, of hips 3437, greatest | cireumference of upper leg 224, knee 133, calf 143{, upper part of arm 11, of clbow 10, wrist 63, length of arm from shoulder to finger tips 40'inches. Frona E.Waite, who recenily had | much to do with the measurements of women, gives the following figures as to a perfect woman: Height 5 feet 6 inches, weight 145 pounds, bust 36 inches, waist 24 to 25 inches, hips 46, wrist 6, ankle 8, calf 14; she should | wear & 4}4 shoe and a 6 glove. & E. H. BLACK, painter, 120 Eddy strest. * ———————— CALIFORNIA Glace Fruits,50¢1b.,Townsend's.® L i Jester—I see that baggagemaster they sent to | the penitentiary last week has been up to his old tricks again. Questioner—How is that? Jester—Why, he “broke” jail yesterday.— Richmond Dispatch. e ———— EPECIAL Information daily to manutacturers, business houses and public men by the Prasy Clippiug Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * e — She—And are you sure, Algernom, that you never lpved any girl but me? . He (unblushingly)—I never even thought of love until I saw you, my darling. And just then the steam radiator clanked.— Somerville Journal REFUMATISM is overcome by Hood’s Sarsapa- rilla, because the latter makes pure, rich, red blood, neutralizing the lactic acid, which causes the com- plaint. Hundreds tell of remarkable cores. Dr. STEGERT'S Angostura Bitters possess an ex- quisite flavor and are a sure preventive for all diseases of the digestive organs. —— Ir afficted with sore eyes use Dr. fsaac Thomp. son’s Eye Water. Druggistssell it at 25 cents, 1f limbs, use an Allcoc BEAR IN MIND—Not tions is as good as the genuine. you want a sure WMM&: bu:k,aida one of the host of counterieits and imita~ chest, or Porous Plaster K’s addressed to ‘‘Auswers to Correspondents,e, )