The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 29, 1896, Page 11

ARMY OFFICERS MUST NOT PEDAL While on Duty They Shall Conform to Military Usages. TROUBLE AT PRESIDIO. Colonel Young Went His Rounds on the Wheel and Met General Graham. HE RIDES HIS HORSE NOW. The Question Now Agitates the Post, What Place Has the Bicycle in the Army? A nice question has arisen at the Pre- sidio army post, which, while settled on the principle that might makes right—as prevails in the idea of military discipline— is yet far from being settled in the ethical considerations of resident officers. This peculiar point does not appear in the time-honored manuals of tactics, etc., or in the articies of war. 8o, what are the officers to do? What the bloomer has been in the ad- vancement of the new woman—that is, as a subject of general and tireless debate— this question is to military ethics. Al- though on the very face of it nothing could be more simple. Itis: “What place has the bicycle in the army?” To be sure, the wheel has forced itself upon men of arms and demanded recog- nition as a valuable adjunct to the gen- eral military scheme of doin g things. Beyond that, however, there are grave doubts as to the proper place of the wheel in the army. Even officers of high rank and consequently elevated in authority cannot agree upon the knotty problem. At the Presidio there has arisen a differ- ence of opinion onthe question, and the whole post is split into two factions thereby. As the general in command of the post has set his face against the popular wheel, opposition to his views is decidedly timid. Indeed, as the story goes round among the officers and enlisted men, the bicycle is virtually tabooed within the Presidio reservation. The trouble came about in an unlooked-for way. Colonel Young, who has command of the Fourth Cavalry, stationed at the Pre- sidio, is a votary of the bike. To such an extent did his new fancy lead him, the sleek and spirited steed he rides in the field was consigned to hours of meditation in the stable .and the tender mercies of a groom for exercise. Meanwhile the colonel tlitted through the beautiful avenues and picturesque drives of the reservation. He even forsook his horse to go his “rounds’ on the wheel. Now this created mo par- ticular comment among the staff and line officers, for Colonel Young was voted a good fellow,and his comrades saw no breach of etiquette in a cavalry officer taking to the wheel. All that remained in the world at the end of this iconoclast cen- tury of the romantic knight of the olden time was gone. In his place sat the stooped cyclist on his spider wheel. Only the other day Colonel Young was going his rounds on the wheel when at a turn in the avenue he rode full up to Gen- eral Graham. The general has his own opinion of the colonel, as is well known, &nd the colonel has his own opinion of the general. Whatever bearing that may have upon the matter is another story. Anyhow Generasl Graham appeared hor- rified at the sight of a cavalry colonel flying through the sentries and along the lines on a bicycle. The general’s ideal was apparently higher than that of his comrade, though he is but a colonel of the Fifth Artillery, being a general by brevet. “Halt!” he commanded. The colonel’s gloved hand flashed from the bandle-bar to his cap, and an instant later he was standing beside his wheel fac- ing the commanding officer. What passed between the two colonels is reserved for gossip in the officers’ quart- ers, but some of it found its way to the can- teen. It must have been a terrible ex- change of angry words, for Colonel Young was ordered to take his wheel to his quart- ers and never again appear on duty as a cyclist. The merits or demerits of the order are agitating the high circles of the post, and has almost brought about a war | between cavalrymen and artillerymen in the barracks. Colonel Young has taken to his hand- some horse again, but the two high offi- cers never speak as they pass by. Their military salutes are examples of iciest mili- tary etiquette. SAYS SHE WAS MISTAKEN. Mrs. Lillie Wood, Sister of Alice Jones, Makes Strong Denial. Mrs. Lillie Wood, the sister of the young girl, Alice Jones, who attempted to com- mit suicide early Monday morning by jumping into tne oceen, is incensed that she should have been referred to as a “‘woman who had gone astray.” Accord- ing to ber story, it seems that the excited young sister told a good many things which were not true. “There is absolutely no truth whatever,” she said, “in the statement made by Alice, in which Bessie—she is the next oldest sister, and myself—are made to appear as young women of bad character. The only thing that can be said against me is that T married seven years ago and at the end of twelve months was forced to leave my hus. band because he treated me cruelly. Some other women have bhad to do the same thing. “I am janitress of the Ocean House 8chool, and anything of this kind natur- ally hurts me. Kittie, the other sister mentioned, has worked for the Electric Leundry for the last four years. She comes home every Saturday night, remaining until Monday morning. We bhave two brothers in the City, Howard and Harry Jones. The former has been living with us right along. I can’t imagine why Alice gaid such cruel things, for there isnot a word of truth in anything she said. Bes- sie, the youngest sister, lives with us also. Bhe will frlduate this year.”” Kittie Jones called on her sister at the Training Home yesterday morning. From all accounts the meeting was not a pleas- ant one. Alice, the young would-be gui- cide, will for the present remain at the home. Have No Iuterest. Judge Coffey has decided that the stepehil- dren of the late Helen M. Good have no inter- estin her $75,000 estate. They claim an in- terest because they had not been mentioned in their father’s will when he left his property to their stepmotber, MRS. MABEL JENNESS VENTER ILLUSTRATES HER THEORIES. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1896. 11 REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. Mary A. E. Roberts to Laura B. Powers, lot on south side of Post street, 95 W of Larkin, W 25 by 5120: grant. James H. and_Ellen Bartlett to John Glenn, lot on W line of Sanchez street, 82:6 N of Sixteenth, N 27:8 by W 100: $5. M. Morgenthan Company to Alfred Olsen, lot on E line of Hampshire street, 172:6 S of Twenty- first, by E 100: $10. E. H. and Christian M. Dettner to Anna Dreyer, lot commencing 110 S of Twenty-fourth street and 120 W of Hoffman avenue (Ellen), W 25 by N 25; 10. Henry Dreyer to same, lot on 8 line of Twenty- fourth strect, 100 W of Hoffman avenue (Ellen), W 25 by 8 110; gift. ‘Thomas R. and Mary Hamilton to Teresa Pitto and Katle Bardellini, lot on £ line ot Hodges ;Illey. 112 N of Vallejo street, N 25:6 by E 40 0. Edward E. and Alice 8. Bolton to Isidore Lievre, 1ot on W line of Montgomery street, 48 N of Jack~ son, N 47 by W 86:6: $10. Annie M. McLea (by Alexander McLea and David Kerr, guardians) to James McLea, un- divided two-thirds of 1-14 of lot on NW corner of l':l!slgrnm and Webb streets, N 68:9 by W 20:10; 1687. $Arn'fle D., Donald, James. Belle, Arthur and Mary McLes, Agnes M. Ross and Annie McL. Eaton to Frances P. Melliss, Robert C. and Eliza M. Bolton, lot on NW corner Webb and California streets, W 20:10 by 35,000 Srnest Melliss rances P. Melliss, Jot on 1o NW corner California and Webb streets, N 1. W95, N 7:6, W 50,5 76:3, E 62:6,5 68:0, 62 . ' Eiizaveth L. Urquhart to Eljzabeth M. and Rob- ert C. Bolton and Frances P. Melliss, 1ot on W line of Webb street, 68:9 N of California, N 68:9'by W 62:6; $20,000. Mary A. Roberts to Mary A. E. Roberts, Mar- garet A, Connolly and_Cornelius Martin (trustees for John R. Bride), 1ot on NW line ot Mission street, 118:215 NE of Third, NE 20:234, NW 80, SW 19:715. SE 80: grant. Same to same (trustees for James C. Bride), lot on NW line of Mission street, 98:214 NE of Third, NE 20 by NW 80; grant. Same to Annie A. Bride, lot on NW line of Mission street, 188:514 NE of Third, NE 20:634, NW 80, SW 25:384, S 80; grant. 2. E.'G. Bode to_isidor Jacobscn, all interest in following: Loton NW line of Brannan street, 80 SW ot Fourth. SW 25 by NW 70: alsolot on It line of Howard street, 108 N of Fourteenth, N 27:715 by E 115: $400. Mary A. E. Roberts to Mary F. Martin, lot on SE line of Howard street, 756 SW of Fifth, SW 33:4 by SE 80; grant. Wyliys Hall to Edward B. Chureh, lot on W line of Eleventls avenue, 70 N of Clemeat sireet, N 20 by 10. nd Frances A. Church to Arthur CFahem, 10. same: $10. Charles H. and Elizabeth Norton to Minnie Smith, lot on W line of Fifth avenue, 275 N of Point Lobos avenue, N 26 by W 120: $10. Anna C. Tietien to Charles Strycher, lot on N line of O sreet, §2:6 E of Twenty-fourth avenue, N 100, W 82:6, N 260, E 240, 8 25, W 120, S 225, W 6 inches, S100, W 25; $10. Laura M. Gashwiler to same, same: 810. F. M. and Tomine P. Andersen to Caroline Schweler, iot on E line of Kosciusko street, 125 N ot Union, N'60 by E 70, lots 455, 267, gite map 2; $10. Lillie E. Winans to E. R. Mofiitt, lot on NE line of Twelfth aveaue, 75 SE ot C street, SE 150 by NE 100, block 237, South San Francisco Home- stead and Railroad ‘Association; $10. Elizabeth A. Watkins to Norman on N corner of Warren and Palmer streets, N 126:10, W 60, SW 59, SE 126, block 25, Fair- mount; also lot on S line of Sagamore street, 190 W of Capitol, W 100 by S 125, block A. Rallroad Homestead Association: also lot on N line of Broad avenue, 110 E of Capitol street, £ 110 by N 125, block J, same; gift. ALAMEDA COUNTY. Estate of W. W. Hickies et al (by_commis- sioner) to James W. Watson, lot on W line of Union street, 127 8 of Tweniy-elghth, 8 83:6 by W 115, being Iot 17 and S 31:6 of lot 18, block L, Boardman’s survey of northern extension to Osk- iand, Oakland; $1451. William S. Richards (trustee of estate of Seth Richards) to Willlam 8. Richards, Catherine G. Foster (wife of H. H.), Sarah G. Sears (wife of George) (undivided one-third each), lot on SW line of Hanuah street, 400 SE of Thirty-second, SE 200 by SW 133/ block O, lands of Peralta Home- stead Association, Oakland: alsolot on W line ot Telegraph avenue. 68 of Eightcentn street, S 25 by W 100, being 1ot_48, Campbell Tract, Oakland; 50 lot on BE corner of W Eighteenth and Linden streets, E 100 by 8 71:8, block 595, Oakland: also lots 21, 84 to 37. Buena Vista Homestead Associa- tion, Oakland; $1. Thomas G, and Dorcas J. Abbott to Martha A. Ricker [(wife of George Ricker) lot on N line of Thirty-second sireet, 225 K of Summit. E 25 by N, 200, being lots 10 and 3, block H, New Town of Lynn. East Oakland: gift. Fred F. and Catherine Werner to Daniel J. Quill, 1ot on W corner of Fifth avenue and Eust Tiventy" second street, SW 75, NW 10 southeast line of Fourth avenue, NE 10 southwest line of Kast Twenty-secoud, SE_to beginuing, block 134, Ciin- ton, East Oakland; $10. Mary A. Silva to William and Mary Hansen, the § 20 feet of lots 9 to 14, block C, Carrison tract, Berkeley; £10. Charles F. and Rebecca Hart to Maggie A. Lanata (wife of A. L.), ot beginning at a point on Siine of Second avenue, at the common corner of 8 and 9, thence NI 530,07, SE 402,17, SW 532.30, NW 404.60 to beginning, block V, Vernon and Township; $10,000. Marganta C. #hillips 10 Joseph E.H. Phillips, Sr., lot_on Sline of Railroad avenue, 100 W of St 8§ 100, being lots 7 and 8, ‘Watkins, lot Panl street, W 50 by hl?ck 27, Mary A. Fitch Homestead, Alameda: t. g Felix and Delfina Marcuse to Mollie E. Thomas {wite ot L. B.), ot on 8 line of Santa Clara avenue. 199.38 W of Caroline street. W 36.66, S 135,39, 1 foapoint, £ 38.68, N 134.38 1o beginaing, being 10 12, block A, map of portion of Original isehes Tract, Alamed: 3 William Hoffscheider and Joseph Winterburn to the county of Alameda, strip of land 50 feet wide along center of —, beginning in center 1ine of trav. eled way on the W boundary line of land used by Alameda County Infirmary, NE 18 Jinks distant irom the W corner of said county lands, thence S1 8.60 chains, SE 8.82 chains, 8K 14.57 chalns to the SE_boundary line of said County Infirmary Iands, from which thence 5 corner of said lands bears 5W, 12 links distant, Eden Townsnip: E. A. Trefethen tosame, corner of lot 8, block C. De Wolf Cract,thence N W 20.20 SE 18.10 to E line said lot 3, thence NI 10 to beginning, Brooklyn Township; grant. Louise M. Phelan 10 same, E_corner of Peralta avenue and County road, No. 747, the NE 10.10 by SE 1081.50, to be used for public ‘highway, Brook. iyn Township: grant. Louis Loretz to same, N corner of Peralta avenue and County roed, No. 747, NE 10.10 NW 839,20, SW 10.10, KE 847,60 to bécinning, to be used for public highway, Brookiyn Township; nning at most B graot. John Curran to same, 1ot on SW line of county road 747, SE 574 from SE line of Peralta avenue, SW 10 by S8E 311,10 be used for bublic highway, Brooklyn Township: grant. M. L. Teylor (wile of W, 24.) to same, lot on 8W | | line of county road 747, RW 301 from NW line of Peralta avenue, NW 37.50 by SW 10, to be used for public highway, Brooklyn Township; rant. S Anirew Jacobsen to same.lot on SW line of county road 747, NW_ 38850 from NW line of Peralia avenue, NW 37.50 by SW 10, to be used for public highway, Brooklyn Township: grant. Syndicate Investment Company to Jacob and Catherine Webb, loton NW line of Redwood road ats corner of subdivision 3 of lot 47, Bray Tract, thence NE 28.42, NW 176.39, SW:28.37, SE 174.29 to beginning, being the SW 'half of subdivision § of lot 47, Bray Tract, Brooklyn Township: £10. Peter and Margaretha Bosch to Phabe A. Emery, 1ot on S line of Taylor street, 100 £ of Campbell, £ 28by S 120, being lot 13, biack 695, Oakland: '$5. 3 J. G. Gardner to Edward F. Fitzpatrick. lot on N iine of Rose street, 150 W of Spruce, W 50 by N 127, block 14, Berryman Tract, Berkeley; $10. Eliza B. Riéd to Felix Marcuse, 1ot on S ling of Prince street, 150 W of Deacon, W 60 by § 155, being lot 8, block C, Woolsey Tract, Brookiyn: 10. Pauline Van Hooter to A. Burrows, lot on E line of Sixth street, 100 S of Delaware, S' 50 by E 115, being lot 18, block 76, tract B, Berkeley Land and Town Improvement Association, Berkeley; $20. James Crowley to C ‘erine 'Razzantl,’ lot on W line of Bay avenue, 50.14 N of Tenth street, N 50.14, W 142.27, §50. K 146 to beginning, being lot 18, block I, Huntington Tract, Brooklyn Township: $5. David H. and Eleanor J. Mills to Frank R. and Biauche Coates, loton Siine of Clinton avenue, 825 W of Walnut street, W 40 by S 248, to shore line San Francisco Bay, thence SE to a point. that would Intersect a line drawn ata sight from point of beginning and disiant 257 therefrom, thence N to beginning, being lot 15, block D, Belle- vue Tract, Alameda; $1700. Frank M. Donovan to Mary Donovan, re-record 675 d 62, lot on E line of Wood street, 115 Raiiroad avenue, N 85 by E- 100, blcok 1, Cha- Alameda; @ift. d William T. Dixon et al. to H.S. Dixon, corner of Park street and San Jose avenue, N 57:8 by E 128:814, being lot D, block 46, Alameda Park Homestead, Alameda; $5. Builders’ Contracts, F. W. Banks with W. R. Kenny, to erect a two- story building on N line’ of Twenty-first street, 25 E of Hampshi 960: F. M. Crawer, architect. George H. Goddard with R. A. Anderson & Co., alterations and edditions to building at 319 Van Ness avenue: 81697: C. J. Colley, architect. Edward Salz with Joseph Kemp, carpenter- work, etc., for a two-story bullding on_S line of Broadway, 109:6 N of Buchanan street; $5760; J. E. kraftc, architect. ——— HOTEL ARRIVALS, PALACE HOTEL A J Rowe, N Y H E Crawford, Canada G D Holmes, Eoston J D Adams, Boston L M Hamburger,Chicago G D Adams, Boston G W Allen, Phila F E Taylor & wf, N Y E F Runyon, Chicago T R Lombard, Chicago R W Eames, Chicaco G E W Pratt, Chicago R P Liverpool, Phila W S Hughes, US N E G Wheeler, 8an Jose T L Buliock, N Y. H W Isaacks, London C V 1nderrisden,Chicago J H Brandimore, NY J F Van Saun, N Y J T Huetson, Nebr T P Smith & w!, Chicag 3 ¥ Grifiin & wf, Chicago Mrs E P Easton, Peoria Miss &2 B Hall, Peoria ~ Mrs R A Smith, Peoria H S Purkands' & wf,Chgo Mrs C Kip, N ¥ H Skerman Jr., Salt Lke T R Howell, Chicago H Rogers, Boston € B Douglas & w#, Scotld H Veeder & wt, Chicago R H Leigh, U 8 N ¥ S Bogart, U S N Mrs Barloliet, Portland J B Peakes, Stockton P B Armstrong, Acampo Mrs D B Curtls, Acampo Miss Curtis, Acampo J F Turrill, Chicago J Boggs, Colusa P L Garity, Chicago G McLean, Denver J W Glass, N Y Miss Dodge, N Mrs Jarvis, N Y N C Briggs, Hollister T R More,Santa Barbara W J Bryson & wf, Chgo 1N Burk, San Jose GRAND HOTEL. Mrs Parker, San Jose H A McCarrey, Sacto A Taylor,North Yakima O Wade, St Helena G Van Gorden, Mexico R L Beardslee, Stockton Dr Belle Reynolds, Oal R Nicholls, Oakland iss M Colins, Uakiand E A Nunan, Cal J G Mipage & wi, Cal W H Chestnutwood, Stkn W C Good, Santa Rosa P Tweed, Petaloma G Schmidt, Pittsburg C A Lenker, Canton G Maxwell, Richmond MrsR A Maxwell,Rchmd MissRMMaxwell, Rehma J Tait, Stanford T W Brown, H R Bernard, Ione E Smith & wf, Oakland G Haiss, Virginia City Miss Halss, Virginia City D S Banks, Santa Croz E Swansen, Stockton ~ Mrs J C Lewts, Mich L L McArthur, Mich Nettie Lewis, Mich M M Phelps, Gna Raplds J C McCleary. Mt View J A Andrews, L Angeles H E Block, Ashland M McQuiddy, Los Gatos W W k, Hollister E E Harlow, Stockton R Albee, Sacramento Mrs W Fauller, Sacto Diiss L Albee, Sacto ‘W Dwyer, Sacramento W Susler, Gonzales C A Wakefield, Cal C J Beson, Cal H L Houchins, Cal J H Roberts, Sacio E Graham, Chico LICK HOUSE. H Eickhoff, San Rafael L M Ludovici,San Rafael Dr W H Campbell & wf, F L Dowell & w. Car Montana T C Rieuluf?, Cal J Francis, Mountn View H Hirshield, Bakersfield Mrs W R Peters, Ohlo ~ Mrs W A McKee, Ohio Belle P McKee, Ohlo K D Goodrich, N Y FCMorse&w,NY A BKarr. Marysville Mrs H S Kirk, Sacto Mrs H O Kirk, Sacto Miss Kirk, Sacramento Mrs G G Briggs, I W Gardher & £, N Y __J H Deveny &¥, C B Watson, Ashiand, Or Mrs C B on, N McKay, Angels A T Brownell & 1, Mass Miss C Hiall, Petaluma Alice Hall, Petalima J O Burk &'w,Salem O Davis& v, N Y G P Arnold, Ashland, Or Miss V Arnoid, Ashland G T Botstord &1, Mass Miss Bottsford, Boston Miss M Spotts, N'Y Miss C Spotts, N Y T Spotis, N'Y W P Holmes &1, S Jose G H Wilson &1, Sacto 1 H Peters, Sacramento BALDWIN HOTEL. E Kewler, Nevada D V Mahoney, N Y W P Bartiett,St Helena G C Stanley, Livermore H E Epstine, Nevada . J James, Omaha T jones. Chicago P Bull, San Jose P F Dalley, N ¥ ¥ ?,NY S Hawly, Salt Lak: ‘W G Oldham & w,S Rosa 3 E Moore & w, Chicago ‘ats; e {\;“5.1?. Cleveland, k}lh ek 'argo, Los Angeles rsW HKenwich.Davnpri W Renwich, Davenport B F Wflghl. l’llt‘hl‘ll’lp % B P Barker, Livermore E J Caldweil, Chicago MrsB Jenness,Cleveland Miss Jenness, Cleveland A B C Dowdell,StHelena H Crawford, Winnipe, G Partridge, Tamps, Fia H E Parmentor, U & 5 J H Flagg, N ¥ E Barton&w, W Superior R Hadiey, Obicago I Kabm, Plymouth I O Comsionk. Tabiacs ¥ B Atvensas o 4 ince mst 3 verson &w, ‘T BMontgomery,Benicia NEW WESTERN HOTEL, J F Shafer & daugh, Pet C B Donegan, Nw Haven ‘I Kennedy, U 8 Navy ¥ Carstensen, Alvarado W _H Howard, Denver H Williams, Chicago. G H Helleyer, Oakland E Russell, {{onoluly ¥ Morrissy, Alameds _J Hayes, Belvedere 3 R Kinser & w, Stocktn Miss B Lacy, Portjand 3 Consell, Feather River A M Blackwood, ® J Rogers, Ogden ¥ Qlark, 8 L Oblspo ARECORSETS BARBAROUS? Mrs. Mabel Jenness Venter Absolutely Interdicts Their Use. AN INTERESTING DISQUISITION, “ What Holds Me Straight? My Bones, of Course! That Is 'What They Were Made For.” “Asg a correct carriage is the basis of all physical perfection, I shall begin my lec- ture this afternoon by describing a correct method of carrying the body.” Such were the introductory words of Mrs. Mabel Jenness Venter in her Jecture on “Artistic Dress and the Vulgarisms We See in Society,” delivered at the Columbia Theater yesterday. The lady had just made her entry upon the stage in a morn- ing dress, and waited for the ripple of ap- proval that disturbed the calm of her feminine audience to subside ere she spoke. “Now,” she continued, “the method of standing with the spine stiffened is not only detrimental to the health, but it is undignified, uncomfortable and ungrace- ful. The proper method is to stand with the weight upon the ball of the foot ana the chest well expanded. This throws the body into a natural position, but it is not 0 easy as it looks.” The next point discussed by the lecturer was the art of walking, for she classed itas such. In illustrating the improper ways of walking the lady proved so thorough a mimic that the audience was kept con- stantly convalsed. G “There, Georgie, look there,” whispered a well-dressed lady in the audience to her daughter, “that is the very manner of jumping along that 1 had such a time of (breaking you.'’ : “Well,” answered the daughter, indig- nantly, as she became aware that several ersons in _the circumjacent region had been moved to mirth by her mother’s ex- cited tone, *I don’t walk that way any longer.” ' 3 “Don’t go ambling along with your shoulders tied up ina bowknot or your body as stitf as a pole, with the arms held rigidly at the sides,” said Mrs. Venter; “let lie arms swing loosely at the sides and in_harmony with the motion of the body. You see”’—tripping lightly across the stage—‘‘this does not jar your brain every time you put your feet down, as happens when you walkupon your heels. 'Fhe lady then stated thatso far as ex- ternal appearances go & lady should not have any shouider-blades. And she added thatthin women would do some- thing migntily conducive to their peace of ming if they would learn to walk in a proper and graceful manner, thus avoid- ing the awkward protuberance of the shoulder-blades that accompanies an in- correct carriage. “Now,” she continued, “let me talk to you a little while on the subject of sitting gracefully. In thisa great deal depends on the time, the place and the humor of the speaker; but always avoid angularity. In bending forward, do so from the hips; most women do so from the shoulders. And pay some attention to the place where you happen to be. Do you really know’— this with a slight arching of the brows and the faintest perceptible suspicion of sar- casm in_ her voice—“that I have seen women sitting in the parlorsof an hotel with one leg carelessly thrown over the otherin a way that exposed their draper- 1es who would have been utterly shocked at the sight of a woman in a rainy-day dress?” She next turned her attention to show- ing some of the improper ways people have of ascending and descending stairs. The way schoolgirls have of bouncin, down a stairway was described as one of the most rasb practices that are in vogue among the thoughtless. “‘I don’t want any of you to think I take vou for schoolgirls,’’ ‘she added, “but many of you may have girls that do this very thing, and my advice to you is to get them to stop it at once.” The lady retired from the stage at this juncture, and when she reappeared was robed in a natty street dress. ~All through the rest of her lecture she changed her ap- Earel to suit the subject on which she appened to be discoursing, appearing successively in a home dinner dress, an afternoon reception dress, an evening and a rainy day dress. “Let me say right here,”” she remarked, twisting herself lithely in the region of the waist, “‘I have never worn a corset in my life. Ideem it barbarous. A natural waist 1s a large waist, and any woman ought to have sense enough to know that when she compresses her vital organs she is slowly committing suicide.” ““Well, then,’”’ queried one of her audi- tors, ‘‘what keeps you so straight?” “My bones,”” was the laughing answer. ;"!}‘l'mt’s what they were made for, isn’t £ The remainder of the lecture was de- voted largely to a discussion of the utility and modesty of the rainy day dress, which comes down to the ankles and un- derneath which are worn bloomers and leggings. GENERAL STRIKE AHEAD, The Building Trades Unions Organizing for Decisive Action. Providing 2n Emergency Fund for Men Who May Be Ordered Out on Strike. That the unions of the building trades are' preparing to take radical steps to en- force a strict observance of the working- card system and union rules in general, is apparent from certain movements now on foot. Last November, the carpenters’ unions decided to demand $3 a day mini- mum as the rate of wages, but the enforce- ment of the edict was very slack owing to hard times, little work and a flooded labor market. It was also decided to put the Building Trades Council’s working card into effect on April 1, and insist that no union workman in the affihated unions should work on a job with non-union men. To some extent the card has been a suc- cess, but not wholly. This has caused many union men to lose confidence in the whole scheme, and to not live up to union rules with reference to working with non- union men. This apathy has been noticed by the leaders, who are about to resort o radical measures to uphold the standing and dig- nity of organized labor. As an evidence of this, measures have been taken which look very much like providing for a bitter and determined strike if necessary. _ All of the next union gatherings wiil be special meetings for the purpose of decid- in%:?on the amount of a per capita tax to be levied upon all members who have loyment. This tax will be to form a e relief fund. This fund is only to be drawn upon for the maintenance of union men who have been ordered out on strike, In this way only can a strike be carried to a successful issue, for the union cannot de- pend upon the loyalty of union strikers ‘whose families are in want. At the last mutlnfi of Carpenters’ and Joiners’ Union 48318 was proposed that em) st each man having employment be assessed 15 cents a week, and at the special meeting this proposition will be discussed. This union’s delegates to the council will, how- ever, advocate that the tax be 50 cents a ‘week. Bimilar action will be taken by the other twelve or fifteen unions affiliated with the council. 2 It is not unlikely that the first break in the shape of trouble will be made on or about May 1and be started by the car- penters. & Two months ago these unions sent noti- fications to all contractors that on and after May 1 $3 a day would be the mini- mum rate of wages and for the contract- ors to remember this in figuring upon all future contracts. Resolutions recently passed show that the carpenters are deter- mined to stand by their colors. 8till another incident points to decided measures. At least two-thirds of the unions have instructed their delegates to the Building Trades Council to demand that the working-card be enforced by the business agents and that no exceptions be made in favor of any contractor or job. st i THE LABOR UNIONS. Barbers® Associations to Amalga- mate—The Italian Car- penters. The Italian and French Union of Car- penters and Joiners received its char- ter last evening from the United Brother- hood of America. District Organizer C. ¥. Schadt installed the following officers: President, Joseph Maccono; vice-presi- dent, E. Picasso; treasurer, G. B. Pine; recording secretary, J. Cavallo; financial secretary, V., Maggio; conductor, F. Bar- gon; warden, F. Postiglione. Adfter the installation the new union and many representatives of the other carpen- ters’ unions enjoyed a banquet in an ad- joining hall. In all probability the thfee barbers’ unions of this City will amalgamate into one large union. This step is under con- sideration, and the purpose is to be able to combat their common enemies with more effect than each union could by itself. At the meeting of the Barbers’ Associa- tion of California last evening committees from the Barbers’ Association of San Fran- cisco and the Barbers’ Protective Associa- tion met and discussed the proposition: The matter of closing Sundn{s, on week- day evenings and similar subjects were discussed. Efforts will be made to have the Supervisors pass an ordinance com- pelling barber-shops to be closed at 12 o’clock on Sundays. The Argonaut mine, Jackson, the shaft of which is 1220 feet deep and still going down, is the only one in Amador County that was ever sunk so deep without sta- tions, crosscuts or drifts. It is not yet determined when they will begintocuta station. Most of the sulphurets obtained from the mines in Amador County are now being shipped to the Selby Smelting ‘Works, where they are being treated for $11 a ton, The mines around Murgahyl, Calaveras County, would do much better if a good water supply could be assured. The Johnnie mine, Nye County, Nevada, is now giving employment to fifty men. This is the mine which is supposed to be the old lost Breyfogle property. The Lowry gravel property near Pine Grove, Amador County, is under bond to A. Mackintosh and is being testea. The increased capitalization of the Good Hope mine, Jackson, Amador County, will furnish the money to commence the work of reopening the mine. Cinnabar ore is reported as having been discovered by L. J. Cook on a spur of the Coast Range, about forty miles south of Winnemucca, Nev. Recent mining sales in Trinity County will make lively times this summer at Lewiston and Lowden Ranch. The group of mines located on October last at Macedonia, San Bernardino County, have made a poor showing since develop- ment work was commenced. The camp, which is twenty-eight miles from Fenner, on the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, was worked for coper as far back as 1861, but afterward abandoned. The new ledges are being worked for silver and gold. The mill of the Golden Cross mine at Hedges, San Diego, is running to full ca- Sacily and crushing 300 tons of ore per ay, which is probably more than any other mill in the State is doing. 1t is reported that zood miners are scarce in the mines at Alamo, Lower California, where considerable work is now going on. A number of mining sales haye recently been_made in the Piacho mining district, 8an Diego County. North of Murphys, Calaveras County, are a number of mines awaiting the ad- vent of capital. The whole region around that town would be greatly ben‘find by an electric plant to supply power to the mines, The machinery for the new mill of the Red Banks mines, Mariposa County, is now being made in this City. ‘The Holland mine, about two miles from San Andreas, Calaveras Countv, has been bonded by Prince Poniatowski for two years for $30,000. The recent annual assessment work at the Eagle Borax Marsh, Death Valley, Inyo County, bas shown up very large deposits of borate of lime. 'he recent gold strikes at Randsburg, Kern County, give the greatest encourage- ment for the permanency of the camp. About 200 men are now at work there, It is thought that water can be found almost anywhere by sinking on the iruz waste between Toler and Randsburg, Kern County. The greatest need of that whole region seems to be water. 'he miners who have gone to. West Australia are suffering from intense heat and lack of water. Those who have gone to Alaska are suffering from intense cold and too much ice. Still these things will not deter others from going to the same places, when there is %gld in sight. Prominent miners have organized the British Columbia Miners’ Association to protect the min!nf industry of the prov- ince irom adverse le; old fields. gislation. when it comes to examining ‘The placer miners in the Cceur d’Alene country are rejoicing in an abundant sup- pl{. of water for washing their gravel. here is said to be an excellent mineral country around Twisp, Wash,, and the outlook for the season is.zood'. Prospec- tors are coming into the district daily. The Slocan Star mine, B, C., has made a contract with the Canadian Pacific to take 16,000 tons of ore and concentrates this summer to the smelters at Omaha. The ore is to be loaded on the cars at Sandow, taken to Nakusp, then loaded on the boat and carried to Arrowhead, where it is again loaded on the cars. The monthly delivery of ore and concentrates is to be tons, A fine ledgo of black sulphurets has ’bean strn&‘ in the Triune mine, near lden, B. C. Some very rich gold ore from Carman Creek has been brought into Salmon City, Idaho. The ore came from the surface in an undeveloped mine. Itis expected that there will be greater activity this summer around tne old camp of Filorence, 1daho, than has been the case for years. It is expected that there will be a big movement of prospectors and mining men this spring into the Lardo and Duncan River countries, 30 miles east of Katlo, B. C. There is too much snow for prospect- ing just at present. The Slocan country, British Columbia, is said to be a pretty good one for a poor man, as many of the mines pay from the grass roots. Advices from Ainsworth, B. C., say there is some talk of a large smelter being built by American capitalists on Cedar Creek to smelt the ore from the many claims which have ore on the dumps waiting for some plant of this kind to start. The mines at Cat Creek, Nev., are said to be looking very well and consider- able ore is ready for shipment to the mills. The Smmg%i & Martin mill in Mason Valley, Nevada, will shortly be ready to crush ore. The late rains have enabled the miners on the tributaries of Grave Or., to again resume mining. A number of quartz and placer discov- eries are being made in the mountainsin the vicinity of Grave Creek, Or., though the prospecting season is not yet fairly opened. A great many new mining locations are being recorded in Josephine County, Or. The Baker City Democrat says that an unusuall larga amount of development work will be done throughout the mining districts of Baker County this season. For the first three months of this year the copper production of the United States has increased 33 per cent over the corre- sponding period of 1895. In De mar, Nev., a new mill will be stgrted May 1 with a capacity of 200 tons a day. The Anaconda mine, Montana, has de- clared a dividend this month of $750,000, and this is expected to be repeated every four months. Itis reported that A. A.Spear has sold his mining. claim in San Francisco dis- trict, Mohawk County, Arizona, to an Enihsh company for $25,000. The Enflish company which is working the big ledge below Union Pass, near Kingman, Ariz., has a ledge:fully 100 feet wide, with a good grade of ore. The old Castiilo mine at Real del Cas- tillo, Lower California, which has been idle for eight years, is to be worked again. The Maud S company at Mogollons, New Mex., is employing forty-five men and keeping its fifteen-stamp mill at work steadily. The ‘mining outlook of Grant County, New Mexico, continues to improve daily. Considerable ore is accumulating, which will be smelted. The smelter at Magdalena, New Mex., is rapidly approaching completion and will be in operation in another month. It is rumored that the C. O. D. mine, Arizona, will shortly be sold to a European syndicate. The Kingman Miner (Anz.) says that the Elkhart mine has been sold, and the cash paid for it by the Scotch Develop- ment Comgan The Mohawk mine, in Mammoth dis- trict, Arizona, is to be started up with a force of about 200 men. The new ten-stamp mill of the Silyer Flake mine, six miles from Prescott, Ariz., has been started in operation. It is said that the new copper district on the Colorado River, Arizona, is a good place for a poor man to stay away from. The “1390,” formerly the Texas mine, at Walnut Grove, Ariz., was worked some years ago by an_ English company and finally abandoned. It was recently re- located by G. B. Schammel and Henry Bardshear, who have so much good $40 gold ore in sight that it is being negotiated or by Chicago men for $75,000. The Robinson Company, which is the largest gold-mining company in South Africa, had to pay so much for its powder last year that its cost was about 16 per cent of the total cost of mining aud miil- ing. Thisis a tax few mines in this coun- try could stand. The wages for native miners on the Transvaal, South Africa, have risen from $6 to $16 Eer month in the past few years. Up at Sunshine, Utah, they are having the same trouble in tting high per- centages with the cyanide process as other people elsewhere have had. The ore packs or the solution will not thoroughly penetrate it. Thisis the season of the year when the placer miners are getting ready to utilize the water on their claims. At least ten claims around Rossland, B. C., will be shipping ore this summer, Some fine ore has recently heen brought in from Champion Creek, one of the best of the Rossland, (B. 0.2 tributary camps. In the main range of the Rocky Mount- ains, in the vicinity of McDonaids Lake, are ledges of copper ore which have re- cently been examined by experts of the Montana ‘‘copper ging.’ e country is not easy of access and few prospectors have visited it. ‘Works are being put up at New West- minster, B. C., to test 2 new German pro- cess for saving the fine and rusty gold from black sand. There has been a great rush of prospect- ors for the past year or two into the terri- tory along the international line into Brit- ish Columbia, and many new camps have been openea. Toward the headwaters of nearly all the streams emptying into both forks of the Cceur d’Alene River, Idaho, thereis more or less country which has only been pros- pected in a superficial way. Mining operations along the gold belt in the vicinity of Mun-ug, Idaho, are vefiy active just at present. everal new mills are contemplated this summer. The largest air-compressor plantin the Dominion of Canada_has been ordered for the Le Roi Mining Company. When in ion the machinery wi = gg:ning and pnmgmg and will operate forty rock drills. 'he compound Corliss engines, twin t‘!&e, are of 450 indicated horsepower. e machinery is being built at Sherbrook, Canada. A g;eo,t many men are prospecting in the Colville Reservation, Wash., notwith- standing the snow, and many hundred claims have been located. There will be a great deal of development work done this summer. The new concentrator for the Slocan Star mine, British Columbia, is almost ready for operating. It will have a ca- pacity of 150 tons per day. In the Slocan Star mine, British Colum- bia, such is tne circulation of air, caused by connecting the tunnels, that in two minutes after a shot is fired the mine is free from smoke. In fact, they have too much air, and doors have been put on to keep it out, as with the doors open the miners cannot keep candles burning. There is considerable activity among the placer mines along the Cnlon&{okivsr this season. The big Bennett amalgamator is said to be very successful in handling the aurifer- ous gravel at Green River, Utah. All along the Snake River there will be great activity in placer mining this season. A great many improvements have lately been made for handling the material. Those who are familiar with the mines claim that the ontgut of the placer mines of Montana will be double -this year what it xu in 1895. 2 t several of the placer diggings in Ne- vada work is now about to egomxg:nu for the season. When the mines at Taylor, Nev., were in full ogcntion there were 500 men in the camp. To-day there are two men and about fifty empty buildings. The decline in silver knocked the camp out. A g;od many stock exchange hounses in New York are paying considerable atten- tion to gold mining investments. Now that Cripple Creek has had its “‘baptiem of fire'” and proved that it fol- lows the fashion of other big mining camps it has attained a deserving position as a permanent l;lme. The mines in the Transvaal, South Africa, are undergoing a hard experience just now. There are labor troubles, polit- ical troubles, high prices and with it all falling off in product asa eon'gnenu. 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