The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 4, 1900, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, IAY 4, 1900. J. 0'BRIEN & C0. WILL PLACE ON SALE SHAG ROCK 1S - STILLAMENACE TONAVIGATION .iTorpedoes May Be Used to | APPOINTED REGENT FOR SIXTEEN YEARS e e ] THIS Dy SEASONABLE, DESIRABLE AND SUBSTANTIAL VALUES. DION-PLEATED MOREEN S shades; value ..85¢ KIRTS SKIRTS; value $3.50 ATED SILK MORE K MORF alue for $2.5 - .81.75 MISSES' AUT( e.eansncss BB50 SSES’ TA( .83, 84, $5, up to $10 CHIFFON CAPES, from ..810.00 to $35.00 LAT S t and dark tans; value $6.5 o seranens ....85.00 ( =SS SKIRTS; value for $12.30; & e e $8.50 ATHER BOAS, just re ived; shades black, white, wn mixed, tan mixed; prices from...... ......810.00 ¢, $40.00 tage to call and examine ALL GOODS MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES. WE ARE sm@v ONE-PRICE HOUSE. ¢ Q00 Suits Made to Order. Perfect Fit Guaranteed, J.0'BRIEN & CO 1126 Market Street. RO YK OO0 OO0 AMUEEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS., COLUMBIAS: +T | LAST 3 NIGETS AND SATURDAY MATINEE.|Am | 2 Wiz ? VOLIx* Ih_e"!glilay Overflows ! WARD AND VOKES. |“, % o0 oon worens ucurx @®——FPE FL Ti‘itFL()ORWAL;(ERS The WIzard f . Now in Its THIRD BIG WEEK!! Evenings at 8 Matinee Saturda; I EXTRA! —Beg. NEXT MONDAY, RET HERE ot 1, Yale's Muscice, Marveioos, Mechan- | POPULAR 4 = THE EVIL EYE- PRICES..., Tiii“ :E? Cents STILL Success, D FOOL” TO-MORROW AFTER- NOON. i LTY COMPANY. ing_animals LAST MATINEE NDAY NIGHT NEXT—RBy Special Arrange- ments With Richard Mansfleid, "A PARISIAN ROMANCE.” SDAY AFTERNOON, May linist FOURTH ANNUAL HOUSE |MECHANICS’ PAVILION MAY 2, 3, 4, 5, 1900 BY JDF GRAN PHONE MAIN 532 AND Matinee — ning & Latest and Greatest Succees, | THE _LARG: HIBITION OF e st - EVER HELD ON THE PACIFIC COABECS IN GAY NEW YORK.| orexuemwws m pane Fu “atchy Music, Pretty Songs, Gracetul AD) AFTERNOONS, 25 Dance w Jokes. | IR NOONS, Te. don’t miss it EAN FRANCISCO KENNEL CLUB. H. H. CARLTON. n Francisco, SLAVEY.” v of London and New York “THE LAD SPULAR PRICE iWEEKJ .3 —T0 THE— LeC B 2 2R SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS THEATRE AN S — Hatince To-Morrow and Sunday. | Escursion Passener Agent 2P, o LASTE |SATURDAY ........ MAY 5TH “ggrs: S E' Round Trip e $ 25 U . Tickets... = The train will stop at the wel, I-known camp- ing resorts situated on the i1 a4 of the Narrow- | Story of the Early fornia. Gauge. No crowding. Seats for all, Take = -, & along ¢ lunch basket Leavi y v, | arrive San Francisco at D. m. i T, H. GOODMAN, Next Week, Scenic Production, Generai Passenger Apoat. E. O McCORMICK, Pase. Traffic Mgr. FAMILY RESORT—EL CAMPO. OPEN EVERY SUNDAY. Forty-five minutes’ ride on the bay in that large, magnificent steamer, U Dancing, bowling. fishing, boating. plenty of freshments, ete. Good order will be maintained. Aduits, 25 cents for the round trip, including admission to the grounds. Children between 5 2 years of age 15 cents. Tiburon ferry, foot of Market street, 10:3 a. m., 1and 4 p. m. Leave El Campo 14 a. m., 3 and 5 p. m. THE GREAT DIAMOND ROBBERY CHUTES AND Z00.%:7 f5mm | GREAT VAUDEVIL O - MORROW 4 SHOW TWALK CON- = SPECIAL! 3 SUNDAY AFTERNOON and EVENING AL NEILL in 4 Round Sparring Match. Telephone for Eeats, Park 23. ORI O O SOV CHOROO0Q QORI OTO 00 O © COUOOGOOOTHIO SORN0VODLD 0 O DA A A OO Sth, SADA, | EVERY N | ADMISEION . Clear Away Broken Fragments. | Debris Caused by the Explosion Set- tled Back Into the Old Location and Must Be Removed by Contractors. e The problem of getting the necessary depth of water on the spot where Shag Rock stood is still confronting the con- tractors. After the explosion the Go ernment surveyors found only 14 feet of water at low tide, whereas there should have been 30 feet. Nearly all the rock that was blown into the air fell back into the hole again and this has now to he removed. The contractors think that the | €bb end flow of the tide will help them | a great deal in removing the debris, and that with the assistance of a dredger and divers the entire surface of the rock can be cleared to the required depth without much expense. If divers and dredgers cannot do the work then torpedoes will be used. They will break the loose rock into powder and thén there will be no difficulty in clearing off the debris. When Blossom Rock was blown up Con- tractor von Schmidt was confronted with | | the same difficulty that the Shag Rock | PP S D P O SO S S S S S S S N S S SO contract depth and to-day there is only 22 feet of water on it at low tide. This will not be the case with Shag Rock, however, as the contractors fully expect to have 40 feet at low water with the as- slsmnre of dredgers, divers and torpe- oeE. Qe eseien HE announcement made in The Call Wednesday that the Governor had appointed Arthur W. Foster regent of the State University to fill the va- cancy caused by the expiration of H. 8. | Foote's term of office was received with general satisfaction. Mr. Foster is ap- | pointed for a full term of sixteen years. | | He is a capable man of high character | and excellent judgment in business af- | fairs. Mr Foster ars ago and has been ac | bert Mil ame to California twenty- | ed away. vely con- |a resident of S: PHIDEDIDIDODIDIDIDIEDEE OGP EDEDePeD eI D e people are now having. The obstruction was shattered, but the fragments all fell | 3 back into the spot from which they had 1 been efected and it cost Von Schmidt $2,- | b 00 to remove them. The contractors for | N¢ the removal of Shag Rock assert that » . {he whole hase of fhe obstruction has L & $ een shattere 0 @ epth of et, * i TRt whin The ,",; fifoush with ¢hs Job| & A. W. Foster, the New University Regent. + soundings will show that much wafer. | | P T 2 | Blossom Rock was never cleared to the | 4 HpRY Dy magER. h; +D D040 404000000000 0000-060 | nected with eral leading enterprises. He holds the onsible position of presi- | dent of the California Northwestern Rall- way Company. He is also a director of the Mendocino State Hospital and recog- nized as one of the valued members of the board. It is presumed that Mr. Foster will be assigned to_duty on the finance commit- | tee of the Board of Regents. Since the last regular meeting of the regents two members of the finance committee—Al- ler and A. 8. Hallidie—have pass v. The newly appointed regent is an Rafael. TO THE Orpheum! BUY YOUR Lenox and lvory Soap SAVE YOUR WRAPPERS AND GET FREE TICKETS TO THE ORPHEUM. ‘ The Johnson-Locke Nercantile Co., 204 FRONT STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, Will Exchange for Lenox and Ivory .Constructio HEN the members of the Board of Harbor Commissione esterday morning in The W AY the full story of the irregularities connected with the construction of How- ard-street wharf No. 3 and the charges made against their chief engineer, How- irregularities, they were amazed. The Commissioners had been somewhat en- lightened the day before through the in- vestigation set on foot of the scandalous state of affairs, but Mr. Holmes had for 9. for Ieko: the time being allayed their apprehen- CE TICKETS TO THE ORPHEUM sfons by positive declarations that mat- DER THE FOLLOWI; CONDI- ters were not as bad stated. TIONS: 1f You Want a %c Reserved Seat Send.....2%5 Wrappers of LENOX SOAP ........12 Wrappers of IVORY SOAP Or else send 15 Wrappers of LENO. EOAP and 6 Wray 1f You Want a 50c Reserved Seat Send Wrappers of LENOX St Or. 4 Wrappers of IVORY Or else send 2 Wrappers of LENOX SOAP and 12 Wrappers of IVORY SOAT The first act of the Commissioners after reading the disclosures in The Call was to order that no more cylinders be put down until investigations are made by the Commissioners. This settles the putting tn of any more short ones. The board was in no wise prepared for the direct charges made by Assistant En- gineer Ryan against Holmes and the ev dence regarding the great shortage of th cylinders and the knotty lumber that was | going into them. {i Most of yesterday Holmes was bu Made- to-order trying to explain matters to the Commi: sioners. They did not accept his state- ¢ ments as settling the points, however, Dresey.” they had done the day before. and de: Perfect-fitting, | that the matter must be thoroughly in- Stylish | vestigated. This investigation may be Suits i held at the next regular meeting of the board, which takes place next Wednesday | afternoon. President Kilburn says the chief engi- neer should have kept the board informed of any shortage in the cylinders; that it | was his duty to do so and that Holmes | knew it to be his duty k’;lnlmos_ as was predicted, tried to clear | himself of the charge of collusion with the contractors by saving that he intend- ed to present to the board when the work was completed a repoeg of the total short- | age of cylinders so the State could get the | benefit of the decreased co: The chief | engineer is very contradictory in his | statements. In the presence of President | Kilburn he stated positively Tuesday af- ternoon that he knew ail about the cylin- | ders going into the work; that only a few of them were short, perhaps three or | four, and these were only four feet | | in length than called for by the specifica- | tions. ~ Yesterday Holmes said he had left the matter of keeping track of the cylin- ders entirely to Inspector Hugh Duff, and that he was to get a report from him when the work was completed. Duff | makes the statement that Holmes knew | ‘A GOOD SHOE | FOR VACATION. 3, AT MODERATE PRIC) Suits$15.50 up nt Samples JOE POHEIM, The Tailor, 11101112 Market st 201-208 Montgomery. SAN FRANCISCO, free, WONDERFUL TRUSS, RUPTURE CURED. IN INVENTING HIS WORLD-RENOWNED “Magnetic Elastic Truss” Dr. Plerce gave to e blic the most remarkable remedy ever iscovered for the successful treatment of Her- o or Rupture. Thousands of sufferers have | been permanently relieved andradically CURED | By his great app and thousands of others are mow on the roadlto complete recovery. This Truss is different from all others. It does the | ™26 can get our “BOOKLET No. 1 by call. ing at the office, or it will be sent on receipt of It tells all about this Truss, | | 8004 stout shoe at a medium price. a oent stams. LADIES DARK T-:Zx Jiox CUTQ LACE | | A r g SHOE, Coin 'oe, T "MAGNETIC ELASTIC TRUSS C0,, | fos, 0 7" 00 82,75 620 Market Street (Opposite Palace Hotel), H San Francisco. Eastern Offi #—New York City. a good stout shoe ing WHITE GOODS wvss SUMMER WEAR (Gl CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB. THE LAST DAY OF THE SEASON, SATURDAY, May 5. For the Benefit of the Fabiola Hospital THE FABIOLA DERBY And Five Other Races. A Large Assortment of LADIES' WHITE PIQUE OXFORDS, Complimentary Badges Will Not Be Honored. 30, | “eels 2o LADIES' SPECIAL BOATS leave 12:00, 12:30, 1.00, 1:30, | 2:00, 2:30, 3 p. m., connecting With trains run. | ning direct to the track gate. Returning special WHITE CANVAS OXFORDS, trains leave the race track at 4:15 and 4.4 |, Heels .. @ immediately after the last race. Purchase | LADIES e for Shell Mound. € | “Heels FISCHER'S CONCERT HOUSE, 122-12¢ O'FARRELL STREET. S JR., President. sy, We also have Full Lines of NEW SUMMER FOOTWEAR at POPULAR PRICES. Lillian_Waithe, soprano, and John Kurkamp, temor. Great Lambardi Opera Quartet. *la ITrl l";:l a(‘l 1) NCERT HALL—THE C. F. KAPP GOMPANY HOLMES FINALLY ADMITS SHORTAGE —— e ———— Commission Promptly Stops the | ard C. Holmes, in connection with those | der water or tari n of Short Cylinders. all along what length the eylinders were t has been learneéd from an outside | source that aft the urnment of the boare Wednesday the Commissioners | gathered informally to talk over the ru- | mors of @candal that had been going around during the day. They sent for | Holmes and s ders were short. He acknowledged | thirty got up to forty. | shorta S three feet., he said. | the C sioners gasped at this and | asked why the board had not been in- | formed. Mr. Holmes gave the reason al- ready stated, Duff was then sent for. He said he could tell how many cylinders were short +and how much so. as told to file a | written report yesterday. Holmes still declares that the specifica- nluns,]pm erly construed, call for second- class lumber, and reiterates his statement that Draughtsman Ulig told the bidding contractors that such lumber would be ace to Even | cepted. He does not state why Mr. U | If the specifications were clear on 115 point, found it necessary to instruct f bidders. Holmes does why, if it was understood by ail tha ond-class lumber could go into the cy ders, Mr. Denniston of the Improvem. ‘{'nm[lfln_\' thought it neces that his firm was putt ship planks into (Hem. “Are you convinced now that there shortage in the cylinders?” wan . \'('\‘lplrt ay of President Kilburn of the by who had stated day before who b a the day before that Yes, of cour was the y. | learned that there is.” e ; “W 'asn't it somebod, voard posted on suc asked. e Tt dent i se duty? W “The chief "engineer's, made a mistake in not m. the shortage. He shoul posted, and 1 think h duty Was in the matte residen: burn said a offic ves- tigation would be made. “A commitiisCor three lumbermen would first be appointed to make a report on the question of whether the lumber uzed was such as was called for by the specifications, Vast quantities of the timber used is now un- red over and ca passed on. Some that Is to be u?::fir‘nlr‘:'t:: remaining cylinders is still on the bulk- lhc‘ad, hol;n;\‘er"{ '};ho last of the cylinders ying on the dock was tz 2 3 e S tarred yesterday, ‘ommissioners Harney G Holmes shouid have Kept the. meneq®d formed of what was going on. Beyond this they had little to say, except that the matter would be investigated. Commis. sioner Herold said there was, plenty of money yet due the contracting firm “to save the State from loss. Holmes cleared himself of one c yesterday by producing the copy of :alregte- ter sent out November 27 to the contract. rs_informing them that owing to the carcity of long planks the longer staves is a asked | “I've duty to keep the matters?”’ was rtainly w ans vered the presi- of course. He aking reports of d have kept us e knew what his make the splicing legitimatée. Holmes did not produce this letter Tuesday. The con. }ractors acknowledge having received this etter. The best proof that it was understood by all firms but the successful one that ship’s planks should be used in construote ing the cylinders lies in the bids made by makers of the cylinders for supplyin; them to contractors who comemplateg trying for the job. The Pacific Tank Company submitted estimates to at least two of the unsuccessful bidders. This company made bids based on the use of ship planks, worth from $2250 to $30 a thousand, according to length. These prices were furnished this company at its request by the Pacific Pine Lumber Com- any. Second-class lumber is worth from 13 65 to §14 65 a thousand in the same lengths. The Commissioners paid a visit to the wharf yesterday morning. in com&mny with Engineer Holmes. Some soundings were taken for future use. The Thomson Bridge Company was one of the lowest of the unsuccessful bidders. Thomas Thomson of that firm says it might have secured the contract had it known second-class lumber would be ac- ceptable. This firm received its estimate on the cylinders from a Berkeley firm, which figured on first-class ship planks, as it understood the specifications called for. Mr. Thomson, like the other con- tractors, says he was never notified that second-class lumber could be used. Inspector Duff filed a report with the board yesterday showing a total shorte age in the 108 cvlinders driven of 477 feet. Tivse cylinders are now under water and it will be hard to verify these figures. The cylinders lying on the dock are ten feet short. The sixty and sixty-five foot ones are still to be made. but yesterday's order of the board will prevent them ge- ing constructed under the specified length. Corner Golden Gate avenue and Market street. CONTINUOUS VAUDEVILLE CONTINUOUS VAUDEVILLE GHT. EVERY NIGHT, Vi 830-832-834 Market .Street, BAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Take Notice — Time Table Changed. The evening train for Byron Hot Sprin, leaves at 5 o’clovk mmfi of 5p. m. ; % ked him how many cylin- | The average | in- | XIIL.—PORTRAITURE AT HOME. BY F. DUNDAS TODD. (Concluded.) In dealing with the portrait of a lady we must consider another and most im- portant point—gracefulness. This is at- tained by combining with the pyramid a double-curved line, well named the “line of beauty.” In figure 13 we have an ex- ample of portraiture in which the figure is composed on the lines of a pyramid; therefore the position is “stable,” but any one can see that it is not graceful If we run a line from the forehead through the middle of the composition we will find it will be perfectly straight. Lit- tle wonder that the pose is stiff. TLet us redraw the figure, keeping practically the same boundary lines, but arrange the pose so that the medial line will be a double curve, and at once we get the grace that was lacking. Did space permit I would go into this question more fully, but I have said enough to give a starting point and will content myself with offering a few hints on posing that deserve consideration. We do not as a ruie wish to see gracefulness in a man, therefore the double curve should not be used in male portraiture. Again, leaning a head away from the lens suggests meekness; toward it, vivac- ity and go. Now you can understand why some men’s portraits make them look so | submissive. As a matter of fact, expres- sion is largely dependent on the relative | positions of body, head and eyes to each other and to the lens. The most intelli- gent and alive expression is got by plac- ing the sitter's chair at right angles to the lens, then turning the body a little toward the camera, the head still more, and the eyes looking right into the lens. See figure 11. The most stupid expression is got by having body, head and eyes square on the lens. I need not illustrate this, as it is the pose that is perpetrated by every beginner. But I must hasten on to the problem of lighting, which is even more important than that of posing and more difficult to learn thoroughly. In this matter I in- tend to follow the practice of all the great painters, believing that what was good enough for them is good enough for me. In calling your attention to figure B oeoeoeoe e P e e R L e *bee L e e e FIGU | 15 T need hardly remind my readers that | | the character of the paper on which it is | printed prevents the use of anything but line drawings, which, it must be con- fessed, do not permit the rendering of the niceties of light and shade in the orig- inal, and therefore it is more than lkely that the reader will be unable to see in the illustration some of the points I de- scribe. But 1if he proceeds to put the teaching into practice he will have no difficulty in finding them on the sitter's face. The portraif by the way. is that | of James Inglis, who is, jeve. the greatest master of photographic lighting to-day, and to whom I am indebted for all I know on the subject On looking at the face we find it con- | tains lights and amine it morc lights and shadows do not mass but that the one ather, gradation | from pure white to deep black. There is no difficulty in locating the high lights and deep shadows, but it takes an edu- cated eye to note the subtlemess of the | radations, commonly called half-tones. rom the one extreme to the other. And even after they can be detected in the | finished print it is still dificult to appre- cilate them on the face, for here they are | complicated with the local color. Suppose we make a start with the shadows. One s very evident—that on | the sitter's right cheek, and now we can see another to the right of the nose and under the eyebrow. But a shadow tells | the direction of the source of light, for we know light travels always in a| straight line; so if the shadow is on the sitter's right then the source of light must | be on his left. But if it were decidedly on the left, the nose would throw a shadow right across the cheek, which it does not do. As a matter of fact, we see but a very narrow band of shadow cast O.+e—o—@—f0+®'+o+o+0*g * * |4 b . L& & * - - & ® | + + | i‘ - . 4| ® 1 . $ s * - 3 ¢ . 11 $ ¢ . . ; L bt FIGURE 1L 3 ‘.—O—Mo—o—@-re+e+-9-+.+. by the nose. €0 we' can argue that the | source of light must have been well for- ward—in fact, very close to the lens. But let us take a shadow lying in an- other direction and see what it tells us. | We find one under the right eyebrow therefore the source of light is above. But if it were rignt overhead the eyebrow would cast a shadow completely over the | eye; but it does not, and as the band of | aimdow is very narrow the light must come from a point well forward—in faet, | very close to the lens. This is further roved by the length of the shadow cast Py the nose on the upper lip, which it will be noticed is just a little below the nostril. Having located the position of the source of light we may with advantage ve a few minutes’ consideration to the igh lights and half-tones. The highest Hghts will be found on the left temple, the ridge of the nose, upper lip and chin i | not know what | shadows T described. | low or the sitter too near the light. | nostril there is too much bottom light, COURSE m PHOTOGRAPHY FOR AMATEURS. Copyright, 1900, by Seymour Eaton. —the two latter are not o noticeabls hers on account of the beard. The reader should now be able to see for himself how these high lights are connected with the shadows by means of half-tones. Now for the practical application of all this theorizing. Select a window having a clear view of the sky—that is, no over- hanging porch or trees In front of it—and cover the lower half with some opaque fabric, such as a sofa blanket pinned to the middle bar. his is because we learned that the light came from the top. [ P eh e ererere® B = R e o S B R R @+isiei et eseseseg Then plant your camera on a table right in front of the window and just as ¢ as you can get it, leaving only enough room for focusing. Now measure along the wall from one edge of the window a distance of three feet, then straight out from that point a distance of five feet Place a seat at this point and you are ready for work For your first subject T would advise a lady, or a gentleman with a clean-shaven face, #o that you can see the modeling PP eOeP e e et et e et eie® * v sisiederere e DO D R e e e e e O R e A RE 15 . | D040 0000060600000 00 0000 0000000000 00e0 readily. Get a pose as close to the ex- ample as possible, and then seat yourself in front of the camera so that your eye will be in front of the lens. (If there be anything I detest it is to see a man pop- ping his head under the focusing cloth all the time, for it clearly shows he does he wants A camera only a tool, and not until the pose and lighting are arranged should the ground glass be looked at.) Now look for the L e e e S R e At AR SRS S S g R R R R R R FIGURE 1. ¢ Qeiedeieiesedseiel® If the nose casts one too broad on the cheek turn the face a trifle nearer the window; if too narrow, then a little farther away. Now look at the eyes. Do you see the beautiful spark- ling catch Hghts—if so. where are they? The proper position is just on the edge of the eyellds: if they are lower the head is | tilted too high or the sitter is too far from the light. - If not visible the head is too Last the shadow cast by the It should not reach below If cut off square with the o raise the curtain a little higher on the window; or it may be the head is flung back. in which case lower it. Last of all examine the bridge of the nose. for hera is the proof of your problem. The bridze is a _mass of half-tone, and this should blend beautifully into the shadow beyond. If it show with a sharp line against the of all look at nose on the lip. the middle. | shadow the position of the sitter is nct correct and a movement is necessary. [ am sorry vou exactly in what direction, so vou must find out by trial. It is in this last little point that the hand of the master is shown, and it takes a long time to be- come a master. Now look at the ground glass, focus and expose. About backgrounds. This question both- ered me for ten years, and now I can tell all I know of the subject In a sentence. For children and young people let them be light: for middle-aged people use mid- dle-tinted grounds, and for old peopie let them be dark. Have them plain. [ use a sheet or a blanket, or focusing or anything that comes handy, but [ will a few inches I cannot tell I not use a ground that has a design of any kind whatsoever on it [ e e e e g M#NO’ > o Look out for the story of : 3 Uncle Sam’s haunted ships in + $ the magazine section of mext : + Sunday’s Call. If you love o 4 good ghost stories here is one + pe + : to your taste. : Q44444040000 0 4040040000000