The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 26, 1901, Page 6

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Alcazar—*“The Conqus rand Opera-house—* vmpia, corner Mason and Eddy streets—Specialties. wutes, Zoo and Theater—Vaudeville every afternoon and evening. Fischer's—Vaudeville. Metropolitan Hall—Lectures Saturday afternoon and even- Recreation Park—Baseball. Tanforan Park—Races. AUCTION SALES. By Sullivan & Doyle—Monda pril 29, at 10 o'clock, good and business of Sullivan & ¥ ¥, Al Doyle, at 325 Sixth st 70 SUBSCRIBERS LEAYING TOWN FOR THE SUMMER. Call subscribers contemplating a change of residesnce during the summer months can have their paper forwarded by mail to their new addresses by notifying The Call Business Office. This paper will also be on sale at all summer resorts and is represented by a local agent in all tow: the coast. FUNSTON AND DEATH VALLEY. T may be an effort to paint the lily, but when the ] new school of adulators of General Funston pub- lish fairy tales-abeut his-exploration of Death “it is to laugh.” Several chapters of this stuff t. In 1890 he was with one of the summer iunkets of Major Powell's geological survey, botan- izing in Death Valley ard the near-by mountains. Re- membering this episode in his career Eastern papers are filled with his achievements in that service. The hitherto unbraved terrors and unbroken mys- tery of that terrible valley are duly Munchausened and magnified. Its deadly fumes, miasmas, malaria, mirage and misery are dwelt upon at terrifying length. The shrinking of large numbers of brave men from the task of entering that region of horrors, and the de- populating effect upon ihe country around of its repu- tation for being the home of monsters, of poison- emitting crevasses in the red-hot earth, of simoons, cyclones, typhoons and all the terrors of the air, work upon the taste for the terrible. Its sand storms, dust storms, dirt storms, its showers of salt, borax, brim- tone and all that chokes, constricts, suffocates and kills, are told about in a fashion to make the reader sneeze and throw up the sash for fresh air. + Having cast up this blood-curdling and hair-raising scene, they introduce Funston in the foreground, back to the audience and face to the Valley of Death. He gives himself the word of command, and, mark- ing time to get himself in step, marches into the sandy mist and mystery. His figure lessens as the rspective increases, and is finally merged in the mirage and is seen no more. Morgue and mournful thoughts occupy the beholders, who reflect upon the highly polished conditica of the hero’s bones when they shall be found. The pious among them pray that at least his soul will find transportation from the blear bosom of the desert to a place of living waters. After long suspense he reappears. He has bisected, cir- cumnavigated and meandered the Valley of Death, sct his heel on the neck of its monsters, cut down its upas trees to make a fire to boil his coffee, spit to- bacco juice down its crevasses, breathed its sands and coughed them up, sniffed its sulphur and grown fat on it—in fine, has taked the sting of Death Valley and brought it back in his hatband! The narrative is ridiculous and will make an old Californian Jaugh at Eastern credulity, while the mule- ivers who haul borax on that desert will roar. Death alley is a little safer than Broadway in New York, 4 much more so than the residence districts of Chi- 120 under the protection of Carter Harrison's police. e is © Sir Alfred Milner’s glcomy, report on the. situation in South Africa, takea in connection with the doleful of debt and deficit told by the Chancellor of the Exchequer-in explaining the necessity for an increase of taxation, will enable the British public to g0 through the year of mourning for Victoria without stiaining themselves in an effort to look sad. The dread fear that President McKinley will leave ow splendid scene of feasts, dinners, breakiasts and 3 d entertainments with chronic indigestion is met by the hope that he will know at least that we mcant well whatever the consequences. sto Crown Prince Frederick of Germany has begun s coliegiate career at Bonn University. It is to be hoped that the young 1zn will have wisdom enough to realize without delay that there is no royal road to learning. R — After months of storm and stress, quarrels, smash- ing of reputations and general unrest the Hawaiian Islands are again happily at peace. The Territorial Legislature has adjoursed. 5 . THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1901, MUNICIP@L: - OWNERSHIP, UPERVISOR REED might well have omitted to characterize informaticn upon a public ques- tion as opposition thereto. - We gave information as to the condition of the water supply in the chiet cities where it is municipal ownership, saying that the people of those cities as far as possible avoid its potable use when it is at its worst in order to escape typhoid fever and other zymotic diseases, Mr. Reed thereupon quotes death rates, as follows, the deaths being per thousand of population: New York ... Chicago .... Philadelphia Boston San Francisco . We don't know where those figures are obtained. They seem to be evidence that statistics can be found somewhere to back up any proposition, We find in McCarty's ““Statistician and Economist,” issue of 1900, regarded as entirely reliable, the follow- ing city death rates: ¥ New York . Chicago ... Philadelphia . Boston . Washington .. Ban Francisco . This puts San Francisco appreciably below the average rate of the five cities that own their, own water works, and sesms to impair the conclusions which Mr. Reed draws-from its figures. But no figures are an absolute basis for a conclu- sion until it can be known to what extent a water sup- ply is so filthy that thc ratepayers refrain from its use. % The New York Journal of March 14 last, under the caption, “Clear Water Sells for Ten Cents a ‘Quart; City Supply Filled With Germs and Unfit to Drink; Typhoid Fever Threatened,” says that the New York City water is bad, for “physicians who have examined it state that it is unfit to drink in its present state, and the sellers of spring water, carbonated water and fil- tered water are reaping a rich harvest in consequence. On the West Side plain filtered water sells at ten cents a quart, and the supply of bottled spring water does not half equal the demand. The city water as’it runs from the faucet is not only disagreeable in appear- ance but gives a most unpleasant odor, and there lurks in it the danger cf typhoid fever. A Journal re- porter asked for a glass of water in a restaurant. When it was brought ‘the reporter cut a slice of it off as a curiosity and ordered something else to drink.” The New York Commercial Advertiser says that all over the city the ruling price per family for pure apartment houses and thousands of private residences are supplied at that rate. What is true of New York is true also of Philadel- phia, Boston and Chicago. In the latter city the papers daily warn the neople not to drink the water in certain districts, and at frequent petiods it is turned off in the public schoolhouses. It seems, therefore. that Mr. Reed’s defense of the municipal water of those cities on sanitafy grounds amounts to this, that it isat times so filthy that the people save their lives by not using it, just as table forks save the eye- | sight by people not falling down and sticking them in their eyes. Recurring to the question of cost, it should be plain that to the cost of a municipal supply must be added the cost of the substitutes used while the water is to> the unsanitary condition of the water. Chicago has at- tempted this by tipping up the river so that it drains the lake into the Illinois River. It was estimated by the sanitary engineers that a discharge of lake water through this drainage, canai of four hundred million gallons per minute would purify the water supply of scwage. Within a few weeks it has developed that such a discharge is shoaling the lake shore and making entry of the harbor impossible to ships of the deep draft required to catry on commerce. The Gov- ernment engineers have ordered a reduction of one- half in the “discharge, which throws Chicago back where she was before the river was tipped up and the canal dug. There is no recourse left but filtering the water. Of course Mr. Reed will say, and rightly, that all these emergencies and the cost of méeting them are not arguments against municipal ownership of water supply, and they are not. The point is that in Chicago the cost of the drainage canal and the filters which must supplement its failure, and of the proposed filter beds in other cities, must be added to the cost of the water supply. A When comparisons c¢f cost are being made ‘it is habitual with the advocates of municipal ownership to consider only the rate paid to the'water collectors, 2nd not take into the account at all the items of cost which the ratepayer must meet as a taxpayer. As Mr. Reed very plainly demonstrates, a private supply is charged for on the basis of cost, interest, adminis- tration and taxes, so that in the rate paid by the contumer every item entering into the cost of the supply appears. We have no other purpose than to encecurage interest in the facts involved in this inter- esting issue. The strongest argument for municipal ownership is that of cheapness. " A fair examination of that argument requires that. the two methods of supply shall be put on a financial and physical equal- ity, and that municipal water should not be credited with the abatement in a death rate, in which its only agency is its unfitness for use. " e — o —— W British Colonial Secretary, obtained a verdict in his libel stut against certain newspapers in THE RIGHT OF COMMENT. London that had charged the Secretary with sharing “with his brother in Government contracts it was gen- erzlly believed the verdict carried with it an acquittat | of the Secretary from the charges and a condemna- tion of the papers. Fuller reports. from -London, however, put a different complexion on the verdict. The relation of Joseph Chamberlain to the contracts under consideration, was not brought into the case, Arthur Chamberlain obtained 'a judgment with nomi- nal damages solely because of misstatements that had been made with respect tc himself. { The Lord Chief Jisstice, before whom the case was [ tried, virtually supperted the claim of the defendants on the larger issue involved. He is reported as having zaid from the bench: “I do not agree with Sir Ed. rd Clarke’s view that these articles could not be air comment,’ for they were traced to Mr. Chamber- lzin’s declaration in the House of Commons that he had no interest, ‘direct or indirect.” I consider that the connection of members of the Government with firms which might be manufacturing articles for the Government is a matter which any public writer has a 1ight to comment upon. I go quite as far as Mr. Tcaacs (attorney for the néwspapers) in regard to our public life, and would not be limited by any company lzw or any point about being onily a shareholder, l’flu newspaper was perfectly entitled to comment HEN Arthur Cbamberlain, brother of the under | spring water is ten cents per day, and that the flats and | filthy to drink, and also the cost of devices to correct’ upon the fact that any Minister was shareholder in some large banking company, for instance, which made a loan to the Government, or some large ship- ping company which might contract with the Govern- ment. I hold that such a matter was a matter upen which the defendants were entitled to-comment.” In this country the right of a newspaper to comi- ment upon any such action on the part of an official would not be. for a moment disputed, and it is some- what surprising to learn it has been less certain in Great Britain. The words of the Chief Justice, how- ever, set the matter right, and they have come at a time when they are needed.. The right of free and full commentary upon the public actions of statesmen is essential to free government, and it appears to have been very fortunate for the Colonial Secretary that it was his brother and not himself who brought the libel suit, Had it been Joseph instéad of Arthur Cham- berlain who prosecuted the case the verdict would probably have been differen THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT, S the time draws nearer for President McKin- ley to start on the tour that is to bring him to California .popular interest in the event in- creases and public expectation brightens. So much in the way of preparation has been already accom- plished it is now assured he will receive a welcome un- surpassed in our annals, From the time he enters California at the south until he leaves its northern borders he will move through a continuous festival. The whole State will be displayed at its best, and that means a display that cannot be equaled elsewhere upon carth, iR : 1t is right and fitting the people should give ex- pression in the pleasan: forms of flowers, fruits, fes- tivals and functions to their delight in the visit'from the chief magistrate of the republic. If should be borne in mind, however, that the President comes to Czlifornia not only to see the people but to see the State. It is the desire of himself and his Cabinet to become acquainted with the resources and the indus- tries of California and with all that goes to make up its existence as a commonwealth. Ample arrange- ments should be made to provide opportunities for our visitors to learn in what the State excels, what it nceds and what it has a right to expect in the way of assistance from the General Government. It other words, the flowers and functions of the tour should not be permitted to entirely hide the industries and every-day working interests of the people. The tour as a whole will be the most extensive ever undertaken by a Presidert of the United States. It 15 to occur at a season of the year at which the coun- try is most beautiful and travel most pleasant. With the exception of that portion of his journey which lies across the desert the President will find the whole iand bright and beautiful from the time he leaves Washington until he gets back. In all that wonderful variety of landscape through which he passes Cali- fornia will stand out distinct from the rest, for it is unlike any other portion of the Union. It will be easy for the President and his Cabinet to perceive it is the pleasant land for tcurists and for holiday seek- ers, but they should be brought to see much mors than that. Our efforts should be directed to impress upon them California’s greatness as well as her beauty. e — THE FEAST AND THE BILL. OR some time past dispatches from London l::have been brimming with reports of dissensions in the Ministry. Lord Salisbury is in the Riviera trying to enjoy a holiday in the spring sun- shine, and in his absence his colleagues are making trouble for one another. It was not a strong Cabinet at the start, and even had it been a harmonious one could not long retain power; but being as it is, a dis- cordant body, there appears every reason for beliey- ing it will soon go to pieces. In fact, it is doubtful if Salisbury will try to hold it together any longer than is necessary to get through Parliament the legislation required to furnish the Government with routine ex- penses. The latest story of dissensions in the Ministry is to the effect that Chamberlain is dissatisfied with the tax bill proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and thee in the Cabinet he pressed his objections so far the Chancellor threatened to resign. The story may be exaggerated, but there is nothing improbable in it. In fact, in his speech presenting the budget to Par- liament the Chancellor hardly concealed his disgust with the war into which Chamberlain’s policy has plunged the empire, and from a man who talks that way in public it is not vnreasonable to suppose there comes in private discussion a good many strictures which Chamberlain fincs it hard to put vp with. It has been the hope of the jingaes in the Cabinet and in the country that some way could be found for providing for the war expenditures withcut heavily increasing taxation. Chamberlain and others hoped 10 be able to raise a considerable portion of the rev- erue from taxes on the mines and the lands of South frica. That hope was shattered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He informed Parliament that South Africa has been brought to the verge of ruin and could yield no revenues for years to come. Then he added: “I aim at no transient popularity; I ask for no cheers, and T expect none. I come to tell the nation the truth and the whole truth. It is necessary for the salvation of the nation that I should do so. You have had your feast. You have all, Liberals and Tories, been mad for rioting and expenditure. Now comes the reckoning, and you may laugh or not, as you please.” It must be admitted such statements from the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer are not of a character to com- fort the war party. The feast of glory and of con- quest in South Africa has not been very satisfying and yet, as the Chancellor said, “This small war.lias cost $755,000,000—double the cost of the-Crimean war.” That il itself would be a high price to pay for a feast, but it is by no means the whole, for the war is not yet over. Evidently the Chanceflor was sin- cerc when he closed his speech with the statement: “If you defeat our budget you will relieve us of an almost insupportable burden.” The Ministers, in fact, would not be sorry to have an excuse for quitting the job. ' There is a report that the young men of the smart set in the East intend to take up politics as a diver- sion, and if they do there will be gay times in the wards at the next elections, for the smart boys are sporty and have money t¢ burn. 7 The enthusiasm with which two police officers of Oakland captured three burglars the other night and pummneled them almost to death is a sign highly sug- gestive that it will be wise for malefactors to migrate irom the town across sk bay. The Democrats of California intend, it js said, to reorganize their party in the State. They have under. taken a task which seems to the ordinary observer | something as difficult and as impossible as%a resur- rection. ¥ SR PAPERS ON CURRENT TOPICS. PREPARED BY EXPERTS AND SPECIALISTS FOR THE SAN FraNcisco CALL How American Pioneers Found Recreation, Diversion and Pleasure in the Vil- lages of the West, —— By Mary Hartwell Catherwood. QP SR, AUTHOR OF “THE ROMANCE OF DOLLALD,” *YHE STORY OF TONTY," “TIE LAYS OF JEANNE D'ARC,” TC. COPYRIGH'T, 100}, X.—~A PIONEER VILLAGE. Across the early years of the nineteenth century, when wild plum groves made Oases on the prairies and wild deer bedded by the equally dlusive sensitive flower, ond forests belted the streams, typical ploneer village strung itself along a sin- gle streot which had been a trafl. Town began at the bridge and ended at the tav- ern. The unpaved sidewalks in wet weather were gratefully bridged by the drug store and general store porches, All the houses were low and small, with plenty of space around them. An ugly two-story brick structure, built by the man who founded the place, was a man- sion. , Bome log fronts abutted upon the footpath. The tavern was painted red, and stood flaming upon \ts knoll, a torch of hospitality, - It seemed, proper that the tavern should overdo what the town had neglected, for. other wooden houses bore no paint at all. Here Christmas and New Year's balls were danced. in the long dining-room; quadrilles, in which the farmers stamped until they could be heard half way down the village by godly people who did not countenance dancing. waltz would bunch of letters, which the storekeepr could plgeonhole without interrupting his trade, To hear from Ohlo or biack Eust Was an event. The distinguished individ- unl who heard passed his wafered lotter | around and told all the news it brought, No deluge of perfodicals burst from the bag. Every man took his county paper, whether he paid the subscription or not. But only a few could afford the frivolous Indulgenee of novel stories in the Phila- delphia Saturday Evening Post, Leisure of the Pioneers. There was leisure in a ploneer villase. No universal deluge of printed books swamped the people, Housewives had time—after a little spinning, much mend- ing, some tailoring and dressmaking, a reat deal of cooking and recurrent wash- ng—to draw out stores of quilt pleces and brood tenderly over patchwork. “La! here's a plece of grandmother’ This takes me back to old time: The ploneer village was slow in forsge (- ting the dead. And if its manner of life was monotonous we know that out of it sprung great souls that have done great deeds in the world. the bridgs ground fom | The flour mill by all the country. A vast castle it seemed | to the children. In the fourth story their | ) The Polka Fashions, 1845. 2 S S have started a revolution indeed. The belles at these assemblies wore dresses of delaine, sewed by their own fingers, and broad muslin collars of their own emkbroidering. Each woman was then her own sewing machine. g A length of unadorned neck, sometimes a fine white shaft, rose above the collar. And no girl who respected herself was ever seen with what she called a frizzly head. She ofled and sleeked her locks, parted them exactly above the tip of her nose—for a parting on the side was mas- culine!—puffed them widely over her ears and knotted them underneath her crown with a comb. Being Thought Green or Soft. Neither she nor the young farmer who danced with such fervor knew any of the modern arts of expression. Their conduct wage usually strict. They watched each other furtively, the girl stifly modest, or alluring, according to her temperament, the man shy or presumptuous. Yet both fell victims to matrimony at a very early age. The popularity of any candidate for social favor was quenched if a man was pronounced ‘‘green” or a maid ‘“‘soft.”’ What green and soft were does not strict- 1y appear. Stern qualities were perhaps needed in that striving generation. In- dulgence of children was a sin. And though some drunkenness and : some breaking of the commandments shocked the pioneer village, its standard was high. The fascinating youth of that period oiled his hair with bear’s grease. He raced . horses, and sometimes, in great secrecy and wickedness, played cards. But if his mother discovered this she wépt and prayved over him, making him feel very precicus and singed by a narrow but ex- citing and altogether pleasant escape tr‘%m hell. he tavern was also the theater when a traveling winter show found the school- house too small an arena. A sheet on the dining-room wall received the magic-lan- tern man’s pictures, and village blood cur- dled at a_blue-robed Salome offering the }-_Ienddot John the Baptist to a scarlet erod. ‘When the Mail Hack Came in. ‘The most exciting event of the week was the mail hack’s rumbling in from space, sometimes covered with mud, sometimes ice clad like a ship. The driver was a hero, who made nothing of slouzhs and washed-out bridges. He brought mys- terious passéngers, who briefly alighied at the tavern and proceeded toward the end of the world. Though occasionally some man dropped down from Eastern cities, or some woman so fine and beauti- ful as to be soclally condemned as proud, they were startling contrasts in a ploneer community. The mail pouch discharged a modest o g heads turned dizzy and they dared scarce- 1y look at the bounding hopper there. Wild game was the cheapest food. It only cost powder and shot. But whatever the resources of a house its table was free to every comer. The Ttinerant Preacher. Religion was the town's winter dissipa- tion; ‘indulged in at the schoolhouse, tor there was no church. Devout persons en- tertained the itinerant preacher, who was usually a glib and hardy man, able to ride winter stretches of prairie with saddle- bags strapped behind him and to brow- beat reprobates who interrupted divine services, A joke on religion was precious on ac- count of its daring. So when Ab Smith saw Jim Lord ride into town with itinerant and said to a chance bystander, Lord and the preacher have both come to him to the drug store, that senate of the pioneer village, and proclaimed to the lounging Senators: “'Say, boys, we ought to have mesting now; the Lord and the preacher have both come to town!" When you have a good thing you ought to make the most of it. And still unsatis- fied, Ab hastened to the general store and repeated to a woman chewing calico to see if jt would fade and two drovers with snakewhips, waiting for the storekeeper to bunt out letters: I reckon you'll all come to meeting to- night. The Lord and the preacher have both rode into town!"” ‘When the Preaching Began. If dancing in the pioneér village could be heard half its length preachin, be heard almost Into the gextcgauitg?ulg redhot stove and a crowded schoolhouse, candles {ellaw!ng the dim air, and a good man with lungs, were the ingredients of a roaring revival. Outside the white winter landscape stretched to a circle of woods and a sk of fading primrose: Ynaide 1t ‘was ear! candle lig] ng and th exhorted with all his might. C Preacher ‘The angel Gabriel is here,” shouted one of these vigorous men, whose sense of ihe sublime did not always keep him off the line of the ridiculous. “The angel Gabriel has come down to record the name of any sinner that repents. Will no one come for- Ward for prayers? Stop, Gabrlel! Don't go yet!” Then the boys on the back longer able to contain themselv::."j:;m:s the invocation with “Whoa, Gabrici! wgoa!'; 2 g - ut it frequently happened th scoffers were taken spiritually a“msgegi the . preacher, bound hand and foof ac laid bellowing at the mourner's bench, PERSONAL MENTION. D. 8. Fish of Hanford is at the Grand. M, Fox, an ‘oil man ot Bakersfleld, is at the Lick. . L. Hirschfield, an oil man of Bakersfield, is at the Lick. Henry Newell, a merchant of Salt Lake, is a gtiest at the Lick. S. N. Rucker, a furniture dealer of San Jose, is at the Palace. Frank H. Buch, a fruit raiser of Vaca- ville, is at the Palace. George W. Peltin of Sacramento is at the Granad for a few days. R. A. Rowan, an oil man of Los Ange- les, is a guvest at the Lick. F. Irwin Herron of Los Angeles regis- tered at the Palace yesterday. A..A. Simpson, a lumber man of Stock- ton, is a guest at the Occidental. C. W. Spear of Montana, accompanied by his wife, is staying at the Palace. L. W. Shinn, a mining man of Angels Camp. is spending a few days at the Lick. W. A, Junker, manager of the Hotel del Monte, arrived in the city last evening and is staying at the Palace. Word has been received here that ex- Congressman Marion de Vries is seriously i in New York City. He is suffering from intestinal indigestion. ard Subr, an extensive planter of ‘Honolulu, accompanied by his family, ar- rived on the Nippon Maru yesterday and is staying at the Occidental. [A CHANCE TO SMILE “I know T shall never low man as I.da you. e N f‘{wslfiould hope ém(!" “Welli you needn’t get m. T'll bet I'could if I wnn{ed eo.‘v”_f«‘}i‘,‘.“ i “When you does some folk: vor said Uncle Eben, “deir gratitnde st i much foh de 'mejit benefit as it is foh glvin’ 'em a staht an' lettin’ ‘em kncw hah to come nex’ time."—Washington | “Jack ry : ack was more than half an hour try. o persuade me to o 3 Did vou sive war s N e Gy was afraid the Iad Plek-Me-Up. ' CIaIr would if ———— | CALTFORNIANS IN NEW Yorx. NEW YORK, April %.—The Californians are in New York: o From San Francisco—M. Bleck, 8. E Block. at Imperial; L. Brand, B. Brand, o; | Manhattan; §. Sieberhaver, at Belvidera: B, Carleton, at Critarion; G. F. Blerfory. ! at Imperial; V. Faulkner, at Criterion. &’ H. Hamilton, a: Hoffman; L. A. Nores, ni Murray Hiil; E. A. Phelps, at Holland: if. | W. Sewell, at Herald Square; G.,W. Reed at Holland; C. E. Walley, at Broadway Central. 3 From Los Angeles—J. D. Schuyler, at Manhattan. ———— CORONADY TENT CF Coronado S, willhe. the paphies Sk o oot this reason. It became famous last year for com- fort, entertainment and health. Its splendid | cafe was a wonder, the fishing unexcelled. | He did not do any work in Italy. the | I reckon we can have meeting now; the | town!” it was too good to lose. He betook | GOSSIP FROM LONDON'S WORLD OF LETTERS. As far as the publication of the forth- coming works s concerned, the publish- ing world is almost silent this week. There is also very little interesting gossip to chronicle. Ome curious feature about the literature of the day Is becoming more and more prominent. That is the popularity of mysteries, or, however the word may be understood, their success. So far anonymous love letters have borne good fruit. Now a novel is announced by Mr. Lane under the title of *“The Aristo- crats,” sald to be by “the most beautiful woman In London.” Hard as was the mystery of the authorship of the “‘Let- ters” to solve, this should prove an evem more difficult one to tackle. Another secret strictly guarded is the case of the “Colloquies of Criticism.” as to which Fisher Unwin announces that he i1s not allowed to know anything of bis author save that he fs a famous man of lotters. The question now asied i, Where is this new method of stimulating the sales of anonymous books likely (o end? From some American rnpar- to hand it s noted that reports have beem efiou- lated on the west side ,of the Atlantie that the Iate Dr. Fitz Elward Hall wus asked to resign his post in_the library of the India Office here becafise of his na- tionality and pronounced sympnthics with the Union during the Civil War. Thif is hardly fair and is, moreover, quite incor- rect. The Athenaeum, commenting on the matter, says: “Still, we fear as time weont on Mr. Hall to some extent persuaded himsdlf that he had been made more of less of a martyr in_his country's cause, and so countenanced the statements put forth. It would be useless at this time | of day to go into the causes of Mr. Hall's retiroment, but it may be safely asserted that they had nothing to do with his na- tionality. Indeed, he had been so long in the company's service before he entered the library that it is doubtful even if the heads of the office ever suspected he was not an Englishman.” 4 Over the Lyceum production of “Corio- lanus” some talk has arisen in literary circles as to the proper pronunciation of the words Coriolanus, Corioli and the like. Sir Henry Irving has decided for the English, or rather ultra-English, vow- els. The Lyceum players boldly adopt the false quantity in Corioli, making the long. In fact, Shakespeare's line suggests that both “I’s” should be made long. To many it sounds strange to hear the fine in which the difficulty chiefly occurs thus pronounced: Thy stolen name, Corfolanus, in Coriolf. Another thing which is puazling Eng- lish readers of certain books is the Ame: ican spelling of many words. They wo: der what it means. It may not be ge erally known either in the United States or this country that when books are pub- lished simultaneously in both eountries it is becoming common to have them set up in America. Thus the mystery is easily sclved, though one cannot help thinking it would be a_curious result of the copy- right act if the English graduaily adopt the American style of spelling such words as “theater,” ‘“center” and the like. The creator of “Mr. Dooley” is again in London. I met F. P. Dunne at the Carlton the other day, where he had just arrived from the Continent. He was not looking over well, and still bears traces of the illness which his own paper, the Chicago Journal, had pronounced fatal some months ago. He said to me that he Lad been over Europe, and incidentally paid a visit to the Pope, to whom he had letters of introduction from his friends in America. His uncle, be it remembered, is Archbishop Riordan of San Franeciseo. body,” he said, ‘“does work In Italy “Did the Pope read ‘Mr. Dooley’?" I ask- ed. “I am afraid not. Indeed,” he whis- pered, “I imagine he is on the index. He further told me he intended to re- turn to America in about a week and remain in New York, where he will work through the Goddard syndicate. In his next production he may possibly bid good-by to the philosopher of Archey road. “You can’t bring him to New York, you know,” he said; “besides, he wouldn’t com: | ANSWERS TO QUERIES, SALEM—E. C., Oakland, Cal. 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