The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 4, 1898, Page 26

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 189S. DISCUSSED BY: CHIEF JUSTICE BEATTY, JAMES G. MAGUIRE, GEORGE OSBOURNE, REV. WILLIAM H. MORELAND, JOSEPH LEGGETT, CORONER W. J. HAWKINS, FRANK J. GOULD, THOMAS V. CATOR, ‘BARCLAY HENLEY, LEWIS MORRISON, trick of the elements, or transcendental aspect of the stars, a carnival of truth were held in San Francisco for an interval of twenty-four hours, what would be the result? If every human emotion that the tongue can ex- ss or the heart feel were applied to queries and of days, would it end In a triumph Would it Good renilies on that da of civilization or in a struggle of savagery? yus license or a satanic privilege? > a glor 1 :) \ture, courtesy and timidity insist upon small lying— there a natural tendency to view truth as a pre- cept. That it is more possible that human happiness would be augmentel if we could know as we are known is a violent supposition. If the truth were told in San Francisco for twenty- four hours Here is how some of our prominent thinkers ex- press themselves on the knotty question: P Your question is a chimerical one and therefore a jittle difficult to answer. Do I think that the city of San Francisco will be morally benefited by an earnest devotion to truth CHIEF JUSTICE BEATTY, Diaty Sipeme O for twen hours? —— When told proper time and place my answer would be but if handled indiscriminately, innocer tly or with intent, it is not only uncharitable, but malicious. 1 do not think truth ever justifiable when it inter- feres with the happiness of a human belng. . e e Twenty-four hours of complete and absolute truth telling would doubtless create infinite confusion and trouble in San Francisco, P but perseverance in it would immensely improve the social and political as = well as the moral condi- tion of the cit A falsehood has, generally. one of three motives—malice, avarice or fear. Sometimes a falsehood Is Inspired by two or all of these motives. This is quite commonly true of political falsehoods, to which 1 refer particularly, because of their present prevalence. The world as well as the city might well dispense instantly with all falsehoods b: d upon either malice or avarice, and the appare..t ne ity for purely d fensive falsehoods, commonly called “white les, would speedily disappear with their general discontinu- ance. I am delighted to learn menced investigating the expediency of absolute truthfulness and trust that it may reach an affirmative conclusion. The progress of its exalted moral reflec- tions will be watched w x:h .inz‘eres(. JAMES G. MAGUIRE, Democratic Nominee for Governor. that The Call has com- Certain things should never be told within the ken of men. Only one man could afford to tell the truth and he was cruci- fled for it I think - Burns' advice to a friend 18 surely the softest rule to follow Aye free, aff han your story tell W bosion crony Not one of us to-day afford to have the truth told even for a day. It would demoralize the commercial interest and financial ruin would be th ult—why? Every house doing business on a credit basis would not survive the day. Especial- 1y it would lead to a reconstruction of the basis of sc clety. A dissection of family ties and a proclamation of war in which those who were not armed with re- peating guns would either hit from the shoulder or strike with the feet. Your question is altogether unimaginable, impos- gible. I think I can best illustrate my first impre 228 sion of its utter incompre- hensibllity by repeating a tale of a philosophical brother. Once upon a time = a few wise men wondered what would be the effect of sound if all the people in the world would shout at once. A notion was started that it would be heard in the moon. So the edict had ABBI VOORSANGER, | Temple Emanu-El gone forth, the word agreed upon was “Boo,” and the time of the universal shout was to be in just ten years. Several hundred ship loads of chronometers were sent to philosophers, great folks and astronomers of all na- tions. For months previous nothing else was talked about but the awful noise that was going to be made on that occasion. At last the time came and everybody was €0 intent upon the effect of the ejaculation of “Boo” that nobody sp except a deaf man in the Fiji T. DANIEL FRAWLEY, HUGH CRAIG, Islands and a woman in Peking, so that the world was never so still since its creation. Such, in my opinion, would be the effect of a period of universal truth telling in San Francisco—the people would be o intent upon the result that everybody would be speechless; or If spe.sklng at all. would lle. .. Telling all of the truth for a period of twenty-four hours, innocently or otherwise, would be a violation of the moral law and the person who is guilty of be- traying the confidence of | his fellow man whether it e e — be the obligation of so- ciety, church or state is an enemy to morality and should make all the reparation within his power for the wrong he has committed. The relations of lawyer to client, doctor to patient and priest to confessor are of such a nature that any knowledge of the truth, whether obtained by affirma- tion or by the silence of those holding the secret, would be a moral Injustice. Any one who had been guilty of betraying such confidences should make all reparation in his power. If one is questioned as to the truth of some fact entrusted to his keeping and feels that by not answer- ing at all that his silence will be taken for afirma- tion or otherwise, why then he must depend upon his own ingenuity to avold tue disclosure. If the ques- tion had been, what would be the effect upon the com- munity if no lies were told for a given length of time, I would swer paradisaical. Soct those who indulge in quibbling and small lying would find themselves squirming with discom- fiture if shocked by unpalatable truths. But the world would be better and man's justice to man would make our citizens rejoice if a condition of no lies existed for twenty-four hours. ... It is simply inconceivable, and if T admit the truth, now, wholly undesirable, that the truth be told for z twenty-four hours while I I .CUPID" DANFORTH, am living in the city. ; S S Why, it would certainly { AR Hoonme not be productive of do- = mestic tranquillity nor would that all pervading X-ray virtue foster court- ships. It has been said that courtship is a perfod wherein two people mutually try to deceive each other. Assuming that to be a truth, no couple undeceived would even In their insane moments desire a marriage license. Then where would poor “Cupid” be? I would simply be one of the unemployed, or take an extended vacation, whichever it would please me most to say. Society would be demoralized and life insurance companies bankrupted and our medical schools could not turn out graduates enough to meet the demands of that day's disaster. REV. FATHER PRENDERGAST, St Mary's Cathe: I think the city would be depopulated by night, and if any lived to tell the tale I am sure he could not look e Y S, O AT a man in the face and say: ADJUTANT GENERAL ‘“You are my friend.” BARRETT. Our eyes would be rolling in fine frenzy and we would wear ever after- ward a look of cunning and ferocity habitual to a man- er. Society would be up in arms and the only peo- le who would profit by this day’s discord would be the attorneys. The churches would be empty, for I fear the ministers and priests would not be without sus- picion, and that we would look upon the clergy as hypocrites and upon everything that thinks and breathes as our enemies. The world would be upside d. 'n in Frisco, and our confidence in humanity for- ever degtroyed. We would forever afterward be viewed with suspicion, and like the nursery rhyme when “Humpty Dumpty” got a fall: Ten thousand men and ten thousand more Could never make Hump_t)‘ ‘Du'mpl)' as he was before. 1 find it difficult to take the question seriously. It excites mirth when I reflect upon it. It seems to — imply that San Francisco people do not now speak the truth, that all kinds of frauds, cheats, shams and - = deceptions are going on in secret, so that If every one should suddenly open his or her mouth and reveal the facts the result would be disastrous. I deny that any such state of things exists. Thou- sands of men and women in San Franclsco already speak the truth, not for one twenty-four hours, but every twenty-four hours, and the moral effect seems to be excellent. If the question means that every wrong, unpleas- ant and disagreeable thing we notice about our neigh- bors In the course of twenty-four hours is to be blurted out, the answer Is that the moral result would be de- cidedly hurtful. REV. WM. H. MORELAND, Pe of St. Luke's. RABBI VOORSANGER, “Speaking the truth in love” is the way to do good. There are people who pride themselves on their rugged honesty and directness of speech. They are fond of saying bitter, stinging, hurtful things. “As for me, they say, “I am frank, outspoken; speaking what I think.” Such people are rude boors, too conceited to realize their own lack of breeding. There are times when the truth must be spoken fearlessly, but always at proper times, in a proper way and by the proper person. If every man and woman should stand up to-morrow and tell all they know (or think they know) to everybody they meet the result would be very bad, for it would increase the supply of gosstps and intermeddlers without/doing a bit of good. . e 0s When the truth is told we are all decelvers and deceived. Financially we would have to pay our money B — debts in fine gold stand- | ard. Politically our gov- |GEORGE OSBOURNE, Actor.| ernmental corps would be \ neeiless, for truth would need none. Soclally it would disrobe the structure and reveal us godlike. Morally we would begin at the garden when He said: “I create thee in the form of the Father.” Geographically the flocks would graze again over the Potrero of our bay and Mpythical California be again. Then all the world'd be a stage, But none be players. R The effect of twenty-four hours of truth tellfng in San Francisco, or anywhcere else could not fail to be salutary. It would, no doubt, give a severe wrench to a good many crooked people to be com- ——— pelled, even for twenty- four hours, to tell the truth, but it would do them good. It would not hurt the most confirmed llar to tell the truth for one day in his life. It would at least diver- sify his experience. Truth is not nearly so bad as she is painted. She is an object of dread to those only who have not formed her acquaintance. People who know her best admire her most. It is, therefore, reasonable to hope that one result of a day’'s truth telling in San Francisco would be to permanently improve and elevate the moral stains of its inhabitants. I am not one of those who believe that speaking the truth is a lost art. I believe that the number of people who scorn and hate a lle is greater to-day than ever it was before in the history of the race. I am confident that the benefits that would result from the dedication of the day to truth speaking would vastly outweigh all imagined disadvantages. I would like to see the experiment made. P (i R JOSEPH LEGGETT, Attorney If such an ideal state of affalrs could be realized for a period of twenty-four hours 1 am sure there . would be but very little | change socially. People FRANK H. GOULD, Attorney.| don’t lie as a rule as much | as they are credited with % TR ~— doing, and those who so indulge in that vice are so artistic about it that I greatly fear we would not be able to detect any great difference. Those who had indulged in a lifetime of deception would be so surprised jat the novelty of truth telling that I think they would continue it— thereupon the result would be good. P If it should come to pass that such a Utopian con- dition should exist, even for the period of twenty-four hours, dire calamity would certainly be the result. The human system con- tains a great deal of elas- tic tissue which permits it to accommodate itself to the different prevailing con- ditions of affairs. But it would be totally inadequate to withstand the strain and nervous shock to the sys- tem that would be placed upon it by your supposed condition of affairs. The effect, I fear, would be that I would have to petition the Legislature for an unlimited number of deputies and a number of emergency morgues to clear the streets after the battle of Truth vs, Falsehood was over, If the people should rise up and physically resendl unpleasant truths whether from enemy or friend. W. J. HAWKINS,'M D, Coroner. The chief result would:be socially. It would result in many suicides, murders and convictions of \crime. It would produce domestic anarchy, separations and thousands of divorces; it would engender strife, AT ———— suspicion and lack of con- fidence in a very wide degree. Morally it would be a misfortune. THOMAS CATOR, Attorney. | If all persons “CUPID’* DANFORTH, ADJUTANT GENERAL BARRETT, wouid tell the truth at all times and perpetually the effect would be good, of course; but to have it told for only twenty-four hours, with a relapse into the old hablt, would do much more harm than good, would shake the faith of many in human nature and result in the great majority earnestly praying that a limited spasm of the same kind might never occur again. Finally, the owners of yellow journals would ex- pire of grief of their inability to get all the disgust- ing detalls in one edition. s . Discord would begin. Chaor would have come again! That would be the blackest day that ever s —————— dawned on San Francisco, BARCLAY HENLEY, and the sun as he sank Attorn over the Golden Gate S would look on_ such a A5 R scene of degradation as his burning eye never saw before. Our tender moral epldermis cannot bear the chill blast of unmitigated truth. We need the sheltering scenes of make-believe, the wind-break of compromise, a.l we crouch under the lee of deceit or hide in the coverts of hypocrisy. Telling the truth at all times we should be morally naked and unashamed, we should lose the sense cf modesty, which bids us hide our falling and cover up our vices. And this shame which prompts us to hide a blet, is !t not the first step toward piety? When a man fears the revelation of his past is it not proof that he is leading a better life now? . ov e Whatever softens the sorrows or augments the Joys of a human being is my definition of religion, and that which topples faith and iInvites suspicion is my measure of wicked- ness. If the truth were e L i paperly told o &-peTiDA: of twenty-four hours In San Francisco the result would be excellent, but to have it uttered with an insensi- bility to the distresses of others would be barbarous in the extreme. It is an awful thing to destroy one’s faith in humanity. Even one day devoted to this virtue would not be barren of such results. The city would resemble a plague-visited spot. 1 believe that nearly 90 per cent of the inmates in our insane asylums are the victims of melancholia, superinduced by a shock of some unpleasant truth— told to them when the mind was not fit to receive it. At any rate those persons, at the end of twenty-four hours, who had not the moral courage to go insane would either go to San Quentin or to the Morgue. No one could say to himself “I have a friend.” Each would be viewing the other with suspicion and this lack of confidence would lead us to resort to all sorts of mean devices to detect the deceptions of those with whom we are thrown in daily contact. S GEORGE D. COLLINS, Attorney. 1 fear life at the end of that truth-telling day would be a desolation and a despair. Those who spread the molasses to catch the flies would be the greatest sufferers and I believe we would all re- T YRR sent the influence of so- clal pleasure that could cause us to forget the feel- ings of humanity. One must be brutal, indeed, who spurns polite behavior and prefers to tell the truth when it is excruciating. I think there is less quibbling among Bohemians— a people who do not know stilted pride and who do not live in pretense and seeming. They have not the soclal necessity of shamming. If truth telling could be a process of quick evolution instead of an avalanche of howling ferocity then I would say on such day San Francisco would be heaven. P As to the result socially should the truth be blurted out inopportunely it would do more harm than false- hood. Just how that day A M. GARDNER, M.D, | Wwould end is, indeed, a matter of serfous con- | Jecture, and I greatly fear LEWIS MORRISON, Actor. Napa Insane Asylum. T T=ow0 o the, sight iwounld’ 'be "ap- palling. I might accurately guess that the city would be depopulated by night, and if any human being did escape the insane asylum or San Quentin ten chances to one he would be found skulking from hill to hill to avoid meeting his friends or foes. I believe every one would be more anxious to shun friends than enemies, for we know what the latter think and the opinions of the former are sometimes shocking. I think the churches would be conspicuous by their empty pews, for we would consider the majority of the congregation hypocritical and in all probability look with less reverence upon the clergy. I belfeve that necessity would compel us to annex a great number of new wards to our insane asylums, FATHER PRENDERGAST. and that such a day would result in violence and discord. Y e Twenty-four hours of truth-telling in this city would not result in social dissolution, “weeping and wailing and gnashing of or in serious dis- teeth,” EX-SENATOR BART BURKE\ turbance of any kind. On the contrary it would more likely result in a holiday. Certainly the courts would adjourn, the City Hall would assume a more funereal aspect than usual, there would be a grand exodus from the city for a day to escape embarrassing situations, more imagin- ary than real. But for the rest, those who braved it out at home, would clothe themselves in charity as In 2 mantle and disinterestedly refrain from asking their neighbors awkward questions. All would ap- preciate the fine frony of the Master, handed down to us In the eighth chapter of St. John. Never would there be so much consideration one for the other as then. No skeletons would escape from the closets and waltz merrily in the public view. No *“glass houses” would go crashiLz about their owner’s heads. Sane San Francisco would score another triumph. & rwstie It would require ten years of picturesque lying to cover that one day of promiscuous truth telilng. For — __* my part, I don’t care to be in San Francisco on that day of moral refor- mation, and if I have any e IR L friend who desires to linger on that interval of wrath and vengeance, I should certainly bid him good by. for if he is not num- bered among the slain it will (as I sald before) require ten years of valuable lifetime spent in artistic lying to make himself even with his fellow men, and I doubt much if reparation of any kind could ever put any one. upon the same footing again. Soctally it would be a‘tr:-m‘enduus mistake. T. DANIEL FRAWLEY, Actor. This question, when it is first stated, makes us all laugh, and some cry out, “Impossible”; “Soclety would tumble into fits,” “The city would sink,” prison be overflowing.” Why? Because ey question” excites absurd, difficult, dangerous or serious ideas. The_ serious ones involve the constitution of the JAMES TAYLOR ROGERS, Attorney the funny, race, demanding the sphinx-like solution to life’s riddle, which always presents these queries: “Can man tell the truth?” “Would it be expedient?” “WiIl he ever do it?” First—That truth can be told by all and that it is natural to tell it and that the universe is made after its pattern must be admitted before the tribunal of reason. Hence it is proper for each at all times to tell the truth. Our courts are fashioned thereon and society stands on its base; it could not exist on a universal lie. Therefore truth-telling is not an ab- normal idea, but a natural and necessary one. If any evil consequences would follow the practice for twenty- four hours it is proof that our social conditions are out of line with the constitution of the race. There- fore it cannot be assumed that any lasting disadvant- age to society would follow if all San Francisco told the whole truth for a full day. Second—It is expedient to tell the truth for it is always consistent with itself and is never contra- dictory. Falsehood is always out of joint with the real facts and presents wrong :spects, leading to ill conclusions and often to evil results. On the contrary truth inherently leads to the right and thereby it is t..e basis for good. Truth-telling would turn things upside down, it is true, but it would be comparatively transitory in its effects, and at the same time San Franciscans, for once, would have the rare and esthetic or ragged experience of seeing themselves in the mental mirrors of their neighbors. £ ADVERTISEMENTS, O++++++ 44444444+ LAST DAYS + + + + % 000000000000 000C0C000000000000000000000C SOCIETY. 0000000000000 000CC000C000000000000 1;;3rk'rsxr et, LOWLY but surely the plans for|O. L Fest, 1616 t the coming soclety seasol e be- | evening, August g S s aters ey ;| Sergeant Leroy Childs, Sergeant Joe ing materfalized and evervthing | SpfEeant ) Leroy = Childs, Bergeani dee < © [ © o (4] <0 made ready for a delightful winter. It is more than probable that | Corpora Porter, : TN N 5| Miss Margery McGillan, Miss Belle Mc- | oo S all nf‘ the many "‘-lfltlf;H Cl\n;mfh\”i”: - o S Tenste’ INunith. ;- Miss, Habé evening, September 3, at Native Sons’ of last year will bo reorganized. ~Meet-| gy, Lucy Pohlmann, Miss Lennie | Hall. The affalr was a delightful suc- ings of the directors will soon be called | Fast, Miss Mattie L. Fest. Mrs. Walter | cess. and the arrangements made for the dances made public. Mr. Greenway has not yet docidml" whether there will be a revival of the| Friday night cotiiions but It is likely | that the popular demand will be acceded to, and the cotfllons be again one of the fashionable features of the season. Fest, C. dining room. J ¢ - 5 was selected as chalrman of the evening. | of the active members, took the part: i ily, San Francisco. Mrs. S: 1 D. May: has ret = The debutantes this season will not be | Xiiong “the guests were: Sheyer Sellg- | on a trip around the bay in a stean Santa Gatalina lsland. e trom Hoter del Monter . orumed 80 numerous as those that made their | man, George Schmepple, Fred Schmepple, | launch, after which luncheon was served | SANTA CATALINA, Sept. 3.—Henry W. Carlsbad. Miss Antoinette Shannon has left on an bow last year, but in spite of the paucity | A. Anthony, Fred Jones, Eddle Dav at Mr. Bundschu’s home. The party re-| Earle and George E. Crane of Stockton extended visit to relatives in the East. 1 CHECK GLASS TOW- of buds, many magnificent affairs are to Sunéufl Wolf, Frarzg( O.BHflenj Ti‘M;JV{ R} turned on the 5:40 boat to San Fran- registered at the Metropole recently. The past month’s arrivals at Carlsbad | Mr. and Mrs. John McGaw have re- 2c ELING, 16 inches wide, be giveh in honor of the new. comers: in | Sullivan, -Bd 7 Crowell . Jack WEulte, | clsco. Miss L. E. Coombs and Miss J. B.|Springs, Lake County, include: Miss Kit- | turned from the country anu are now re- fast edges, all linen; strong GCIAL Te rank Willlams, Max Lewis, Joe Jones, S | tie Feeney, Mrs. Kerrighan, John Kerri- | siding with Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Baldwin 5 ficeable; the 9c the social realm. M. Buckley and W. Walkins. ~After the Sail Coombs of Globe, Ariz., are visiting | . g Washi s and serviceable; the 3 5 A 3 2 e s ailed Away. g , | ghan, Miss Kitty Carroll, Mrs. Gates, | on Washington street. . rade; on sale at 6%c yard. oA Jlnks the Fuests repaired to the banque friends on the island. | §lnster B Gates, Dro I . MeGovern, | Ex-Color Sergeant Harry Crowley "vis- EEACES ‘ 5 ThZSI re Er\gaged bénll. m{\él )l:fter rqalrI) kgond lsu;l;]ies mflldl The steamship Australia, which safled| Miss E. Garvey of Oakland is a welcome | Mrs, P. E. Newman, Henry Dahl, Mrs. J. | ited friends in Napa last week before oh gement 1s. announced of Miss| hours of the oty nacke up In the small | tor Honolulu Thursday, September 1, car- | Visitor here. | Collins, Miss T. Cox, Ernest Vorrath, W | leaving for Europe, where he has gone to eiengus Miss | o Whist afternoon was given last Sat- | Tied the following pasengers: Miss Bills,| Miss Harriette Howe and her mother, Hoery Charlie Unices, Cotin Mien, | e & (MRcIel ot o GLASS TOWe Lillien Goldsmith of Seattle, Wash., and Mr. Lewinstein of Tacoma. Mr. Lewin- | n was formerly a resident of New her birthday. Kate Alice Frils, youngest daughter of Mrs. Rosa and the late Captain Charles 8. Friis, to Oliver Albert Harker, cash- jer of the firm of Wellman, Peck & Co. The wedding will take place in Septem- ber. The wedding of Miss Gertrude Gold- man of Merced and Harry Coleman of ful afternoon. Sabin. | Roe, Mrs. fleld of Santa this city will take place thus Sunday afternoon, September 4, at 682 Golden Gate avenue. The wedding of Miss Fannie Frank and Meyer Goldsmith will be solemnized in the Maple room of the Palace Hotel Tuesday evening, September 6. The engagement of Miss Fossie Mon- asch and Abe Rotburg is announced. They will receive at 1128 Howard street to-day from 2 to 5. Dinner on Board Ship. One of the most delightful events of the past week was the dinner given on board the British ship Clan Graham by Captain Duncan MclIntyre, compliment- ary to Mrs. Leal, whose birthday was celebrated that day. The entire ship put on a festive dress in honor of the event, and the table was tastefully decorated with exquisite flow- ers. ‘Among the guests assembled were Cap- recipient. and adjoinin, ed wit! bach; _plano F. Meyer. ment. tain Leal of the -Bay City, Mrs. Leal and | Triest, Mrs. Birnbaum, Mrs. Landecker, | ter, San Francisco; J. A. Perry, George L:)an.'\lisscs Leal. Mrs. Shoenberg, Mr. and Mrs. S. Hyams, | Schroth, F. W. Heintzelman, William - Misses B. Barman, F. Meyer, E. Solo- | Sachs Jr., John Green, Miss C. Lanken, Home Qalherir\gs, mon, L. Shoenberg, 'S. Barman, L. Jacobs, | Miss B. Lanken, L. F. Breuner and wife. L. Lang, Miss Bella Jonas, daughter of A. J. Jonas, a well-known merchant of Los ‘Angeles, who was here on a visit during the past month, was tendered a reception by the Misses Rose and Jeanette Keene prior to her departure for her home in the south, Covers were laid for twenty- five. Another delightful mlilitary hop was =iven at the residence of Mr. and Mrs, Triest, I. of the old S A all of Company L, Washington Volunteers, stationed Sinith, Mrs. G. F. Pohlmann, Mrs. O. L. E. French Thomas Smith, O. L. Fest. was spent in music and dancing. At 10 o'clock a collation was served A high jinks was given at the residence of Edward Crowell, 1726 Eddy street, on Tuesday evening last. urday at the residence o Barnes in Alameda. The affalr was ar- ranged by Mrs. Mark Ivory of Brentwood 15 a surprise to Mrs. Barnes In honor of The guests numbered twen- ty, and they spent & thoroughly delight- ley, and the consolation prize by Those present were Mrs. Sabin, Moore, ville, Mrs. lvmg'. 2 ar erford, Mrs. Thompson, Miss Thompson, Mrs. McCabe, Mrs. Roberts Mre. Lewis, Mrs. Captain Barnes, Mrs. Harry A sunflower surprise party Miss Sophie Triest on the occasion of the anniversary of her birth, Sunday even- ing last, at her residence, 714 ayenue, ‘Alameda. The affalr was a genuine surprise to the The spacious grounds were il- luminated with lanterns, and the parlors rooms handsomely decorat- sunflowers. tion was served. During the evening the guests were en- tertained with a violin golo by Shoenberg, accompanied by Mr. Trommlitz; song by Miss Shoenberg, and a unique cake walk by M. and Miss Shoenber; Recitations. ing were also Included Those present were: F. Trommlitz, M. Getz, 8. Triest, Messrs. 1. Scharff, Al Gets, Trommlitz, H. Meyer, M. Shoenberg, J. Getz, M. Magnus. There was a merry tives and friends at Jacob Weiss, 722 Turk street, Wednesday night, the occasion being the anniversary entleman's seventieth birth- day. The San Francisco turned out almost jn a body, and there was a large delegation from the San Francisco Turn Schwestern, floral sket. the Turn Verein Singing Section. Mr. Welss has been a resident 000000 of the charter members on Tuesday uests were: pital are his sons-in-law. Glub Parties. Raub, Private Arthur at _Angel Island; On Friday last the members of Los Angeles, The evening in the | the C. Willard Evans. tion. Sheyer Seligman On Saturday Mr. Bundsc Mrs. D. G. H. M. Davis, Miss L. Duncan, C. Harris, Mrs. J. A, Hopper, Mrs. J. 8. The first prize was won by Mrs. Stan- | M. King, E. Kramer, C. A. Knudsen,| Mr. and Mrs, J. Dy Byrne of San Fran- L ¥ Mrs. | Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. Thormas Patton and In” | cisco :rclcom;:nfed by Mr. and Mrs. Cohn fant, Miss Petersen HE“W Smith and | gnd Charles Hoag of Ban Francisco and Mrs. | Wife, Martin Smith, Dr. J. W. Todd, Mrs. | 3r. and Mrs. Limbrock of Los Angeles, Mrs. Stanley of Marys- | H. H. Willlams. fiss Halsey, Mrs. Shef- avid Ruth- bara, Mrs. In the Future. Mrs. Sabin, Hooper, Mrs! arnes, and others. was given to aflroad | day. Bartlett Sprir\gs_ 'An_elaborate coila- | SPrings are as follows: G. Benard, A. Hallett, Katherine gfldg‘!&n ler, Mrs. Pretan, Mrs. Lewis, M. Shan- Frprie tas . Florencs | 2o™ P. Scanlan, Louis Wenle and wife; Tromumiitz | S- L. Bee, Charles Berger, D. F. and J. Getz and Miss ames and danc- n the entertain- Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Nolan, J. W. Enright, Julius G. Lang, Stamper, M. Mertzbach, F. thering of rela- the residence of P. Hansen, Willows; Turn Verein g‘ghu.n and wife, Birds Landing; dent of the latter, Mrs. A. Bauer, pre- senllng Mr. Welss with a magnificent a He was also serenaded by refreshments were provided and a merry time was spent in speeches and Songs. city for over forty years. He was one of the Turn Verein and its president for several terms. Professor Dietz and Dr. Rinne and Chief Steward Bucher of the Recelving Hos- The members of the Sero Chib held their third entertainment and ball last California Gamma Chapter of the Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity of Lowell High School went in a body to Belvedere as uests of one of the alumni members, After an excellent dinner several new members were initi- ated, the ceremony followed by a recep- Brother Charles, Brother Theodore, Mrs. H. H. Garsten, Mrs. Mary Gunn, Miss Edna Gunn, Miss Cora Hanneghan, . Hopper and child, Mi: imball, Miss Juliet The Winter Cotillon Club is now organ- izing for its fourth season, and will hold its first german some time in November. Mr. and Mrs. M. Corinson will celebrate. their golden wedding at_the residence of their son Nathan at 1419 Mission street to- Arrivals for the week at Bartlett Judge and Mrs. E. A. Belcher, P. Larsen, Gus Imbrie, A. T. A. Atchinson, Mrs. G. 8. Noble, Mrs. L. L. Powers, M. Lewis, M. Pretan, Mrs. Bafley, Leon de Roos, M. P. Scanlan, P. heimer, Mrs. C. L. Blanchard and daugh- F. B. Van Sickler, Mrs. G. Schroth, E. D. McCabe, Martin Halboun, E. P. Som- berg, Miss G. Lanken. Miss M. Lanken, Sacramento; Miss Sharp, Seth V. Miller, E. J. Howard and wife, Miss Howard, R. A. Carpenter and wife, Sutter City! George W. Blackwell, James W. Bartlett and wife, Weaverville; Robert Walker, 'T. O'Connell luma; Thomas Maloney, Antioch; M. Cal- Bachreiter and family, Mrs. A. the presi- | Robinson, Sycamore; John Poundstone, | Delany. D. L. Simpson, Arbuckle; M. Z. Lowell, Auburn; W. Ollll:lm‘,VVllllnm ; A. Pallles, C. E. Wickham, Oakland; H. C, Stormer, Ample | Colusa; Sam Schutt, Martin Schutt, Dix- on; M. J. Keegan, Mrs. Lizzie Keegan, | Massett FMrs. A. Kee ., Leesville; John Lawson, | German of the | Silver City, Nevada; Firth, Redding; J. H. Colwell, Cooks Springs; J. W. Deni- son, Osceola, Wash.; W. E. Retterath, Willows; Miss Delois, Highland; . Turner, S8andon, B. C.; John Peres, Frank Machado, San Pablo; A. G. Cameron, Walnut Grove; W. H. Johnston, Bertie Johnston, Eureka; John McCarty, George Lamont, Sulsun; Peter J. Dv.mK and wife, Marysville; L. G. Goodrich, Napa; Dr. Aiken, wife and daughter, Pala, H. I.; George A. Murray, G. M. Ury, J. R. Mur- ray, W. Madison, Tudor; Doc Dunne, Al- vin' Sax, Fred Booth, Davisville; A. H. Kerr, Erie, Pa.; J. H. Edmonds, Thomas Muegge, wife and son, Woodland; R. § Butler, of the Darragh, W. H. Clark, Los Angeles; E. ‘fle: P. Kraft and wife, Della Sanborn. Red M:::' B. Bluff; L. J. Smith, Concord; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Welsbein, Grass Vallefi: SR Maynard, San Mateo; W. . Fouse, Ukiah; A. C. Ross, Campbell, Leroy Burns, Verona. Walter hu, one Portor, Mrs. P. H. McMahon of Oakland, guests of the Metropole during the summer, have gone to Los Angeles, where they antici- pate spending the winter. V. Lemay of Sacramento has returned home, after a delightful stay at Marilla. Eccles, L. 58 on a tin whistle by W. Massett captured the audience. brette of high degree, amused the people with her negro impersonations, and W. to a close with an ori, walk, In_which W. Massett and Miss E. Mrs. J. Whelan and J. \\'al!hye)nrfl(‘lpfll('d. . . lgrew and as judges and gave a very novel decision. The first named won the cake, the third named were entitled to it, while the sec- | ond couple should cut it. the way, was half of a watermelon frost- Hotel dz Redwood. The latest arrivals at Hotel de Redwood E. C. Clark, J. S. C. Cursi)‘n, Mrs. ed over. White, E. L. Jewett, San Francisco; Miss M. Marsnoleys, M. M. Boston, Stanford University: Mrs, E. Fitch, Santa Cruz; Therling, Oakland; F. A. Voodland; Mrs. Thoney and fam- Miss Richardson, Geor- Mrs. Hugh McCrum of Mill Valley and Miss Adelalde Jenkins of San Francisco “The Last Rose of Summer” Miss E. Butler, a sou- | Omaha_Exposition. ave a vivid representation of a and. The evening’s show came nal Mulgrew cake- | csday. R. Swisher and W. L. Cheetnam _and Martin Sjupervis v Delany, M. J. Sullivan acted | visit to her sister. sto | months. The cake, by time. Clark, F. Clark, C. Morcing, Mr. and and Mrs. L. L. months. eeb, Mr. L. Williams, San Jose Mr. an Mina o Ade left for Lake County, Portor, H. P. P. McGovern. Mrs. 8. Personals. at_the Gosby House. lor street. left last Tuesday for Boston. v also stop In Washington and Yellowstone Park, and on their way home visit the Mrs. Nathan Levy has returned from a several weeks' stay near Gilroy, and will be at home at 1826 Ellis street every first Miss “Julia Spiegelman of 511% Gough street leaves to-day for New York on a On her return she will at Omaha and the southern | California to visit relatives and | Miss Splegelman expects to be away two Miss Katherine Ruth Heyman of New York s in the city, called” West by the death of her mother in Sacramento. Heyman 18 at the Colonial for a short Mrs. F. E. Eaton and her daughter, Miss Stella Eaton, returned last | day from Honolulu, after a visit of three Mrs. Alexander Smith, with her daugh- ters, Mrs. Arthur Bridge and Miss Edith Smith, has returned from Paso d Mrs. Peter O. where they will spend two weeks fishing and touring. Mrs. M. Breese was the guest of Miss Amanda Teresi last week at San Rafael. Mitchell of Visalla and Miss Ella Cohn of Sulsun are spending a few | weeks at Pacific Grove, and are located Miss Augusta Reinstein has moved from %06 Ellis street to Hotel Trianon, 615 Tay- At home third Saturdays. CLEARANCE! They will We close the last + week of our great $ Sacrifice Clearance + Sale with the fol- Elowing special and 3 extraordinary cut in $ prices: P s art of riends. Miss hurs- Robles. Alexander have CHECK ELING, 22 inches wide, all , extra heavy; worth sale at 1lc yard. DUCK SUITINGS, a are among the recent visitors at this de- lightful summer resort. 3 Pratt, wife and child and W. G. Stearnes of Tucson are among the recent arrivals. Henry Van Leuven of Redlands is a guest of the Island Villa. Mark A. Rogers of Tucson Is registered at_the Metropole for an indefinite stay. Mr. and Mrs. W, F. George of Sacra- mento, ests of the Metropole for a month, have returned to their northern home. Mrs. Charles de Courcey of San Fran- cisco is spending a few weeks on the island. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Bibl and Sol Bibi of San Francisco are guests at the Metro- e. poCommcdc)re Wiltse of the yacht Aggle is still on the island. He has entertained his friends with many A)leasant yachting trips around the island and to” various points of interest. A.dAncl;‘er hgr Snnl Francisco is regis- tered at the Metropole. rs. W. 8. Reed,pgnsa Ruth Strauss, E. S. Forderer and John A. Black of Tucson are visitors here. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilson of Butte, Mont., are guests of the Metropole. Colonel George Delaporte of San Fran- cisco is a recent visitor here. Skaggs Springs. On Friday evening last John F. Mul- grew entertained the guests at Skaggs with a delightful minstrel show. Captain Delany, the well known Su- rvisor, performed the duties of inter- ocutor, 'while W. Massett, W. L. Whe-| 3, lan, J. Cheetham and Miss E. Butler took | 118 care of the ends. The songsters of the | D evening were Martin .Jalsh, W. Massett, J. Cheetham, Miss E. Butler and Captain L. Mil- ter. Eustis, Oppen- Mrs. J. A There is a very amusing chapter on “Titles.” cratic scorn for these “handles” name, and is good humoredly satirical on the subject. ages, which used to be a cheap and convenient method of rewarding politi- cal services, until put an end to their creation, he tells the following story of Pitt: “Pitt, when his banker, Mr. Smith (who lived in Whitehall), desired the right of driving through Guards, sald: but 1 ; and the banker became first Lord Carrington.” As to baronets: GOOD STORIES ON PROMINENT ENGLISHMEN “When the German Emperor pald his visit to Leo XIII Count Herbert Bis- marck was in attendance perial master, and when they reached the door of the Pope’s audience cham- ber the Emperor passed Count tried to follow. of the Papal Court motioned him to stand back, as there must be no third person at the interview between Pope and the Emperor. Herbert Bismarck,’ shouted the Ger- man, as he struggled to follow his mas- ‘That,” replied the Roman, with calm dignity, ‘may account for, but it does not excuse, your conduct.’” on his im- in Ulster. 8 pence a day. in, and the 4 A gentleman the ‘T am Count onet of his fous to be sald: don’t do these Speaking of from titles, we Mr. Russell has a very demo- to a read: Talking of Irish peer- and its most recent legislation that, about it." the Thistle’ the , Horse ‘No, I can't give you will make you an Irl;h the from me the of gave <at {t.’ " The order of baronets, as Mr. Russell reminds us, grew out of the rebellion ‘When created, each bar- onet had to pay as much as maintain thirty soldiers three years at “As a historical me- morial of their original service the bar- onets bear as an augmentation to their coats of arms the royal badge of Ul- ster, a bloody hand on a white fleld. It was In apt reference to this that a famous Whip, on learning that a bar- | party was extremely anx- i) promoted to the peerage, You can tell Sir Peter Proud- flgsh, with my compliments, that if he | wants-a peerage he will have to put | his bloody hand into his pocket. things for nothing.” “‘orders,” “Of these, of course the highest Is the Order characteristic glory is t in Lord Melbourne's ‘There 18 10 d——d nonsense of merit North of the Tweed, most ancient and most noble Order of is scarcely less coveted than the supreme honor of the Gar- ter; but wild horses should not tear name of the Scottish peer Wwhom his political chief sald, —— the Thistle he would strong, heavy cloth; a large line of colorings in cloth effects; good value for 10c; on sale at 6%c yard. TAILOR MADE DUCK SUITINGS, in medium and dark colorings; former price 1214¢c; on sale at Tle yard. would PRINTED FLANNEL- ETTES, a heavy cloth, cashmere finish, fleece lined, good styles; the 10c grade; on sale at T%c yard. 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