The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 28, 1899, Page 9

" FERRYBOAT I CAPTURED BY BOYS N BLUE Forty-Sixth Storms the Oakland. SCHUYLER’S ACT DENOUNCED Thirty-Eighth in From Missouri Ar- rives From Jefferson Barracks. Lieutenant Aiken Gets Sentence Commuted. — t he second call regiments city vesterday. The van- of the Forty-sixth In- om South Framingham Bar- ear Boston, Mass., and the Thir- Infantry from Jefferson Bar- issou xth arrived first, and with- its commanding- officer, w. Schuyler, proceeded to himself and his regiment unpopu- € put guards all over the ferry- id, closing the bar, the res- the lavatories, which no one, r or soldler, was allowed to en- also placed guards at the for- s of the lower deck and no one wed to go out on the forward ado 7. S ssengers were in a fury. They d to the captaln, who sent his r to parley with the colonel, s f officer had his words for his He was told that the boat was the orders of the colonel of the sixth Reglment and that was all was to it. The colonel was good h to explain, however, that he the guards around the boat to pre- ers from buying whisky ky on the hed this sido of the d to go ashore until 2 formed and hien the citizens It was the first s probable - settled 1 in_comman ad started be to the capt i hing for b do t The en- s special boats for h piratical colonels. ighth Regiment came in causing no inconvenience or an- one. Itis under the com- Anderson. It came out ap, but it ar- itients, who e hospital as soon as the Willlam B. Atken of 1 United States Volun- been ordered to Manila usual about the order - to Manlla, particularly is there already, but the order to Afken is him he was under cour X unkenness, it missal, mierw:se it would 1 posed of in this department, to Manila indicate happened and that ais 5 His sen- e Peking. J. O'Connell, has been assigned e Senator as qQuartermaster Surgeon James B igned to the general duty pending his Fred W. Hershler, 1try, and Second Lieuten: ite, Eleventh Cavalry, assigned to temporary duty cruits at the Presidio pending t to Manila. D. L , recently pro- a company in has been or- mportant posts arly just now, when the Indfans. Cap- efore command the t many years dians, which headquarters him remain in aid to General tee of the late s and Heavy irman, Rabbi elled to unskilled uld tha nf!l;l: T y employment 8o as to be sejf. ng. The committee respectfuily T sts an early response 1s appeal. Soldiers at Stanford. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Oct. 97.— « nel Wholley of the st Washington teers visited the unive ¢ to-day pany with several hundred men sas, Towa and Washington the .volunteers were not nize a team capable of ford they were entertained ictice against the second POSTUM CEREAL. “MOTHER’S NOTI(SNS" Good for Young People to Follow. 7 little grandson often comes up to ge the muscles of his A a dellicate child, but has de- 1 t strong, healthy boy, and »d Coffee has been or. to give him the Post- ise of my own experi- ¥ ence wit irs old, and have been vspepsia for many 1 sorts -of patent treatment from t no permanent re- rvous dyspeptics r sick people, as itally as well as ed men used to read the Postum Cereal s every week in our pa- t little attention fraud like o ally something advertisements to try it. I was have it prepared to directions, and use It 8 very nice in- I said to the imily that I believed of them laughed and ther of mother's no- notion has not left me I At fir to them, thinki vy I had tri aid in one de me cor articular i 1 deed, membe felt I continued to improv after leaving off coff Postum Cereal Food' Coft after three years’ use I feel so well that am mo young again. I know Postum was the cause of the change in health and I c: 't say too much ts favor. I wish I could persuade 2ll nervous people to use it. I have no objections to your using my name, if 1 will do good to even one suffere; Mrs. M. L. Turner, 2619 Capitol Ave, Omaha, Neb. e right along and taking ee, and now B S s s e e o S o gets started he is up-to-date. I transport that will be_a model £ modeling of the transport Hancool the Hancock will be put into com sessed by no other transport in the worl The Hancock arrived here in Augus head of the service for the Pacific Coast. An additional deck was built the en: army officers’ quarters and staterooms fo hospital with fifty beds and accommodati ating plant with a dally capacity of fifty t time, produces 600 gallons of water per die; the cuisine of a’modern troopship. An improved ventilating system has troops, together with their officers and th battened down In stormy weather. For the troops a soldiers’ galley has b and a new bakers' oven capable of turnin bathrooms, washrooms, commissary store azines have been built and fitted up and fi pursuer approaches too close for comfort. Down where the heart of the ship 1. States Inspector of Bollers at this port, th which was not done when the new boiler: The Hancock is the largest vessel ev: clearance of only six inches between the si Orchard, Wash,, as that dock is consider: tributed among San Franclsco's merchan ture has been added to the vessel, bilge k The Hancock was bullt in Glasgow. tract to launch a vessel which would bea church in Liverpool on Sunday and step i faith in the speed of his ship was not mi; of steam navigation. Within a year after her launching th at an 18%-knot gait, and knocked sixty f without loss of life or further damage, an afloat untll, a few years after, she was for UNCLE SAM EXCELS ALL WITH A MODEL TRANSPORT 4T EB 000000006 00300+0+0+00 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1899. B e e o o o SRl nan e e ol on e ot e oo an ot ol NCLE SAM has just shown to the world that he may be a little slow in the beginning of a war, but that when he n this case he is ahead of date, and beats the world's record for equipping a or the guldance of European nations to follow. The finishing touches to the re- k are being glven at the drydock of the Union Iron Works, and within a few weeks mission, the finest troopship. in.the world, possessing, as she will, features pos- d. t when a board of survey, consisting of Colonel Greenleaf, Major Gibson and Cap- tain Eelcher, U. 8. A., and Captain Barneson and Captain Matthews, respectively marine superintendent and supervising engineer of the army transport service, recommended extensive repairs which were approved by Colonel O. F. Long, the tire length of the vessel, on which has been located the pilot-house, chart rooms, r the commanding officers and fifty cabin passengers. Between decks an isolated ons for nurses assures the comfort of sick and wourlded so..iers, while a refriger- ons of ice will serve to render a tropical climate bearable. This plant, at the same 'm and furnishes cold storage for sixty tons of fresh meat and other necessaries for been installed for forcing pure air through every portion of the ship that 1800 e crew of the vessel may preserve their health unimpaired when the hatches are een fitted up with large ranges, steamers, ete. The main galley has been rebult g out 2000 loaves of bread daily puts hard tack out of the question. Lavatories, TOOmMS, Guartermasters’ storerooms, sailrooms, gunrooms, baggage-rooms and mag- our rapid-fire guns added to the transport’s equipment as teeth to show in case a s beating, too, the workmen have not been idle. On recommendation of the United e auxiliary engines have been renewed, as well as the piping throughout the ship, s were placed In position. er docked at San Francisco, and the undertaking was g, delicate one, there being a ill of the dock and her keel. It was at first thought necessary to send her to Port ably larger, but this project was abandoned and the enormous sum of money dis- ts and mechanics under the careful supervision of Colonel Long. AS & superstruc- eels or rolling chocks are now being put in position to steady her at sea. » Scotland, {n 1879, as the Guion liner Arizona, by John Elder & Co., under a con- t anything afloat. On her maiden trip her master asserted that he would attend n to hear Talmage at the Brooklyn Tabernacle on the following Sabbath. His splaced, and he literally accomplished that which in those days seemed a miracle e Arizona struck an iceberg of eet off her stem, just clearing d after repairs were complet ced to yield the palm to the ff the coast of Newfoundland while steaming along her collision bulkhead. She was backed into Halifax ed sustained her record as the - swiftest steamer Umbria of the same line. THE BURCH MURDER. Manuel McBride Held to Answer Be- fore the’ Superior Court With- out Bail. Manuel McBride, cook on the ferry: boat Sausalito, was yesterday held to an swer before the Superior Court by Judgs | Treadwell without bail on' the charge of murdering Vincent Burch, a waiter, on October 18. The witnesses examined yesteraay were Charles E. Johnson, mate on the ferry- boat; John Neild, proprietor of the res- taurant on the ferry-boat, and Policemen J. R. Dower and H. D. Smith. Johnson testified to having heard the dispute as | to the cup of black coffee and McBride checking Bureh for hig language. Burch | then accused McBride of being unduly fa- | miliar with Mrs. Athron's daughter. | The policemen testified that when they | asked McBride why he had stabbed | Burch he replied that Burch had called | him an offensive name and accused him of | being on Athron. | | | | ——————————— PRAISES GENERAL OTIS. Lieutenant Vitale, Italian Military | Attache, Talks of Manila. Ideutenaut Ferruccio Vitale, Milltary Attache to the Itallan Embassy at Wash- ington, is & guest at the Palace, having arrived in San Francisco on.the City of Sydney from Mantla, Lieutenant Vitale went to the Philip- pines last April to witness the operations of our army against the Tagalos, and from that time until last September, when he left Luzon, he was almost constantly on the firing line, being attached to the staff of General MacArthur, and accom- panying Major Bell on many of the lat- ter's dangerous scouting expeditions. He speaks in the highest terms of the Amer- ican as a fighter, and the volunteer in hlar(!cu!ar seems to have won his admira- tion, ‘“The American {s a splendid fighter,” sald the lleutenant yesterday. ‘“He is a magnificent soldier. None better in the The volunteer is especlally good. s generally better educated and of a higher order of intelligence than the aver. age enlisted man, These qualities allow | of his doing a little thinking for himself and he goes ahead on his own hook with a bravery and a judgment that is perfect. “I have no criticfsm to make of General not favorable. He has the well in hand, to use his own nd, in m opinion, 1s doing as well one could. It is'easy enough to | at home and criticize him, but it | would be found a very difficult matter to put up a man in his place who could per- form the duties of a commander in cnief more satisfactorily. | “The adv 5€s gained by the armies of America have been substantial and lasting ones, notwithstanding the reports to the contrary. The only places tuat have not been permanently held have been one or two unimportant points which it | was never intended to hold. e Tagalos are the most influential and most intelligent of the tribes in the islands, but were America to give them | the self-government they want it would mean that they would have to do to tne thousand other tribes there what America 18 now trying to do to them. This would mean almost endless war and bloodshed," Lieutenant Vitale Is now on his way to ‘Washington. —_——— TO PAY THEIR FARES HOME. Conference With Army Authorities in Regard to Stranded Soldiers. A conference between representatives of the Red Cross, éitizens’ executive com- mittee and the United States army offi- cials was held yesterday afternoon in the Phelan buflding. The conference was called with a view of securing reliet for soldiers who have been discharged from army service, elther iny Manila or San Francisco, and who are/without means or transportation to the places of their en- listment. There were present for the Red Cross Soclety Mrs. John F. Merrill, Mrs. F. G. Sanborn and Mrs. Arthur Cornwall; for the citizens’ executive committee, Mayor Phelan, W. J. Martin, A. = rence and 3 % d); oung. General Shafter and Colonel Forwood represented the arm Generni Shafter stated that he would recommend the diwbarie of all men in San Francisco hereafter instead of in Ma- nfla. They would therefore receive their pay here instead of elsewhere and have a chance to procure transportation before their money has all been spent. Many of the soldiers who have been discharged in Manila have been in the habit of drop- ping whatever pay they received at way orts before reaching this city. General ghnrter romised to refer all tho matters under discussion to the autiiorities at by rhlnqton and see what rellef can be 2 too familiar terms with ,\llsslj up by United States District Attorney Coombs. The complaint contained four counts, to make sure of convicting the actor on one, the penalty being twice the | amoung of the tax and the costs. The smallest man in the office of the United States Marshal, Deputy Littlefield, was selected to arrest the heavy-weight tra- gedian when he arrived at Oakiand at 2:2) p. m., on his way to Vallejo for an- other one-night performance. The prisoner was taken to the United States Marshal’s office, In_ this city, ac- companied by Nance O'Neil. Attorney Crittenden Thornton was telephoned for, and when he arrived the party proceeded upstairs to the chambers of United States Court Commissioner Heacock. Attorney Thornton made a suave speech to the Commissioner, and he sald Rankin would | plead guilty then and there and pay the tax and costs, if the Court would let him ANKIN TAKEN BEFORE THE COURT ARRESTED FOR NOT PAYING THE WAR TAX. MKEE R Nance O’Neil Goes to the Marshal’s Office With Him—Paralyzes the Typewriters. McKee Rankin, tragedian and theatrical manager, was arrested yesterday after- noon at the Oakland mole by a Deputy United States Marshal, and brought over to this side of the bay to have his his- : ch the 4 o'clock train for Vallejo, trionle pride leveled In the dust, all be- | also offered to put up cash b‘}ai‘l, exffl: fhe cause he failed to pay the Internal reve- | Commissioner could not accept casiy hal nue license for playing Nance O'Nell and company at a theater in San Jose. A year ago Mr. Rankin appeared In San ose with a dramatic company and failed to pay his license. Deputy Internal Reve- nue Collector D. J. Flannery was absent in another part of the State at the time, but there was no law to prevent the actor-manager from calling at the inter- nal revenue office In this city and contrib- uting his share of the expenses of the war with Spain. On the second occasion, a few evenings ago, Mr. Flannery called upon the tragedian and requested the payment of the tax for last vear, and also for this yvear, amounting to the ridicu- lously small sum of $17.50, all told. The actor sniffed the air and United States Attorney consuited, The matter was finally arranged by re- leasing the actor on his own recogni zance until he returns for his week’s en- gagement In this city. All the lady typewriters in the building were crowding around the doors “‘piping oft’” Miss O'Neil, who seemed to be much taller than she appears on the stage. She is as tall as Clerk Morse, and he is more than six feet from the ground with his patent leather shoes on. _McKee and his star caught the train for Vallejo, and the theater goers of that city who hud tickets for last night's perform. ance were not disappointed. ———— ‘oombs was as though the pro- pinquity of the Deputy Collector were of- Hew Hope Ol Gamxpany, fensive in his nostrils. When the demand | _C: R. Splivalo, C. S. Laumeister, W. E. was repeated, Mr. Rankin made a remark not complimentary to “infernal” revenue people, and kindly advised the young man to go to the infernal regions and to re- Dennison, H. Dutard, C. B. Sione, Thomas Bishop and G. McDonald have in. canom(ed the New Hope Oil Company, with offices In'this city and scene of oper- main there until Rankin got “good and |ations in Kern County. The oaj it n-‘\gg to pay. is $100,000 and of this amount s.oo&“?.%'; e alr was sultry in the interral reve- | been subscribed. The above na; med gen- rd of di- C. R. Splivalo as president. JUSTICE TEMPLE ON THE NEW CITY CHARTER CASE USTICE TEMPLE of the Su nue office when Flannery made his re- port, and a complaint was gt once drawn tlemen constitute the first boa: rectors, with : 4 o 4+ ° 4 [ 4 o 4+ [ 4 o + o ¢ o + o + o ¢ o + o 4 o + o + [ b4 o + o ¢+ [ + o 4 o 4+ [ + o + b4 [ ] preme Court has handed down an opt \Jthe charter case of Fragley vs. Phelan and the Board of Electlz:l%:x:: missloners, In which he concurs with his assoclates in their findings, dif- fering from them only In the process of reasoning by which the conclu. slor was reached. He states that it was unfortunate that when section g, article XI, was amended its meaning should have been left in doubt. Fow. ever, the construction placed on the language thereof by the Supreme Court has never been modified or reversed, and it justly applies to the case under consideration. In the opinion Justice Temple says: My views do not require me to discuss at length many matters found important tn the other opinions. I think, however, the constitution authorizes the city to frame a charter for its own government by causing fifteen frecholders to b elected who pro hge vice represent the city. It Is none the less the act of the city, as such, because a referendum is provided to its constituent members, who, collectively in- corporated, are the municipality. But I think we are neither authorized nor pal elections were duly and regularly conduc ture when it enacted the charter into a law. To approve or disapprove a fresholders’ charter 1s espectally committed to the Legislature by the constitution. Whether it performs this duty by resolution or by bill it Is equally a leglslative act which concludes the other two departments, It tne Legislature were to refuse to act at all upon a proposed charter no power could compel it to do so, simply because it is a peculiar function of the Legislature. 1t approves or disapproves as a Leglslature—a co-ordinate department of the State government. @+04040404040404040404040404040404040404040404040 required to determine whether the muniol- ted. That was settled by the Legisla. 4040404040404 0940 4040404040 404040404040 4040404040404 0404040404040 404040404040 +® | ;»no»»mommmo»mmmo AN HONEST DRUGGIST - WILL ALWAYS GIVE YOU Hunyadi Janos “If you Ask for the Best Natural Laxative Water. Others will give you a cheap substitute on which they make a few cents more profit. For C,(/)nsti;;ation or Stomach Disorders Hunyad! Janos Has No Equal. VALLEY ROAD PRESENTS 115 ANNUAL REPORT Everything Is Moving Satisfactorily. e FREIGHT BUSINESS IS LARGE — Passenger and Frieght Traffic Exceed- ingly Heavy During the Last Year Considering Condi- tion of the Line. S The third annual report of the Valley road, for the year ending June 30, was filed with the Railroad Commissioners yester- day afternoon.. It shows the road to be progressing most favorably and its earn- ings, considering the fact that the line is only partlally completed, are satisfactory in the extreme. The report shows that the section of the road in operation includes 302.52 miles of track stretching from Stockton to Bakers- field and from Calway Junction to Corco- ran Junction. The value of shares authorized by the company amounts to $6,000,000, and of this amount $2,465,200 has been issued. Of the authorized issue of $6,000,000 of 5 per cent first mortgage bonds, to run until 1840, $5,500,000 has been taken. The gross earnings of the road for the year ending June 30 amount to $408,704 61. The operating expenses amounted to $382,- 552 57, a difference of $26,15204. These fig- ures leave a net income and surplus of $11,979 28, This added to the surplus of llggt year mak until it should have been completed, con- sequently the entire surplus has been re- turned to the road for payment of bills for construction. . The debt per mile of the road amounts to $27,08252, and the total amount ex- pended for both construction and equip- ment up to June 30 figures up to $7,163,- 560 59. 'his gives an average cost thus far of $23,679 62 per mile for the construc- tion and equipment. During the year 81,173 passengers were carried at an average cost of .02515 per passenger per mile, and the average dis- tance traveled per passenger was forty- five miles. The total passenger earnings amounted to $102,316 88, There have been 135,860 tons of freight carried, and the average haul has been 103.66 miles at a cost of .02151 per mile. The entire freight earnings were $302,976 30. The road now employs 528 officers and employes, who have worked 117;031 day: at an average wage of $2.126 per d making a total of $24876203 that the road has paid out in salaries during the past year. FERRY FACILITIES FOR THE SANTA FE HARBOR COMMISSIONERS HOLD A CONFERENCE. Plans Presented Providing for Depot Accommodations for the Trans- continental, Tiburon ana Sausalito Roads. A conference was held in the Harbor Commissioners’ office yesterday afternoon for the purpose of allotting passenger and frelght depot facllities In the ferry bullding for which the Santa Fe road has applied. There were present Harbor Com- missioners Kilburn, Herold and Harney and the following representatives of the three roads interested in the proposition: John D. Spreckels, second vice president; A. H. Payson, chlef engineer, and W. B. Storey of the Valley and the Santa Fe roads; J. B. Stetson, president, and W. F. Russell, general freight agent, of the North Pacific Coast Rallroad; A. W. Fos. ter, president, and H. C. Whiting, general manager, of the California and North- western Railroad and Chief rngineer Holmes of the Harbor Commission. In explaining the objects of the confer- ence Chairman Kilburn stated that it was necessary to provide ferry landing privi- lefiee for a great transcontinental line for which the people had been clamoring for some time. “This road is certainly enti- titled to our every conslderation,” said he, *but we have just so much space and we desire to apply it to the best advan- tage. Chief Engineer Holmes then presented the plans he had prepared, which call for the moving of the California Northwest- ern or Tiburon ferry to the slip now oc- cupjed by the North Pacific Coast road and the transfer of the latter road to slip 1 at the extreme northern end of tne ferry depot, which it formerly occupied, the Santa Fe road tq occupy the slip va- cated by the Tiburon ferry.. The waitin and baggage rooms are to be so arrangeg as to give each road the necessary space. Presidents Foster and Stetson interposed some strong objections. Commissioner Harney suggested that another driveway be made by taking four- teen feet from the present qparters of the Postoffice in order to relieve the conse- quent congestion of traffic, No decision was arrived at, but the Commissioners after hearing the arguments- for and against the proposed change stated that they would meet shortly to take definite action. —_———— Change in Time on Sunset Route. The Southern Pacific announces a change in the through train service of its Sunset Route, between San Fran- cisco and New Orleans, to go into effect to-day (Saturday). It consists in hav- ing the through train for New Orleans leave at 5:30 p. m. instead of 9:00 a. m., and this affects all points on that line east of Redlands Junction, in Southern California. Between this city and that point, however, there is no change. — e In the Divorce Court. Iily J. Vahoahoff has sued Nekefar Vahoahoft for a divorce, alleging failure to provide as cause of action. Josephine E. Liggett asks for a.divorce from Wil- liam F. Liggett on the ground of deser- tlon. Frances Grant Gale has sued Adel- bert O. Gale to annul their marriage on the ground that the defendant had a wife living and undivorced at the time of their marriage. —_————— Chas. A. Low, candidate for Police Judge* ———— COURT NOTES. An injunction w. issued yesterday by Judge Daingerfleld in the case of the ‘Western Fuse and Explosive Company against Frederick Kleebauer and some | twenty claimants for damages to prevent the prosecution of a multiplicity of suits against the powder company to recover for losses sustained by the explosion of petitioner's works at Melrose about two years ago. Kleebauer was awarded judg- ment against the corporation for the loss he sustalned by reason of the explosion. Jject of rhe injunction is o prevent the prosecution_of other claims until the merits of Kleebauer's action have. been finally determined. —_— ‘Will Appoint a Treasurer. Registered at the Occidental are General Thomas Henderson of New York and S. G. Cook of Illinois, two members of the Board of Managers of the Home for Dis- abled Volunteer Soldiers, who have come out to the coast to inspect the National Soldiers’ Home at Santa Monica and to np‘polnt a treasurer who will fill the place left vacant by the recent death of Major Upham, who accidentally shot himself a short time ago. The two gentlemen are veterans of the Civil War and are thoroughly acquainted with the needs of the home and the wants of the disabled soldfer. They will leave in a few days for Santa Monica, where they will look over the in- stitution and decide upon the proper man to appoint as its treasurer. 5 This case Is now on appeal and the oo-. .possible. For the younger the kindergar- Copyright, 1899, by Seymour Eaton. HOME SCIENCE AND HOUSEHOLD ECON‘OMY. Contributors to this course: Mrs. Helen Campbell, Mrs. Margaret E. Sangster, Mrs. Kate Gannett Wells, Mrs. Louise E. Hogan, Miss Anna Barrows, Mrs, Mary Roberts Smith, Miss Emily G. Balch, Miss Lucy Wheelock and others. II. THE HOME ENVIRONMENT. (Concluded.) The Possibilities of & Back Yard.. Whether ‘In’ city or country ‘there is great need among us of ‘a better knowl- edge of general landscape gardening, not on any large scale necessarily, but that we may see the possibilities of any bit of ground that may come under our control. All of us may learn how, for instance, to plant at the north for protection against wind and storm, or know what kind of shrub will best bring out some special point of beauty in the house or hide some deficlency. The tiniest back' yard then can have a tree or a grapevine, a few to- mato plants, even, at the side, a little space where the children may have their own garden and plant what they will. A flowering shrub or two and the shade tree of apple or cherry may all be in a yard so small that adornment would seem im- possible. But L have seen such a yard so planted that it was a spot of beauty, the area for clothes-drying being limited by the tenant to-the big revolving stand of lines or wires set in the center. Building for Privacy. As a rule this forms no part of the plan of the average house-owner or Trenter. There is a general conviction that such ground as a house may own belongs to the public quite as much as to the owner, and in one sensé this is true. The move- ment against fences which began years ago had many advantages, and it is only recently that any word has been said in their favor. Piazza life, more and more a fashion, and an invaluable one, iIs open to all passers-by, and grounds are so planted that the hammock must swing in public view. Yet a slight alteration in plan would insure a-spot where genuine privacy and some family life would at once become possible. The method -has been outlined by the same original and suggestive architect, Mr. Russell Sturg! He proves that the house need not nece: sarily face the street, that it can be set much farther back, and that the space so gained can be planted so judiciously as to make a green covert beautiful to the eye, yet shutting off observation abso- lutely, unless, indeed, the neighbors go to the upper stories to see what is going on. This would mean, also, a littie play- ground for the children, and prevent that inevitable gathering in the street that is at present the despair 6f the mother who does not wish her children to know all the chance comers in a neighborhood, at least till she has had time to discover their quality. The environment of the child is at present a matter of serious study, and many mothers are realizing the danger of the promiscuous assoclation that has been allowed and.that results in part from our present system of building and laying out our grounds. A New Phase of Factory Work and the Home. It is usually taken for granted that a factory neighborhood must dispense with beauty and know only the sternly utilita- rian. Here and there mill owners have shown that this is not necessary, yet they have found it difficult to secure any co-operation from their tenants. But there is one great manufactory in Dayton, Ohio, where the owner has brought this about to such an extent that the whole body of workers have not only beautified and improved their own conditions at every turn, but have provided an object lesson to all outside. Every foot of land has been made the most of and the whole effect {s that of a delightful park, the house gardens adding to rather than tak- ing from the general effect of harmonious landscape. Surrounded by a poorer ele- ment of population the whole general tone has been raised. Prizes for the best grown plant, fruit or shrub have stirred all to emulation, men, women and chil- dren becoming expert in dealing with the ground they call their own—a proof again of how the earth can blossom when all are taught to deal with it. It is never large spaces that are a necessity. The smallest patch of land has its possibility and the cvultivation of it can be taught to the 10-year-old chfld. The sordid ugli- ness that marks our suburbs as well as our village outskirts will disappear ‘when such teaching becomes general. The roughest boy, as has already been proved in many a soclal. settlement, is happy in learning how to deal with flowers and shrubs. There s a great newsboys’ home on the East Side in New York, the: head of which believes floriculture to be a re- generating process, and he has proved his theory in hundreds of cases. His schoolroom opens into a great conserva- tory and his boys have in one year han- dled intelligently and sent out over 40,000 cuttings. III. THE HOME DECORATION. In spite of the fact that decoration has now a literature of its own and. that much really beautiful work is being done in this field there lingers still the habit which came in with the first stir of thought and interest in this previously unknown direction, of saying “art col- ors,” ‘“‘art decoration,” ‘‘art fabtics,” etc. If such things are in existence at all they must of necessity be art and belong to ta it, just as chemistry, biology, etc., be- long to science. If a color does not be- long to art, then it is merely a stain or a dye. If fabrics are imperfect and badly colored art has nothing to do with them, The artistic sense is in some sort a sixth sense, born in fullest measure in the ar- tist, but latent in all and to be cultivated.) like any .other sense. For the elder gener- ation this is often difficult or even im- ten gives a foundation and the art train- ing of our newest and highest thought in education takes the child from the kinder- garten and in a course of work extending through several years not only trains the eye, brain and hand together, but leaves the_pupil with an enlarged and perfected sense of form, color and design. This means presently a perfected decoration, from the lowllest cottage to the most magnificent mansion or public building; and toward this we are moving, our quick adaptiveness as a people making the pass- age a speedy one.. o This is a complex subject, yet there are a few simple principles that are of gen- eral application to every building. We have to treat floors, walls and ceflings in such manner that there will be a feeling of harmony and satisfaction. The cot- tage is not to hang its drawing room, or its cottage equivalent, in yellow satin, nor can the drawing room in the palace hang up a chromo or cheap print on its stately walls. This would seem self-evident, yet one sees Incongruities as gross in many a house where the art sense has never en- tered. We have, then, three heads: (a) Floors, their finish and treatment. (b) Walls and methods to beautify them, (c) Ceilings and their handling. It is worth while to note at this' point that the slenderest purse can now com- mand In fabrics and tints for general col- oring a range unknown a few years since, Note also that in this matter of decora- tion women command the situation. They cannot always dictate where they will live; they cannot always determine as to location, foundation or elevation; archi- tecture may not be ordered at will; their eyes may have to be shut as to some of the plumbing, but when it comes to .the color of the house, inside or out, women Are supreme. And let it be added that. even for those grown up a few lessons in colors will teach once for all which are ‘‘cold,” ‘which. “warm,” and why. The effect on the eye of green versus red, the meaning ‘of ‘vomplementary colors, the place and use of harmony, with its sense of restfulness, and of contrast, with its stiniulus, any Intelligent adult can soon acquire. . What art is to the household and what the household is to art it is the province and business of the .American woman to know, and women have already made great advance in this branch of knowledge. We take first Floors, Their Finish and Treatment. Let it be remembered first of all that a floor corresponds to the earth on which we tread, where, in spite of green grass in ‘its time, the general tint is a neutral one, soft ‘browns and grays predominat- ing. From dark to light is the ascending scale from floor to ceiling. As to floor covering, sanitation adds its word to the artist's command, forbidding carpeted floors as the artist forblds the hideous flowered creaticfis on which a former gen- eration Ioved to tread. Hardwood has be- come the ideal of finish; tiles, which ars an even more perfect form, being as yet possible only to the wealthy, unless, in- deed, an English form of mosaic is adopt- ed, broken bottle and china and pottery of all orders being laid in cement with a very good effect for hall or vestibule. But well cared for wood has its own lasting beauty, and this care means really less hard work than the constant sweeping of carpets. If carpets are used it is an excellent plan, where the rooms open into one another, to carpet in neutral shades alike for all the rooms on a floor, thus giving the effect desired—the approxima- tion to the effect of the ground {tself. If rugs can be afforded there is nothing of carpet nature so pleasing to the eye, while their lasting quality is another ad- vantage. In bedrooms matting can al- ways be used, and the Japanese jute rugs will lend the necessary touch of color. The home of the future undoubtedly will have. tile or marble floors, to be covered with rugs, since these floors mean all that the hyglenist demands, are beautiful to the eye, easily cared for and as lasting as the house itself. The modern parquet floor is objected to by the artist because of its crudely contrasting woods. The floor, it should always be remembered, s merely a background for what is placed upon it, and this at once puts out of. the question brilliant colored designs, whether in carpet or inlald work of wood or stone. For cottages denim Is an excellent floor covering and can be brightened by a rug here and there, but hardwood or Georgla pine should be used wherever -possible. Stairs require covering for the sake of avoiding noise, especially where there are children, and carpets in this case should be of strong, full colors and without pat- tern, if this be practicable. Patterns are for horizontal surfaces, not for the ins and outs of a stairway. Walls and Methods to Beautify Them. It is taken for granted that an intelli- gent plan has arranged wall spaces with some relation, at least, to the use of the room. It is only recently, however, that the thought of the best place for bureau or bed, for the bookcases of a Hbrary, for the sideboard im a dining-room, has been any part of the architect’s considera- tion. The long narrow rooms of a city house are a great problem in this way, a fireplace being often in the center, with a door directly opposite. The open fire, which we must cling to for its cheerful- ness, has thus no privacy, and it is plain at once that the door should be moved farther down, and, to balance matters, a plece of furniture nearly its height be placed at a corresponding distance. In any really well-designed room there should be a dado not over two and a half feet high, finished for all simple houses in sunken panelings and more strongly marked moldings. The treatment of the dado depends upon the furniture of the room, so that we have again reasons why the mistress of the house should under- stand what right building means. In all noble edifices fresco painting, paneling or tapestry hangings are the forms required by art. In the average house with which we have to deal we trust to paper for effects, and builders choose them be- cause cheap plaster is thus hidden from view. It would be befter in every way to spend a trifle more on the best plaster and color the room according to our de- sires. If this cannot be, the cartridge papers in neutral tints are all desirable, and even the common brown paper used by butchers can be used with excellent effect. But a well-planned scheme of paneling preserves the architectural lines and is far better, no matter how simple. Hangings of any sort, from chintz up to satin, are unhealthful dust collectors and destroy the effect of solidity and per- manency, which is part of the quality of a room. If possible panel with a view to the kind of picture that is to be hung, since the effect of pictures is often dg- stroyed by massing different styles of frames together. Where but a few simple and fine pieces of furniture are to be placed. in a room the walls may be decorated with a design. Where the room is to be like most of our modern rooms, more or less of a museum, the walls must be as unobtrusive as poésible. Ceilings and Their Handling. Cellings are of innumerable orders. We are familiar with the flat one papered or frescoed. ‘But we are beginning to learn a few simple principles—for example, that a coved ceiling greatly increases the ap- parent height of a low-studded room. A heavy paneled cefling must not rest on walls without the coming between of a strongly profiled cornice. Wooden ceilings are coming into favor, but are to be used only in very high-studded rooms. Plaster moldings we are outgrowing, and it is set- tled that we must not treat the ceiling with wall patterns, since the angle of view is -different. Perfect plaster, well- colored with a deeper neutral tint and a conventional border in fretwork or sim- ple lines, is the best method for the ordi- nary house. Stenciling can be used to ad- vantage, and the patterns are so easily done .that a good many women have un- dertaken the work themselves with great success. * But simplicity is always to be the law, no matter what the form chosen, leaving ‘elaborate schemes to professional decorators. 2 Note—Mrs, Campbell's studies will be concluded next week with a paper on ‘“‘Home_ Furnishing.” Papers by Mrs. Mary Robert Smith of Leland Stanford University will follow. COURSES OF INSTRUCTION. Autumn-Winter Term, 1899-1900. Mondays and Thursdays: Popular Studies in Shakespeare. Tuesdays: The World’s Great Ar- tists. Wednesdays: Desk Studies for Girls and Shop and Trade Studies for Boys. Fridays: Great American States- men. Saturdays: Home Household Economy. These courses will continue until February 15, 1900. Examinations will be held at their close as a basis for the granting of certificates, . Science and