The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 9, 1902, Page 3

r their money he has never i the child He cou even 1 he ke he has turne man in town en to a them eps up his in- s that would is different Department 9 who are left death of pa- left this court bound in calf In ad » for the the require- y never thin ties on the bench are con- sym t m many they bave gor are just begu s h rsonal du- ys most of all, on himself to look children, to have se disposition of cation, for their interest for d himself a sort little people in pathy and guid- n are surrounded e. Some of them far and wide by come to him all th in what it ize hat he has presided ght to ep them- They e e letters that he ie to him to have Some are grown others are still ugh still to need a d advice. matter of that, there , have outgrown the need of Even thouga d women, they still go in doubt. It is a pon for ome man to f so huge a family. put a restraining g of their incomes. mes wanted to invest a caramels have s me owance 1 v have shown thei ection for him him photographs of themseives showing him how they On the back of a name childishly mpanied by some affec- o my kind With the best These names ¢ cases that are practically nd some that never will tic of the lot was omi von Schmidt. Those te back as far as the ecall the story. some, well-dressed midt, who was d told her that e the baby there for a natural and n.. Other peo- ing e thing all the hat was what creche was for. So the matron received the baby and e handsome young father's anation all in good faith, to be back in a little while. the matron considered a little while slipped by and the man did not return. Perhaps he had elastic ideas of what a little while was. it came to be unquestionably a long while and no sign of him. The day went by and the next day, and through all the days that followed he never put in an arance. e ‘baby dldn't care. She was as appy as a bab¥ need be and nd.crowed and gurgled to her- s very young—only about a and she had not learned to worry t was to become of her. was well taken care of. She was lightfully good-tempered baby vbody liked her. Miss von me to like her better and bet- before she” knew it she was lov- 'd she began to hope that the ver would come back. ver aid. citizens became interested in the baby and they started a fund for her. This gave her a start in life and finally Miss von Schmidt decided to adopt her and it was this way that the young v, Miss Naomi, as she was now called, me to be in court. She had to be formally adopted by in charge of the creche, 2 >(]4 ing her father c means of the red tape that the law alone comp and her case was made ehends ant that hung around it inter- ested everybody who read of the affair and the baby's prettiness added the zest that. prettiness always does add. She has had all the good care that a baby can want in her adopted home, but she cid not forget the Judge who took such ar inte! in her strange, little life. She has been stanchly his friend and he has been hers, One of the largest of the estates that children have been concerned in was that of Vred Crocker. Mary, Jennie and Tem- pletion were the three children left—Mary 1to her property more than two ago,, when she became of age. were four millions of dollars to be turned over. The young Crockers have not lived here THE SUNDAY OCALL. PRORRIS LIPS PAI 35 Noted Jurist Whe Has GUarded Estates of 22D Milliong for : Hundreds of Ting Heirs During Righieen Years on the Bench. when the time should come. But the boy bhas a love for business, for money mak- ing. It was b v get out into Wings when ti ble little win; 1y y could not bear im. He bought papers and started out as a newsboy Judge Coffey tried to discourage him from this. He pointed out to him that it was un pat it was for those that it was not the best But he kept to the work. of them all, n of our great ne of our sky scrapers, ator shaft is a terrribly n the building on who n of his time. as the saddest dea o merci: 1 stead of a life of fldren have clung dge than any of the ner and mother both siderable property to aken endless confes- and joys to him, all herr sions and hout a fortune had them. vere sturdy It as muech for his own. r he likes boys ream a career as much, although this was their babyhood's home, so they have not kept in touch with Judge Coffe always been in demand when weighty af- fairs were to be considered. He has never lost track of the interests of the estate and hé keeps an eye out for the good of n;‘e young people who once came under his cha Pixley children are two of ‘the brightest yvoungsters of the lot. 'The & that Herbert is as good com pany to sit down for a chat with as an man. Herbert and Vera were the adopted children of Frank Pixle T are and even when they were big, intelligent dark eyes attracted ever: Their guardian is J. F. D. Curtls, They live with him over in Marin County dur, ing a large part of the year. But out of sight does not mean out of mind with Judge Coffey. He keeps track of them and their interests whether they are in town or not. They left their own parents when they were almost babies, and they were stiil all children when their adopted parenis o they are doubly orphans, and all the more reason why the big heart should open to taks udge’s them in. Herbert is about 12 years old now—tall and slender, with great brown eyes that have a way of looking you clear through while he is talking witl you. Vera's eyes the same, but sadder. She is {wo s younger than her brother, and his especial chum. It is said that she has more influence over the Independent young man than any one older. Herbert is heir to $75,000 and half of Owlswood, the Corte Madera place, where they live ‘wth their guardian, and, have splendid times romping in thé little for- est that surrounds the nouse. The other Lalf of the place belongs to Vera, and $50,000 besides. The family allowance for the children amounts to $200 a month, so no wonder they look well supplied with this werld’'s goods. Florence Blythe was one of Judge Cof- fey’s proteges. The estate passed through his court and might have left him there if he had so chosen. But he saw a chance for him to help one of his “‘wards in chancery.” The attorneys for the estate wanted to spend any amount of money on Mexican mining lands, and they would have neglected the valuable Market-street property for this purpose. It was through Judge Coffey’s efforts that they were induced to abandon this Mexican land and look after invest- ments at home, and the result is that the property has enhanced in value to four millions. If it had not been for his inter- est in his young ward he might have let the affair go on as it was going. But Flor- ence Blythe was adopted as one of cho Judge's “family.” Little Robert Longwill is “little Robert" no longer. He was only a small boy whea he nrst made up a fast Iriendship witn tne Judge, but now he is a grawn man, some- Wherg' In the twenty-one-year-old vicinity. He is one of those whom the Judge has watched grow up. Most of these boys, by the way, who have grown up under his advice, have had some vigorous arguments with him along the way. They were independent oungsters, every one of them, boys who %ad their own ideas as to the managing of incomes. The American small boy al- ways has, and although he is pretty hard Yo ol in, he is all the better fellow for the reason that he has a way of thinking out things for himself. So these young- sters who have had a good many dollars ut into their hands for spending money Ruve contemplated investments that would have been more delightful at the time than satisfactory later on. There was one who had $9 to put into peanuts. 1t took a long argument to con- Vince him that he might get more happi- negs out of the $9 some other way. An- ofier had a penchant for pepsin gum and he would have spent on it not only his income but his principal if he could have gotten hold of it. Then they have had their ambitions, which showed the right spirit, but had to be curbéd. Some Of them wanted to be sea captains and were for setting sail on the next vessel that left port. Others wanted to buy a store immediately and a great many of them wanted to be Judges. Their adviser had hard work im- pressing it on them that it takes time TEC &vicTom MICARTEY to_prepare ror Poorpmt.leeeo e could not bear ad Saturday without fail, 'vice. world of the Judge, wen: of these things. Schade was one who Hi t to but thought the he loved his own way and he perty left him and there was prepare followed it. He had a = o ee him every anything but stay quietly in school and to take care of his money of something like no need for him to FELLLIE ROWELIt o sult themselves. Certaln it Is that such young ladies as Evelyn Carr and Gladys Zolloer and Nellle Rowlin found a very short cut to his heart. But as for favors ites—he won't own to any.