The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 19, 1899, Page 10

FRANCISCO CALI DAY DECEMBER 19 A e e ADVERTISEMENTS. SPECIAL SALE KID GLOVES! JUST THE THING FOR A HOLI- DAY GIFT. We are showing the vary best glove in the market for the price. A French plgue sewed glove, 3-clas embroidered ‘and spear-point backs Ox-blood. Nav ans, Modes, Gr Olive, Pearl, Bufter and Riack Good value for $1.25 a palr, but ha purchased very large lot (760 dozen) sell a3 89C a pair Come early, Lefore assortment of sizes and colors are broken. C. CURTIN, 911-913 Market Street. WANTED-10 GLOVE SALESPEOPLE. LELESTINSS ~ald M PIANO NWAY USED VICHY SUNNYSIOE I UNANIMOUS FOR VI PROGRESS ‘ Pretty Presentation to the Mayor. BONDS WARMLY iNDORSED CENTRAL CLUB RECEIVING GEN- ! EROUS SUPPORT. B — t one whit behind any for ing last unyst b wa large for the lar, schoc childr who wer marked | est they any speecl Chalrma Schnee of the club In a few introductory words satd “It should nc B S4ry to say any- 1 about bonds for public im- but there are some points em to be t ¥ under- thing to provemer that do not stood, espec rd to the bonds { tor a pan lle extension. The speakers to-n prepared to show vou in a sed manner, what Is your s In these Important mat- ers opened a practical speech with e to the new hail in which the meeting was held and to the elaborate rated by manner in which it had been de the ladies. “We ought not to meet any opposition said, “and | toward improving our city,” h. 1 om the future to ap- 1t is a good busine tion and we of Sunnyside should certainly do all we can to improve and n harter were opposec panhandle. The e headquarters of the bond promoters twelve out of the fifteen freehold- announced to the he that th are firmiy in _ = 3 | attract attention to our city We have AMUSEMENTS. | ADVERTISEMENTS. { s “park bue it begins nowhere - Ao e | e, A S| leading ({n it worthy of 3 B PR i of the cost will f o | ut forth in 10 mature deliberation YOU'LL BE SOBRY IF YOU MISS SEEING | & vchY @_!EJ‘LT“F_ULLB £ our Mayor, In whon we i haqoPbort *THE HOTTEST COON IN DIXIE." |8 A Natural Mineral Water ® | fidence. We must shake off our oibas ey e e i Al san | S 4 onvert silurians it possible, but we S with medicinal qualitles, o | b 257 i 3 » Q| P N Wellln argued that it s just as 4 For Indigestion Ea R Ssary to procure proper parks as to S dige ; $ | procure s S and schools and a proper 9 swm‘ch Disorders. O hospital i an average,” he said, % S * " cent ’ur rln.- Tfl" v that is spent on a 3 s for adornment. A city should 2 So-called VICHY ° beautiful, and only by ‘2 3 n we bring to our it IN . ® o want to spend 2 SIPHONS g we want to g are raising the 4 1S NOT v 4 panhandle extension will b ¢ / 3 eXpensive that wo shall be red erty t will cost you just 6 cents e Get the Genui g Sy o £ q S s orth of property. 1 wish g uine g ® to correct Mr. Barry, .whi in his s 2 b.l'l'r:'d:' id the freeholders $ g ° ® o ® ° & 040 & CELESTINS o $ A. VIGNIER, Distributing Agent & @OP0S09040@090: 00408000000 visiv DR JORDAN'S grear GREBT THE SYBP HAR NEW BILL. HE, na n the Wi RIGAN, { MUSEUM OF ANATONY 108 T BT bet. G:RAMY, 8.7.0a), The Larges: Anato 1 Museum in the Wonld Weaknerses o any comracied Givtaie prattively camred by the olant Specialis ca the Coust. Eat 3 years OR. JORDAN—-PRIVATE DISEASES § plontation free and wrictly privase reviment personslly or by Jetter. A Poe.tice Curt 1o e wn lertaken. oxOrmY or LED FREB. (A AlL AND ©O. ‘ Market St 8. F 2M N pecial Matinee Christmas Day. '!'I:'K_I.Elfn NOW ON S-\LE._ ETE DR A Five hundred reward for any This secret TIVOLI | OPERA-HOUSE. | ONLY FOUR TIMES MORE OF | sealed, §2 bottle cure any case. A STITUTE, « for sale at ) Al | Prosented by & Great Cast and AMUSEMENTS. FERRIS HARTMAN. = 0 Tast Time “TAR AXD TARTAR" Friday eve. Cq ™e AT ANPVIAY B PR v o “LITTLE BO-PEEP” | sscono 4o taer m Jistinguished Actor, & FREDERICK WARDE GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. : :flcn;:;“ MR. and MRS. CLARENCE M and an tlent Company Night an NEXT S4TURDAY tVENING. BEATE ARE NOW ON SALE & Week Ahead POPULAR PRICES-3 and 50 centa Telephone, Busk §. with a Ex. Satur@ay Matinee MERCHA TELEPHONE, MAIN 622 H OF VENI( We. ay Nigl "HARD 1T ONLY THIS WEEK— Thuredey and 2 2 . | THE LION'S MOUTH'™ Strauss’ Delighttul Walts Opera, | Pridny Night AND JUL “ROMEO LIET Saturday Night. L“VIRGINTUS" DieFledermaus = = (THE BAT.) IN ENGLISH prmw.q last night with roars of laughter and enthusiastic applause. A moral for gaily disposed married men. NEXT WEBK—"SINBAD.* PRICES-40c, 80, e, 1fc, 0. “Good reserved seat at Saturdey matines, Bc. Branch Ticket Office—Emporium. ALCAZAR THEATER. “THE CHRISTIAN" THE PEOPL Eddy and Jones Sts, PLAY HOUSE. PHONE 80UTH 770. This Popular Theater now Heated throughout with Modern Heaters. Al- uys Comfortable. 1 3 ! —TWO WEE. BUT ONE VERDICT. The Greatest Colored Show on Farth. BLACK PATTI Troubadours A ROYADL RECEPTION. der Everything New and Up-to-T 8 | _MATINEES SATURDAY AND ERNEST HABTINGS, | *rriMatiom woo A Map Revival of the Funniest Comedy | Bvening . Tic, 2 on Record, Matinee CONCERTS AND RESORTS. Panorama ‘of the Battle of Manila Bay - SPECIAL NOTICE! The Panorama Is open daily from 10 A. M. to § P M A correct representation of the greatest victory ever achleved on land or sea, surpassing anything ever exhibited in artistic merit nd Interest. Don't fail to visit jt. Market street, near Eighth. “OR. BILL!” EVERY NIGHT THIS WBE! MATINEES SATURDAY AND SU NDAY. NEXT WEEK, beginu with Christmas Matinee, “CHIMMIE FADDEN RACING! RACING! RACING! 1699—CALIFORNIA_JOOKEY OLUB-1900 Winter Meeting, December 15 to Dec. £, in- clusive. OAKLAND RACE TRACK Racing Monday, Tuesdny, Wednes @ay, Friday and Saturday Fivg or move races wach Any Races start at 215 p. m. sharp. LOAN EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS By Celebrated Artists, Including Millet's Fa- mous Pleture, y, Thurs- .. Ferry-boats leave San Franciaco at 12 :.u.l:: “THE MAN WITH THE HOE™”™ D, 240 ane » m., conne = be a'es and their escort "ho smoking. ~ Buy your | MARK '1“}!"',‘,!' n. L\b: 11-‘n TE OF ART. ferry tickets to Shell Mopnd Al traine via | Cor. of California and Mason Streets. Oskland jmole connect with San Pablo avenus | Admission .2 cents electric cars at Eeventh and Broadway, Oak- | Jand. Also all trains via Alameda mole con- nect with Ban Pablo avenue cars at Fourtesntl and Broadway, Oakland. These electric oars ®0 Airect to the track in fiftees minutes Roturning -Trains jeave the track at 4 STEEPLECHASE. CENT‘AL PAFK h,& Market sta_Open daily from 1 to 11:30 n. m. The Magnificent Bill of HOLIDAY ATTRAC. 44 p.m.and tmmediately after TIONS includes Professor Hill, the Razzle- "rHOMAS H. WILLIAMS JR. President. | [upple ihe Bicscle Cireus, the Mechanical 11RO ctary ilands, the Great an Carrousel th e Floor, Aerinl Troll Shooting Gallery with | Novel Ta:geta and scores of others. Admissiol includes ri R B Se- AND TOYS to the winners. Joc—ADMISSION— s the worill LL’S REINVIGORATOR | ! favor of the panhandle extension bonds. 1 think My. Barry is one of the best citl- zens of San Francisco, but in this in- stance somebody has certalnly le down a \l;l ng path.” % Ayt Ma an congratulated the large audience on the Interest it showed In public improvements, and sald that in this al 1 he had noticed that the peopl in suburbs were apparently far more in earnest than the people in the heart of the city As soon as the Mayor had opened his speech six young ladfes dressed in white, one bearing an elegant bouquet, marched | the | on to the platform and presented flowers to the Mayor, while little Miss h;\:u-l,.\crlh delivered the following neat speech “Your Honor—We, the children of the Sunnyside 8chool, present you with ll)fls bouquet of Sunnyslde flowers In recogni- tion of the noble efforts you have made 10 get us A achool bullding in our district suitable to our wante and mlso for your efforts in behalf of other districts equally as badly off. And we would say ir, press on in the path you hav ut for urself and there will be no such word as fafl.” While tak.ng a boutonniere from the bouquet, the Mayor very gracefully ac- knowl d the gift and the kind words. The little maidens were, Jennie O'Conner. Freda Stoesser, Irene Ayres, Ethel North, Alva Hotem and Mary Stammer. to you, | The Mayor replied to all the objections that have be @ showed that it 18 folly to raise a cry of class, or of sec- f useless adornment or to cause our fathers did not need le, therefore the present and succeeding generations shall not have it. ‘Give this improvement to ourselves and to our city as a Christmas present,” sald the Mayor. “Let us not be mean and nar- row minded, but let us do what Is so plainly our "duty." Speeches were also made by Supervisor- elect Reed, J. S. Webster and Colonel Hecht At Precita Valley. The meeting at Graham's Hall in Pre- cita Valley was both large and enthusias- tic {n favor of the bond issue. A large bonflre, the gift of John T. Graham, one of the progressive spirits of the valley, acted as a beacon to the hall, which was crowded by {he_property owners of the | ADVERTISEMENTS. © = 1 ® ® WeakNen Insures Love and Happiness. How any man may quickly cure himself after years of suffering from sexual weakness, lost vitality, varicocele, etc., and enlarge small weak organs to full size and vigor. Simply send your name and address to Dr. L. W, Knapp, 218 Hull bullding, Detrot, Mich., and he will gladly send the free receipt with full directions so that any man may easily cure himself at home. This I8 certainly a most gen- erous offer and the following extracts taken | trom his datly mail show how men write him: | " ““Dear 8ir: Please accept my sincere thanks for yours of recent date. I have given your treatment @ thorough test and the benefit has | been extraordinary. It has completely braced me up. I am just as vigorous as when a boy and you cannot realize how happy I am." | “Dear Sir: Your method worked beautifully. Results were exuctly what I needed. Strength and vigor have completely returnad and en- largement is entirely satisfactory.’ Pear Sir: Yours was received and I had no | trouble in making use of the receipt as di- rected, and after a few days use can truthfully say It is & boon to weak men. I am greatly improved In size, strength and vigor.” Al correspondence s strictly confidentlal, maled In plain sealed envelope. The receipt is free for the asking and he wants every man o have it. DR. CROSSMAN’S SPECIFIC MIXTURE, F %}, JHE CURE OF GONORRHOEA, 1 Gleets, Strictures and analogous com- “.ts of the Organs of C:neration. Price §1 a bottle. For sale by druggists. Wright's lnfiian Vegetatle Pills e ACKNOWLEDGED BY .HOUSANDS of persons who have used for years 1o cure SICK PEADACHE, GIDDINES: CONSTIPATION, Torpld Liver, Weak Stome L ach, aad pur: 7 the blood, truth is that at | marked | district. J . president of the | b called the meeting to order and Y jects for which the club in- b and spoke on the lmportance of every man voting in favor of the issuing of bonds to improve the city. With these few remarks he introduced Thomas B. Curran as chairman of the evening. Mr. Curran opened with a short address in which he dwelt on the necessity of vot- ing for all of the improvements coming before the people within the next few days, and went further by stating that the time will not be far distant when Ber- will be acquired by the city park. kers who aroused the n of the mecting were Judge F. W. Van Reynegom and John T. Graham, both of whom explained the great b fits to the people not on N strict but of the T its surroundings and make it ve. John H. Grady, A. Y. Thomps nd other speakers in- rsed hat had been advanced by d stepped to the front to lift cisco from villagelike ap- ito a4 gre: nd prosperous v, with a ted an pro- ss of inhabitants. & all through was declared a cess and one in favor of prog- provements. PANHANDLE OPPONENTS ORGANIZE posed to the issuance Panhandle extension ling yesterday afte for a brief campaig g ounced that the called exclusively for the Panhandle bonds and ed that all others with- of bonds fo: met in the Mills b on and organiz those opposed it was reque AVER STEAMER LOST BY i Passengers Have a Very Narrow Escape. Spectal Dispatch to The Cajl. MADRID, Mo., Dec. 18 —The steam State of Kansas of the Tennessee River Packet Company burned to the water's edge early to-day while lying at the foot of Main street. All the passengers es- caped, but several hundred bales of cot- ton and considerable freight and baggage were destroyed. The total Ilbss is esu- mated at $509,000. The fire started In the front cabin abcut t o'clock a. m., whea all the passengers and most of the crew were asleep. They were quickly awak- ened and all gzined th hore in safety, iusl in time to escape the flames. The anding stage was burned away, but ks were run out to the shore and the 3 s crossed on these. Some of hem been awankened so suddenly v had not time to dres They wore thing but their night dresses and were shoeles 1 hatless. A number of p side of the boat to escape the water was not de ssengers on the opposite jumped into the water flames. Fortunately the » there and they waded ashore safely. The wind was blowing strohg from_ off shore, and for a time threatened the bufidings along the water follow olve ng resolution was passed: hat we o the Panhandle zens that res: the utic following N R ir James H. Barry, C. C. Burr, low, Jc H. Marble, John Fay, W i Phelps, Ludwig Altschul, Stewart Men- zies, W. J. Cuthbertson, J. K. Prior, Hor- | ace Davis, H. L. Re rarle Watson, Max Popper I3 H. Crim, P_'J. H or, J. K. Prior Jr., Samuel | Senator Bart Burke, F. W. Mc- | .. M. Manzer, William Broderick, | Pheips, Otto’ tum Suden, H. G. tion was effected by the elec- L. Center for permanent L P, Troy for per airman was er nmittees and IXI-‘ nounce € M “Finance— ) L. Altschul, Jos- | eph Britton | Dr. Taylor, J. H. Barry, » Davis, J. H. Marble. much’ discussion it was decided > 1s too short to permit of a meetings and that the 1y plan is to issue » in the a circular hands of every supply all the ne 1y criticiz saying t ter would to the people > that Mr. Phelan is now engaged in attempting to_defeat. Stewart Menzics, Dr. flor, Otto tum | Suder, Charles Edelmann and J. H. Mar- ble spoke strongly in opposition to the | Panhandic honds and referred to the pro- | ject ns “munictpal lunacy.” Mr. Menzie sald that the grade of the four blocks in the center of the proposed extension m it impoesible to construct a driveway and that the project will prove to be a sourc | of expense for many yvears. Money for Literature. The finance committee of the Public Im- | | provement Central Club, of which A. S. dwin Is chairman, reports the collec tion of the following subscriptions. Th y I# to be used to issue literature in sending to the voters information an affecting the bond elections. It Is the d sire of the committee to raise about $5000 | for this purpe b gent to Treasurer F. W. Butter street: Irving M. Bcott, $100; M. H. Hech! Btrassburger, $35. Albert Plssis, 320 Co., $26; Fireman's 60; C. A. Hooper & 7 gh Estate ( ary). $100; . and subscriptions can be | Dohrmann, 134 50; 1. 8. | : Goldberg, | H Baker & Ha Miller, Blos | Wine Assoclation, 350 475, Naber, Alfs & Brune, $20; Hale Bros., 320, A. M. Davis, $10; Banborn, Vail & Co.’ $10) | Western Expanded Metal Co.. $10: Orpheum. | $25; Charles Webb Howard, Raphael Weill Co., $20; Sherman, Clay & ifornia Hotel Murph: Grant s | London, 20; | §0; D. R | B 4] —_—, | RESTORATION OF GRAIN [ RATES FROM OGDEN WEST | SOUTHERN PACIFIC GETS BACK TO THE $4 MARK. Relaxation of Business Activity | Throughout the East Causes a | Fall in Freight Charges on Westbound Business. The Utah grain rate has been restored to its original figure by the Southern Pa- cific Company, the change becoming ef- fective yesterda: | The original rate was $4 per ton from | | Ogden west. A short time ago this was | increased to §7 8, the reason given by the Southern Pacific being that owing to the | | tremendous increase of traffic consequent on the conditions of trade brought about | by the recent war, particularly the volume of business being done by carriers in connection with the transportation of troops to the Philippines, it was impos- sible to supply cars In sufficlent numbers to at once take care of the Increased traffic and the Utah grain business at the same time, and therefore it became necessary for the company, working on | good commercial principles, to put s rate sc high as fo practically act as a prohibitive tariff. | This, while it worke e Malad 1 hardship to the 1 Cache valleys | eventing them crops to marke the ends o affording that | s for handling | | from getting any of their | on the Paci the Southern Pacific by company greater facilitl more remunerative freigh The Oregon Short Line and the Texas roads prepared to take advantage of the new crder of u}mf;a by offering induce- | ments to the Utah farmers to ship the | crops_over their lines either to Puget Sound or Gulf terminals, The present restoration of the old $4 rate is either be- | cause of the strength evinced by this | competition or because, as the Southern | Pacific officlals =ay, a relaxation has | come in the lrnnnlmrlmlon congestion in the East and thelr cars are now being roturned to them in sufficlent numbers t | allow of he company ofice more hauling Utah grain at the old rate and not losing | money thereby. Toilet Articles. Our beautiful boxes of fine perfumery, combs, brushes and mirrors in celluloid | and ebony, with sterling sfiver mount- | ings, make elegant presents for a lady. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Market st. & —_—— Sent to Folsom. WOODLAND, Dec. 18.—F. L. Caton, held to answer for passing a fraudulent check, pleaded gullty to-day and asked | the leniency of the court on the ground that he was under the influence of liquor at the time he committed the offense. Judge Gaddis sentenced him to a term of | thrée vears In the Folsom Prison. e e, T Dent's gloves, suspenders, hosfery, ele- ant assortment of novelties suitable for mas filtu Beami|sh' uss House Monlxoma.ry Lw Ne front with destruction from the flylng embers. E. ager of the St ssee River Packet mer State of Karsas »his and Clncinnati ship was bound up to Cincinnati from nphis, which place she left last Saturday with her c well filled with load of freight, cor cotton and miscellan: COMPLETE THE CANAL OR DREDGE HARBOR Oakland Office San Francisco Call, %8 Broadway, Dec. 18. 'orts will be made at the present ses- n of Congress to get Oakland harbor matters settled, and there is a great deal of recommending going on from both Oakland and Alameda. The city of Ala- assengers and a isting of 1600 balés of merchandise. meda wants the tidal canal finished, | there are efforts being made in Oak- land to have the western end of the stuary dredged before the tidal canal Is compléted. Congressman Metcalf has written to Oakland to say that the whole matter has been referred to General John M \ son, chief of the engineers of the and that an answer from him during the Wil r Department, be received t week. main point at issue is the object for which the present appropriation shall There is sull some money to be and certain parties want that moncy to be used in construction_of the tlaal |, while others desire that t be expended upon the dredging of the n end of the estuary. Congressman alf writes as follows upon that E. W. Marston, President Oakland Board Trade—Dear Sir: 1 am in receipt of { reso- lutions forwarded by the Board of Trade to the honorable Secretary of War in relation the Oakland harbor improvem In uld say that o of yours of the 4th inst., inclosing copy to k up the matter harbor improve f General Wilson and enzie that no portion of the avatlable could be used for the purpose of dredging a channel easterly {rom the Webster-s nouth of al canal however, General Wilson, at he would give his opinion in writ- °d him in writing on the a o asked that he give opinton or ruling upon the resolu- ae of the Board of Trade. If no portion of the fund can be used for this purpose then we want to get an appropriation from Congress Tt i imoortant that these questions be delay, and 1 have urged neral Wilson to give a prompt answer to my communication. Very respectfully, V. METCALF. ould seem that the opinion is held hington that the tidal canal should be completed before any further work is done on the Oakiand end THE BIG JUBILEE EXCURSION TO SAN JOSE. The Southern Pacific Company An- nounce Special Train Service for Thursday Next. A VERY LOW RATE FOR TEE ROUND TRIP. Tickets Good Only Via Narrow Gauge Route. It This week's celebration and Golden Jubllee at San Jose will be an extra- ordinary demonstration—the most not- able in many respects that has ever oc- | curred within the borders of our Golden State. The programme announced for Thurs- day, the 21st inst, will be the most at- trac commodate the hundreds who will visit San Jose on that date from San Fran- cisco, Oakland and Alameda, arrange- ments have been made with the Southern Paclfic Company to provide speclal ex- cursion trains from the Alameda mole, connecting with the 8:45 a. m. boat from narrow-gauge ferry landing, foot of Market street, San Francisco, and for which tickets for the round trip will be gold at the extraordinarily low rate of 31, good returning the same day, leaving narrow-gauge depot, San Jose, at § p. m. and 10 p. m. Resldents of Oakland should take the $:45 a. m. local train from Fourteenth and Franklin streets, connecting at the mole with speclal for San Jose. Alameda passengers will take the special train passing Park street 15 a. m. Tickets can now be procured at ‘s drug store, Grand Hotel, and drug store, 103 Eddy street; nst's cigar store, Kearny street and Union Square avenue, also at the nar- row-gauge ferry landing, foot of Market street, Southern Pacific Company's depot ticket offices at Oakland and Alameda on the morning of the excursion. The country between here and San Jose at this time presents a magnificent panorama of beautiful landscape—the valicys, hills and mountains being thick- ly covered with verdure—so that the ex- cursionist has an _exceptional oppor- tunity to take one of the most delightful railway trips on the continent at triflin cost, and also witness the great stree pageant and historical parade which will take place at San Jose on Thursday next. LIVERMORE WANTS A MILITARY COMPANY LIVERMORE, Dec. 18.—A very strong effort is being made now to secure a mili- tary company for Livermore. The project has among have long and earnestly worked to achieve the object of their ambition. Out- | side support, however, has been slow coming in, aithough the advantages of a local military company have ofttimes been repeated by Its advocates. A special ef- fort is now to be put forth, for while it might not be possible at this time to se- cure a full allowance from the State It is very likely that if the company were fully organized at least half an allowance could be secured for the present owln{ to the default_of another company in the Na- tional Guard, and full lludlnfiecnnld be secured by the time the next gislature meets. e e No More Christmas Presents. At the last meeting of the Master Bakers' Protective Assoclation it was re- solved to discontinue the giving of Christ- of a fine of §0. and | tive of the series, and in order to ac- | its enthusiasts friends who | Year's presents to customers | cally, the cumulative point Contributors to this cours Frothingham Jr., Arthur Ho VIII. FRANZ HALS. BY FRANK FOWLER. | Every great advance in science seems a | gort of crystallization of forces which the | previous centuries have held latent, walt- | ing, as it were, for the right moment and the right man. This appears peculiarly the case with Dutch rwing and the | Dutch painter who is the subject of this | sketch. | About 200 years before the arrival of | Franz Hals upon the scene, the brothers | Jan and Hubert Van Eyck had released from its fetters the art of painting by placing in the hands of artists the faclle vehicle of ofl to be used in the mixing of plgments. The masterpleces produced before this time that have come down to us were palnted in fresco or in dis- temper. Fresc as the word tmplies, me was the prac- tice of painting on fresh plaster, using | water as the medium for mixing the | colors. This obliged the artist to work very rapldly, besides limiting to a com- | paratively narrow range his choice of tints. Consequently no great depth of tone could be secured and anything like a realistic effeot of nature was by this means quite out of the question. The very sobriety of color imposed by these restriotions, however, alded in a way the class of art then called for, 1. e.. religious painting. Dignified and Imposing sub- | jects on a monumental scale for public buildings and churches could thus be! presented with all the realism demanded by their function as accessory to archi- Dr. r John C | | [ | | e I S T T T —osieree e & I e o e o e e o o ok | FRANZ | tectural embellishment. But when 1t be- came desirable to produce works destined | for a different purpose—pictures that | might be easily portable—portraits of in- | dividuals for the adornment of the | home, and {llustrations of themes for the | personal gratification and pleasure they | may give—a new method was wanted, | | one capable of recording the wider range | of physical facts which now revealed | themselves to the observation and seru- | tiny of the artist. With Increased ac- | quaintance on the part of the painter of visual effects in the world about him | came a ltke advance in the means of re- cording them, and we find that painting | in distemper came Into practice. This called for the employment of glue and the | | yelk of egg in the mixing of colors, and | | plgments thus prepared could be used | over dry walls and wood and canvas This was not, however, its only recom- mendation; it permitted the employment of a greater number of tints, greater | depths of effects of light and shade to be | | attained, and gave to the artist a wider scope in force and brilllancy of - color. | This larger liberty extended also to the | character of the themes depicted, and | art began to include in its repertory of subjects scenes from contemporary lfe as well as those from biblical story. | Art, tn a word, became more human, | although it was still retalned in the | | service of the church. But with the | broadening of the fleld it now entered | | sclence, and observations and discovery | were still advancing, and the Influences | of the outside world were strengthening | | the painter’s physical as well as mental | vision. Homely and familiar themes, homely and famillar emotions, claimed fllustration at his hands, and with these | claims a still more convenient and ready means of expressing them was required. When the Van Eycks discovered, then, this satisfactory and effective method of | using pigments with oil & new world of posibilities was opened to the painter, and It was like a revelation to the lover of painting as well, for effects in nature | that were probably discerned and appre- | clated by many before art could render them became now legitimate material for | graphic portrayal. An exquisite variety | of color—subtle or dramatic renditions of | | ight and shade, fine differentiations of | taxtures, the resonance of metal, the rus- | tle of silk, the shimmer of satin, the flash | of dlamonds, the glimmer of pearls; in fact, all the characteristics of the vege- | table, animal or mineral kingdom that by appeal to the eye reveal its density or lightness, its texture or color—now be- came the property of the painter, a store- house from which he drew the materials of his art. The Van Eycks by freeing painting of its technical restrictions led up to this. This then was the momant when Dutch art became emancipated, and Frans Hals was the man who eman- clpated it I think, for such a destiny, blography has seemed strangely unfalr to this man. Born at Antwerp, and not at Mechiln, as some writers say, little appears regarding his apprenticeship to his art other than that he is supposed to have studied with | Van Mander. Of a social and genial dis- | position, great stress has been lald upon his fondness for the pleasures of the tav- ern, his improvidence and his too fre- quent lapses from sobriety. Yet he is re- corded as belonging to several of the hon- orable guilds of the town, and a pension was awarded him by the city. He lived to the ripe age of 4. In addition to this respectable record he has enriched the world by some of the most masterly can- vases it has Inherited from any hand, Now it was in Franz Hals, as I have sald, that this crystallization culminated, for he thus marked, as it were, techni- in Dutch Rembrandt, his immediate suc- ting. THE FIRST GREAT DUTCH PAINTER. Copyright, 1899, by Seymour Eaton. ‘ THE WORLD'S GREAT ARTISTS. Frank F\\A‘:i‘rnnr‘d Dyke, Dr. thers Russell Dr. A. L Sturgis, cessor, indeed in a degree his contempo- rary, although more than twenty years his junior sented the full flower of Duteh gen But Hals h cleared much ground before Rembrandt began to paint Before that tim ince the Van Eycks, Dutch ¥ not made great progress. It bad. he ing the way for t this tmproved 1 and to wiell it right n: Hals did. He practically left 1 of religious art, took ntemporary life and depicted its scenes and feelings Hals was almost th r of the “laugh” in plinting. Hi {al nature made this portrayal of mirth on the hu man countenance almost infectious. His | =plendia fre gave readiness i those facial o cles which ¢ ay when the feat- ures are relaxed by this emotion and his people really laugh when he wishes them to do so. Ivanized and sterco- -ped express \ he gives us—we 1 that the muscles are mobfie and that without effort they will resume thelr nor- mal calmne Then, too, this nter had a distinguished s of tone and color— bis method Is modern In its frankness and truth of relative He paints oppos! intention alues In light and shade planes with a sturdy corporeity and vol- —they are flesh and There Is As the eall for religious painting became less the demand for the Interpretation of national traits Increased, and Hals was D e e e S ] o -.’ ez O LD TP PRI P R R e A e e R e e B I S S Sk o i g B T R e e S ] HALS. in a measure the father ¢ _ the art of genre painting. Fisher boys, old house- wives, topers and rollicking burghers ltved on his canvases, and he was capa- ble of perpetuating the honorable mem- bers of civic gullds with a good taste and judgment that have resulted in some of the most notable works of portraiture. this fleld of painting he antedated F brandt, and Rembrandt himself in thesa same subjects or others kindred to them produced canvases that are the glory of Dutch art. How can it be sald, then, that this man was a worthi fellow? Much misapprehension and lack of appreciation have followed Hals, but there are now, and have been for a number of years past, evidences that he is coming into his own. It is sometimes Adifficuit to tell just why one painter is longer than another in re- ceiving recognition. In the case of Hals, however, it may be attributed to the ex- treme modernity of the artist's methods. Frank and direct in b and sessing a facility so Hals in a great measure painted to please himseif, and often his canvases do not permit of the close inspection that his contempora- ries had been accustomed to regard as a test of the perfection of workmansh Recelving vivid impressions ffom nature and not so Imaginative as Rembrandt, he painted with an impetuosity at times which forgot everything that conventional painting respected. He could none the less give his portraits a great care and completeness when he wished to carry them farther than a robust sketch. But his skill was so gr that would very often take a painter's pleasure out of his work and leave it, expressive to himseif but less satisfactory to those who had never seen in art the world thus imaged. Frnatr o, New York City. SAILING OF A TRANSPORT HASTENS CUPID'S PLANS ALAMEDA, Dec. 18—The prematurs salling of a transport has caused a flurry in Cupid's realm as a result and & wed- ding which was to have occurred in the distant future will take place next Thurs- day evening. The Aztec is scheduled to sail for Manila next week, and Frank Cookson, who is the first assistant engi- neer of that vessel, will make Miss Alice McCurdy his fe before the ship's de- Miss McCurdy is the da Barah MecCurdy of 144 enue. The wedding will take the residence of the bride's After a short wedding trip tha groom will depart with his vessel and the ride will return to her mother's home until her husband's return from the lsi- In pos- an Miss McCurdy is well known in Presby- terian circles, being a popular member of the Young People's Soclety of that church. ev. Dr. F. 8. Brush, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, will offi- clate at the wedding. The groom to be i a resident of San Francisco and has been assistant engineer on the Aztec for seve eral years. —_————————— Dies at Napa Asylum. WOODLAND, Dec. 15.—Dr. Calvin Rud. dock, committed to the Napa Asylum from this city last May, died suddenl Massa- this morning. He was a native of chusetts lnfl nufl‘ 56 years of was a ploneer of the State a: in Yolo County since 1551. For many yeary he was one of the most prominent and in< fluential citizens in the county. —_———— Handsome Christmas Presents. The Taber-Prang and Hargreaves art panels, water colors In gold frames, pase tels, colored photographs and etchings ex. hibited by Sanborn. Vail & Co. make most desirable, _ moderate-priced Christmas resents. Thelr banquet lamps, onyx tas les and statuary are also the very besf in style orices, .