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7 B Che—Eifin: @all. FRIDAY ......c.c000000...DECEMBER 20, 1901 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. e A A A AP A A Agdress All Communiestions to W, 8. LEAKE, Mazager. MANAGER’S OFFICE........Telephone Press 204 SSNUUSEE TN Market and Third, S. F. Press 201. o 221 Stevenson St. PUBLICATION OFFICE EDITORIAL ROOMS Telep! Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. Single Coples, 5 Cents. Terms by Mail, Including Postage: DAILY CALL (including Sunday), one year... DAILY CALL (ncluding’ Buiday), ¢ r.onths.. DAILY CALL (including Sunday), 3 months DAILY CALL-By Single Month. SUNDAY CALL, One Year. WEEKLY CALL, One Year. All postmasters are authorized to recelve subscriptions. Sample coples will be iorwarded when requested. Mail subscribers in orderirg change of address should be particular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order o insure & prompt and correct compliance with their request. OAKLAND OFFICE. ..1118 Broadway C. GEORGE KROGNESS. Yansger Foreign Advertising, Marquette Building, Chieago. (Long Distance Telephone “Central 2615.”) NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: €. C. CARLTON. ... <....Herald Square NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: STEPHEN B. SMITH........30 Tribune Building NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; A. Brentano, 31 Murray Hill Hotel. CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: Sherman House; P. 0. News Cc.; Great Northern Hotel; Fremont House; Auditorium Hotel. v 3af Union Square: WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE. ...14068 G §t., N. W. MORTON E. CRANE, Correspondent. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery, corner of Clay, open until 9:30 o'clock. 300 Hayes, open until 9:20 o'clock. 633 McAllister, open until 8:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin, open until | $:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission, open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Market, cornér Sixteenth, cpen until § o'clock. 103 Valencia, open untfl § o'clock. 106 Eleventh, open until 9 c'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, open until 8 o'clock. open until $ p. m. AMUSEMENTS. Orpheum—Vaudeville. Grand Opera-house—*'Diplomacy.” California—*"Rip Van Winkle.” Tivoli—"Little Red Riding Hood.” Central—‘"Muldoon’s Pienic.” Alcazar—""The Gay Mr. Lightfoot.” Columbia—*A Royal Rogue.” Chutes, Zoo and Theater—Vaudeville every afternoon and evening. Fischer' s—Vaudeville. Osakland Racetrack—Races to-day. | AgOIION SALES. y Wm. G. Layng—Saturday, December 21, at 11 o'clock, | Trotting Stock, at 721 Howard street. A CHANCE FOR CAPITAL. ERSONS who are looking for permanent and profitable investments of large amounts of cap- ital will do well to give careful consideration to | problem of providing an abundant water supply | San Francisco. It is mot likely that such a sup- ply can be obtained anywhere nearer than the moun- tains. The construction of the necessary works will therefore require much time and a large expenditure of money, but in the end it will with good manage- ment prove one of the best investments now offered to American capital. | The increasing poptilation of San Francisco has already taxed the resources of the Spring Valley Water Company to such an extent that the company has had to resort to the use of Point Lobos Creek as a source of supply. That souree has now been closed to the company by the demonstration that the water is unfit for household use. The increase of popula- tion, with the augmented demand for water, will eventually outrun the possibility of an adequate supply from the present resources of the company. Recourse to the mountains or to some other distant source of supply will therefore have to be made, or within a comparatively few years the need of a better water supply will be felt acutely by all classes of people. At the present time the East has something like a superabundance of capital. It is seeking investment in every direction, not only at home but abroad. Much of it has come to California, as is illustrated in the purchase of the Southern Pacific Railroad and of the Market-street railway, and of course much more has come in smaller investments that have not at- tracted public attention. Such being the case it is not unreasonable to expect that Eastern capital may be forthcoming to undertake the great enterprise of providing a mountain water supply for the city, and it is certainly worth while for all associations engaged in working for the general good to assist in attract- ing the attention of capitalists to the subject. The issue should rot be ignored merely because the need of more water is not acutely felt just at this time. Intelligent men look to the future and pre- pare for coming needs that are clearly foreseen. It is only the foolish who live from day to day with no thought of the morrow. That we feel no urgent need of an increased water supply just at this particular juncture may be conceded, but what will be the situa- tion when the increase of population in the city and its suburbs on both sides the bay will require more than double the present supply? There was never a better opportunity for obtain- ing capital for a great water supply enterprise than that which is now afforded by the accumulation . of unemployed capital in the East. Money is so abun- dant there that any kind of legitimate enterprise on a large scale can readily obtain backers; in fact, many enterprises of z purely speculative nature are eagerly grasped by investors. Considerable sums of American money are even being sent out of the coun- try, to Europe and elsewhere, in search of invest- ments, not one of which is so promising and so sure as that of providing an elaborate and comprehensive system of bringing water in large quantities from the mountains to the crowded populations around San Francisco Bay. The issue should be taken up by Boards of Trades, Chambers of Commerce and similar associations in all the cities around the bay. It is not an issue.l peculiar to San Francisco. It concerns the whole suburban region as well as the city itself. Moreover, it is an issue whose importance will increase with the years, and whose impending urgency ought not to be overlooked in any consideration of the needs of the community. P the for — The sort of dutiés that harass a Mayor of Boston may be inferred from the recent announcement of Mayor-elect Collins that when he enters office he will attend no balls or parties he would not have attended had he remained in private life, and that his dancing days are over. It would seem the Bostonians expect their Mayor to be more sociable tlm;a good for him. i | erable aid and support to State THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1901, WATERS AND FORESTS. PON assembling to-day the members of the I I California Water and Forest Association can congratulate one another upon the increasing public and popular interest in the work they have un- dertaken. The campaign of education on the subject of the need for a comprehensive system of conserving our forests has had widespread effects, and what was regarded a few years ago as an academic question has now become .one of practical politics. The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture have each referred to the subject so far as it is affected by the work of his department and have emphasized its importance. The President himself has devoted a considerable portion of his message. to Congress in urging the importance of forest preser- vation, beginning by reminding Congress that “public opinion throughout the United States has moved steadily forward to a just appreciation of the value of forests,” and closing by saying: “The for- ests are natural reservoirs. By restraining the streams in flood and replenishing them in drought they make possible the use of waters otherwise wasted. They prevent the soil from washing and so protect the storage reservoirs from filling up with silt. Forest conservation is therefore an essential condition to water conservation.” These utterances from the President and the heads of departments at Washington, taken in connection with the widespread demand for the adoption of a national policy of forest protection on the public lands, give reason for expecting from Congress some- thing in the way of definite action at this session. The leadership of the National Government will of course have its effect upon California, and conse- quently the members of the State association have a fair prospect of seeing in the near future good re- sults from the work they have been doing with so much zeal and energy. s The need of forest protection is now fairly well un- derstood by intelligent people throughout the Union. Here and there a voice of objection is heard, but the objector has either some seli-interest to serve in the waste of the forests or else he is one who “does his own thinking” and never agreeés with what any one else says. Virtually that part of the campaign of edu- cation is over. Now comes the more perplexing part—that of determining how the work of preser- vation can be best carried on. It is a foregone conclusion that under our system of government forest preservation, like everything else, must be dependent partly upon individuals, partly upon local and State governments, and partly upon the nation. There is reason to believe the National Government will be willing to give consid- governments that enter earnestly and scientifically upon the task of pre- serving existing woods or of reforesting areas that have been stripped bare of trees and are unfit for ag- riculture. The States, however, must take the initia- | tive in dealing with their own problems. The Califor- nia Forestry Association is therefore doing a most important service to the public in working out the right solution for the many problems that will be in- volved in the conservation of woods and waters in a commonwealth so varied as this. The meetings of the association have always attracted a great deal of public interest, and this meeting is likely to prove the most attractive and important that has yet been held. There has been developed by the combined efforts of lawyers and doctors in the East a new disease called “trolleymania,” whigh is said to be very effec- tive in getting damages. from trolley-car companies. It is asserted the disease is caused by the cars, and the Boston Herald says: “When explained by an ex- pert lawyer working for a contingent fee in a suit for personal damages against a rich trolley corporation this new affliction is something truly agonizing to an impressionable jury.” oo e A of over the waters of a deep and wide river, is to be one of the first of the engineering A SUBFLUVIAL BRIDGE. marvels of the new century, The under-water bridge is not to be a mere tunnel such as was constructed years ago under the Thames by the genius of Brunel, but it is to be a veritable bridge, a structure resting not upon a foundation of earth, but upon piers, just as any other bridge that is not supported by cables. This new feat in engineering is to be carried out by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for the purpose of obtaining entrance into New York City. In ad- dition to the interest inherent in such a novel and stupendous enterprise there is for San Francisco a special interest from the fact that the problem to be solved in crossing the North River from New Jersey to New York City is not dissimilar to that which would have to be solved in devising railway com- munication between San Francisco and Oakland. The working out of the scheme in New York may therefore lead to the undertaking of a similar enter- prise here. It was at first the intention of the Pennsylvania Company to construct a huge suspension bridge over the river. It was found, however, that the bridge would have to be elevated so high in order to avoid interference with shipping that the approaches to it from either side would have to be very long to provide suitable grades for trains. Careful calcula- tions showed that such a bridge, with its approaches, including the cost of land, could not be constructed for less than $50,000,000, and might cost $75,000,000. That sum was believad to be too large an investment for the desired purpose, and the suspension bridge scheme was dropped. A project for constructing a tunnel under the river was considered and investi- gated, but that in turn was abandoned because at the point where the crossing is needed the river runs over a mass of oozy mud upward of 100 feet deep and incapable of sustaining a tunnel for heavy traffic. A few years ago engineers could not have over- come the difficulties thus presented. It would have been a case of suspension bridge, tunnel or nothing. The engineers of to-day, however, have another re- source. Recent developments of electrical power and improved methods of tunnel construction have en- abled them to venture upon the building of the so. called “subfluvial britige,” whose estimated cost is but one-fifth of what the suspension bridge is esti- mated to cost. A recent account of the scheme says: “The plan is to run huge tubes through the clay some fifty feet under the bottom of the water and to support them at intervals upon piers which shall rest upon bed- rock far below. In effect, this will be constructing, not tunnels, but tubular bridges, which will run through the earth under the river instead of through the air above it. This will obviate the difficulty, which seems to be insuperable, of constructing and sustaining tunnels in the thick bed of silt that has ac- cumulated for ages in the bottom of the river between MIGHTY bridge, constructed under instead the water and the clay. Boring through the clay will ltiés. be no difficult task, and going down to the rock for the support of piers to bear up the ponderous tubes is deemed altogether practicable. Herein is the solu- tion of the problem of bridging the Hudson below the bottom instead of above the surface.” It will be perceived that the successful construction and operation of an under-water way of such propor- tions wotld almost certainly lead to the construction of similar ways in other parts of the country where there are broad waters to be crossed and where the crossing is not feasible by suspension bridge or the old tunnel system. We may therefore watch the New York venture with interest. Crossing by ferry-boat may eventually become more a matter of choice than of necessity. QUEER DOINGS. IN BOSTON. OSTON aspires to be calm and cool. Her B culture tends to the suppression of the emo- tions as the chief end of education. A Bos- tonian is proud that he can make love without feel- ing the slightest flutter of his pulse, and meet an enemy with o desire to hit him. It has been believed by the mass of the American people that this pe- culiarity of Boston culture is the result of the exces- sive eating of clams; that the Boston blood has, in fact, become clammy; and that Bostonian aspirations are no more than the inevitable effect of a diet defi- cient in blood foods. That opinion, however, is erroncous. Boston seeks repose not because she is naturally calm, but because her innate tendencies and instincts are toward the other thing. Her cul- ture is designed to be a restraint upon her too ardent heart. She imitates the clam in her education be- cause in her natural impulses she tends to cavort like the wild monkeys of Borneo. A proof of the over-excitability of the average Bostonian is furnished by events now occurring. We learn from the press of the city that there re- cently arrived in Boston several Chicago evangelists, including “the converted cowboy” and “the banker pastor.” Of the latter it is said: “He will do a half- | million dollars of business in a day and preach to a large audience at night, and have a long altar crowd- ed with seekers to God for mercy in an old-fashioned manner.” The other evangelists were not far be- hind the banker pastor in preaching even if they did not do the big business in dollars. Altogether it seems to have been a glittering constellation of scin- tillating specialists that turned loose their wild Chi- cago appeals to the ardent hearts of Boston, and the results were disastrous to culture. A Boston paper in describing the scene at one of the revival meetings says: “Never before last night has Park-street pulpit been desecrated on a Sabbath by the sight of two men dancing together, while three or four men capered about them, on the very plat- form itself, howling, jumping, clapping their hands in a manner that would have turned even dancing dervishes green with envy.” Another paper of the city, describing a “prayer-meeting” of the revivalists, says: “Mr. Harvey danced about the platform hold= ing above his head a table and shouting at the top of his lungs. Women were praying and weeping, and the revivalists were shouting defiance to what they termed their enemies and the enemies of the Lord.” That is the sort of thing that happens in Boston when you knock the culture off and appeal to the native instinct. Boston, in fact, represses herself too much. If she would let nature cut her caper in a nat- ural way at all seasons of the year she would not get so excited when a Chicago man comes to town. When Chicage oratory is heard in San Francisco we deem it rather mild, but in Boston it gives rise to hysterics. That is the who live naturally and those who live in the Bos- tonian manner, and it is to be hoped Boston will try to get closer to San Francisco arnd Nature's heart. The pleasure of these sunny dayd in California is marred a little bit by reading about the fearful snow- storms in the East and learning what fools some Americans are who stay in such a blizzard-blasted land when they can come West and frolic. TOBACCO FOR THE BOYS. ONGRESSMAN OTEY of Virginia has in- ‘ troduced into the House of Representatives a bill providing - that the Government shall issue to the cnlisted men of the army and the navy a weekly ration of tobacco. Despite the cvident intention of the statesman to make a little demand for the products of his district, the bill has received commendation, wherever it has been noted at all. It merits all that has been said for it. boys.of the army and the navy should have their to- bacco, and it will not cost the Government much to give it to them. Despite the abuse that is sometimes made of to- bacco, its value to men who have to undergo duties like those of soldiers and. sailors has been ‘too fully proven by experience to be successfully denied. To the tired man, or to the hungry man, it brings com- fort and solace. It enables men to bear with patience the lack of food, the roughness of life on the sea and in the camp, and the thousand hardships of a sol- dier’s and of a sailor’s life. It is the cheapest of all luxuries. It gives more of enjoyment for its cost than any other thing known to man. It is-a sort of medicine that ministers to the mind as well as to the body. Daniel Webster has narrated that once in the days of his poverty being in Boston with but three cents in his pocket he gave one cent for a pipe and two cents for tobacco, and puffed his troubles away in smoke. The great ex- pounder was as wise in that act as ever he was in his life. In all seriousness tobacco serves so well to tide men over many of the irritations and troubles that fret the mind that it is indisputably a valuable comforter. Most of the enlisted men in the army and the navy use it. A weekly ration of tobacco would therefore be a most welcome addition to that which the Gov- ernment now gives. The men ouglt to have the weed and they ought to have it of a good quality. That some people will object goes without saying, but those who do will not be of the class that fights .| Uncle Sam’s battles for him on land or sea, and con- ‘| sequently their kickiag shouldn’t count. Congress- man Otey, in seeking. to benefit his constituents, seeks also to benefit the defenders of the flag. It isa pity his bill could not be given so much of a rush that it would get through in time to let the ration come to the boys as a New Year's gift. ' S —— Those who said Congress would not do any busi- ness before the holidays were not so well posted as they thought, for from the very day of organization it has been attending strictly to business and has ac- complished a good deal of prime importance. This is the time to remember that it is the early shopper that gets thg pick of the Christmas novel- difference between people | The | WOMEN OF SOCIETY ATTEND TEA AT HOME OF MRS. JAMES OTIS G EVERAL hundred stylishly gowned E women flocked to Mrs. James Otis’ tea at her pretty home yesterday afternoon between 4 and 6. Christmas decorations were used throughout and the effects obtained were most artistic. Everything was perfectly appointed. Mrs. Otis is an ideal hostess. She was beautifully attired in a. white silk' gown with point lace, embroidered with pearls. The guests of honor were Mrs. Henry Page and daughter, Miss Ruby Page of Valparaiso, Chile. Those who assisted Mrs. Otis in receiv- ing were: Mrs. James Otis Sr., Mrs. George Page, Mrs. John Milliard, Mrs. L Lawrence Pool, Mrs. William Sanford Tevis, Mrs. M. Hall MecAllister, Mrs. Frederick B. Lake, Mrs. Edward L. Eyre, Mrs. Norman McLaren, Mrs. J. R. K. Nuttall, Mrs. Charles Otis, Mrs. Perry Eyre, Mrs. Elliott McAllister, Miss M. Page, Miss Ethel Lincoln, Misses Kate and Alice Brigham, Miss Ruth McNutt, Miss Margaret Salisbury and Miss Cora Smedberg. s s Mrs. Walter 8. Martin gave an elabor- ate luncheon yesterday at the University Club in honor of Miss Georgina HopKins. Five tables were required to seat the guests comfortably. Christmas decora- tions had been chosen, red effects being carried out as far as possible, although violets and other flowers with foliage were introduced for artistic effect. Mrs! Martin’s table was decorated with American Beauty roses. Poinsettias were used for Miss Hopkins' table. Meteor roses adorned the third, carnations the fourth and red berries the fifth. Mrs. Eleanor Martin was attired in an elegant gown of black and white Javen- der grenadine, with lavender trimming. Mrs, Walter S. Martin wore a charming white taffeta and guipure lace creation, the lace insertions being very elaborate: Among these present were: | Mrs, Walter 8. Martin, Mrs. Elcanor Mar- tin, Mrs. E. R. Dimond, Mrs. J. R. K. Nuttall, Mrs, Winthrop Elwyn Lester, Mrs, J. Athearn Folger, Mrs. \?, B. Bourn, Mrs. Alexander Wil- lMamson, Mrs Joseph D. Grant, Mrs. Latham McMullen, Mrs. George Martin, Mrs. Robert Oxnard, Mrs. Julfus Kruttschnitt, M War- ren D. Clark, Mrs, C. Osgood Hooker, Mrs. Horace Blanchard Chase, Mrs, Babcock, Mrs. Horace L. Hill, Princess Poniatowski, Mrs. Horace D, Pillsbury, Mrs, J. B. Crockett, Mrs. Russell J. Wilson, Mrs. Mountford S. Wilson, Mrs. George A. Pope, Mrs. Lawrence Irving Scott, Mrs. Augustus Taylor, Mrs. Willlam H. Taylor Jr., Mrs, H. M. A. Miller, Mrs, leg- inald Knight Smith, Mrs Henry T. Scott, Mrs, Seward McNear, Miss Sophie Plerce, Miss Na- dine Nuttall, Miss Pearl Landers, Miss Linda | Cadwalader, Miss Lucy King, Mifss Kittle, Miss Alice Klein, Miss Whittell, Miss Alice Ha- ger, Miss Daisy Center, Miss Jennie Blair, Miss Celia Tobin, Miss Kate Clement, Miss Geor- gina Hopkins, Miss McNear, Miss Taylor, Miss 12dith McBean, Miss Genevieve Carolan, Miss Frances Hopkins, Miss Katherine Dillon, Miss Ruth McNutt and Miss Fannie Loughborough. . * * Miss Virginla Rodgers Nokes gave a pretty and informal tea yesterday after- noon at her home, 2516 Broadway, for Miss Maude Kane of New York. Miss Allen and Miss Frances Allen as- sisted Miss Nokes in receiving the guests, abcut ninety in number. Red Christmas berrles were used for decorations in a most artistic manner. Migs Kane is visiting her aunt, Mrs. George W. Gibbs, at 2622 Jackson street. FRNr Miss Maude Cluff gave a luncheon yes- terday at her home, 2118 Pacific avenue, complimentary to Miss Gertrude Jack of San Luis Obispo. The decorations were red, comprising Christmas berries and roses. The luncheon was a thoroughly enjoyable one and afforded a delightful afterrioon to the guests. Those present were: Miss Gertrude | PERSONAL MENTION. . J. Newberry, a grocer of Los An- geles, is at the Palace. i Dr. A. M. Gardner of the Gardner Sani- tarium of Belmont is at the Lick. Frank P. Flint, ex-District Attorney of Los Angeles, is a guest at the Grand. F. C. Dresher, a prominent attorney of Sacramento, is staying at the California. Dr. W. M. Lawlor, superintendent of the Home for Feeble-minded at Eldridge, | is at the Grand. C. W. Pendleton, Speaker of the Assem- bly, arrived from Los Angeles yesterday and is staying at the Grand. H. C. Cutting, who made a fortune In the Tanopali mining district this summer, came down from Nevada yesterday and is a guest at the Palace. Dr. Nat Green is back from an extend- ed tour of Europe and is spending a few days at the Grand before resuming his practice at Watsonville. J. D. Wallace, a trainer, who took a string of running horses to Burope, ar- rived from Portland, Or., yesterday and | 1z staying at the Palace. Cecil D. Gregg, a wholesale coffee man of St. Louis, is at the Palace. He is ac- companied by his Western representative, E. R. West, whose headquarters are in Chicago. Captain Charles T. Hinde of Coronado and J. B. Alexander of Los Angeles, who | represent the Spreckels interests in | Southern California, are guests at the | Palace. —_———— Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Dec. 10.—The following Cailfornians are in New York: From San Francisco—F. A. Long, at the Navarre; B. A. Brown and F. G. Harriman, at the St. Denis; E. 8. DeWolfe and A. A. Raar and wife, at the Imperial; M. Hudson and | wife and D. D. P. Smith, at the Grand Union; H. S. Swan and wife, at the Al- bert; M. Barmer and V. Barmer, at the Park Avenue; J. C. Qarrett, at the Hoff- ‘man; P. I. Hanna and J. S. Hanna, at the Holland; R. B. Hecht, at the Manhattan; Mrs. Hyman and Miss A. Hyman, at the Victoria. From Los Angeles—N. Cole Jr. and wife, at the Normandie; A. C. Kenredy, at the Continental; H. Laughlin Jr., at the Her- ald Square; Mrs. Balch, at the Park Ave- nue; W. B. Matthews and W. H. Work- Hoffman. mff'r‘é;it s'ggm Barbara—A. B. Thaw, at the Manhattan; G. O. Sanborn, at ' the mopolitan. C‘igro?r? San Jose—Miss Maybury, at the Parlt Avenue. Choice candies. Townsend's Palace Hotel.* —————————————— Cal. Glace Fruit 50¢ per Ib at Townsend’s. * —_—— Townsend's California glace fruits, 50c a pound, in fire-etched boxes or Jap. bas- kets. 'A nide present for Eastern friends. b Market street. Palace Hotel building.* —_————————— Special information supplied dally to pusiness houses and public men Ly the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’'s), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. < —_——— What has become of the theory that the sun is losing its heat? — “qhe Overland Limited,” via Unlon Pacific R. R, is the oniy train making connection in Chicagd with the fast Express Trainé leaving Chicago in the morring for New York. By this Route you can remain In San Francisco until 10 a. m., reaching Chicago six hours quicker than on any other Limited Train. This traln runs Every Day In the Year. D. W. Hitehcock, Gen. Agt.. No. 1 Montgomery at.. s F. ¥ The United Kingdom has 850 blast fur- naces, France £70. e HOTEL DEL CORONADO, choicest Wintet Resort In the world, offers best living, climate, outing, bathing, fishing and most amuse- ments. E. 8. Babcock, manager, Coronadn, Cal, . Jack, Mrs. Robert Campbell, Mrs. Linda H. Bryan, Miss Gertrude Campbell, Miss Rowena Burns, Miss Perkins, Miss Stella Fortmann, Miss Florence Denigan and Mrs. William Cluff. Miss Jack is a guest of Mrs. Linda H. Bryan at 2422 Buchanan street. . e Miss Mabel Hogg, daughter of Mr. and CIETY AT A TEA TO BE GIV * Mrs. James Hogg, will be introduced to society at a tea to be glven by her moth- er to-morrow afternoon at their home, 2226 Sacramento street, where she makes her formal debut. Miss Mabel Hogg is a great favorite with those who know her and will be a successful 1901 debutante. . s e A reception was held last evening at the Bohemfan Club. The annual collec- tion of pictures, most of which are the work of club members, were on exhibi- tion. Many society women, beautifully attired, were present. The pictures on exhibition were criticized and greatly ad- mired. ANSWERS TO QUERIES. SENTENCE OF WINTER-C. H. B, City. The sentence imposed on Winter, who stole the bullion from Selby smelting works, was fifteen years in the peniten- tlary at 8an Quentin, UNIVERSITY—Subscriber, San Jose, Cal. There is no State University in the city or county of Los Angeles; neither is there a preparatory with the Stanford University Alto. at Palo CORTELYOU — Subscriber, San Jose, Cal. The proper pronunciation of Cor- telyou is as the name Is written—Cor-tel- you; but there are some who, any authority for so doing, pronounce it Cor-tel-oe. NO—H. T. 8., City. Some very fastidious persons might hold that Dante’s Inferno, illustrated by Gus- tave Dore, is not a proper book to have in the family library, but the great ma- DANTE'S INFER ATTRACTIVE YOUNG WOMAN WHO WILL MAKE HER DEBUT IN 80- HOGG, TO-MORROW AFTERNOON. school connected | without | ¢ BY HER MOTHER, MRS. JAMES _— The California Woman’s Hospital board of managers performed the annual dona- tion day dutles for the benefit of the free ward yesterday at Goldberg, Bowen & Co.’s store at 230 Sutter street. Mrs. A. N. Towne and Mrs. C. E. Bancroft were in charge during the foremoon and Mrs. 1. Heeht and Mrs. F. A. Robbins gave their afternoon to the worthy charity. Many large gifts of provisions went 3N rect to the hospital and money was ré~ ceived at the store. There are two more donation days—to- day and to-morrow—and generous contri- butions are expected. e e i | A CHANCE TO SMILE. She—Do you remember that engagement ring you gave me before we were mar- ried, George? He—I ought to: I got another bill for it to-day. | | | “Bridget, T can’t find that new rice-boll- | er T bought the other day. You ought to | have a place for everything.” “I have, mum. That closet under the sink is where I keep everything, mum.”— | Chicago Tribune. | *“We are going away | Mary.” “Two weeks! W'y, if ye had as much style as ye pretend to have you'd go awa, | for two months and give a girl a rest.”"— | Indianapolis News. for two weeks, | Patience—And he kissed you? Patrice—Yes; twice, 1 think. But he's not a success at it. He gave me the pression that his inexperience in that d rection was limited to kissing a girl jority are of the other opinion. photograph.—Yonkers Statesman. e ——— 5 v . 1 [r— st e 1 I EMMA CALVE TELLS THE STORY OF HER h | EXPERIMENTS IN THE OCCULT. | } 1 | | | ! SAN FRANCISCO'S FIRST FIRE LASSIE. | E | | | CHRISTMAS AT DICKEY'S. ' : THE SIGNS IN THE STARS. | | (Pick out the date of your birth and read your for- tune in next Sunday’s Call). |SOCIETY LADIES POSE AS MADONNAS. THE BEAUTY QUEST. ' Article II-How to Cultivate Beautiful Curves. THE STORY OF THE SPEDLIN GHOST. —PAGES HUMAN INTEREST STORIES—20