The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 26, 1896, Page 21

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL , SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 1896. 21 S ————————— e e e e e e s e e e e e e s D e S e S e e L THOSE INSUFFERABLE PLAYERS OF WHIST, A pleasant, light-hearted young man | wholesome sport, which brings light and said this to me: ‘“Yes, I have given up whist since my method of getting fun out of it was dis- covered. Before you reformed you and I sat often at table over the game, and you remember thatI played very well when we happened to have exactly the right crowd, but that was rare. You discovered my trick on other cceasions fong before 1t was generally known, and I played it to amuse you as well as myself whenever we bappened to be in the same game. But now everybody is aware of it, and as there isno longer any fun in it for me I have dropped it.” As the idea of getting any fun out of a game of whist is so grotesque and whim- sical 1t should be explained. My friend’s trick was very simple, but it was surpass- ingly delicious. He would deliberately make a wrong play so as to exasperate his partner to the verge of madness and send his opponents into hysterical fits of de- light. That was all. When his partner would pounce upon him with the fury of a Iunatic and his adversaries would chuckle and chortle in a delirium of pas- sionate glee he would look so sorry and shame-faced (if hedid not make a bold and often successful bluff in the form of a wonderfully ingenious argument and spu- rious citations of wonderful plays made by immortals who had never existed) as to present a picture excruciatingly ludi- crous. But that is the great secret—deliberately to make a faulty play for the purpose of rousing those gross and inflammable pas- sions associated with the game. Thus to play upon the wretched weaknesses devel- oped at the table and to take a malicious pleasure in the act constituted the one source of pleasure which my friend derived from whist. This interesting matter has been re- cently recalled to my memory by an invi- tation given me by a charming young woman to attend a small whist party which she proposed to give. She is an artist, with the exquisite sensibilities of the species. Her large gray eyes are expres- sive and beautiful and her perfectly trained voice has that quality of melody and gentleness that sings a song of peace in the heart of a man. Looking straight into her eyes 1 made this rep! *‘By this invitation you h: paid a poor compliment to my appreciation or your society and of the sex which you adorn. I cannot understand how a man who knows and likes what is gracious in a woman can sit at a whist table with her, either as her partner or her _opYone_nt, when he might be so much happier looking at her and listening to the music of her voice. Life is too short and the opportu- ity too precious for so wanton a waste She raised her brows and look curiously at me. “If you should make that speech Eersona] to & woman,”’ said she, *it might e resented as gross flattery. "’ *‘It is impossible to flatter some women.”’ She shrugged her shoulders and gave the subjecta turn. “But suppose,” she said, ‘‘that the woman wanted you to play whist with her; would you be so ungra- cious as to prefer your own wishes to hers?” “If she so underrated the value of her own charms as to prefer a game of whist 10 the pleasant exercise of her graces and the enjoyment which thev give to others, that is a matter resting between her conscience and her intelligence. It is not my function to pass judgment. But however that question might be decided, depend upon it that I will not sit at a game of whist with a woman whom 1 like or a mun for whom I cherish affection and respect, for another and sufficient reason— that in its disclosures of character it isthe most pitiless iconoclast in the world.” She looked amazed. ‘‘A destroyer of ?” she queried. *(n what way?” It unmasks us to each other and makes us stand forth in all the pitiful nakedness of our true selves. A wretched spirit of candor controls the game. Impatience, uncharitableness, greed, anger, self-con- ceit—all of these are laid barein us, and not only laid bare, but encouraged as well.” y dear friend,” she gasped orrible that you are saying. Be lest, we misunderstand each other.’ “Have you not observed the sneer of your partner, the contemptuous shrug of is shoulder, when you have falled to re- spond to his call for trumps? If your partner is an expert player and you are not, have you ever seen him exhibit the | | least charity or patience for your errors? | And have you ever failed to notice that his one delight is 1o browbeat, humiliate and expose you? Have you not noticed the glitter of greed in his eyes when cap- turing a close trick, and seen the disgu ing complacency with which he merc akes advantage of an opportunity which chance has thrown into his hands? His conduct in that case is that of a dog eating young chickens alive. The self- complacency with which he takes to him- gelf a credit that he may not have earned is conducive to nausea in & spectator.” How lent you are! Perhaps these things do occur, but that is part of the game; itis evidence of the appreciation of rewards coming from intelligent study. If an advantage held is thrown away, the soul is taken out of the game——"" “Asin the case of a burglary,” I inter- jected. “‘But this isextraordinary. Some of the best people I know play ‘whist—bankers, ministers of the Gospel, lawyers, persons of fine inteilect and cultured understand- ing. Do not think me too personal if I ask by what special right you arraign all these.” “By right of a knowledge of the harm which this pastime works in their charac- ters.” “And they are ignorantjof thisand you alone are informed?” “Not that. The worst of it is they are as well informed as 1.” “Then how do you account for their persistence in following it ?”’ “Why not ask me also to account for persistence in dipsomania, kieptomania or any other form of conscious insanity? If you can understand that love of whist is a mental disease you may appreciate my position.” “You compel me to be personal again,” she rejoined, with a winning smile. “How has it been given to you alone to know these things?”’ “You have asked the question so sweetly that I have not the heart to answer it otherwise than by saying that it has not been given to any two persons in the world to be exactly alike.” She laughed heartily at that. game is fascinating—-"" *‘S8o are women and wine.’ “——and it cultivates mental qualities of the highest order——'’ ““At the sacrifice of spiritual qualities.” “Oh! 1 am beginning to understand It sharpens the wits at the sacrifice of character?”’ “Exzactly.” “And does not this apply to all other games requiring a wmatching of skill ?’ “No; and that is the strangest part of it. In whist we find a fierceness, an eagerness to win, a triumph in victory and a chagrin in defeal that destroy every element of wholesome sport in the game. Why this should be s0 is a matter apart, which we may discuss hereafter—if we can.’”’ It seems to me.” sne said thoughtfully, *‘tbat the very objections which you have named are evidence of the superior charac- ter of the game. If it did not rouse the deeper elements of the combative instinct it wonld lack in the higher qualities of a true mental contest. I should reason from this thatas mental discipline it has ex- traordinary advantages over other games.” “The whole point,” I insisted, *is just as you have stated it. By reason of having these superior qualities and producing these effects it ceases to bea game and becomes a battle. That destroys it as “But the pleasure and leaves no rancors behind, no corpse-strewn battle-field.” = 1 must confess,” she said, after a pause, that I have failed to observe all these dreadful things which you have men- tioned.” “And yet,” I rejoined, “you yourself have given me reason to think, from your definition of the game, that you might have expected to see them.’” “‘Let us pass over that,” she said. “I see that you are making a sly attack on my observing faculties—either that or questioning my candor. You have men- tioned certain’ accompaniments of the game that [ reflect are not compatible with #ood manners. That is a serious charge, for it is generaliy persons of the best breed- ing who are fondest of whist.” **So are many geniuses of liquor.” “Come to the point!"’ she laughingly de- manded. *“What have you to say ?’’ “‘Merely that good whist-pray and good manners are incompatible, just as refine- ment of conduct is out of place in hattles and prize-fights. I grant that your poor whist-player generally retains his man- ners, just as children generously whipped are on their good behavior. But youa will observe that unless whist is well played it is not whist, and therefore is not a savage contest.’’ _‘““Permit me one more personal ques- tion,” she coaxingly said. ‘Did you abandon whist because you found it injur . ing your character? 1f so, would it not have been nobler to employ it as a disci- pline for the chastening of vour character My friend bridled deliciously at that. “You forget,” she said, with a shade of im- patience, “that it is distinctively a man’s game, requiring awkward positions that a woman may not take, and strength that a woman does not possess.’’ “Unless,” I persisted, ‘“she is able to make up with grace and skill what she may lack in those regards. To my mind the woman who plays a good game of bil- liards presents the grettiesz picture of grace and daintiness that it is possible to 1magine.” : My friend sank back into her chair with a weary smile, ‘I do believe.” she re- marked, “that we have been quarreling all this time.”” ““That was to be expected from a discus- sion of whist,” I replied. “And you bratally refuse to come to my little party ?”’ she archly asked. “Ngt brutally, but in all kindness to yon.” I heard afterward that those who did attend had a very delightful monkey-ana- parrot time of it. How He Was Identified. On one occasion the Prince of Wales wanted to give Frederick Febyre, the noted French actor, some testimonial of appreciation, and consulted hiscompanion in the box, says the Argonaut. “I can’t buy him something; that would be banal. Do you think he would like to have my cane?” It was decided that the cane would do. So, stepping to the green room, the Prince paid the actor a few compliments on the English part he was playing ana beigerl him to accept the cane, saving it had seldom left him for ten years. He added that he hoped to see the cane with Febvre on the stage. This incident was reported and Febvre spent the following day dismissing a queue of Englishmen who visited his lodgings trying to buy the cane. After- PAUPERS FROM BRATIL, Caravan of a Hundred Beggars Slip Into California Through Mexico, IMMIGRATION LAW VIOLATED. Families of Tattered Men, Women and Children on Their Way Toward San Francisco, SANTA BARBARA, Caw, April 24, 1896.—On Monday afternoon the queerest of queer cavalcades entered Santa Bar- bara, coming up the boulevard along the southern approach. A baker’s dozen of teams, loaded with baggage and tent-poles and crowned with women and children, slowly made its way around the water front and set out on & gallop for the mesa by way of Dibblees Hill. The extraordicary ap- pearance of the women, their strange and picturesque albeit tattered costumes, as well as their peculiar method of traveling with three horses abreast, aroused the in- terest of a CALL correspondent, who con- trived to extract the information, delivered in a surly mixture of Spanish and English, Wamita, 72 /2 2 oy \ /s IN THE CAMP OF THE BRAZILIAN GYPSIES, [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] mind ?” “There you go with discipline again!” I cried. “What good end does this mental discipline serve? Are good players of whist any the more useful to the world for that fact? I want you to think over that before answering. My opinion is that it | dwarfs their minds, making them mean and narrow rather than expanding them for a broad conception of life—"" She checked me by raising her hand. “You are getting away from my ques- tion,” she said. “No; Idid not abandon whist because I found that it was injuring my character, bat I did abandon it at the moment when I discovered that I could not bea very suc- cessful player without being as disagree- able at the game as the persons who are. I was not ready to covet that hollow dis- tinction. (But the main reason why I abandoned the game was that it was giv- ing me too clear an insight into the char- acters of the persons with whom I played. When it comes to human beings I want to cherish my idols and not wantonly destroy them.”” “What must you think of me,” she asked, while her glance sought the carpet, “knowing that I play whist?"’ “My opinion of you will continue the same as in the past so long as I keep hear- iuithut you play a very poor game.” er laugh at that sally carried all the bined. She returned to the assault and that was encouraging. She said: “You remember the old French adage that we should give eight hours of the day to work, eight to play and eight to sleep. You surely believe in” the value of whole- some games.” - ‘l;.\Iost assuredly—but games, not prize- ghts.” “Well,” she said, “‘of course we shall agree that whatever the game it must have some quality that appeals to the intellect —without injuring the character,” she added, with a sly glance. ‘“Is there a game that perfectly meets all the condi- tions, including refreshing sport?’” “Yes; billiards.’’ *‘Biiliards! I know little of the game, but I remember to have read somewhere that ability to play a good game of billiards is evidence of a misspent youth.” I was cornered there and groveled help- lese for a time. It was so true in the con- crete—so exactly fitted to the observation of every intelligent person—that I was in convulsions of laughter over my awkward- ness. But presently my wits came home. ‘‘And whose fault is that?” I asked. ‘It has come about solely because the intelli- gent and refined elements of our people have neglected the game and forced it into drinking-saloons. 1t is only in recent years, when decent men who haa learned to play in saloons married and by a bratal exercise of superior strength over their wives brought billiard-tables into their homes, that the game has become respect- able. Its history is much like that of the violin in this country. The time was in garded as the devil's instrument—a wicked thing, conducing to sinful conduct. Its struggle to gain admittance to church choirs was the most pathetic in the histary of the country. But it is safely anchorea there now, as it should always have been, seeing that instru- mental music is regarded as an encour- ager of praise-giving in song. The homes of the well-to-do are not complete now without a billiard-table. The pity of it is that women do not more generally take to the game.”” hy do they not?” erbaps because it is s0 free and gener- ous and expanding.” music of Mendelssohn and Chopin com- | as well as for the cultivation of your|ward, when giving private entertainments | in London, he repeatedly heard himself | identified by the remark made 1n the au- dience, *‘He’s the one that got the cane.” WILL CARRY A RED FLAG, Socialists to Unfurl the Crimson Banner of Peace on May Day. | A Big Demonstraticn in Metropolitan Temple — Executive Com. mittee’s Plans. The Socialists of this City, as else- where in the United States, are making great preparations for their May-day cele- bration. The labor-day or May-day move- ment was started several years ago when the working people began their demand for eight hours instead of from ten to four- teen. Since then the 1st of May has been accepted as a day for the manifestation of every reform movement and the Social- ists especially have taken it unto them- | selves. There will be no demonstration in the | daytime, but in the evening the members | of the Socialist-Labor Party, which now numvers several thousand in this City, will assemble at their headaquarters at 115 Turk. There they will form a procession and march to Metropolitan Temple. The procession will be headed by a band and | in the front ranks will be carried the 1ed | banner of the psrty. E. T. Kingsley, in | speaking of the crimson flag, savs that tiere is a prejudice against the color be- cause of the fact that it was carried by | the Chicago radicals, anarchists or ‘‘revo- lutionary” Socialists, as they called them- selves, in the disastrous Haymarket riots. Kingsley states that the red banner is the emblem of peace and not of war and vio- lence .as so many suppose. Hence its adoption by the Socialists whose method of reform is by education and not by vio- | lence. In Brooklyn, N. Y., no less than 15,000 Socialists will march under the crimson banner on May 1st. Invitations have been sent to all organi- zations and persons in sympathy with re- form .to join in the demonstration. At Metropolitan Temple interesting speeches will be made upon live topics by James Andrews of Berkeley, Emil Leist Miss Jane A. Roulston, E. T. Kingsley and others. Tt is expected that the Temple will be well filled. The Socialist Labor party is losing no time in preparing for political work. The State Executive Committee has been se- | lected and will meet for business in a few the United States when the fiddle was re- | days. It consists of the following seven members: Emil Leist, P. R. Martin, G. B. Beecham, A. Postler, Edel Hecht, H. A. Sahlender and Theodore Lynch. The first business will be to select a State organizer, probably E. T. Kingsley, he being the only one nominated, who will proceed to organize new sections in all of the interior cities and towns where the arty is not already establishrd. A little R\ler the committee will make a call for a State Convention. At this convention candidates for State and United States offices will be selected. The matter of selecting candidates for City and County officers will be attended to later by the socialisticounty organizations. amid a chorus of eries for “backsheesh,” that the party were Brazilians, who had come to California overland through Mex- ico and were on their way to San Fran- cisco. Now a great party of Brazilians, desti- tute and ragged, begeing of every stranger they meet, entering the country through a back gate by way of Mexico, constituted so direct an evasion of the pauper immigra- tion act that this was well worth looking into. Armed with a kodak when the sun was high and provided with a plentiful supply of oranges, candy and bright cop- pers this correspondent visited the stran- gers’ camp in Santa Barbara’s pretty suburb of Oak Park, where they had en- camped beneath the spreading shade of liveoaks, while the younger women can- vassed the town—telling fortunesin broken English in true gypsy style. Sixteen large ragged tents were pitched under the oaks, dozens of horses were staked around and nearly a hundred swarthy aliens made up a veritable little village. What a motiley crowd they were! The men, for the most part low-browed and evil looking, playing cards within the shelter of their tents or strolling about the green sward, casting suspicious and bale- ful glances at the visitors. The children ranged in age from the babe in arms to boys and girls of 12 and 14 years. The lit- tle ones wore single garments, often patched together of two bright colored rags, always rent and gaping, disclosing their dirty bare breasts and plump little stomachs. The girls, little women at 12, already assumed mature airs, wearing dirty calico petticoats to their heels and having silver coins braided in their dark hair, forming an odd, barbaric framework for their faces. Some of them were very pretty, with brilliant dark eyes and regu- lar features. In one tent a handsome, matronly woman with blooming cheeks bustled about, roughly disciplining a family of half-grown children and performing vari- ous domestic duties. On a paliet lay a sick child one year old, and in a queer little hammock swung the latest accession to the family circle, a tiny red-faced in- fant, which she assured the visitors was born ‘last night.” There was enough smoke in this tent to lift a balloon, but the sick child slept peacefully, and. the baby nestied like a kitten in_its swingin, nest. In the background and so removes from the rest that they would seem to be under some peculiar ban was one pitifal group, a grave-looking, middle-aged man and a wasted boy of 15. Sosad and sosilent were this pair that thev seemed to have no part_in the noisy, impudent crowd that filled the space between the tents., A visit thither developed the fact that the boy had been hurt by a team J:assing over his body some days since and had evidently been injured in some vital part. He stated in broken English that his mother had died three months before during their travels, and modestly and gratefully accepted the small alms tendered him, while the father’s somber face told the burden of grief that opbpr-sscd him. The exhibition of some oranges and candy, an_adroit stroke of dipiomacy on the part of the newspaper writer designed to secure the good will of the little com- munity, resulted disastrously. At the first exhibition of a ‘couple of paper bags the children surrounded the would-be ben- efactor, a howling, tighting horde, clutch- ing wildly at one prize and instantly con- cealing it behind them to extend the emply hand in ;xélpqcritical pleading. As the bags showed signs of emptying the panic grew wilder. The greedy band, now numbering some forty or fifty, threw themselves upon the almsgiver, cach one endeavoring to gain forcible possession of their booty. Had it not been for the kindly intervention of Constable Clarence Kelton this account, might have resolved itself into an obituary notice. But it was only by relinquishing the sweetmeats into the hands of the most powerful of the host that an escape was effected, Alas! for once strategy K:d failed. The momentthe sweetmests had vanished suspicion was once more rife. Unfriendly looks greeted the correspondent on_every hand. When a kodak was produced and _an effort made §o catch a shot at a picturesque group the opposition grew bitter. “Un peso! Un peso! No retrato sino un peso!”’ (A dollar! A dollar! No picture unless one dollar!) was the cry on every hand. The half-grown boys angrily shouted it. The men sneered it.” The women repeated it roguishly and coquettishly. It was only by stealing a march u})on an unconscious group that a couple of snap shots were effected. Threats of destroying the camera were loud and frequent and a close watch had to be kept upon the instrument after it had effected its work. The men were closely questioned by the local constable who visited the camp, with the intention of forcing them to move on from this locality. Under official pressure they churlishly displayed what they claimed to be their passports. These con- sisted of a couple of well-worn documents pinned together, the first of which read as follows: UNITED STATES CONSULATE. ! LA GUAIRA, July 9, 1895. I, Thomas D. Golding, United States Vice- Consul at La Guaira, do hereby certify that Juan Jorge, Brazilian subject, appeared at this office and produced to me & passport from the Brazilian Consuls of Peru and Caracas, and as his intention is to go with his family to San Francisco of California and I am in knowledge that they behaved them well during the time they spent in Venezuela, I recommend them to all to whom this may be presented. Given under my name and official seal this 9th day of July, 1895. T, D. GOLDING. ‘This document bears the official seal of the United States Consulate, but n its composition bears evidence of forgery. The name of the Vice-Consul is that of an Englishman or American, but the compo- sition and phraseology are plainly those of a man with but scant knowledge of the English language. Attached to this is a certificate 18sued by the ‘‘Consulado-General” de los Estados Unidos del Brasilen el Peru Limo Marco and signed by Alyares, said Consul-Gen- eral, and witnessed by one Clemente Alva- rado, a notary public. Before this docu- ment could be copied it was angrily torn from the correspondent’s hand by the owner, who insisted that the copy made of the former should be destroyed, but the copy was preserved 1n the face of his vehe- ment protests and threats. When questioned as to their avocation the men say that they are sugar planta- tion laborers and calmly assert that they areon their way to San Francisco to work on the sugarcane plantations in that vicinity. They are under orders to leaye Santa Bar- bara to-night, but before sundown a heavy rain set in and the constabulary are in a quandary. It is an awkward thing to threaten to arrest such a little army for vagrancy when the County Jail hasnotac- commodations for one-fourth its number. Meantime the travelers iaugh at the law, for quarters under a comfortable roof and prison fare would be a decided improve- ment upon their accustomed manner of life. The County Hospital would extend friendly arms to the dying boy and his broken-hearted father. No matter what is done with these beg- iars in Santa Barbara they must some- ow make their way up the coast, drain- g their support from the poor farmers aiong their route. They have no means, and are a dirty, lawless, dangerous com- pany, whom it would be a good invest- ment for any community to help away from its neighborhood. But the people of Southern California have some very pertinent questions to ask, and before long the people of the interior valleys will be repeating them. How does this villainous horde of South American paugers come to be within the borders of our State? Whnat is the use of a pauper immigration law, enforced in San Fran- cisco and New York, if this gate is open on the south? These people came all the way overland from Brazil and Peru, by way of Old Mexico, through El Paso to American territory, across New Mexico and Arizona, to California. So far they have escaped any but petty detentions. When they have spent a few weeks or months more journey- ing through the land at the people’s ex- pense they will be in S8an Francisco and ready for deportation. How many more are already on the way? What sort of officials have we at El Paso that they should have been permitted to pass? The passport they exhibit recommends a Brazilian family of five persons. Nearly 100 persons appear to be traveling upon 1t. What is the matter with our arithmetic that Santa Barbara should be the first to call for a census of this motley crew? ¥rora H. LOUGHEAD. “YOU” AND “THOU.” The Curious Order of the New French Minister of War. A decree has just been issued ai Paris by the new Minister of War forbidding offi- cers to address the soldiers under their or- ders by the familiar pronoun of ‘‘thou.’”’ Henceforth the more formal “you” is alone to be employed. It 1s needlessto explain that the Minister of Warisa civ- ilian, for a soldier would never have made the mistake of imagining for one moment that the feelines of self-respect of a private or non-commissioned officer would be nficu)t,ed by the use of che familiar pronoun e, “Tu” and “du” and ‘‘thou” are terms not of contempt, but of familiarity and intimacy, and their use implies no lack of consideration for the person to whom the are applied, but, on the contrary, a feel- ing of affectionate rezard. In monarch- ical countries the sovereigns have always made a point of addressing their troops with the pronoun *thou,” in the same way that they apply the word ‘‘children’’ to even grizzled and battle-scarred vete- rans twice their age. The men like to be addressed thus, and feel a sort of sympathy for those whom they regard as displaying in this way affection and interest in their welfare. By forbidding the use of the word “tu'’ the new French Minister of War has done far more harm than good, since he has rendered the relation between French of- ficers and men mere distant and formal, and has, in fact, raised a new barrier be- tween those who hold commissions in the army and those who do not. Of course, this new departure has been prompted by the spirit of republicanism, the Minister’s idea being that a soldier is just as much a French citizen and cntitled to as much re- spect as an officer, In the German, Austrian, Italian and Russian armies the officers not only use the word “‘thou’’ to their men, but among themselves as well, and the youngest lieutenant may use it to his colone! even to his general when off duty, the idea being they are brothers and comrades in arms, Officers meeting for the nrst time use “thou,” even though one be a Prince and the other the son of a petty shopkeeper; one the colonel of some crack cavalry regiment snd the other a subaltern in a mere line regiment. In the aristocracy, that is ' to say, among the old nobility, whence the par- venu and the nouveau riche element is severely excluded, every one calls the other “thou,” even young girls styling old dowagers thus, Monarchs and royal personages, in their intimate intercourse with one another, in- variably use the pronoun ‘*‘thou.” he Prince of Wales addresses the Emperor of Austria as “du,’”’ and the Emperor of Ger- many makes use of the same pronoun when writing or speaking to Km5 Oscar or any other monarch. *Tu” and ‘‘du” and “thou” imply social equality among the rsons who use them to one another, and ii the French Minister of War bad been less hasty, and bad taken the trouble of studying the history of Lis country, he wouid havet found that during the early years of the great revolution at the end of the last century, when the doctrines of equality were really enforced, everybody made use of the word '‘citoyen” and of “thou” in addressing one another, no matter what might be the difference of age or official rank.—New York Tribune. 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At 30 Cents a Yard. 20 pieces CREAM WHITE JAPANESE SILK, 24 inches wide, extra quality, good value for 45¢, will be placed on sale at 30c a yard. At 38 Cents a Yard. 30 pieces FANCY FIGURED AND STRIPED SILK, good value for 60c, will be placed on sale at 35¢c a yard. At 85 Cents a YTard. 60 pieces BLACK STRIPED DUCHESSE SATIN, in a variety of designs, good valus for 31, will be placed on sale at 55c a yard. BLACK DRESS GOODS! At BO Cents. 75 pieces 46-INCH ALL PURE WOOL ENGLISH SERGE, actual value 75¢, will be sold at 50c a yard. At 5O Cents. 75 pieces 46-INCH EANCY WEAVES, Mohair effects, extra good value for 75¢, will be sold at 50c a yard. At 75 Cents. 25 pieces FRENCH CREPONS, extra good value for §1, will be sold at 75c a yard. CAPES, JACKETS AND SUITS! At 81.50. LADIES DOUBLE CAPES, in shades of navy, black and tan cheviot, with inlaid velvet coliar, worth $2 50, will be offered at $1 50 each. At 81.75. LADIES’ DOUBLE FULL RIPPLE CAPES, of navy and black cheviot, with upper cape and rolling collar, trimmed with several rows of mohair braid, worth $3 50, will be offered at $1 75 each. At 85.00. LADIES' DOUBLE-BREASTED JACKETS, in mottled effects, aifferent shades, with very full leg-o’-mutton sleeves, large bone buttons, notched collar, worth $7 50, will be offered at $5 each. At 85.00. of Double-Breasted Reefer and Skirt made of black and throughout, worth $7 50, will be offered at $5 each. BOYS’ WAISTS AND SUITS! At 28 Cents, BOYS’ PERCALE, CHEVIOT AND TENNIS FLANNEL WAISTS, in a large va- riety of medium light and dark colors, finished with two pleats in back and front, worth 50¢, will be offered at 25¢ each. At 758 Centms. BOYS’ SAILOR SUITS, in fancy navy blue striped duckings, trimmed with white embroidery, warranted fast colors; blouse and pants, 75¢. At 81.00. BOYS' SAILOR SUITS, in light and dark navy and cardinal fancy striped duckings, }udmi:omelgv embroidered and trimmed with white braids and pearl buttons; blouse and pants, $1. LACE DEPARTMENT! At 20c to SO0Oc a Yard. ISIGNY POINT LIERRE LACE, all new designs, 5, 6, 7and 9 inches wide, will be offered at 20c, 25¢, 30¢, 35¢, 40¢, 45¢ and 50c a yard. At 258 Cents a YTard Up. BATISTE INSERTIONS AND BANDS, with lace and all-overs to match, in linen shades, will be offered at 25¢, 35¢, 50¢, 75¢ and $1 a yard up. At 20 Cents a Dozen Up. WHITE AND BUTTER VALENCIENNES LACE, in_a large varlety of patterns, will be offered at 20c, 25¢, 35¢, 50c, 60c, 75¢ and 85c a dozen yards up. LADIES’ WAISTS! At 81.00. LADIES’ PERCALE SHIRT WAISTS, detachable collar, in fancy checks, regular price $1 50, will be offered at $1 each. At $1.28. LADIES’ WAISTS, made of the latest Persian patterns, detachable collar, sleeves, regular price $1 75, will be offered at $1 25 each. GLOVES! GLOVES! At 45 Cents. 1000 pairs 5-HOOK UNDRESSED KID GLOVES, colors mode, slate and tan, sizes 614 63, 7, 734 and 8, regular value $1, will be offered at 45¢ a pair. At 75 Cents. 500 pairs 5-HOOK KID GLOVES, black only, regular value $1 25, will be offeredfat 75¢ & pair. At $1.00. irs 2-CLASP PIQUE KID GLOVES, embroidered on back, colors tan, brown and nglish red, regular value $1 50, will be offered at $1 a pair. SPECIAL SHEETING SALE! THE WELL-KNOWN “WHITE ROCK” YARD-WIDE BLEACHED} 70 Yard LADIES’ SUITS, consistin, navy cheyiot, skirt line bishop 500 MUSLIN, soft finish, value for 10¢, at 8 cases YARD-WIDE MUSLIN, either bleached or unbleached, value) 5 v d for 734c, on special sale at...... § C Tan 3 cases FINE 10-4 UNBLEACHED OR BLEACHED SHEETING, un-) 18 Y d dressed and good for wear, on special sale at “ G ll' 4 cases BLEACHED SINGLE-BED SHEETING, undressed, and strong] 121 Y d and durable, 56 inches wide, value for 163;¢, on sale at... § 20 Tam 23~ OUR NEW SPRING CATALOGUE is now ready for distribution to our COUNTRY PATRONS ONLY, to whom it will be mailed free on receipt of address. MURPHY BUILDING, Market Strool, cormer of Jones, SAN FRANOISOO.