The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 13, 1898, Page 24

CISCO CALL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1898. ET another week of dancing, mu- sic and brilliant entertainments | Henry Gibbons, ro(‘nrd(ng)‘gecretary; Mrs. | George A. Cruix, Mrs. . W. Newhall, | Mrs. J. H. and Miss Maddox, Mrs. L. C. and the season of 1897-8 Will| Branch and Mrs. William A. Brewer of have come to a close. The past | San Mateo. > week has been crowded with The \‘olunial‘Dnmes were the K\lleit‘sl(lf Tafibrate s 3 is week @ the corresponding secretary and histo- claborate affairs, and this week | 56, PSR w0oq Brown, at her home, promises to be eqgually as southwest corner of Central and Pacific | Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Whittler gave an | ,yenues, on Tuesday, February 1 Most elaborate dinner, followed by a dance, | jjteresting accounts of various colomial on Monday, at their elegant home, cor- | celebrations in the BEast, as well as de ner of Jackson and Laguna streets, in | lightful reports of the work of the East- SRl G W debutante | ern socicties, were listened to with mark- | The request from the Ti- ed attention. sister, Gertie conderoga storical Society for the Th Dames h t to'have the historic of tk fort pre - an appeal to Congress ments home, iven which is sc nment of well adapted for the large a party, was tly decorated for the occasion. 1l, drawing rooms, billiard room were placed at the ancers, and the vast ball ted into a sumptuous ated at seven round b ted of an orig: ns. et wa 1 tab fragr: stic pre pink fruit blos After t ¢ an elaborate menu, i. The cotillon evening, Edward Miss Carroll. he favors the first e favor—a . from which, tied with d _ribbon, three tiny nug- ral wand was re, and the dolls_in ure. For er vinai- tributed. rs. Wk ved their 1 by Miss Carroll. fer wore.an imported gown ples that were fastened to the cor- s Carroll wore a dainty gown of atin. The overdress was of cream the pattern of lace, with a tiny_frill of pink chiffon. which was traced met with approbation. This cha spot on Lake George, New York, w rned before the Revolutionary well as Jlonial history. Miss Evelyn' Henry added greatly to the pleasure of the aft- ernoon by her exquisite rendering of sev- eral solos. War, during _that conflict, in the TN They're Engaged. [ The engagement of Miss Pauline Rosen- ecoration. The fIrst | tpal, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Max it T ottty | Rosenthal of Chicago, formerly of this 2 The third table was decor- | city, to David Lederer of Chicago, is an- Hothing but delic At | nounced. The wedding will take plaee on | the 2ith of February. The engagement is announced of Miss Sarah Davis and 1. Kamter e e Wedding Bells. The marriage of Elizabeth Klink McCoy and Lieutenant Vincendon L. Cottman, U. 8. N., was solemnized at the residence of the bride’'s mother, 1418 Post street, on Wednesday, at 2 o'clock. The house was tastefully decorated with woodwardia ferns, smilax and roses. In lieu of the conventional wedding music, the Califor- nia quartet sang as the bridal couple entered the parlors, and also after the ceremony, which was performed by Chaplain Frank Thompson, U. S. N. It was a quiet home wedding, only the im- mediate families being present. Lieu- tenant Cottman is the executive officer of the U. 8. S. Alert, stationed at gown was a spray of pale green Zmerica, where he will shortly join her. Mrs. Cottman will remain with her family for the present. el S Home Gatherings. The numerous friends of Mrs. Loulse Mr. and Mrs. Whittier's guests were: | di Vecchio gave her an informal reception Mr: T. Carroll, M on Saturday evening last at the elegant von Schroeder, | and spacious apartments of Mrs. A. Gro- Miss H. Helen Smith. Greenwood, Rob , Augustus Taylo rd Hoffman, Fred ank Owen, Harry gan, 143¢ Washington street. The occa- sion was commemmoratfive of a token of appreciation of Mrs. Di Vecchio before | her intended departure from this city, where she has resided for the past quar- ter of a century. The pariors were decorated with ferns and evergreens, and the programme con- sisted of music, both vocal and instru- mental, with select recitations and read- Miss "Celia | {ngg. Miss Therese | ZAmong those present were: Mrs. W. | Miss Romie | gymonds, Mrs. A. Grogan, Mrs. McNeill, Emma But- | Mrs, Louise Knowlton, Mrs. M. Bowers, Miss Mollie | Mrs. 8. Cardall, Mrs. W. Krouse, Mrs, C. omas, Miss Gertie | Perpoli, Mrs. A. Prince, Mrs. K. Hubley, Muriel Atherton, W. F.| Mrs. L. Bennett, Miss Flora Grogan, Miss & . n_von Schroe- | Daisy Grogan, Miss Alice Strong, Miss Van W le arence Fol- | Jeanne Geautit, Miss Sophie Marin, Miss Kate Valente, Miss di Vecchlo, Miss 1. Silvester, Miss V. Hansom, Miss Maude Kelly; H. D. Sheridan, W. Symonds, Joe Keller, George Hill, Leon Blanchard, Dan McNelll, Joseph Keene, Willlam McNeul, F Howe, J. R. Hartman, George | Sweetser, Judge Williams, C. B. McCar- Holbroo! Sheldon, | thy, Dr. D. W. McNeill, George Mc- E. M. Greenway, unt_Ceni, | Gowan, Henry Grogan and others. George de Long, Clement, Harry Victor Demartini_entertained his num- Pringle, G. B , Mr. Graham, R. | erous friends on the evening of Febru- Duperu and Mr. O'Su ary 5 in honor of his reappointment as Sixty members of the Entre Nous Cotil- lon will make up a theater party at the Baldwin next Thursday evening in honor of Miss Elenore a former mem- ber of the Cotillon Club. The Eentre Nous Cotillon will hold its fifth assembly and German at the Pal- ace next Friday evening. In the unavoldable absence of the chair- man, Mrs. Selden S. Wright, Mrs. 8. M. Van Wyck presided.- Among the dames present were: officlal Italian interpreter of the several courts of this county. The affair was held at a downtown Italian restaurant. The banquet hall was tastefully decor- ated with bunting, and music was fur- nished by O’Brien’s orchestra. Singing was the feature of the evening’s enter- tainment. Miss Kittie Burns, late of the Brian Boru Opera Company, sang several selections, as did also Miss May Jackson. Judge Campbell, Martin_ Kelly selections. Those present were Judge Campbell, Judge Low, William Finnigan, Cameron, James Becsey, Martin Edward Wren, Phillip Crimins, F. Gaspar, A. J. Morgen- Kelly, Charles Asher, stern, James F. Hallet, Sylvia Roccata- | gla, J. McQuade, J. A. Kock, J. Hall, Victor Demartini, Ed Sweeney, Paul De- martini, Len Gallagaria, John Gall, Ar- chie Campbell, M. L. Spinetti, Miss May Jackson, Miss Annie O’Brien, Minnie Da- | vis, Lottie de Vota, Kittie Burns and Alice Daly. About twenty-five of the schoolmates | and friends of Master Harold Brown ten- dered him a very agreeable surprise party last evening at the home of his parents, 8$14B Larkin street. ¢The surprise was thorough and the enjoyment of the young people most complete. Glub Parties. The annual banquet of the Iota Chap- ter of the Xi Psi Phi of the Dental Fra- ternity was held last Thursday in Del-| monico’s banquet hall. The reunion was an interesting one, and was a source of enjoyment to all. There were present: Dr. R. E. Gilson, Dr. J. M. Williamson, Dr. J. D. Hodgen, Dr. C. A. Gitton, Dr. w. Lewitt, Dr. A. A. D'Ancona, H. E. Gedge, Dr. J. A. Jeftery, Dr. C. A. Gilman, Dr. W. M. Herrington, Dr. C. C. Marckus, Dr. J. J. Richards, Dr. B. C. Boeseke, Frank Vaughn, C. R. Wilcoxon, F. D. Watkins, H. G. Allen, A. C. Rulof- | son Jr., R. E. Burns, J. M. Stalder, J. A. Colegrove, S. L. Piper, A. Finley, J. M. McClish, W. R. Allij T. Scott, P. H. Dunbar, E. Roger: e Lo Morey, D. L. Blackburn J.. Hiniker, R. J. Blake, P. S. Cummings, J. M. T. Hock- er, S. 8. Southworth, J. F. Gallowa: The members of the Monday Evening Whist Club were entertained at the res- idence of Mlss Emma Prosek last Mon- day evening. Prizes were awarded to Oscar Meussdorffer and Miss Sadie de Haven. The consolation prizes went to J. M. Fallavar and Miss Nellie G. Martland. s ibscing Sailed Away. Among those salling on the steamer Alameda‘on Friday, February 4, were: For Honolulu—Miss A. K. Adair, Miss J. Allen, H. P. Baldwin, C. P. Baughman, | Miss L. A. Curtis, H. H. Dunlap, Mrs. M. Fennell and child, Mrs. J. Fennell, J. H. Fisher, J. D. Ford, L. Goldstone, Miss B. | Johnson, L. B. Kerr, Rev. James A. Mar- | tin, P. F. Nolan, W. H. Paine, J. F. Peirce, Miss E. Phillips, Dr. E. C. Rhoades, J. Morgan Smith, M Souter, I, E, Udell and wife, H. wife, 8. O. Wells, Miss A. 1s, G. N. . Wildox; William \Wright, wife and chiid; Miss J. E. Fisher, G, H. Wright. For Apia—James C. Connor and wite, Miss I. M. Hall, Miss Smith. r Sydney—S. R. Abrams and wife, K. Aston, H. M. Ayres, George Bandoflar and wife, B. C. Besley, William Campbell, W. W. Donnell Miss Edwards, ol J. Foyer, Dr. J. F. Gibbon; F. Gunther, wife and child; Jj. J. fower wife and child; e, 1. B. Snell and wife, F. J. Sullivan, D. B. Thomas and wife, Henry Utard, Jonn ‘Wickham. Join at Honolulu for Cooksey, wife and valet; Master E. D. Cooksey, Del Monte. DEL MONTE, Feb. 12.—A large number of Eastern people have arrived here this week, having been driven to California Sydney—George B. t; Miss E. Cooksey, R. Fornaris. by the terrible blizzards and other forms | of climatic discomfort now so prevalent east of the Rockies. Chicago is espe- ally well represented upon the week's list of visitors, and those who come from the Windy City are doubly appreciating the mildness of a California spring. A notable party of Chicagoans now_here consists of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Miller and Mr. and Mrs. S. W, Miller. Many San Franciscans also are staylng here now, among them being L. Cohen and Mrs. Cohen. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Grant came down from San Francisco this week, remaining only a few days. They were accompanied by Miss Lewis of Portland, Or. Mr. and Mrs, J. S. Carvalho of New Mrs. S. W. Holladay, Mrs. | and Edward Sweeney also favored with | York City arrfved Wednesday to spend 19/00000000000000000000000 For the Spring Opening of our SILK DEPARTMENT we place on sale Monday, FEBRUARY 14, 100 pieces of FOULARD SILKS, 24 inches wide, in artistic designs and 0000000 PRING, ADVERTISEMENTS. 000000000000000000000000] exquisite colorings, AT 75° PER YARD, WORTH $1.25 PER YARD. The price of these goods being sur- prisingly moderate, and the goods them- selves being exquisitely fashionable creations, we invite a critical exami- nation of them. gathered together a Orders. Try us. f 0000000000000000000000C0, ® In the development of our Out-of-Town Trade we have staff of assistants who thoroughly understand how to promptly and satisfactorily fill Mail Dr. | . | Black and wife, New Yor! | the remainder of the week. | The pleasant weather of the past week | has made out of door amusement very | delightful, and driving has been especially | indulged in. Wheeling is also coming into favor again, and between 10 and 12 o'clock in the morning the grounds are full of riders upon their noiseless steeds. Now that the season for quail and duck shooting is almost over the sportsmen here are all the more eager for the de- lights of gunning. Early starts and late returns, usually game-laden, charac- terize the days for these irrepressible en- thusiasts. Some of the visitors who have arrived | the weck are: Josephine Gro, San Francisco; Russell Parker and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gutman, Mr. York, George S. Field, Mrs. G. S. Field, Buffalo, N. Y.; W. D. Currier, Spokane; Henry Auger, London, England; F. Dray, J. A. Flanagan, New York; H. P. Stow and wife, Miss Keifer, Forbestown, Col.; John Hammond, J. D. Grant and wife, Ban Francisco; Miss Lewis, Portland, Oregon; W. W. Mein, Oakland; Miss Jean Pollok, San Diego; Allen Pol W. C. Pavey, | F. W. Snyder, 8an Francisco; John B. Oblinger, Pennsylvania; J. E. Rugg and | wife, Boise, Idaho; Walter H. Miller and | wife, Chicago; H. A. Latimer, Boston; | James Brummabon and wife ew York v; Sidney W. Miller and wife, Chicago; ~ Young, C. A. Young, J. Murray, ipeg; Fr. Wietzer and wife, Norfolk, Amalie Hofer, Ethel M. I | R Lindgren, C. P. Montgome J. L. Carvalho and wife, Ne g | L. Cohen and wife, San Francisco; U. D. ‘Billme)'or. Chattanooga, Tenn.; & Mr. and Mrs. | A. M. Rosenbaum, San_Francisco; M | EA Ehrman, Portland; Mr. and Mrs. G. ‘\V. Parks, New York City: W. J. Chal mers and wife, Miss Joan Chalmers | Chicago. | San Mateo. SAN MATEO, Feb. 12—The residence of G. W. Dickie was on Thursday evening ;last filled with an enthusiastic assembly, | met to do honor to Scotland’s bard, Rob- | ert Burns. The occasion was the forty- first meeting of the San Mateo Fort. nightly, a literary and musical society. Several essays and speeches were given, durin, | triot and a moralist. The musical num- | bers were interesting, as illustrating the | melodies Burns _especially loved ~and | helped to perpetuate by his immortal songs. The singing of Mrs. W. E. Den- nison was much admired. The subject “Washington and His | Times” will be considered at the next meeting, which will be held at the resi- - | dence of Walter E. Dennison. Among those present on Thursday | evening were_Mrs. George Wallace, Rev. e of the club will be discontinued. and Mrs. C. H. Kirkbride, Mr. and Mrs. | The following are the members of the G. W. Dickie, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bettle- | club: Bruce Large, Leslie 1. Coggins, | heim, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Doane, | Joseph P. Lavin, Bernard P. Gleason, Mrs. W. E. Dennison, Mr. and . B.| Robert Schord, Acton Stowen, William Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Fuller, Mr. | W. Leathe, Willlam Schord, Robert E. and Mrs.’ N. J. Greatt Mrs. C. M. Tracey, George W. Montgomery, Allen Morse, Mrs. Dougls r. 'and Mrs. P.| H, Ferguson and C. E. Niedecher. | Noisat, Mrs. J. Rodgers, Mrs. F. T. Fer-| The Fleur de Lis Club, a new social | ree, Miss Mary Morse, Miss Mabel Law- | organization, held its weekly meeting rence, Miss Clara Roedel, Miss "Anna | last Thursday evening in_the parlors of | Dickie, Miss Eleanor Wallace, Miss Doug- | the California Hotel. Final arrange- las, Miss Eth. ree, Miss Carrie Good- | ments were made for the elub’s first hue, Miss ioodhue, Miss May Rob-‘ ball, which is to take place to-morrow inson, Miss F r Reynolds, A. R. Gil-| in the Maple Hall of the Palace Hotel christe, W. D. Read, L. C. McAfee, Dr.| The elub has already over half a huj A. E. Baldwin, Crit. Ferree, James Rod- | dred members and applications for mem- | gers, William 8. Dickie, G. W. Dickie Jr., | bership are being handed in so rapidly | William Reynolds, Wyllys Hall, C. T.| that double that number will be enrolled Christ, Charles Roedel, A. J. Dickle, Wil- | before the ball. Mrs. John Pettee is liam A. Turnbull, Fred M. Dickie, C. N. | the founder and president of the club. Kirkbride and William 8. Jack. R — Paso Robles. Personals. Judge Buck of Redwood City, T. L. | Moody and wife of San Francisco, James istered at Paso Robles. Thomas Irvine, Mrs. de Ruyter and Miss de Ruyter of New York have returned to Paso Robles. | February. | Dr. and Mrs. N. | and Mrs. K. T, Hone, Master Hone of Alabam at Paso Robles. Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 12.—Miss Aurelia Amlillo entertained Friday evening at the residence of her sister, Mrs. 8. Guasti, on East Third street, in honor of Miss Flor- ence Scatena and George Giannini of San Francisco. The decorations, which were a are registered tions and malidenhair ferns, while the servatory with quantities of potted plants and smilax. The evening's programme included music, dancing and cards. The first prizes, a hand-painted picture frame and a silver hat brush, were won by Miss Helen Roth and Mr. Laiz. The consola- tlon prize, a doll and a toy trumpet, were | Conley of Montana are among those reg- | J. J.Valentine and a party have engageq | rooms at Paso Robles for the month of | Captain James Mills and wife of Texas, | L. Hall of Florida, Mr. | Miss Hone and | exceedingly beautiful, were of red carna- | reception hall was converted Into a con- | bestowed upon Miss Florence Scatena and Mr. Hurlburt. Miss Scatena rendered several piano solos and Miss Bertha Roth and Eugene | Roth contributed vocal duets. An ele- | | gant supper was served. Besides the guests of honor there were present the Misses Louise Naud, Anna | Strohm, C. Le Urquiza, Helen Roth, M Potts, Louise Pellissier, M. Krille and Bertha Roth, Messrs. Frank Barham Eugene Roth, Harry Belcher, R. Crow, E. *. Wilson, E. Hurlburt, P. Laiz. J. Kor: bel, J. Scott and W. G. Barnwell. | Zh oty In the Future: The Loring Club, which is now in its twenty-first year of active musical work, | announces the second concert of the present series for Wednesday evening, the 16th inst., in Odd Fellows' Hall. The programme for this concert is of unusual interest, the most important of the choral numbers being Schubert’s “Hymn to the Almighty,” for tenor solo and male voice chorus; the fourth scene from Max | Bruch’s “Frithjof’s Saga”—op. 23, for barytone solo; quartet and chorus, Buck's “The Nun of Nidaros,’ for tenor solo and chorus, with piano and organ ac- companiment ; Debols’ * Mysterious Night,”” for chorus, with violin obligat and Rheinberger’'s “Saint John's Eve. Llewelyn A. Hughes, son of the highly esteemed conductor of the club, willmake his debut before a San Francisco audi- | €nce as solo violinist on this occasion. D. 1. | P. Hughes will, as usual, direct the con- | cert. | _ The regular meeting of the Western | Literary and Social Club will-be held on Wednesday_evening, February 16, at Na- ive Sons’” Hall. “Pink Dominoes” with the following excellent cast will be pre- | sented: Charles Greythorne (a cotton | merchant), Thomas P. Hickey; Sir Percy | Wagstaff (Baronet), William M. Ogilvie; | Mr. Joskin Tubbs (a merchant), Arthur | W. Jones; Henry (his nephew), George | an; Mons. T. Perron.(a caterer), ini; Isadore (a waiter), Wil liam A. Wallace; Lady Maggie Wagstaff, Miss Mae Roberson; Sophie Greythorne, Miss Helen Dumars; Mrs. Tubbs, Miss Elsie A. Duncan; Miss Baron, Miss Rose Broderick; Rebecca, Miss May Capwell. Dancing’ as usual will conclude the | evening’s’ entertainment. The Bay City Wheelmen will hold their thirteenth anniversary reception in the Maple Room, Palace Hotel, Wednesday evening, February The Cotillon of '3 party Friday evening, February 18, | Sherman & Clay's Hall, 223 Sutter | street. On this oceasion the Cotillon will | dance its first german. } During the Lenten season the parties | | reviewing Burns as a wit, a poet, a pa- | will_give their next at Mrs. B. Stern has removed to 2207 Bu- chanan street and will be at home the second Wednesday of the month. Daniel E. Hayes and family, who have been spending the winter at the Occiden- | tal Hotel, have gone to Coronado beach to_remain until about May 1. B | _ Miss J. Meta Hadenfeldt leaves on the Sunset Limited Monday. She will join friends in Los Angeles, and from there make an extended Eastern tour. Mrs. and Miss Cohen will be at home the last to 5 p. m., a | _Mr. and Mr rs. N . Lyon and Miss | Jeffreys Martin have moved to “The Mar- tinet,” 1101 Geary street. At home third Monday. Dr. R. L. Rigdon arrived here Saturday evening after spending three months in New York and other large Eastern citles | in_college and hospital work. | Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Wollner have re- | turned from their tour of Europe and the | Ea Mrs. Wollner will be at home as | us on the second and fourth Tuesdays | of each month | “Ouida” has | hands and feet, and to keep the latter from being distorted by unnatural pres- beautifully formed sure on the bones, she wears open, | buckled shoes, summer and winter :ullke, instead of boots. Last week my bosom friend handed me a card bearing the following in- scription: 0000000000000 060000 & @ & ASTRA CASTRA & £ = ® ¢ THE NEW ERA : - CONSISTORY Z g To ® ® MRS..... .., GREETING : @ Z You are invited, physically, intel- 2 & lectually and spiritually, to meet & With us as we were and as we are, & @ in Beatific Hall on January 10, 1898, 2 ® : o ®20p m " ® T © © NUMEN LUMEN © @ © P04 0000000606000 It sounded creepy and strange and promised something of a novelty, so we decided to go. We were conducted to good side seats half way up the aisle, and before the president's gavel fell we inspected our surroundings. The hall was large, handsomely furnished, and, as Mo- hammed said of Hades, almost full of women. It had no windows other than the colored glass of «its monstrous dome, through which filtered pale rays of light and sunshine, giving to the scene “a magic with witchery in it.” Mrs. Bramme whispered, adding that “the creeps were glving a shadow dance all up and down her spine.” . Promptly at 2:30 o’clock Mrs. Bram- me and I were in the vestibule leading to Beatific Hall. At the en- trance door we were welcomed by two young girls, rather more plainly at- tired than the average woman usher, and with nothing especially uncanny about them that I could discern, though I was vigilantly watching for something of the sort. There were mottoel‘upon the walls | § What Will Happen if the Fad for Physical Reform” Continues. which revealed themselves by hum- dreds, as our eyes became accustomed to the gloom, all of them suggestive of blackboards, which were suspended uponeither side of thepresident's chair, and were covered with strange dia- grams of human figures. While I was trying to read the inscriptions, the president arose, stood quietly a mo- | ment, glancing with a half-smile over the crowd of anxious faces before her, and then, in a low, clear, carrying voice, addressed the audience. She welcomed the women to a par- ticipation in the mysteries of the new era, “‘each soul to as much of the mys- | tery as it can absorb; to all the light it | can now receive; each to all the good which we know from our own experi- ence is within its grasp.” She said she knew that the visitors would be amazed at what they would presently see and hear. | Amputating an external member of the physical body had long been prac- | ticed by civilized peoples; but it had been reserved for up-to-date scientists to invade the inner anatomy of the hu- man body, and, by removing organ af- ter organ, to re-create, in a sense, and to cause the intellectual to be adapted to new connection. Much more she said on the same line. Her leading idea was that the excising scientist has demonstrated that it was possible to live and to enjoy life without many of the organs 2f digestion, circulation and nervous and muscular action. Every umbilical and hypogastric or- gan may safely be removed, and as science: moves, most of the organs in the epigastric regions may also be taken out. Then there would be noth- | ing left to trammel the spirit; nothing to give pain. But then there would be such space and possibilities for hap- | piness as never have been conceived by the minds of men. “Do not for a moment imagine,” safd the president, ‘‘that all this is the re- sult of the excising skill of the surgeon. ‘When once proved that the stomach could be removed and life not only go on the same, but the mind thereby be immeasurably strengthened—so that intense will could cause the successful absorption of still another organ—it ‘was at once seen that such action could thus dissolve any organ; and earnest, aye, inspired women by the score en- tered upon the trial.” Then some of members of the society were invited to give their experiences. Miss Williams, cheeks and hands were of ashy pale- ness, spoke with a voice that seemed to come from a long distance. hat she had coveted a slim waist. ad passed through the excision pro- cess for the sake of attaining a delight- ful slimness. Her stomach and some other organs had been removed. | result was that she had no waist—only | a diaphanous shred to aesophagus with had also, by the exercise of will, she said, absorbed still other organs. she would demonstrate later. Then a lady who was introduced as ‘Madam Ananias” gave an account of her and envy, from her youth, had left her upon the excision of her gall and spleen and the removal of certain gray matter from | her brain. Then, she said, her spiritual | eyes had been opened and she had be- gun to discern clearly the wisdom and possibility of mental as well as su gical excision. Ject to any hindrance in the higher aspirations nor limited by any boun- daries seen by physical eyes. she was willing to make ocular demon- stration of the truth of her statements. A tall, forty summers, with a face that spoke resolution and activity, put this ques- tion to Mrs. Ananias: “You speak of having your gall and spleen removed, do you still retain your stomach?"” “No, madam; it was removed eight weeks ago.’ “And yet,” said the interlocutor, “you eat, have appetite, taste and sense of smell?” ‘“Yes,” replied Mrs. A. fined and elevated appetite, a sense of taste and smell as much above former life as attar of roses is above the odor of decomposition.” A lady asked the chair if each of.the members who would appear befor: the more advanced whose halr, eyes, She said She { The | the She connect the abdomen. This | experience. Malice, melancholy which had tormented her | She was no longer sub- She said of animated blonde, about “I have a re- the ADVERTISE audience had been same excision. Madam President replied: “By no means are all alike in their present ex- alted conditions, and a little later this inqui will be answered in an en- tirely satisfactory way.” The next speaker was Dr. Fox, who advanced the theory that the only ab- solutely essential organs in the human body are those where thoughts are born. All others are collateral, and with higher development not only but inconvenient. Ill- and vindictiveness de- sing knife—or, better , the subjugated will— dispense the organs whence they spring, and those brainy sections where they are shaped for action and given, as it were, wings and feet. All of the organs within the human frame are as susceptible to removal as are the ha of the head or the fingers on the hand. “Somewhere in Arabic legend,” sald Dr. Fox, “I have read of angels lean- ing over the battlements of heaven, throwing their loosened golden girdles to weary toilers up the shining stairs, the sooner and the surer to make cer- tain their entrance into the Eternal To-day we throw to you one end r girdles with more than loving invitation to invite and draw you/into the fold of our ecstatic life. Will you join us and—" “Yes, yes, come and join us!” ecried voices from all over the several plat- forms. “See what I was and am!” shrieked one whom the president called “Miss Bloom.” “Obesity was my curse. Mind has triumphed over matter! Look how slender I have become.” “Come and join us, come and join us,” they cried. “Mind must triumph over matter. Sacrifice your stomachs to higher aspiration: The lights began to flicker in a strange, weird way. My bosom friend and I became frightened and we fled from Beatific Hall. I wonder where that society will end if it keeps developing along such lines? H. A. BENEDICT. subjected to the non-essential, MENTS. ; #-E-—N-E2-5-N-E-n-E-E —i ¥ haul ® 95¢c : 50c 5¢ = §1.00 rvllll—-l—llllll—lllllII—III TWO WEEKS GREAT SPECIAL REDUCTION SALE! To make room for the IMMENSE PURCHASE OF SPRING ® GOODS made by our buyers now in the East we this week in- W augurate A SPECIAL TWO WEEKS' REDUCTION SALE, as we are m at present heavily overstocked, and IT IS ABSOLUTELY !IMPERA- @ TIVE THAT THE GOODS BE FORCED OUT BEFORE MARCH 1st. In preparing for this great COLORED DR at Tsc a yard. CQVERT CLOTHS, former sale at $1 00 a yard. BLANKETS AND , now offered at $4 90. 75 pairs HEAVY ALL-Wi offered at $3 90. regular price $1 15, now offer 12 bales COMFORTERS, whi KID GLOVES 8 dozen LADIES' 2-CLASP Brown, Tan, Green, White a sale at $1 00 a pair. CLOAK DEP ed every department, and subjected everything to the MOST ® SEVERE CUTS QUOTED IN YEARS, a few examples of which we W present, assuring our patrons that, ALTHOUGH THESE CUTS m APPEAR ALMOST BEYOND BELIEF, THEY ARE. GENUINE, and at m the figures named the goods are Unmistakable and Unmatchable Bargains ! 97 pieces 38-INCH ALL WOOL SCOTCH CHEVIOTINE SUITING, value for 50c a yard, will be placed on sale at 25¢ a yard. 71 pileces 45-INCH FINE ALL-WOOL shades, worth 75c a yard, will be placed on sale at 50c a yard. 65 pleces 46-INCH FINE ALL-WOOL FRENCH HENRIETTAS, a full line of shades, extra good value for §1 00, will be placed on sale 61 pieces 52-INCH EXTRA FINE ALL-WOOL ENGLISH MIXED 100 pairs FINE WOOL BLANKETS, size 76x84 inches, regular price $4.90 = §3.90 u 7S¢ " 5118 OOL BLANKETS, regular price $5 00, now 10 bales HEAVY COMFORTERS. WHITE COTTON FILLING, signs, regular price $1 5, now offered at $1 15. LADIES' KID GLOVES, 80 _dozen LADIES' 4-BUTTON O'B. NO. 2 QUALITY DRESSED oS in Tan, Mode, Slate, Navy, Butter and Black (odd sizes), regular value.$1 25, will be on sale at %c a pair. Every pair Guaranteed and Fitted. sale we have thoroughly over- ESS GOODS, ENGLISH SERGES, all price §150 a yard, will be placed on COMFORTERS, ed at 75¢c. te carded cotton filling, handsome de- PIQUE KID GLOVES in Ox-Blood, nd Black, extra good value, will be on -EE-3-0EuEaaEEsEsseEesasresEEssEEEEEES ARTMENT, LADIES’ BLACK CHEVIOT CLOTH J. collars, former price $5 00, foreing out pri LADIES' TWO TONE BOUCLE CLOT price $2 tone boucle cloths, braided foreing out price $§ 9. LADIES' BLACK AN fronts, storm collar, LADIES' ASTRAKHAN CLOTH C. on front, regular price $6 00, forcin, ACKETS, fI i oo 32 50, y fronts, star H JACKETS, fly fronts, storm cogl;ar, cord ornament in front, regular price $6 00, forcing out LADIES" RUSSIAN BLbUSE JACKETS, tan coverts and two- or velvet trimmed, former price $8 50, D NAVY KERSEY CLOTH JACKETS, fly former price $10 00, forcing out price $5 00. APES, ® out price $3 8. silk lined, cord garniture Market and Jones Steests, B85 R-0-E-0-0-Em-E-E-E-E-E-E Murphy Bullding, Market Murphy Bullding, and Jones Streets,