The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 1, 1902, Page 13

THE SUNDAY CALL. ANATOMICAL DRAWING OF THE RIGHT EYE, SHOWING MUSCLES TAXED IN ABOVE USE AT Y B earns, however, t e requires a strength is required in tle more vigorous than t quite 8o arduous as ten german, p PING PONG. to those who have the quick can keep his bo ing 4n front of t and forward of a 1 player scarcely ement thos a mo Many of t in one by spect players man who I t the ping-pong eve. hould be dark the A retired vle is weil adapted to effect upon the eye § ball is dazzling white. upon them is prone fo Th he ideal eve as the The as far cerned it would be better if it were gray, but ex-) perience has taught that whide is the b adapted for the use of the “There can be no doubt,” pert the other “that the watehing of the ball which is require¢ in the game te to ager: e a’weakness | of the e da The the muscicy ! ol the ey moving of s wearies them after game. The ¢ e the most ess which co the le is used c ping-pong 10 dor man | s cffort to | | 1 the there 18 2 “It has been sald that the mus, < and arms are often wearled by | This is true in a sense, t the e and the n ping-pong y before 18 in sending returning | the exhausted in m balls extent.” cles used can be affected to ar ou lose?” to be hc “It is d that King Ed- ward will patronize the game ex- tensively.” “It was so thoughtful in the genial hostess to pass around chewing gum and chicken salad.” " Leon Lilac opened a costly snuff- e shape of a racquet, and Mr art wore a pair of ping-pong box in Harry H trousers.” “Jt is much to be commended though t were numerous bad plays, all strenuous language was eliminated. The sirongest expression was ‘Oh, that, oes From Ping- fudge” by Mr. Charley Callow, after he had driven the ball through a thin mirror.” < not known as yet if the different church will sanction the delightful game. Many of the fellows hope uot. There is always so much spice in any- thing a little wicked."” “Ping-Pong has eclipsed bridge whist gambling. Several of the ies present dost thelr matinee for a year. It is also whis- that certain mes€@ames will nat be pered able to contribute toward charity func- tions for some time.” “Of course, the inevitable wit was remarked s was a quiet game, ed without a racquet f brilliancy he was oud and continiious ap- present hile table te: Wagg rewarded with plause.” “There has been much discussion as to whether a physical culture course essential to those intending to take the| game up. We think it is. Mr. Harold | Headway, the champion of the evening, | informs us that since first playing the game he has limited himself to ten cigar- ettes per day and only echewed gum aiter meals. He also says that he takes vig- orous exercise by dressing himself, in- stead of allowing his valet to do so, as previously.” = 3+ King Edward’s Ten-Thousand Dollar Cook the viands served at the table of g Edward of England are not to g of those who are favored s to dine with his it will not be for lack of a s a reputation second to and a salary that the of the world might en- angements for the season kitchen is to have a the King's mandate his - complied with. ymulgated by King the- throne was not_to fcnager draws an —about the coronation ed Cabinet 4t of the keeper of the » museum and of sundry bishops. t exceed Menager's position is much firmer the Ministry’s. The King has re- to him again and again as a “per- fect treasure,” and frequently proffers bim a cigar from the royal pocket case. Mr. Menager’s career goes to substanti- ate the saying that great cooks are born, not made. He is not more than 40 now and the compliment of being asked to become chef to the Prince of Wales was paid him more than five years ago. He is a Frenchman, probably of the south, tall and comely, with a black beard trimmed on the model of his master's. it ‘was from the kitchen of the Reform Club, the best club for dining in London, that he moved westward a few hundred to yards Marlborough House. The Re- formp « kitchen has bgen for a long time the siudio of great artists. Its Tory neighbor, the Carleton, plodded along with the old plain dishes and let the cookery contest go by default, only shaking its head and muttering, “Those Whigs alwa, had French leanings.” He says with conviction that he does not believe that feminine nature can rise to the greatest heights in his art any more than in painting, poetry or music. Yet, in his rare moments of comparative bhumility he will half admit that his wo- mwen assistants contrive great works for which he, as chef, gets credit, and he knows other renowned kitchess in Lou- don, Sir, Edward Lawson's and Julius ‘Wernher’'s, which have frequently served dinners to his royal master and are con- trolled absolutely by women cooks. He does not sleep under the King’s roof, but has his private residence in a street not very far away. Breakfasts are not his affair on ordinary days; they are the task of his assistant. It is not looked for that any artist can produce three masterpieces in one day, especially when the greatest, the dinnmer, has to come last. Thus Mr. Menager need not quit- his own rooftree till after 11 o’cloek. Then he steps into a hansom afid drives to Marlborough House. His kitchen is big and bright and has all the windows on the ground floor facing the lawn. The carte for luncheon is brought to him and his work begins. £ The King never draws up the list of dishes for his own meals. This is done by Lord Farquhar, the master of the household, or Lord Valentia, the comp- troller, but of course it is always varied enough to include anything the King wants, for it 18 a chief qualification of | puts it before these furctionaries to know his tastes. Mr. Menager selects gverything he needs. The master of the kitchen, Mr. i NS § Blackwood, a much mere prosaic personage, a mere man of figure sees that all the artic come in and that the items e tradesm When he has verified re taken to Sir Nigel master, who writes on correspond. them they payment. yclock Menager returns to ,use to prepare the King ankly proud of his ear » include cutlets a la named after the Marl- ‘s din- creas and will of other or understand each other, Before the King touches a dish a senior member of his household tas No walter o tasting perforz ta Mr ) close to the the cook. Mr. t througtk hes the after King’ The wine time come produces his bunch of nds through a trapdoor accompanied by a servitor coronation Jumes Palace, Keys anc into the cellar, holding a lantern. Mr. Payne has the list of wine he is to take out. Each kind he tastes. Like the professional at his craft, he does not swaliow. He will tell you that the man who swallows cannot taste. ~He just takes a little in his mouth and puts it out. Kisses That Lead to Death. FATAL kiss was that given by a Ayoung Spanish gallor to his flancee nine years ago, for it brought about the decimation of a town. A Spanish vessel put into the little seaport of Candalo, on the coast of Florida, flying the yellow flag, and was accordingly or- dered to remain in quarantine, for more than one member of the crew exhibited symptoms of bubonic plague. But a sailor disobeyed orders and put off in a boat for shore one evening, where he sought out his fiancee and embraced her. The girl succumbed to the plague, which spread through the town so rapidly that over 204 persons died out of a total popu- lation of 1500. A negro kissed a white waitress at a restaurant at Granger, near Salt Lake City, some two years ago. Witnesses of the episode were so enraged by the as- sault that they commenced a five days’ campaign against all the negroes in the city, who, of course, took the part of thelir colored comrade. Thirty-sfx white men were either killed or wounded, to say nothing of eight¥ negroes, and at the end of that time the waltress astonished everybody by marrying her colored lover. ‘ \:\\\\\:‘,\\Q\\\\\&\ I X \"\ WA ,{\\\ | N\ means no and the couple aped the city with cost the lives of many soldiers once in the history y, if a popular ve the DBritish ar be true. The beautiful Duch- of Gordon ised the tamous Gordon by, it recruits guinea apiece. The regiment was raised to its full strength in a few days. The men were then sent out against the French, and in the first battle in which they took part more than 250 fell killed or wounded. It can be truthfully said that they paid . for the Duchess’ kiss with their lives, for many who had plenty of ineas enlisted, moved by her kiss of patriotism. Previous to this, in 1718, a war was brought about by a thoughtless kiss on the part of a Bavarian Prince of some- what reckless character named Ferdi- nand, During a visit to a neighboring state he inadvertently kissed a beautiful member ofythe royal household,” Prin- thousand said, a kiss and a golden N W\ / \\\\\ X / ", » N cess Thyra, reckless of the fact that she was already afflanced. High words en- sued, followed by blows, and a duel was arranged, which led to dipiomatic rela- tions between the two nations being dis- continued. A war broke out ultimately and resulted in the death of many men before there was a declaration of peace. How the Expert Burgl ERY few people are aware how vsimplfl _pre the implements needed by the’modern burglar in opening a safe with nitroglycerin and just how he proceeds to business. His outfit consists of a few pounds of putty, a suf- ficient quantity of nitroglycerin, a ham- mer and perhaps a couple of thin wedges. ‘With these, and a fuse and matches, he is ready to ‘“negotiate” the so-called burglar-proof safe,and the degree of his success depends almost wholly uwgon him- self. y A very short time is needed in which to “blow” the safe. The first thing done is to make a careful inspection of the upper door jamb of the safe. No matter how tight-fitting and carefully adjusted the door of a safe may be, it is claimed that it is impossible to make it so that a [wedge hardly any thicker than a razor edge will not find eftrance. A few taps with a hammer drive in the thin end of the wedge, making an opening which may not be any bigger than a thin sheet of paper. The wedge is driven in further, a thicker wedge is inserted, and this is fol- lowed, perhaps, by a still thicker one, each wedge only receiving a few dull blows, until finally the opcning between the door and the wall of the safs is per- haps a sixteenth of an inch wide. Leav- ing the last wedge ‘- place, the burglar now turns to his lump of putty and goes to work on the bottom of the safe door. The minute crack here where the door and the safe meet is carefully puttied up along its whole length, and the line of putty is continued up for about a foot on each end along the sides of the door. The burglar with his putty next makes a “cup” at the top of the door, directly facing the opening made by the wedga. When the cup is finished he fills it up with nitroglycerin. This slowly perco- lates in through the thin opening made by the wedge, .and as scon as the cup has emptied itself it is filled again. Now, what happens? The nitroglycerin does not simply dis- appear id the safe among the books and drawers. It slides down the top of the door at an angle of 45 degrees and fol- lows down the inside of the door. In- stead of resting on the bottom of the sale, the nitroglycerin follows dhe “steps’” into which the door is fitted. Here the nitreglycerin coliects, the putty on the outside of the door preventing its escape. The burglar keeps pouring in nitro- - ar Cracks a Saf glycerin by the ald of his “cup” until he belleves/ that the interstices between the bottom 'of the door and the safe are full of the liquld, making a layer under the door at an angle of about 45 degrees. The safe is then ready to be “blown,” which merely consists in setting off the explo- sive. So powerful is nitroglycerin that it wrenches the door from -its place and leaves the inside of the safe at the mercy of the burglar.—New York Times. The world has so long been at war with the hapless printer that it will be inter- esting to know that at least one compos- itor has been capable of following instrue- tions. Once upon a time a printer brought to Booth for inspection proof of a new poster, which, after the manner of its kind, announced the actor as “the emi- nent tragedian, Edwin Booth. Mr. Booth did not fully approve of it. “I wish you'd !} out t ‘eminent tragedian’ business. I'd much rather have it simple ‘Edwin Booth,” " he said. “Very good, s The next week the actor saw the first of his new bills in position. His request had been carried out to the letter. -The poster announced the coming engagement of “Simple Edwin Booth™