The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 23, 1899, Page 24

24 THE SAN FRANCISCO OUALL, SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 1899. UL ) Langdon Kaine Tells fi <o ad come ot & thefr Moses, suprem- ulars, then a post v of the Rer F c se ¢ or two. Jt was not impressive as a procession, but ms it came the fervor of the inflammable ne ar ed almost limit black mass fell e street from curb to the t the hotels PETOPS W The 1 restaur: employed w blacks were ab- the one subject, too exalted by rn_hope to concern themselves 1l business, 1 to be as quiet thern Methodist some per them at ation that s v promised, and the affalr was re s so trivial an fn- cident of his visi he new ers made no ar ? it. It was ex- pected t driven to the Place at 1orning to speak la few ment to a score of colored preacher 1 &0 the enter- tainment committee ac. {company bim. 1 was asked to g0 with o general, and ‘the Rev. Dr. Hartzell, a Vorthern preacher.then in charge of the ot choos GENE NOUEY BAL GIRES HIGH SCHe®l HAS JUST STARIED IT HERE wo- 1d meets exerclse truc Girls' High e time tt training at th ew days RAL Northern h affairs city. A man, ar v am’ irios ¥ to Grant Tells Stories. It was a long dr nd on narily a hard ) say my re are p raits d because there § a ar in my ith. That's a slander. I ever in my life smoked to excess, and now I consume only three or four sigars a day. 1 am a slow smoker, and a clgar usty me a good while.” As we passed the university buildings, the genera] sald that if the war had not come when it did he should have been & resident of the South, a professor in a Southern college. seneral Sherman,” he exclaimed, **had the professor of mathematics in a in Mississipp!”—I think it was Mis- slssippl—*‘and decided to give it up. He wrote to me at Galena, asking if I cared to take his place. 1 always liked mathe- matics; it was the study I had done best in, and I thought I might enjoy the work. decided that I should go, but then mblings of Mnpending war caused me to change my mind, and with some reluctance 1 finally deciined ft.”” When we were within about two blocks of the church we were shocked by the tacle of a solld mass of black hu- As they caught sight of the ap- proaching carriage they made a furious rush, and with yells they surrounded us. The two or three policemen in the neigh- borhood did all they o bee: d, but were powerless. That the general—of whom it has been said that the sudc appearance of the enemy never surprised him—was surprised and alamed by the unexpected body of negroes; his face bore unmistaka- ble evidence, and we soon fo fon really dangerous Negroes Hem Him et us .4 i the sit- In. latmed the about and go vas use make the at- tempt. 1t 1 purposa every m ¢ lia mass to st »uch his person. air ‘was crles, A tall old negro forced | wheels, rdless of .. C crushing tralg I done shuck or nearly half an liour the scehe was yond graphic portrayal., These {gnor ant people, long deserted and neglected by their frightened léaders, sincerely ba- e ————— e — GRANTS or the First Time of the Amusing and Exciting Exper THE NEYW HIGH SGHOOL GIRLS STARTIN THE NEW GAME OF VOLLEY BALL IN SAN FRANGISGO. “Why, that's easy,” say a dozen volces * ! said Miss Walker, when the One tall, slender, betallored maiden re- horus s were fully acquainted with the game, marked the other day: *Basket ball was But, I belleve it will be lots of ‘“‘the method of pla this: In serv- so hilarfous, you know, that really I was fun.” red a pretty golden-haired ing the ball the tands four feet obliged to withdraw; but now I and my aiden to her nartner. “I am just c from the net on what Is called the ‘drib- get can return to athletics without fear 2 bling’ line. tosses nto the of having our front teeth knocked out or all read ¥s Miss air and gives it a quick, decisive bat, gur noses broken.” W t, and th was a which sends it ver to the ofher (it is due the Vietor Wheeling Com- school ¥ Down the side. It the hack. The side t . 0 1 4 ¢ Pany for the invention of this game, and laughing and screaming which allows to“touch thesgroundsls b sy a1 /S ahool loT G o mnautcs scored against Sl Y % fch is ¢ ectec vi h [ 3] ac s here,” s the 1y number of girls may play, so long WSl Eauycied “’.”' v s o we will begin as they are-evenly distributed on each Of that city, was the first school to allopt ST R R R S e out it. This school g not only a thorougt training in nnastics, but also in phy siology, anatomy and all allied subject A Mrs. Hemenway, who gave to Har akes to tell the 1 ame i basket ball other on possible floor a cer the side j absencs roughne: No tumbling over an- e floor in reaching for the ball as the moment it touches the number of points is lost to g it. The girls take vard Its gymnasium, Seeing the necessity an Tet! Institution for teachers of ath ed the Boston Normal School 0 readily to this 1 yrm of gymnastics, of Gymnastics. One of the principal lec- and the “Atala Club, which had be- es of the course is “Treatment of depleted, is f 1p again. Emergency Cases”; another is “Anthro- sident, Mi ie Stevenson, pometry or Scientific Strength Testing.” herse latin s turn of 1 to the honored goddess Miss Walker, ties at the Gir ceiving her degr the instructor of gymnas- High School, after re- > of Ph.B. at Berkeley thorough course training. No se- r girls there- he pe e-he > st basket- gon ime a girl was hit he nose and ¥ teia; innoying hemorrhage was pro- itttie mor . Miss Walker, quickly on the scene, whipped something out of her pocket, ap- r volume of ) produc to the fnjured member, gave the even the cture and sent her home as good oud to ut- as new Miss pleasure is supreme at MOST ASTONISHING Walke m»k, TSRS + General Gront Hammed In by he Excited Growd. TWhen we drew near the door the people In the winfows began to drop inside and make for the same exit to head us off, The glory of glories was to have shaken Grant's hand. .Boon we were. in the midst of the same excited.throng, and thraugh the {gor we could see & solid mass filling the streets. = F@R GURLSO o GAME D seeing the girls so apt at the new game. She says: “It 18 much more agreeable to teach volley ball than basket ball, as there is no danger of any girl getting hurt. This game is just as beneficlal and much prettier than the other. “It is especially adapted to them, as it contains those elements of skill, agility and deftness not to be found elsewhere, The frequent poising of the whole hody on the ball of one foot, and other posi- tions which I might mention, engender a remarkable grace and dignity in the fig- ure. I do hope that before long other echools and colleges will lay aside their nasket ball for volley. As it is now we can only play among ourselves, for we are the only school out here that knows anything about it. The beneficial exercise which exists in a game of ball cannot be equaled by any other kind of gymnastics. Chest hts 1 consider y urfous to beginners. T hould be used only by those who fully understand posture concepts, or the proper position of the body, as without this knowledge the devotee is sure to de- velop lopsidedness “Under any circumstances chest devel- opers, dumbbells or Indan clubsshould be used as little as possible. Their disadvan- tage is in developing the muscles of t chest near the arms at the expense those of the back. In ball or other games the pleasurable excitement alds the res- oiratory and circulatory organs, besi Pardening and beautifying the muscles, thereby producing th roper threefold development of the bod O% & SHROFOEOUOOFE Yeved Grant had come to New Orleans da wilderne as they of them did not know Grant’s face s0 we three were almost equally the ject of adoration but we riage to the doc were obstructed every step the pres- sure of the crowd id chapel door we found matters hardly better. “Empe. ror William,” an old negro, had charge c the reception. He stood on the platform his face beaming 1 fervor and pe; spiration, o aking at the tc of his vo! his words w audible. TI of a volces burst f De Bridegroom old n all knots of their hair tied with narrow blue ribbon, and in their The m had little Come."” preachers uls, gro white cotton-gloved hands they held red, white and blue batons, which they waved dly. Every bit ¢ was occupled exc only that, but_ the climbed to the ¥pe ndows, filled them entirel )t a bre: alr could enter. Only a great outburst of melody from the choir prevented a gen- eral hysterfa, which was plainly immi- nent. To the singing the people kept time with thelr feet and their swaying bodies. It was hardly conceiveble that any ne- groes (n the city were kept ignorant of the event, so thoroughly had the preac! ers betrayed the general. Scores of them must have worked all night to erect the platform and arrange the decorations. Over the pulpit was a huge portralt of Grant, draped and festooned with flowers, and opposite was a similarly decorated portrait of Lincoln. Grant had not spoken a word from the momert we were fairly surrounded by the multitude. Now he whispered, as he wiped his flushed face: “T've been in Africa, but I never had as hot a time as thi I could not help noting that he took little interest in the scene and the speeches, but I learned the reason later. Occasionally a seat snapped under its heavy load. The pressure from the out- side at one of the windows became so great that a dozen men and women were pushed into the room, falling with shrieks which were echoed by those upon whom they fell. Grant Makes a Speech. When Grant arose to speak there was & renewal of the cries, but the little pas- tor and the marshals soon restored quiet enough for hts words to be heard. He spoke briefly, saying in effect that the colored people had their future in their own hands. He urged them to stick to the Bible and the spelling book and they were bound to win the respect of all man- kind and enjoy their full share of ma- terial prosperity. To some, who evidently expected him to announce that he had come to consecrate himself to the restora- tion of their political rights, the speech was apparently disappointing. A -young negro, a teacher in the uni- versity for colored people, made a brief but really. eloquent address. DEOAPAOXDROXORORD X S X S HOXON EXPERIENCE ience of General Grant at a Negro Mass-Meeting During His Triumphant Visit to New Orleans in 1880. “General Grant, he sald, “you have been famous for epigrams that live in the hearts of the American people. You spoke the sentiment of a determined pa- ple when you declared you would it out on this lne if it takes all e was one sentiment, that has sunk deep When the would have fight millions. J lle the ok colored people as they escorted you to your hotel, you said: ‘Let ‘them come; for wt there the col- eople may b seemed as though the aised platform he preach- ws, quickly at to the was a tall negro, a preach- born in slavery. He se he was thin, and B S seated in the passed Scott CF ie sixty taller beca nearer pi from hi seemed he wore'an old blue army overcoat which and gradually con- arrow shoulders. As rad at the pyrami a woman with the “gift of prayer” exhibition of the 1 uneducated mind. Before she nt had shaken hands with the we moved rapidly toward h having been cleared by ‘We were not, how- When we rear the door the people in the win- began to drop inside and make for the same exit to head us off. The glory Qf glorles was to have shaken Grant's hand. Soon we were in t midst of the same excited throng, and through the door we could see a solid mass filling the stree Caught in the Church. “Can’t we get out through the back door?” asked the general, and finding there was such a door, we fought our y toward. the pulpit again. After hav- ing, our, feet trodden and a hard struggle we emerged. The driver had been shrewd engugh to make a circuit and outwit the crowd, and as he drew up we threw our- selves into the carriage exhausted. The multitude from all sides made an impetu- ous rush after us he foremost hurled flowers into the carriage, a huge bouquet narrowly missing the general's bared head, for he had taken off his silk hat again, in a pitif tempt to restore its respectability. The horses were put to their best gait. During the whole ti I had made my speech,” Nias wretched at having to I I never made a speech il T was 40 years old, and T never en ny occasion where I have to do it. taking off his hiat er, take us to to buy a hat.” store in the any fashion t's head. he wore, and only remember that something was sald of its being as large as, or larger than, Webster's. LANGDON KAINE. he turned and a good hat store At the most import town there was not that was 1 I hava forg