The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 13, 1898, Page 27

26 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 1898 308 306 0 10 306 300 307 106 306 300 308 100 306 108 X6 106 30400 400 308 308 0% 308 308 308 06 308 Y08 308 30 30K 30¢ 3¢ 306 308 % SOCIETY % fed o 106308 200 308 306 300 30X 308 300 300 300 0 0 08 300 308 30 30 306 308 308 306 308 308 308 30K 30 30 30HICE 308 308 108 06 X0 30X 40k OCIETY as yet has made no ef- | tation, “Her Letter” (Bret Harte), Mrs C. q even calm of | J. Kaighin; recitative and aria (Jewel U 00108 00 0 A8 Togeastorhnealo the | scene), ““Faust,” Mrs. Alvina Heuer-Wil- the Lenten season. A n (HRERE: | son. *“The Pardon”—Cast: Queen, Carro The follow officers and their | ;e Botaman: Lady Marion, Estelle wives were a luncheon | Mjjlar; Kathryn, Mabel Hipkins; Adrian 1 by | (a page), Jessica Neuman. “The Ride of | rs. Rock on |the Elves” (Anderson), Arcadian Ladies’ , ¢ and Mrs. | Quariet, first soprano, Miss Mao Culen; | e e 1 “teuten. | Second foprano, Miss Edith Hanks; first it ek, | contralto, Miss' Florence Conner; second Mrs. Mr POSWICK, | contralto, Miss Jeannette Patridge. Assistant Eng e t, Lieutenant Cut- Home qfilherir\gs. | On Thursday evening last Miss Fran- k is a recent n Diego | ces Raphael entertained a number of her ng here during the stay | friends at a progressive whist party at | her residence, 1008 Sacramento street. ! Dames in California held | Among those present were: Miss Mattie their March meeting at the home of Mrs. | Zobel, Miss Florence Smith, Miss Marie C. H. Jouett on PI rect. Mrs. Alden | Barman, Miss Martha Regner, Miss Ber- Invita- | tle Waller, Miss Hattie Cowan and Miss N oura nd’s ship in port. 8. Wrl chairm; pres d. tions to various entertainments given by | Birdie giflCObi‘, ":!.X;d I({ha fOHOWlHAgl E;H;l@l- le Colontal Dames of various Bastern |men: Hon. ¥.'H. Kerrigan, obel, the Colonial Dames of Narlou ey, | Marcus Lafes, Ralph Davis, Michael b ondifhe aenuat’ Isaacs, Charles Claussen, Meyer Lewls JVele, most Interest” | “Miss M. Zobel and Hon. F. H. Kerrigan were the prize-winners, and the consola- tion prizes were awarded to Miss Birdle cobs and Marcus Lafee. The rooms et were beautifully decorated with violets iss Rose and smilax. About midnight the guests adjourned to the dining room, where a aptuous repast was served, after which ing was indulged in until the wee the wife of the new hurch in this city, was | i In the social part of | J Y rector c 3 the guest of hor Brown, a’ urs. A delightful party was given at the A. Bowen, | Mad- | home of Mrs. L. Keane in Sausalito on E. W.|the evening of February 26 by a number | Misses | of young people from San Francisco. The | time was passed pleasantly in dancing, singing and games till the wee hours of | the morning, when a bountiful repast | served. Merrymaking continued till day- break, when all left on the early boat for The en announced of Miss Badie Gel n, Berkeley, and Dave m’i"x( . 5 o Mol Ll hose present were: Misses Mamie Wil | recelve | Melior, Hattie Collopy, Mollie Madden, © p. m., at | Josephine Laws, Edna Rock, Grace and rkele Elsie Cambridge of Alameda, May Lowry, -d of Miss | Anna Sellou, Mabel Leary, Daisy Johnso,n . They | Mamie Foléy, Marguerite Corbet, Nellie 1 M layes, Mrs. Keane, Mrs. B. Hasty, Df. Taylor, J. McCul- | ced of Miss A. Smith, R. Angell, G." Vaga, T. Stanley Ir- | Morcum, J. Lowry, J. Travers, J. Foley, e place the | Mr- Hampton, H. Leary, Mr. Theall, H. | an| will tak ember. s announced of Miss Foley, T. Foley, Ed Lowry, J. Hanley. Maude Fisher was tendered a urprise party last Friday even- | birthday ter of Mr. and M ind D. M. Moses of N 1 receive Sund m. W | ing at her residence, 52 Bartlett street. % | Among those present were: Mrs. Fisher, Sullivan; Misses Maude Fisher, arguerite McDonnell, Agnes Sullivan, | ay Morse, Lillian Wicht and Annie Me- | : Albert Lyman, Willlam McKee & of Alameda an- | f her daughter, | 72 Albrecht” Vie- | pOnT er Joe Weinholz, Eugene Lahunier, John = — | Maguire, Walter Fisher, Doane Shaw, Wedding Bells. Sylvan Selig, Daniel Setright and Bert | S 5 | Winrow. of Miss Hattie Barrett, eld- | _ A birthday party was given at the resi- a Mrs. Willlam H ce of Mrs. E. C. Hisgen, 1307 _Webst IvEn A e t, on Saturday, March's. The par- lors and dining-room were decorated with | February 20, at | potted plants and cut flowers. Those pres- | corner Twenty-third | ent were: Mrs. H. Stettin, Mrs. G. Wen- | . by the Rev. Father | del, Mrs. J. Marlin, San Lorenzo; Mrs. | as attend F. M. E Mrs. Andre, Mrs. J. H. | v her | groom by | S Sullivan. After relatives and par- Wans, Miss A. Schro hroeder, Mrs. J. Jaco Schwartz, Mrs. bride, | A surprise pz dered to Mis: was | Mamie_Blanford ning, - ruary Clipper | ton and Miss | Street. Mam at the - | Blz Gr: Haw aude Pat- | g ss Amanda A . Mrs. Blan- Grace Holliday, holm,” Bert Gummer, 1 Norman, John Little, Mr. McDanie harles Blanford, James McCormick, Mr. | happy young | Portiers, James_Gilfeather, Mr. Hollid were served | Albert Harris, Philip Martin, Mr. Clark, h was | Dan McKillip, Mr. Welsh, Charles Boost %ood and Alfred Holliday. On_ Wednesday afternoon, March 9. a pleasant birthday party was given M Gladys and Master Raymon Gunning on | the sion of their fourth anniversary. M. Barbour tastily dec- nd pink and ung friends 39 Sac- 1 will be at home after oc Music, both instrumental and vocal, danc. I ri |ing and games, made the hours pass | Club Parties. pleasantly, ~Those present were: A1 A granaPurh e a t _ena Bantel, miss Katie McPhillips, Mtss asisyices of exi i "rm:pr 1“5 | Ethel d'Arcy, Miss Gladys Gunning, Miss | s endeavor Soclety | gjjce McPhillips, Miss Aggie Buick, Miss | th Israel on Wales, M Flora Hansen, | at Native S dna Gibson, Milured Hart, | a most delightful | ) Rosie Young, Agnes Young, Miss Young, M Ford, M >han, Nellie ' Sulli- | Turner, Miss Helen Mec- Mamie Lee. Harold Bert- Willie Hansen, Mi: Mildred Gibson, Mi: Mildred F n evening, March 11 1 the _followi d: Special . Mi Ibert Saunders, Raymon Gunning, Petie Weber, Frankie Hansen, Joey Bertram, Wallace Feehan, Clarence Bertram, George Bantel, Albert Gibson Charles Bantel, Harold cPhil- lips, Jonnie Buick, Owen Lee, Leslie Tur- ner, Tommlie Lee. Mrs. d'Arcy, Miss Teany O'Rourke, Miss Rinda Blake, Miss B. Jacobs, Mr. and Mrs. Bertram. .murs. McFadden, Mrs. Hansen, Mrs. Hart, Mrs. Saunders, Mrs. Fogarty, Mrs. Buick, Mrs. Gibson, Mrs. Young, Mrs. K. Hart, Mrs. Turner, Mrs. Lee, Mrs. Feehan, Mrs. Con- ners, Mrs, McPhillips and Mr. and Mrs. Gunning. - A Golusa Tea. COLUSA, Cal., March 12—Wednesday afternoon from 3 to 6 o'clock the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. de St. Maurice on Main street was a scene of liveliness and good cheer. Mrs. J. H. Davies, the only daughter, is home for a visit and her parents tendered her a delightful re- ception that her friends, who are legion, might have an opportunity of meeting and greeting her before she returns to her home, Van Ness avenue, San Francisco. The house was converted into a verit- able flower garden and everything be- tokened the happiness that was reign- ing as the girlhood friends of the hon- ored guests came and went. The parlors intend leaving for Naples on March § on the steamer Saale sailing frotn New York. The following Californians sailed on the Furst Bismarck for Hamburg on Febru- ary 26; Mr. and Mrs. Herman Hoepfner, Miss Louisa Hoepfner and maid, J. H Jahns, Miss Martha Meyer, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Son, Miss Ida Son., Miss Helen Son, Miss Blanche Son and A. Vanderstar. Mrs. Adolph Wetzstein of Butte, Mont., has left the Baltimore and is visiting friends at 44 Belvedere street. Mr. and Mrs. Emil Hirschfeld, child and nurse have been visiting Mrs. Hirsch- feld’s parents, Mr. and Mrs, Max Gruen- berg of Alameda. Miss Hattie L. Brown and her sister, Miss F. Alice, and their cousin, Miss Lil- llan K. Hamilton of Detroit, Mich., re- turned on the th on the steamship Mo- ana after an absence of six months with relatives in New Zealand. Mrs. Rose Vivian Wrigley of Denver, Colo., is in the city for a few days, en route to Santa Cruz, her former home. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Enright are spend- Ing a few weeks at Oakville and St. He- ena. Miss Grace Corwin has gone to Los Angeles to _make an extended visit with Mrs. Dr. White. Mrs. Brooke Greene of Palermo, daugh- ter-in-law of General O. D. Greene, 13 here on & visit to her sister, Mrs. George ’THE CROSS MARKS THE SITE OF THE BUILDING NEAR SAN DIEGO HOPES OF THEOSOPHISTS IN POINT LOMA MYSTERIES, AGNER, In his soul music, | about the whole affair is that the site expréssed the philosophy of | for the college was revealed to the high the world. Th | priestess, Mrs. Tingley, in an astral L eosophy teach- | es the philosophy of the |dream. so it Is claimed. That is to ori 5 DAY, S0 €| sav, she made a survey of it with her world. Therefore Wagner | astral body, leaving her fleshly sur- was a thecsophist.” roundingsgat home. And she was so Thus Mr. Crump, the latest exponent | Pleased with the situation that she de- of the doctrines of the Universal Broth- | clded at once to place the Institution erhood. H there, and there, a costly edifice of solid -, e was standing on the plat- | marphle and stone, it is to remain for form of the empty hall, where for a 2 couple of hours an audience had lis- all time. Such experiences as these are not un- tened entranced to the thrilling expres- sion of Wagner’s great dramas. On common, according to the theoscphists. the screen before them they had seen Every now and again, from out of the the knightly Lohengrin arrive in his swan boat, and had watched his ro- mantic courtship of Elsa ending so tragically because the demon of | doubt snatched the cup of happiness | from the maliden’s lips just as she was | about to drain it to the dregs. They | had watched the Flying Dutchman ries, where amid snowbound hills the brethren of the adept fraternity dwell, there comes a mysterious teach- er, who gives the cause a little shove forward, and then retires to wait for a new reincarnation. Though the public performance of miracles is rather discouraged by the- osophists, Madame Blavatsky, the great founder of the society, did, as Mr. Sinnett has told us, many strange things. By reason of long study and years of asceticism, some portion of adept powers had been conferred upon Nibelung, Tristan and Isolde and Parsi- Der, and she could, at any rate, create tal. missing teacups and saucers,dand br|n§ - | little notes fluttering ownwar This was very interesting, not to say | through the alr whenever they would fascinating, but still the music and the do the most good. pictures did not after all explain to my Years ago I met Colonel Olcott, who darkened mind why the Universal aided Madame Blavatsky in founding Brotherhood has taken Wagner so com- | the Theosophical Society. The colonel, pletely into !ls fold. Wagner, in spite a genial old gentleman, had many of the mysticism of his work, never strange tales to tell. “Do you see this claimed membership of any occult soci- | ring?” he said to me one day, pointing evty: perhaps he never heard of the|to a gold circle which he carried on his Universal Brotherhood or the Theo- | watch chain. sophical Society. | " “Yes” I replied, examining But Mr. Crump’s explanation makes | gold, certainly, 1S-carat stamp. it all beautifully simple, anNollowlngf “That’s not the point,” he replied. the same line of logic, Milton, Shakes- | “The fact Is, I got this ring one day at plow her stormy track through the. seas, and had heard all about the “In- | ner soul motives” which give the key- | note to Tannhauser, The Ring of th t's BAY WHERE THE COLLEGE WILL BE BUILT. were tastefully decorated in peach blos- soms and trailing vines and choice potted | plants met the eye from every conceiv- able corner. The tearcom was @ bower of loveli- ness in violets and trimmings of that shade intermingled with ivy. A small alcove at one end of the room was can- opied with ivy and filled with potted plants. Violets were everywhere, per- fuming the whole house with thelr de- iicious odor and even passing into the street. Choice refreshments were served to the guests and cordial Intercourse relgned su- preme during the afternoon. Those who assisted in recelving were Misses Cora Grover, Nellie Gilmour, Maude Brooks, Atha Rich, Virginia Be- ville, Nannie Brittan, Agnes Liening, Mesdames M. J. Boggs, E. C. Barrell, R. Cosner and J. L. Jackson. In the Future. The barmitzvah of Jacob Crown, son of | Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Crown, will take place at the Geary Street Temple Saturday, March 18. They will receive thelr friends in the afternoon from 2 to 5 at their resi- dence, 318 Hayes. The R. K. L. will give their third even- ing dress party -at Saratoga Hall on Thursday evening, March 31 The regular monthly entertainment and dance of the popular Western Addition Literary and Social Club will be held on Wednesday evening, March 16, at Native Sons’ Hall. The following excellent programme has been arranged for the evening's enter- tainment: Overture, orchestra; barytone solo (se- lected), B. O. Tarbox; piano solo (select- ed), Miss Cecil Cowles (age four years); soprano solo, “Once in a Life” (Lander), Miss Clara Atkins; banjo solo (selected D. Mansfield; “Sugar and comedietta in one act, by James cast—Mr. Wentworth, Arthur W. Jones; Frank (his son), Alfred A. Borlini; Mrs. Mirfield (a voung widow), Miss Mae Roberson; Spruce (her mald), Miss Mae Capwell. A grand domino par the Mission Turn-Sch ern Verein & Mission Hall, Eighteenth street, near Va- lencia, Sunday evening, March 20. ill be given by Personals. F. W. Dohrmann of San Francisco and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Michaels of Alameda peare, Goethe, every great thinker of a seance In New York. It was thrust NEW THEOSOPHIST COLLEGE AT POINT LOMA, SAN DIEGO COUNTY. Miss Alice Owens has returned from her | visit to_the interfor completely restored to_health after her serious illne: Mr. and Mrs. Emile Dinkelspiel left for an extended Eastern visit on Monday | ast. Judge and Mrs. 8. B. Davidson of Dow- | nieville are visiting their daughter, Mrs. | Hester Harland, at 1728 Sutter street. | Miss Emily Pistolesi of 152) Hyde street | is a guest of Miss Rose Licher of Brent- wood. Mr. and Mrs. L. W. turned to the city an on the third Thursday lovey have re- 11 be at home Ellis street. To Be Deported. Chun Cum Jew, a Chinese woman who | claimed to be a native of California, has | been crdered deported by Collector Jack- son. Her story was proved to be false. —_—— THE DREDGER GOLDEN GATE AT WORK CLEARING THE CHANNEL. From a Photograph. These levees are immense affairs and their building has involved much la- bor and expense. They are uniformly twenty feet at the base and are fully. HE tule marsh lands of the S8an Joaquin will vanish. Already vast tracts of bog and marsh land have been reclaimed, and the great dredgers of the old River Land and Reclamation Company are rapidly turning thousands of other acres that were once nothing but water, tules and peat bogs into the finest land that can be found in California’s borders. To those who have not traveled over:.the immense tracts of reclaimed land and witnessed the transformation from floating islands, vastreaches of tules and ponds of yellow lilies to the fields where now Is growing the golden grain that is to be the salvation of the California farmer, these statements may seem like some Aladdin tale. The fact remains, however, that the best land ever discovered for the raising of garden truck and grain lies within those im- mense levees that guard from the water the once submerged lands along the San Joaquin River. All of this work has been done recentiy—that {s, within the past year, though the preliminaries were entered into long before the actual cnmmence-’ ment of the drainage of the tracts. The great dredgers that had to be brought into requisition cost thousands on thousands of dollars, and now on one of these is located the largest pumping plant in California, its capacl 85,000 gallons a minute. pacly hons The work of these great dredgers, with their giant ‘pumps, has entirely changed the appearance of the tracts that lie between Stockton and Bethany. Just now the camp of the workmen is located at the last named place, and there the storehouse is situated. 7 ‘When John Herd Jr. and Engineer Ferris broached the s the bog Into tillable soil many scoffed at the idea. One of thcu:l!::: foeta!fi‘:::mngt the work was the cutting of a drainage canal, three miles long, 100 feet wide and ten feet deep, through the tract owned by the corporation. This is known @s the relief.canal and allows the rushing waters of the San Joaquin during the ‘winter months to escape without damaging the levees that have been thrown up about the lands. twelve feet above water. be constructed all along their tops. They are sufficiently wide for a good wagon road to ‘While the work of cutting the drainage canal was a great undertaking and that of throwing up the big banks of mud one of almost equal importance, that of pumping the water from the submerged lands was the work of months. First the dredgers went along fhe San Joaquin River and into its tributary sloughs, digging from the bottom the mud that was to form the levees. When the lands were enclosed with banks high and strong enough to withstand the pressure of the waters from the river and sloughs the big pumps were brought into requisi- tion and the water and mud from the tracts enclosed by the levees were forced by suction over in{p the river, leaving the land within dry and ready for culti- vation. The extent of the undertaking may be judged when it is known that the company has ten of these giant dredgers at work. It now owns its own river steamer, on which it carries its supplies and employes, and a handsome steam launch carries the engineers from point to point while inspecting the work of making a garden spot out of tule marshes and peat bogs. Travelers on the river steamers cannot realize the vast extent of these marshes and bogs. From a point on the levee near the Government experi- ment station on Union Island some idea may be obtained, for what appears to be a vast inland sea greets the eye on ascending the bank. It is dotted with little islands that seem fixed and stable enough, but many disappear from time to time and dozens of unfortunate hunters have nearly lost their lives in taking them to be as solld as mother earth. It will not be long before this Inland sea is no more, and instead the dollar a bushel wheat will be waving over the spots that were once the favorite haunts of the duck hunter. . The company that is engaged in this reclamation work does not sell any of the land, but leases it to those who desire to farm large tracts on shares. | clearly the universality of this new sys- { new and so far seems remarkably suc- | | were nine or ten people altogether and | From the Architect’s Plans. | | hidden recesses of the Thibet Lamasa- | | vices every age, can be claimed as a the-|into the middle of a rose which I held | in my hand. put there by the spirits, because my hand was tightly shut all the time, and I felt nothing. osophist. Nothing could indicate more tem for the teaching of world-old truths. Theosophy, we may say, has existed ever since man became a rea- soning animal, and it is only presump- tion on the part of us moderns to im- agine it a new thing. Still the combination with Wagner- ism, which is a very advanced musical T had taken up the study of theosophy, | and I kept the ring merely as a curios- | ity. But now it has to me a far high- | er value. 'Years afterwar hen I was in T “This occurred,” he went on, “before | It could only have been | | | dia with Madame Blavateky, T sho:efi the ring to a lady. She examlréewu closely, just as you have done, an b about to return it to me, when A : eme Blavatsky cried ‘stop. Takl ng the lady’s hand in her own. she ch})lsem her fingers over the ring, and held the! there for a minute or so. “Then the ring was removed, and we discovered the reason for this strange action, Before it had been a plain gold ring, but mow it had three beautiful little diamonds set in it, marking the three points of an obtuse triangle. You can see the diamonds for yourself. added the colonel, as he held up the ring for further inspection. After getting my money and pass- ports you may be sure I lost no time in getting out of the country. I ar- rived here completely broken down in health. J. F. ROSE-SOLEY. NOVEL «SGRUBBING* SERVICE. A novel church service is announced to be held at St. Laurence’s Church, Birmingham, says the London Daily Mail. On Sunday last the vicar, Rev. T. J. Bass, Invited the congregation to take part in a ‘“scrubbing service,” which would be held in the church next day, beginning at half-past 3 and last- ing until half-past 9. Soap, water and patent scrubbers would, he said, be provided, and all the congregation, male and female, were eligible to lend a hand in cleaning tha church. 5 The church has had a curious his« tory, and has been blessed with a cu- rious collection of vicars. Some eight or ten years ago the parish, which is the most poverty-stricken in all Bir- mingham, was controlled by the Rev. J. F. M. Whish, and he, finding the ser- languishing from lack of wor- shipers, hit upon all sorts of queer ex« {)Edien(s for compelling them to come n. He announced the most flaming se- ries of discourses ever given publicity to by handbill and poster. ‘Pigeon Flying,” “A Good Day on the Course” and kindred topics were dealt with in- stead of orthodox Scriptural topics. Thousands of printed cards were cir- culated each week, bearing such affec- tionate Inscriptions a: “Come and hear your old pal, the Rev. J. F. M. Whish.” “Now, then, buck up! Give your old pal Whish another trial.” Other cards would contain an exhor- tation signed: “I remain, your true pal, J. F. M. ‘Whish.” This original vicar would go into public houses during the dinner hour, and, addressing the company, would sa; 'Well, gentlemen, you have given my friend, the landlord, a good turn; now finish up at my little place on the other side of the road."” Special services were held—one week for pigeon flyers, another week for sweeps and a third for sandwich men. Mr. Whish’s successor was as de- voted and faithful a vicar as his pred- ecessor, but lacked Mr. Whish's hu- mor and discretion. He gave so har- rowing a description of the denizens of the courts and alleys of the parish to a local journalist that those whom he freely described as hawkers, rogues and loose women resented his descrip- tion of them by breaking his windows. Now a washing service is announced, and doubtless the interior of the church warrants the appeal made for the services of an army of cleaners. —_— e SNEEZING SCENE. Alice—Fred told me last night he loved me. J Dolly—Just what he told me six months ago. It’s impossible for him to be original, isn’t it?—Philadelphia North American, cult on its own account, is distinetly | | re- | nl. e have glven this marked Mrs. Cleather, number of country towns, would imagine the average gence was not up to the requisite stan- dard. But everywhere it has been well | received. The people seem to thor- oughly appreciate our ideas.” Mrs. Cleather, herself a disciple of the great high priestess, Mme. Bla- | vatsky, is a petite woman in a cream- | colored gown of some marvelously | soft clinging material. It is the robe of a priestess. There is something ethereal about it, and as she stood on the darkened platform, a gleam of white against the background of black | curtain, she seemed to have just mate- | rialized from another sphere. This, of course, is but pure fancy, for Mrs. Cleather is practical enough in her ways and knows how to carry her | propaganda into the midst of a busy hard-working world; how to'bring the | truths she has to tell home with force, | appealing alike to toil-begrimed work- | er and money-sodden plutocrat. | A couple of years ago there was a wonderful awakening in theosophical circles. Mrs. Tingley, the leader of | the Universal Brotherhood, started a crusade around the world, Mrs. Cleath- er being a member of the party. There lecture,” “in _quite a where you | intelli- | us to make it proved a pretty expensive trip, cost- | ing over $50,000. The American theos- | ophists cheerfully footed the bill, for | there were substantial results to show, seventeen new societies being started in foreign parts and thousands of ad- herents being gathered into the new scheme of philosophy. It is estimated that there are some 8000 theosophists in the United States, and that there is money behind the faith is shown by the latest develop- ment, in which the State of California is particularly interested. There are riddles in psychology which none of us can ‘comprehend, there are latent powers in man the existence of which, except among members of the adept fraternity, is never suspected. The real action of thought, In spite of mod- ern scientific investigations, s still concealed from us, the phenomena of hypnotism, clairvoyance and thought transference are but imperfectly un- derstood. Latter day scientists, even men such as the wizard-like Edison, cannot ex- plain these things, so the theosophists are going to take the matter in hand. Possibly we may know a good deal more of these mysteries of ancient times when the new college at Point Loma, near San Diego, gets into work- ing order. For the cause theosophists in all parts of the world have sub- scribed thousands of dollars, and there is no doubt that the half million re- quired to complete the structure will be forthcoming in due time. A little over a year ago there was a great gathering at Point Loma, when Mrs. Katherine Tingley, as high priestess, deposited, with all sorts of cabalistic rites, an Egyptian onyx taken from the Temple of the Sphinx in the corner- stone of the building. And what is the good of all this fuss? the Philistine, the man who dwells in the outer darkness, will naturally in- quire. Well, of course, the college will benefit only those who seek for the light; it will facilitate inquiry into the lost mysteries of antiquity. It will be in short a sort of modern and purified Temple of Eleusis. Useless for the unbeliever to venture there, his lack of faith will blind his eves to the won- ders which are to be revealed. But for the genuine student of occult af- fairs the institution holds out welcom- ing hands, and already numerous ap- plications for membership have been received from all parts of the world. Therefore, overlooking the bay of San Diego, and close to the boundary of the United States, we may expect before long to see a college established unlike any other which modern years have witnessed. / But not the least peculiar feature 1% pieces 20c 25¢ 35¢ 40c 50¢c 75¢ 50c $1.00 $1.50 455 Murphy Bullding, ADVERTISEMENTS. @@@@9 3 R OFFERED THIS WEEK! Buyers are offered powerful inducements this week in our efforts to make room for the IMMENSE SPRING IMPORTATIONS NOW ARRIVING, as every piece and yard of goods remaining from our vast surplus stock must be cleared out, and this forces CUTS THAT INSU,RE A QUICK SALE Colored Dress Goods! 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