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QUESTICNS FOR THE BAR. rs of the Bar Association believe rk the duties imposed upon therm 1 Call f the in attorneys in the con- The has made an hold the est to disbar the attorneys and to investigate “the Do they icion? members of . without falling them- ng in practices hardly the people are indiffer- 1 the matter? are pertinent to the issue presented ciation on of Chretien and the evasions of Rog- Bar s of the association do not be- Association to attend to 3 hot believe they can hold the 1 of the public while doing nothing to disbar eys; if they do not believe that ma 1 under suspicion of sanctioning prac- tices they ref > punish; if they do not believe the people to be v indifferen: and contemptuous oward whatever the association <nes or leaves un- re t de ting aiter the manner of fools ywing what is right refuse to fol- either becau e—then they or cowards who low because it, se they are afraid to do so, or their folly they deem it a better policy to tolerate a wrong than to fight it. Public sentiment on this phase of the probate scan- dals is spreading in extent and increasing in intensity. There is 2 rising popular demand that the Bar Asso- | ciation drive out of the profession the rascals who | are using the privileges of an attorney to defraud clients, make a mockery of the courts and rob the estates of the dead. . The attention of the intelligent | classes of the community is not confined wholly to ‘ what is being done by the Grand Jury in the Sullivan | estate case. It is watching the Bar Association and | waiting to see what is to be done by that body—a | body claiming to represent the honor and dignity of | the profession of the law. | By reason of the rapid growth of public sentiment | demanding a campaign of reform on the part of the I bar, The Call is no longer the only paper to sup- ] i | | port it The Oakland Tribune is among those now en- gaged in an effort to zrouse the Bar Association to a sense of its responsibility. It has pointed out the gross evils that exist and haveilong existed in the practices of the probate courts, and that an-immediate znd thorough reform is necessary for the protection i the public from “legal sharks” Commenting upon the means of effecting the reform it says: “No remedy can be applied that does not begin with | a purification of the bar. It is a purification that must come from within. - Unless the San Francisco| Bar | Association applies stern discipline to attorneys en- | gaging in this line of practice the evil will go on unchecked. 5 The cancer that is sapping the moral fiber | legal profession will spread till the bench itseif | 1s corrupted and the whole administration of jusfice poliuted From such expressions the members of the Bar Association can judge the tone of public sentiment. In fact, the issue is. in the slang of the day, “up to the association.” There zre many. members of the bar | who are proud of their personal integrity and their professional honor. Why <hould they not take an equal pride‘in their astociation? - Why_do they toler- ate as brethren of the bar rascals who. are only fit for the companionship of felons? Some enterprising citizen, evidently inspired by a grudge against the city, has made a unique request to the Board of Supervisors. .He wants: to “hunt jack- rabbits with a shotgun within city limits and seems to have no thought of the distressing reputation which his request will give us among Eastern cities. Those members of the State Board of Health who consider that their public acts are not in any sense the concern of the public should be tangiit in some way- that some men are endowed solely toenjoy the bless- ings of private life SRy Ziae s | tary ordinances of the city. % | " By reason of the impunity permitted to the owners | KEMPFF'S WISDOM. ECAUSE Admiral Kempff did not attack the B Chinese at Taku the American jingoes attacked him and made a detérmined effort to discredit him with the Navy Dcpartment and the country. The jingo thirst for gore has been growing since an American admiral went up and down the coasts of Samoa, shelling bamboo villages inhabited by chil- dren and the sick and aged, in the wake of a British officer, who said he began killing natives because it was s0 “‘d——d dull” It was expected that Kempff would beat to quar- ters at once and open war on China, and when he kept the tompions in kis guns, while the ships of the other nations were making war and doing what incon- siderate attion could to increase the dangers and diffi- culties of the situation the fire caters were ready to brand him as a coward, and in some quarters even his recall for court-martial was demanded. Before his report of the affair was made public the majc of the people had come to see the wisdom of his abstention. We were not at war with China. A rebellion against that Government had seized its forts, guns and armament, just as at the beginning of our Civil War the Confederates seized the forts, navy yards, Mint, Custom-houses and everything else that belonged to the United States south of Mason and Dixon’s line. But the territory was the territory of the United States, and because rebels held posses- sion of it was no reason why foreigners should invade if under any. pretext whatever. To abstain from aggression in the midst of that stirring action at arms required more bravery than was shown by any of the fleet officers who were in action. Misunderstood or misrepresented at home, he was likely to be also misunderstood by those on the scene, and his action to be ascribed to motives of overprudence rather than to a high view of his duty and the limitations of his authority. Had he joined the allies in the bombardment and assault he would have had their applause, and at home | the unthinking, who are always crying for war and then lamenting its results, would have enthroned him beside Dewey, and even those who would know the unwisdom of his action would forgive it or be silenced in the tumult and the shouting. In the midst of these perplexing considerations, out of which was the short way by doing wrong, which often is the shortest way out of doubts, he did pre- cisely right, nicely and discriminatingly right. All Lonor be to him for it. His action was instantly noted all over the world: Tt was not lost upou the Chinese. The firing and looting that went on were prompted by the tales of massacre, which it is now known had not occurred a: that time. If it have followed since no one dis- putes the provocation for it, offered by the allied ag- gression from which Kempff stood aloof. I it shall prove that the legations are safe, and that Americans throughout China are by the people differentiated from the people of the other nations and are more respected, that they will owe to his courage and diplo- m: acy. There are scrupled to pl: other admirals, alas! who have not ¢ to the jingo gallery and involve their country in a labyrinth of difficulties from which it will not issue for years to come. It required more courage and a higher manhood in Kempff to be wise at Taku than were necessary to some meteoric heroes who still inflate the stage and | monopolize its center. ERY rarely do the learned scholars who contrib- @ NOTEWORTHY COMMENDATION. ute the papers to the “Annals of the American \ Academy” condescend to take note of what 1s going on in the domain of journa m; and when they do it is generally for the purpose of condemning, o at least of disapproving, the methods that prevail in the work of the daily press. The swiftness with which the news of the world is gathered, digested and pub- lished does not commend itseli to men who take a week ‘to investigate the slightest subject and a month | to write out a report of it in what they regard as proper literary form. Still there are times when they notice in the press something of sufficient value in itself to be studied for information, or of sufficient excellence and expression to be accounted literature, and then it is gratifying to note they do not hesitate to give a voice of approval as strong and emphatic a3 is the common voice of adverse criticism. Within certain lines every intelligent person must hold in high esteem thie judgments of such men as conduct the “Annals of the Academy.” They may not be qualified to speak with authority concerning what is news, and how it should be treated; but upon mat- ters of culture and questions of education their de- cisions are among the highest and surest that caa be obtained in this country. We are, therefore, well pleased that the papers of “Our Home Study Circle” have attracted the -attention of the thoughtful class of men and have won their commendation. In the “Annals of the American Academy” for July one of the most important contributions is an article on “The American Newspaper,” in the course of which the writer says: “One of the most encouraging signs in the journal- ism of the day is the excellence and apparent success of the ‘Home Study Circle, conducted by Professor Seymour Eaton of Drexel Institute. The studies are written by specialists, among whom are many college men. The subjects are numerous and interesting, in- cluding literature, science, history, biography, art, government, political economy and industry. The | educational value of this movement ought to be very great.” The Call has had occasion so frequently to publish lefters commending the “studies” from men and women eminent in intellectual life that the value of the praise given in the Academy article is due mainly | to the fact that it shows how wide has become the interest in the subject and how much attention it is attracting from thoughtful persons of all classes. It is satisfactory to be able to bear witness that the in- terest is general among the people of California, and that those who have followed the various courses of study are among the most earnest in commending their educational value. A GRAND JURY DUTY. NCE more we remind the Grand Jury of tie duty ‘it has to perform in regard to China- town. No matter how many, nor-how in portant and ‘pressing, be the other investigations in which it is engaged they will not afford an excuse for overlooking the violations in Chinatown of the sani- of Chinatown property ifi. maintaining their premises in 'a foul and unhealthy condition ‘there has been brought upon San Francisco a plague scare and-a immense loss to business of all kinds. : not altogether 2 thing of the pa'gt -Some of the bad effects remain; and there also remains the danger that i the same conditions continye in Chinatown there THE SAN\ FRANCISCO CALL, WED creigns of Europe that they may as well go to Paris -safe for them there as it is for them to stay at home. = . o 2 | for something more seriou: quarantine which, taken together, have caused _.m‘,or = e : : hat evil is. A lous politicians can so gerrymander a State as to vir- may come out of them another scare, or possibly the plague itself: Furthermore, even if we forget the experience of the past and ignore the menace of the future, there is the law itself to be considered. It is the duty of the Grand Jury to see whether the laws of the city are enforced by the officials who have been charged with the responsibility of enforcing them. The sani- tary regulations cannot be honestly enforced unless impartially enforced. - The Board of Health that tol- erates a violation of the health ordinances by one class of property-owners while compelling another | class to obey them is guilty of a double violation of law. For the sake of an honest and just administra- tion of the sanitary ordinances, therefore, if for no other reason, the Grand Jury should take action in this matter. There is no problem to be solved in the situation. There is nothing complex about it. There is no tangle of public interests in opposition to private rights. It is a plain, straight issue between the law and certain property-owners who are maintaining their premises in violation of it. Morcover, the violations are of such a flagrant kind that the grand jurors can find no difficulty in obtaining evidence of them. Thus there is apparently nothing in the way of prompt and reso- lute action. Chinatown must be cleaned up, and the Grand Jury can render an important service to the public in compelling the owners of property in that quarter to begin the cleaning at once. THE NEXT LEGISLATURE. MONG the duties required of the Legislature next winter will be that of rearranging the Congressional, Senatorial and Assembly dis- tricts of the State. When that arrangement has been made it will stand for ten years. From the experi- ence of the past it is known that astute and unscrupu- S8 S et 4@“@‘<>‘@‘©¥©¥@¥©¥Q'Q¥’\\/¥Q‘Q*‘U*r PR T Tl LN oY S et S et ¢ tually prevent the voters from having anything like a fair representation in either branch of the State Leg- islature or in Congress. Aiter the last census, for example, a Democratic Legislature in Ohio so gerry- mandered McKinley's district that, notwithstanding the commanding personal popularity of that eminent statesman, he was actually defeated for re-election to Congress. Every intelligent man must recognize the impor- tance of electing to the Legislature men who can be relied upon to support the rights of the people when making up the electoral districts. Honest politics is desirable at all times, but in an issue of this sort it is of the highest importance. If the State be left to ba gerrymandered by a combination of railroad politi- cians and corrupt bosses: in different parts of the State there will then be such an advantage on the part of the bosses for ten years to come that they will be well nigh able to dictate who shall go to Congress or sit in the Legislature. The Southern Pacific managers are well aware of the advantage that will accrue to them if they can | capture the Legislature this year; and they are now | working to that end by every means their cunning can devise. In this city they are in combination with the Mint saloon gang and are backing such men as Wolfe for the Senate and Dibble for the Assembl In the interior of the State they are equally activi and, as we have had occasion to point out, they are | making strenuous efforts to prevent the election to the Senate of such stanch Republicans as the Hon. W. S. Robinson in the Third Senatorial District, Hon. W. | B. Lardner in the Fifth and the Hon. C. M. Belshaw in the Eleventh. These men in the last Legislature stood firmly against the schemes of the Southern Pa- cific Company to elect a corporation tool tothe United States Senate, and it is because of their firmness in defense of the honor of the Republican party and the welfare of California that the Southern Pacific and its allied bosses are now so eager to defeat them. Throughent the State the importance of the legisla- tive contest should be impressed upon the people, and the papers of the interior can render no better service to their constituents at this time than by emphasizing: this issue. Very soon the Presidential campaign will come to distract thé minds of men from State mat- ters. - Then the Southern Pacific will have its oppor- tunity. Now is the time for the independent Republi- can press to put the people on guard. None but strong and inflexible friends of honest politics, the rights of the people and genuine Republicanism should be nominated on the party ticket for the Legis- lature in any district. T L e s e e N It now appears that the reason why the allied forces of Christendom have not started on the march o Peking is that the British and the Russians could not agree as to which should control the railroad. Evi- dently Christian harmony is not incompatible with a large amount of suspicion that some of the Christians are not to be trusted cut of sight. It is evident that Kaiser William ought either to keep his mouth shut when he feels a warlike swelling in the head or else he should increase the powers and the salary of the fellows who run the press censor- ship.. A few more speeches like the last one will ruin his reputation as a Christian war lord. PR e The Chinese Six Companies say, in an address to the public, that there are no Tartars in America. The Six Companies may speak in all sincerity, but they might have told us the name of the particular breed of which the highbinder is an adornment. If the electric branches of the Market-street Rail- way Company continue to claim human lives in ex- change for municipal favor it might be wise for the authorities to make cvery car of the company fly a flag with a death’s head for a signal. t Special Commissionier Rockhill, who will report Chinese conditions for President McKinley, is evi- dently determined not to attempt any social relations with the Boxers: He says his investigations will be conducted from Shanghai. 2 In the destruction of the Stratton primary law the plug-uglies of politics see an opportunity to resume their old game of intimidation. Decent citizens should be more than ever determined to make decency supreme, ~ —_—— And even now Cuba is coquetting with the goddess of liberty. - The island patriots, aiter experiencing some nf-éuym‘ethocl,s,’:re not altogether sure that they want to imitate them on their own responsibility. The fate of King Humbert is a notice to the sov- te see the exposition if they wish. It is just about as ' William Jennings Bryan positively denies that he was hit the other day by a golf ball. He is-looking in the nature of a stroke lished in Brooklyl MY, ers in coin books. Je e enta scit-addressed and stamped specially created S¥om it is. desii SDAY, AUGUST 1, 1900 B XKoo X K KK KA RL S A A AAT AT AT AT AT A R O SRS THE FATHER OF LIES ABDICATES HIS THRONE. Rocky Mountain News. . CHINESE GORDONS PROPHECY. Significant Words of the Famous Military Leader Twenty Years Ago. )t@i"\\zt‘ut@t@t@tz LR R Rk = 3 PR RO HO T R DR R TRORDH PN AR AR R DSESESESETESETETS RS A S A S A S ATSASASASAT O HERE was probably no European more qualified to ex- | press an ooinion of the Chinese than Colonel Gordon, more commonly called Chinese Gordon, New York Sun. His militar; during the two years from 1383 to 1865, when he commanded the | B . gave him a unique ex- perience of the Chinese and an insight into thelr somewkat Ever Victorious army, as it was style complex character. With the crudest of material and in spite of the strongest an opposition that would have been fatal but for | received throughout his short term of service under the Emperor of China from Li Hung Chang, he organized a force that under European officers of nearly every | suppressed the Taeping | ence of China and the | The opinions he expressed, therefore, have at the opposition, the loyal support he nationality, including some America rebellion then threatening the ex dynasty. present moment exceptional value. One which he gave confidentially to a friend in 1880 when | just on the point of leaving for India, where he had | post of secretary of the Viceroy, Lord Ripon, is Speaking of troops, he denied that they were cowards in one sense. held that they did not fear death, though he had seen them stand up bravely sometimes and then flee like sheep afterward. But what Europeans would have to consider was, he said, the awful consequences of a general movement, when least ex- in the vast Inert mass of hundreds of millions of men to overwhelm the foreign devils whom they hate like poison. "The danger of such an outburst, Gordon' said, became vear on account of the way the Chinese wers he was ccepted the just now of particular interest. pected, greater every frivolous. When t the aggressi weapons, then th: with the aid of whose strange | says the | army. peans could march be over. Speaking of the their serviee. The the Chinese He ruled by the class for the forty years character don_a posi to China and prophetic ri: was ¢ would buy guns and rifles and ships, and ropeans, who would always be found ready to drill and organize them, they would create a formidable France, Russia and England, he emphatically declared, belng continually harassed by the European states with de- mands for compensetions, in some cases just, in others quits .y saw that their only means of meeting to organize an army with improved Of one thing Gordon felt quite sure. The days when Euro- up to Chinese troops in position, or in de- fense of a position, and sweep them away like files, would soon There would be no more military promenades by a few hundred British and French troops through the country, driving thousands of Chinese befors them. authorities, Gordon sald a mandarin was never to be trusted, and he was only too glad when he left English, in his opinion, made the mistake of thinking they were welcome wherever they went, but in fifteen or twenty years they would find proof to the econtrary. With all their superstitions, their vices and their ignorance, the Chinese were, in Gordon's estimation, far too good to be that governed them. The governments of had before the time he spoke treated the Chi- nese most scandalously. Current events are proving how accurately Chinese Gordon judged the situation, and the regret is that certain defects of temperament should have caused him to aban~ n in_which he could have rendered great service civilization. China to-day, Gordon's words of twenty years ago have & In the light of what is passing In PERSONAL MENTION. T. W. Patterson, a banker of Fresno, is a guest at the Lick. 1 i { J. C. Hudner, a well-knowsn attorney of | Fresno, is at the Lick. W. P. Lynch, a prominent mining man | of Oroville, is at the Lick. E. W. Allen, a big fruit grower of San Jose, is registered at the Lick. Dr. J. L. Bond, a prominent physician of Ukiah, is registered at the Lick. Abe Marks, one of Ukiah's well-known merchants, is a guest at the Lick. Colonel J. H. Calef, U. S. A., and wife are registered at the Occidental. J. Park Channing, a mining man of New York, is at the Palace. W. A. McNamara, a prominent mer- chant of Eureka, Humboldt County, is in town. J. E. White of the United States army arrived from Cuba last night on his way to China. He is registered at the Palace. Coroner Cole left yesterday afternoon for a briet vacation on his Calistoga ranch. He has entirely recovered from his recent attack of sickness. H. C. Bush, general agent of the freight department of the Santa Fe Company, severed his connection with that corpora- tion yesterday and assumed the general manageément of the Colorado Midland Railroad, ‘with offices in this city. —_——————————— CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, July 3L—Bernard Gal- lagher of San Francisco is at the St. James. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. NO PREMIUM-S., Mount Eden, Cal, No premium is offered for a $ piece of 1844, BROOKLYN EAGLE—A. M., City. It is sald that the most popular paper pub- is the Eagle. THE PASSION PLAY—A. B, City. The Passion Play by means of moving pictures was presented in this city within six weeks and a lecture was given in expla- nation of the pictures. “THE BARONESS OF NEW YORK'— | A correspondent is anxious to know the name of a poem founded on a toast pro- 4 at a_gathering and entitled *The aroness of New York.” Can any of the readers of this department oblige by Xur-( nishing the name? COINS AND COIN BOOKS—Subscriber, Berkeley, Cal. A dime of 1839 does not command a_premium. This department does not advertise dealers in coin noe envelope the address —of - such dealers would have been sent him. AGRICULTURE—A. 8., Irvington, Cal. It is ten years since thére have been any accurate figures which show the propor- tion of those engaged in agriculture to those engaged in other industries, - The recent ‘census will develop that, and until the figures are given out it is impossible to give an answer to the question, as there has been a great increase in pop! tion in ‘that period. HIGHEST RANK—H, M. J., Bisbee, ‘Ariz. The highest rank in the United ‘States ‘army is general, next comes lieu- enant general. ‘The of general is - & by Congress for soldiers om to honor. Those who -~ MUST SERVE—Anxlous Subscriber, City: If a German boy of 19 who never served in the German army goes to the United States, becomes a .citizen therecof O e acs seturs. there, hg s liabie fof military service. The United States does His | retirement from Santa Fe circles is sin- cerely regretted by his associates, 1f- the correspond- | | | | l | such | during a period of four months. | Napoleon never caused a tear to not protect its adopted citizens in the matter of an obligation they owe to the country of their birth and which was not paid prior to becoming citizens. By cour- tesy to the United States the German Government, in time of peace, permits dopted citizen to visit German terrl Tory without penalty of military service visitor overstays that time he is Hable to arrest and service in the army. JOSEPHINE'S LAST WORDS-E. W. G., City. It was Josephine of France who said: “I shall die regretted. I have al- ways desired the happiness of France. I | did all in my power to contribute to it. I can say with truth that the first w{i‘fe“qg ow.. It is written that these were her last words: BULLETINS FROM CHINA. Some Grapevine Dispatches Which Are Not Very Different From the Real Variety. PEKING, July 25.—Empress Tsi Ann is said to have stopped at the legations while riding her bicycle this morning. It is evident that the legationers were safe, as she had her tires pumped up there. SHANGHAI, July %.—Prince Wun Big Ti this morning received a message from Viceroy Fib Sum What stating that the Boxers have burned Peking and compelled | the Emperor of China to swallow one of his proelamations. The Emperor expired in great agony: CHEFU, July 25.—A Chinese runner from Peking says that -the Iimperial troops have struck for back pay and that the weekly massacre has been’ postponed for that reason. - PEKING, July 20 (delayed in transmis- sion).—The Empress this afternoon or- dered the troops to cease bombarding the legations for one hour, during which time she entertained the besieged with a pink fea. The Tsung i Yamen has issued an edict based on this act, showing that the foreigners have nothing to fear. TIENTSIN, July 25.—Li Hung Chang declined to assign any reason t|or :um:r;p o Peking, saying that he was tired think- :ng upmixcuses and that hereafter the ublic could choose any one of the reasons e has heretofore assigned, and he would stand by it for the next ten hours. UMSCADOOSKI, Sibveria, July 2%5.—A Chinese spy was discovered in the Russian fort here to-day. He was betrayed by his own efforts to shout, “Hurrah for General Shootemsoquickavitschiskl,” his parox- ysms being painful to see. Because of this fact the ieneral has memorialized the Czar asking that his name be added to the armament of Russia. NANKING, July %.—Prince Tuan has twenty million troops massed in the base- ball park awaiting orders. PEKING, July 25.—Emperor Kwang Hsu announces that there will be no messages sent out by the Ministers. to-day, as the individual who has been writing them is indisposed. WHANGHOW, July 2%.—Prince Bug Hous has recelved a message from Peking saying that on last Tuesday the Empress carried a hamper of club sandwiches to the legations and collected their laundry, which she is having done at her own ex- pense. The Emperor is also said to have taken poison and shot himself through the heart at a late hour last night. This was not his regular day to die, but he said he was anxious to attend to some other matters later on in the week.—Baltimore American. 7 —— e READ THIS ALOUD. READ THIS ALOUD. you cross a stick across a stick, stick across a stick, a cross, i TOSS ACTOSS & Cro: stick, 83, stick across a crossed stick across a stick. crossed stick across a crossed crossed stick across a ACToss ax an acrostic?. . . 999922 | i i cross, stick, i & % | ART AND ARTISTS. | HERE are two Whistlers In town this week—etchings - both—"The Forge’ and “The Fiddler.” The date of the former (1866) is a sad, | small reminder of the passing of | great days. Whistler, the perennial- ly young, the greatest eraftsman of | this century, must be becoming an old man now. What an incongruous combina- | tlon—Jimmy McNeill Whistler and the lean and quiet habit of the septuagena- | rian! “The Forge” is a fascinating drawing, | very broadly treated and of an airy sug- gestiveness verv characteristic of Whis- | tler's earlier etching. It shows all the | artist's easy mastery of line, and in the {left half at least his strong sense of | values. The figure at the forge is a won~ | derful piece of lighting. ~‘“The Fiddler,” a finished head on a roughly suggested | figure, is also most interesting. The deli- | cate finish of the face and head—suggest- {ing Rembrandt—and the broad lines of the rest make an Interesting combination. Helen Hyde sends over from Japan a pretty proof of the best drawing that we nave yet seen of hers—“A Japanese Ma- donna.” It has been reproduced by the foremost woodeutter in Japan, and shows most perceptibly and happily the influ- ence of the art of the country tpon Miss | Hyde's work. Gertrude Partington has left Philadel- phia, where she has been staying for some months, for Paris. Miss Partington, in conjunction with Alice Rix, has been en- gaged by Richard Gilder ot the Century | Magazine to do work for the magazine while in Paris. As a reversal of the usual order of | things, it is pleasant to announce in the coming of Boardman Michael Robinson to California_the domiciling of a new artist | in_our midst. i Mr. Robinson is a native of Nova Scotia, educated in his art partly in Boston, partly in the art schools of Paris, but more particularly through independent study during a delightful artistic vaga- bondage which took in all the principal | French and Itallan galleries. The young | student—he is now but 23—found the man- | nerisms, conventions and traditions of the | Parisian art schools but little to his lik- |ing, and his sojourn among them was of the briefest. Eut though he deelined to permit the conventional and mediocre methods of the schools to affect his indi- | viduality as an artist, | from his work that Mr. Robinson was | powerfully influenced by the Whistler | movement in Paris. | In the “Portrait of a Young Man" ex- | hibited in the Saion du Champs de Mars | of 1599, the first picture by Mr. Robins “u- attract ‘tlnv an:mlnnl of _erities, t Whistler influence is noticeably apparent, it is still more in evidence in other work of his—the reach after an absolute sim- | plicity of treatment, after the elusive, poetic, forbidden mysteries of tome, an ute | termost synthesis in effect—in contradis ;llncuuu to the detailed and garrulous art. ‘About such work it is difficult to = | sy the end. That Mr. Robinson has Aot | attained his ultimate method of expres- sion is apparent, but with his ea fah-.o:u(e sincerity and utter ay | the offective slang evidence to-day t worth while. of painters so mueh ju e final result evid ult should he | There are some interesting Frenc! jeets rfl.\lr(.l }Egblnison‘s studio, lhen fll‘.‘. F oud, the | very biie and délicate handiing g ] [a‘tacony at Naples and some Califoraig subjects are also interesting. . Cal. glace fruit 50¢ per Ib at Townsend's. s —_——— ~ | special information supph a.w‘“‘ | business houses and pum e ol Press Clipping Bureau (Allen':;‘.' gm . gomery st. Telephone Main 1042, & & ——————— Do You Enjoy Comfort - When you travel? If you do, buy your ?"" via the Northern Pacific R'y and ride the “Ngrth Comst Linited.” the most perfe ap-