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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1901. LA Che =2t Cull. ..MAY 15, 1901 WEDNESDAY. JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address All Communicstions to W. 8. LEAKE, Manager. MANAGER’S OFFICE. .Telephone Press 204 A PUBLICATION OFFICE...Market and Third, S. F. Telephone Press EDITORIAL ROOMS.....217 to 221 Stevenson St. Telephone Press 202. Delivered by Carriers. 15 Cents Per Weelk. tn. "JATLY CALL (Including Sunday), one year.. DAILY CALDL (Including Sunday), § months. DAILY CALL (ncluding Sunday), 3 months.. DAILY CALL—By Single Month. WEEKLY CALL. One Year. S All postmasters are authorized to recet subscriptions. Eample coples will be forwarded when requested. Mall subscrfbers in ordering chanke of sddress should be particular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order o insure & prompt and correct compliance with their request. DAKLAND OFFICE +ese++1118 Broadway €. GEORGE KROGNESS. Manager Foreign Advertising, Marquette Building, Chicags. (Long Distance Telephone “Central 2619.") 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" Onton Square: Alcagar—*Friends.” nd Opera-house—'‘Ggvernment ra—""Barbara Freitchie.” “The Bowery After Dark.” aker.” Acceptance.” fiding—Grand Flower Show, May 16, 17 and 18. Sutro Baths—Swimming, Emeryville Racetrack—Races to-day. = 10 SUBSCRIBERS LEAYING TOWN FOR THE SUMMER. Call subscribers contemplating a change of residence during the summer months can have their paper forwarded by mail te their new sddresses by motifying The Call Business Office. This paper will also be on sale at all summer Fesorts and is represented by a local agent im all towss en the coast. SOUND FINANCES. « M now that the Wall street cyclone has passed and blown over only houses of paper. Time was that such a tempest on the street would have gone far beyond paper properties, would have destroyed confidence, depressed prices of staples, caused a run on the banks and started an industrial panic. We do not deny that industrial depressions will occur under any system of finance and any standard of value, but it is a satisfaction to know that with everything based on the gold standard a speculative panic does mot project into the industrial field and produce a panic there. The industrial credits of the country rest upon the gold standard, and even if depression come <liquida- tion, which is the jettisoning of cargo in an industrial storm, will not be @as destructive as it would be upon a less solid basis. In the paper storm on Wall street a great deal of good money was lost. But it was money earned in the country’s industrial operations, to take to itself wings and fly away in speculation. Speculation is a Juxury. There is none of it when industrial depression stops the profits of legitimate trade. late then, just as they don’t buy fine raiment, build fine houses, take fine pleasure tours, or drink fine wines. But give them legitimate profits of business and they indulge in all these. If they lose in the luxury of speculation it is some comfort to know that they can go back into the staple market and repair their losses out of legitimate ! trade, which they could not do if a speculative panic were followed by an industrial panic. It is now quite safe to conclude that trade condi- tions are firm and will continue through the year without any alarming symptoms, and for this condi- tion we have to thank the improved soundness of our financial system. In the Commoner for last week Bryan gives a com- plimentary notice to the report of a grand tour ar- ranged for David Bennett Hill by his friends, but after giving a list of the States through which the al- leged tour is to be made he adds: “As the States to be visited happen to be the ones in which Democrats, Populists and Silver Republicans co-operate, it will be interesting to know whether Mr. Hill will under- take to persuade the Democrats of the West to op- pose fusion and thus aid the Republican party, or whether he has become a convert to those policies which have led to the triple alliance.” That is put- ting an awkward question to David, but if he make the tour he will have to meet it. Several of our Eastern contemporaries, carried away by the enthusiasm engendered by the ovations McKinley has received at every point of his route, have declared in favor of giving him a third term, and one of them, the Worcester (Mass.) Gazette says: “It might be profitable to sweep away the old barrier of prejudice against third terms.” That is what a President gets for being universally popular. Some of the people are never willing to give him a rest. The Canadians and the Australians are making preparations for exploring the unknown wilds of their vast domain. Each expects to find new sources of wealth and new means of surpassing the other, It is a close rivalry for the position of chief colony of the empire at present, but in the end it may mean a. strug- gle as to which shall first set up for itself as an inde- pendent country. While Buffalo is running an exposition in this coun- try Glasgow is running one for Europe, but while each of them may think a great deal of the other neither is saying anything complimentary EN all over the country are breathing easier | Men don’t specu- | THE METROPOLIS. N his excellent speech-at-San Jose Président Me- Kinley described the metropolitan welcome and greeting that have been extended to him and his party all the way from Redlands to the Santa Clara Valley, and “yet,” he said, “we have not reached the metropolis.” This is a great compliment to the resotirces and the spirit of the people of California, and none could have put it in more delicate taste than the President. A plain man in his life and habits, his public career has made him an observer and participant in all of the greatest pageants that have occurred in this country since the Civil War, from the great review of the Union armyin Washington to the conspicuous demonstrations in his .own honor since he achieved the Presidency. In the habit of looking upon these expressions of enthusiasm and good feeling as if he were apart from them, an observer and not a re- cipient, his frank award of the palm to California is | perfectly sincere and does justice to our people. In the metropolis the scene changes somewhat, Else- where the wealth of demonstration has been a sump- tuous out-of-door manifestation, the material for which has been drawn from the contiguous rural resources of the country. Here we have all that, and added to jt a round of indoor events that bring the President in closer social touch with the life of our people. In all that has been offered to him in the way of affectionate and honorable greeting, as in all the ex- pression that is to come, there is on his side and that of the people a thorough unselfishness. Had he made the tour at this time last year critics would have said that it was for the purposes of personal politics, to gain votes and use public enthusiasm as a partisan in- fuence. And, on the other hand, it would have been charged that the people themselves were merely show- ing that form of gratitude that has been defined as a lively sense of favors to come, and both criticisms would have found believers. Now neither can be uttered. President McKinley has entered upon his second term. He comes as the representative of what has been accomplished, not what is expected. This is his time of fulfillment and retrospect. If his retirement in 1905 shall be broken by a re-entry into public life it must be by the wish of his immediate fellow citizens, as in the case of the second Adams. Otherwise he will rest upon his fade- less laurels and pass into his dignified place in history. Therefore his welcome to the metropolis of the Pacific hemisphere is an expression of the people’s regard for the office he holds, gilded by a warm and genuine good feeling for the man. One of the most eloguent and philosophical preachers in this bay re- gion in his discourse last Sunday gave an American explanation of the reason why our American Presi- dents have all excelled the Kings and Emperors of the world who have reigned during our constitutional period. Monarchs are the fruit of a dynasty, born of unions made for reasons of state. But our Presidents have all been the pick and choice of the best branch of the race. For this reason the average king has not risen to the ankles of the average President. This marks the great line of division between the | government of a republic and a monarchy. The President is a genuine expression of the popular ideal and will. The monarch represents the spirit and pur- pose of one family, and that frequently the least pro- gressive in his realm. Every Californian looks upon the President as the reflection and incarnation of his own best, of his country. San Francisco displays her hospitality in this spirit. In many important respects the brightest and most intellectual city on the continent, the metro- polis sees in the President an image of her highest thought, in his official career steadfastness to prin- ciple, and in his domestic life a model that may be cherished in every home. While we banquet him and talk business to him, and grow florid in describing our prophetic as we arrange a horoscope and paint our future, it is all in high fellowship and has no dross of self-interest. It is pleasing a guest, not soliciting a stranger. San Francisco will do her metropolitan duty. Into its discharge enters the spirit of all our people. The Italian and Greek fishcrmen on the bay, in their round wool caps, the picturesque people in our Latin quar- ter, the folk from the Danubian states and the Bal- kans, the bankers and merchants, and the Asiatics, all the welkin and makes it echo to the shouts of a popu- lation that speaks more languages than caused the first | strike in the building trades on the tower of Babel. A Berlin dispatch announces that Count von Wald- ersee is expected to return to that eity in June; and now the nations can sing the good old song about “Tidings of Comfort and Joy.” THE ISTHMIAN CANAL PROBLEM. Y reason of the recent offer of the new Panama B Canal Company to sell its franchise and prop- erty to the Urited States, and the agreement of the Colombian Minister at Washington to obtain the assent of his Government to the transfer, a re- vived interest has been given to discussion of .the comparative merits of the Panama and the Nicaraguan routes. The subject, therefore, will doubtless be ex- tensively debated during the summer, as Congress will probably be called upon next winter to finally de- cide between the two. The most notable of recent contributions to the discussion has been furnished to the Philadelphia Record by Professor Angelo Heilprin, vice president of the Geographical Society of that city. The pro- fessor warmly advocates the Panama route. He quotes the report of the Isthmian Canal Commission submitted last November, to the effect that the con- struction of the Nicaraguan route will cost $200,000,000, while the Panafma canal can be completed for $58,000,000 less; and, furthermore, that the annual cost of maintaining the Nicaraguan canal would be much greater than that required to maintain the shorter route. By way of explaining why the commission reported in favor of the Nicaraguan route despite the advantages of the other line, he says: “The decision df the com- mission is based primarily on two considerations: (1) The assumed impossibility for the United States to obtain full and absolute control of the rights and franchises which are involved in the Panama canal, and (2) the belierf, unfortunately not justified by the facts, that the Nicaraguan route has commercial ad- vantages in being the shorter and more direct trade- carrier.” The first of the two objections the professor dis- misses with the statement: “There will be few to be- lieve that because a commission not authorized to enter into a formal trade transaction was unable to obtain satisfactory conditions of transfer from the present Panama Canal Company the United States resources, and’| | from the face of the figures. 4 4 3 IS | Britain, France, Spain and the United States in 1800 highest purpose and his ultimate devotion to his | would be equally unsuccessful, and still fewer to en- tertain the notion that once in possession ofithe canal equally favorable conditions of control could.not be obtained from the Colombian Government as are now promised by Nicaragua and Costa Rica.” Passing to a consideration of the comparative avail- ability of the two routes for commerce, he maintains that the slight advantage in point of distance that would be gained in a voyage between our Atlantic and Pacific coasts by way of Nicaragua -as compared with Panama would be practically lost by the delay caused in the passage of the more numerous locks, the tortuous curves and the greater length of the proposed Nicaraguan canal. The latter would be four times as long as its rival— 187 miles as against 47 miles for the Panama canal. As between Atlantic ports and the west coast of South America the steaming distance, computed on a time basis, would be less by nearly seven hundred miles by way of Panama than by way of Nicaragua, and Hawaii and all ports of China and Japan would also be nearer via the former route. Finally, he argues, it would be folly to construct a canal across a country so subject to earthquakes as is ’that through which the Nicaraguan route passes. He cites records to show there has been no destructive earthquake near Panama in two hundred years, while there have been numerous disastrous earthquakes on the very line of the proposed Nicaraguan route within the last sixty years, Such is the argument put forward by the advocates of Panama. Against it stand tRe reports of the va- rious commissions appointed by the United States Government. The issue is complicated by the action of the Senate in rejecting the Hay treaty with Great Britain in relation to the construction of the Nicar- aguan canal. It is a big fight, and the sooner it is fought out the better. The country wishes an isth- mian canal, and is less interested in the route than in the early completion of the waterway. A New York man whose legs had been amputated went crazy after being dismissed from the hospital and killed himself because, as he said, his toe hurt him so he couldn’t sleep. Doubtless, moreover, the irritation was aggratated by the fact that he couldn't scratch his toe nor put a poultice on it. THE DEBTS OF THE NATIONS. WING to the public interest in the rapidly O augmenting debt of Great Britain the United States Treasury Bureau of Statistics has com- piled a statement showing the national debts of the world at this time in comparison with what they were at the beginning of the Napoleonic wars. The total amounts of such debts at various periods is given as follows: 1793. 1820. $2,433,250,000 7,299,750,000 8,419,045,000 13,382,875,000 22,410,232,000 26,249,901,000 ++e 81,493,749,000 It thus appears that the debts of the nations at the close of the nineteenth century were 1200 per cent greater than at the close of the eighteenth. During that period the population of the countries owing the :dehts increased by 150 per cent, and gold and silver, | which form the basis upon which the debts are to be paid, increased by 300 per cent. ? The situation, however, is not so bad as appears The wealth of Great is estimated at $20,244,640,000, while Mulhall in 1895 estimated their wealth at $195,750,829/000, or practi- cally ten times that at the beginning of the century. The debts of these four nations in 1793 aggregated | but $1,630,279/000, and in 1900 were $11,764,000,000, or | seven times as much as in 1703. | growth in wealth which has characterized the four If the rate of nations whose growth during the century may be also properly applied to the world at large it may be said that the growth of national wealth has about kept pace with that of national indebtedness. It is to be borne in mind, moreover, that while it is true the greater part of the huge debt now resting upon the natioas was caused by wars or by the main- tenance of military or other non-profitable establish- ments, a considerable part of it represents national improvements in one form or another. The contribu- tions of the United States and Great Britain to the aggregate indebtedness of the world have been due s REEEE 2% | almost wholly to wars, but with other nations it is not mingle their personalities into one great figure, which | represents tlie metropolitanindividuality, and lights | | so. France has contributed about $4,000,000,000, but not all for war, since some of the debt arises from state purchase of railroads, a productive enterprise. The German addition has been less than a billion dollars, and this partly on account of railways. The Russian addition has been some $3,000,000,000, also to a material extent on account of state ownership and construction of railways and other public works. Taken at its best the showing is not a pleasant one. The nations seem to have expended wealth about as fast as it was created. The twentieth century starts rich indeed in the way of all forms of material good, but with heavy mortgages in the way of national in- | debtedness to be-paid off, so that really the nations are not much better off financially than they were a century ago. A CHANCE FOR ROMANCE. RECENT discussion in Parliament brought out A certain facts in relation to affairs in Ashantee which afford a ready made theme and plot for a rousing romance. It appears the British are eagerly se{arching for a golden stool used as a throne by the kings of the Ashantee tribes and regarded by the na- tives with superstitious reverence. It is believed by the British that if they can obtain the precious stool and seat their man on it the Ashantees will accept him as King and ‘the British will be able to rule them in peace from that time on. 5 The stool, however, is lost. When last removed from the royal headquarters two chiefs and two slaves had charge of it. The slaves were required to bury the stool, and as soon as they had completed the task they were put to death. The secret hiding place of the sacred stool was then known only to thg two chiefs, but both of them were killed in recent battles, and now no one knows where to look for it. In the course of the discussion on the ‘'subject, Mr. Chamberlain said the value of the stool is mainly “moral and intellectual.” It appears, however, there are a good many people who think otherwise, and accordingly quite a number of adventurers are roam- ing over the wilds of the Ashantee forests searching for the golden stool. The availability of the story for romance purposes lies as much in the superstitious glamour that surrounds the royal relic as in its mone- tary value. The davs of romance are not yet over, and to people who like that sort of thing a search for a golden stool whosé possessor can command the absolute obedience of so many savage warriors is just as good a quest as any other that was ever made for the sake of adventure. { PAPERS ON Questions of Timely and Important In Which Have Engaged American Women’s Clubs. CURRENT. TOPICS.| e s PREPARED BY EXPERTS AND SPECIALISTS FOR TrE SAN FrANCISCO CALL. terest By Mrs. Elle; BX-PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL M. Henrotin. 'EDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS. (COPYRIGHT, 1901) _The primary purpose of the women's clubs entirely precludes the possibility that they should become, in any sense of the term, political associatfons. The clubs have evinced a great aversion to interfer- ing in political questions or taking any action in which State or national partisan issues were involved. They have recog- nized that the members were representa- tive of all shades of political beliefs and have avoided all controversy on political lines. The numerous civic and sociological activities now conducted under the aus- pices of th: clubs have been undertaken through a sense of duty and have been on strictly non-partisan lines. The clubs ren.u-;:ge somewhat slowly what a power is association, but once awakened to a consclousness of the opportunity which concerted action gave they were not slow in putting it into practice by en- tering on a semi-public career. At present every department club has a section devoted to civic action or sociol- ogical investigation. When the clubs first realized their civic duty the only work in which they could unite was education, S0 a department or committee on educa- tion was organized, in which was cen- tered the study and thought of the active club members. Most of the clubs inaug- urated practical work on educational lines by supporting kindergartens until the school boards of their localities were suf- ficiently educated to incorporate the sys- tem into the public schools. In most of the cities where this result has been achieved it was through the efforts of the women's ciubs, aided by private donations. The fund ‘which has been raised recently by the clubs of, Pittsburg and Allegheny City to support kindergartens for the children in the mining districts offers a case in point, and an example which could be multiplied by citing the report of every State federation. Taking Up Other Questions. In the large cities it was not difficult to enter public life through the door of edu- cation. The initial step being taken it was only a question of time when all pub- lic interests would command the attention of the clubs. The attempt to solve educa- tional problems brought the members face to face with others equally vital and diffi- cult of solution—glaring evils which af- fected the children in each neighborhood, or the heme in which they lived, or the bread winner on whom the child was de- pendent. Bach situation in turn resolved itself into a discussion which in time opened up all the field of industrial achievement and especially the part which women and children take in factory and mercantile life. The clubs of the large cities were at once interested in many forms of public activity, instituting re- forms, administering charity, aiding in civic efforts, securing legal protection for | women and children, placing women in public institutions where women and children were confined, amending the fac- tory laws, serving on committees for tenement house reform, helping to secure public parks and playgrounds—in a word, | their interest soon embraced all the large civil movements. Even the clubs in the smaller towns and villages have found a wide scope for prac- tical effor They have simple civic in- stitutions, but it takes great courage to | the Aldermen or the Mayor. The members must use great tact when suggesting that any institutions may be improved, for of- ten the town officers are family connec- tions of some one member and the criti- cism is almost personal. But the neces- sary courage has been found and rural | districts will improve now that women are | looking out of the doors into the com- murity life. City Women and Country Women. The club life and its interests are prov- ing a bond of union between the city women and the country women, They are thereby- discovering that their welfare is promoted by active co-operation; that they must work together to secure edu- cational advantages, library facilities and a broader social life. In the past the town and country have held apart, as if they had no common tie. | One of the factors which is pressing these seemingly separate interest is the annual meeting of each State federation, where the programme is prepared by a commit- tee selected from all parts of the State, $0 no subject is treated from one point of view and all discussion must take a wide range. The civic club of a large city pre- sents a report of its achievements and’ difficuties and it may be followed by-a report from a rural club which has just secured, by great effort, a law to_estab- lish a village pound and to keep the cat- tle off the streets. The report of the pub- lic school art societies has aroused a de- sire to improve the conditions of both city and rural schools, and city and country women co-operate to this end. Mrs. Bourland of Peoria, Ill, in one of her drives through the country happened on a little schoolhouse which appeared unkempt and most unlovely. She went in and found the inside even more neglected; the teacher, a young man, was interested in his school and earnest to do all in his power to help his pupils. He told his vis- itor that she was the first person who had ever evinced the least interest in the school. Mrs. Bourland promised to ald him and ultimately secured some fine photogravures to hang on the walls. The teacher told her that many of the chil- d:en (then saw for the first time a work of art. Legislative Work of Clubs. All the State federations have appointed committees on legislative work, the mem- bers of which are selected from different parts of the State. hen a law Is pro- posed which must affect the entire State it is absolutely necessary to secure the co- operation of the country women as well as those of the city. Thus many an object lesson of the interdependence of town and country has been taught the club women. Some remarkable results have been ob- tained through the efforts of these com- mittees. There is space here to give only a few examples, but every State federa- tion has secured some needed legislation. In Delaware the educational committee of the State federation and a committee from the Legislature and the constitutional convention held many conferences which resulted in the creation of a State board of education and new and improved school laws. Sanitary school conditions were made obligatory and women were qualified to vote for school trustees by the payment of a small property tax, on silverware, ete. At the next meetink of the General Assembly of the State a bill will be pre- sented by the federation making school attendance compulsory, also a bill to cre- ate a State normal school and a bill for the protection of children on coast ves- sels and inland waterways. The federa- tion of the District of Columbia during the first year it was organized secured an entire modification of the laws which af- fect the legal status of women. As the district contains the national capital it cannot fail to have an important effect on the legal status of womenq in all the States to have the district laws conform to those enacted by the most advanced States and thus be in harmony witheliberal public opinion. The committee having in charge the amendment of these laws went before the Senate and House committees and were so well received that they went the next {ear and obtained the adoption of the kindergarten as a ?an of the public school system of the district. The legislative committee of the Michi- gan federation has obtained the passage of a bill through the Legislature placing swomen physicians in all State institutions ‘where women and children are held; also a bill authorizing women to vote in school elections. The State federation of Mary- land is seconding the admirable efforts of the geological department of Johns Hop- kins University in endeavoring to secure needed legislation in favor of good roads. That federation is also assisting in the preservation of colonial manor houses, churches, cemeteries and old county rec- ords. As a state Maryland is very rich in colonial relics. Other Public Works. - The educatiortal committee of the Maine criticize the members ‘of - school boards, [* XIIT.—WOMEN’S CLUBS AND PUBLIC MOVEMENTS. federation has aroused interest all over the State in school sanitation and has spent in two years over $6000 in decorating model schoolrooms. The Louisiana fedcration, as soon as it was or ed, began to work on civio lines. e Shreveport Woman’s Club is erecting a public fountain. The Woman's Club of New Orleans is trying to clean the streets, and the public is being educated by it to a realization of the unkempt con- dition of the cities and villages. A woman’s club of Harriman, Tenn., found the sidewalks of the town in a de- plorable condition and when not able otherwise to lm)gove them its members have rebullt therh. This same club has offered a prize for the best-kept tenement house and has placed receptacles for waste paper in all the public buildings. The president of the federation of Okla- homa Territory and Indian Territory re- ports that “thé ploncer woman is a great factor in the public movement of a plo- neer -commonwealth.”” The clubs of her federation, she says, are interested on clvic lines of work. Streets and alleys have been made clean; trges have been planted and their destruct! prevented; guks have been begun; cemeteries have een cared for; schoolrooms have been adorned with works of art and school grounds have been tastefully laid out. To appreciate the full force of this report a person must be conversant with the diffi- culties with which settlers of new or out- lying States have to contend. A unique assoclation has been organized in Iowa called the Daughters of Ceres. The headquarters of the club is in Des Moines and the branch clubs are scattered in the farming districts. The members are wives and daughters of farmers; it is said that some of them drive over twelve miles to attend the semi-monthly meetings. They have a system of circulating librar- ies among their branch clubs, and have debates on social and economic subjects, gepecially_on such as interest rural popu- ations. Work Among Mountain Women. This movement has its counterpart in the “town and country’” club of Minne- sota, Missouri and Kansas: also in the “summer camps” under the auspices of the Kentucky federation., The first of these camps was started in a mountzain county by four young ladies, who, with their chaperon, camped out all summer, teaching the mountain women and chil- dren to sew, to mend, to cut out, to cook and other simple household duties. The mountaineers flocked to the camp and eagerly offered themselves as pupils. Last summer a large number of clubwomen spent the entire season in the mountains working on the same lines. Such personal devotion and good-fellowship must become a social power and win these shy and sus- pictous people into comradeship. The*Cosmos Club of Chattanooga has introduced the weaving of carpets into the mountain districts, furnishing artistic designs and providing a market. The Women's Club of Central Kentucky held lest summer an exhibit of arts and crafts which was very suce It opened a market for the sale.of some of tue curies and the beautiful weaving of the mcuntain people. The Massachusetts federation held “an important exhibit last April in Boston of the home industries of the country. Rugs, blue and - white needlework from - Deer- field, the weaving of the Georgia, Tennes- see and Kentucky men and of the Acadians, together with the lace, baskets and embroideries of the Mexican and dian women, were displayed. Altogether it xwas a “brave show” and most encour- aging. After the murder of Governor Goebel the “Emergency Assoclation” was formed in Kentucky, with headquarters in Louis- ville. * In that city alone there are over 4000 members. Branches are being rap- idly organized in other cities and towns. The object of the association, which is | largely composed of women, is “to incul- cate principles of good citizenship, to urge a single standard of conduct for public and private life and to enforce the laws against murder, carrying concealed weap- ons,” ete. Ulfimately some of these prin- ciples will affect the “‘troubled political life” of the State. £ Civil Service Reform and Arbitration The women’s clubs have always thrown their influence on the side of civil ser- vice reform. At the Milwaukee biennial meeting of the neral Federation of Women’'s Clubs & session was held in which the subject was discussed. The women’s auxiliary of the New York Civil Reform Assoclation recently offered two prizes, one of $100 and the other of $30, for the best essay on the subject of civil service reform, the competition to be re- stricted to members of clubs holding membership in either the general federa- tion or a State federation. The Massa- chusetts federation has a committee on clvil service, which has organized into cdmmittees in the clubs. The subject of ‘“Peace and Arbitration” has been studied in the clubs. During the sessions of the international ce conference at The Hague a cable of ap- preciation and a promise of co-operation ‘was sent by the board of the General Fed- eration of Womens' Clubs to the dele- gates. ¢ During the Spanish American war the women’s clubs took a prominent part in relief measures and in providing for the comfort of the soldiers. This was notably true of the Western cities, such as Den- ver, San Francisco, Boise and Salt Lake City. The clubs in those cities sent com- mittees to meet the men in transit, pro- vided warm meals and did everything possible to secure a comfortable trip for the soldiers. * Women’s Clubs and World’s Fairs. The success of the World’s Columbian Exposition, especially that of the con- gresses auxiliary, was greatly aided by the enthusiasm of the women’s clubs. They made that exposition an object of study while it was in process of construc- tion, attended the various congresses and returned home to arouse their own com- munities to the benefit and pleasure to be derived from a visit to the exposition. When there was a doubt as to whether the President would be able to appoint a woman commissioner to the Paris Expo- sition every president of a State federa- tion sent a petition asking that one or more women commissioners be appointed, and the larger number named Mrs. Potter Palmer as their choice. Also when it was doubtful if women would be named on the jury of award of the Paris Exposition the federation presidents sent telegrams to the commissioner general urging him to use his influence to obtain the appointing of women on the jury. A meetirg of the women's clubs of the Southwestern States was held recefitly in Ifngsas City tho dlscltdt;‘ or; the part wilch club women should take in the ex) thl ia to be helirllin Sl o e rate the centennial of the Mississippi purchase. Eleven States sent dalosatzg. The important decision was rea#hed not to ask for a separate building for wom- en’s exhibits, but to place all articles manufactured by women, either in facto- :lleu or at home, in the general classifica~ on. Influence That Continually Widens. It would be most suggestive to examiple of individual clubs ..mfi.f‘fi.fiz exerted a great influence on the civic life of their communities, but where all have done well it is almost invidious to single out a few. Some of the clubs in the large cities are chiefly occupied with municipal conditions. Among of the most prominence are the women’s clubs of Den- ver, of San Francisco, of Cincinnati, of of Chicago, and the Civic Club- of Philadelphia. 'The last named is a splendid example of what a dlnintmate(ll‘. én:emmtad of women can accomplish for lvancement cofllmunlty. 252 A over this country the club moveme: is spreading, in cities, in tom‘"md ?: farming communities, and it is impossible T s W I e 5 o s e CORONADU TENT CITY, Coronado Beach, Cal., will be the popular summer resort this zeason. It became famous last year for com- fort, entertainment and A cafe was a wonder, St. Louls to cele- ate the educational value on :fie"::m“;: 'mzy life. The work of the clubs has been accomplished by insistent effort and by co-overation with existing ggen- cies, and therefore without rousing an- tagonism. The only regret is that clubs do not half appreciate their power and are slow to wield it on some occasions when it would be of immense benefit. But thelr sphere of influence is ever widening and they will continue to be a potent factor in the life of the nation. ANSWERS TO QUERIES TO FIX COLORS—Gracella, Vallejo, . Any first class paint house will fur- EI‘BIh material for fixing indelibly India ink or sepia. ENGINEER—Subscriber, City. A per- son seeking employment in the engineer artment of a steamship company g&nd file his application with the com- pany. OIL LANDS-C. R., Woodland, Cal. A lengthy and important ruling defining the status of the oll producing lands was pub- lished in the San Francisco Call of the 26th of April, 1901 THE CALIFORNIAN—A. 8., City. The freighter Californian was launched during he early part of 1900. Her dimensions :r:: ygr.h 413, breadth 51, depth 22, SS oymnaze 5879, net tonnage 4597, speed imots. BICARBONATE OF SODA—A. S., City. Bicarbonate of soda given to a horse is for a laxative and for the purpose of ton- ing the stomach. It is given with other ingredients and in small doses, not to ex- ceed two drams. GENIUS AND APPLICATION—F. D., City. Genius is indicative of high mental, especlally originative and artistic, powers and faculties. Application, by which a rson is enabled to do that which others .ve done, is not genius; it is imitation. A POLICE MYSTERY—A. 8, City. This correspondent wants to know if a certain police officer was asked to resign from the force on the ground that he had aec- cepted a bribe to get a man on the police force. The powers that be will not teil, and therefore it is one of the police mys- teries. APPEAL TO REASON_N. 8., Oakland, Cal. There is a paper published in Girard, Kans., called “Appeal to Reason.” Row- ell’'s Newspaper Directory does not give its circulation. If you will look in Ro ell's Directory you will find the_circula- tion of newspapers generally. You wiil find the book in the Free Library. INVESTMENTS—F. A T, Amador City, Cal. This department does not ad- vertise private business concerns, nor does it advise correspondents that a cer- tain concern “is a good and safe invest- ment for a wage earner who can save a few dollars a month.” A man who wants to invest money should de so only after a personal investigation. BIRD LIME-L. H. D., Bisbee, Ariz. The following is the manner in which bird -lime is prepared: Boil the middle bark of the holly, gathered in June or July, for six or eight hours in water, un- til it becomes tender; then drain off the { water and place it in a pit under ground in layers with fern and surround it with stones. Leave it to ferment for two or three weeks, until it forms a sort of mu- cilage, which must be pounded in a mor- tar into a mass and well rubbed between the hands in running water, until all the refuse is worked out; then place it in an earthen vessel and leave it for four or five days to ferment and purify itself. Bird lime may also be made from mistle- toe berries and the bark of the wayfar- ing tree and other vegetables by a simi- lar process. Should any of it stick to the hands it may be removed by the means of a little oil of lemon bottoms or turpen- tine. It is to be used by rubbing it over twigs to catch small birds or small ani- mals. Choice candigs, Townsend's, Palace Hotel* Cal. glace fruit 50c per 1b at Townsend's.” } i } Best eyeglasses, specs, 10c to 4e. Look out for 81 4th, front of barber and grocer. * i Townsend’s California glace fruilts, 50c a d, in_ fire-etched boxes or Jap bas- g:u‘ 639 Market, Palace Hotel buxfdlng.' * Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men b& the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. * % A zealot is one who will commit a crime in order to uphold the standard of mor- ality. & Remove the causes that maks your halr life- less and gray with Parker’s Hair Balsam. Hindercorns, the best cure for corns. 15 cts. —_—ee———— A man may be rather slow befors mar- rizge, but after the knot is tied he is made fast. ADVERTISEMENTS. The Montezuma Mining Co. OF WASHINGTON. RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF MONTEZUMA PRODUCTS MONTEZUMA . COPPER 24 MINES 16 TO 36 PER CENT COPPER essable Under the Laws of Washington, 2000 ACRES 14 VEINS COKING AND BLACKSMITHING ¢ OAL *ssaussng buruyy eyowniBey v bujog Auvdwoy eyng ‘Bucips ‘big y #$10,000,000. Stock Non- MoNTEZUMA COKE Capital 90 1-2 PER CENT CARBON The Montezuma will bear any test, of which we will pay the cost. It offers exceptional op- portunity for profitable investment. Ask for prospectus. Read the company’s report in to- day’s classified columns. Join our Excursion lo Seattle, Tacema and the Mines. Leaves San Francisco June 15 In special train of Pullman Sleeping Cars. 'THE AMERICAN GUARANTY & TRUST €O Selling Agents, 810 Safe Deposit Bullding Corner California and Montgomery Streets, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. FOR SALE. oved Farm of 2000 Acrés Rich Valley Land in Ma- dera County, For particulars address FARM, Street, 8. F. ¥ . Mietos Impr