The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 26, 1899, Page 26

FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY., was able to accomplish this a Garroll, Whose Gowns Have Been Greatly Admired During tre Present Grand Opzra Season 1p from Mon- will leave in a Bradley and Miss spending a couple prominent who has South 1 pleasant surpris Saturda; her win- March Julia - of da; Miss Hyland Dan O'Day, Harry t and Richard dred cards have been marriage of Miss Vir- r-and Willlam K. Vander- hich-will take place at the nd Mrs. Herman Oelrichs, e and Fifty-seventh street, A was_ the McMullin 1 Sie e ke wedding o nnie Cadwalader ‘mour Waterhouse will take place celebration of the simplest charac- jer is the daughter of adwalader. Mr. Water- of the University of retary of the exten- sts controlled by the family Rudolph Spreckels -gave fter the opera Fri- rming su evening, March 17, at their residence, 1 played in any of the courts or inks d & that timey 12 Pacific avenue The decorations were %y ety LA ot o e | [ualaue suggestive of St. Patrick’s Dane of Chitago. ‘ho coromony Was per Mr. and Mrs. Mount- Wilson, Mrs leanor Martin, Mrs. 1 Sewall, Mies rgaret Jolliffe, Jolliffe, Miss Laura Mc Alice Moffitt, Miss Alice Romietta Wallace, Mayor A e the bride in Carmany of the Towa, ym_ plighted their troth in a n n Bowie, George E. Hall, PRy L Peter D. Martin and Glar- he bride w MckK! nstry. wn plez fller H. gave a very £ol was e Mis at her residence on Alice gon Oakland, on Thursday, March 16. Mrs entertained _were frs. Mark Mrs. Oscar F. Long, Mrs. Victor calf, Mrs. .George McNear Jr., Mrs. on’ Adams, Mrs. Willlam Magee, of Judg Mrs. William G. Henshaw, Mrs. C. O. G. Miller, Mrs. Harry East Miller, Mrs. , SR John B. Mhoon, Mrs. Orestes Plerce, Mrs. iss Welch, daughter of Lieutenant .Jr. and Mrs. P. E. Bowle ing, March 18; a very de- was given by Miss home of her grand- Welch, T retired ber of friends at a d visit to the U enter tained a | ex St aip | Jowa on Mond ., The party Staples, 711 Taylor street. was chaperonec enant and Mrs. was prettily gowned Welch. , veiled w TMOUSS e g same shade. She was William Willis gave an opera party > ' ; aunt, Mrs. H. evening, which was followed b, amans, Miss Lizzie Painter and nce on ( 1or Morrow. Those who partici- were: Captain stivities we Miss Lillian imons, U. S. N., Miss Paula Wolff, Miss Alford and Dr. | wroutte, Spencer, n Dewer, High Sheriff of Lon Foster, been ‘making a short visi ie Hawes, s the guest of John Caffrey anor Morrow, day even- | s Gertrude Dut- tc Dutton, Miss Ma- LI L) | bet’ Toy > Miles, Miss ederick Kohl gave an | Harriett ' Moulton, ~Miss Norma Cas- ¥ evening, followed | tle, Miss Ruth Jackson, Miss Helen Dick- Their guests|ens, Miss Frances Soule, Miss Marion ohl, Miss "Konl, | Harrison, ~Charles Kenyon, Willlam d I muel Knight, Mr. and | Adams, Charles Brown, Arthur® Foster, Timothy Hopkins and Miss Bettie | Hafry Wilkins, George Gage, Duvai sk , ¢ 3 Moore, Herbert| Buker, Almer Newhall, ‘ommodore Watson, U. 8. N., Colonel | { Cross, Hdrace Reid, Edwin New- . George Whitney, Eu- Henry Weihe, Lester Wells, Josiah d fiss Catherine Crosby, | Harry Hand, Ralph Merrill, Embree and Miss Beatrice | Alderson, Joseph Roseborough, e the guests of Mrs. Thom >‘ri.'|3 evening at the ope: Herbert Martin, Clay Miller, Richard Ho- Carl Lehmards, Frank Dutton, Em- rson Warfield, Oliver Dibblee and Ger- i ard Clement. Princess Poniatowski entertained Mr. | e iy il and Mrs. Horace Blanchard Chase and | The flag-raising at the San Franclsco Crocker at the opera on|Golf Club, San Rafael, Saturday, March ening. A supper at the Pal- | 1S, was an interesting social event. At od Rudolph Spreckels’ box at the the conclusion of the ceremonies a lunch- eon was served in the clubhouse. Those In Mrs. opera on y evening were: at table were: Mrs. Frederick H. Green Mrs n'hm";}(h se, Judge and Mrs. W. W. Morrow, the Mrs. oc Tobin, Mrs. Jessie | Misses Morrow, Mrs. M. H. de Youns, | Dett ce, Miss Virginla Jol- | Mrs. John F. Boyd, Miss Anita L. Dibblee, liffe, Allan St. John Bowie and Richard | Baron Alexander 'von Schroeder, Baron ELteuls eatertatnod o YAers {1'"- J. H. von_ Schroeder, Willlam Babcock, °d At supper by Mr. | Carter P. Pomeroy, Edward Grifiith and and Mrs. Spreckel: cific avenue. ome on Pa- | Dr. H. O. Howitt. . Mr. and Mrs. James Newlands Jr. have returned from their wedding trip and are at present occupying apartments at the Palace Hotel. Mrs. Thomas Magee Jr. has been spend- ing a few days Valentine G. Hush, at Santa Rosa. Mrs. Hush is recovering from an attack of la grippe, and will soon return to her homo {n_Oakland. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rodgers and fam- Mrg. A. P. Hotaling Jr. has been visit- and Mrs. ing her parents, Mr. A KAkt man,. in_Portland, Or. BUL Mrs. H. N. Cook of Belvedere will leave soon_for China, where she will join Mr. | and Mrs, Sterling Postley (nee Cook), who | have been traveling in the Orient during | the past three months. | Mr. and Mrs. Sumner W. Bugbee are | spending a few weeks in Paris. Mrs, D. M. Delmas and Miss Delmas | ily have returned from a trip to New came up from thelr home in Banta Clara | YOrk. during the week and were at the Palace| Mrs. Henry Whitely, who has been the Hotel. | guest of Mre. Porteous at Ross Valley, has returned to the city. Mr. and Mrs. Winfield S. Davis, who have been spending the winter in San Francisco, have, returned to their home in Ross Valley. Mr. and Mrs. Whitelaw Reld arrived | from the East on Friday, accompanied | by D. O. Mills, They are here on a.va- cation trip and Intend spending a couple of months at Mr. Mills' country seat, at Millbrae, in San Mateo County. Mr. and Mrs, Cornellus Vanderbilt Jr. 1 hi; . s Colonel Harry Fisher, ac‘commm!ed by s ‘wife and daughter, arrived here on Owing to a recent death in the | the | with her mother, Mrs | the China l Mrs. Henr: at California street. Mr. and Mrs Breedon, who | since their marriage several month B0 have resided at the Palace Hotel, have house on Pie street, near | iway . Willlam Martin, a retired naval sur- | geon and a prominent member of the Bo- hemian Club, left Tuesday for a visit to | Hermosillo, Mexico. W. F. Whittier, accompanied by his niece, Miss Lottie Woods, left for the East 'a_week ago Friday. They will visit Mrs, William Boyd Weir, who was for- merly Miss Whittier. A delightful reception was held at_the home of Captain and Mrs. Nelson Pro- vost, gn McKee street, Lorin, on the even- ing of the 1ith inst., from § to 1. The house was profusely decorated with choice flowers and greens, the banquet hall especially being a perfect bower of white roses. Those present were: and Mrs. Charles Carter, Mr. and Mrs. William 1. Brobeck, Mr. and Mrs. Otis L. Swett, Captain and Mrs. Provost, Mr. and Mrs. Ashton Leach, Mrs. Gertrude Bro- | beck, Mrs. Andrew Hare, Miss Margaret | Ro ldson, Miss Annie Ronaldson, Miss Emma Hare, Miss Mary Brobeck, Miss Rose Coffin, Howard Smithon, Joseph Orr. Henry Deltrich, Charles Holton and | R. B. McClellan. | “Charles L. Bleadon and Miss Sarah At- tell were united in marriage last Sunday evening at Union-square Hall, in the pres- | ence of a number of their friends. The Rev. Dr. Isidore Meyers officiated. The engagement is announced of George and Miss Susie F. Hall. Mr. Bennett associated with Haseltine & Co. He is also a member of the Brother- hood of St. Andrew and of the army committee of that organization, which did such splendid work among the volun- teers at Ma Both Mr. Bennett and Miss Hall are prominent n¥embers of the Winter Cotillon Club, Mr. Bennett being one of its founders and at present its sec- retary. The date of the wedding has not E. Be nett is t i { | | | | honor at the Palace.Hotel last winter. Mr. | re the guests of Mr. and [fred O. Herman, Miss Audrey Pattridge, Miss May Roonan, John Hayden, Kirk | Pattridge and Emile Herman. R e A. Gimpel was tendered a Miss Hattie party recently in honor of her v. Those present were: Mrs. S.| P. Daggett; Mrs. Fredricks, Mr. Fred-| ricks, Miss Hattie Fredricks, Miss Julia | . D. Moller, L. H. Moller, Mi Moller, V! Gimpel, L. B. Daggett, O. For- Bell, Mis; | rest’and C. Bell. The following passengers sailed on the steamship Alameda last Wednesday: For Honolulu—J. F. Beck, W. H. Carroll, John | Charles, Hon. C. D. Clark and wife, Col- | onel C. . Compton, Miss Dowsett, C. Durof, E. F. Emerson_and wife, George C. Fitschen, Andrew F. Fulton, Miss. J. M. Fulton, Van Gafre and wife, W. F. C. | Hasson, F. F. Jaques and wife, Willlam | Kerr, W. E. Smith, Captain R. Sweasey, Mrs.'C. D. Warren, Miss N. Watson, A. Welll, Miss Jewel Willard, L. D. Willi- cut. For Apla—W. Bahre. ' For Sydney. J. H. Goodlet, Mrs. Willlam Grace, W. R. Green, wife and mald; Julius Hanan, A. W. Marshall, D. McGill, W. A. Munro, Miss P. Pickering, J. H. Porter, Andre Siegfried, Charles W. Simpson, L. Van- dervelde, A. Willlamson and wife, Master Fred Willlamson, Master Norman Wil- liamson and Miss Bessie Willlamson. . i Mrs. Lena A. Son announces the en- gagement of her daughter, Miss Carrie Son, to Harry Gabriel. They will be pleased to see their friends on Sunday afternoon, April 9, at 1346 Ellis street. The engagement is announced of Miss Freda Ortmann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Ortmann, to Dr. Thomas E. Shumate. The wedding will take place early in April. he engagement Is announced of Miss | Fannie Guttman and Louis Van Vliet, | both of this cit J. Franklin announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Tes- sie Franklin, to Max Solomon. They will receive on Sunday and Monday, April 2 and 3, from 2 to 5 p. m., at their residence, Mr. and Mr Adelaide Murphy. Photograph by Taber. % Miss Murphy is one of the two daughters of S. G. Murphy of the First National Bank. She was presented at the last ‘drawing room’ of Queen Victorfa. Miss Murphy made her debut in society here at a big fancy dress ball given in her The above photograph was taken of he prettiest costume of its kind ever seen h ere at a fancy dress ball. Miss Gracie Jacobs, Mr: Pesha, Sena Cohen, Miss Sophia Cohe Jessie Cohen, Miss Rosie Morge Mies B, Stamper, Miss T. Levy, Mi Roth, Mr. I. Glaser Mr. Arnold Mr. ‘Rudolph Morgenstern, Mr. Mr. M. Regensberger, Mr. A. Levy, Cohen, Dr. A. 8. A 7. Cohen, Mr, Borck, Mr. B. Salomor Mr, Fleher, Mr. Salomon, Mr. A. L and Mr. M, Grosslicht. | “Mr. and Mrs. M. Glaser left for Mon- terey, Santa Cruz, San Jose, etc., on Mon- day, and on their return w 1l make their temporary home at _the residence of Mrs. TW. Trieber, 819 McAllister street, fer of the bride. until the complétion of their own residence. Mr. dier, Dr. Miller, Mr. ing Mrs. Falk at 17111 Buchanan street, Fhe Initial “evening at home” of The Circle Francals was held at the rooms of the olub on Wednesday evening last. The affair was rem: well attended considering the poor we _ The a tendance was so great that it became nec ry to open the Union Square Hail for the benefit of the’dancers. An el orate programme was rendered, e number of which heartily encored Among those who took part in the ing's entertainment wer Mrs. - Revalk of Oakland, Mr. Edward Hanlon, Mr. F. Thompson, Mr. Kramer and Miss Newman, all of this city. After the ren- ditlon of the programme those present berg, Mr. and Mrs. Leg Kaulmgn, Mr. | enjoyed dancing untl very late. and /s C. Hyman, Mo s3f S5 o | Mr, T Prager; scoompioled By morrow | &nd Mrs. G. H. Seelig, Mr. and Mrs, N-| 0", ‘three months’ ok | Stern, Mr. and Mrs. T Ut Mr, and 3@ | ' The fourth soclal of the Lorely Soclal | Sam 'Brown, Mr. and Mrs DR 4 |Club was held Thursday evening, March Levy, Mr. and Mre T. Aftel W 0 1%, at Wells Hall The members and Mrs. ‘A, Rotholtz, Mrs. L Leyss Fily, | thelr many friends were present fo en- Kuttner, Miss E. Levy, Miss 008 "o | joy the dance. A distinguishing feature Miss Josie Calmann, Miss BIsip CRUEE | 0f" the ev#ning was the handsome gowns Miss _Esther Hyman, Mrs. B &00000" | worn by the young ladies present. From E ber, Miss Rebecca Trl"is:rsl Fischer, Miss ‘Baum, Miss K. Baum, all indications the club promises to have a bright future. . @*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@* %O Mrs. M. Snyder, M Salomon, Miss E. G*@*@*@*@*@*0*@!‘:@*@*@*6*0*0* S@rap BERNBARDT'S StoRy OF PER Owd LIFE | my mother and aunt and the two men approached me. “ “Why do you cry? asked my mother, Special to The Sunday Call. past Mme. Sarah OR some time Bernhardt has been c?gazed in | caressing me tenderly. ‘Don’t you want to | writing her “Memoirs,” and an|pe an actress? Itallan journalist, Signor Gaetano| .« < want to be a nun’ I whispered Barbesi, was recently fortunate | through my sobs. enough to be permitted to coPY | < ‘You are a fool. exclalmed my aunt, | | some interesting passages therefrom. AS | shaking me by the shoulder. ! ‘Girls nowa- the “Memoirs” will soon be nlx:blrl‘f_:f: i’; | days are really very stupld, remarked Paris, these extracts will surels £ godfather. dmirers of the ‘Go and dress yourself, sald my interest to the numerous ad great actress. | ®'Many will be glad to know how and | why Sarah Bernhardt became an actress, 2nd they cannot learn better than from her own words. : ! 12 ‘Put her in a millinery shop,’ said my | godfather. “That will be her h\ls!n:‘fi | Tace and rags will be her element. The mother, ‘and don’t cry I kissed my mother tenderly, without being able to utter a word, and as I left | the drawing room I somewhat regained | my composure. “On the following day I was introduced to M. Girardin, who found me nice and | charming, and a little like Rachel. He | promised to take care of me, and he kept his word. In fact two days later my mother received a letter from him asking { her to be at the Conservatorium on such a date. Then came the dressmaker, and instructions were given to have a black silk dress ready for me to wear on the eventful day. On the same day a halir- dresser was called in, and he curled and | twisted my hair as much as possible, the result being that when the t was lover my godfather declared that I | looked ltke a grown girl and no more | like a mad dog. The short skirt showed my embroidered underwear, and sleeves, which were made expres: | my very thin arms swung lo al necklace attempted to cover in some measure the thinness and length of m neck. “I have not forgotten the powder, of which my eyebrows and ears were full. Tricked out in this fashion I was simpl horrible, and when I was introduced tc Auber in company with many other girl who were white and pink and nice, shook his shoulders, | “Why, Girardin is a fool,’ he deign to give me another look. “My nurse let me understand that the ceremony of introduction was finished and | we went away. The usher put down my name and informed Mlle. de Brandeber, my nurse, that the examination for .ad- he and, muttering did not I asked him. “ Whatever you like,’ was the reply. “As socn as I reached home a discus- slon began as to the subject which should he selected for the examination. mother, being a foreigner, was unable to | select anything. My piano teacher, be- ing the daughter of a theatrical celebrity, suggested that I should learn some verses. suggested a fable. The discussion grew very lively. Somebody thought it stupid to recite a fable, yet my godfather's ad- vice prevalled. He had heard Rachel re- cite La Fontaine's ‘Fable of Two Pig- eons,’ and this was finally selected. “At once a search was made for the book of fables and, while my mother was embrotdering and my friends were pla: ing, while my plano_ teacher was whis | pering to the Count de K., and my god- father was coughing, I began to study the ‘Fable of the Two Pigeons.’ “That was one of the most dreadful evenings of my whole life. “At last the great day arrived. My hair on this occasion was not arranged by the hair dresser, and I appeared at the Conservatorium in my usual style, with my little girlish face and my customary childish self-possession. Many other young girls were there, handsome, nice and charming, some talking with anima- tion, others pale and trembling. Each had hope in the heart and fear in the eyes. ened, and I feit a strong desire to run away. than alive. All around & several gentlemen, talk At the end of the room w large table ng and arguing. e This was Leotand. ““What are you going to recite? he asked. ; “The ‘Fable of Two Pigeon mured, in a very low volce. ““ “This is not the place in wh - cita fabiea ' Kb roplled, it cbae “Then, as a bell rang, he whispered ‘Make a bow,’ and I looked around among those who were facing me In search of some one who might inspire me with con. I mur- fidence. For a second I hoped that Au ber would be the one, but his mocking smile deterred me. He W how I felt and he pointed me out to M. Auguste Brohan, who began to laugh. Tears [\Iit'd my eyes, and only a gentle look of C mille Domet gave me a little courage, I r in “The Water Lily,” said to be the yet been definitely fixed, but it will probably take place shortly after Easter, Vil oy Mrs. E. Davis entertained the members of the 8:15 Whist Club at.her home, 1190 Eighteenth street, Oakland, on Tuesday evening. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Roach, Mr. and Mrs. F. Dorsay, Mr. and Mrs. White, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Pirie, Yis, Miss Estella Short, Miss Lillfan Bot- e first prizes were won by Mrs. J. F. Plrie | and Mr. Amsden and the consoiation fa- vors by Miss L. Botters and Mr. McKin- ney. | The fourteenth anniversary reception and ball of the Bay City Wheelmen, which was postponed from February £ owling to the death of one of the members, | | | 5. at the Maple room of the Palace Hotel. | H | The wedding of Miss Annle Hermann and Paul Kumll was celebrated Saturday evening, March 18, at the residence of the bride’s sister, Mrs. Bosse, 3627 Nineteenth street. The ceremony was performed by the Rev.-J. H. Shroeder. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Herman celebrated their twenty-fifth marriage anniversary last; Wednesday evening at their resi- | dence, 3613 Broderick street. Those pres | ent were: Mrs. R. Herman, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar T. Weber, Mrs. J. Shaw, Miss Kate Shaw, Miss May Shaw, Miss Nora Shaw, and Mrs. George Cowan, Mrs. Alice Grif- fiths, Albert Pon, Al Bolleaux, Miss Lil- lan Stiller, Miss Olga Herman, Miss Ma- bel S. Herman, Miss Lizzie C. Herman, Master Walter T. Herman, Master Al- Mr. and Mrs. McKinley, Mr. and. Mrs. Da- | Mr. Amsden and G. W. Dugdell. The | | Jesse ‘Shaw, Mr. and Mrs. C. Classen, Mr. | will be held on Wednesday evening, April | great nu 1227 Geary street. The engagement s announced of Charles Barron and Mrs. Lena_ Silver. The wedding will take Flave Sunday, April 2, at the residence of Mr. Barron's sister, 383 Oak street. Young Ladies' Institute November 1 will give its first social hop at Ploneer Hall on Wednesday evening, April 5. James S. Arguello, a young capitalist of San Jose, is at the Savoy. Mr. and Mrs. A. Pinto will be pleased to receive their friends on Sunday after- noon, April 9, in honor of their golden wedding anniversary at thelr residence, 806A Vallejo street. A tea for the henefit of the San Fran- cisco Girls' Union will be given on Thurs- day afternoon. April 6, at the rooms of the Sorosis Club in thisctly. There are a ber of society ladles interested in the union who are aiding in this en- tertainment. There will be a very inter- esting musical programme, and light re- | freshments will_be served. Mr. and Mrs. John L. Tierney, after an absence of two months in New York, have returned to the city and will be at home at 2040 California street. The wedding of Michaelis Glaser, a rominent merchant of this city, and Miss Zelda Lewis took place .Sunday ‘evening, March 19, at 6 ‘o'clock, at the residence of the bride’s sister, Mrs. J. W. Trieber, 619 McAllister street. Among the invited guests were Mr. and Mrs. M. Glaser, Mr. and Mre. J. W._T-io. ber, Mr. and Mrs. B. Cohen, Mr. and Mrs. M. Morgenstern, Mr. and Mrs. A. Sidiow- ski, Mr. and Mrs. K. L. Glaser, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Glaser, Mr. and Mrs. M. Ber- ger. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Meyers, Mr. and rs. J. Calmann, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rosen- began the fable and I we. X began the fal went through it ** ‘Little one anything else? “‘Yes' I replied, ‘I know the scene from ‘“‘Agnese,” but not too well." * “Well, recite what you know." “When I was through and about to leave the room Auber turned to the other gentlemen and said, ‘She's a very nic little girl’ Another gentleman safd will take her in my class and make some thing of her.” The speaker was M. Pro- vost. I kissed him and ran away, very happy. I was accepted. 5 “The first time I went to 0! the Conservatortum M. Provest made ara the boys and then the girls recite some- thing. When my turn came I was trem. bling with shame. I had learned the role my aunt to explain everything to her in | ;fg;‘g;’;e‘"rnllfrl;:}::::m: : St a subject of sad Dutch. The two talked a long time to | t a long | mockery. T could not v the Minister. I was sitting alone In | nounce with such CmBhEns 2 A s corner of the drawing-room with the fear | n German mcn T e of the unknown ever before me. I was | few verses Drovost gl N reclted a thinking, What will be my uturo? Happy | and declared he would o e reams filled my imagination, though | more lessons until I haq jonon iy B¢ 20V meanwhile as T listened to my*two little | vibrate. T'was console py o :’::e}::l ?",a ing in the next room I could | deber, and I trled hard m"gfnlflg}» ;m =t p fecling sad. The rude accents of | “I was continually chewing rubber hail little one is too smart not to succeed in it." An old friend of my mother, how- ever, who was then Minister, remarked that the theater offered to me a ‘great probability of success, and my mother was of the same opinion. I was not ugly, and I had what is better, namely, a sweet voice and beautiful teeth, so that T could smile. I was growing very rapidly, with a pronounced tendency to become fat. No- body could suppose then that my leanness would in after years give journalists such a grand opportunity to make fun of me. To be brief, it was arranged that Emile de Girardin should introduce me to M. Auber. My mother, being Dutch, and not hav- ing the slightest idea how I should begin | mY theatrical career, it was necessary for sald Auber, ‘do you know an- | the Dutch language were beating In m. ere ¥ [ in the hope of | head, and the mysterious voices of the | brate. ;;f“m?,'m‘;m% learning how to vi- speakers In the next room produced in me | from morning untl sxierr il OPen and a real uneasiness. 1 heard my godfather i tiand ol from evenin i and the Minister talking, and I felt so un- | but prunmmfe ta!;:m':(:nm;:f rlnr:‘rl;lflnnr‘llrmg v . di, tl, happy that I burst ’imo tears. Just then | di, ti, dl. Oh what joy was mine when I et =l - 2 e Miss Lena Marx of Portland is visit-| misston would take place in a few days. | “ “What lessons shall I prepare for it?" | My | My godfather, on the other hand, | and immediately | earned how to | | | it is safe to say that thes The * it is said, will contain a complete aécount of the author's career on the stage, and, if only for this reason, will prove high- 1y interesting to the reading public. —_—————— GADSKI'S INTEREST in the Biggest Trust in the World. ERR TAUSCHER, Mme. Gadskl's husband, is almost as important a personage in the military world as the great soprano is in that of mu- . She, of course, retains for pro- 1 purposes the name under he won her fame. He ranks high in what is probably the biggest trust in the world to-day. Herr Tauscher accompanies his wife on \d s now in this cit her pre s He is ass director of the German Arms and munition Factory of B lYin. The company is capitalized at over $100,000,000, and controls the world's mar- kets in military firearms. An army of 000 men is employed In its various works day and night, constantly turning out rifies, pistols and smokeless powder The daily output of the works by the tr 0 rifles and 1,000,000 car- tridges, if they are run to their full c pacity, besides an almost indefinite qu tity of other munitions of w One of the prinelpal articles produced by the company is the famous Mauser rifle, which was used by the Spanish sol- dlers in the recent war. During the ten years the company has supplied va- rious governments with over 3,000,000 rifles of the Mauser pattern. The trust deals mainly with governments, filling immense orders, and it is now negotiating with Germany to supply that nation with enormous number of Mauser rifles, which have come to be regarded as the best rifles made, in point of precision, pene- tration and simplicity of mechaniem. The present pattern is the result of fifteen years’ experimenting with smokeless re- peaters. The three departments of the trust | which manufacture the Mauser repeating rifle and its ammunition are the Ber Karlsruhe and the Grotzingen Loa Works. In the Berlin factories over machines are operated for the production of small arms. h separate piece of the rifle is taken as an entity, and there are some 1070 distinct operations on each rifle. The main works in Karlsruhe are devoted to the manufacture of cartridge shells, bullets and loading clips. There is also a large branch for the manufac- | ture of cartridges and the elements of i ammunition. At the Grotzingen Loading Works, near Karlsruhe, the shells are primed, loaded and picked. Percussion caps and primers of all descriptions are de atypurlach. In the three depart- ts over 2400 machines are {n use. Eact .se works has Iits own shooti where all the neoéssary te: range, made for the varlous elements of a car- tridge. he works in Oberndorf on t Neckar have 2100 machines for the man facture of »ls, drop hammers and ma- chinery for the carrying out of spectal operations only. The cartridge and load- | ing clip undergo some eighty-three dis- “When I was callel upon I was fright- | 1 went into the room more dead | t| S & young man | dressed in black and with two large black | | | | | | | in their production. tinct operations The arms factory at Oberndorf on the Neckar original belonged to Paul Mauser, the inventor of the rifle, but it was absorbed by the combine and he wa3 made director of the rifle dePartment. Tha other concerns controlled by the big trust are the National Factory of Liege, Bel- gium, employing 2500 hands; the Hungary Arms and Machine Works of Buda-Pesth, the Cologne-Rottweiler Powder Factory, besides all the principal powder works in Germany In addition to all these the trust has an immense electrical department and owns the rights for all Europe of the Union ectrical Company and the Eieetric Company of Thomson-Houston Boston. The electric cars:-for European street rallways will all be constructed by the trust. One of the most important productions by the German Arms Company is the Maxim machine gun, which has been sup- plied to the German and other navies. Another step forward in the progress of firearm technique has also been made in the Borchardt automatic rifle and pistol, which loads automatically by the recoil. All that is necessary to operate this fire- arm is the pulling of the trigger. There is no recoil, for the recoll is taken up to work the mechanism. The rifle carries to 1000 yards and is effective at 500. It weighs but three pounds in all, and can be carried almost as easily as a pair of opera glasses. It has been tested in the United States Armory at Springfileld, where the functions of the mechanism for 2 single shot were found to occupy less than one-twenty-fifth part of a second. This invention, it is sald, will revolution- ize the pistol and rifle problem in mili- tary warfare. ——r————— . The Old Hymns. There's lots of music in ‘em, the hymns of % An' w5 Some gray-haired brother sings the ones 1 used to know I sorte;‘ want {% take a hand—I think o* days gone by, «On Jordan's ‘stormy banks I stand and cast a wistful eye.” There's lots o’ music in ’em—those dear, sweet hymns of old, With visions bright of lands of light, and shining streets of gold: An’ T hear 'em ringing—singing, mem'ry, dreaming, stands, “From Greenland’s icy mountains to In- dia's coral strands.” ‘where | They seem to sing forever of holer, sweeter days, When the lilies of the love of God bloomed white in all the way And T want to hear their music from the old-time meetin’s rise can read my title clear to man- slons in the skies.” Till We never needed singin’ books in-them old day we knew words—the tunes of evety one the dear old hymn book through! We didn't have » trumpets the | gans built show; We only sang to prai whom all blessing: The no-are the Lord “from flow.” An’ so I love the old hymns, and when my time shall come— Before the light has left me, and my | singing lips are dumb— | 1f T can only hear ‘em then, I'll pass with- out ) “To Canaan's fair and happy land, where pssions e my pc Atlanta Constitution. ————— Some Tennessee Riflemen. A yarn s told in Manfla, and it con- cerns the prison and two Tennessee vol- unteers. A Filipino convict had climbed the prison wall and was running for dear life through the open. Two long-legged Tennessooans wore on guard duty Kknoeled to fire 2hoy 'l don’t guoess {t's more than 300 yards,” mald one, quietly 7 1 reokon It's most 500, sald the other, as if ho were dlscussing the weather. Tho prisoner was running like a deer, and rapidly approaching the undergrowth around Innumerable little huts, wher. would be safe Aoy 100" suggested the first Ten- s . In & conciliatory tone. They adjusted their sights, almed and :lr‘ml ¥ The escaping conviet fell, and the wo Tennesseans went out to b what was left of him i hrng - I'Ill ‘m s hit In (he head, it's my shot,” “I aimed low, acco'din' to a'my lagions,” drawled (i Ror g ey he convict was found with one throngh the hack 0f his head And anothec through the lower end of his spifte. They 0w how to shaot in the mountains o Tennessoo—Harper's Weekly e of 0000000000000 00056 S L 4 o The Sunday Call, 32 o i pages, delivered at your . ® | o home by mail for $150 : : @ yoar. Subscribe for it, * 0000000000000 0S 0D,