The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 26, 1900, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1900, BRITISH FINANCES. MONDAY DER ordinary circumstances the new British Parliament would not meet until after the Janu- ary holidays. The circumstances, however, are _ mot ordinary. The empire is in need of money. The VA'\HC«-A‘A:;\MM' nications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. |.estimates for the expenditures of the war in South \IA:\'A“T‘.R'.\ OFFICE. .......Telephone Press 201 | Africa were far short of the real cost, and conse- i quently Parliament will have to meet for the purpose of providing. the Ministers with money. For many a year past British financiering has been a comparatively simple matter. The fiscal policy of the country has remained undisturbed, and whether Conservatives or Liberals were in power has been a s0.00 | Matter of little moment to the business interests of 3.00 | the people. It is now probable a change may take '&o | place, and that fact gives to the new Parliament an .15 | irterest to the industries and the commerce of the 1-% | empire which has not been felt before by men of this zed to recelve generation. Two facts confront the nation. There must be an dress should be | increase of revenue obtained by an increase of taxa- RESS in order | tion, and there must be money borrowed to meet the 5 thelr TeauC | immediate needs of the Government. Each of these ++.1118 Broadway ficts presents a new issue to the people. How shall GEORGE KROGNESS, the revenues be increased? For the first time in this dvertising. Marguette Buildingy. Chicago. generation there is a strong party that advises an in- o R e crease of tariff duties; that is to say, a surrender of the free trade principle. How shall the money be borrowed? There is a party that claims the loan should not be offered on equal terms to all the world, but that it should be placed at home, and that also is a surrender of free trade. It is not likely that either of these “home market” ideas will win at this time. So far as the loan is con- OHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. S PUBLICATION OFFICE .Market and Third, S. F. Telephone Press 201. to 221 Stevenson St. 202. CBITORIAL ROOMS. . Telephone e Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. xle Copl Including Postage: Delivered b Sunday), 3 months. ingle Month One Year. LL, One Year All postmasters ar ~ab ple coples will be forwarded when requested subscribers in ordering change of a e b NEW AND OLD AT correct compliance w OAKLAND OFFICE c: r Foreign A NEW YORK C. C. CARLTON. . CORRESPO! XDENT: .Herald Square NEW YO STEPHEN B. SMITH. . ENTATIVE 30 Tribune Bulldinz STANDS A. Brentano, 31 Union Square: t Northern Hotel ) OFFICE . CRANE, ¥ G St.. N. w. can be borrowed cheipest appear to be in control of pndent. the situation. London dispatches of the 24th quote the new Lord Mayor as saying: “It is merely a S—s2 Mon Haves er of Clay, open ) 930 o'élock. 615 Larkin, open unty | Matter of utilitarianism. American c:lpllal is bound jon. open until to improve business here. As to placing government loans in America, patriotism naturally prompts me to nglish financiers should have the first chance; but if Americans give better terms, why let them have them by all means.” That view of the financial question will probably prevail without trouble, but all signs point to the con- clusion there will be « harder fight on the question of taxation. The present government has increased the income tax to one shilling, has added a new stamp duty and augmented the taxes on-wine, tobacco and tea. It is argued with a good deal of force that such taxation cannot be safely carried much further, and that for the additional revenues required tariff taxes must be imposed. A writer in the National Review presents the question in this way: “Beer and tobacco are already so heavily mulcted that they cannot greater imposts. Whence then are we to get the millions which will be needed if our national position is to be rendered secure? I answer that the political fads of the '50's and '60’s and ’70's must be discarded by a new administration. The conditions which rendered them useful and salutary . open until 9 o'clc ay AMUSEMENTS. rnia—Haverly's Minstrels. Opera-house—""Das Rheingold.” dy etreets—Specialties afternoon and Vaudeville every carry BREFK NG THE TRADE RECORD. commerce last week was the an- the October expo from the have long since passed aw: vet such is the force of ¢ that the month had | routine, such that inertia of mind to which allusion his business. Nor is | has been so often made, that men are still enslaved ten months ending October 31 also | by them. As we shall have to fight for our lives we recor ., 80 it appears t the assertion, t must neglect no weapon. A tanff offers us at once late, that the export trade of the coun- a means of raising funds for naval armaments, of ob- taining allies and of weakening the enemies who are e of reater than ever before was based on fact. exports in October amounted to $163,093,597, or | plotting our fall. With a tariff, too, we can consoli- - October, 1894. The exports for the | date the empire. * * * [ have never been able to wounted to $1,104,775,205, or double understand why in cur customs system we should those he corresponding period in 1804, During | divorce political aims from finance.. The two go s of 1900 the exports exceeded the im- | hand in hand, and do not lie in separate, water-tight ports by $409.667.936, while in the same ten months in | compartments. Nor can we afford in these times to e reverse was the case—the imports exceeding | lose so valuable and so keenly tempered a weapon as s by $06.663,260. Thus in six years we have | a tariff. Living in a world of protectionists, however ur export t The year 1900 will, for the he history of our commerce, show an re than $100,000,000 value in every mohth for the first time a single month— —passes the $150,000,000 line. g condition bids fair to keep up. All de. much we may regret it, we also must protect.” One further issue is to be noted. The Government has repeatedly said the Transvaal must be made to pay a large part of the cost of the war. Now, as any taxation upon the impoverished farms of the land is well nigh impossible, that means the gold mines must orts indicate a continuationn of this | be taxed; and the owners of the mines have begun t demand, and domestic business | already to protest. They assert that the chief griev- provement. Thus the country’s bank ance of the outlanders against the Boers was the heavy st week showed a gain of 19.8 per cent | taxation of the mines, and ask with a good deal of week last year, and, what is equally |indignation if the British Government is now going to e beer street nce at this wa over. is deman The Board of Supervisors has accused the Board of Works of committing a gross fraud on the public in reference to street sweeping contracts. Perhaps that uew broom of proverbial thoroughness has worn out. Uncle Sam, it is said, took the royal word of the Sultan of Turkey that the Smyrna indemnity would be paid. And it begins to look as if the Sultan thought that his words were golden. of the very largest cities exhibited an | step in and tax them more heavily still. New York being 26.4 per cent. It will be seen that the questions are inte-esting a number of stock brokerage failures | and are of importance to more people than the to be expected, as all violent ' lapse of free trade in the land of its birth, and that h some operators on the wrong | change will affect commerce all over the globe. ther the market goes up or down. etk Sl ece study of a photograph of the Prince of Wales discov- s showed little change during the week, ¢red that the trousers of the Prince were not creased, mued to cecline, owing to large supplies and now the clubmen of the city are wondering what more than at this time last year, the quamil\' must vanish. 2 . e e afloat is more than liberal, while in the 2t terminal points are immense. THE EAST WAKING UP. aexy, and i 58 daicrell ih conieaiinoe. ks NE of the most gratifying features of the pres- ie, on the contrary, seems to be in good shape ent discussion of arid land problems brought branches report a good demand at steady and, about by the mieeting of the Irrigation Con- a poor showing at the moment. Unseason. | IIterest i‘n the subject. For a lon_g time the press of her in the East and West has cut down the that section treated the matter as if it were a Western for clothing materially, sales at Atlantic mar- | Scheme to loot the Treasury, but now a new light has liquidation of embarrassed concerns threatens to |th€Y are coming forward in support of the project. throw quantities of stock on the market. Aside from | Along with the change in the press comes a change this depression in textiles, however, manufactured ™ the sentiment of business men in the East. Thus at many points, and prices in some are rising in re- lished a letter from a correspondent in Chicago say- sponse to this improved inquiry. - Otherwise there is | I8 “It would seem strange, at first, that so few nothing new in the staples | business men realize what vast possibilities there are The public, after holding aloof for nearly a year, have | irrigation of the arid lands. But the majority, nc started in to buy, and purchases for investment are doubt—like ourselves until recently—have given the enormous. In fact, most of the business just now is |Matter very little thought. ‘We have, however, of late under this activity, but there has been no pressure on | deeply impressed with its importance to all the com- the market, and indeed rates have not advanced as | mercial interests of the country. There is no doubt much as anticipated. that the Government ought to take hold of the ing new. There is 1 good, steady demand for ai] | engineers and experts, and preserve the forests, build classes of merchandise, and the export trade of the | reservoirs to save the flood waters, and build the grea: port continues brisk. Cereals are dragging some- | dams and main'line canals necessary to bring the trade at the moment. Otherwise conditions remain |this were done, what is now a vast uninhabitable waste the same as for some weeks. would be rapidly filled with a dense and prosperous population.” would result to all sections of the Union and to the business interests of all by a comprehensive system of irrigation of the arid districts. It is said there are main that can be brought under cultivation by irriga- tion at a cost of about $150,000,000. The expenditure would be in the nature of an investment, for the rev- Tt is s2id that the murderous Prince Tuan is to be | would repay the Government even if the lands should banished. As nobody would welcome him this may | be thrown open to free settlement instead of being be the diplomatic way of saying that he will have to |sold. Such a region could support a population of the excifement following the | British. In fact, the coming year may see the col- e week were 238, against 101 for An enterprising New Yorker having made a close d The visible supply 8,000,000 | t0 do about it. An impression prevails that creases too heavy a load for the mar- R ing prices. Wool, like wheat, vention at Chicago is the evidence given of Eastern s are far below the season volume, and the | 42Whed upon some of the more influential papers and goods are meeting with a better distributive demand |the Republican of Springfield, Mass., recently pub- The stock business in Wall street continues large for commercial development in the West through the this account. Money has naturally hardened |&iven the subject consideration, and we have become i In the San Francisco market there is almost noth- ;‘P"’blem in a broad way as recommended by its own what, being, in fact, the most unsatisfactory line of | Water within reach of settlers on the public land. If It would be difficult to exaggerate the benefits that upward of 75,000,000 acres of land in the national do- enues derived from the products of the redeemed soil et off the earth. 2 many millions of people, providing a new market for many kinds of American products and furnishing other products for export. for that reason the evidences now forthcoming of pop nitude of the enterprise. McKINLEY ON THE VICTORY. A Republicans, policy of the administration, were yet allegiance this year; and last but by no means lea country. polls, the President said: people of what they believe and would have main- tained in government. campaign. and beneficent government under American sover- eignty in the Philippines. American credits are un- impaired, the honor of the American flag unsullied peace unrepudiated.” An election of such a character imposes great re- sponsibilities upon the administration. There is now no such thing as a genuine opposition party in the country. The fused elements of Democracy, Popu- | lism, -free silverism and bourbonism, which made up the Bryanite party, are rapidly resolving back to their primitive condition. There is no organization capable of intelligent criticism and restraint upon the action of the party in power. Thus the administration has virtually no limit upon its action within the scope of the constitution, and has to meet every issue of the time with an undivided responsibility. The President very justly pointed out that many of these issues “are too exalted to be matters of partisanship,” and that statement in itself gives assurance that the administra- tion in the performance of its duties will be guided by patriotism and wisdom. THE SACRAMENTO CONFERENCE, UT of the Sacramento conference it is reason- O able to expect that much good will come. A gathering composed of representatives of the Development Association of the Valley, members of Congress from the State and members of the Legisla- ture from districts within the region covered by the association, certainly had in it all the elements re- quired to devise a comprehensive plan of improve- ments and to give it an effective support, both at Sacramento and at Washington. The discussions at the conference naturally included a wide range of subjects, all of which are important. Due attention was given to the movement for devi: ing a plan for protecting our forests and preserving the water supply. That issue indeed is one which can- not at this time be overlooked at any gathering of representative Californians, who meet to consider the welfare of the State. Other measures of hardly less importance were also taken up, and ways and means agreed upon for promoting them. According to the reports the conference agreed that California Congressmen should ask for a clause in the river and harbor bill authorizing the engineers to use the money appropriated for the lower Sacramento on any portion of the river desired. It was also decided that $300,000 more was needed for dams to impound mining debris. In the effort to obtain these and other improve- ments requiring aid or legislation from the Federal Government the people of California will profit much by their wisdom in re-electing so many Congressmen who have already had experience in the House. Our State delegation in the next Congress will be made up mainly of men who have been in the House long enough to learn its methods of procedure and to make their personal influence felt. Consequently, even if all that is asked for be not obtaimed at the coming success when the new Congress meets. We are on the right road at last, and now, if harmony prevail for the whole State, we may expect California to at- that are rightly hers, The French Government seems to be unusually ex- ercised over the assertion that we have gained an ad- vantage over her by securing the secret of her new gun. She probably feels nettled by the fact and ad- vantage, which are not secret, that we have different men behind the guns, Governor Roosevelt has decided not to remove Mayor Van Wyck of New York because that worthy gentleman had stock in the ice trust. The Governor possibly believes that it would be cruel to punish a man for making use of what is, since the election, a necessity of life. WIS RS R Berkeley has been reading his young men some excel- snobs. N is greatly in need of some new Judges. A Federal referee in this State has decided that a man's hearse is exempt from execution when he needs it in his business. This, however, does not silence the objection which most of us have to this particular de- tail of our inevitable business. ‘The expose which The Call made of the criminal importation of Chinese at this port is bearing rich fruit. The authorities at Washington have been slow upon the to act, but they have ordered reforms at last lines suggested by this paper. ; The great work cannot be accomplished by any power less than that of the nation, and consequently until by a campaign of education the Eastern people have been taught the full value of the plan we can hardly expect to see anything of importance attained. It is ular interest in the subject on that side of the conti- nent are so gratifying to all who understand the mag- FTER all that has been said of the significance of the popular vote in the recent election it has been left for President McKinley to state it best. He has given in due proportion credit to each of the great popular elements that combined to achieve the victory. These elements were the stalwart the conservative Democrats, honest i anti-imperialists who, while opposed to the Philippine sufficiently | patriotic to support it against Bryanism; the Republi- | can contingent which, after leaving the party on the financial question in 1896, returned to their rightful | Knopf, I have been told. has been work. what the President called “the almost unbroken col- umn of labor,” and business men in every part of the Concerning the issues which brought all these ele- ments of the people into harmonious action at the | “It is not the triumph of an individual, nor alto- | gether of a party, but an emphatic declaration by the | cerned, the advocates of borrowing money where it | A great variety of subjects was presented and discussed in the progress of the It records the unquestioned indorsement of the gold standard, industrial independence, broader | markets, commercial expansion, reciprocal trade, the | open door in China, the inviolability of public faith, the independence and authority of the judiciary and peace and the obligations of a righteous war and treaty of | session this winter, there will be a good chance of and all members of the State delegation work together tain at the national capital the prestige and influence In declaring that there must be no class distinctions in an intellectual democracy President Wheeler of lent advice. He might have added for the benefit of the rest of us that there should be no intellectual Governor Brady of Alacka announces solemnly that Alaska is sadly in need of some new laws. He might also with propriety have suggested that the Territory, particularly in the neighborhood of Nome, OOCIETY 4 F you happen to meet Mrs. Page or Mrs. Yeamans or Mrs. Freese with- in the next few days you want to be careful not to let the conversation drift in the direction of “linen.” All these ladies are linen connoisseurs, but nevertheless it i= just as well not to men- tlon the subject in their presence. Mrs. Page, Mrs. Yeamans, Mrs. Freese, Mrs. Tubbs of Oakland and several others whose names just at present I do not recall have met Knopf, a linen drummer; hence their wrath and the natural conse- quence of it. Knopf is a wily chap, ana accord!ng to the tale he told the ladies who grieve be- ¢ause they met him—the representative of some of the best known European fine | linen maufacturers—he took large orders from all of the ladies whose names 1 have mentioned, and some were trusting enough to let a substantial deposit go with their orders. Of course, they never got the linens. ing his “linen” game for more than Lwo years and has found victims in all the big citles of the t. as well as here. It _!.! also quite probable that other ladles will meet the drummer, for I have been told ke has just arranged to establish his headquarters in this cf . T call it a shame that Isabelle Preston | should keep the detalls of her approach- | Ing_wedding such a dead secret. The cards are out, but they only tell that Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Preston want you to be | present at the wedding of their daughter | Isabelle to Len D. Owens, Thursday, De- | cember 12, at 3 o'clock at St. Luke's Church. A little bird has been busy. whis- pering that there is to be a long string of bridesmaids and ushers and something altogether lovely and - novel In a color scheme arrangement, but besides “birdie" there is mo one who will tell a single thing. Isabelle, I understand, has sworn them to secrecy. By “them” T mean the fortunate ones who will lead the way for her to the ‘altar. She has made them take a solemn oath to “reveal nothing,” and strange and awful to relate tney are keeping their respective word. I have tried hard, but can find out nothing ex- cept that her two beautiful sisters, Edith and Norma, will be among her attend- ants. Anybody, though, might have guessed as much as that. Oh yes, T also know that a reception follows the cere- monyat the residence of the bride's par- ents, 2104 Van Ness avenue, and that while hundreds of invitations have gone out for the ceremony, cards to the re- ception which is to foliow have been lim- | itea. . | | | | | £ Tetde Maybe we have not cause to be proud of Rose Hooper! Three miniatures at the { Hopkins Institute exhibit and critics and | art lovers exhausting their supply of laudatory adjectives each time one is mentioned. The miniatures on exhibition, ‘‘Empress Eugenie,” “Princesse de Lam- balle” and “A baby,” represent the choicest specimens of Miss Hooper's art. She brought them back with her from Parls, where they whAn the encomium of the most exacting crities. I find it hard to belleve that Rose Hooper—one of us girls—can do those seemingly magic things. But if you want to see talented Rose at her best you want to get Mrs Joe Tobin to show you the miniature, Just completed, of herself. The likeness is perfect. The coloring is exquisite and the | delicate shade of the decollette pink gown is a splendid foll to the perfect col- | oring of the skin and hair. Rose is mighty proud of the miniature of Mrs. Joe and has every right to be so. Just at present a miniature of Mrs. Stubbs is oceupying Miss Hooper's time and atten- tion, and the next miniature in order {s to be one of Mr. Stubbs. R T predict that the jolllest affair of the holiday season will be the private theatri- cals to be given by Bessie Ames along about Christmas time. The prettiest girls and the cleverest men are to take part, and they are going to give a vaudeville performance that is bound to be “the greatest ever.” The Ameses have a reputation for pri- vate theatricals. Several years ago they gave a “living picture” show that estal- lished the high standing of splendid Mrs. Ames as a hostess. Alice Ames (Mrs. Robbins) was the young lady of the house SWELL MATRONS MEET & LINEN DRUMMER. BY ‘SHLLY SHARP. — MRS. E. AVERY McCARTHY, WHO., AT THE GRAND OPERA. MAJOR RATHBONE HAS SAID, IS | THE BEST DRESSED OF ALL THE SWELL REGULAR ATTENDANTS % then and she was quite as popular and enterprising as is her jolly ter, Bessie, to-day. The Ames’ “living pictures” were the talk of many days. That splen- did old drawing-room up at the Taylor- street house was laid out like the floor of a beer garden and the refreshments served were in keeping—beer and pretzels and all the rest of it. Since the living picture affair the stage constructed es- pecially for the occasion has been the most prominent feature of the Ames cel- lar. I understand that it is to that stage and its inocuous ‘desuetudedness” that we owe the scheme of the coming enter- tainment. I also hear that Dr. Harry Tevis is to repeat his effort of the for mer ‘affair and in addition will show what a wonderful “spieler” has been lost in him. The preparations for the show have not been sufficiently overwhelming, however, to make Bessie forget her cello nor her milk diet. When Bessle came back from Paris she brought a wonderful musical record and a surplus of too, too solid flesh. She has stuck to her music, but the flesh—she is trying to drop it by an exclusive menu of skimmed milk three times a day. I belfeve the first Friday in December is the date set for the initlal dance of ths jolly Friday Fortnightlies. We are to meet at the same old hall—Lunt's—and in- dulge in the same cooiing lemonade be- tween dances. But who gives a fig for supper or punch when compared to ths splendid time one always Is sure to have at the Fortnightly? Last year Mrs. Sal- isbury’s club developed several splendid leaders. Speaking of leaders reminds me that 1 am anxious for information and fairly perishing to know what has become of poor old Ned Greenway. et i Two delightful affalrs during the week were the Murphy tea and the Bent luncheon. Addie Murphy's tea was In honor of Elena Robinson, the debutante daughter of Mrs. Jimmic Robinson. Ethel Bent gave her luncheon at the University Club, and although It was only a very small affair it was none the less delightful. Mrs. Bent has seen many WORLD’S NAVAL NEWS The triple-screw engines of the Russian armored cruiser Gromobol had an official | trial last month and developed 15496 horsepower, exceeding the contract by #6. | . . Two battleships, six armored cruisers, | two protected crulsers and two sloops are | to be lald down at once for the British | navy. The battleships, named Queen and | Prince of Wales, are to be bullt in the dockyards; the armored cruisers Cornwall | and Suffolk and the cruisers Challenger | and Encounter are also to be built in Gov- ernment yards, while four armored eruis- | ers and two sloops go to private yards. | BT The French Minister of Marine recently | took a trip in the submarine boat Gus-| tave Zede and expressed himself as highly | gratified with the results. The boat pro- | ceeded at a uniform depth below water for quite a length of time at the rate of | :fims an hour, during which a torpedo discharged. The only inconvenience rienced was that the supply of breath- able air was nearly exhausted. o5 e An able seaman on board the British gunnery ship Cambridge was court-mar- tialed recently, charged with having thrown a rammer on the foot of one of the leutenants and subsequently picking up a 6-inch projectile to throw at said of- ficer. The court found him gullty and sentenced him to two years’ hard labor and dishonorable discharge. The punish- ment in our navy for similar aggravated offenses would be not less than five years' imprisonment. The naval programme of Holland pro- vides for eleven armored seagoing ships, three monitors, seven protected crulsars and fifty-two torpeda boats, gunboats and | sailing schooners. The total tonnage is 29,657 to be bullt up to 1909, at an esti- mated cost of about $30,000,000. This does not include the vessels now building, | which number six armored vessels, seven | protected cruisers and two schooners, es- | timated to cost $16,000,000, making a grand total of $46,000,000 to be expended on navy building during the next nine years. PR A remarkable accldent, without a par- allel in gunnery incidents, occurred on the British turret ship Thunderer while 'at target practice off Miiford Haven No- vember 1. The turret guns—l0-inch breech loaders—had been loaded and the electric current turned on, when a most unusual report was heard and fragments of the shell came from the gun. An examina- tion showed that the base plate of the shell was left in the gun. Firing the sec- ond gun, a hole two or three inches in diameter was blown through the projec- tile, leaving the outer part Intact. The _explanation offered is that either the pow- der in the projectile had become damp or ‘that a quantity of water was in the gun. A cursory examination did not Indicate any damage to the guns. o PFJ.QSONAL MENTION. E. M. Lion of S8an Jose is at the Palace A. J. Hart of San Jose is at the Palace. H. L. Gillig of New York is at the Pal- ace. C. E. Cahn, & New York merchant, is at | the Palace. | 8. H. Clark, a St. Louis merchant, Is at | the Palace. J. B. Shinn, a Porterville vineyardist, is at the Grand. ‘W. H. Hatton, a Modesto attorney, is a guest at the Lick. Lieutenant Gilbert Ex Overton, U. S. A.; | is at the Occidental. | J. Nadin, a merchant of Seattle, is a | guest at the Palace. C. V. Gottschalk, an attorney of San Andreas, is at the Lick. W. 8. Green, the Colusa editor, is among | the guests at the Grand. | M. A. Craig, a physician of Lower Lake, | is registered at the Grand. George E. Buffon, a wholesale merchant of St. Louis, is at the Palace. i 8. W. Wible, an attorney of Alaska, is | among the guests at the Lick. | J. N. Westphal, the District Attorney of Stanislaus County, is registered at the Lick. Captain H. Schofleld, a son of Lieuten- ant General Schofield, retired, is at the Oc- cidental. With him &re Mrs. Schofield and their three children. Captain Schofleld is chlef quartermaster on the transport Meade and will sail on that vessel for Manila in a few days. ——e—— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Nov. %—R. C. Kirk of San Francisco is at the Hoffman; L. A. Swift of Los Angeles is at the Normandie. e i John Sherman and Fitzsimmons. They tell a story about the late Secre- tary of State and Bob Fitzsimmons, the rize-fighter. During his triumphal toru‘ Lfter he had downed Corbett the greal gladiator was in Washington and called at the State Department, says the Cin- cinnati Commercial-Tribune. Then was seen a contest between brain and brawn, head and hands. Fitzsimmons looked — lands since she left here a bride with her dashing lieutenant and she has not lost the art of sprightly conversation. I be- Heve there were only ten covers at her luncheon, but I'm convinced’thers was a Jolly time. C R I'm stillunder the spell of the opera and when I'm not trying to cl.ase the madden- ing delusions of melodies from my brain I'm vainly striving to shut out from my mind’s eye the gorgeous pictures of the stage settings and the auditorium with Its beautiful women in magnificent costumes. Last Wednesday eveang the wonderfu! performance of “Tanncauser” and the la- dies In the Philip Kohn proscenium equally shared ‘my attention. When I caught my first glimpse of Mrs. Kohn with that glorious sunburst of rare gems gleaming on her fair brow I could not rest till I “took in" all the other details of her costume. Such a dress! and oh, such jeweis! I'll wager my seat at (ne opera that her gown was an imported one. White taf- feta appliqued in magnificent leaf pat- tern on white net and the whole made over white silk; a skirt that fell like—oh, just how I wish mine did—and finished off with countless littie mousseline flounces. n there was a flashing girdle of rhinestones and pearls—and oh, such an opera cape! Cream crepe lined with pastelle pink satin and edged with cream and pals pink chiffon flounces with a diamond brooch to fasten it at the neck. With Mrs. Kohn was Mrs. Winterberg and Miss Essie Mundell. Dr. Winterberg has every reason to be inordinately vain about his wife. What excellent taste. A black silk gown all broidered o'er with great splashes of gold ahd diamond ornaments that lent just the necessary finishing touch to the magnificent gown. Miss Mundell is a San Rafael belle, but I wager she did not get that blue silk, with its trimmings of black panne velvet and rhinestones, in the pleasant little burg she makes her home. If it did not come from Paris it came from one of our first- class workshops, and really it Is hard these days to distinguish between the work of the French capital and that of our own dressmakers. A CHANCE TO SMILE, “But I thought this man Aguinaldo had beeg pr%fly ):vell l&ound up? “Yes, but he's ltke a watch; tim he's ‘Wound up he runs again. —Chicege 5. Mistress—Bridget, I hope you don’ lght the fire with kerl!fne?w ey - Cook—Divil a bit, mum! 1t New: Of wets down wid kerosene an’ loights It match.—Judge. . - e Miss Pepprey—You don't mean to say that you absolutely do nothing? MGhly—Aw. really. 1 dom't even do that. 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BABY LAUGH It belongs to health, for a baby, to eatand sleep, to laugh sheepish and ill at ease, but Mr. Sherman evidently tried to make him feel at home. “Your recent contest was a severe one, Rt sy ] B N r. audible words and grinned. ot “It seemed to have :m thoro! aroused the country, the c?ntut, :&ml’t not? the brim of . Fitzst scrutinizea m‘g‘ 'n.( .“;’,“'3321',' blushed, grinned and fine country, y'r sald: “The United States is a honor,” and backed out e Ty S B ead to, ' bor ‘When the doors had o = ws. o ypon the then world’s champion the wrinkl: the sides of Mr. Bherman's eyes eoul:e:z poasito i e AN OPPORTUNITY—Take advantage of the round-trip steamer tickets, only $80 during No- 'vember, days’ board at el 3 1 summer and winter re- ‘dsort. Apply at 4 New Montgomery st., city, ed Lnto a (-nllm, ¥ ‘A great man that, Babecock,” he sald dryly to his 5 {iryly to his secretary, and went on with ———— An eminent Italian doctor ox~ fumes in cases cough :-':imhu obtained ‘Mfirngug and grow fat. But fat comes first; don'tdsk a scrawny baby to laugh; why, even his smile is pitifull Fat comes first. The way to be fat is the way to be healthy. Scott’s emul sion of cod-liver oil is the prop- er food, if he needs it; but only ‘a little at first. We'T send you 2 Tittle to try 1 yeu M. SCOTT & BOWNE, o Pearlstrest, Now Yo 4