The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 24, 1901, Page 3

THE SUNDAY CALL Mecca of the Every t body are swarms to it— L3 e from the West N Mid ¥ k 1 duates m p girl w . give "M 1 =g I w York men do, an1 f eyeilds, leaned . show 1 ¢ 5 Then, the : he t which looked dow w I asked . room 1 am to have is $14 per wek going ed, assuming a moth e this piace before send- P k = nothing at a “for New York's ! reside soms- wt scat th best thing for be to go to the Y. W. C = ding places Ke ringly at her f said " ne ce where they o B xfast, and = an organ after dinner. 1 replied investigat 7 Wes found that my Golden West had un wome New York as her landlady s shows but one of the many dangers ; a girl without friends in New X s he girl from California finds much to i with the first place she finds & i= high, whereas at home sho very good style at a nominal New York most of her money om and board. And how poor In ASKED PME TO SING, AND [ HAD TO SEING is both Sne at realizes she must be phere, and she is thrown Into fits of aa ent with a hall bedroom. whose man- miration or fear, as the case may be, by tel at night drops, making her bed. This th ever recurrent thunder storm te fills up the room and she perforn 8he also finds life in a boarding-house strange feats in passing over the ery cramped and stifling, accustomed as from bureau t w hs But he has been all her life to rdom of not in New York? That fact, strang space. At first she is disgusied and re- it may seem, apparently counterbalances bellious at the gossip of the table, and all disc mfort t takes part in it. L made clothing emporium on Sixth ave- Then the weather is a great factor There 1y surprises walting which must be taken into consideration. for her blonde young man hue. He speaks famiiarly of Richard Her throat rebels at the constant cha who is her vis-a-vis impresses her very Harding Davis as “Dickie Davis," call eated houses the chilling much by the cut and color of his ward- James K. Hackett “Jimmie K.” and says Eastern winter. In summer robe. She gathers frum him ere long thar “Gillman is quarreling with Lederer not so much from the inte all his clothes are from London. Later again,’ or tells you tnat “Nellie Melba om the humidity of the atmos- she discovers that ne patronizes a ready- n't in good form last night.” When e e S 2 D e e e e 2 e e Jcientist Predicts Anoiher Sruption of Vesuvius Will JSoon Jake Place. the distin- ful stu- s, prediets that Professor R. V guished Italian scier dent of Ves: ucel which was attained by the great m. of igneous matter after the mountain had vomited them forth. The largest of these a height of 5 masses ascended to nd when it fell it and ¢ meters, vius' vagari oceupled a space of twelve cubie meters a new eruntion will take place within a4 Y 4 and was found to weigh 3000 kilo- short time, and from various indications | grammes. It traveled through the air at he feeis satisied It will be no lizht one. | ey Recipe for Poached Sggs | the rete of eizhty meters o second. ana He has considered it well to utter a time- t is estimated that a force equivalent to ly warning, s experience has shown that| Wash and dry three large tomatoes;| gy 000 horserower must have been re- Vesuvius, when it vents its wrath unex- | cut off the two ends and cut the tomatoes | quired to send it on its skyward career pectedly, does a great deal of dam; to two; gently. dry each slic Have ready - . Lo s Fiom | This enormous mass ‘fell dangerously )ersons and property in the vicinity. e e tables s persons and property in the vicinity mixed three tablespoonfuls of flour With | \oor the professor. However, this was Professor Matteucei is no alarmist, but | one teaspoonful of salt, one saltspoonful | .oy oniv oocasion on which he almost bases his prediction on the fact, whigh|of black pepper, two cloves of garlic |jget nis life, and his friends are still won- he has noticed, that various new fissures ' chopped fine and one tablespoontul of | | dering how he managed to escape the are now being formed near the summit of constant shower of flery rocks that threat- parsley. Put a thick coat of this mixture mouritain, and this, in his opinion, is | over each side of the tomatoes. Put In|ened him during the entire eruption an ur tionable proof that masses of | a frying pan three tablespoonfuls of olive [ At .ope time it was rumored that he had lava and other matter will soon be again | of been killed, but happily this proved to be belched forth. ¥ false, and now many are congratulating close study of the vol- | : when hot put the tomatoes in it; cook | them on each side for four minutes, not | | | cano during the recent eruption confirms | fast. Put each slice in a very smail [ hym, not only on his good fortune in pass- him in this opinion. carthenware cggplatter and have them |ing threugh so many perils unscathed but Day after day he continued his investi- | kept warm in an open oven; then poach | ajso on the skill and forethought which gations. often at the peril of his life, and | six eggs_ one by one, each in one pint|have enabled him to ascertain the time as a result the account of his work. which | of boiling consomme. Cook them two | when the next eruption may be Pxx;fl:leri e has just forwarded to the French | minutes. If his prediction in this instance should vrove to be true scientists claim that there will be no reason why all future | eruptions, not only of Vesuvious but also took place in the crater during the erup- | left over from roasted meat. Send at once | of all other volcanoes, may not be pre- tion and he even measured the height | to the table very hot.—Harper's Bazar. | dicted in a simflar manner. Academy of Sciences, contains more facts | about Vesuvius than were ever known be. tore. Dress each one in the small platter over ! the tomato, pour over one teaspoonful of | He noted the dally changes that | hot glace de viande or any good grave | SMUG, BLONDE YOUNG MAN IMPRESSES HER she was Introduced to him he rose, clicked ts heels together, Lent almost double from the middle and gave her the high band-shake. She confusedly raised her hand to his and tried to pretend that that had been her customary mode of saluta- tion since she had last grasped her rattlo and teething ring. Then the girl at the other table, who speaks with a very aecided English ac- cent and always says “clark” for clerk, she is told was born and bred in Yonkers, and the little middle-aged woman who sips a breakfast ‘cup of black coffee twice weekly, is the well-known lecturer whom Major Pond It gradually dawns upon her that the man of leisure is not distinguishable by a high hat and a frock coat, for sie Is just as likely to meet the garbage man so attired on the avenue on Sundays and holidays. But these are all minor diffculties. Her real awakening comes at the school. Here she soon reaches her proper level. There are hundreds of girls as talented as she, and she soon finds that mere talent sinks into insignificance 2nd that the standard of New York is very different from that at home. It takes genius or money, and a great deal of it, to make a name. She must work unceasingly — give up all thought of pleasure #nd put up with all sorts of inconveniences. Her glowing letters of recommendation and introduction mean absolutely nothing. The men to whom they are addressed re- ceive hundreds of such in a day. She is curtly asked to sing, play or recite: is ab- ruptly stopped in the middle with, “Bah— here, try this.” With flaming cheeks she obeys and struggles through with it, then turns and she spent all her best years in learning, awaits his comments. All her castles and says he cannot bother with her until come tumbling about her ears, while this she has prepared herself, under some per- god of her chosen work tells her that she son, who is unknown to her. wust begin all over. Must unlearn what Then he is likely to ask her what her is exploiting. Almost in tears she become a great concert player. in her, he tells ns—years of work and she is 30 or 35 a idea in studying is. telis him she wishes to actress, opera If ke sees any her what it mear study—and then when singer possibility hearing and possibly success! Success, when her power to enjoy it has fled h the vears of grinding work! y burns she accepts it all She places a bellef he few who If genius real egins her self on abor. and cess of rave gone her State and have seem- giy leaved into fame and fortune. She cces not army who have fe ly, having carved emselves, but rather chiseled dee n the pocket- Books of fond and ¢ ts New York prese f the charm of student lite as does Paris. Its pleas- ures are quite apart from its work. The twa do not mi all too, her concerts, theat operas come high: whereas, on the Cc enjoy the very best the a trifling sum. Of course, if she has the di- vine spark no am. yverty or p vations will down her—it is the only thing on earth that defies death-and she will find New York at aps London and tear up the rest awzke one morning to her' feet—after t Paris, and then of the map. she uld better return home, for New York is no place for alone. metimes she remains there, and her histor e of many—more ofte.. she t e West impatient and hu ght of the Gol the train seems to crawl, but at last is ¢n the fe e lights of the loomirg up ore her—her heart going out in a new bounding love for San Fran- with tear-dimmed rst time that she “Be it ever s no place like home.” and eyes for cisco, re s0 hum Ingredients Used fo Make Arificial Gems. =30 MEET the growing demand for 8 making “precious stones” has been greatly roved within the last few years, and its ther develo) t has enlisted the of some of the most skillful The material ser it §s not the inary It is prepared with k highly skilled artisans. for upon its clear- ness and perfect homogeneity depend the quality of the im n far superior to the cheap grade of coun- feits that rely on silver backings for their r ss can only be made from lutel e quartz, or. better still, from rock tal, as quartz frequently con- tains minute veins ¢ on, whi would he clearness and color the The bicarbonate of potash and the oxide of lead which are mixed with it must also be chemically pure. Other in- gredients of less importance are borax which promotes the flux, and a small quantity of arsente The best g w imi sists of rock erystal, 32 per cent bonate of potash, 17 per cent; oxide of lead, 3 per cent; borax, 1 per cent a trace of arsenic. prepar competent hands, this mixtur sduces a grade of glass which in bril jridescence 1s little to diamond Itseif, and these q e further enhanced by the s of potassium for the bicarbonate ash and an increase of the quar xide of lead used Stones carefully made by this process an only be distinguished from the g ine by experts. ‘Ihis true, howes only so long as they are new, for imita- tion gems wear off, become blind and lose their fiber with age. ang it is te these defects that the efforts of are now directed Opaque gems, like the turquoise and the opal, are made from glass whose transparency s destroyed by the addi- tion of oxide of zinc after pulverization The color of the turquoise is produced by means of oxide of copper and cobalt.