The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 27, 1896, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS, ¢~ PALDWIN THEATER.—“AD American Cltizens CALIFORNIA THEATER.—La Lole Fuller, to- morrow night, COLUMBIA THFATER—*Humanity.” 2 orosco’s OPFRA-Housk—- Hearts of Oak.” 7IVOLr CrERa HOUSE.— -Donna Juanita” -+ OrPHEUM—High-Class Vaudevil NEW BUSH-STREET THEATER.—' - tke Hypootist. 1y MBE CHUTES AND SKATING RINK.—Dally at #ight street, one block east of the Park. EUTRO EaTne—Bathing and performances. . .OAKLAND RACE TRACK.—Races to-day. —_— e A. Kennedy, 2 e AUCTION SALES. F¥ Coox & Co.—This day, November 27, China- Ware, at 128 Kearny st., a5 2 o'clock. BY Cias. LEVY & Co.—This day, November 27, ~* Furniture at salesroom, 1186 Market street,at 10 o’'clock. * < g EY Gro. F. LAMsoN—This day, November 27, - Furniture, at 1417 Post street, at 11 oelock, . WBY MapiGax & Co.—This day, November 27, - Waigous, ete., at 1122 Mission street. BY C.W. EirviNG—Satarday, November 28, Furniture, at 802 Montgomery st.. at 1 o'clock. BY EasToN & ELDRIDGE. esday, December 1. Real Estate, at salesroom, 638 Market street, at o'clocl - CITY NEWS IN BRIEF, The inmates o the City Prison had a dinner * of urkey and pudding yesterday. Mrs. Hartforth of 311 Walier streetclaims 1o have been attacked by & burglar. The late heavy rains did_considerable dam- . age to the highways of the Richmond district. cal, Elmer F, Alma, J O C, Sa'isbury II ward were the winners at Oakland yes- The late rain has had the effect of choking the sewers in the Richmond districe with sand and debr! The weather bureau predicts partly cloudy weatner, with fresh northwest wind and cold &ir for to-day. ._George D. Long, the popular young soclety ‘man, has writien 8 four-act drama entitied “A Mortal Ghost.” Several exciting and closely contested games were played in the San Francisco Handball - Court ye ay. Mrs. Sarah Owens Spencer, chief witness sgainst Von Tiedeman for perjury, is reported - 10.be dying at the Lick House. There was a fair attendance to witness the coursing events at Ingleside and Ocean View _yesterday, and the hares ran well. Géorge Tremain s detained in the vrison tanks in connection with the death of an un- known woman who lies at the Morgue. . Miss Lucy Wiles and Frederick Yates were _married last evening et the residence of Mr. {and Mrs. Thomas Kirkpatrick, 1013 Steiner - _street, --William Greer Harrison will startat6 o'clock this morning to walk to San Jos-, expecting 10 -.-pake the distance, A1ty miles, in fourtéen -"hours. An unknown man sbout] 35 years of age committed suicide in Golden Gate Park yester- dsy morning by swailowing a dose of mor- phine. The Volunteers of America gaye a sump- tuous dinner yesterday at_the old Y. M. C. A. Hall, on Sutter street, to 1000 deserviag boys na girls. The burlesque extravaganza, “In Kokopo,” * was presented last night at the Auditorium by the Berkeley students to & crowded house. It ‘was well received. Walter 8. Hobart has received eighteen -erack horses and ponies from the East and en- tered them for the show. Some-of them are sure prize-winners. A gymnastic exbibition was given by the combined classes of the school of physical cultuore of the San Francisco Turn-Verein in Turner Hall last night. A rather good crowd of sportsmen witnessed the match shootiug contest at Alameda Point yesterday between four of the leading blue- rock shooters of the State. . The Sisters of the Holy Family fed 600 chil- “dren yesterdsy afternoon at a Thanksgiving dinner, which'took place at the convent, cor- ner of Hayes ana Fillmore streets. Bishop Newman preached an effective ser- mon yesterday at the Central M. E. Church on “Tne Mission of Our Nation.” All the Metho- dist churches in the City took part in the services. The winter exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association will be inaugurated at the Mark Hopkins Institute next Thursday even- ing. All work for display must be sent in by November 28, s The bicycle races at the Velodrome track ., yesterday drew large crowds. Kenna won the . amateur event and Downing and Whitman the vrofessional races. Two new coast records ‘Wwere established. D. H. Patten, & salesman living on Polk and O'Farrell streets, wes discovered in the back yard of Albert Hiller's residence, 1011 Butter street, last night, and the police ‘are in- vestigating the case. The Board of Health will meet with the committee of the Board of Education this morning and the necessity of closing several - schools in the Mission on accountot diphtheria will be determined upon. . The Legislature will be asked to amend the police pension act, so as to cover the case of Chief Crowley and abolish the conditlon that an officer must be sixty vears of age before he' can get a pension on retiring. Burt Shephard and George Thatcher ex- changed a few blows in the lobby of the Or- phenm Wednesday night, over the fact that Fhephard had a papier mache bust of himself made and Thatcher had none. The battle-ship Oregon will shortly go on the great naval drydock at Port Orchard, where she wiil be provided with bilge-keels,as the Navy ])w‘{mmnem has escertained that she Tolls too deeply without them. JFrank Knor, a boy 8 yesars of age, living at 1507 Devisadero street,” bad his right Jleg _.caught in the wheel of a sand wagon last evening and so badly crushed that it had to be amputated at the Receiving Hospital. The steamer Point Arena arrived yesterday with thirty-seven survivors of the lost San - .Benito. First Officer Olsen and Seamen An- “derson. Lillelend and Axel Henrickson of the Point Arena will be recommended for ‘life-saving medals. Rev. Dr.§'ebbins in his Thanksgiving sermon yesterday, denounced the Board of School irectors, saying they had applauded a teacher who held clandestine relations with a millionaire. He said he felt no jealousy of the Roman Catholic Church and i5 surprised tosee the common schools and a powerful sa- loon element thrive side by side. A large crowd was presentat the Presidio Atbletic grounds to see an exciting and close " game of baseball between the Will & Finck apd Presidio niné, the latter winning by a score of 4 10 2. The features of the game were the battery work of Peddcord and Noyes and . the home run of Vinyard of the Presidios. They will play again next Sunday for $100 a side. The second annual dinner given by the metermen of the Edison Light and Power Company fook place last evening at the Cate St. Germain. The dinner proved & most en- joyable affair, and the numerous songs and specches carried the hours along most haj ily. Among those present were: Waiter 7. iyde, Cyril E. Holt (toastmaster), Emil Beyer, G. W.'Thompson, Ed A. Quinn, Charles Hen- ning, Joseph F. Guinee and Thomas Ch: ‘Blood Humors 'Y humor, whether itching, burning, bleeding, scaly, erust ly, or blotchy, Whether simple, scrofulous, or hereditary, from infancy to age, are now @ticura Resolveni A BKIN and-blood purifier of incomparable purity and curative power. Purely vegeta- ble, safe, innocent, and palatable. It appeals to all, and especially mothere, nurses, and children. Bold the world. Price, CUTIOURA, 5le.§ Boubfieq ESOLYENT, 50c. and 8. Porrsk DRve AXD Cuxu. Coxr., Sole Props., . #3"Eow to Cue Blood and " troe. | appearance. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1896. AMERICAS NATIONAL. 1DEA Mission of the Nation as Indicated by. the Past History and Present Condition of the World Foreigners Must Cease to Be| Such and Must Beccme Americans. REFUBLICS WILL BE FMPIRES. ' Private Virtue and Public Morality the S f.guards of the Nation for All Time. Many good Christians were grievously disappointed yesterday beuu!u‘lhey could not get an opportunity of hearing Bishop Newman speak. The Central Methodist Church was too | small to hold them ana they were obliged to leave by the hundreds. Those who secured standinz room considered that they were fortunate. The aisies and lob- bies were packed with people and the un- fortunate ones near the door were obliged to content themseives with hearing one word in five uttered by the reverend speaker. The occasion was the annual services of the united Methodist Episcopal churches of San Francisco, under the direction of Rev. John Coyle, D.D. Flowers and palms in profusion on the pulpit platform and the galleries lent to the interior a holiday After Bcripture reading and other devotional exercises, in which Rev. John Stevens, Rev. Dr. Kummer, Rev. Dr. | F. F. Jewell, Reyv. Dr. J. W. Phelps and Rev. Dr. W. W. Case took part, Bishop Newman faced the big audience and began | his sermon, His theme was *‘Our Coun- | try’s Mission” and his text Psalm cxlvii:20, “He hath not dealt so with any nation.” The Bishop is a man of fine personal ap- pearance and enjoys the advantage of a clear, sweet volce. His remarks were effective and his most striking periods were greeted with unrestrained hand- clapping. e at once plunged into the subject. They had assembled for tue purpose of rendering thanksgiving to Almighty God for the racial blessings which He had showered upon the American nation. By the voice of one man this day has been hushed into a national Sabbath, and the prayer of praise was rising from ocean to ocean; from the prairies of the North to the Savannahs on the South. Then he went on to say that gratitude is one of the noblest sentiments of the human soul. It acknowledged the depen- dence of man on the Almignty. The Al- mighty could endure any sin against him rather than that of the ingrate, and the man who forgot to-day to render thanks would be an object of pity. We should not only acknowledge the blessings on the | nations, but on our lamilies as well. America is the great granary of the world. While there was a widespread fa- mine in India there was plenty of grain 1 America, and our mission now is to stand as the helper of the world. This nation is so great within 1tself that we could live in sweet peace under our own balmy skies apd under our own stars ana stripes. The Bishop next mentioned the politi- cal crisis through which the Nation has | just passed, an d that it was hard to | realize the precipice upon which we were standing. But the people were truz to‘ the voice of God and loyal to the old flag, and they gave an expression of opinion that has made the country safe to-day. 1t was this sentence which evoked tne first round of handclapping received by the speaker. Continuing Bishop Newman said: There is as much prophecy in history as there isin the lamentations of Jeremiah. We.are situated in a zoue in the middle of which runs the beaten track of civilization. There is some- thing in geography after all. Rome gave law to the world, Palestine gave a Savior to man- kind, and then going down the stream of time to modern history Germany gave & Luther to religion and Italy gave a Michael Angelo and & Raphael to art. From within this narrow zone Spain sent Columbus to discover this continent. France has added much to the intelleciuality of the world, and England—deer old England, grand old England—controls the commerce of the world. Here in this zone lies America. There is N0 power to the right or to the left or ont- side of the zone 1o the morth or to the soutn that she need fear. Itis too far south to be bound in perpetusl chains of the hoary frost and too far north to sink under the enervat- | ing beat. It is too far from the belligerent | powers of the Old World ever to falian easy victim to them. ‘We have a river navigation that cannot be excelled, a soil that produces everything that men can desire, our mountains teem with minerals and there is a waste of wealth be- neath our endless skies. It is very easy to ask ourselves what is the mission of this nation and then glance at the great fact of the founders of this Republie. Our fathers began where other nations left off. They stood on the eminence.of the ages. They centered in themse:ves all the culture, all the statesmanship, all the possibilities of national life. How different, indeed, is the origin of other nations! Go to the valley of the Eu- phrates, where once stood Babylon and Nine- veh; take Egypt, with1ts sculptured sphinxes, | its towering pyramids, its beautiful obeiisks: | survey the ruins of Karnac and of Thebes and you will find that granl old Egypt contains to-day a despised portion of the human race. Pass into Greece, which has really given us the curriculum of our universities and the immortal Socrates, and we find & people de- scended from a race of cannibals; pass along the banks of the Tiber, where extended a vast empire from the Euphrates to the Western Ocean, and we find a nation descended from a bend of savages. The Englishman of to-day is descended from a band of painted barbarians that Julius Cz: found when he invaded Great Britain, It was reserved for us to com- mence the world where other nations ended. Nowhere was gathered so much of conscience, s0 much of intellect, of natioual possibilities, as in the constitutional convention which framed that great instrument, the Declaration fi: Independence, the greatest and highest in story.. Of the fifty-nine men who composed that convention, twenty-nine were from the uni- versities of Glasgow, of denburv, of Oxfora, of Cambridge, of Harverd, of Yale and Old Princeton, and of those who were not college men there was Washington, rising in superb majesty above them ali, and yet they were men of imperial inteliect. Never before was seen, even in Jewish Sanhedrim, such a scl p, such veried accomplishments, such splendid personal prowess to give direc. tion to all humanity. He who is sometimes called *“The Father of Our Constitution,” the great Madison, whose imagination borrowed its light from the stars, was there, and by his side sat Hamilton, who could write in lines of light and speak in sentences of fire, whose magnificent eloquence could raise rhetoric into logic and metaphor into argument. Parailel it if you can; find a correspondence to it in history. Dare we not, therefore, say that providence had a part in the composition are equal and that God is the father of us all. Those are the finger points, the indexes of ihis great Nation. There is another sublime indication that we have a mission worthy of our highest regard for fitting all the Nations for tkeir fullestdevelopment and the individu- ality of man for the maintenance of his per- sonal rights, his properts, his reputation, his life, his liberty and his happiness. ‘This jvas the great dream of the fathers, and it ought to be our dream to-day. Itis trus that these men had the cofrage to do what no other founders ¢f & nation presumed todo; namely, to declare that our rights are not grants from superiors to inferiors, but that they grew out of the constitution it-elf. Take the Magna Charter of England. What was that? 1t wasagrant from a superior to an in- ferior—from old King John, wrested from him by the force of the barons; yet it was limited and restricted for a class, and not applicable for a whole people. Then come down to the petition of right, the bulwark of English iib. erty, from Charles the First. It was an exte: sion of the Magna Charter and a grant from superior to an inferior. But our rights come from no King John or Charleg the First. but from God Almighty, who is God over all and blessed forever. They said that the meintenancc of this peculiar constitutionel right was not in legisiation nor in commercial affairs, but in the couscience of the people. So to-day what a splendid cxum- ple we sre to the world for an exhibition of this moral foree. Here are 70,000,000 of people without a standing army. The absoiute safety of life, limb and property in our preat cities—in your own beautiful city, San Francisco, in Phila- the stranger. The stranger is the benefactor of mankind. Ta’"s our own history in illustration of this fact. Montgomery, an_Irishman, died for us at the gates of Quebec, Kosciusko at Savannah, and the great ' Hamilton was born in the West Inajes. You and I should have no prejudices against the stranger. Washington was aided by strangers in organizing his patriot army. We shouid have no prejudices against the stranger, but we should demand of the stranger one thing, and thatis that he shounld be an A erican [,cnn!lnued applause]; that ne should difidentiste himselr from all other nations on the face of the earth. We demand of the German that, though born in Germeany, he should cease to be & German and become an American. We demand of the Irishman that, though born in Ireland—dear old Ireland- [iaughter], the best country in. the world to emigrate from [1aughter], he should cease to be an Irishman and become an American. The same of the Italian and the Frenchman. 1 wou!d have this fusion of races into one— Americanism—and I would have only one fla; under our sky if I had my way. [Apgel.use, So you will not accuse me to-day of being & Know-Nothing. [Lnugh!enl I am simply an American and I am proud of that, and I want all others to be Americans in their political sentiments and 1n the manifestations of their rights. We are in danger because of these human tides that are pouring in upon us. Let them come, but while they do come they should be reminded that they must be Americans, Though I would not insist that they should stay here as long as I, an American born, was compelled to stay bere before I became a citi- zen, yet 1 would like to see that day come. [Applause] How richly providence has blessed us be- yond other nations of the earth! It is nat pos- sible to consider this point in adecadeors cycle. We must sweep through the majesty of one hundred years. Take a century, and see how this Nation has been developed and how our infinence has been controlling the nations of the world. Catherine II of Russia put out the light ot liberty in Poland and carried her despotism into Turkey and Persia. To-day Russia is the most spiendid European country, largely so becsuse she 1S not understood, but if you examine her to-day, with her temples of learning, her temples of justice and her houses of mercy, with a8 Quéen oa the throne with English blood in her veins, ana if you examine her magnificent army, you will agree with me that Russia is & great power, Pass to Germany, where abouty100 years ago Frederick the Great Was on 'the throme— a3 a soldier (0 be admired, but as & prince to be despised—we find the lower house of the German Parliament composed of citizens elected by the suffrages of the people; in other K CHARGE OF NEW SIX HUNDRED An Army of Babies Make an Attack Upon Turkey. The Annual Dinner Given by the Sisters of the Holy Family. Children of the Poor Surround Tables Burdened With Gocd Things. Six hundred happy little ones, ranging from 2 to 10 years, were assembled at the Holy Family Convent, corner of Hayes and Filimore streets, yesterday afternoon to eat and enjoy a Thanksgiving dinner prepared for them by the sisters. Exactly at 2 o'clock the little ones marched to the refectories two by two, their little toddling feet keeping good time to the march played on the piano by Mrs, A. B. Collins. The children were as well drilled and orderly as an army of soldiers, reflecting great credit upon the good sisters. The latter had every reason to be proud of their charges and more ) - e N7 —— Bishop Newman Preaching to the Congregation of the First Methed'st, Church, delpis, in_Washington and in Chieago—is & miracle. What is the force that pro'ects us? The poiice force? You can rarely find & po- liceman when yon want him. Isitin a stand- ing army of 25,000 men to protect 70,000,000 of people? No. It is the fact that every American citizen is a soldier, so that if an in- surrection occurs we will put'it down; if a re- bellioa occurs we will suppress it; 1f & foreign foe invades our shores we will protect our shores to the last man; if the ory of war coraes the batile_cry of the Republic will be heard sgain: “We will rally round the flag boys, we'll rally once again.” The founders of our Republic had the cour- age to say that intelligence is essential to the perpetuity of the Republic. Therefore, by ihe side of the church tluprsnled the school- house; alongside tne Bible the spelling-book. The fathers knew that the Repuolic required intelligenece. In the Republic likewise there must be the highest inteiligence. Every man, wom nd child mustlearn to read and write, snd especiaily the constitution of the United States. They paid deference to intelligenee and made early preparation for the develop- ment of the young inteilect. They were saga~ clous and knew that knowledge is power. All hail 10 those glorions men who had the courage to say that there is a moral force that is essential to the scientific colieges and that this may be found in the holy Bible which speaks its wisdom and love before the rising generation. These men went & step farther and said that there must be recognition of in- dependence of conscience; that it must be free from dictation of prince or government; that while the mosque of the Mohammedan, the leodl of the Buddhist and spires of the Catholles with their image: ad paintings of the Virgin may be reared in the midst of us no form of re!igion shall be allowed o work injury to the body politic and that no form of soligieusceremony shall be tolerated which shali be contrary to the private virtue or the public morality of the people. Therefore, these men, rising head and shoulders above their age and & bove all the past, anticipated the future by announcing these great principles to us. There are, however, two or three dangers that threaten us. One is the tendency of some of our statesmen who suppose that the essen- tial conservetive power of government is in the genius of governmeut—in its form. Sec- andl{ they say that our safety is in the re- publican form of government; ‘but they fail to Tecognize the fact that there are as many ruined republics along the shores of time as there are monarchies. The fate of republics {s empire. The three fatal sisters are always on our heels. The mfs- take is to Siypn. that our republic: is the ouiy one. For years the Hebrews lived un ersr?nbuun form of government, Then came empire, The Greeks hud & republic once; then came the Persians. The bappiest days of old Rome were those when Cornelia could nt to her sons and say: ‘“These are my ewels.” In the simplicity of those days—in of our political affairs? These were men who had the robust cou: in their souls, who dared to lose their all if it should be necessary in the cause of right. I challenge you, scholars that you are in litical economy, to contradict assertion that since their day nothing bas been added. Cireumstances have been rmodified. There bhave been changes here and there, but the ultimate truth of human right expressed in that magnificent declaration thatall men are created free and equal, cannot be modified or added to. Then rm gave us a constitution which could be modified by the exigency of the times, while its organic {rame remains in- tact In its efliciency and power. It was & revolution for the whole world, for all men and all places. Never before was this the republican simplicity there was a martial prowess and & national courage that defied all assaults. Then came the maun that dared to cross the Rubicon, and thefate of ihe repunlic belgam em]:l'rlo. 4 ave you it in your power to reverse thever- dict of “history " The martyr of to-day be- comes the prophet of to-morrow. With our cosmopolitan pepulation, with the influence of Europe upon us, with the dream of the anarch- ist in our midst, can wi that the ocean was never dug for Ameris grave, or the moun- tains reared for its tombstone, or the winds for 118 winding sheet? Let us remember another great fact that seems 10 portend evil, and that is the coming of the stranger. Our fathers atiempted to solve this most difficult of all problems—the universal conception 0 e phasized fiufig@g (\pglfig of z8cEs } have no prejudice sgainst words, recognition of the individual, while upon the Germsan throne is a prince young in years and of much intelligence, who will not be dictated to by otners,a prince of con- science who has the courage to be hisown chaplain when the priest is absent, and who has & spouse who goes irom house to house on errands of merey. Let us look &t Austria, which has the most liberal constitution of any government in Con- tinental Europe outside of England—a con- stitution that was drawn by a Protestant statesman which secures liberty of the press, 1ib: of spéech, of marriage and of religion. A Hapsburg is still on the throne. This same Hapsburg, Francis Joseph 1I, had the cour- age 10 say to the Pontiff, “I caunot allow any man to stand between my conscience and my God.” One hundred years ago France was governed by a Louis without fame and without shame, and to-day France is a republic. To-day the French are content because the French has had a change. Give the Frenchman, whether in heaven or earth or hell, a change, and he is satisfied, él‘lllhl-eh]N Pass over into old England. ot lonf sinee & man ife for the exl?l ion of the franchise in the recogni- tion of fndividuality. That Quaker statesman was denied burisl in tminster Abbey. When those who denjed that honor to that statesman are dead the name of John Bright will Jive, [Applause.] To-day Engiand and America should join hands for tue conquest of tne world and for the highest civilization. While it is England’s province to plant com- mercial colonies all around the globe, it is our mission to @o something better, to give ideas to Americans, to overthrow tyranuy, and to elevate the people to the highest civilization. That is glory enough for one people. Itis our mission to demonstrate the individuality of man at the equator and at the poles—man whether black, white or yellow—man created in the image of God. Then shall come the parliamentof the world and the corgress of nations, . On the slopes of the Hudson a man dreamed of & supreme court of last resort before whose power the nations of the earth should bend, and he dreamed of the %::rio\ls time foretold when thesword should be beaten into plow- shares and the spear into pruning hooks ~ This man anticipated that the time should come when this parliament shall be convened, when representatives shall come from the Congo, the Jordan, the Danube, the Rhine, the Seine, the Thames, the Hudson and the Mississippi, and shail resolye that war shall be no more, for all men are brothers, and that the great force of humenity is private virtue and pub- lic morality. Doxology, silent prayer,and a benediction by Bishop Newman followed, aud the large congregation was dismissed. Amputated His Leg. Frank Knor, a boy eight years of age, living with his parents st 1507 Devisadero street, met with a sad accident last even- ing. He and another boy were stealing a ride on a sand wagon, and when on Fuiton street, near Devisadero, Knor jumped off. In doing so his right foot caughtin the spokes of the wheel and was badly crushed before the wagon was stopped. The boy was taken to the Receivin, Hosgpital, where iL was found that botg bones of the right leg near the ankie were 80 badly crushed that Dr. Weil considered amputation necessary. The bov was put under anesthetics and the operation per- formed. than deserved the many compliments heaped uponjthem by the couple of hun- dred visitors. At a signal the children sat at the table, but many of them were so small that they had to be litted and putin high chairs, where they sat and gazed in wonderment at the array of goodies placed before them. How silently they sat with lowered neads and little clasped hands as Arch- bishop Riordan entered and said the prayer of grace! Then came the moment ior the children to indulge their appetites, and such appetites as developed. Thirty reat, big, iat turkeys graced the tables, iut soon thirty carcasses were visible, stripped of the last shred of meat. The turkeys didn’t seem to mind being de- voured by the little ones at all. But there was lots else besides the turkeys, in fact they became a minor consideration when the great dishes of cranberry sauce, look- ing redder than usual —for the sauce seemed to realize it was showing the Stan- ford color—loomed up before the youthful eyes, and soon little faces from fopebead NEW TO-DAY. Pure baking powder when stirred in hot water leaves the water clear and without sediment. Try yours—or Jrophy just for fun. to chin were smeared with red sance. But the little ones didn’t let much of it get away, for oh! 1t tasted so good. Then the hot buns, mixed fruits and the pies—such great round pies—filled with such good mince meat, and then the squash pies. There was one little chap with a huge piece of mince pie in one hand and a piece of squash in the other, and his mouth tilled with both, who inquired of oune of the sisters if there wasn't any candy. There are some little boys very bard to satisfy, and he was one of those boys. But then he was such a hun- gry little boy, and the way he ate every- thing in sight proved thatgoodies weren’t an every-day diet with him. Many a day, indeed, these children would not geta dry crust were it not for the generosity of the sisters—for the chil- dren come from the poorer classes, and when they assemble each day at the homes of Sacred Heart, St. Joseph and St. Francis they are fed and often clothed by the sisters. As a rule the parentsare neglectful and in many cases both the 1ather and mother are drunkards and the only kind words the children ever aear come from the lips of the sisters. Dnga ago the sisters told the children of the good time they were to have on Thanks- giving day and many preparations had been made for the feast that the little ones enjoyed yesterday. One little girl was in tears—her name Pilgarlic; there is no need for you to contemplate a wig when you can enjoy the pleasure of sitting again under your own ‘‘thatch.”” You can begin to get your hair back as soon as you begin to use Ayer’s Hair Vigor. was Pearl Carter and she was as black as the night—her curly black hairdone up in a dozen pigtails, tied with a St. Patrick ribbon. Pearl was inconsolable, for a little girl Wwho sat next to her and was as white as Pearl was black had taken Pearl’s orange and before Pearl could rescueit had taken a big bite out of it, There were several little bleck girls present, Marguerite Snowden, a little lass of about 4 years, being conceded by all to be the belle in her particular circle. Each child was decorated with a ribbon; these belonging to the Sacred Heart home woze a red ribbon, those from St. Joseph’s wore pink, and the children of the Home of St. Francis were designated by a blue ribbon. The priests present were Reverend Fath- ers Prendergast, Wyman, Santandreu, Cullen, Quinn and Dempsey. Prominent among the ladies who as- sisted the sisters in serving the children were: Mrs. Richard Tobin, the Misses Tobin, Mrs. James O'Brien, Mrs. Edward Corrigan of Chicago, Mrs. J. F. Sullivan, Mrs. Edward May, Harriet Skidmore, Laura McKinstry, Mrs. and the Misses Low, Laura Brennan, Mrs. Dr. Pescia, Mrs. McMahon, Mrs, Montealegre and many others. The decorations were particularly beau- tiful, many boxes of flowers having been received from San Jose and other interior towus. Kor the past twelve years the sisters have given a dinner each Thanksgiving to the children of their homes, and at each succeeding year the children increase in numbers. The first dinner the sisters at- tempted but sixteen children were pres- ent, and yesterday there were 600, To the charitably inclined the sisters feel most grateful for the generous dona- tions received by them these last few days. Trunks Moved 25 Cents. Commercial Transfer Company, 43 Sutter st. Tol main 49. Furniture moved reasonably.* l Through Sleeping Cars to Chicago. The Atlantic and Pacific Railrosd, Santa Fe route, will continue to run daiy through from Oakland to Chicago Pullman palace drawing-room, also upholstered tourist sieeping-cars, leaviag every afternoon. Lowest through rates to all points in the United States, Canads, Mexico or Europe. Excursions through Boston leave every week. San Francisco ticket office, 644 Market street, Chronicle building. Telephone main 1531 Oakland, 1118 Broadway. — Phillips’ Kock lsland Excursions Leave San Francisco every Wednesdsy, via Rio Grande and Rock Isiend Hallways. Through tourist sleeping-cars to Chicago snd Boston. Man- sger and_poriers accompany thesa excursions to | Boston. For tickets, sleeping-car accommodations and further information, address Clinton Jones, General Agent Mock Island Raliway, 80 Mont gomery street, San Franciseo. Through Car to St. Paulana Minneapolis An elegantly uploistered tourist-car leaves Oak- lana every Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock for all points in Montana, North Dakota and Minnesota. Nochange of cars. Dining-cars on all trains. Come and get our ratesif you a2xpect to makea tripto any Eastern point. 7. K. S:ateler, General Agent Northern Pacific Ry. Co, 638 Market street, S, F. e P CoRrOXADO.—Atmosphere is perfactly dry, sott and mild, belng entirely free from the mists com- mon further north. Round-trip tickets, by steam- ship, Including fifteen days’ board at the Hotel del Coronado, $65: longer stay $2 50 per day. APpLY 4 New Montgomery st., San Francisco. SUICIDE IN THE PARK. An Unknown Man Swallows a Dose of Morphine. An unknown man was found by Park Policeman Dobbins yesterday morning about 7 o’cleck in a dying condition in a toilet-room near the children’s play- grounds, The man was taken to the Re- cerving Hospital in the patrol wagon and Dr. Thompson, after an examination, ex- pressed the opinion that he nad swallowed a dose of morphine, The man died in about four hoars. There were no papers in the man’s pockets that would lead to his identifica- tion, On the neckband of his shirt were the initials “F. M.’", and the band on his coat had the name *‘I. W, Spring & OCo., Ban Jose.” He was about 35 years of age, had a dark complexion and dark mus- tache, and was fairly well dressed. An autopsy will be held at the Morgue. B S S— Lighted cigarettes were distributed the cther day among a lot of monXkeys at the Zoo in Paris by some mischievous archins. The animals puffed away at the weed with evident enjoyment until the advent of the keeper, who put a stop to it. NEW TO-DA The most satisfactory tea in the market is Sckilling's Best. The grocer returns your money in full if you don't like it. A Schilling & Company San Franciseo a0 ANTI EEXTEFIRA. HE ONLY TREATMENT IN THE WORLD that removes the fetid odorfrom the feet in so short a time and positively without closing the pores. For treatment apply or address DR. ELT C.WILLIAMS, 1151 Market St., rooms 1-2. B N NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. BALDWIN THEATER. ALHAYMAN & Co. (Incorporaced). ... Propristocs TO-NIGHT AT 8 SHARP, And Saturday Matinee at 2-Last Times And His Superb Company, headed by MISS MAXINE ELLIOTT. An AMBRIC AN CITIZHEHN By Madeline Lucetie ftyley, Autiiof of e Jeh Mr. Goodwin as Bob Acres (firss time in America). Next Week—MRE. WILTON LACKAYE, Supported by Marie Wainwright and a Strong Co. In <“Dr. Belgrafl.'’ Seats Now Ready. BALDWIN THEATER—EXTRA. NEXT SUNDAY EVENING, KOV, 29, ZEISLER GRAND POPULAR Orchestral Concert! FANNIE BLOOMFIELD ZEISLER, the World's Greates- Pianiste. Assisted by the. HINRICHS-B-EL ORCHESTRA. A Great Programme, including Rubinsieln’s D Minor and Chopin's F Minor Concertos. Bests $1 50, $1 and 60c. Seats now ready. CALIFORNIA THEATER. 2 Mmy & t. EXTRA! EXTRA! EXTRA! LA LOIE BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT ! Two Final Performances ! LA LOIE LA LOIE SATURDAY MATINEE AT 2:30. These Are Positively the Farewell Performances. Fuller. SATURDAY NIGHT AT 8:30. Seats Now R eady at Box Office Lluplio Ghealer, . GOTTLOD &' @+ LESSES ANDMAMAGERS -+ AND AT Sll"!ll?l‘xl l SUCH PRICES! JOSEPH GRISMER—PH(EBE DAVIES. The Greatest of Melodramas, EHUMANITY! 20 Horses—30 Foxhounds—50_People—And All'the Thrilling, Realistic and Brilliant Scenes. Monday—**THE NEW SOUTH."” e ria the Request of Hundreds. MOROSCO’'S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. WALTER MOROSCO...Sole Lessee and Manager ——DON’'T FAIL TO SEE HERNE'S Beautiful Domestic Drams, “HEARTS OF OAK!” A Splendid Cast! Realistic Wreck Scene! Grand Stage Pictures! Evening Prices—10¢, 25¢ and 500, Matinees Saturday and Sund: “O'Farrell st., bet. Stockton and Powell, Belasco, Jordan & i a Fallie, Lessees & A UNANIMOUS VERDICT, * THE BEST PLAY IN YEAKS 1 The Modern Soclety Drama, Nighi 156, 306, 460,000, Matinses 156, 554 15 ¢, 26¢, 85c. 50c. nees—15¢, 33¢c. Telephone Black 991. . NEW BUSH-ST. THEATER. T. A. KENNEDY ....Sole Proprietor — ENGAGEMENT EXTRAORDINARY! — Another Startling Sensation! TO-NIGHT, NOVEMBER 27— T. A. EENNEDY, Prince of Hypnotists, Will Lutroduce ‘& Number ot HANDSOME LADY SUBJECTS! Prices—10c, 15¢, 25c, 80c. Mat Sat. and Sun,— 10c and 25¢.’ Lon’t Miss It. Lowy of Fuu. CHUTES. **Arfon,'’ Pirri Skating Rink BIG BALLOOX Open Dally From Noon to Mid- night. Aduits 10¢,Chiidren be. Animatoscope—FREE ! Open Rain or Shine. ASCEXSION ON SUNDAY! TIVOL! OPERA-HOUSE MES. KRNESTINE KRELING. Proprietor & Manags: LAST NIGHTS OF THE MERRY COMIC OPERA, “DONNA JUANITA!” SEATS NOW ON SALE FOR NEXT WEEK, THE FAVORITE OPERA COMIQUE, “THE LITTLE DUKE” Popular Prices...... ....25¢c and 500. O'Farrell Street, Eetween Stockton and Powell. A JOYOUS THANKSGIVING BILL! The Bright Particular Stars, GEORUE TBxTCHEB & E0, MARBLE, The Far-Famed Minstrels and Comedians. EDWARD HEFFExNAN, the Clever Irish Mon- ologuist. THE HENGLER SISTERS, And a Great Vaudeville' Company. Ouly Two Nights More of QUAKER CiTY QUARTET, HOWARD AND BLAND an LAVATER'S DOG OBCHESTRA, Reserved seats. 25¢; Balcony, 10¢; Opera-chales RACING RACING —CALIFORNIA !onuv CLUB— WINTER MEETING, 1896-'97, Beginnjng Monday, November 16, CANLAND RACE TRAGR. Racing Mondl‘. Tuesday, Wednesday, “Ahursday, ¥riday and Saturday. iiain or Shine, FIVE OR MORE RACES EACH DAY. —Races Start at 2:15 P. M. Sharp— clsco 4t 12 . and ,'1.00, 1:30 and 2:00 P, M., connecting with trains stepping a the enirance (o track. Buy your ferry tickets to Berkeley. Returning—Trains leave the Track at 4:15 and 4:45 P, 3 and immediately after the last race. THOMAS H, WILLIAMS JR, President. R. B. MILROY, Secretary. SUTRO BATHS. Open Daily from 7 A. M. to 11 P. M. and Sunday Evenings. Admission—Adulis 100, Uhildren5e. lc.n.n Every Afterncon snd Saturday