The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 1, 1897, Page 12

] { ) POSTOFFCE ACRYINGNE All Classes Think That Sani Francisco Has Been | Neglected. FEDERAL DELAY HAS BEEN SHAMEFUL. Small Eastern Cities Are Better Treated Than the Western Metropolis. UNITED ACTION MAY RESULT| | IN GCOB. Many Citiz'ns.Express Themselves in Fuvor of Urging the Government to Begin Work at Once. Tue-CAri’s sgitation for speedy Federal actlon in building the new Postoffice has met witt roval by the thought ements of the City. vidual crtjzens have. expressed them- | sélves pliinly to'thé effect that “the delay 1 huilding®is outrageous, . the ‘principa Inc commercial | organizitions. - huve ‘. Tiken the matier in_ hand, and there.is great mity of sentiment in favor of urging mediate action. I of . the ‘masses is well expressed by. , president or'g 1he Mechinics' Spesking “on | the subject last night, he said: i ““It seems’to me that thepostoffice pught | fo be buwilt without delay. While I think | The sentiment 1he selection of he site was un outrage, nothing now remdins but to go on wuh‘ me that every the work. : "Lt small Eastes atio seems to stream and river gets: ap- and evéry little Eastern city gets money for Federa It is the same way with towns | whatever | in some Prop: that buildings. in Oregon and Washington, bu is to come 'to: California I strange way. “There-can_be bit one’opinion on the matter, and that 18 thit the San Francisco Postoflice otight t6 be constructed without delay. Lihink THE CarL is doing a good work in urging this nraer.and I sincerely | hope work will soon be begun.” The following hions show more in detail the general sentiment among the people: wants it AR T Speedy Action Important. Judge E. A. Belcher of the Fuperior“ Court—Speedy action on the part of those | who have charge of this Work. is most im- | | at the injustice that is being.-perpetra ted. cannot imagine who has held back-'the work solong. 1o L gt No Excuse ‘for Delay. Dr. Di.B. Plymire said: “Theré is evary | reason why the building of this.structure should be commenced‘at once and Pushed to completion.. I understand that the ap- propriation is available, and there can be no excuse for-the dilatory _tactics pursued by the ‘authorities at Washington. The people have a right to éxpect prompt ac- tion cn the part of public officials. I.am. glad that ‘THe CALL has taken wup this miatter in order that it may give citizens | an opportunity to voice their indignation MISS MAY ROBESON and FRANK NORRIS, Two of the Amateur Performers in “the Society Comedy of. “Caste,” Which Has a Strange Story Connected With Its Preparation. ever it is must bear the censure and criti- ism that belong to them for dereliction fduty. Isuppose it is difficult to reach | such people as have the management of goveramental construction affairs; yet I| think that éven they may be stirred up to | proper action by letting them know that the people are impatient because their rights are denied t em.” I do not know whois to blame, but who-‘} | o The Site Is Unsightly. Judge Carroll Cook of the Superior | | | [ | Court—We have had a Postoffica site ‘so | long that it has become unsightly. . Of} course, there can be no good reason for the tardiness of the Government officials. The contest over the location was altogether improper. I know every inch of that| neighborhood; used to travel over it every | day when I was a schoolboy and lived out | Mission street. That part of the coun- | try never was a swamp. Itcame down | NANAY] NANNY! S ALL SHE CAN SAY The Little Waif ‘Found on a Steiner - Street Dcorstep: She Is but Oge Year OdIIand She Has Already Eight il but who subsequently yelled a protest babe, hereafter. That charitable institu- iidn over which Sister Anna_ presides has secured the walf, and in. lieu of any other mame the young miss has been given the | | one she utiered herself. 5 | | Miss Nanny is accredited with twelve mon:hs of sunshine and sorrow,and she is the youngest pensioner in the institution. Next to her comes Miss Hazel, who is her senior by eight. months, a sedate young | lady who_ first wel¢omed the newcomer, when the little red-headed doll was faken |.from her to svothe the weeping Nanny. | Butif these young buds fail to agree there | are’ninety-three other children at the or- phanage among whom each can make a | | pick of mssociates. : Miss Lucy Brown-and Miss May Brogi, | who assist Sister Anna in the care of the ! ehildren, introduced the néw baby to . her | comrades yesterday and there was a ge | eral festival of dancing about the new- | comer who did not quite take the recep- tion in good part. Henceforth she will be. lodged in a little crib upstairs until she ‘learns better. manners. and is big enough to occupy.one-of thecots in the | dormitory. on the first floor. | This darling, chubby baby isnot of the usual kind’ that is ‘found on doorsteps. | She hus bright biue.eyes, tiat open- wide 10 notice her surroundings. Her big toe | on each foot points north every time she | | clinches ber tiny fists-and emiits a-yeli. She is far more partial to gentlemen than she i« to ladies, showiny at her early age that she has in ber the promise of being a | ciever member of her sex, 2 | © “How coulit a mother everabandon such | | a little cheiub?" was asked, without ge ting a response. The parents quile e dently had some little regard for the bab when they left her:t6 kick and scream on a stranger’s doorstep. They ciothed her well-washed ‘and plump little body 1n warm clothing. All or 1ost of her ward- robe was on her when she was found. There wis a warm flannel cap and over- garment, trimmed with far; Then she | wore six linen and flannel skirts, two pairs |'of long, black stockings, a pair. of patent- STRANGE FATALITY: HAS PURSUED THEW Peculiar Incidents of Some Sociéty * Amateur - Actors. The Come_d} of “Caste” Has Its Behind - the - Scenes . ~ Story. - : To-Night the Play Will: Be Presented at the California to a Society - Audience. Associated-with the society company of amateurs that is to present “Caste’. to- night at the California Theater are some remarkable incidents that approach ro- .| mance in.their strangeness. - When society folk, as-they intend to do, shall have assembled in force before the footlights to witness the -performance, they will have in the persons of the differ- ent actors subjects for as much attention, perhaps, as will be ‘aroused by the char- acters and the development of the charm- ing litite comedy itself. 3 To the part ot the. hero of the piecea sad fatality has been attached. The first one who trained for it was Arthur Ma- thieu. . A few .weeks ago his father died suddenly, and.even while the fiineral ser- vices were being periormed .over heér hus- band Mrs. Mathieu passed away. The sor, thus strangely bereft of both pa- rents at once, was lost 1o a happy: com- pany, siddened through sympathy with one of the jolliest and'most capable of its mem bers. B 4 C.Wilson Jr. was. asked to fill the | place. He began studying the character FOUR NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS A A e~ A e s e SPECIAL BARGAINS - DEPARTMENT! At $1.00 per Yard. 50 pieces. NEW CHECKED TAFFETA SILKS, different size checks, all colors, in- ‘cluding black and white. At $1.00 per Yard. 25 pieces FIGURED AND- PLAIN CHANGEABLE AR- MURE S I1LKS, all new weaves. : immediately, and with unusual diligence. | ° His success was surprising. The. bills aiready ordered prinied with Mr. Mathieu’s name were ~hastily - changed. But on the very-day only a- little over a week ago that the placards of *Caste’’ bad been’ distributed about town young Wilsen’s father:died aftera brief illness. For the, third time another man was found for the part.. Dr. Frank Robinson, son of Dr. Luke Robinson, ook the piace, and he has been devoting day and ‘night to the work, that his presentation of the character-may hot be less successful than the praficiency acquired .by. the ‘other |' members of the company, who have had weeks of cureful coaching by Leo Cooper. In aadition to the two pretty debutantes who are to p'ay ‘th€ romanii¢ parts of humble. bu. charmine .sisters, loved one by un English army officer of high family and the other by an unassuming plumber, there will be a young society man ‘whose identity 15 hidden by the stage.name of “Selden Stuart;”” -which be has assumed for private reasons.that rumor says are of a romantic character. Whetber or not his dis. uise will be penetrated by the curious spectators:remains to be seen. But this is not. all.” There is. another. stage'name in the company and it shields. the'identity of a-pretly young woman, who is a cousin of Mrs. Will- Levis and a niece of ex-Governor Pacheco. As Misy At 50¢ per Yard. 1250 yards PLAID SILKS, full 24 inches in" width, ex= tra heavy quality, 10 dif= ferent patterns. At 50¢ per Yard, 950 yards 24-Inch CHANGE= ABLE SILK SERGE, full line of nmew Spring color= ings. We invite our vpatrons to inspect our exhibition of above goods in our show windows. g THLEPHONE CGRANT l1l24. - 111, 118, K85, 117, 119, 121 POST STREc4. Tiny Teeth. portant. The substructure ougit to be | leather, cloth-topped button shoes and May Robeson she - will ‘intetpret. the put in at once 5o that it may have time to | POty steep toward the little lake in that settle before the suparstructure is erected. Every practical person must sée the rea- son for this, There can be no dispute in regard.to the plans for the substructure, and as it wouid require the:expeaditure of a vast amount of ‘lahor it could be pro- ceeded with while the plans for the upper portion of the builaing are bemng com: pleted, should that be deemed necessary. One of the weighty arguments offered in |'vicinity, and was solid ground; but that {13 all past. The site has been accepted {and all legal opposition has been over- | come. 'Now the people demand -that ‘the | Government officers perform their duty. | 1 think this demand is. reasonable, and 1t | séems to me that an expressivn of public |:<entiment in this regard will be beneficial | in securing some action, 1 join the rest ]‘ of the people of this City in hoping so, at favor of the location and one that proved | victorious over all opposition was thact it | would afford excellent accommodation to | Supervisor Lackmao—There is so much | the public. For. one thing the Federal|jgjeness here that the Government ought courts are now located in an out-of-the- | tq pe abla to find i that an argument for way part uf(vhfl City as regards the.'mass | gpeed in beginnitig work-on the new Post- '1"{ (zh;’ veobwedof ‘“tei eLv.lir-ouIl; ;:9 DeW | oflice. - The old Postoffice is decidedly eut ostoflice bailding .th MOT8 | of date and is something of a refic. All| accessible, not only o lawyers, but to the | 1 representative bodies of San Francixcs | ‘l’:l‘i\bd];cnl;‘l f:::;aul;N\:rlefr;et:l::ecl:::gfh;: | should pass 1npro))n:ta re:uuuioTnhn. ;he . v i eing first. e de- | and the legal affairs of the. community | fi‘:.““;;f S,,\L::W,':?,r; i et | e 1?" b}e"ernflnfl mpresontepient “There 13 no Guestion ‘that we are entitled- | shape. The Poatoflice is now on Wash- | ¢, protest. Now, let thie protest be made inglon street, and though we nave plenty | with so much ‘vigor that. it will appear | - San Francisco In Earnest. | least. | | | } Sister Anna of the Maria Kip Orphan- f age Has Taken the Foundling in Charge.. i | | for'the littlg waif who was found at mid- ‘nignt yesterday on the doorsteps of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cornahrens at 620 Steiner street. . . : Warm® hearts have ‘pulsated mors quickly at-the sad story 6f ‘the tiny little babe who was abandoped by those who should have cared for’ and protected her, ag related in the morning papers, and There .are many pleasant homes ready | | other necessary garments to children of | | that age. Sae. also wore warm mitts on | ber hands. 3 Sister Anna proposes to keep hier new | charge until such time as she may be adopted into some good, respectable fam iI_\i or until she is of age to care for her- self.. { e e ! ! BURGLARS ARRESTED. - | James Ryan and George Burke Caught.| 4 ‘With the Plunder in Their 3 Possession, | The tailor-shop of John Rheins, 509 | Valencia streét, was entered by burglars | | iate Saturday night or early yesterday | | morning, and nine bolts of cloth and two | pairs of trousers were stolen. | Policemen Dongherty, Rookerand Pyle ) character of the Marquise de St. Maurs, s proud and aristocfatic mother.opposed ' to the marriage of her son lo Esther Eccles, a dencing girl whom Miss ‘Leila Burton wili represent. z It will e *"Miss Robeson’s" first appear- ance on the stage, but not her last, asit is her intention to adopt acliig as a pto- fession. - SoaLAE . Then, too, there Will be the humorous Chartes Dickman, who . is afready well known to Bohemians as a clever enter- tainer and character artist. He will do he part of the inefcient Eccies’ father, who is alwaysout of employment and usu- ally half drunk from choice.- Fhbere is Frank Norris, who in himself | is a unique character. Before he entered the University of Calitornia he bad pub- lished a-book of his own verse, and dunng his’ college davs at Berkeley-he was.iden- tified with® different dramatic -entertain- of elegant mailcars on our streets not one | of those mailcars can reach the main Post- cffice because there is no proper road for them tlo traverse in thatdiréction. When the new Po-toffice is finished every. maii- | car in the City can be switched to it for loaaing and unloading, thus greatly ac- celerating the transaction of the business of the postal authorities. s It Is High Timé. Judge Frank H. Dunne of the Superior Court said: “I think it high time that the new Postoffice should be begun, at least so that the people might hope for its completion within a reasonable period. We who are of the younger generation of course expect to see the .foundation com- pleted. Butis it right to deny this pleas- ure to the pioneers also? Ithink not. It seems to me that if anything is ever going to be done now is the time to make.a start.” s e Ought to Begin at Once.. Deputy Distriet Attorney A. P. Black— First and foremost, the work on the new Postoffice onght to begin at once in order to give work to the army of unemployed men who are looking for something to do. The excavation of tke lot would afford employment to a vast number of diggers, and shovelers and teamsters and the like. 1 say this without feeiing that unything I | Jabor, while in :the former case we have.| may say will do much good, as I have found that complaints of this kind are not penerally heeded at headquarters. The trouble, T snppose, is that the red tape of the departments at Washington has be- come entangled in some way and that mo man big enough for the job has attempted | to untangle it. Our Congressmen and Senators ought to be able to explain why the work is thus delayed. Se Entitled to Better Treatment. Judge J. V. Coffey of the Superior Court—Poasibly the gentlemen having this Postoffice matter in charge have applied to o ti ance. . b i some court for a continuance. Tat is the | P WIUE, (8 WEF TeRORCE . The usasl sasuner of proaedurs Whers -OR-| ...y tugre ton ismie ‘GHINE e 0 | ¢ necessary delay is desired by derelict J P! . officers of the vourt or the Government. The pernicious habit of putting off the work that ought to be done at once has undoubtedly been at the bottom of this unreasonsble postponement. 1 think San Francisco 1s entitied to- better {reatment. The work ought to be commenced .im- mediately. T A S Must Be Some Explanation, Supervisor Rivers—We do not get the Postoffice. That is true, and there. must be some explanation. some way to reach the head of the-trouble. If no effort is made'we will not have the Postoftice for a long time. Therefore it is necessary to make the effort without further preliminaries or waste of time. There should "be - Il toiihe bindery. Mysell-Roliins, 22 Clay, -+ that San * Francisco | is very much in }elrnesL — 1 “Bulld 1t &t Once.” City and. County. ‘Auditor Broderick— Build the Postoftice at onge, | proper thing to do. There are many rea- | sons for immniediate action”and none against. . Too mueh money has been in- | vested by the Government.in the site to permit it to remain idle. Public senti- ment should uprige and demand that the building be constructed. "Hundreds “of persons, skilled. and. unskilled, would . be employed on the building. We had bet- ter sell the site for a recreation ground or | make it-a park'if a Postoflice is not to be built upon it ——— Should Kick Hard. Deputy County Clerk William A. Deane— The only thing so far-asT can. see is for the people to make & great big kick and do all that is possible'to draw attention to our need. for the new Poatoffice.” Some | people seem to think that it will not do any good, but we can’t tell till .we try, as | Lord Bacon-would say, for’ you know. he | 1ays it down. as a rule that ‘there is a vast difference bstween losing for the lack of effort and losing after making an hope:t 4 attempt. - In: the second instance we have | wasted“ only'a small amount of human | lost the vast passibilities that might have grown out of a -manly striving for the.én- forcement of pur rights. At any rate we have had our say and that “is some ‘satis- faction. . . —_— Why It Is Deserved. - Attorney ‘William M. FitzMaurice | San Francisco is a very latge contributor | to the revenuesof the Federal tréasury. 1 of entry, and thé internai revenue coliec- tions are slso extensive. Now, 'in view of these facts it is' ohly reasonable for.the Government to use proper dilizence in’ constructing ‘ the new ‘Postoftice. The. and Lthink work should ‘begin at once. The money thus_expended- would afford relief to the unemployed.men of this-com- munity and . throngh them would. per- meate all thechannels of trade .and bring better times to everybody. <~ - e ~'* View of a’' Detectlve. i Detective 8eymour—It ‘is about tiine for. the Government to begin ope; the proposed Postoffice. That good beginning for the promised ‘era-of ‘prosperity,-and- I am sure: it would be and who are ready to do honest work.. S —_— SEXD bOOKS, -mpsic or magazines 1o be bound Tha: is the | think it is the third"in the list of the porgs |- hailed with delight by the hundreds .of | men here now-who are out of em ployment r [ {The Liitle ':waif Found on. a orsfcp\' and Now Being Cared For scores of fiicn‘nfifl.vom'e'n called at the Receiving’ Hospital- . yestérday, hoping that the child might ‘be given-into their care. . ' R SR The little" tot is so- sweet and pretty. She has four tiny bearls peepinig out from fier gums above; ¢ i their appearance below. There are other teeth cutting their way out, no doubt, for and she shows'a decided desire to bite's! ad of alittle red: headed ..dolly, whosé pink complexion rivals ierown. . o ety B - © “Nanny, -Nanny, Nannvl’ b ends’ the little one’s vocabulary. - That Bat, in baby talk,- she is quite familiat ‘with all thé parliamentary yernacul: 8hésays *‘goo’ with the usual d she.has the regulation shrill protest when her tired nurse. [ moment's rest.. .. i .“Nanny” is what the in a:Charitab'e Institution, .and Some of Her R(ch Watdrobz. ; and four more have made- s. emits a’ fretful protest.| i‘:&zlnl and | -| seems to be_theé only English she knows. |. sits down for a| ria Kip Or-, ¥ phanage people have decided to -call tue had reported off duty at 6 o'clock and .gone downtown. At Powell ana Eddy Streets they saw twa men each carrying a sack. They questioued them, and not ob- taining satisfactory answers placed them under arrest and took them' to the City Prison, They gave their nanies asJames 26 years of age, and George Burke, -32 vears of aze. B 3 Rheins had reported:the burglary of his shop to the police, and was requested to call at the' prison to see the conteuts of the sacks that Ryan and Burke had with them. Onesack. contained. niné belts of cloth and the other two pairs of trousers. 1-Bheins” immediately identified the cloth and trotisers as his property, and a charge of burglary was entered against Ryan and- Burke. : EioE: on & Tevolver, two jimmies and four were found in their pockets. P ‘,fizvvhen the. men ' were searched at the . Seeks Pay for His Cows. A. Baumann bas brought s petition before :+ | charities to be aided the Board of Supervigars to pay him $1200 for {o%e Killed by the oficers of the d_or o . ments given by Skull and -Keys and by society folk. in. Oakland" and in this City. He also wrote a good deal for’the collegn publications and .contributed a num bver of shiort tories to Sam Francisce weeklies. From. Berkelay he went -io Harvard' University, where heé remained a.year. Subsequently he was engaged in literary work here for some time.until wlitile over a year §go, when he visited Johannes- ‘burg, South Africa, as special correspond- .| ent for séveral. Eastern papers-and one on. this “coast. During the trip he - was reported lost and beyond thé power of anxious relatives in this City to lacate him by cable. ‘An early training in art in Paris enabled him to illustrate his own articles, During the past year he has been connected with the Wavé as a special writer. "~ . | = J . ““Caste” is a comedy of a melodramatic nature. As its name’ suggests; it has to dq with situationg and complications re- ‘u:zlzing from lovemaking between repre- sentatives of two entirely differen ranks *in English society. The complete list of characters is as fol- lows: Esther Eccies, Miss_Leila Burton; Po'ly Eccles, Miss Rose Hooper; Marquise de St. Maur, “Miss May Robeson’’;-Hon. George 4’ Alrov, Dr..Frank Robinson; Kc- cles, Charles Dickman; Captain Hautree, “Seiden Stuart”’; Sam Gerridge, Erank Norris. g A iarge ‘humber of seats has alteady. been sold. - 5 Sars E - This _afternoon at 1:30.-o'clock Miss Fanny. Rice will sell the boxes by auction at the Merchants’ Exchange. The needy and. deserving Armitage Or- phanage, the new home of which was dedicated vesterday in .this City, and the well-known: Children’s Hospital are the this ‘performance. The 1ausic will be a particuldr feature of this evening’s entertainment. < JEWELRY store, 5-7 Third, removed to 303 Kearny. Large siock of diamonds, Waiches, otc. ML SING 14 TALAN plauded in “Il Tro- vatore.” A Very Enthusiastic Audience Rains F.owers and Applauss on the Performers. “II Trovatore” has always been one of toire of the Italian Philnarmonic Society, and last night the .company revived this ever green Verdi opera at the Baldwin Theater. An epthusiastic following of friends of the singers and fellow-members of the Italian colony were present, and flowers and applaiise were lavished on the performers. * . |. Miss Ida Valerga had been especially - | eneaged for the role of Leonora and her absolute security both in the vocal score { and in the scena made her a tower of strength to some of her less tried and ex- periénced companions. She sang with her asual artistic yerve and finixh and her work all through “Ii Trovatore” gave the performance a professional cachet, which had a good-deal to do with the énthusiasm displayed by the audience. * Signor L. Giorgi, who formerly was primo-tenore asscluto of the Philharmonic Society, has been restored to that position, and last night sarig the title role of the unfortunate foundling, whose woes Verdi Dbas told to such popular mau: With all his fnults the Philharmonic audiences love Giorgi still. ' They overlook his little | aberrations from the true pitch, his little | harshmésses of tone hera-and there, for the sake of his exuberant enthusiasm and the utter abandonment with which he throws himself into his roles. : Signor Giorgi, in & suit of glistening | armor, with a-white plunie’that Henry of Navarre might have coveted. was an in- spiring figure. He made love to Leonors, kept the center of the stage and bid defi- ance to the fell Count di Luna with the spirit of a true primo tenore assoluto, ana theaudience apprecidied the fact.and ap- plauded him to the echo. - Mrs. E. Cuneo McLean looked exceed- ingly E\uuresqpe_ as Azucena and ac'ed with the tragicintensily ot an artist rather than an amateur: 1n the iyric purt of the =gle shé was hampered by the fact that her voice is a light mezzo-goprano rather than a dramatic contralto, put her histrionic skill caused her 10 triumph_over this fact. 11 she had the voice as sne has the histri- onic ability Mrs. McLean could be a great artist. % Signor C. Zapelli won applause for the | spirited way-in which he threw himself into the Gount di Luna’s role. C. Vitalini sang.very satisfactorily as Ferrando, the | basso. The choruses, which are so prominent a feature of the Philharmonic Bociety’s per- formances. were not qaite up to their usual efficiency. The attack, especially, | was not so good as usual ; the volume of sound, however, was full and resonant in the “anvil chorus, which had evidently been well refiearsed. The choristers did very good work. ¥ Prolessor A. Spadina conducted very efliciently and succeeded in controlling his orchestra so that none of the leading-sing- ers were overweighted by “the orchestral score: The picturesque way in which ]| Trovatore” ‘was mounted reflected great credit on the stage management. —_— CASTORIA | The Philbarmonic Society . Ap-|. the most successful operas in the reper- | This ‘space ¢osts money ; ithe best argument why we should "fill it with items worthy of your confidence. SPECIAL SAVING SALE. Monday— Tuesday— Wednesday Pasha Blend Coffee ' 1b 3oc other davs 35¢. Our improved formula. K Seafoam Corn and Stccotash can 123 other days 15c. Young, tender, naturally sweet. Packed for us at Maine, Eggs: doz r5e All warranted. French Mushrooms F. Lecourt, regularly 25¢, _can 20c -Charles, regularly 20c, can 150 Booth’s Old Tom Gin bot 75¢ other days $100. London’s famous meaicinal remedv. Dates 1b 10c other'days 15c. Black Fard, the king for stuffing. Canned Fruits doz'goc Just the size for small families. GermanSeafoamSoap doz 4oc regulariy 50c. Iaght as air. lnther. Food for the Lenten Season = We have many noveltjes and sugges- tions to offer; most every variety of ses food for sale here. Catalogue miailed feee. Makes abundance of L. A. Berteling, Pres. H. Nordman, Vice-Pres. A W. Kirk, sec. Jos- Nordman, Tress (Formerly 427 Kearny Mt.) —HAS REMOVED TO— 16 KEARNY STREET Properly prepared and promptly served, can M always be obtained in THE GRILL ROOM OF THE For Infants and Children, Decidedly the o g PALACE .h'-' ment in town. RO A e | O-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0C