The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 6, 1898, Page 32

32 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MARCH 6, 1898. EDUCATION [N THE WESI Professor Brown Traces Its History and De- velopment. T. L. Heaton Decries Anglo- mania in the Pronuncia- tion of Words. Declares There Should Be an Amer- ican as Well as an English Language. Professor E. Brown, in an address at the University of California yesterday ing historical morning, gave an intere: account of secondary education in the Western States during the early dec- ades of the present century. In the influence of New York upon the | history ducation in this country has been very great. The unjversity idea and the te 1C; toward unification can be di ced to the influence of the State, of Michigan furnish- B! ng study in educational The university at present ed is the third form in which ed In 1817 it was first es- atholepistemiad, or University of Michigania.’ Of all pe- dantic schemes I have ever heard any- | ng of this was by far the most | pedantic. Yet, in spite of this marvel- | pedant there was, out there in wilderness of Michigan, a strong rd better general edu- nd in the attempts to provide tic education for all classes, the cy toward unification is to be d. The University of Michigan D its pre; form was established in | n Michigan entered the Union, uly the outgrowth of the earlier institution. e as | “In Tllinc g the second and | third decades e present century, the State Legislature showed a Strong establishment of col- | rcouraged the founding | Religious considerations | to thi 1y responstble for this. A | r of ecclesiastical bodies wanted | 1 but strong preju- | wything like eccles: ion prevented the Illinois from obtaining a | 1830. The growing idea that | state should be totally sep- ared more strongly in the £ the West than it had | lonies, and some of the preju- rtained against ecclesiastical schools were most bitter. In Illinois | of the strongest charges used to t the establishment of colleges that the Presbyterians were be- ng powerful in State and national Secondary education, ac- | v, in Iilinois and many other | States, took the form of acad- rather than colleges. | e idea of ‘manual labor colleges a strong hold upon the minds of | the people of the West for a certain | time. 'The idea was taken from Swit- | zerland, where such a school had been successfullv established. Although tried | all over the country, east as well as| west, the manual labor colleges have almost invariably proved failures; the demand for institutions of this kind has been met more effectually in later years by the manual training schools | and college | T. L. Heaton concluded his criticism | upon prevailing methods of teaching literature in the public schools and took occasion to condemn the practice of some teachers of trying to compel | children to give the English rather | than the American pronunciation to the | took | power a. | not be vowels in many such words as “last” | and “p ton said “‘Children should be encouraged by 1 eans possible to form clear im- ages. Nothing is more helpful toward this end than having plenty of pictures of all kinds to show the children. If you are teaching them geography—the New England States for instance—try to have some pictures of the New Eng- land coast before them. Gradually the pupils may be trained to form distinct images from letters and words. The imagination can be thus developed to make a real picture out of a word pic- ture. In the formation of such im- ages lies the greatest benefit of study of literature. :t.” In his remarks Mr. Hea- | I “Altogether too much time is spent | few days ago the miners were addr in trying to teach pupils to pronounce the vowels in words as they are pro- nounced in England. Teachers drill their pupils to give the ‘ah’ sound to | | BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. The Freeholders Legislating on & Lengthy Provision for the Bet- terment of the City. The all-absorbing question of providing | for the city a suitable substitute for the | organization which the city now has to manage its public works was what occu- pled the time of the Board of Freeholders | at Friday's session. That portion of the proposed charter which is intended to provide for the look- | ing after of the city's public works is large enough in itself to form a small- sized charter. It is intended to provide a remedy for many evils that the city has. The proposed part of the charter deal- ing with this subject gives to the Mayor the appointing of three commissioners who _shall have absolute control of all public streets, squares, alleys, parks, and the building and repairing of all public | edifices, with a reserved authority vested in the board of eighteen Supervisors. | At a meeting of the convention on | Friday Freeholder Clement had a change | of mind since the committee framed the | document. He fought long and hard to have the Park Commissioners retained In | they now are. Freeholder Tay- lor was equally positive that they should separate part of the city govern- ment, even if the Mayor had the appoint- ing of them. Clement was supported by ex-Mayor Ellert, as also by Sachs. So | In this he was partly supported by Cle- | penditure exceeds $500 was carried. warm did the debate become over this subject that every freeholder present ex- pressed himself according to his line of thought. On a call of the roll the motion made by Clement was lost by 7 to 3, with a change of Ellert's vote, followed by a motion to reconsider at the next meet- ing. The next snag struck was that discov- ered by Freeholder Cridge in that portion which called for all work to be by con- tract. Cridge wanted day labor instead. ment, who was anxious to have a proviso inserted whereby the Supervisors would be empowered to change the contract clause if they saw fit. This little jokec brought Ellert to his feet. He saw bald- headed politics in the job and he was de- termined that there should be none if he could exterminate that unholy leaven from the charter. Taylor was of the same opinion, and Cridge, seeing that his fa- vored clause was about to be Kkilled, moved to pass {ts consideration until the next meeting, when McCarthy, who rep- resents labor, would be present, but his pleading was of no avail. Contract for public works where the amount of ex- The lesson taught by Bateman Bros. in the building of the Hall of Justice caused the Freeholders to draw stringent laws on tardy contractors. Hereafter no ex- tension shall be granted to exceed ninety days after the time set for the completion of the building, unless by the unanimous vote of the commissioners and a two- third vote of the Supervisors. Further consideration of this section will be had at the next meeting on Mon- day evening. NEWS OF THE MINES. A Great Copper Devel- opment Promised in San Bernardino. Quartz Crystals Go to Tiffany by the Ton — Progress North and South. The Minmg Falr has run its successtul course, and the magnificent mineral ex- hibits are being packed up for removal along with the show and advertising features which some men from the min- ing counties have been inclined to con- demn. They should remember, however, that these features and the other forms of popular entertainment gave & needed diversity to the fair and drew to it/ thousands who were not especially inter- ested in mining, and who recelved first lessons in it there. The fair has upquestionably done much to advertise and popularize the mining industry in th. State, and so has served its purpose. It is a pity that a larger portion of the mining exhibit is not to remain in San Francisco and help form the extensive permanent exposition of the mining resources of the State which would be of so great value to the indus- try. Many specimens will go to the Park Museum, and some county exhibits at the State Board of Trade will be enriched by selected mineral specimens and sup- plies of the speclal mining literature pro- vided by several of the mining counties. The State Board of Trade exhibit and office will remain in the Mechanics’ Pavilion, open to the public, until the new ferry building is ready for it. The most notable new mining enter- prise which has come to notice in the State during the week is one whicn the San Bernardino Times-Index enthusias- y describes as follows: San Bernardino Counly may soon be able to boast of her COpper output as su- perfor to that of the Arizona mines, and also boast of properties almost as rich as those of Michigan. J. Irvine Crowell of Corona is representative of some large Eastern corporations which : hold of an immense copper deposit in this county and intend to develop it. “The copper deposit in question is sit- uated about midwa; between Daggett and Randsburg. It is a beit two miles broad by twenty-eight miles long. In this belt the gentlemen have located 133 claims. The ore is unusually rich, run- ning 17 per cent copper and about $11 gold | and $13 silver to the ton. This is an aver- | age, while choice specimens have gone as high as 40 per cent copper. The Arizona mines only yield 10 per cent copper, and that is considered rich. In the belt there | has been found plenty of water. | “The proposition is purely one of smelting, The properties are now in the | hands of two rich private Eastern cor- | orations—the Pacific Copper Alliance of Jew York and the United Yuc Copper | Mining Company—and another will soon be organized in Boston to co-operate. The properties are positively not for sale, and neither will stock be sold. It is only rich corporations that can handle copper propositions, and especially onesof such extent as this. They will some time short- but just when Mr. Crowell would not say, commence the erection of a 1K-ton smelter for the reduction of their ores. andsburg and adjacent desert dis- triR('(s are jfi,\'ful over the assurance that | the fifty-stamp custom mill and cyanide | at Barstow will be pushed to | The plant is being | enterprise by the | ad people mainly to| rict upon which it de-| Railr: dis! Randsbur; develop the the | pends for business, though the large in- | Creek. vestment will be profitable in itsel ed at Randsburg by Albert Smith, vice-pres- | ident of the company, who stated that the new mill, now_In course of erection at Barstow, would have a capacity of fifty stamps, with all of the most modern im- the vowel ‘2’ in such words as ‘last’ and | provements in the way of gold saving ‘past.’ why we should try to compel our chil- dren to pronounce such words differ- ently from the way they are usually pronounced in America. There 18 no Teason why we should not have an Amercan language as well as an Eng- lish language. We do not pronounce ‘scheme’ ‘sheme,” as they do in England, and to spend hours upon hours in_attempting to compel Ameri- can children to pronounce ‘last’ ‘lahst’ 1s a waste of valuable time.” e WILLS FILED FOR PROBATE. Estates of Isidor Cohn and Mrs. Anna RByan Disposed Of by Testament. The last will of Edward Isidor Cohn, who died on the 28th ult., was flled for probate yesterday. Following are the be- que: Hebrew, Catholic and Protestant orphan asylums, $1000; to Anna Cohn, daughter of the testator, $25,000, to be paid to her on attaining the age of 21 years; to Mrs. Alvina Maschke, a life in- surance policy, value $3000. The residue of an estate consisting of real and sonal property and valued at upwar: $100,000, is leff to the testator's widow, The will of Mrs. Anna Ryan, who died February 7, was also filed far probate. By the terms of the will $400 is bequeath- ed the rector of St. Dominic’s Church to celebrate masses for the repose of the souls of the testatrix’s relatives. The residue of the estate, which is valued at $5000. is bequeathed to John J. Lee. The devisee dled some time ago, and in con- sequence the property will go to_a sister of the testatrix, Margareta de Voto, of Novato, under a deed —_———— CITY AND COUNTY SUED. er- of to Recover Money Paid on Stocks and Bonds. John W. Mackay and R. V. Dey, trus- tees under the will of the late Theresa Falir, flled suit against the city and coun- ty of San Francisco yesterday to recover $20,262 88, which sum was paid under pro- test Into the treasury as taxes on stocks and bonds of the Southern Pacific Com- pany of Arizona, the West Shore Rall- road Company of New York and the Commerclal Cable Company for the vear ending June ., 1895. ~ The stocks and. bonds arc a part of the estate of Mrs. Theresa Falr, and the plaintiffs aliege that they were not subject to taxation in this State, and ask for a return of the s#mount paid as taxes on them. —_———— Low's Horehound Cough Syrup for I, for my part, see no reason | attachments; i3 ith concentrators, and the addition of a cyanide plant to treat fractory ores. This mill is owned by the railroad people, and would be run, first, in_the Interest of the Randsburg mines. He stated that the company would be able to handle ores of as low grade as $7 per ton, and that after the mills had been in operation thirty days he could then tell more certainly what they could do. He further sald the company would take all of the low-grade ores in the camp, paying for them on the dump; that In three weeks' time they would have a man here to go through the district sampling and buylng ore, although they did not expect to have the 'l in operation before the middle of Aprt. It is thought that In a little time ores running as low as 35 a ton can be treated with profit. Regarding the enterprise, a correspondent of the 8 Angeles Times writes: “This is the most important event ever yet started for thfs district. There are vast quantities of low-grade ores on every side, some veins running as wide as twentf’ feet, but just a little too low to be avallable with any process now within reach. There are thousands of tons of ore here running from $6 to $12 per ton, which will immediately have a com- mercial value.” ‘The special minlnfi edition of the Red ding Searchlight, which is ready for dis- tribution, is the largest and handsomest eclal Issue of a paper ever devoted to e mining interests of any part of the State. It comprises sixty large pages, filled with half-tone pictures of mines and mining men of Shasta, Trinity and Sl kiyou counties, and in a series of ar- ticles by experts the geological and min- cralogical features of these counties are described. The yarious mining districts are treated in detail, and convincin demonstration of the opportunities an undeveloped riches of this great minin, region is reliably given. The edition wil do much for the mining Industry in Northern California. Tuesday the first shipment of quartz crystal came down on the narrow gauge from near Mokelumne Hill, says the Lodi Review-Budget. Each piece was encased in heavy plank boxes and altogether the shipment welighed 24000 pounds. It was consigned to Tiffany, the great New York %eweler king, and was In charge of Tif- any’s agent. It is said the crystals were 80 clear and flawless that they will be ground down into lenses for the big tele- scopes in the observatories. The car, if all reports are true, contained the most valuable property ever hrought down from the mountains, and the figures | would run away up into a good sized | fortune. The agent was so careful that | it be handled gentlv that he paid the men who transferred it an extra day's pay. As the crystals were very plentitul ‘where this lot came from the owners of the property have a better thing than a dozen Rlondikes in sight. The Teresa quartz mine, located about the first of the ing district by ear in the Amalie min- E. Foster and Messrs. coughs and colds: 10c. 417 Sanlm st. ¢ May and Linnell, has developed into one | have taken «set the ball rolling. re- | of the richest strikes in that district. It shows a two-foot ledge wonderfully rich with mineral, the majority of which is a fine quality copper and the rest gold.—Kern County Echo. Fourteen mining locations were record- ed in Riverside County in one day last week. Rock recently shipped to the Selby | smelting works from_ the *“24” mine in Shasta County went $76 38 to the ton, and | the owners will continue developments on | the mine, which is vet but a prospect. A tunnel will be run seventy-five feet to tap the main ledge, with raith that another g0od mine will result. The Marysville Appeal announces an- other river dredging enterprise as fol- | lows: “Amos Lane, Thomas Henderson, T. H. Stafford, William Howlett and an- other Sutter County man have formed a company, led a”barge and will fit it up with an_engine, boiler and centrifugal pump for the purpose of working a river | bar about six miles from Browns Valley, known as Howletts bar. It is expected to | have the plant working within three weeks.” | 2= representing Chicago in- Vestol ecured an option on the| yons mine on Rich Gulch, Shasta County, and is negotiating for a min-| ing property on Salt Creek, owned by E. P. Connor and son. A dredger which has for a year been moored on the upper Sacraménto above Redding last week broke loose with one man aboard and started down the rapid stream. e rest of the crew chased it along the banks for four miles before it was safely secured. An ern company Is arranging to put a force of men at work on the south extension of the Selby mine, in El Dorado County. J Sexton and others are developing promising properties at Poverty Point, El Dorado County, in a hitherto undevel- | oped district. The following by the Alta correspondent of the Piacer County Reppblican is sim- flar to the pleas that come from a great many mining districts all over the State in which quartz mining has “‘just begun’: | “Snow feil to the depth of tnree inches It caused some of our but the most of them dily. We have quartz undance. Some very have been taken out in the Run. This statement sed on tests which have been made and which will convince the most ener- v evening. getic mining expert. The trouble is we have no capital to start with; therefore the yellow metal will have to remain till some one with capital and enterprise will The Grover Cleveland Gold Mining Com- pany has incorporated in Monterey Coun- ty to develop mines in El Dorado County. Another rich vein has been struck in the Mountain Lily mine, Tuolumne County. A forty-stamp mill on the Patterson mine is one of the contemplated improve- ments In the vicinity of Tuttietown, Tuo- | lumne County The Calaveras Citizen says that Alex Briggs picked up a piece of rose-colored quartz near Columbia last week which | contained $140 in gold. It was slightly oxidized with iron, and the nugget weighed nearly ten ounces. Senator E. W. Chapman has secured the Calf Pasture and Heenan ledges in the Rock Creek district and intends to pros- pect them. The Senator is engaged in opening up a great many of our smaller ledges, and is doing more than any other one man toward the development of nu- merous quartz leads fn this vicinity.— Placer County Republican. The Kentuck mine at Grass Valley has heon closed temporarily. The shaft is down 300 feet and work will soon be re- sumed sinking three or four hundred feet further. This mine is opposite the great Jdaho-Maryland, and it is thought that it will develop with depth, the great de- sideratum {n mother lode mines. Quite a boom 'has struck Volcano and the adjacent district in Amador County. Several mines are being deyeloped under bond or otherwise. Among those that are bonded and that is expected to commence operations is the Iron Bound on Elsie The shaft is down two hundred feet in a vein of ore six feet thick, which shows good prospects. The Live Oak has | been bonded to Denver parties, and is ex- | | pected to resume operations soon. The | Tennessee has been bonded by M. Tyler | to London parties and will be opened up in a short time. ADVERTISEMENTS. | G | # «“THE CREDIT HOUSE.” Six Stories High. | | | Very large easy chair, upholstered in figured tapestry, spring seat. As comfortable as it looks.: Two calls to dinner will hardly induce you to leave itieves.....$8.50 A comfortable, upholstered, spring seat, birch-mahogany rocker...$2.25 Handy, denim covered, lined, box couches, for night and day service $5 50 Hardwood ----$2.00 “Bedroom economy. Beds, three-quarter size. variety of colors and patterns.....85¢c M. FRIEDMAN & CO. 233-285-237 Post Street. Near Stockton, Open Evenings. " o o v = g w o | this country. HALE BROS. | ODCTOOOVCCOCTOTOOOOOO000OOOOCOOVCOOOCICOOTOOOOTOOOCCOOVCOCOCOVCOCOCOTIOOOOTOOOCOTO0 POPOPPPPPIVOPPPPPOP 2009000000 COVOPOPPCCOOP00VP0000000000000000¢ HALE'S. AnotherStock SnappedUp for You BAUER & SOLOMON, WHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS, SELL OUT TO HALE'S AT 57c ON THE DOLLAR. ¢ @ ?Stock No. 1% Pfoe §eix J. FOGEL, 1030 Market St. [0} The 6lc on the Dollar Fogel Stock (000} Bought for 39 per cent less than Fogel pald for it. To be sold for consider- the goods can be made for. Hundreds of garments on the tables fresh for to- morrow’s selling. More to be put on sale as fast as room allows. Must Be Sold This Week. =) 1= (=1 @ 2 w = = =] oo oo .o & 9 S & @ % PPPI0PPPPOPVPCPPIVPE VD P9000000PV0PP00PP0R000PCOOOOVOPPIAPP be3 4 « Shirt Walsts, One line of 2Bc Boys' Another line of Zc Corset Waists, fo sell Another line of §1 2 Children's Dresses, Another line of Toc Children’s Dresses, Another line of {5 Ladies Another line of 2 Drawe: Embrojdery worth 5c, we are able to sel Embroldery worth 4c, we are able to sel Embroidery worth 12ic, we are able to COLORED VEILINGS—975 yards came w! navy and brown, no black, that's wh we would have to sell at 25 may not last all day, so come early A random List of s, to sell at.. Children's Drawers, to sell Used and imported by Bauer & Solomon for the manufacture of Muslin Underwear. ith the B. & 8. stock, two colors onby, . plain tuxedo mes GAIR’S “QUEEN” SKIRT SUPPORTER—A boon to shirt waist wearers. A new skirt supporter now being introduced comfortable and cconomical. _Gives HALE BROS. HALE BROS. | N auerl CinFaceacs o i Baniegsen, (i Feb. 2¢, Leee. messra. Male Bros.. Anc., L #057 Market St Citye Centiesen We aceepi your offer ofiFifty-seven Cents af the Doller for our entire stock of Ladics® and Shila- ran‘h Weslin Macrwsar. uwbroldery. Col100ed Voilings, Infents® hets. caps. DONJELs. Aresses, eKirts and coats. Will maxe arrangements for lts ummedizte del:very o you. ¥ishing you every success In its disposal, we re- main, Aespectfully, One week is all the time we can spare to sell these stocks. in and forcing us so and demanding such immediate attention that we are compelled ta The combined stocks amount rush the selling of these two stocks to their utmost limit. at retail to over $17,000.00. We’ve made prices insuring a speedy selling, employed sufficient help to serve you all, put sale-tables in every available part of the store _a[\‘gd e made every possible arrangement to complete the sale stocks consist chiefly of : CHILDREN’S NIGHTGOWNS. CHILDREN'S MUSLIN SKIRTS. DREN'S TAM O'SHANTERS. IRT WAISTS. LONG COATS. > ' SHORT COATS. COLORED 'S'" MUSLIN SKIRTS. LACES. SILK BONNETS. KNIT U TE DRESSES. A MUSLIN DRESSES. ADI FAMPS. INFAN MUSLIN GAMPS. BOYS' DRAWERS, INFANTS' FLANNEL SACQUES. O ) We Call Particular Attention To: to sell af One line of Another line of Another line of Another line of Another line of 50c Infants’ Another line of 35c Infants’ Short Dresses, at random (o give a fair idea of values to be offered. irt Chemise, to sell at Chemise, to sel Ladies’ Musli; Child’s Muslin Drawers, at, The above ots were picke 21,768 Yards of Bauer & Solomon Embroidery. Purchased at 57c on the dollar along Embroidery worth 16 2-3c, we are able to sell 20 11 at 11 at sell 3 cyard 2 cyard T yard broidery worth Embroidery worth we are able to | | COTTON LACE—Coarse, heavy cotton | yard: this time.. y we put them in at ¢, to buy regular | and chenille dot; the lot | 9c | Yard COTTON LACE—Finer than the above and at § 1-3c; the lot to go this week...... Prices 1 1 Ladies’ Infants’ Infants’ | Infants’ | Children’s Child's Child’s Muslin Drawers. Long Skirts. | Long Dresses. | Short Dresses. ‘> White Aprons. J Pinafores. Cbymise. Gimps. Be 18 29c | ®e Sc T | e $100 $135 | He He 6 | e e | 4¢3 % | 2 o 4sc | 2 go po i E kel [ 5 89 100 59¢ 69 T kt 98¢ $125 | 5% 69 {50« e e s | gczs .nf?l i | e s s T R L o s nxm oww | 131700 ana ¥ 35 1725 a skirta swing and a sweep and a style that makes a dress much more attractive. BABIES' POKE BONNETS. 1 at... n Drawers, to sell ai to sell at. Long Muslin Skirts, to se to sell at. we are able to sell at, sell at’ lace bought for underwear trimmings, a little over 3 inches wide, if bought regularly it couldn’t sell for less than about the sa —Picked to show what assortments you’ll choose from. A big lot just arrived—25c eac! HALE BROS. Dk e X ke kL e ok P90 POPOOOOOCE ?Stock No. Z.’{“a Lhee BAUER & S0LOMON, 18-20 Butter. pood The 57c on the Dollar Bauer & Solomon Stock. [Col0] A wholesale stock of unusual merit Fresh, clean gar- ments, crisp and new and up to date. Also about 20,000 yards of fine Embroidery and Laces, imported by this firm for the manufacture of mus- 1in underwear and DPOOOPPODD V- VDI0E DOV 000000000000000000088860666% infants’ wear. On the tables in all avail- able parts of the store. Must Be Sold This Week. E } | New goods are crowding I} in six days selling. SRIES. VEILINGS. LOOO0000000 COC00000CCO0000000000000! NDERWEAR. LAWN APRONS. BLOUSE WAISTS. POHODDOOBGPEDIOVOOIDIVDOOOVOOOOODIOSOOO with the rest of the B. & F. stock, at 66006086 me width, a crackajack ... Yar Ladies’ s. Invisible, easily at {:‘uhd- More Room. We've leased th 3 @ E3 > £ > ES > L d > > > > @ £ PS ® @ ® £ @ £ ® o @ s ® El ® ® @ @ £ @ @ @ 3 @ £ £ @ @ k3 @ &> > 3 @ E3 @ @ @ @ £ @ @ £ selling space, store adjoining us (formerly occu: pied by Meyers & Co.). Carpenter: are rushing the work with all pos 2 sible haste and we expect to open | Placed some fair examples In the | Free for the asking. None distri- Some new dress stuffs arrived ® up this latest annex on or about | Window for this purpose. However, | pyted in the city. Friday. Spring woolens for tailor ® March 15. You must excuse the in- | every garment will bear a closer Buyers are returning from their | gowns. Also some new black stuffs. @ conveniences of altering and car- | and more careful Inspection than & | mgagtern trip. They report that mar- | The black goods department is hav- & pentering for the presént. (INCORPORATED) 937-945 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. RORCRORCRCNCY 0Q00000000000000000000000000000000000000000@0660006&00060000090009@969009000 0C00000000CCCOTVOTO0O00O | store adjoining— to be opened about March 15th. Rt The feature of ease of business, (t:fzea demand for the week's win- Extra help has additional lines dow exhibit is been employed for and greater as- the showing of the sale thisweek. | sortment, the daily crowds and in- creasing popularity call for greater ‘We have leased the This = | This Week’s Week’s Window Displays the Fogel stock and the Bauer & Soloman stock. An entire window and side entrance has been given to this show. We desire our customers to judge the values we are offering and have We hope to be able to serve you all promptly and obligingly. Our new catalogue is billed to ap- pear about March 10. People living out of town should send for a copy. S window display allows. New ho- slery forms another display. No- tably, some new effects in fancy hose. “An idea of the new fashionables in Spring Dress Goods is given in another window. A handsomely dressed flgure shows a popular cloth' made up into the latest dress. kets look most favorable and mak- ers having a hard time to turn out orders fast enough. The stockrooms are so crowded it is almost impossible to squeeze * through the aisles. And yet new goods keep coming in faster and faster. Do you wonder we have to close these two stocks in a week? | OO000000000O0O0O0C00000C00000O000000000000000C00 New Yo W plaids seem to predominate. hams are to be popular and all dresses are to be ribbon trimmed. Percales in stripes are in demand. Hundreds of patterns. ing a boom. New Goods. Spring Goods fastarriving—b uy- ers returnénfi from swell plaid and check sash ribbons, just come in. fashionable rk, so our buyers report. goods keep coming in and - Ging- Very in OOCOOOC00 COOCCOCOCCOCCO000CCO0N COCO0O00ONC0000ODDOCOMN0! Hale Fro (INCORPORATED) 937-945 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. 2060000000606 000000000000000060000 6~ 4 44 WHIST SYSTEMS, GOOD AND BAD. In last Sunday's edition we published the system of play used by the Albany team In thelr matches against the strongest teams in More than one thing can be said in favor of this system, but the principal one that will Interest whist players Is, It has won some of the hardest fought matches ever played in this country. This week we give some other “‘systems” of play, good or bad, we won't say. Nor have we ever heard of these systems winning any matches, but It Is well for players to know all these frills_the only excuse we can offer for presenting them to our readers. SYSTEM KNOWN AS “TOP OF NOTHING.” The players of this school proceed on the Drlnclge that if the orlginal lep-l\:;r s strong enough to invite his partner to Eame he should be able o play it himself, ‘s 1 Carpet department is comfortably P . the id - principle That. one busy. 1000 patterns, best weaves. ;gg:ug nevertlm‘éu nr'xthlnl? u;‘ :l;l: gfis‘:fi i e can mself. Plenty of room and light to show y | leader: 15 Rot strong enough to play for his how the carpet looks on your own long suit he is not strong enough to lead floor. trumpe, and It he i not strone ;no(-;gt; e ' rumj e {8 not strong eno Smyrna rugs, 18x36, reversible ; long fl.n game. But he does not confine him- self to leading supporting cards; anything will do, provided it is his weakest suit, or.at least the one in which he has no chance for a trick. Plain sults headed by sequences are alwa. d leads, but falling them the shorter the better. At Hary Low says, the trouble Is to nd suits bad enough to In the Invitation game a small card woyld be mistaken for a strong suit and a destre for trumps; in the top-of-nothing game any small card 1s top of the weakest sult, and the leader the long suit, but not enough to lead trumps, the hand should be opened with a small card of the unestablished long suit. no attempt be- | ing made to show number with the fourth best. | This general strength is roughly defined as ona go0d suit, and a sure card of re-entry in an- | other suit, such as an ace, a twics-guarded | king, or king and queen. A queen is not con- sidered a re-entry card, no matter how well guarded, because the guit may have to_go round three times for it to be available. This lead of a smali card is supposed to be an invi- tation to the partner to get out the trumps if he s strong enough; If he is not he should re- turn the sult. When the hand is not strong enough to invite the partner to play a forward or attacking game it Is opened with a support- ing card, not to invite a ruff in the suit. but | simply to warn the partner that the leader is not strong enough to play for his long sult, even if he has one, ‘and has no desire for trumpa to be led on his account unless the hand develops ‘better than was expected. A HARD WHIST NUT TO CRACK. does not want trumps led. No matter what the card is, there is ro possibility of partner's misunderstanding the nature of the lead. SYSTEM OF THE BOSTON DUPLICATE WHIST CLUB. The system used by the Boston Duplicate ‘Whist Club is the most rational of any of the so-called ‘‘mixed systems” that we have yet seen. Briefly, it s as follows: Open originally from longest or best suit. Having honors in sequence, follow American leads, except from queen, jack, ten and others, lead ten, and lead king in’all cases where the American lead calls for queen. Use queen as strengthening card or to show trump strength. When sult is headed Whist clubs far and near have the same difficulties to overcome. Here is a wall from New Jersey, taken from the whist columns of gfi Newark News, so ably edited by T. E. by & card smaller than the nine; lead top of suit. o Dol Jack. ten and others lead | At the various whist clubs in this State the | fourth best. Do not open a four-card sult with | topic of most interest to the card committees | one honor if you have a strengthening card which can be led. With king, jack, nine, eight, six, seven or similar suits, lead fifth best. Dis- card from weakest suit. ' Use reverse discard | to show suit you wish led. In trumps from queen, jack, ten and others, lead top of sult. otherwise follow American leads. Echo with | three trumps on partner's end. Never finesse | on_partner’s trump lead. These rules, with the exception of the dis- card. the number showing play of the king and queen and the play of small card suits, do not differ_essentfally from the long-sult game as played by Albany. SYSTEM CALLED COMMON-SENSE WHIST. at the present time Is the providing of a pro- gramme for the season’s play. This has al- ways been an important and troublesome ques- tlon to solve, for the reason that no matter what system s inaugurated some of the mem- bers will object to it. generally upon the ground that the winners do not indicate the strongest players. ‘‘too much luck in such a ! game,” and much more such talk. What the | card ‘committee of each club Is trying to ob- | tain is that form of play which will stop this kicking and compel the cranks ta agree. If the membership of a club Is small a good sys- tem is the individual scheaule play. Also, in a small club, & pair contest upon the Safford or Howell system Is Interesting and generally meets with approval. In either small or large clubs a contest between teams of four s very | Charles E. Sitton, vice-president, Miss L: ! experienced players will The System Dubbed Common-Sense Whist Knowu Among Some as the Invitation Gama. This game procesds on the principle that with nohmerumnllhnh?uluhmlnllfl popular and eliminates to a great extent the charge that the ‘‘winners were very lucky, as there was not that many tricks In the hand, as ‘we did not drop & trick, and team 3 (speaking of the winners) must have had many presents.” This you hear in all whist clubs, but not so much after a contest between ‘‘fours”’ as you will after pair contests. For large clubs com- pass whist Is a’very popular form of play, and, while many say It is no test of skill, the win- ners in a long contest, consisting of seven or more tables, are always the best players in a club, and hence the charge of no skill falls with a ‘‘dull, sickening thud” upon the heads of the kickers. KATE WHEELOCK CLUB OF PORTLAND. The annual meeting of the Kate Wheelock Club of Portland, Or., was held In_their room in Marquam Grand on Thursday, February 25, and resulted in the election of ‘the following officers for the ensuing year: President Failing: secretary, Mrs. Edward T. Wil 5 treasurer, Mrs. Frank Davton. The meetine | was well ‘attended and an enthusiastic one, an all of the members look forward to a year of success and progrest SATURDAY-NIGHT WHIST AT THE TRIST. The Trist Duplicate Whist Club has taken the initiative in trying to solve the perplexing question of how to bring together the young and inexperienced players with those calleq the advanced. It Is a_common and too true assertion that the experienced whist players are not willing to play with beginners. In order to remave that {mpressfon and assist those desiring to Improve their play, the whist committee of the club has arranged with the older players the following plan for Saturday night's play: The names of many of the more be placed on the blackboard, which signifies their willingness and pleasure to play with any member who will place thelr ngme opposite as partner for that evening, or any Saturday ev wish to nams, T Sustine ie OUR WHIST EDITOR. We are pleased to sa once more on his nati weeks' stay in the drifts and whist clubs. tertained he wop't er week. y our whist ea ve heath after R-“n': F—lfite Siane the’-“mow. e Vi 80 be well on his feet for am-