The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 13, 1898, Page 32

32 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1898 L0S ANGELES VILL EXHIBIT Its Chamber of Commerce Replies to the State Board. California Must Not Expect to Stand on Los Angeles’ Credit. They Want the Advantages That Are to Be Gained by Its Action. The Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles has replied to the general sub- committee appointed by the Board, Chamber of Commerce of this city and the other commercial and in- dustrial organizations in no uncertain terms. It will be recalled that this sub-committee was appointed upon a motion of Mayor Phelan to invite the city and county of Los Angeles to unite State in making an exhibit at the Trans- Mississippi Exposition, to be held at Omaha. At the last meeting of the State Board a telegram was received from Los Angeles, stating that $10,000 had been raised for the exhibit, and asking what San Francisco would do. No re- ply was made because the board had not then made its return to the peti- tion of the committee representing the commercial and industriai organiza- tions of this city. Yesterday J. A. Filcher, the secretary of the board, re- ceived the following letter, which ex- plains i of Commerce, Secreta State ting of tk 1y 1 read your e to the Trans ion and the matter w 1d con, and in looking up ption list’ that was circulated people it was found that the for making The c S. Slau sed a, ende: subscribed ngeles exhibit. ommittee, they had thern C: P idea entire- ame to go among subscribed only on mo would b expenses of own_pec f a 1 or Such_being the , as much as they:would the proposition of mak- it, felt in duty bound to ns under which the fur- A fund subscrib course, if next to that as- we will do every- v, whole State rished by one locality at particular tion expected the whole c credit for it. re familiar with the position ta- the Chamber of Commerce in in- augurating Exposition and the fight islature to have the bill is sufficient evi- | dence that its members are awake to the advantages to be gained by such an ex- | | hibit and will leave no stone unturned to make the display equal to all former expositions under its charge. Regretting very much that this matter was not taken up several months ago, SO that we could all work in unison, main, Yours truly, FRANK WIGGINS, Secretary. | The board made no reply to the tele- | gram from Los Angeles because it was | only at their last meeting that they re- plied to the committee from this city. The substance of this reply was that it was the sense of the board that any- thing less than an adequate display | advantage to the State. It is now apparent that California | will be represented at Omaha by Los Angeles if no cther section of the State is. The State Board at its next meeting will receive the reply from the general | committee, and will determine whether | the State shall be represented at Oma- | ha. In event of the board deciding to | make an exhibit the question will rise as to whether the Los Angeles exhibit will be separate or connected with that of the State. —_—e———— LECTURES ON CHILD LIFE. | Miss Amalie Hofer Before a Large Audicnce at the Century Club. The initial lecture of a series of three s delivered by Miss :Amalie Hofer of go at the Century Club yesterday rmoon before the assembied members e Golden Gate Kindergarten Associa- This is Miss Hofer's first visit to this city on a lecture tour and in conse- quence much interest has been displayed by the members of local institutions in the subject which she has chosen as the most appropriate to elucidate during her brief visit here. This subject, which will embrace the entire series of lectures, will be entitled >hild Life,” being based on Froebel's Mother Play and Nur: Songs.” The sub-title of the f lecture deliv- ““The + given afternoon was on and w ered am yesterday and Home Pla y for the purpose of showing how the do- mestic ide: be enthroned in the child’s mind. rom the t words uttered in the ex- insion of the subject Miss Hofer at- tempted to draw a well-defined parall of the effects produced upon a child edu- cated from birth in the correct course it should pursue in life and the child neg- lected by its parents to practically shape its own course through the struggles of | | the world. | In the description of the effects of early training of the child mind the lecturer en- larged upon the advantages accruing from an early attendance at the kinder- ten, and spoke of the coming move- ment which she, assisted by the directors | may the varlous kindergarten systems in s State and others in the Union, she hopes to effect in making this fundament- al school of human knowledge a well- recognized institution, the duties of which | will be placed in the hands of competent nd well-trained teachers, who, in order » be eligible to hold positions as such, must undergo a course. of study of not less than two vears' duration hese teachers will then be given posi- tions in the new department and shall have the care of educating and bringing children up in the correct course in life, and principally those children who | are either neglected by their parents as unwelcome burdens or thrown upon the world without a proper fundamental basis of knowledge. and virtue owing to the lack of means of poor people. The little hall in the rear of the Cen- Club where the lecture was held was crowded with a select and enthusiast \dience of women and young ladies in- terested In kindergarten work. The sub-title for the next lecture will be “Nature Plays,” by which the child comes into knowledge of his surroundings and the laws which govern them,” to be de- livered _to-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Century Club Hall on Sutter street. | e ‘Will Filed for Prqbate. The will of Otis J. Preston was filed for An estate consisting of shares of stock in the firm of Preston & McKinnon is bequeathed the *hildren of the testator, share and share | I re-| would be Injurious rather than of an HALE BROS. ‘Wind-Up Price.list in DRESS GOODS. A _CLOSE-UP PRICE ON CHEV- 10T AND FANCY WORSTED DRESS GOODS—36-inch; a good, firm, heavy fabric, full of wear; these are our popular $3 50 suit lengths. To close MOHAIR SUITINGS—Our dollar mohairs to go this week; armure grounds; 45-inch; every pattern new this season. Price reduced to . 2 uit 7S¢ Yard Price reduced to. S REDUCED check boucles, worsteds Your cheviots, reps, and mattelasse effects. chofce from all these. 35¢ Yard shades; tans, slates, old rose, , etc.; a big lot to close; were §1, $125 and $150 yard. Your pick till sold. 7 850¢c Yard cream brocaded of the §1 them out OUR DOLLAR CREPE For evening wear and work; pink, light blue, white, llac, Nile, maize, tan, cream, etc.; a snap for those who want it. 'Reduced to = atin stripe grounds; 2 styles on line left. To close SILKS— « fancy 7S¢ Yard BIG REDUCTIONS IN THE CLOAK DE ' PARTMENT. HEMSTITCHED SHEETS—Good quality in; dry hand torn; 42%0 each 4Tic each troned; well 90x90 HERE’S THE DIAPER CLOTH AND DIAPERS. IMPROVED COTTON DIAPER CLOTH— Made by a new process; free from all fm- purities, non-irritant, antiseptic, ab- sorbent and durable; 10 yards in a piece: 10 yards, 18 inches wide, for. c 10 yards, 20 inches wide, for. 10 yards, 22 inches wide, for. 10 yards, 24 inches wide, for. 10 yards, 27 inches wide, for. READY-MADE DIAPERS — Medicated; soft finish; sanitary; very fine; one dozen in a package 1 dozen, 1Sx34 inches, for. -80c 1 dozen, 20x40 inches, for. 1 dozen, 22x44 inches, for. UNION LIN DIAPER CLOTH—Close weave; absol in a plece 10 yards, 10 yard: $110 18 inches wide, for 20 inches wide, for. 10 yards, 22 inches wide, for. 1 W@' el (INCORPORATED) 937-945 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. + R+ B R R ent; very durable; 10 yards | OUR e FANCY WORSTED | CHECKS—A miscellaneous lot, 1 o i ey b 98¢ | Yard | THE WIND-UP PRICE LIST OF A SUCCESSFUL SALE. Six days left to clear the stocks ! demand their story told. And yet it is clearance sale ANYTHING IN THIS LOT 3 CIS—NTS. A ‘colored border school handkerchief. Ribbon ¥% Inch wide. ANYTHING IN THIS LOT 5 CENTS. A dozen spools of basting cotton. Japanese silk handkerchief. dozen colored bone buttons. yard of fancy veiling box of assorted hairpins. yard of No. 7 black or cream ribbon. ANYTHING IN THIS LOT 25 CENTS. A neat little infant's dress. A child’s cap for school. Heavy overshirts for be A -well-made ladies’ purse. A pair of black French lisle hose. ANYTHING IN THIS LOT 50 CENTS. Ladies’ wool vests, odd sizes Children’'s wool drawers, odd sizes. Ladies' corsets. Gent's heavy wool underwear. Some infant's dresses. Ladles’ fine purses. Ladies' fancy French lisle hose. A A A A A BABIES’ LONG DRESSES. INFANTS CAMBRIC _LONG DRESSES—AIl over embroidery trim- @ Q) med yoke, fu]l sleeves, embroldery ruffied neck and cuffs; for baby.. INFANTS' LONG from neck, hemstitched ery trimmed; for baby WHITE NAINSOOK DRESSES—Front gathered nd embroi Each WHITE NAIN- _Tucked and neat as INFANTS' FINE SOOK LONG DRESSES embroidery trimmed yoke, wax, ruffled neck and_cuffs. 65c Each Insertion neck and cuffs, T5c each. INFANTS' FINE WHITE NAIN- SOOK LONG DR Imitation hemstitched and embroidery trim- med yoke, pleated back, embroidery ruffled edge on neck and cuffs; for baby Prices in easy steps on up to § A LIST OF THINGS YOU MAY NEED FOR THE KITCHEN. INK NOTE TABLETS—IS0 pages 5x8 paper, COFFE the 6 H ameled TWO QUART FRE POTS—Heavy steel er kind for .. TWO QUART AGA BUCKETS—Good _mnd cover, were 18¢; speci f45c CH LUN with trong, GALVANIZED WATER PAILS—Very heavy, hold 2 gallons; special Each | 50¢ Hundreds of cases of new goods fast arriving. and stockrooms teeming with new-born stocks. Spring stuffs pressing ahead for recognition. The New Baby Furnishings | We’vz no time to lose. Clearance must end all vagrant lots, odds and ends, and winter stocks must go at once. We’ve made the final cuts to close and now the final wind-up. First picking to-mor= row. Last call Saturday next. Come mornings. Extrahelp. Here’s the list: Four kinds of hairpins in box. Lace § inches wide. The season far advanced. Shelves | A yard of fancy cotton fringe. Embroidery 2 inches wide. BABIES’ SHORT DRESSES. NFANT! FINE CAMBRIC SHORT DRESSES—Tucked yoke back and front, ruffled embroidery neck and cuffs, big sleeves, as neat as a pin; for baby.... 7 80c Each SHORT ked and embroldery trimmed yoke, ruffled embroidery 3¢ neck and ‘cuffs, big sleeves, excep- .. Each tionally well made; for baby..,. INFANTS' FINE NAINSOOK SHORT DRESSES—Imitation hemstitched and embroidery trimmed yoke, pleated back, ruffled embroidery neck and cuffs; for baby. 85¢c Each OUR DOLLAR INFANTS' SHORT DRESS—Fine nainsook, 3 styles to choose from, all have hemstitched and lace trimmed yoke, front and back, hemstitched botton: tle ‘garment lace trimmed neck and cuffs, a beautiful lit- CRUMB TRAY AND BRUSH— Lacquered and embossed, were 2 10c special Eacn CORN POPPER-—Good and strong. B with long handle; &pecial C : Bach FLOUR DREDGER—4 inches across, brightly embossed Here’s a Bargain in Wrappers! Our great $2.00 Wrapper at a bargain price. Fine, heavy, fleece-lined flannelette, warm as toast. designs of white on black grounds. Narrow black and white braid trimming. Fancy yoke front. Cape over shoulder. lining. Elegant fit. To boom the Wrapper Department | $1.45 Each. Rich Epaulet | Very full skirt. Separate waist | | | | LONG CREAM COATS. ‘[ INFANTS' LONG CREAM CASH- MERE COATS — Silk embroidered $l 00 | cape and bottom, a most aesirable — | little garment; for baby. . Each INFANTS' LONG CREAM BED- FORD CORD COATS—Deep silk embroidered cape, thoroughly well made; for baby Prices on up to $§. A PROFESSIONAL CORSET-FITTER. We have secured the services of MISS AGNES HULIN for a limited time in our Corset Department. She will be at the counter ready to make valuable suggestions to corset wearers, answer questions and give hints on | proper corset fit and construction that | will be of great value to all 1adies inter- viewing her. incl were 10c cial QUART MEASURES — Heavy tin, lipped, measure %, %, and 1 quart; special . EIGHT INCH ACME FRY PANS— Heavy sheet fron, cold handle. es, good spe- inches wid “45c per yard WHITE LONG CLOTH for in- fants’, ladies’ and children's underwear, 12 yards to the plece Good quality $1 10 plece Extra qualit: 135 plece WIND-UP PRICE LIST IN NOTIONS. KNITTING SILK, 30 yards on a 8spool, cream, white, black, vel- lows, reds, light blue, pink an Nile green. To close. S NECK RIBBONS, 500 vards of al silk fancy neck or hat ribbons, 4 inches wide, mostly stripes, good colors, light or dark. The balance of 'the ic line reduced o 3-INCH MOIRE BON, lavender, heliotrope, pur- ple, light and dark greens, C cardinal, et The lic lot re- duced to Yard RIB- SATIN AND GROS GRAT: BON, pure silk, 1% inches wide, yellow, lavender, light green, Nile, old rose, heliotrope, light 8¢ and dark pink, corn and black. To close this lot.. Yard MOHAIR AND SILK DS se REDUCED—Black, cre v, and green, brown and navy, from ‘po. i to 1 inch wide. Reduced from 10c, 12%c, 1ic and 10,020 057 3084 A CUT IN VELVETS, The color line of our §1, $1 25 and $1 50 velvets is badly broken, only tans, resedas, grays, slates, 1f any of price will old rose and modes left. suit the 50c these shade: o Yard be DOMESTIC DEPARTMEN A PILLOW CASE SALE—The 11th of last December we had a 7c pillow case sale; here's another lot; hundreds sold be- fore; heavy cambric, 45x36 in- ches, well made, very strong, the 10c quality. Very special.. 2500 pair of COTTON BLANK. ETS, for sheets, light bed blankets or ironing board mats, white or gray. 56x70 inches. 63x70 inches. 65x76 inches. 66x76 inches. 74x76 inches. 7c Each patr pair pair pair pair HERE’S THE LIST FOR BABIES-EVERYTHING FOR LITTLE TOTS. INFANTS’ CRADLE BLANKETS. PURE SAXONY WOOL CRADLE BLANKETS, a beautiful fleecy, fluffy blanket, fulled and shrunk, heavily bound with silk. 32x42 inches. .32 50 each 36x48 inches. . 300 each 42x36 inches. - 400 each F B R B E R R BB S BB B B A B B R R B R B B B BB AR R R R R R T CRIB COMFORTERS — Beautiful little affairs, pure as gold, figured silkoline covered, fine white cotton filled; the size for cribs, T5c .and. S FINE ALL-WOOL BABY FLAN- EL—Cream or pure white, ex- ceptionally good quality inches wide, .28¢ per vard 95¢ Each %{IN CORPORATED ] 937-945 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. 74 H+24040-e4E42+EHER + Within the past few days the first slight steps in the way of actual operations in connection with those restraining dams have been taken by the Federal Debris Commissioners. Under the supervision of Hubert Vischer, an engineer in the em- ploy of the commission, shafts are being sunk and borings made at various points at the Narrows in the Yuba River to de- termine the nature of the foundation available there. This point has long been regarded as one of the sites that would probably be selected. No formal decision to erect a dam at that point has been made and the tests merely indicate ac- tive “‘preparations to prepare plans.” The plans themselves have a tedious course ahead of them, but a slight movement on the part of the commission is enough to rivet attention and produce joy. There is year a dam or two will be located, plans approved and contracts called for. The committee on dams of the Califor- nia Miners’ Association has prepared a reply to the communications of Cluef of Engineers Wilson, and it has been for- | warded to Washington. The communi- | cation does not ©o into any aetailed dis- | cussion of the relations of the Federal | and. State appropriations, the misunaer- standing of the law expressed by Gen- eral Wilson or the methods by which the State and Congressional appropriations can be simultaneously and practically ap- | lied to the same work. The situation, | owever, will be explained by members of | the California delegation and the execu- | tive committee of the Miners’ Associa- tion will see that a way of amalgamat- ing the appropriations so that the State | money will be at the practical, if not the | technical, command of the War Depart- ment is devised. The body of the com- | munication, which has been forwarded by | President Neff and Secretary Sonntag, is | as follows: ““Your favor of January 7, 1898, has been recefved, and contents noted with great | care. We are much encouraged at your | statement that progress is being made in the maturing of the plans for the im- provement of the Sacramento and Feath- er rivers, and hope that the final plans | may be brought to perfection at as early | a day as possible. | “In regard to the $200,000 appropriation | by the State of California for the im- | provement of the Sacramento and San | Joaquin rivers, we would say that that is | under the jurisdiction of the Commis- | sfoner of Public Works of California, and that we, therefore, do not feel at liberty | to _trench upon his action. “In regard to_the 3$250,000 appropriated by the State of California for the con- struction of restraining dams, and which is referred to in the act of Congress of June 3, 189, mentioned in your letter, we would ‘say that, in view of the fact that the law of Congress is permissive, and | does not command the deposit of this money with the Treasurer of the United States, and also in view of the peculiari- ties of the constitution of the State of | California and its very stringent provi- slons as to the disbursement of State money, the officers of our State have no right to draw any part of the appropria- tion from the State treasury until plans for the erection of restraining works are adopted by the California Debris Com- missfon. “If your office is in the least degree ob- structed in its work because the Califor- nia n‘;propflatlen has not been paid into the United States treasury it will be a source of deep regret to every one con- cerned in California. “A copy of the law referred to herein is inclosed for your convenience. It has been carefully compared with the origi- nal statute. But, in case of any ques- tion, we would refer you to the Statutes and Amendments to the Codes of Califor- \nia, 1897, page 169. “In conclusion, we wish to cordially thank the chief of engineers for his ex- | make addresses. | authority has ever taken the trouble to | obtained. There was a rush, many claims made in the maturing of the plans for the dams, and the selection of sites, in order | that estimates may be made and additio: al appropriations procured if necessary. February 22 promises to see more miners from all over the State in San Francisco than have been assembled in the metropolis before. That will be miners’ day at the Mining Fair, and the special eommittee in charge, of which W. C. Ralston is chairman, is straining every nerve to make it the great day of the fair. This it unquestionably will be. The low railroad rates have been extend- ed to the 2th inst., and thousands from the mining regions will be on hand. The Calaveras band will be on hand and at the formal exercises Governor Budd, Mayor Phelan, J. H. Neff and others will That old song of pio- neer times, “The Days of '4 will be on the musical programme. Over $1000 will be expended in prizes at the double and single handed championship rock-drilling Sunl(ests and the Cornish wrestling con- ests. That “‘white metal” mystery of Modoc County s at the front again and stirring up some excitement up there. There ap- pears to be a mineralogical mystery about the thing, though probably the mystery is simply due to the fact that no expert thoroughly investigate it. The white metal discovery was made about three years ago by a man named Dyson. A deposit of mineralized igneous rock ap- parently a mile wide and several miles ong was found in the Warner Range, be- tween Surprise Valley and Goose Lake. It was said that by any crude smelting process a peculiar white metal was easily were located and then nothing came of it all. Samples sent to the State Minin Bureau showed very soft iron, lead an zine, but no exact analysis was made. Similarly indefinite tests were made b other assayers. The metal looks like soft solder and will coat iron readily. It has been popularly called Dysonite, after the discoverer. Now a San Francisco min- ing man is investigating the thing and Modoc County expects the mystery to be solved and to see a large production of ‘Dysonite,” whatever it really Is. The miners are about as much interest- ed in the rain prospects as are the farm- ers, in whose behalf all the prayers for precipitation are offered. During all the fall and winter a great many quartz mines dependent on water power as well as hydraulic mines have been shut down or run part time on account of lack of water From this cause the State’s gold production was lessened between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000. In the Sierras there are two feet of snow where there is generally twelve or fifteen feet. Should the season remain a dry one the mining industry will be greatly hampered in many dis- triets throughout the year. Here is another sample of the weekly fo1: of indications of mining prosperity in California and the new widespread in- eresc in it San Jose is mot in a gold mining region, but the San Jose Mercury says: ‘“‘Success appears to be attending the efforts of a large number of residents of this county who are interested in nu- merous mining ventures in various parts of the State. Every little while the an- nouncement is made that some of our citizens have ‘struck’ it rich’ ‘or have sold a mine or bought one, while scores are meeting with encouraging prospects. The revival of interest in mining is not confining itself to any particular locality, and the profits of the industry are as likely to be reaped by those residing in the agricultural districts as well as. by those who are nearer the mines.” Something new, though simple, has struck beach mining, a small phase of the gold industry in California which grows with the others. Economy in handling the black sand has resulted at the mouth of Harris Creek in Humboldt County by the plan of piping water from a dam on work fifteen men did before. Other beach miners are adopting the same_idea. The old Lucas mine on Middle Creek, near Shasta, is the latest abandoned prop- erty in that region to be revived. Harry Paige, George Russell and Robert Small are cleaning it out and developing it. The | ore, running from $15 up, has been | worked only by an arastra. A rich shoot | of ore has been encountered in the new work, and a fine mine is in sight. The Moody Gulch Gold Mining Com- any is shipping a large and complete ydraulic plant to its mine two miles from Lewiston, in Trinity County. The Butte County Golden Jubilee com- | mittee has just received from the press 10,000 copies of a pamphlet descriptive of the mineral resources of that county for distribution at the fair and at home. The great copper mines at Iron Moun- tain, Shasta County, consume so much wood that it has become scarce near-by, and now a firm with a contract to supply 20,000 cords has bought a large tract of railroad timber land on the Pit River, from where the wood will be floated down to Keswick in the Sacramento. The | general mining boom in that part of the State is enlivening the whole country, creating saw mills and other industries, affording employment to a great many men, giving home markets to the farmers and putting new life into the towns. The celebrated Lincoln mine at Sutter Creek, Amador County, has been bonded to E. C. Voorheis and some associates for four years for $200,000, and will be ex- tensively developed. The mine was once owned by Senator Stanford, who sold it to a Scotch company for $400,000. It was poorly managed and has been idle for twenty year: It is proposed to incor- porate a company with 115,000 shares of stock, 15,000 shares to go to the promoters and the remainder to be assessed 3 cents per month for a working capital. William York and sons, who some time ago struck it quite rich in their mine called the Rising Sun, which is situated a short distance below town, again en- countered some exceedingly rich rock this week. They recently commenced sink- ing a shaft and after going down a few feet struck some of the richest rock that has ever been seen in this section.— Downieville Messenger. Clalm jumping is becoming a common occurrence around Georgetown, which is an indication that the value of our mines is becoming appreciated. — Placerville Nugget. Senator Voorheis brought over from the Gwin mine last week a batch of gold quartz sg_eclmens that were a sight to behold. The entire lot weighed not over forty pounds and contained $4000. The Senator shipped the specimens to San Francisco, where they will be displayed at the mineral exhibit and will without doubt attract considerable attention. This lot was taken from the mine last week.—Amador Record. A hoisting and pumping plant and a mill have been purchased for the Gold Bar and O. K. mines, situated a mile east of the Idaho-Maryland. The prop- erty has been idle for a number of years. It has a 300-foot tunnel and a 2%-foot ledge. A shaft {s down to water. Judge Gearse ‘W. Schell of San Francisco is the president of the company now operating the property and Sam K. Thornton is one of the board of directors.—Nevada City Transcript. The Pennsylvania Mining Company has declared dividend No. 14 of & cents a share. The Wisconsin mine is still *keeping u its lick” in turning out rock that is wortl having. To-day a crushing of thirty-six loads of ore was completed and the result was a yield of $20 per ton. The work is going steadily ‘on .in the mine and the further the developments are made the %&‘;e the encouragement.—Grass Valley ngs. E The Miners’ Home Company has taken in the town of Holland Flat, Sierra Coun- ty, and proposes to work over the drift- ed ground. Work is going right along at the Car- son Creek mine, Calaveras County. BEx- Attorney-General W. H. H. Hart is in- terestéd in this property ‘and is making an effort to ascertain the true worth of the mine. It is'safe to say. that over a quarter of a million dollars has been ex- vended on this mine since its discovery, and although it has turned out consider- able gold, it has thus far fallen short of meeting the current expenses of operat- ing-it. It is believed by old miners that the mine can be made to pay a dividend, and, if properly managed, will no doubt do so.—Echo. %ressed intention of impressing upon the ebris Commission the importance of ad- vancing the work assigned to them, and & reasonable promise that within the ask that all possible dispatch may be the creek into a sand pit on the beach mining claim. The samf and water ‘were then pumped with a five-inch pump into the sluices instead of being shoveled up. The pipe line, pump and three men do the —_————— Cure your cold with Low’s Horehound PASSING WHIST FADS. The New York Evening Post of Wednesday | and Saturday of each week comes to us with a whist column that we take great pleasure in reading. It Is edited by that brainy little woman, Mrs. Margaretha Wetherall Wallace, whose name we have seen so many times in ““Whist.” We have read some severe criticisms on some things she says in her columns, and the only charge that we know can be proved against her is, she tells the truth, and that is some- thing even some whisters don't want to hear. We wish we could say as much of somie others that write whist articles. In commenting on a match recently played between the Baitimore and Toledo teams for the A. W. L. challenge trophy, Mrs. Wallace hits the nail on the head in regard to one or two whist fads. She says: “In looking over the reports of the game that have o far come to hand, two noticeable fea- tures are that the ‘call through the honor’ appears to be going out of practice, and that some of the teams are beginning to realize that the lead of fourth best from king, jack, ten is a trick-loser. In regard to the former play, it is quite possible that there was no favorable opportunity for making the ‘call through the honor.’ That question can, of course, only be determined by an expert ex- amination of the deals, but so far as the lead of fourth best from king, jack, ten is con- cerned, it may be apropos to say that at the sixth congress, when Mr. Henry Jones (Cav- endish) was present, he was interviewed by the correspondent of the Evening Post on this very point. He unhesitatingly pronounced the lead of the fourth best from that combina- tion as a certain trick-loser, and predicted that after a time it would be given up. Lately it has been quite the fashion to attempt to rei- egate the ‘master’ to the rank of old fogy by some of the champions of the league, but it must be admitted that if Baltimore has given up the fourth best lead from king, jack, ten, the opinion given by Mr. Jones on this point over & year ago is not without some value.” WHIST SYSTEMS AND JUST WHIST. ‘Whist players, whist writers and whist talk- ers can argue until the grand finale of lifs re- garding the value which the opening of a hand possesses as an indication of superior practical whist ability, and during the debate the fel- lows who are paying close attention to the middle and end play of the hands will wear the high-score pins and the mouthers of speclal water-tight, gold-cinch systems will all be lost in the shuffle for whist honors simply because they know more about system than they do of play. A little system and hard-headed whist win ‘match games and other whist hon- ors, while much system and its many depend- ent attributes to whip the other teams, with- out the exercise of brain action, is responsible for tail-end position in competitions. Whenever one goes among whist players nowadays more is heard of system than of whist. Three men and women out of every ten pose as whist au- thoritles, talk and write learnedly of how to win tricks and then want you to believe that, as whist players, they are only in hard luck.— T. E. Otis, in Newark News. WHY MORE THAN ONE LEAD FROM THE JACK. It should be the alm of every whist player to try to endow each and every card he plays with as much positive Iinformation as his whist capacity or ability will permit. ‘What is the use of having a card say one of three things, if you can confine it to two, and why say one of two If you can confine it to one? Every whist student should always bear in mind that there Is a negative as well as posi- tive side to most every whist play. At the present writing, according to the system of American leads now in vogue, the jack is orig- inally led from ace, king, queen, jack and one or more others, and from king, queen, jack and two or more others in both plain and trump suits. Now why not drop the firsf and con- fine it entirely to the second, and when you lead the jack have it say, ‘‘Partner, I hold the king, queen and two others at least, but don’t hold the ace,’”” and from the first com- bination lead the queen? * We know there are a few players of the first rank who long ago adopted these two leads, but why not make them generally known, and whal: ‘we know them to be good lead no other way? v IS WHIST A PASTIME OR A SCIENTIFIC To those that have made a study of the game, they know better. Some of the brightest minds in the country have often expressed their ideas on the subject, but there is none that strikes | us with more favor than the sayings of Major- | General A. W. .Drayson, who has given the | game of whist more thought than any other man we know of. In his work, “‘The Art of Practical Whist.#' he says on page 2: “If whisy were a mere | pastime 1t never would have occupled the posi- tion or the attention of intelligent men that it | now does. Whist, although a pastime and tending to increase social intercourse, is yet something more. It brings Into action faculties of memory, observation, judgment, patience and knowledge of character, all of which are necessary as means of success in the world; thus whist, like some branches of mathematics, although not praceically useful in every-day life, yet calls into action those mental qualtties which every observing and reasoning person ought to possess. It also has the advantage of being a game that can be played to an ad- vanced perfod of life, when more active pur- sults cannot be carrled on, or when the sight and muscles have lost their power.” ANSWERS TO WHIST QUERIES. Under the American Whist League code of laws, when a trick is once turned and quitted it cannot be seen. The English code differs from ours In this respect. TRUMP SLIP AND TRUMP CARD. In duplicate whist the trump card and the | trump slip must be left by thd dealer face up on the tray until it is his turn to play to the first trick; then he must take the trump card into his hand and turn the trump slip face down and put it in its usual place. After the trump card has been lawfully taken up and the trump slip turned down any one looking at the face of the trump slip is liable to the same penalty as naming the trump card. The penalty for this is a player can have his highest or lowest trump called by either adversary any time during the play of that deal. REVOKING. If your partner renounces in error or refuses to follow suit to a card led and you think he has a card of that suit and you ask any ques- tion calling partner's attention to the play, should he have a card of the suit in hand, you asking the question which calls your partner's attention to the play establishes a revoke, and :hla kfi:a:d improperly played must go with the ric WHAT 1S THE TRUMP SUIT? When thé dealer has once lawfully taken up the trump card it must not be named, under penalty of law 18, Many players are under the mpression that they have a right to ask the dealer at any time what the trump suilt is. All questions (except the one when you ask an adversary if he has a card of a suit re- nounced) must be addressed to and answered only by your partner. The dealer's responsi- bility of the trump card ceases as soon as he takes it up lawfully. SCORING MATCH GAMES. In scoring match games between two clubs or where there are more than four players on a side it is done in this way: Add the total number of tricks that both teams have made together and divide the same by two, and the team whose score of tricks taken exceeds such dividend wins the match by the number of tricks in excess thereof. For example, Trist | Duplicate and Petaluma play a match with | sixteen players on a side of twenty-four deals. The total tricks won by Petaluma were 1260, the total by Trist 12%. Adding the two scores together makes 2496; divided by two, gives us 1248. The Petalumas’ score exceeds this num- ber by twelve, consequently wins the match by that number of tricks. Read law A in the Laws of Duplicate Whist. COMMON MISTAKES IN WHIST. Calling a deal in whist a hand. A “hand” in whist is thirteen cards, a deal is four hands of thirteen cards each. Calling ‘an orjginal lead a *‘forced” lead be- cause you see fit to open from a short suit. It has got to be the common name for this lead In certain whist localities, but it is incorrect. The proper name for it is an irregular lead. Calling _tricks There is no such thing as “points’ te whist. Then, agaln, saying the “‘two-spot” or “‘nine- spot,” or any other spot. Just as well say the jack-spot or queen-spot. The cards are not spotted. s Playing your cards on the edge of the table and placing your score sheet and pencil in front of you near the tray. The reverse of STUDY ? There has been a great-deal sald on the sub- Cough Syrup; price 10c. 417 Sansome st. ¢ Ject of whist being played as a mere pastime. %hll 1s what you should do and comply Wwith the aw. —_—————————— JOHN F. MYERS CC. INSOLVENT. The Firm Unable to Ieet Its Liabili- ties Aggregating Over $26,000. The John F. Myers Company, dealers In stoves and lamps, 947 Market street, has been declared insolvent. 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