The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 9, 1901, Page 6

THE SUNDAY CALL A Novel Use for Kites. ITES are destined to play a part in sport used with great a means to stop partridge and flying from cover where it is wished tu keep them for shooting. The birds will not ri.e when kices are ilying above them, fear- g, doubtless, atlacs. And now the kite has been used for lishing. he credit of dis ing the possibili- s of air-line fishing is due to Mr. Ed- the great kite cxpert and er. ne advantage of fishing from a Kkite is that the fisherman m stand on the shore while his bait is dropped far out at are not scared or boats when an Kites are small pullev runs. the fisherman on shore; tne other, which is weighted, drops from the pulley as the escent is made, and dips into the sea. At tlown, t™»» string cuarrying a «krough which the fish linc One end of tae fish line is lLeld hy the moment when a Lsh and is hooked, the herman feels the puil on his line, the kite is quickly hauled in, and_the fish is dragged in at the same time. Mr. Horsman nas caught many a .fine sea fish in this way.—Pearson's Mag- azine, snaps at the bait Mente Qevlo R:n: Theusand 2 Year. PERMIT to the Monte Carlo /Qbsued and sho that ther been a sutiiciertly be decli-2d 10 francs pér taan for the preccding year. i Four HMurdred Casino Company has just been is- in the net profits to ca This decline in the net profits of the roulette a.d trente et quarante tables > due not to any falling off in the re- ceipts, which, fndecd, are larger than those of the preceding twelve months, but to the enormous increase in the ex- penses which the Casino Company has to beas. Most of these additional expenses 8o into the pocket of the Prince of Mon- aco, he only cousented to remew the concession to the company for another period of fifty y-ers, dating from 1900, on *he conditicn that the payments inade to | Lim were largely augmel.ed. Formerly he recewed for his privy purse um of $:30,00 a year from the ompany. This year, and from now on, this allowance is increased to $i0,000 a year, which is over and above the money paid to him by the company for the ex- of his court, s body guaru and of his police. The company pays he salaries of all the Judges and Magistrates of the princi- pality, iurn.shes iue money for prizes, for the arnival, for pigeon shooting and devotcs $500,000 per annum to the Prince of Monaco’s theater and orchestra. The inhabitants of the principality pay no taxes or rent, everything being defrayed by the company. As a holder of a large block of shares in the company and as one of the dozea stockholders of the concern, the Prince derives a large income from the tables in _the way of dividends. The business is owned jointly by Ed- mond Blanc, son of the fourder: his two brothers-in-law, Prince Roland Bonaparte and Prince Constantine Radsiwill, and the Prince of Monaco. No mention is made in the annual re- port of the fact tha. the number of sui- cides of the principaiity. is zuperior to the rumber of living inhabitants; but then the suicides are all forelgners. of his Government, Rah! rah! rah! Rah! rah! rah! Rah! rah! Stanfora: TIE university at Palo Alto boasis of some fine and daisv houses. They also boast that larger and finer than Berkeley. One thing that c helps out thelr appearance is their swell lawns and their great profusion of fowers. But Palo Alto truly seems to be land of sunshine and flowers, so whe nature cr the boys are to be given cre for the posies is a difficult problem solve. One thing is certain, howev “frat"” tne7 e those ot the ihere is - I z more cellege life at Stanford at Berkeley. But then again it's ea: c- counted for. The boys can’t et “way from Palo Alto and run to the theater or some popular cafe to listen to the music. They are, in a measure, dependent upo1 themselves for amusement and ation. The majority of “frat” hou are on the campus, and almost in a row, but there are still a few swell ones ia l'aio Alto. The Sigma Alpha Epsilon house lovks large enough to.comfortably hold an ea- tire regiment. The reception hall is a perfecti mense room, and serves all kinds of pur poses. A four-foot en firenlace mands that the piano and music box be there, and all kinds of easy chairs. The billiard room ove! just off, with folding doors, so the players can caich the cheer and still y their game. Opening from the billiard room is a cozy spot for any who wishes a quict hour with a book. On the other side of the hall is the dinirg room, so a fellow of moods may be happy and not waik a dézen miles, either. The house is certainly an ideal gne for entertaining, as the rooms are Jlarge and the rugs rnd chairs can be pushed back in a Jiffy. y across the street from the S. the cozy home of the Kappa recre- one Sigma boys. Their house isn't' large, but it's a bower of roses outside and full of good naturs ard fun inside, Instead of ving two or three .ables in the dining room, they have onme broad, long one. and everybody sits where he osh’” the other fellow For fellow—you know. The ble, too, Ave a charming way of enterta 1e'r friends, or even their f The is b in m that thing that most of t ret vacked fuill of and tny ¢ By the w have a matron they affect 1t moether and . the and the tc satisfaction of But matrons reason why so jolly i They all say e in'Palo Alto. broad ve photos, Drogr: the houses at S ely cal her b butt es of the she likes 1d maybe ma ws on “mother have a roomy eltas da almost and climt vines anc b trees th: ne The hall is‘large but isn't pa larly inviting. It's tco corans nd stiff looking. But they have the jolliest Ori- ental room just off and it's rather a sur- prise to cveryboc A card room opens off from the ‘hall, and this many cc scinating ner opens room. A casual caller wo that a room piled high with illows, draped in dull cclers and f h sweel incense was almost within reach. That where the rest and spin yarns—an¢ at the time they can keep £n eye on ing cards. It seems to be ait of the Sigma Nu tribe to extend the glad hand to their friends. They simpl 't do enough to make one’s vi nt, and it's “can’t you stay to ¢ : be so giad to have you,” or “stay over with us.” Their hcme is sandwiched in between two “Prof.’s” homes and the chaps have to be eternally on their good behavior. That makes it bad in one way, but may- be that is one reason why they turn out so many athletes and peoint so proudly to their picture gallery of nota- bles One thing that in evidence there is the football won Stanford ber lzst game. It occupies the best chair usually that cr nes among the pillows or stands on the table, but it is usually there in full view. It serves as a mascot, and so far | WENTIETH century cynies who delight in iterating the tart fact, “As the men do, so also do the women,” doubtlcss found satisfac- tion in noting what occurred at a meeting of the Wemen's University Ciub in New York recently. There was an attendance of abou* sixty. | A resclution was adepted providing for an organization to include all alumnae hav ing degrees. with the avowed purpose gf possessing a clubhouse. Several of those r 1. Present spoke of the gocd work doe by non-graduates and teachers who are in- cluded in the various colleg: clubs, and it was urged that such memb_rs could bring to @ woman's university club a great deal | of enthusiasm and support, as they had already done for the college organization Now, to any one who has hot considerea the matter, a statement of tne number of college and fraternity clubs in the metrop- olis and the cozy and costly clubhouses they maintain would be astonishing. Within a very recent period there have $een a surprising number of these organi- zaticng consummated right in the heart of the city. The growth of club ife ir this new country, and particulariy in, New York City, has been remarkably accentuated by i the formation of college dining clubs and their subsequent establishment as full- fledged clubs with central and thoroughly equipped homes. The flourishing Yale Club has just moved into its new ten-story building in West Forty-fourth street. The Princeton Club, which not long ago leased a large double house at th= corner of Park avenue and Thirty-fourth street, and the Corneil Club, recently ensconced in a huge mod- ern apartment house in West Forty-third street, not to mention the superb home of the Harvard Club, opposite the Yale Club, in West Forty-fourth street, and the stil} more palatial Unlversity club- house, at Fifth avenue and Fifty-fourth street, indicate this trend. Among thg. lesser known college clubs The Quarters of Yale, Harvard and Princeton. and fraternities which now have homes in the metronolis are the Delta Psi, in Bast Twenty-eighth street; the Delta Phi, in st Forty-ninth street: the Alpha Delta Phi, in West Thirty-third street; the Phi 3amma Delta, the Delta Kappa Epsilon, in West Thirty-first street; the Psi Upsi- lon, in West Thirty-fourth street; the Zeta Psi, jn West Thirty-fourth street; the Theta Delta Chi. on upper Broadway; the Barnard Club, the City College Club and the St. Anthony's Club of Delta Psi. Others which have a permanent organi- zaticn here, although they have not yet secured permanent quarters, are the Am- herst, Brown, Dartmouth, Trinity, Wil liams, Unio. and University of Virginia Alumni associations. The new building of the Yale Club, at Nos. 30 and 32 West Fourty-fourth street, - from an artis point of view 'is one of the most Leautiful of its king extant, and a notable ornament to a block which has already several clubhouses upon it. This ten story building, on a plat 50x100 feet, represents an expenditure of $375,000. The architects, Messrs. Tracy & Swart- wout, Yale aiumni, of course, are very young men, and their achievement in se- curing this commission and planning a structure so commodious and artistic is another noteworthy factor in the college club life of this city. - The upper and lower stories of the club- house are faced with white marble, red brick forming the intermediate wall. The first flcor contains the cafe, billlard and visitors’ rooms, and a grill that promises to be one of the cosiest and most distinc- tive in,the metropolis. The second floor has a spacious lounging room and library. Life of the University On the ninth floor are the dining rooms, private, class and general. The tenth floor contains the kitchen, storerooms and servants’ quarters, and over this will be a roof garden. The remaining floors are divided into ty-four suites of bachelor quarters, ranging from one to seven or eight rooms. The Yale Club was organized only three years ago with s bers. yet its present clyb h Madison square, has been that larger quarters necessary Building bout six hundred mem- use, facing successful ) found to be and the selected a were ago, quickly fully a year Committee site, had the requisite means pledged, and set about erecting the new home The Yale Club is one of the very clubs of any scrt whose restaurant shown a profit from the first. Togethe 'with the cafe and the cigar counter, profits from this cne source about $14,000 last year. amov Yale's perennial rival, Harvard been housed in sts princely home posite for several years, and s just e as prosperous. The Harvarq Club of New York was organized away back in 1865, incorporated in 1887, and it purchas- ed the site of its clubhouse in 1862 It i a stately old colonial structure, three, sto- ries high, the exterior of Harvard brick, laid like that of the b oric Harvard Gates in Flemish bond, with Indiana limestone trimmings, reminiscent of old ock and Tudor Holworthy and the H houses which used to adorn Beacon Hill. Within the cheerful Harvard ecrimson everywhere prevails, well calculated to warm the cockles of the ecrustiest old heart ever planted an alumnus. The big front doors open into a fine white col- onial vestibule; thence leads the broad hallway, with a great fireplace at ¢ end, and an ample staircase, with slender white balusters surmounted by a heavy mahogany rail. A big crimson rug em- phasizes the loyal color scheme of all the rooms on the ground floor, as does the fa-