The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 4, 1899, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1899, HARVEY WILL HAVE MANY EAGER RIVALS Eastern Poker Crooks Are Being Imported to the City. The Authorities Are Doing Nothing to Pre- vent a Threatened Winter Carnival of Gambling. AR ONSTERNATION ks of local gamblers. The pros- pects of a winter's profits have been shattered by The Call's expose of the street. ferent parts o Other establishments in dif- of the town nd the sure-thing fraternity have been ! ewa publicity of facts which | . seriously interfere with the scheme 1ake San Francisco a wide-open town. | ere 1s very little question that a deep- i1 and widely ramifying plot has been 11d to throw the city open this winter to The Bastern contingent arrived. They have money rerness of crooks, One of the s is in operation a the other gamble: has alread: i the is natural gamblers has the ¢ pect 1 P in the aggregate not be here if tt or the gamesters ere has been very little appar: heme to throw the city amblers was hatched. ff ve been Burns, Time | made, | dorsement and en- | Mose Gunst | the city over to the| e yoks. Gunst was g so and for andoned. - Now | 1 more than cess for the men s an agent of ineorpc Mason ant 1ad been made lent institutions. is e to do so. ases of the whole gamblers compel s the gamblers ling chips in excha e imposition still 1y five dollars every :; he must become y night he in arms. The; of Chief of Pol up intend to take 2 ide: the m ny who intend for the winter. of the Mas > showed a di he was offered a -aler and then a 10 per e game. néw to vel the beginning of what prom- e a winter car S thoroughly formed stop ercentage poker tions, to be run wide are, ar stand of that two very distin- layers from the East are to attractions ishm markable faculty of never at they are com- lons to try conclu- or six men who now indi- endable willingness to lose poker importatfons are who are speeding to he hope that nothing know the POSTUM CEREAL. SHE QUIT COFFEE. t Wi And Go ell in Common Sense Way. “When I left off coffee it seemed that was the thing hardest to drop. I had been put on a dist for stomach trouble, had a good appetite but no food would stay on m h. I was compelled g after another, but When I decided to f the coffee, however, my stomach trouble ceased entirely, also my nervousness, I can again sleep well, But a new trouble then arose. Hew was I to get along without my coffee? It was a great temptation when { saw it on the table in the morning. One day a friend who knew of my case gent me 2 package of Postum Cereal Fond Coffes. After it had been pre- pared I had great misgivings about us- ing it, for it looked so much like fine coffee that I feared it would have the same effect, but I soon found it to be free from all injurious properties and its use has been of great benefit to me. “J have never had any taste for coffee gince using Postum Cereal Food Coffee. ehildrén derive great henefit from g Postum. We all enjoy it very ch, having discarded the ovld-fash- joned coffee entirely:” Alce Latvrence, Bowen, Mopt. ;:mum g‘uod Coffee is sold by all -clnss groceérs at 18 ahd 23 cents per e games now running at | b, on Past street, at 215 | of | These gentle- | conduct a faro game Fred Merker, | of incorporating of gaming. | in | indicated mo | Craps, | begun operations the | | gambling den on Mason | more than ordi-| brains | f the fact | | 5 upoN THE < = y were to | . its | police can | :ir den to gam- | 1s paid at the | R O O S TR SR SOR SR SRR ' ] has entered the| will interfere with their plans to prey upon the people. What the result will be remains to be seen. Gambling dens are running absolutely without molestation in Chinatown. Harvey has placed the opening wedge in the district occupled by white gamblers. Others are preparing to follow this gambling example. Race- track followers, dishonest sure-thing gamblers, thieves and crooks are coming to the city and the authorities are doing nothing. The winter promises to be a lively one. Appeal to the Public on Account of Small Funds, The San Francisco Red Cross Soclety held its regular monthly meeting yester- day afternoon, Mrs. John F. Merrill pre- siding. bers was present and some important subjects were dlscussed and acted upon. owed that $250) in cash is on hand. tion of the annual fees is giving es much inconventence, and. r t the members to make speedy pay- T [i\ keep up the efficlency of the organiza- tion The treasurer’s report was handed in ect they ment at the Union-square tent in’ order The Red Cross Soclety wishes to an- A large number of the local mem- | a visitor frxm Oregon, and a friend were drinking in Anton Messerschmidt's saloon, 442 Stanyan street. Williams, under the influence of liguor, fell asieep on a chair. White came into the saloon and notlclna the sleeping stranger quickly put his han into Willlams' pocket and took $40. Wil- llams’ friend and the salogn-keeper saw mi theft anji endeavored to caépture White, who Jumped on an electri¢ car golng toward the city, and escaped. —_——————— JUDGE AGAINST POLICEMAN. Officer C. Peters Arrested at the In- stigation of Judge Treadwell on a Charge of Battery. Police. Judge Treadwell and Policeman C. Peters have not been on friendly terms since last election. Yesterday morning Peters was the arresting officer fn the case of N. Pucci, 1141 Pacific ctreet, charged with using vulgar language in the Judge's cou The arrest was made Sunday night at Montgomery avenue and Pacific street, Puceci alleging that prior to the arrest Peters had insulted ais wife and during the arrest had struck him in the face, making his nose bleed, all of which Peters strenuously denies. The Judge vesterday refused to hear the case for the progécution against the protest of aeting’ Prosecuting Attorney Attridge and informally heard the stat ment of Dr. J. J. Spottiswoode of R Valley for the defense. He then de- nounced Peters in open court and ordered Pucel to swear to a complaint for Peters’ arrest on the charge of battery, fixing the policeman’s bonds iy $1000. After the war- rant had oeen fssued the Judge sent word to Captafi&g\\‘itlma‘“ ot to serve it till he made ther investigatl og, but PQE il el dge O insisted on belng agres Jon- on the charge and Imme ?n his own recognizance by an. ATTORNEY PINTO’S PLAINT. He Must Either Quit His Home or Get Rid of His Brothers-in- Law. Jullan Pinto, attorney at 1538 Market street, is having considerable trouble with his wife's relatives. About a year ago | his mother-in-law was arrested for shoot- | fng him, but she was acquitted in the Su- perfor Court, as Pinto did not press the | charge. Yesterday Pinto secured a warrant from | Judge Mogan for the .arrest of his | brother-in-law, Timothy Little, on the charge of disturbing the peace. Little | was arrested and was released on giving | 820 cash batl. | _Pinto complained to the Judge that he | was ~compelled to support his three | brothers-in-law, who conspired to induce | his wife to join in their hilarious gather- ings in the house for the purpose of an- noying him. Whenever he protested they RED RUBBER FOR PHELAN VOTERS Rainey Plans Campaign of Dol- lars to Close Mayor's Fight. Contracts With a Local Firm for Stamps Which Will Serve to Identify His Purchased N Thursday of the present week The Call recelved {information from a eource which it never had reason to doubt that the disrep- utable gang with which James D. Phelan has assoclated himself in the present campaign had sounded the signal for the opening of the sack and were planning a wholesale cash purchase of all of those good Democratic votes which the Phelan-Rainey influence could not swing into line. Close In touch as The Call has kept with the course of Mr. Phelan and his allies through the present campaign, it has expected nothing more than the misrepresentations and personal abuse which have characterized the daily mouthings of the oratorical timber of the | Phelan supporters. That the henchmen of the Mayor would under existing cir- cumstances care or dare to attempt to defeat the letter and spirit of the Aus- trallan ballot act by the use of money coplously spent was not at first credited, notwithstanding the excellence and infal- 1ibility of The Call's authority. Of a con- sequence, a searching Inquiry was at once begun, a* ered there is everything to prove and | nothing to disprove the allegations first made. That the Bush-street adherents @r00004040400000004000004 904000 OISO 00E0S G+ SOYL G0+ 0400904900 40000 04040400040 SONG-AND-DANCE LADIES IN A THRILLING MIX-UP ALL WAS 3 SERENE UNTIL DorA MERVYN | K AND LADY I FRIENDS o~ APPEARED the heart of the city mixed hour yesterday morning on th of a well Baldwin ruins. Ther fe were simply gorgeous. Miss Dora Mervyn, who warbles at the principals, The other ladies Their Poor Ofd Mother Wor after the fact. hack at the curbstone with a male Enter Mis the cafe, where they had just been engaged in punching holes in cheese sandwiches. PR ounce to the public that men's clothin, ?m' destitute discharged soldlers is neede and that all contributions of this charac- ter sent to the Union-square tent will be thankfully received. The committee on the library requests all intending con- tributors to send books to room 23, h floor, -Phelan building. m’;“‘;::‘m:mhflrs of the Red Cross Soclety are now making an urgent appeal to the | public, as the funds are low. —_— ee————— ©’Donnell in the Lead. The general topic in political circles is the hot race Dr. O'Donnell {s making for Coroner. He is a great favorite and will receive a handéeme majority. His former and record as Coroner accounts for t:w ig boom now in his fa Church of Advent Entertainment, An exceptionall fine entertainment will be given next Wednesday night in the | Sunday school room in the (s‘ ::rrl?\;lsnt the Advent, on Eleventh street, below Market, The affair, which is being grranged by the congregation, promises to be both a soclal and a financial success. The demand for tickets has been unusu- ally Jarge and a good attendance is as- sured, ”j‘he talent embraces some of the Sleverest artists now performing in the city. ———————— G. E. Steen has been granted a divoree from Mary A. Steen on the ground of cruelty. v his wife, Caroline Kusel, on ;nfignfifgrzi esertion s being heard by udge Murasky. wife, Lena Burnett, some tr!rgwrg m,lg, is shing to obtain the posses- sion of his daughter, whom he Nlegcig: g swer denying the allegations. e e ivorco have ben flcd by Fida Pelefson ainst Andrew P. Petei:tnn Dror MBS epertion. af a N &‘Im'?},l‘h;aomn David O. Church, r ae sertion. Robbed While Asleep, Ed White, 2 young man whose parents are well-to-do residents in the Westerg In the Divorce Court. The actlon of Solomon A. Kusel for a E‘Gen e W, Burnett, {h"'ho was divorced abused by her mother. Mrs. Burnett cruelty abel L. ball ————————— Chas. A. Low,cnndlinte for Police Judge* Addition, is wanted o a charge of grand | larceny. Thursday night John Williams; AND THEN THERE wWAS - ONG and dance ladles from twi nown cafe on Powell street affair, most of the denizens of the vicinity having retired to avold the rays of the approaching sun. nate few, however, saw a mix-up that they describe as s Maude Darrell, who vocalizes at the Midway, and who ditties conveying the information that “They ,"" battled only as accessories The whole affair was as brief as it was brilllant. moment before it began Miss Darrell was seated in a the arrival of a waiter from the cafe Mervyn and three female companions from Enter, CENE s} OMETHIN DOIN 0 of the resorts in The fortu- another. stress. the Olympla, were occasionally sing Love to See ladies. The companion awaiting with the drinks. police. simultaneously, | attacked him and he had now two alter- natives staring him In the face, either to *ave the house entirely or get rid if his brothers-in-law. —_—————— Sherwood Case to Be Appealed. Superior Judge Seawell gave judgment vesterday morning in favqr of the credit- ors of Fenry Hamilton Sherwood in an | action to set aside a deed of conveyance | whereby Harry Sherwood transferred his | interest in the Sherwood estate to his brother, Willlam Sherwood, a few months | before fillng a petition in insolvency. Judge Seawell found that the transfer was without legal consideration and was therefore vold. The creditors will in con- | sequence recover their demands under the | ruling. The case will be carried to the Supreme: Court. —_———— Lectured on Our War With Spain. C. King, a member of Colonel Roosevelt's Rough Riders, delivered a lec- ast evening at Techau's Auditorium | Our War With Spain.”” The lecture | was illustrated by numerous stercopticon | views taken by the lecturer while he was | with the Rough Riders during the Cuban campaign. The lecture was given under the auspices of San Francisco Hospitium No. 1, Bohemians of America, A musical rogtammo followed the address of Mr. King. | | e Leo Assembly Jinks. A high jinks was held by the members of Leo Assembly No. 4, Y. M. C, U,, at Loyola Hall last Thursd: night. Re- freshments were served and an enjoyable time was had by all present. The follow- ing members contributed to the evening's enjoyment by thelr singing and came in for considerable well-merited applaunse: Thomas Higgins, T. E. McCarthy, ; Burps, Mr. O'Rorke, Mr. McAuliff and pthers. An oration was glven by the president of the assembly, Thomas Me- Gulre, who spoke of the services rendered by the sisters as nurses in our recent war with Spain. All Souls’ Day. In commemoration of All Souls’ day ser- vices will be 3e!d to-morrow afternoon at $ o'clock, under the auspices of the Cal- varian Soclety at Bt.. ‘s Cathedral Rese will dfunsls oé “The ’-rn : ?f ngl:y ) Lhed e ector, BT Ritn: ABd® benduietion With - n blessed sacramens aiter from cafe with two beers for Miss Darrell and ears and advanced to resent the insult. Miss Darrell, unmindful of thirst, deliberately threw one beer, glass and all, at the advancing song- Of course her aim was bad. doused Miss Mervyn, but much of it reached the other Then there was trouble. Female screams mingled with the crashing of breaking hack windows. pulled, clothing was rent, millinery was torn to tatters, faces were scratched and eyes were bunged up and lan- guage was used strong enough to break the Sabbath be- fore the attaches of the cafe could separate the belliger- ents and get them out of sight ere the arrival of the Beyond injured feelings here and there the damage was slight. their respective places of employment both singers sang thelr sweetest, no note in their voices betraying the re- venge swelling thelr hearts. ALY CAME R -0 things at an early cort. For some reason, as it afterward turned out, e sidewalk in front Miss Darrell had been “lamping” for Miss Mervyn. No posite the sooner did she clap eves on that lady than she said W spec of the something sharp. The Olympia warbler pricked up her ¢ She recetved § Some of the beer % % + Hair was and a dis Last lored eye night at V924090094090 90904 000000409000 4000000050000400690009000000 0700000 teiedeceg of Mayor Phelan have planned a “dollar limit" campaign among the hundreds of touts and hirelings who place a meal ticket as the ‘maximum price of their support is beyond the peradventure of a doubt. ticket have pooled their issues and re- sources {8 equally evident. The plan as outlined—and later proved— contemplated no restoration of the good old times when those who followed in the wakes of the bosses voted early and often and got their price every time they did it. Each man was to have the price of his vote, but he was to vote but once. That once, however, he was to cast the ballot he was pald for, and would be supplied before he entered the booth with closely watched until he had done so. The virtue of the scheme lay in the stamp. Notwithstanding the city pro- NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. A Stimulant > Every household should have at hand a pure and reliablestimulant, z Emergencies oc- | curwhere life may be saved, sickness averted and health preserved b%; the timely use o Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey ‘The chill in the night, the sudden weak- ness, the discovery that you have taken cold, all are emergencies where prompt use of Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey will be of the greatest benefit. How common these occurrences ! Then keep Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey in the house for emergencies. ment stamp marks the penuine. Drugglsts e e S BUFFY MALT WHISKEY CO., Rochester, N. Y. d of the mass of evidence gath- | That the heads of the Democratie | the | rubber stamps to mark it, and would be | STAMPS Partisans. vides a marker with every voting booth, Mr. Rainey went the city one better and contracted for a lot that would mark an ordinary - stralght Democratic ticket in less than one-third the time it takes with the ordinary stamp. One impression of Mr. Raipey's invention, in fact, would leave crosses nicely placed opposite the names of all of the candidates at the head cf the Phelan ticket. Under his scheme a mistake in marking was impossible, but it served a better purpose stfll, in that it made poseible the system of esptonage over purchased voters that had been planned by the gang. On the day of elec- tion the hirelings were to report In incon- | spicuous bunches to one or another of | the lisutenants of the Bush street boss who were to be statlomed at the booths of the different precincts.” There they would be provided with Mr. Ralney's combination stamp and sent behind the |curtain. If it took them an undue time t> mark their ballot Rainey’'s henchman on the outside would know at once that his man had not kept faith with his mas- ters and the combination would save the | price at the cost of a vote. Mr. Rainey's little ready marker, how- ever, made no provision for Supefvisors or Police Judges, The little fellows on the ticket were left to shift for thera- selves; the pooled resources of the com- bination were to be spent solely upon themselves, and the purchased tout was left at liberty to vote for the others or not, as he liked That this fact was so and that many others are equally true was again demonstrated yesterday by a Vvisit to the red rubber stamp factory of Moise & Klinkner, at $20 Sansome street. A Call representative called at that cstab- lishment yesterday afternoon to open negotiations for a thousand or so of the stamps as they had been described, and after a simple description, which preceded | & half hour's conversation with the oblig- ing head of the department, that official cames out with the startling Infs>rmation that be knew just what was wantod. ““We make them every year for the gang,” sald he, “and have turned cut another bunch lately. I'll show you | one.” And diving into the workroom in the rear he reappeared ih a moment with stamp identical with that first shown | 1L nybody can stamp a ticket with one | of these,” he continued, *“and stamp it the way you want him to.” And by way of illustration he blocked out a line of little red crossesopposite the names at the head of the Democratic column on the sample ballot that was handed him in as | | little time as it takes to vote the head of | the ticket with the ordinary honest | stamp. | “We sell those at 10 cents each in thou- | | sand lots,” continued he “‘or for 124 cents | for five hundred. I did not think there | would be any further call for thsm this | session, but I guess we can get out an- | other thousand for you by Monday noon.” | Whether Rainey’s little marker and the { cash that goes with it will prove potent on election day depends upon the value | | of publicity. At any rate the Registrar | | has been for some days informed of the | scheme, and Mr. Steppacher is not stand- ing for any infraction of the election laws | when he can help it. | | The Cotillion Club of '99 held its second | | assembly and german ‘last evening at | Sherman & Clay's Hall. The attendance | | was large and the gowns of the ladies | particularly attractive. The german was | led by Robert Schord, who Introduced a | couple of very pretty figures. Those in the first sets were: 1. Russell B. Crockett. Howe and Miss Hattie 2. Bruce Large and Miss Ray Landecker. 3 Jeseph P. Lavin and Mise Ida Alleson. 4. Bernard P. Gleason and Migs_Daisy Fabat. 5. Robert B. Gleason and Miss Irene Schord. 6. W.illiam Schord and Miss Mabel Larsen. 7. Peel A. Young and Miss Lucie Pohlman. 8. James Hals | ard Miss Laura Werner. 9. Harry Levy | and Miss Maud Mulville. 10. Ralph Drumw | mond and Miss Helen Hallowell. i1. Philip | Heuer and Miss Dalsy Emerson. 12, | Charles M. Wells and Miss Carrie Foul. | ton. 13, Robert Marshall and_ Miss Marie | Thorpe. 14, Louls Forner and Miss Jean | Crooks. 15. Frank C. Sykes and Miss Hattle S. Evans, —— JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE. & Saloon-Keeper Dodge Acted in Self- Defense When He Shot Sailor Hall. Fvidence taken vesterday at the Coro- ner's inquest upon the hody of Charles | saloon, No. 214 Fifth avenue, South s Francisco, convinced the jury man Dodge had fired the shot in self- fense. They found a verdict according): | that the homicide was justifiable. | The deceased, as well as his eight com- panions, were members of the crew of the steamer Hancock. They had several rounds of drinks in the saloon, and a dis pute arose between Dodge and the mon regarding the payment of a round or- dered by one of the sailors named Marr, Dodge refused to serve any more liquor and the gang attacked Dodge and his son. The son was knocked down with a chair by one of the men, and both father and son were roughly handled and beaten by the gang. Thomas Grant, one of the witnesses, ad- mitted that he had struck old man Dodge a “soft blow” in the body, to defend hirn- | self from an attack of the old man. | Jamieson, another of the crew, was read. ing a newspaper at the counter, and when the quarrel began he laid down the paper and struck C. R, Dndfic and his son. | A1l the boys from the ship took a hand |in the fight and were striking Dodge. | Young Dodge was knocl tinued Grant, ‘‘Jamieson and I were the last to leave the saloon before the two shots were fired. Hall, the*deceased, was in the fight also, and I could not swear positively that he did not strike Dodge,” —_——— LITTLE LIFE CRUSHED OUT. | Andrew Rohde a Victim of the Blec- | tion-Card Fad. Andrew B. Rohde, a lad of six years, residing with his parents at 1001 Sflver avenue, was run over by a hay wagon and instantly killed last evening: The ac- cldent hn?e"ed at the corner of Sfiver avenue and San Bruno road. Young Rohde, with several other com- panions, was playing in the street "and calling to the occupants of passi ve- hicles for election cards. They sighted a buggy near the cross roads and calle%m its driver for the coveted cards. The driver tossed a number out of the buggy on_the side ngoslte the boys. Young Rohde made a rush for the mid- dle of the street after the b“fifif had passed and, in his excltemen;{ ed to notice nfio approach of a large Hay wagon. Before he could get out o thi way the wagon was upon him, its wheels passing ovgir his chest, crushing his breast hor- rib an | | | handé 1ifted the little form from (o iling hangé Ufted the litls £ eg THm driver of the n, Ludwig si, 13 4n the em loy&u( le Del Monte dairy an wi plues under arrest. He was L'hlrfied with manslaughter at the Central Police Station ked down,” con- | Hall, who was shot and killed last Tues. | day night by C. R. Dodge in the latter's | that old | de- | | CONCLUSION OF MRS. CAMPBELL'S STUDIES. Copyright, 1899, by Seymour Eaton. HOME SCIENCE AND HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY., Contributors to this course: Kate Gannett Wells, Mrs. Loulse E. Mrs. Helen Campbell, Hogan, Mrs. Margaret E. Sangster, Mrs. Miss Anna Barrows, Mrs. Mary Roberts Smith, Miss Emily G. Balch, Miss Lucy Wheelock and others, IV. THE HOME FURNISHING. Decoration necessarily precedes fur- nishing, but the underlying laws of both are practically the same. The woman who can make a nerfect scheme of deco- ration for each room is not in the least likely to blunder when she buys the fur- niture for it. The difficulty will be to find in any manufactory the thing she has learned to desire. - In any buying, how- ever, what we get has to be modified by many considerations. ~The mother of a family ofgrowing boys, for instance, does not lay In'a stock of spider-legged tables and insect chairs—those things that creak when we sit down and fall over when we get up. . Here, as elsewhere, In our education, we have to contend with inberited half- sight, as it were. That is, a thing may seem beautiful that on consideration we know not to be. OQur national taste is im- proving, but Is not yet perfected and we need much honest study before we can recognize at once what makes beauty. That a given object conveys pleasure to the eve {8 not a safe rule, yet we have our excuse since the African admires abnorm- | ally fat women, the Chinese prefer de- formed feet and civilized races deformed waists What we want and must learn to demand from the maker are grace and power in the lines of the thing made, fine material, perfect finish and true decora- tion. And not one of these things is to interfere at any point with the comfort- able use of the article in question. What Not to Do. The background for all furniture comes under the head of decoration, and then follow three other points—the size of the room in which the object is to be placed, the purpose of the room, and the object or use of the articles themselves. With these are included the nature of the ma- terials to be used, mineral, animal or vegetable, and their relative lasting qual- ity or destructibility. With this thought in mind and its points really settled, the young housekeeper is not likely to experi- ment with soap boxes and barrels, follow- ing popular directions for making all the furniture at home. To a certain extent, in summer furnishing of seaside cotta this is not impossible. But there was an era of cheesecloth and red flannel; the first used for curtains, the second for covers to soap boxes and for barrel chalrs, etc., which meant a few days of effective- ness and a long space for repentance. It is bardly likely to come again. The hygienic bedroom, for instance, banished at once all draperies and the many dust- collecting arrangements we have come to think of as essentlal. But the money spent on these can well enter into better finish, a finer order of plumbing, etc. And there is a whole system of ornament that the slightest gain in real knowledge of art in furnishing banishes forever. With this knowledge a common possession, we shall not be likely to see any more minia- ture coal scuttles doing duty as salt cel- lars, or wheelbarrows and slippers hold- ing flower~. This applies also to the in- numerable Christmas productions, tawdry bits of glass and china and metal, cheaper | vear by year, and destructive to any real art sense. “Now nothing made by man's hand can be indifferent, but must be either beautiful and elevating or ugly and de- grading.” This was Wililam Morris' sum- | mary of the matter, and to remember this in buying will help us all. Construction and Its Meaning. To illustrate this we may take the con- struction of a perfect chair. And to fix the idea of what “‘perfect” may stand for we may better turn to Ruskin’s definition of ornament in either decoration or fur- nishing. “The true form of conventional ornament consists in bestowing as much beauty on the object as shall be consis- tent with its matertal, its place and its office.” Beauty and poor construction are incompatible, and thus we are forced (o | judge our chair by a new standard. Each part of it should be as thoroughly united to the next as if it had grown in its place. The Greeks and Romans understood this, and their chairs in the British Museum are as perfect as If made yesterday. This means well-seasoned wood, - exactly cut tenons and mortises, very hot glue of the best quality and the right degree of pres- sure in putting them together. Lightness for ease in handling is another essential. If carving is employed it should be abso- lutely subordinate to the outline and the comfort of the sitter. The dress must not be interfered with nor must there be chance of breakage from exposed orna- ments or too sallent points. These laws apply equally to couches, beds and tables, and fortunately furniture manufacturers are learning them, in degree, at least. Children’s Furniture. ‘With our habit of thinking of the child | as a miniature man or woman, it seldom occurs to us to provide any special furni- ture after the days of the high chair and cradle are over. Yet the child whom we perpetually warn off the ground of our own possessions ls surely entitled to his own. We are very apt to turn our houses into museums and are astonished that the child does damage in them. For this rea- son, If no other, it would be well to in- sure the child his own place, and it is now quite possible to provide for him the fur- niture made especially for children’s use, from the little enameled beds in iron or prass—the most rational form of bed—to the small bureaus, tables, chairs and other fittings that go with them. The Sum of the Whole Matter. Lists of the absolutely necessary arti- cles of furniture for a small house or flat are now kept hy many furniture dealers and are also found in household maga- Zines and newspapers which have a de- partment of the home. The type of fur- nishing must vary with the purse, but the simplest home, If taste and understanding have worked together, can carry an at- mosphere of repose and harmony that 1s the most essentlal feature of the home. For any house, great or small, we want beds that are not too finely decorated to lte upon; chalrs that are not too frail to oft on; tables that are not too shaky and uncertain for comfortable writing or drawing. All over-ornamentation must be put away. In our own private rooms, usually a bedroom for each, we may work our will, though even here, as before mentioned, hygiene has already set the Jimits of adornment. But the family room should mean full and comfortable working space, and Morris long ago, in his “Lectures on Art,” laid down the law which, with modifications here and there, is still worth obeying: “What the sitting-reom of a healthy person should hold is, first, a bookcase with a great many books In it; next, a table that will keep steady when you write or work at it; then several ‘chairs that you can move and a couch that you can sit or lie upon; next a cupboard with drawers; next, unless the gupboard or bookease be very beautiful with painting or carving, you will want pictures or en- gravings such as you can afford—only not stop-gaps, but real works of art on the wall—or else the wall itself must be or- hamented with some beautiful, restful patternj we shall also want a vase or two, to put flowers in, which latter you must have sometimes, especially if you live in & town. Then there will ga the fireplace, ef course, which in our climate is bound to be the chief object in the room. That is all we shall want, espectally if the floor be good; if it be not, as, by the way, in a modern house it is pretty certain not to be, I admit that a small arpet which can be bundled cut of the room in two min- utes will be useful, and we must also take care that it is beautiful or it will annoy us terribly.” Denver, Colo. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A HOUSE AND A HOME. The building of a house is of no conse- quence whatever, but the bullding of a home is something to be thought of— thoroughly discussed and planned for a long time. The building of homes on paper, for at least one yvear before at- tempting to develop them in more lasting madterial, is recommended. These homes bave ~ splendid qualities—there are no mason’s ‘or carpenter's contracts to be made, no plumber’s bill to be vexed over, the furnace never smokes nor the water pipes freeze. If you have regrets over the mistakes of your plan they are easily re- modeled, and with practice you are get- ting many valuable ideas as to the possi- bilitles of * the modernly constructed American home. It goes without saying that the best plan is to know as nearly as possible the cost of the house one can afford to build and the real needs of those who are to occupy it. Having chosen a healthful location and looked well to the drainage and immedi- ate surroundings, the first thing to be considered {s our variable climate, - Hero is the first dilemma. We go from “Green- land’s icy mountains to India’s coral strand” every twelve months, and it really is a desperate matter to build one small house so as to be perfectly com- fortable during each extreme. Fortun- ately, the thick walls, which keep out the cold, also keep out the heat, and it will not be many years before some long- suffering woman will design windows which will keep out the dust as well. An ideal home for the average family of five will cluster round a center chimney. There will be a generous reception room with an open fireplace, an oaken stairway that will represent both beauty and ease, whose steps shall have only a four-inch lift and a ten-inch tread, with a landing at each four feet of rise, on which shall be a broad cushioned seat. The library, living-room and chambers will he on (ke south, the dining-room back of the recep- tion-room. Beyond the dining-room will be a domestic laboratory, two sides of glass, answering the double purpose of light and ventilation, for in this model home domestic science will be understood, and the room where the food is ;repared will be carefully ventilated and chemically clean, as air, either pure or impure, is beaten or cooked into all the food a fam- {ly consumes. The bathroom will be fitted with the most approved sanitary plumoing and supplied with soft water, the woodwork the best of its kind, perfectly plain, with- out groove or joint, to catch the dust and breed disease germs. In fact, this ideal home will be severely plain and simple both as to finish and furnishing. There will be hardwood floors and an abundance of closets and storerooms, which will have windows for ventilation as well as for light. Porches and piazzas wherever possible. Then, believing with Samantha Allen, “you may build a fine house and put people of the same name to live in it, but if love don't board with them they’d be as well off witk a stump and an umbrella,” I'd furnish this model home, along with. its built-in hall and win- dow seats, its book shelves and sideboard recesses, its china closets and dining-room cabinets, with an ocean of love for cis another, which would create cthe trua home atmosphere. The importance of the home in the scheme of clvilization never received so much attention as it does to-day, and every beautifully designed house helps along toward the higher plane of Nving for which we are all striving. Omaha, Nebr. Bibliography. Mrs. Campbell recommends the follow- ing books as suitable for students of co- mestic sclence: Mrs, Plunkett's “Women Plumbers and Doctors,” W. P. Gerhard's “Sanitary Engineering,” 5. W. Parson’s “Landscape Gardening,” Gervase Whee- ler's “Rural Homes,” Eggleston's “Vil- lages and Village Life,” Clarence Cook's “The House Beautiful,” Wilium Morris’ “Lectures on Art,” Wharton and Cod- man's “Decoration of Houses,” Litcn- field’s “History of Furniture,” Marla Par- loa's “The Ideal Kitchen." Note—Papers by Mrs. Mary Roberts Smith of Leland Stanford University will be presented next week. - COURSES OF INSTRUCTION. Autumn-Winter Term, 1899-1800. 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 January 31, 1900. Examinations will be held at their close as a basis for the granting of certificates. Science and FEDERAL GRAND JURY. Investigation of Charges Against Loupe and Dillard Indefinitely Postponed. The United States Grand Jury filed yes- terday its final report with United States District Judge de Haven. One indictment was found and placed on the secret file, and the charges against Louis Loupe, ex- Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue, and William H. Dillard, clerk in the office of Internal Revenue Collector Lynch, ‘were, on Septembgr 29 of this year, ju~ ostponed. dglt"l?e‘tce S;lrpges a0 complitity wiithiex- Internal Revenue Collector Welburn. The jury was discharged. The Southern Pacific Sued. Arthur. C. Brentner has filed a suit in the United States Circuit Court of Los Angeles against the Southern Pacific ompany to recover $25,368 75 damages al- eged to have been gustalned by him by reason of the loss of his wife Iva, who was_run over by a train on August lith of this year and died three days later. The, nccfdent is alleged to have occurred in San Pedro, Los Angeles County,