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5 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7 , 1901. The— St Call. SATURDAY.... ......DECEMBER 7, 1901 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address All Commusiestions to W. 8. LEAKE, Maraper. MANAGER’S OFFICE.. Telephone Press 204 Market and Third, S. F. 201. PUBLICATION OFFICE. . ‘Telephone Pre: 217 to 221 Stevensom St. Press 202. Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. ngle Copies. 5 Cents. Terms by Mail, Including Fostage: DAILY CALL (including Sunday), one year.. DAILY CALL (including Sunday), ¢ months. DAILY CALL (including Eunday), 3 months. DAILY CALL—By Single Month. EUNDAY CALL. One Year. WEEELY CALL, One Year. All postmasters nre authorized to recelve subseriptio Bample coples will be forwarded when requested. Mafl subscribers in orderiag change of sddress should be particuler to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS iIn order to insure & prompt and correct compliance with thelr request. QAKLAND OFFICE. ...1118 Broadway C. GEORGE KROGNESS. 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Columbia—*"The Girl From Maxim's."” Orpreum—Vaudeville. Grard Opera-house—*"The Crust of Society."” nia—*"A Stranger in a Strange Land.” Galety Girl.” “The Streets of New York." Alcezar—"An Encmy to the King.” Chutes, Zoo and Theater—Vaudeville every afternoon and Fischer's—Vaudeville. Recreation Park—Baseball. Certral Park—Vasco Ball Game. Oakland Racetrack—Races to-day. e PACIFIC CODFISHERIES. NE of the large industries of the Pacific Coast O which at this time needs from the Govern- ment an assistance it can readily give, but which no other power can adequately provide, is that engaged in codfishing. In the industry there have been invested many thousands of dollars, and it employs many hundreds of men. It is capable, under proper supervision, of continuing indefinitely as a source of wealth, and consequently merits such protection as the Government can bestow. At the present time the industry. has a right to ex- pect from the Government two services. The first is diplomatic, and involves the settlement of the right of American fishers to catch cod in certain portions of Okhotsk Sea, over which Russia claims control. The second is that of providing for the propagation of codfish at certain stations along the Alaskan coast where the conditions for the propagation are most favorable. The Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Association have taken the subject up and have prepared an in- structive memorial upon it. It appears from the statements of the memorial that within the last few vears our codfishing industry has so expanded as to enable us not only to supply our own market but to place our product in Chicago in competition with the Atlantic cod, to compete on the west coast of South America with goods from Norway, in Australia and New Zealand with the ling cod from Scotland, and to replace in a great measure with our codfish the dried fish from Japan, in Hongkong, the Philippines and the East generaliy as far as the Straits Settle- ments. Statistics compiled by one of the fishing com- panies show that since 1870 there have been brought into this port Pacific codfish to the wholesale value of $5,130,000. It will be conceded that an industry of such mag- nitude and with such possibilities is worth preserving. It is threatened, however, by the interference of Rus- sia with American fishers in Okhotsk Sea and by the diminishing number of fish along the Alaskan coast. Concerning those difficulties of the industry the memorial says: “In former years the greater por- tion of our supply of codfish came from Okhotsk Sea, where the fishing banks are much more extensive than are those of Bering Sea, but a ruling of the Rus- siah Government imposes a license on all vessels fish- ing within thirty miles of the shore, and in 1892 one of our vessels narrowly escaped seizure for getting within the prescribed zone at a time when the ex- istence of the regulations was not known here. Being driven from the Okhotsk, all the fishing vessels are compelled to rendezvous in the restricted fishing- grounds in Bering Sea, where the supply is notably growing less.” Upon that showing two things are asked: First, that the Department of State make an early deter- mination of our rights on the fishing banks of Okhotsk Sea, thereby, if possible, enabling our craft to renew cperations in those waters. Second, to pro- cure the establishment and maintenance on the coast of Alaska of one or more hatcheries for the propa- gation of cod, similar to those maintained by the Government on the coast of Massachusetts. The requests are not excessive. It is only fair that the Government pay as much attention to Pacific fisheries as to those of the Atlantic. It is gratifying to have so energetic a body as the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Association at work in promoting the interests of this as well as other Pacific Coast in- dustries, and our delegation in Congress should co- operate in the work and urge the matter upon the immediate attention of the Government. A ——— It is said that Americans at the Pan-American Congress who went there for the purpose of seeing what they could do in the way of arranging for trade have found the South American delegates very af- fable and polite, but extremely evasive on business propositions. They are willing enough to talk, so long as the talk doesn’t bind them to a trade. Sir Thomas Lipton has said that only a pulse beat was between him and victory in the recent yacht contest. This may be one way of taking consolation out of the stern fact of defeat 1 | F CONGRESS AND ITS WORK. D ESPITE the fact that Congress is not ex- pected to get to work before the holidays there has been a notable activity in getting ready for it. Upon many important subjects, such as the isthmian canal, Chinese restriction and the Philip- pine tariff, bills have been already introduced. These, will be put into shape by'the committees presumably without much delay and will be ready to be taken up at any time. Consequently it is hardly fair to say that no work will be done before Christmas, for good preparation counts as work as well as does accom- plishment. One of the notable features of this Congress is the confidence with which the public -waits its action. At the time of the assembling of a new Congress for many a ycar past there has been always more or less doubt as tc what action it would take on many meas- ures of grave public concern. It can be readily re- called with what anxiety the business world waited to learn what was to be done with the tariff, the cur- rency and the situation in Cuba. Even when the pre- ceding Tongress met and when there was no longer any question of the financial or the fiscal system of the nation at stake there was uncertainty concerning cur trade relations with Porto Rico and the Philip- pines. No such anxiety is felt now. It is everywhere taken as well assured that the reciprocity treaties will | be rejected by the Senate, the Philippine tariff will be made to correspond with the needs of American in- dustry, an isthmian canal bill will be enacted and the exclusion of Chinese will be adopted as a peymanent policy of the country. By reason of the confidence felt by the country as to the action of Congress on all these issues which are uppermost in the public mind it would seem that the proceedings of the session would be dull and un- interesting. Where a given decision upon any issue is a foregone conclusion people are not likely to pay much attention to the formal proceedings that lead up to it. Therefore if this Congress had nothing else to deal with than the subjects which have been so much discussed it would probably interest few people. It happens, however, that there will come before Congress during the session several measures of importance which as_yet have not attracted much of popular attention, and out of some of them there may arise discussions which will become more or less exciting to the country as a whole. It is to be borne in mind, moreover, that while the Republicars will be content to let well enough alone, and would be satisfied with a quiet and uneventful session, the Democrats will do their uttermost to force a fight on some question that will give them a cause upon which to appeal to the people in the Con- gressional elections next fall. At present that party has no national policy; it has not even an issue. It is therefore up to the Democratic leaders in Congress to do something this winter that will give rise to party division and a party fight. It is not clear what course will be pursued in the search for the needed issue. Such attempts as were made in the Democratic caucus to outline a policy for the session had no other effect than to cause dis- sensions in the caucus itself, and in the end all reso- lutions of the kind were referred to a2 committee, | The prospects of the party, therefore, are not bright. It is probable even that by the end of the session they may emerge without having formed a single issue upon which they can make a united fight in the fall campaign. 5 In this-condition of affairs there is nothing to be regretted. We are now in the full flood of prosperity, and two years of business unfretted by political dis- turbances will be beneficial to all. The failure of the Democrats to find an issue is not due to their stupid- ity alone, for as a matter of fact there is hardly any issue to fihd. The affairs of the republic are well ad- ministered, and where legislation is needed, as in re- gard to Chinese immigration: or the isthmian canal, no party divisions are pdssible. A quiet session, therefore, would be acceptable to the whole country. e As a rule New Jersey is too well satisfied with her- self to take notice of criticisms, but just now she is trying to explain why it is that both plutocrats and anarchists are making their homes there in greater numbers than in any other part of the Union. N — RAIN, COMMERCE AND POLITICS. OR a long time it has been known to observant students of politics in countries where govern- ment is dependent upon the popular will that in years of prosperity the majority vote is on the side of the party in power, but in bad years the majority votes with the opposition. The principle underlying that phenomenon has been presented in an interest- ing article in the current number of the Popular Science Monthly by H. Helm Clayton of the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory, and the facts cited by him show a close coincidence of' commercial panics and political disturbances with seasons of defi- cient rainfall. Mr. Clayton says: “As a professional investigator of science I am fre’qucntly brought to consider the tremendous influences that natural phenomena in the earth, air and sky have on human affairs and to wonder that these influences on man’s political and business relations are not more frequently consid- ered.” As a matter of fact they have been consid- ered much more frequently than sciehtists suppose, but the consideration has not led to any valuable re- sults because the details of the subject have not been scientifically studied by competent men and the con- clusions presented in a convincing way. It is for that reason that even this brief presentation of Mr. Clay- ton’s studies will be received with gratification as a valuable contribution to a subject which has long en- gaged more or less of public attention, * The statistics of rainfall presented in the paper show that a deficient rainfall preceded the panic of 1837, the panic of 1857, that of 1873 and that of 1893. Each of those panics was followed by a vote of the people adverse to the party in power. There was a deficient rainfall in 1863 and 1864, but in those years the disturbances of business and politics caused by the Civil War were sc great as to render it impos- sible to determine how far the lack of rain affected either the one or the other. It is weil known that parties in power always claim for themselves whatever prosperity prevails in the country at the time, and, judging by the popular vote, the people appear to admit the validity of the claim. Commenting upon that fact the writer says: “To designate as a superstition the belief in the capacity of the various political parties in power to make pros- perity may be extreme, but certainly careful thinkers will join’ in the wish that such relations to natural phenomena as are here outlined might be carefully studied by trained investigators using well-known scientific methods. Perhaps, then, a unity of belief as to the causes of commercial distress might be ob- tained equaling that which has prevailed since Dar- win’s day as to the causes of variety and changes .of form in the animal kingdom.” e : ! It will not be denied that the scientific study pro- posed would be beneficial, but it is safe to say it would not have the far-reaching effect Mr. Clayton supposes. Parties in power do not control the rain- fall, nor can they prevent the hard times which follow the consequent loss i crops, but they can do much 'to relieve the distress by.the enactment of legislation intelligently devised to make the best of -a bad situa- tion. To that extent, therefore, a party is really re- sponsible for the condition of industry and com- merce. We had an example of it in the immediate resumption of industrial and commercial activity as sopn as the election of McKinley restored confidence in financial circles. Politics is not so blind.a thing as scientists suppose. The people are not’wholly superstitious fools. They generally know what set of mén is best to trust in any particular emergency; and they vote accordingly. e ; A seat in Congress this winter is more pleasant than ever before, for instead of the old-fashioned cane-bottom chairs the members now have elab- orately upholstered mahogany, and can sit with something of the dignity of a plutocrat oa velvet. DEBTS AND, DRINKS. N American traveler and observer in Germany A reports that in Saxony there exists a curious but efficacious way of collecting delinquent taxes and bad debts. The law, it is said, provides that whenever a citizen neglects to pay his taxes or a debt for which judgment has been obtained ‘against him his name shall be posted officially in every beer garden or cellar in the city, and so long as it femains there no dealer is permitted to sell him a drink. Failure to obey the law imposes upon the beer seller. a heavy fine for the first offense, and for the second a forfeiture of his license. ; Whether such a law exists may be doubtful. The Germans may have a way of joshing Americans even as we josh foreigners who visit us, and besides the law appears to be too wise to be really practicable in any community. Nevertheless, it has features that merit attention. How would it work in San Fran- cisco, for example? How many bad debtors we have in the community we know not, but there are enough delinquent tax- payers to give the measure a pretty severe trial. Sup- pose all their names were to be blazoned in every drinking-place in town. There would be a good job and a long one for the name-poster to begin with. Then when the saloon-keeper realized that he had to know all those names and the men who bear them he would have to hire one or two employes to attend to that part of the saloon business, and that would af- ford work for more of the unemployed. Thus the industrial condition of the city would be improved at once and the law would score a public benefit at the very start. Next there would be the moral improvement. The delinquent taxpayer who could not get a drink would perforce remain sober. He might never pay his taxes, but in every other respect, except a tendency to profanity, he would be a better man. What the saloon-keepers lost might go into the homes of the community, or perhaps be dropped into the hands of the Salvation Army for the benefit of the poor. There would thus be an increase of happiness in the home and charity on the streets that would make the city glow with a new light, and San Francisco would be an illumination to all the surrounding country. In the very midst of these sanguine expectations, however, there comes a thought that gives us pause. Perhaps if delinquent taxpayers and bad debtors in San Francisco were debarred from drinks the saloons would close up and quit business. Instead of employ- ing new men they would discharge those they have. The ranks of the unemployed would be increased. The delinquents might move to Oakland to live and leave the city depopulated. In-short, the law is prob- ably too good for our stage of civilization. It will do for a subject for academic discussion, but it won't fit into our politics. The Saxons may keep it. Eastern students of sociology have noted of re- cent years a marked increase of suits brought by men against others for damages for an alleged alienation of a wife’s affections, and they are de- bating whether the increase signifies a rise in the market value of a wife's affection or only a keener desire on the part of the husband to get what it is worth, no matter how little. ‘ his management of the Pension Bureau have been so frequent and at times so strong that reports have been again and again in circulation that he would be removed from his office. It is therefore interesting to note that<his work has been cordially commended by his superior, the Secretary of the In- terior, and it would appear, therefore, that he will be sustained by the administration, notwithstanding the powerful influences opposed to him. In referring to the work of the Pension Bureau during the past year the Secretary begins by saying: “The report of Commissioner Evans should be care- fully read by his countrymen in order that they may properly understand the great responsibilities of his office and the exceeding difficulties which he has en- countered in faithfully discharging its duties. He has no option, and should have no desire, to do otherwise than conform to the plain direction of the law in the disbursement of the enormous appropria- tion made for the payment of pensions. The veterans have no mbore sincere friend than their comrade, the Commissioner, who himself served as an enlisted man in the armies of the Union; and he but maintains and defends the honor of their patriotic service when, refusing to ignore both the letter and spirit of the law, he declines to permit the impostor, whether claimant or agent, to share in the bounty which is provided for the veteran and those dependent upon him.” é It is not customary for the heads of the great de- partments of the Government to speak so warmly of the work of their subordinates, and the commendation given to Commissioner Evans may therefore be ac- cepted as a reply to the attacks made upon him. It is an official notice that the administration indorses his management of ’the bureau, and regards an attack upon him as in some measure an attack upon itself. There can be but little doubt that the public will in- EVANS INDORSED. RITICISMS upon Commissioner Evans for dorse the action of the administration in this matter | as cordially as the Secretary has indorsed the Com- missioner. Many of the attacks upon Evans are based upon charges essentially false. Himself a veteran of the Civil War, he certainly has no preju- dice against his former comrades in arms. His fight has been against fraud and not against the claim of ‘any one justly entitled to a pension. *In short, he has been a faithful officer and merits the support due to the yight man in the right place. It is amfounced that the fruit jar combiimfion has gone to pieces, and yet it promised to hold enough of sweetness to suit anybody's taste. : CLOCKS TO INDICATE ASSASSINATION HOUR 3 3 C elaborateness. PERSONAL MENTION. Ernest Weylard of Colusa is at the Oc- cidental. ‘W. J. Berry, an oil man of Selma, {8 at the Lick. Colonel E. W. Runyon of Red Bluff is at the Palace. W. F. Knox, an attorney of Sacra- mento, is at the Grand. . W. M. Burckhalder, a lumber man of Truckee, is at the Lick. P. Ellas Gonzales, a mining man of Mexico, is at the Palace. ‘William Wood, an insurance man of New York, is at the Palace. L. A. Spitzer, County Assessor of Santa Clara County, is at the Grand. James ‘D. Schuyler, a civil engineer of Los Angeles, is at the Palace. Adolph Fleishman, a fruit shipper of Sacramento, is at the Palace. Harry Isaacs, first assistant engineer of the.Santa Fe, with headquarters at Los Angeles, is at the Grand. Edward N. Camp, a young capitalist of Chicago, is here pricr to inspecting his mining interests in Oregon. He is at the Palace. Mme. Calve left last night for St. Au- gustine, Fla., where she will remaig until the opening of the grand opera season in New York. Professor Charles P. von Oer, the well known violinist, who has been down from Oroville attending the grand opera, will return home the last of this week. —_—— De-Herrinization Necessary. San Francisco Maple Leat. According to late advices the local Re- publican party is very sick. It would seem (per the prevailing diagnosis) that the capital operation technically known as de-Herrinization will have to be per- formed to save life. The operation will necessarily involve the actual cautery and be attended with great shock, but, it is expected, if there is a good rally from the Burns, that the health of the patient will be permanently restored. — e ————— A CHANCE TO SMILE. Primm—One mark of the gentleman is that he always keeps his hands cleam. Glimm—Oh, I don’t know. I know a gentleman who never washes his hands. Primm—Oh, come now! Glimm—Fact. He employs 200 in his factory.—Catholic Standard and Times. Tess—Miss Passay claims that she is an old maid from choice. Jess—Doubtless. Every marriageable man of her acquaintance has chosen some one else.—Philadelphia Press. “I hear, Mrs. Jones, that your husband has two revolvers and a Winchester riiie for any burglars who may call.” “He had, but they came the other night and stole them."—Tit-Bits, “I don't want to see Lydia when she comes back from that summer school.” “Why not?"” “Oh, she will be bursting with knowl- edge while the rest of us have been sit- ting around here in the heat forgetting what little we Xnow."—Detroit Free Press. An old colored preacher in the rural district accounted for the lightning in this way: “Ever’ time Satan looks down en sees de Lawd's work gwine on, fire flashes f'um his eyes. Dat's de lightning. En w'en he fail ter hit a church wid it he lays back en hollers. Dat's de thunder.” “But, passon.” said an old deacon, “whar is Satan in de winter time? We don't have no lightnin’ den.” The preacher studied a minute and then said: “Well; hit may be, Brler Williams, dat hell's froze over den.”—Atlanta Constitu- tion. “How beautifully your daughter plays the piano,” said the caller. “Yes,” answered Mrs. Cumrox. “But that isn’t her best piece. She only had three lessons on that at five dollars each. She knows another piece that cost at least elghty-five dollars.”"—Washington Star. “Did you like it where you went for your vacation ‘this summer?” “No; it was the most aggravating place I ever got into. There were four newly married couples at the hotel, and the only good-looking single girl around the concern would run like a scared filly every time she saw me coming.”—Chicago Record-Herald. “I'll get even with the proprietor of that hotel in some way,” he announced. “You can do' it easily, too,” answered his friend. “How?” he asked. o “Commit suicide in his hotel. That al- ways annoys them.”—Chicago Post. “Who is that fellow who is arguing so earnestly with the bridge policeman?” “That’s the chap who went through the Niagara rapids five times in a barrel.” “What's the matter with him.” “He's afraid to cross the bridge.”— Jacksonville Times-Union. Subscribe for The Daily Call for a period of six months and you will be entitled to receive a copy of Cram’s Superior Atlas of the World, edition cf 1901, at the premium rate of 1 §1 50. { DUMMY CLOCKS, ONE OF WHICH SHOWS THE HOUR OF THE ASSAS- SINATION OF THE LAMENTED LINCOLN AND THE OTHER THAT OF THE LATE PRESIDENT McKINLEY. R AR Tt 6 T BT AND, HICAGO jewelers have just joined in the recently launched movement to have the hands on dummy clocks, which since 1865 have pointed to 8:18 o’'clock, changed to 3:55, which is the time when McKinley was shot. . Jewelers all over the country have been discussing the feasibility of .the change, but not until a few days ago had Grout painted the first clock face with the hands at the new hour. ‘Washburn, the New York sign painter who is said to have originated the plan for honoring Lincoln, has not as yet given an opinion on the change, although he is still in the clock painting business. The clocks referred to are signs which are hung in front of jewelers’ shops. L. 8. Grout is a sign painter who makes a specialty of dummy clocks. Of the 1000 of these signs which are sold every year in this country Mr. Grout is cred- ited with the creation of 600. He makes clocks of all sizes and of all degrees of it been tried. L. S. “Daddy " L o e i Y ) ANSWERS TO QUERIES. FOUNTAIN PEN—N. 8., Dixon, Cal As the fountain pen company you ask about is a private concern this depart- ment cannot advertise it. EYEBROWS—P. J., City. Walnut juice will undoubtedly darken eyebrows and at the same time stain the skin beneath, T;lle stain will take a long time to wear off. DEL MONTE FLIER—Subscriber, City. The first trip of what was called the *“Del Monte flier” was made June 3, 18%3. The train, consisting of engine, baggage car, smcker and three coaches, made the dis- tance from San Francisco to the hotel, 125 miles, in 2 hours 5 minutes, actual running time. OILER ON A STEAMER—A Subscrib- er, City. For a position as an oiler on an ocean-going steamer make application to the company for which you would like to work. The application will be referred to the proper department and then you will have to wait for an answer. RICHEST MAN—H. M., City. It has been stated that the late Li Hung Chang was the richest man in the world. That, however, is only guess work, as the rich men of the world do not make declara- tion of their wealth, and statements in re- lation to the wealth of this man or that man are only guess work. CHRISTMAS BOXES—A. S., Sacramen- to, Cal. If you have any package intend- ed as a Christmas present for a sailor or | | of Lord Rosebery. a soldier at Manila, send it to the quar- termaster’s department, New Montgomery and Jessie streets, San Francisco, and it will 'be forwarded to destination by the first United States vessel that sails for that port. No vessel is specially desig- nated as “the Christmas boat.” WEIGHT OF THE EAmflnqulrer, City. = The earth has never been placed in the balance and weighed, but its ap- proximate weight has been caleulated. The first sclentist to work out the prob- lem was Professor Maskeleyne, who, in 1772, by repeated experiments, determined that the attraction exerted by Mount Schihallion, in Perthshire, Scotland, caused the plumb line to deviate toward the mountain nearly six seconds from the . perpendicular.. Then other philosophers— Playfair, Cavendish and Hutton—deter- mined the structure of Schihallion and placed the density of that mountain ‘n proportion to the density of the earth as 5 to 9. Then the comparative densities- of the earth and water, which are about 5% to 1: that is, if a cubic foot of water weighs 63 pounds, a cublc foot of earth will weigh about 345 pounds. The cubic contents of the earth was ascertained, and from that its weight was calculated at 5842 trillions of tons of 2240 pounds each, or a value in pounds represented by 13,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, i | 1on,” GOSSIP FROM LONDON WORLD ~~ OF LETTERS —_—— Lovers of beautifuly bound bocks ars intensely interested in the Grolier So- clety of Great Britain, which has jus been started in Great Russell street, in conjunction with the Grolier Society of the United States. The Grolier Society, as the name sug- gests, is intended to supply but ome comq modity of books—that class of books only which will meet the requirements of col- lectors and connoisséurs: who appreciate limited editions, bold type, broad m. gins, fine illustrations, honest paper and artistic binding, and: have always been compelled to pay high prices for their books. The first set of books to be issued by the Grolier Society will be the complete set of the ndvels of Charles Lever, edited by the novelist’s daughter, which is to ap- pear in thirty-seven octavo volumes, to- gether with all the original steel engrav. ings and etchings, over 600 in number, by Phiz, George Crulkshanks and other well known artists. In all there are to be 400 copies, 300 of the “edition definitif” and a hundred of the autograph edition de luxe, extra il- lustrated, each copy being numbered and registered. The binding is. really superb. It is in full polished calf, hand-tooled, by Zalhns- dorf. The price is 35 shillings (8 7). I have seen this edition. It is really very fine, and, indeed, is expected in a few years to be worth three times its present value. Naturally the coronation of the King will be an event for the poets. Of this there are already signs. That old and well-known magazine, Good Words, has invited odes on the corona- tion, and will give a first prize of £5) (3250) and lesser prizes for des sent In. No doubt there will be plenty of them They are to be judged by & small com- mittee of literary men. I hear that about a Hundred different biographies of the King and Queed are in preparation and will see the light early next year. In his attitude toward the literary world the King, I hear, 18 continuing th> wholesome tradition estabMshed by Queen Victoria. Presentation coples of new works which are sent by authors with a view to self-advertisement are returned or ignored, but the utmost consideration is_ given applications for permission to forward a copy to the Royal Library. In these matters the Windsor librarian —and it is only he who comes in contact with the authors in this aspect—has suit- able discretion, which he exercises, it is admitted, with care and satisfaction. Some important works are sent to the Royal Library by their publishers under well understood discretion exercised by themselves, ‘but there is no- systematic examination of new book lists with a view to purchase. Three of the most notable books of the autumn publishing season are from the pens of well-known society women. “La Chartreuse of Parma” has been translated by Lady Mary Lloyd, who is aunt of Lord Dongpughmore and his two pretty artistic sisfers. Lady Mabel Howard, who wrote “The Failure of Success,” is a sister of Lord Antrim. Lady Mabel married Mr. How- ard of Greystoke Castle, Penrith, over twenty years ago. usband and wife have just been entertaining their kins- man, Sir Redvers Buller, whose cause they are enthusiastically championing, and Mr. Howard has abandoned Liberal Unionism as a protest against the treat- ment meted out to the general. Mrs. Maxwell-Scott’s “Blography of Henry Schomberg Kerr, Sailor and’ Jes- uit,” might pledse éven’' the ‘critieal tasto A Scott of Abbotsford ought to write well. This authoress is ene of a. brilHant family, her sisters including Lady O'Con- nor, wife of the Britlsh Embassador at Constantinople, and Mrs. Winifred Ward, whose thoughtful novel, “One Poor Scruple,” received so much praise two or three years ago. f ——————— “There is a good deal of trouble in Co- remarked the Observant Boarder. ‘“Yes, the belligerents may reduce the place to a semicolon,” .added the Cross- eyed Boarder.—Pittsburg Chronicle-Tele- graph. } “What's the name of that book that shows the social standing of the aristo- cratic families?"” inquired the seeker after knowledge. “Bradstreet’s” promptly replied man who knew.—Philadelphia Press. —_—— the ‘Walnut and Pecan Panoche. Townsend. * f Choice candies. Townsend's, Palace Hotel* f Cal. Glace Fruit 50c per 1b at Townsend's.® Special information supplied dally ta. business houses and pubiic men by t Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 510 Mont- | gomery street. Telephone Main 108 * SAN FRANCISCO’S ELITE SOCIETY OF YEARS AGO AND HOW THEY ENTERTAINED. One cf the most interesting stories of early-day life in this city that has ever been published. Illustrated with rare photographs. THE EBIGGEST PANORAMA PHOTO EVER TAKEN AND HOW IT WAS DONE. EMMA CALVE ANDHER PRO- TEGE, EDNA DARCH. CURIOUS THINGS IN THE PARK. ONE OF THE NOTABLE ART GALLERIES OF SAN FRAN- _ CIsco. KING AND QUEEN OF SIAM TO VISIT SAN FRANCISCO. POSTER PAGE BY GELETT BURGESS, e ——————— SUNDAY CALL CHRISTMAS EDITION OUT DECEMBER 15 A The special issue full of California stories by Western writers. mwmummgpm Y