The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 2, 1902, Page 24

24 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1902. BY BLANCHHE 2. COMING WEEK OFFERS UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY : TO HEAR FOUR LEADERS PARTINGTON. 5| NG on Sunday afternocon next, with the performance in aid | of the Verdi Memorial Fund that is to be given at the Tivoli, the com- | ing week will afford the unique op- | portunity to hear in close conjunction the leaders of symphony now in the lo- | cal eye. On Sunday afternoon will be| heard our old friend Mr. Steindorff in the | first half of the Verdi programme; in the | second will make his eagerly awaited de- | but San Francisco Signor Leandre | Campanari, the brilliant Milanese con- ductor. F wing on Wednesday will be the second of the Fred Zech symphony concerts; in the evening of the same day the conductorial methods of Mr. Minett may be studied in the Philharmonic con- cert. Rarely only does this quaint chance come our way, and those interested in the | symphony questiop should not miss it. Signor Campangi is the only unknown | (to us) quantity in the situation. Mr.‘ Zech’s work is now known to us; also Mr. Steindorff’s, and Mr. Minetti—though only | r material to work with— | n us a taste of his quality. therefore centers chief- 1y Campanari, whose rep- utation, preceding him from Lon- don, Paris, Milan and Boston, is™ such as to warrant the largest ex- pectations. Musicianship of the highest | bpeadth of sympathy, and unusual per- suasive magnetism are unanimously at- 3 Y / SIGNOR [ BRILLIANT ORCHESTRAL DIREC- \ ¥ TOR WHO WILL MAKE HIS DE- \\\\ CAMPANART . l BUT HERE NEXT SUNDAY. U — 3 tributed to the conductor. His readings are said to be mot less brilllant than | schol istinguished alike for del- icacy nd musical s; strength. The widest range of | mpathy is represented in his | repertoire, that includes such diverse works as Beethoven symphonies and | Strauss waltzes; such differing composers as Mozart and Wagner, Bach and Tschai- | kowsky, Massenet and Brahms, and so | on; besides a whole host of contemporary | and less familiar oider writers, whose ef- | forts are but seldom given place on the | conventional symphony programme. Al- | the appearance of this ‘“new | at has swept into our ken” is | the most significant event of the musical] season so far, and likely, apparently, to | remain so. The conductor will have only a modest orchestra at his command next Sunday, probably not more than forty-five men, mor will he be heard, perhaps, in the kind of programme that he would possibly choose to be heard in. But, at the in- ce of Mr. Steindorff, who is most gen- erously anxious for his gifted confrere to have & hearing, and at the solicitation of the whole Italian colony, who are natur- ally very proud of thelr accomplishea countryman, Campanar! has consented to take part in the concert. THe programme bas not vet been definitely decided upon, but the Campanari numbers will most -.200.. Piano Bargains $25 Lp- GABLER GRAND HEINE UPRIGHT PLAYANO, Piano player, each the best in the world. $2 per month up, rent or payments, EINE €0, HALL, 235-237 Geary Bt probably include two Wagner composi- tions and acts from the Verdl operas. Richard Strauss, the latest master of the symphonic art, has this week added | brilliantly to his fame with a new opera, “Feursnot,” produced at Berlin on Tues- day evening last. The libretto is by Wol- zogens and the story purely fantastic. “Feursnot”—the ‘“famine of fire"—is | brought about by the hero, who, by “bell, book and candle,” etc., places the city (a Munich of anclent days) in darkness in order fo win his ladye-love. The musical treatment is said to be strongly after the Wagnerian order, the orchestration rich and sumptuously variéd, the harmonies bold and original and the themes free and noble. It is said, however, that the music overweights the libretto, which has only the dignity of the average fairy story. The opera was produced at the Royal Opera-house, and conducted by Strauss himself, who was greeted with the utmost enthusiasm. The announcement of this season’s first concert of the Philharmonic Society, with & particularly good programme, reminds of the agreeable fact that this society, at once the largest, oldest and most impor- tant amateur musical association of the West, is again coming to the worthy place that it formerly occupied. The Philhar- monic Society has a history reaching back to 1874, and has been prominently identi- fled with musical interests most of the time since. There have been days when it has seemed to be dead utterly, and again those times of effiorescence when, under such men as Scheel, Herman Brandt, Toebke, the soclety has come bravely to the forefront of things again. Almost every orchestral musician in San Francisco has at one time or another been assoclated with the Philharmonic. The Musical Union in its outset was re- cruited almost wholly from its ranks, ard few, indeed, are the orchestral players who have not acquired their earlier experience nder the Philharmonic baton. Dennis O’Sullivan’s fiddle was one of the most constant of the “strings” for years, and. as the brilliant Irishman quizzically put it to me, “I was odd man generally; in- iroduced the prima donnas when there was no one else to do it; played the fid- dle, moved the piano, shut and opened it, made the speeches and when there wasn’t money enough in the treasury to pay any one else I'd sing a song myself!” The value of such a society as the Phil- harmonic to the amateur it is difficult to overestimate. As a means of learning to hear and know good music 1t is the best that could be devised. The muslcal litera- ture studied is and has been always of the best, as a look over the excellent library of the soclety will show. The list of conductors is also one to inspire re- spect, and the present leader, Giulio Mi- nettl, seems to be no unworthy successor. Not for some years now has the society Leen in s0 hopeful a condition, Mr. Minetti has succeeded in infusing a most wholesome enthusiasm into his .large band, that is bound before long to tell very substantiglly. The membership of the soclety includes sixty-five musicians, and the careless and unfaithful player Las no place among them. There is an assoclate membership of 140, and any one desirous of serving the cause of musict and at the same time of surrounding him- self with the graclous influence of a com- pany of young people who might be oth- erwise much less beautifully employed could not do better than become an as- sociate member of the Philharmonic So- clety. An enthusiastic president, deeply interested in both the financial and artis- tic fortunes of the organization, Henry Payot, is another very happy possession of the society. The first concert to be given this season will take place on Wednesday evening, November 12, and on that occasion the orchestra will be assisted by outside mu- siclans, that will bring up the numerical strength of the band to seventy-five members. A very ambitlous programme will be attempted. Bizet's “Patrie,” to be given for the first time here, is to be the piece de resistance; then there will be the “Rosgmunde” overture of Schu- bert; a Brach violin concerto, to be played by “the concert master, Joseph ‘Willard; minuet for strings, Bolzoni, and the sprightly Strauss waltz “Du und Du»' “The minister has been away on 2 long vacation, haen't he?” “Yes.” the congregation looked Buck—Mike, can I know what I don't know? Mike—No. ‘Buck—There is something I don’t know and I know it. Then don’t I know what 1 Gon’t know? Mike—I don’t know.—Judge. $. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. JOHN D, SPRECKELS, Proprietor. SUNDAY . Address Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager 5 o0 SR I e i S SR ¥ s e I S T T R S Ll NOVEMBER % 1008 G ... everrnee o Market and Third Btrests, 8. 7. HOODL UM ATTACKS ON PARDEE. Publication Office....vveersns. HE closing days of Dr. Pardee’s campaign in this city have brought out an expression qf the tactics of his political opponents which calls for rebuke at the polls by every decent citi= zen. Fearful of the influence of his presence among the workingmen of San Francisco,.the supporters of his opponent seem to have arranged for a series of hoodlum demonstrations against him. These have taken the form of vulgar and indecent interruptions of his discourse and attempts even at physical assault. The instruments selected for this un-American defiance of fair play and free speech have been the young and reckless element, that has no conception of ‘the rights of others nor of the courtesies that should adorn the contacts of American citizens. ) These outbreaks are the special result of the Examiner’s teaching that intolerance and dis- respect, disregard for propriety and decency, and reckless disorder, are evidences of independence and manliness. The reckless persons who are influenced by such teachingsareonly prevented from inflicting serious bodily harm by their cowardice. They are taught to be bullies, but no teaching can ever make them brave. They get courage to be cowardly by their numbers, and when a few, are joined together they dare show a shamelessness which one of them alone dare not exhibit. Honest workingmen know that such an element is no credit to the ranks of labor, and that when such youths grow up, carryihg with them the Examiner principles, they constitute a growing ele- ment of disorder which disgraces any association into which they may thrust themselves. After all, however, the cause against which such tactics are used is the cause that prevails. In the present instance such manifestations are. the clearest evidence of a sense of defeat. These petty mobs do not hurl blackguardism and missiles at Dr. Pardee with an exaltant feeling of com- ing victory for Lane, whom they champion by these Barbary Coast methods. They feel the com- ing defeat and resent it in their blackguard way. Every decent workingman and every solid citizen feels keenly that if there were no other reason for the election of Dr. Pardee, the insults planned and deliberately executed to interrupt his campaign are reason sufficient. The State cannot afford to establish now the precedent of beat- ing an honorable candidate for Governor by a show of mob violence. If it be done, then this element i$ encouraged to greater excesses in the future and, where now only oaths and vulgarity are used to affront a candidate for Governor, such cowards in sufficient numbers to make greater crimes safe will use weapons, inflict wounds and even commit murder to satisfy their brutal in- stincts. It is to be deplored that Mr. Lane has so carefully refrained from rebuking theseactsof his partisans. This omission identifies him with the tactics which are used for his benefit and makes him to a serious degree guilty with his supporters who strike down free speech and sub- stitute insult for argument and blackguardism for reason. No candidate expects that every one in his audience is his supporter. That would be un- reasonable. But every candidate has the right to expect that those among his hearers who do support him will have the opportunity to listen to him uninterrupted by the violence and vulgarity of such as disagree. Sensible men desire to listen to arguments which they antagonize. It will be a sorry day for the republic when men in masses decide to hear or to read only one side in public discussion, and to prevent others from giving an impartial hearing to all sides. These violent demonstrations have put in issue the good character of California. It is an issue that has been forced to the front by Mr. Lane’s supporters. It, in an important sense, is greater than the issve between the two parties and their candidates. At all hazards, this State must be cleansed of the stain that would be upon her if these methods were indorsed by the peo- ple at the polls. We want order in our cities. Wewant freedom of speech. We want the right of free discussion vindicated. The manhood and decency of California will do this good work at the polls next Tuesday in the election of Dr. Pardee. A great principle has been violated by these supporters of Mr. Lane. The man who denies free speech to another weakens his own right to the same privilege. The man who violates the peace of another renders his own less secure. The man who without provocation or excuse pre- vents others from listening to a temperate discussion of public issues is preparing for himself a de= nial of the same right. As the creatures who'de these things cannot be made to see that they injure themselves by injuring others, they niust be made to feel, by an overwhelming condemnation at the polls of themselves, their methods and their candidates. ATTACKING JUDGE BEATTY. HE Examiner gang, which holds z public meeting to outcry against its own publication of the record of its candidate Livernash, and to denounce what it said about himi as a slander, is working its usual policy of undermining the courts by circulating a lying circu- lar against Chief Justice Beatty. The matter in the circular is theattack made upon Justice Van Fleet four years ago in the Loren Fox case. Fox had an infant son killed in an accident on the street railroads in Oakland. In his suit for damages the question of their measure went to the Supreme Court. That bench in its decision laid down the law and the rule respected in every American and English court in fixing damages for death of a minor child. No court can measure nor put a price upon human sorrow. The anguish of a parent by ac- cident deprived of a child cannot be measured nor a value assessed upon it. It is an immeasurable sentiment, and in the very beginning of judicial administration comrts were compelled to recog- nize this, and to fix a purely material rule for finding the measure of damages assessable against any one responsible for the violent death of the child of another. By this rule the value of the ser- vice of the child to the parents until it reach its majority becomes the measure of damages. The value of the service, keep in mind, and not the parental pleasure and satisfaction in the child, nor grief at its loss, is the only measurable fact that it is possible for a court or any human agency to consider in fixing damages. The value of such service to the parents exists in their necessity for it, in their calling and condition in life which make it necessary that they receive the service of their child, and fixes the probability of such service being rendered. In the Loren Fox case the Supreme Court cited this only rule, followed by all courts, because no other rule is possible. The Examiner falsely and willfully declared that the court had decided that a poor man was not entitled to as much' damage as a rich man for the violent death of his child! This ma- licious lie was especially malignant because under the rule laid down by the court the poor man is entitled to more damage than the rich for the reason that he needs the service of his child and the rich man does not. Each may suffer equal sorrow and anguish at the loss—no one can deter- mine that. No rule of law can measure sorrow, and say this bereaved parent suffered so many dol- lars’ worth of grief and this other bereaved parent as much, or more, or less. But every court con- 1idering the calling and condition of the parents can determine how much they need the material service of the child, its work and wages, and the closely probable amount of its earnings. Playing upon the ignorance and prejudice of its followers, the Examiner, attacks Chief Justice Beatty as it did Justice Van Fleet. In the Democratic State Convention soleriin resolutions were passed in honor of the mem- ory of the late Stephen M. White, Senator of the United States. During this campaign, when- 'ever a Democratic orator has needed to stir his audience, he has played upon its heartstrings B eulogy of Stephen M. White. The memory of that great Californian deserves all these honorable and heartfelt ascriptions, for he was a man, manly in all things. He was alive four years ago on the stump for his party. When the malignant Examiner made then this attack on ]ustice: . Fleet and Chief Justice Beatty, in the Loren Fox case, Senator White, in his Sfiecc11 at San Ra- fael and elsewhere, exposed the Examiner’s falsehood, vindicated the Supreme Court and Justice Van Fleet, and declared that the decision was right, uprightly right, and that it stated the settled law of the case,from which no Judge could honestly deviate. The voice of Senator White Shtes out from his grave against this Examiner slander and this attempt to discredit a court, to deceive the people and to weaken their respect for law. 5 B The attack on Chief Justice Beatty is flagrant. His opponent, Judge Law, that he would have decided differently had he passed upon the Loren Fox case, for to say that would put him outside the pale of public respect. The bar.and the people will resent this lyin Chief Justice Beatty, for the State cannot afford that it prevail. SOy v by its gang, now and will not dare tosay At a recent international congress of Americanists, a Colorado woman told how the women of that State had raised money to construct a road to the Mesa Verde' cliff dwellings by a “rum- : mage sale,” and thereupon the foreign delegates looked.aghast. They had never before heard of advancing science in that way. ooy q e The Filipinos may be asking for a good many things to which they are not entitled, but the demand fgr a system of sound money is indisputably just and valid. If we do nothing else we might at least give them good coin. e . R : 7 i b oy I R SR e R DU T HONOLULU ENGAGEMENT OF UNUSUAL INTEREST PLEASES SOCIAL WORLD HERE is always something hap- pily refreshing in the love affair of two very young people with awealth of optimism and the whole world before them. News of the latest engagement, wafted from the islands, is surrounded with unusual interest. The} principals of the pretty romance are Miss | Sara K. Robertson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Robertson of Honoluluy, and James B. Dougherty, son of Mrs. Jo- seph Spear Jr., residing at the Palace Ho- tel in this city. Mrs. Spear’s clever sons have a way of meeting Cupid very early in life, but none too soon to find their de- voted mother ready to receive the new bride-elect with open arms. She certain- ly takes surprises sweetly and regards the happiness of her boys as all im- portant. The new groom-to-be is quite young, scarcely 21, but he may have an- other birthday before the wedding takes place. Mr. Dougherty was associated with his stepfather, Joseph Spear Jr., Sur- veyor of Customs, prior to his departure for the islands two years ago. He has| since been connnected with V. Wichman & Co. in Honolulu. . Nature has equipped the young couple especially well. Mr. Dougherty, besides a pleasing personality, which wins many friends, has an excellent tenor voice and marked ability for playwriting. Miss Robertson, a brunette, has striking beauty and many acocmplishments. She is a good linguist and very musical—plays well and has a sweet soprano voice. She was educated in Boston and only returned to her homeé in . the islands a year ago. Her father is a man of wealth and is in- terested in the firm of Brewer & Co., Limited. sTiy ‘When trying to get something for noth- ing in the name of charity, says a, local artist, it would not be a bad idea to bear in mind that one may have another ax to grind in the fu- ture and 'a little gratitude now would pave the way for the next attempt. However, a story has arisen since the Feast of Banterns, which renders it im- possible to accuse the hospital commit- tees of thinking too much along this par- ticular line. It seems that an artist, well known to society, was induced to give a large picture, handsomely framed (valued at $50), to the solicitor, probably more from generosity than interest in the enterprise. In return he received a measly note, written by some unknown secretary on cheap paper, containing sev- eral blots and a three-line lacknowledg- ment of his gift. This ended his advices on the subject. The picture was hung in an obscure corner, badly lighted, and not sold. The committee’s idea of politeness did not make it necessary to return the picture, however. I understand that it is aow reposing in a distant basement pending some advisable disposition of the article. o e e Mrs. L. H. Bryan and Miss May Reis have returned from their Denver trip in excellent health and spirits. They must have had a good time, for they were ex- tensively entertained by charming people. Here are a few of them: Mrs. Herbert Duncan Gaskill, formerly Miss Eda Col- lins, the California girl, whom Mrs. Bry- an and Miss Reis visited, gave a tea in their honor; Mrs. Lafayette Campbell, wife of Major Campbell, U. S. A. (re- tired), gave them a dinner; her daughter, Mrs. J. Frederick Tritch, Miss Julia Campbell and Miss Anna McNamara gave teas, and Mrs. Campbell entertained them at the Denver Country Club; Mrs. George Harry Richardson, who was Emma Meyer of ‘San Francisco, now wife of Dr. Rich- ardson at Fort Logan, gave a luncheon; Daniel Lee Webb and Orville Lee Dines gave theater parties; Chris Henne of Los Angeles gave a luncheon; Mrs. J. Titus, mother of J. Wilson Esmond of this city, gave a luncheon and dinner. There was certainly little time for ennui during such a three weeks. (v The art sectlon of the California Club has arranged a novel entertainment for the public ‘on Saturday afternoon and evening, November 15, in their clubrooms in the Young Men’s Christian Association buiiding. An Oriental symposium is to be the drawing feature on this occasion. Dr. Yamel Kin, the attractive Chinese lec- turer, will speak on “Glimpses of the Orient” and present an original play en- titled “The Widow Chang.” Mme. Emilia Tojettl is chalrman of the symposium committee and is certain to contribute to the success of the entertainment with her clever ideas. It is to be a pay affair. o T Mrs. M. H. de Young is in San Fran- cisco for the winter with her lovely daughters, and it is pleasant to see them going about in their Parisian gowns. Itis BY SALLY SHARP. i an interesting rumor that Mrs. de Young has cleverer people about her and is also stronger soclally than most Californians. Gossip is afloat that within the last year some San Franciscans who are inclined to feel superior to their American sister have been obliged to wear thelr elaborate gowns in hotels while Mrs. de Young was received at court functions, but somehow the fact doesn’t leave an impression upon them by the tlm: th:y r:nch home. Judge and Mrs. Allen added to their list of social successes when they gave a “coming out” tea for their daughters, Miss Elizabeth and Miss Ruth Allen, on Friday. This family entertains lavishly and the latest occasion was cl . The Misses Allen were warmly welcomed to the hearts of soclety with their bright smiles and smart gowns. Those who assisted In recelving were: Jr— HONOLULU BELLE WHO 18 ENGAGED TO A FORMER FRANCISCAN. BAN gl Mrs. James Newlands, Mrs, George Kirk- patrick, Mrs. Shorb, Mrs. John Hunt, Mrs. Stephen White, Miss Lena Maynard, Miss Lurline Spreckels, Miss Elena Rob- inson, Miss Emily Wilson, Miss Jessie Wright, Miss Ethel Shorb, Miss Grace ‘Wilson, Miss Bernie Terry and Miss Mar- garet Wilson. » €7@ A delightful tea was that given by Mrs. Oscar Beatty for Mrs. Alfred Sutro and Mrs. Brooke Wright on Friday afternoon. ‘The guests of honor certainly looked lov- lier than ever and added to their list of friends. It is Mrs. Sutro’s fitst publlc appearance since she ceased to be Miss Newmark, but now that she resides in our midst she will be considerably feted. « s e Scintillating toasts and stunning gowns reigned supreme at the annual luncheon of Colonial Dames a few days ago. Miss Humphrey was happily chosen as toast- mistress. Mrs. Henry Glass’ toast on “Knickerbockers” was overflawing with humor, while Mrs. Richmond Smith of San Jose discussed “Pligrim Fathers” with brightness and sympathy. Mrs, George Gibbs looked especially well in lavender satin brocade with old lace. Mrs. George Crux was also gowned in lavender with cream lace applique. Mrs. Crux is a {(Sel'c:lfidm! of William the Conqueror, it L Prunes stuffed with apricots. Townsend'sa® —_———— Townsend's California Glace fruit and candies, 50c a pound, in artistic fire-etched boxes. A nice present for Eastern friends. 629 Market st., Palace Hotel bullding. * e ———— Special information supplied dally to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 230 Cali~ fornia street. Telephone Main 1042 - ——————————— She—“You say your brother is in the army?” He—""Yes; been in it for six years.” “Suppose he has worked his way up?” “Oh, yes; he started in the ranks, and now he’s in the balloon service.—Yonkers Statesman. Uncle Si (agriculturalist)-I've hearn the New York Zoo is great. Uncle Jo (countryside joker)—Wal, I guess! They've got the unmitigated ass, and money sharks, and country suckers, and Chicago lobsters, and Wall street bulls, and Stock Exchange bears, and peacocks of fashion, and monkey-faced dudes, and society apes, and old hen re- formers, and, gawkies, and snipes and snakes of vice, and Tammany tigers, and owl cars, and doves of peace, and dogs of war, an’— Uncle Silas—Say, Jo, I want a gallon of that same cider.—Life. 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