The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 16, 1897, Page 4

1 ALLSINTA | ROSA PAYS HOMAG Graceful Queen Helen Enthroned Ruler for a Day. | | of LITTLE TOTS LEAD IN| MERRY-MAKING. Marvels of Beauty Seen in| the Juveniles’ Floral Parade. LONG LINE OF LILIPUTIAN TURNOUTS. The Grand Ball at Night Ends the Pleasure of the Childran’s Festlval. NTA ROSA, Car, May 15—The | val of to-day was an un- | . Vainly the croakers and | imists, t in every commu- . not excepting even the City of Roses, looked for an opportunity to say “I told vou so.” Not even the faintest shadow marred the loveliness of the scene. Chil- houted from pure delight and their beamed with pleasure and good the many beautiful and unique s of the paradeswept by. Shetland ponies, donkeys and trained dogs, re- splendent in trappings of orange and and drawing miniature venicles ed with children and flowers, were in evidence in such numbers as to make the wonder omnipresent oldest inhabitant where they all came from. ities commeneed at the res! dence of John P. Overton, on Cherry | street, shortly after noon. There Queen Helen and her attendants were arranged 1n their regal robes and received the last loving touches irom their proud mammas. Meanwhile an immense crowd had gath- ered under the trees of the coronation srounds. Soon the trumpets announced the approach of her Majesty and retinue, nd the crowd parted to allow the showy equipage to pass. The royal float was drawn by a magni ficent tandem team and guarded by six outriders, dressed in the carnival colors. Four grooms in white duck suits led the horses. The float was draped in orange and gold and covered with callas. Queen Helen, looking dignified but happy, t on a raised dais under a canopy of yeliow larletan and roses. Around her, in graceful attitudes, reclined her four maids-in-waiting, the maid of honor and the little flower-girls. | Those of the royal party left their | places upon reaching the park and formed 2 procession to the throne. This was a raised platform under a canopy of trees, covered with L1 France roses and deco- | ratea with ivy. When the queen had | taken her seat, Miss Marion Geary ad- vanced to the front and said: “Asone of your loving and loyal sub- jects, it is my pleasure to place this crown, | emblem of our devotion and of your| royalty, upon your fair brow. Rule gently, Queen, and let us haste with joy to | do your mdding.” Then there was a burst of music and | the Queen, surrounded by a phalanx of | glittering spears, was escorted back to her | place upon the float. Preceded by the | band, the parade moved down the crowded | streets amid cheers and handclapping, in | the following order: Grand Marshal | Willie Siofen on a pony, Parke's Santa | Rosa band, Police Department, guard of | honor mounted on Shetland ponies, Man- | dolin Club in carriages, bicycles, tricycles, | wagons, carriages, dogcarts and floa Aditer countermarching before the judges the prizes were awarded and the parade disbanded. The judges were Mrs. Mark L. McDon- ald Jr., Mrs, A. P. Preston and Miss Rena Edwards. The prizes were awarded according to class—a yellow ribbon denoting a first prize and green for a second. For the bicyclists the first prize was won by a double tandem daecorated in white and pink, and ridden by Masters Shirley Bur- ris and Earl Riley, and Misses Irena Wood- ward and Maybell England; second, Miss Juanita Wheeler; third, Miss Ada Mc- Daniels. Class B was for the tricylists, and the prizes were awarded to Jean Ross and Helen May McMeans. In class G the children of J. E. Gannon won the first prize. This was one of the vrettiest features in the parade. J. E. Gannon Jr., a flaxen-haired young gentle- man of probably two summers and three winters, sat bolt upright in a tiny express wagon, calmly sacking his thumb. The wee wagon, decorated to produce the ap- pearance of a white violet, was drawn by the occupant’s two flaxen-haired misters scarcely larger than himself. The effect of this liliputian outfit on the crowd was electrical, and brought forth hearty and prolonged cheering all along the line. The second prize in this class was won by Ralph Spencer with the aid of & little dog and & pony express wagon. In class D, Sylvia Rose was first wita a pug and cart. The prize forclass E has hot yot boen awarded. In class F, eques- trian, Ralph Beldon was first and George | Prindle second. In class G, for pony carts and carriages, first was taken by Edna Harden and Gladys Eardly, with a Japanese donkey attached to a rose- covered cart; sacond, Olive Marshall; third, Grace King. Miss Dea’s Dancing School in a Corinthian temple won first honors in class H, for floats, and Mrs. Monteith’s Mandolin Club was second. The carnival pall was a perfect fairy tale in real life, but more beautiful than any story-book yarn. FIRE AT >5iNTA ROSA, Grace Bros.” Brewery Wholly Destroyed by Flames. SANTA ROSA, CAn, May 15.— The Senta Rosa brewery, owned by Grace Bros. of this city, was totally consumed by fire atan early -hour this morning. The loss 18 about $30,000, with $12,000 in- surance. The fire started in the nalt- drier in the upper story and spread rap- idly. The fire department was promptly on the scene, but was poweriess to save the structure and directed its efforts to- ward saving the Santa Rosa Tannery and other adjoining buildi Sopso fou, Pickpockets Land in Jail. SANTA ROSA, CAL., May 15.—A trio of pickpockets took in the carnival here to- day and during the parade did a thriving business. J. H. Einhorn observed one of them with his hand in a_women’s pocket and informed the police. Two of the | share of the property, | concluded. 3 | to Washington to-day. Itissurmised that men took sudden alarm and ran down THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 16. 1897. Fourth street, closely pursued by Marshal Steadman, who soon succeeded in landing both in jail. Several women reporied the loss of their purses during tbe dsy. The men under arrest seem to be old hands at the work. e MUDESTO FarmERS IN LUCK. Become Millionaires Through the Death of @ Relative. MODESTO, CAL, May 15.—Two well- known farmers, ex-Assemblyman V. E. Bangs and R. E. Bangs, have received intelligence that they each inherit one- fifth of the estate of Henry Brees, their deceased stepfather. The estate is valued at from §7,000,000 to $10,000,000. Brees died at Kalamazoo, Mich,, on April 30. He was a banker and his estate consists of bank stock, bonds and other securities, and real estate. The local heirs will go to Kalamazoo next Monday to claim their i) s In Charge of Vallrjo’s Orphanage. LLEJO, Car., May 15.—The Board Trustces of the Good Templars’ Orphans’ Home met to-day and installed Past Chief Templar Winchester as super- v | intendent, with full control of the home and farm. The position of matron, held by Mrs. Blume, was abolished and she More Island’s Naval Court Adjourns. VALLEJO, Oan, May 15.—The trial of Lieutenant Carter before a naval court, which has been in session at the navy- yard for the past three weeks, has been The findings were forwarded they will be favorable to Lieutenant Car- ter. gt ANIMALS KILLED BY TRAIN. Foxes and Owls Often Victims—How Dogs Are Lured to Death by Foxes. The report printed a few days ago that a buck deer had been killed by a train near Saville, L. L, reminded sportsmen of many similar tragedies of the animal world, comments a New York Sun writer. When the buffaloes roamed across the plains they not infrequently compelled trains to stop until the herds had passed. Antelopes were killed quite often by the locomotives. The glare of the beadlights at night seems to stupefy birds and beasts that cross railroad tracks. Owls are Kkilled frequently, as well as many other birds, during the migrating season. An engi- neeron a New Jersey railroad, while pass- ing through the pineries one night, heard a faint crash of glass above the roar of the train. Instantly the headlight went out, and the fireman went forward to learn the cause. A short-eared ow! had flown into the giass, broken the chimney of the lamp and lodged against the re- flector a dead bird. The fox, in spite of its craft, is one of the animals most frequently killed by trains. The chances are that most of the foxes killed are voung and inexperienced. In England foxes closely foilowed by a pack of hounds have been known to run in tfront of a train along the track, then jump off again before the train came up. The dogs would follow after in full cry and & dozen or more would be killed. One | pack ran undor the wheels of an express in their eagerness to get the fox. Rabbits, wild turkeys, skunks, ridges, quail, squirrels, wild ducks and geese, and many other kinds of animals that abide near railroads have been killed part- Extracts From the ‘‘Stygian Punch.” EDITED BY JOE MILLER. I say, Adam,” observed Darwin, meet- ing that venerable person on the street. “How about that theory of mine? Did the original man have a tail?” “Yes,” said Adam. ‘‘You hit it exacfly rieht.” ““And why did it disappear?” I cut mine off,” said Adam, with a wink at Confucins. *It irritated me so by following me about everywhers 1 went.'” “What exactly was your reason for help- ing in the assassination of Cesar?”’ asked Boswell of Brutus. “Well, it was this way: The condition of the body-politic was pretty bad, and we felt that nothing short of a surgical opera- tion could brace it up. So we used our knives, that was all,” explained Brutus. “What do you think of those auto- graph hunters, Noan?”’ asked Johnson. ““Autograph hunters? What are they?”’ replied Noah. “‘Why people who hunt autographs, of course,” explained Johnson. “I really don't know enough about ‘em to say,”’ said Noab. *Factis, I don’t be- lieve I ever even saw an autograph. We did’t have any in the ark, I know. What kind of a looking beast is'it?” *1 understand, from late news from the other side,” said Scott, “that there is a great revival in interest in Scotch things.” “So I hear,” drawied Thackeray, ‘but ill blow over.” “Wiy do you think so?” asked 8 1 never knew a Gael that didn't, Thackeray. it “ What was that fracas up at the opera- house last night?” asked Bonaparte. “Oh, nothing much,” said Shakespeare. “Captrin Kidd had to be ejected, that's all. He insisted upon comiug in at half price, because, he said, he was a Kidd.” “Queen Elizabeth is very tactful,” said Raleigh enthusiasticaily. =~ ““She gave & luncheon_to the Centaurs the other day, and, by Jove, she'd provided oats, terra- pin, clover salad, ana spring lamb, so that whether the Centaurs considered them- :el\'?s men or horses they were provided or.’ “That was a pathetic little story Peter Stuyvesant told the other night,” said Munchausen. I didn’t hear it,” “What was it?” ““Why, you know, he lost one of his legs in his early days,” said Munchausen, ‘and, by Jove, when Charon rowed bim over here from the other side, there it was standing o the wharf waiting for him 1" *Why did yon decline a third term, Washington?’ asked George the Third. “Too lazy ?"’ *Noj; not a bit of it,” said Washington. *‘It was just to save my reputation. I felt, if I went on, there was danger of my de: gen;rulln_l into a king, and a King George at that!"” replied Boswell. “Look here,”” said Shem to a famous oculist on the Styx, “you charge me 100 oboli for fixing me up, while old man Argus tells me your for him is only fifty.”” ‘‘Well, of course,”” said the oculist. “He gives me all his business. You don’t ex- pect me to treat two eyes on the same terms that I give a man with a hundred of em, do you?"” T ee——— HUMAN ODDITIES. Ola Bull, the celebrated violinist, was suck a master of the instrument that he could play a melody of considerable com- pass on only one string. Lope de Vega was the most noted dram- atist. There still remain over 1800 plays of his composition. About 300 of the best have been coliected and published. Goliah, the famous Philistine champion, was one of the tallest men of whom any measurements are recorded. His height ;u: 6 cubits and a span, or about 1034 eet. Tamerlane enjoys the unenviable dis- tinction of being the bloodiest conqueror in history. Itiscomputed that during his wars nearly 4,000,000 of human beings were destroyed. John Middleton, an English giant, born i 1578, was 9 feet 3 !nche: in h%llh& His paim was 814 inches broad, and from the carpus to the end of his middle finger wat 17 inches, Digymus, the Alexandrian, was born blind,” but, notwithstanding this defect, attained such great skill in mathematics. geometry and logic that he was reckoned one of the wonders of his age. OUTLAW MILLER AGAIN IN PRISON The Desperado Caught by a Posse Near Prescott. Is Gaunt From Hunger and Suffering From a Bullet Wound. Traln-Robber Parker Still Succeeds in Eluding Arizona’s Man- Hunters. PRESCOTT, Ariz., May 15.—L. C. Mil- ler, who accompanied Train-robber Parker in his recent escape from the jail here, was captured this morning near Jerome Junction, twenty-five miles north of Pres- cott. He was gaunt from suffering and lack of nourishment, and limped badly from a gunshov wound., Contrary to the generally accepted story, he was not shot while with Parker south of Prescott. His wounds were received at the hands of Jailer Meador while he was escaping. Meedor fired tnree shots while the men were leaving the courthouse, and Miller then received two flesh wounds, He sep- arated early from Parker and the Mexican, The latter was badly wounded by the jailer, and Milier believes he has crawled away in some thicket and died. Deputy Sheriff Fairohild of Coconino County arrested Miller without trouble, At Miller’s request he was taken to the Flagstaff jail, as he feared a lynching if returned to Prescott. The posse after Parker is still reported near Williams, but the prospects of a capture is no better than heretofore. Through raids on sheep camps, Parker now hasa fresh horse and is well armed. In the pursuing party are three of the best men Arizona could engage for such service. They are Commodore P. Owens, Sherift of Navajo County, renowned for bravery at Holbrook, where he single handed fought and killed four desperadoes in one battle; Sheriff Ralph Cameron of Cococino County, who knows every foot of the re- gion, and Sheriff Ruffner of Yavap County, who 1s so bitterly in earnest that he has offered $4000 reward on his own ac- count. The posse is expected to run the fugitive into the impassable canyons that lead to the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. WEBSTER'S SOHOOL DAYS. He Was Considered a Dull Boy and Broke Down as a Declaimer, “It is douttful if, among that group of intellectual prodigies whose efforts in the courts of justice and in the National halls of legislation have been materially felt during our career as a nation, there can be found one whose ear'y school days were associated with such humiliating and unfavorable circumstances as were those of Daniel Webster, the foster-father of cur American nationality.” Buch is the opening sentence of an artisle by For- rest Prescott Hall in-the January Arena. The observation is amply justified by the facts that follow concerning Wehster's school days, and his difficulties in making a speech and 6ven in reciting his lessons. Daniel's parents weze humble folk in straitened circumstances in what is now called Salisbury Center, N. H. 1t took considerable contriving to enable him to get the education for which he had a pas- sionate louging; but on MEV 25, 1796, he and his father set out for Exeter, where e was placed in a school kept by a Mr. Clifford. The house is still standing, “'the pride of the town.” Mr. Hall proceeds as fotlows: “When Daniel was given in charge of the worthy Mr. Clifforl it was the first time he had ever been away from home, and his feelings can not be better de- scribed than by himself. “iThe change overpowered me. I bardly remained master of my own senses among ninety boys who had seen so much more and appeared to know so much more than I did. “It is not to be wondered that the change overpowered him, a rough, un- trained country boy at 14 years of age. “It is said that Webster, upon leaving his son at Mr. Clifford’s house, remarked to this gentleman that ‘he must teach Daniel to hold nis knife and fork, for he knows no more about it than a cow gbout holding & spade.’ 1t seems that the com- parison was a good one, for his manners at the table were soruie that the other students requested the landlord to send him away. But the kind-hearted man would not consent to this, and refused even to remonstrate with Daniel, for he knew the boy was sensitive and knew no better. ‘“‘He hit upon a plan, so the story goes, which resulted in teaching the boy how to use his knife and fork. Webster was ac- customed to hold them in his fists. Mr. Clifford one day held his in the same way, and continued 1o do 30 until Webster saw hol;v ungraceful it was and corrected him- self. **The knife and fork episode 1s not much in itself, but it shows how ignorant Web- ster was when he came to Exeter, and un-. der what adverse conditions was his struggle for an education. ‘“As to his studies, his succ was not great. He himself say: emed unable to recite in a room filled with boys, and though he studied hard, and was far from stupid, he could never make a good recitation. fint ‘what is to be wondered at most of all is that he couid not be induced to speak in publ; When the day came on which the was to decli altbough he had learned his tece, he was utterly incapable of rising rom his seat when his name was called. “The kind and excellent Buckminster, says Daniel in his autobiography, ‘sough’ especially to persuade me to perform the exercise of declamation, like other boys, but I could notdo it. Many a time di commit the pieces to memory in my room, yoiL when the time came when the school coilected to hear declemations, when my name was called, and I saw all eves turned to my seat, I could not raise myself from it, Bometimes the instructors frowned. sometimes they smiled. Mr. Buckmint ster always pressed and entreated mos, winningly that I would venture, but could never command sufficient resolu- tion. When the occasion was over I went home and wept bitter t of mortifica- tion.” ‘‘And now, when we think of Daniel ‘Webster, the orator whoge speeches have become classic and who towered above mmering before his schoolmates, and unable to pronounce a word of the speech which he had learned and studied for the occasion. “It is said that Daniel was s0 much dis- couraged by his inability to declaim in public, and by his treatment at the hands of his fellow-students, t t d of the first term, when Dr. Abbot called him u] d asked him if he intended to return ter Christm. his answer indicated mething like reluctance. The vrincipal well knew that Webster's rustic manners and coarge clothing had drawn upon him the ridicule of the boys, who, says Mr, McGaw, ‘in every respect except habil ments and external accomplishments were greatly his inferiors.’ “It must be admitted that Webster was slovenly and untidy in his appearance. It is said that he rarely washed his face and bands. Many stories are told concerning this noticeable habit of youth, and the follow ng instance illustrates very clearly Webster's unkempt appearance and also a sally of wit: *‘Day after dav Daniel appeared in class with uis hands besmeared with dirt,paying no attention whatever to the urgent appeals of the teacher to keep them clean. Finally the climax was capped. One day Webster presented himself in the class- room with his usual unclean appearance. The teacher could stand it no longer, and quickly calling the boy to the desk took up hisdirty hand and exclaimed in an enraged tone: ‘Webster, if you can show me an- other hand in this room as dirty as this one I will not punish vou.’ “Welster quickly drew up his other nand and said: ‘Here's one, professor.” The teacher was wholly taken aback by the brightness of his young pupil and ad- mitted that he was beaten. Webster took the eeat without the thrashing. ““‘Webster was assured by the kind prin- cipal that he was a better scholar than most of the boys, and that his constant application to his tooks, coupled with & prodigious faculty for labor, was surpris- ing. He aleo told him that he should be placed in a higher class. where he would no longer be khindered by the boys who cared more for play and dress than for solid improvement. ‘‘‘These were the first enconraging words,’ says Webster, ‘that I ever received with regard to my studies. I then re- solved to return and pursue them with diligence and with so much ability as I Dossessed.’”’ After a stay of nine months at the Exe- ter Daniel was taken to Boscawen, N. H., to be taught by Rev. Samuel Wood. After one year here the reverend gentleman in- formed his pupil that he was tired of him and would put him in college at once. He went to Dartmouth and did better work, learning to speak in public, and by the end of his freshman year had become gaite a power in_the College.—Literary igest. EVOLUTION IN THE AQUARIUM. The Fiddler Crab Is Now Able to Climb a Pole, The New York Aquarium continues to be an attraction for thovsands of visitors daily. While the greater part are simply spectators there are many who value the opportunity to study tbe habits of tne denizens of the deep. Students of crus- tacea here find examples whereby they can gratify their tastes. Next to the display of intelligent clams that the Press alluded to last week comes the tank devoted to several species or varieties of the crab and lobster genus. The civilizing effect produced by being daily fed and otherwise cared for is gradu- ally changing their nature from the orig- inal predatory habit. More especially is this seen in the fid- dler variety of crab, which is alert for its food at the usual feeding hour, seeming to take note of time. After its meals it delights in antics curious and amusing to lookers-on. Asa dfsposition to chimb was shown it was suggested that an upright pole in the tank would develop this propensity, and much to the interest of the caretakers it readily accomplished it, and now remains for hours perched cn the top. Visitors soon discovered that it enjoyed peanuts, and it expertly cracked the shell, eating only the kernel of the nut. The hermit crab, a far more timid crea- ture, usually keeping within its stolen shell, realizes its salety now from its ene- mies and roams about, associating with other varisties, but takes interest only in filening whatever is handy. ‘The lobster finds living so easy, through the system of feeding it, without effort on its part, thav it is rapidly developing an aldermanic rotundity quite amusing to see. Its natural pugnacity has disap- peared, and, instead of groping on the bottom, it ncy frequents the surface, thrusting eut {t8 minor claw for such tid- bits as visitors freely bestow. While it shows a disposition to emulate the fiddler crab in climbing the pole it has not as yet sccomplished it. Thus we have convin- cing evidence that & marked and rapid evolution of species can be brought about by obtaining liberal food supplies without effort and, perhans, the benefit of associa- tion.—New York Press. HOW TO USE TEAS, The Quality of the Water as Well as the Leaf Should Be Considered. The suggestions to tea-dealers by Joseph M. Walsh, an expert in selecting and blending teas, might be followed by house- keepers with benefit and satisfaction. The first is the employment of the softest water procurable or that which has been filtered. The next is to boil the water quickly and use it immediately upon the boiling point being reached, as overboil- ing impairs its efficacy in extracting the full strength and aroma from the leaves. Water short of boiling or reboiled can only make indifferent tea, thin, insipid and unattractive in color. The time al- lowed for drawing should vary with the character of the tea—viz., five or six min- utes for China and Japun teas an: only three or four for Congou, Souchong, India, Ceylon and Java, because of the great pro- partion of tannin they contain. Exam- ination of the leaves after being drawn will prove whether or not the kind and quality of tea desired has been supplied. The leaves of choice, pure tea will be found of medium. and uniiorm size, per- fectly formed, unbroken, and if of Oolong, green or Japan varieties, of a greenish color, while Congou, Souchong, India, Ceylon and Java will te dark brown. Another important observance is to select tess which ‘will accord with the water which must be used. If very hard, Padroe, Baryune and strong, tarry Ooufa Congous are the best, with Indias of Assam variety and heavy drawing Ceylons, including broken leaf Pekoes, 28 good seconds; for medium hard water, with ‘all kinds of the finer flavored Indias, first crop Panyongs, Kee- mun Congous, Qolongs, Japan and green ; for soft water, all varieties and grades of Oolong, green, scented, Japan, Ningenow, Paklin, Chingwo, Congous, light drawing India and Ceylon, and all descriptions of hign-flavored teasshould be used.—Brook- lyn Eagle. TROLLEY OAR "238." Its Bad Record Has Put It Uuder the “*Hoodoo” Ban. Trolley car 238 of the Nassau line in Brooklyn has been temporarily, if not permanently, witbdrawn from service, owing to its erratic habitsand not through any defects in its construction or ma- chinery. By reason of the numerous ac- cidents in which it has figured it hascome to be regarded as the ‘*hoodoo car,” and the motormen and conductors mn'tually congratulated themselves, when it was laid up yesterday in the Fifth avenue and Twenty-third street stable, No. “238's'" first erratic performance oc- curred three months ago, when, without any apparent cause, it ran off in Ninth avenue and scared a dozen or more pa:- out of their wits. A week or g0 er the motor: of the car became suddenly ill on the car, and a serious ac- cident was only averted by the prompt discovery of his condition by the con- ductor. Then a week later No. 238 jumped the track and wrecked a lamp- Post and a grocery-store. here were soveral other minor mishaps and eventually a killing. The latter in dent occurred” two weeks ago, and Car- cleaner William Bothwell was the victim. ‘While he at work on the roof of the oar it suddenly started off and Bothwell Wwas thrown to the ground and received injuries which soon resulted in his death. ““The devil’s in that car,’” was the com- ment of one of the railroad employes who familiar with history. ‘hether it be learned last night.—New York Sun, i1l be put in commission again could not 1 PACIFIC YACHT CLUB OPENING Commodores Usher the Season of ’97 at Sausalito. in Many Gayly Decorated Visiting Craft Ride at Anchor in the Harbor. Guests Entertalned on the Bay and in the Quarters of the Organ- izatlon. SAUSALITO, CaL., May 15.—The open- ing of the Pacitic Yacht Club for the sea- son of '97 took place to-day at the club- house and erounds in old Sausalito. The bay was alive with prettily decorated yachts, and the festivities were in progress all to-day and thisevening. The boom- ing of cannon and the shrill shrieks of the whistles, as they belched forth salutes, added much to the excitement and pleas- ures of the day. The hall was decorated with flowersand American flags. Throughout the after- noon the guests were entertained on the yachts which rode atanchor near the club grounds. It was a scenejof splendor, de- spite the wind and the fog which at- tempted to steal in upon the festivities. James D. Maxwell had charge of the affair. A banquet was served by the members of the Pacific Yacht Club to the members of similar organizations, at which the following participated: A. B. Spreckels, Commodore L Gutte, Captain Osborne of the United Btates vessel Ged- ney, Mrs. Mary Blethen Sherwood, Gen- eral Jobn H. Dickinson, James D. Max- ‘well, F. Greenbaum, H. E. Law, H. D. Keil, Ralph Lane, A. Swanson, J. 8. Wat- son, George S. Andres, F. Hohwiesner, ‘William Cunpningham; J. 8. Connelly, secretary Encinal Yacnt Club; Thomas L. Hill, San Francisco Yacht Club: Allen Morgan Clay, Encinal Yacht Club; C. L. Lancaster, California Yacht Club; J. 8. Hanley, Encinal Yacht Club; J. O. Mc- Kee, South Bay Yacht Club; Charles B. Hill, San Francisco Yacht Club, and others, including many ladies. The banquet was greatly enjoyed. The long life and prosperity of the Pacific Yacht Club and the visiting members was drunk. In the evening more guests arrived and the large dance hall was filied, the party not breaking ub untila late hour. A large number of prominent yachtsmen were among the gue Among the visiting yachts were the fol- lowing and their commanders: Yacht Nixie, Commodore George E. Billings, San Francisco Yacht Club; Frolie, E. C Bartlett; California Yacht Club, C. J. Lancaster; Neraid, Will F. Fisher; Ra- mona, W. N. McCarthy; Thelma, George B. Edgear; Will-o™-the-wisp, G. T. White; Elia, Fred F. Ames; Wildwood, E. A’ Yon Schmidt: Flash, R.J. Chapman; A. A. Gilletti, ¥. W. K-lly, Will Brooks, D. Barnes, Thomas L. Hill, Andrew Thorne aud otners. Medical Gossip. In an articie on ‘“Medical Progress’’ a writer in the Arena broaches the comfort- ing theory that environment has a great deal to do with hereditary aisease and predicts that when sanitation reaches that point of. perfection which it is hoped may be attained in the near future we shall hear much less of this class of disease. e ““Ti.e most successful physicians do not now treat the disease so much as the pa- tient; by studying his physical, mental and moral potentialities and seeking to develop them in the right directions. “Knowledge of a child’s parents is no guide to the mental qualites of the child himgse Twins, though often atsurdly alike in appearance, may be entirely differ- ent in disposition, Even the halves of double monsters frequently have charac- ters very unlike. “The famous Siamese twins livea very unhappily. One of them fook to drink- ing, and his brother, who did not care at all for liquor, is said to have been | “seriously inconvenienced.” More than that, they disagreed on the subject of the civil war and irritated each othier to such | an extent that at one time they consulted an eminent physician as to the possibility of a separation. “Medical records give the case of another monster, the celebrated Hungarian twins Ritta and Christina. One was almost beautiful, with agreeasle manners and & good temper, while the other was plain and of such a violent and quarrelsome | temper that they could not be trusted | alone. Yet, after their death, their blood-vessels were found to have commu- nicated in such a manner that the same | blooa flowed through both brains. | Sl | IRVING'S RICHARD. Past and Present Treatment of the Play on the English Stage. As in the other historical plays of Shakespeare, “‘alarums and excursions” are a prominent feature of the action, and at the Lyceum these battle episodes are presented with a stirring martial spirit | and with much pomp and circum-| stance. A difficulty in the matter of | stage-managing this play has al- ways been to exhibit with any approach to plausibility the rival encampments of | Richard and Richmond, which ought, ac- | cording to the text, to confront each other | on the stage, with the tents of the two leaders in the foreground and open to the view of the house. Azain according to the | text, the ghosts of Richard’s victims on the eve of the battle rise from the stage and address speeches alternately to him and | his opponent. Sir Henry Irving overcomes the difficulty by exhibiting the interior of Richard’s tentand Richmond’s sucessive- | 1y, the change of scene being effected dur- | ing a momentary darkening of the stage. | Consequently the ghosts appear to Richard alone. A very slight cutting of the text | enables this to be done, and an entirely | plausible rendering of the dream ‘‘busi- ness’’ is so easily achieved that, like Colum- bus’ metnod of making the egg stand on end, one wonders that it should never have been thought of before. Broadsword com- Lats were formerly a much relishea feat- ure of Shakespearean performances, where they are frequent, and that between Rich- ard and Richmond has a'ways been one of the most noted. Edward Kean used to make a terrific fight as Richard, so wearing | out his antagonist that the latter had no | breath left wherewith to finish the scene. | Itis on record, too, thatthe elder Mathews, in his zeal asa lencer, foughtas Richmond for an hour by the clock, declining to let Richard fall in a convenient spot or aie, until a spectator in the gallery, carried | away by the realism of the combat, and thinking that the tyrant was like to escape, called out, amid general laughter, “Why don’t he shoot him ?”” At the Lyceum, of | course, no such absurd excesses are in- | duiged in. Toan old-fashioned playgoer 1t is quite possible that the fight between Sir Henry Lrving and Frank Cooper might appear tame, but at least we may be sure that it is conducted secundum ar- tem. The battle itseif, it must be owned, is hardly as impressive as a great event in English history as it ought to be. As the stage is sometimes declared, among others by Sir Henry Irving hi self, to te a valuable medium for the teaching of history, it is interesting to note how far the Richard of the play ac- cords with the Richard of fact. Like | meaner dramatists, Shakespeare cannot i be acquitted of “forcing the note.”” The real Richard was far from being as b'ack as he is painted. Lady Anne was only betrothed, not actually married to the murdered Prince; and there is little | ground for believing that she, in turn, was killed by Richard or that he was in- strumental in the murder of his brother, Clarence; while, with respect to his pro- posed union with his niece Elizabeth, the marriage seems not to bave been distaste- ful to that Princess, who wrote with her own hand to the Duke of Norfolk begging him to recommend the alliance to Rich- ard. 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