The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 29, 1902, Page 6

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NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, open unt] 8 o'clock. 2200 Filimore, cpen until ® p. m. Fwms——————— SOUTHERN DEMOCRACY.’ HORTLY aiter the elections The Call directed S attention to a conference of Southern Demo- crats held at Atlanta in which some of the most | influential jeaders of Southern Democracy declared their hostility to Northern and Western leadership and asserted with emphasis that the time has come for Southern men to take control of the party, set forth its policies and name its leaders. It is now to be noted that the effect of the conference has been felt in New York, and men of Southern birth residing in that city have cordially commended the Atlanta declarations. Recently the New York correspondent the Charleston News and Courier wrote to that paper that “some of the most thoughtful Southerners in New York are declaring to-day that the greatest po- litical opportunity is now open to the South that she has had since the Civil War. They say that the only possible restoration of the Democratic party to power and usefulness is through the Solid South, and that this consummation devoutly to be wished must be achieved by the South’s leadership in renouncing all false theories and reviving the principles and doc- trines of Tilden and Jefferson.” That report is almost an exact echo of the voices that dominated the Atlanta conference. The reference to “false theories” recalls what was written to the conference by Senator Morgan and what was spoken by Mr. Calhoun. It is an indirect but none the less clear repudiation by the Southern leaders of all the socialistic policies and campaign cries which North- ern Dtn:locrar_\' has put into the party platform. It sounds something like a slogan of revolt and gives warning to the Northern leaders that the Southern men will not follow them in their efforts to catch all kinds of erratic voters that may be heard noisily clamoring for recognition whenever a campaign opens. By way of confirming his report of the sentiment of Southerners in New York the correspondent quotes prominent member of the Virginia colony in the city as saying: “Coler would have been elected Governor in New York if he had not been weighed down by the coal plank. In spite of his partial disavowal of this un-Democratic declaration a large number of Democratic and inde- pendent voters were deterred from supporting him through disgust at the sacrifice of principles to expe- diency. The future success of the party lies with the Democrats of the Southern States. They have the power to control and direct its policy in the Demo- cratic National Convention and in Congress if they choose to do so. It lies with them to give it sound guidance and to put it on the road to victory. If the Democrats of the South will cut loose from the so- cialistic element, whether in the East or West, which kas had too large a share in party control during the last six years, and will return to their former resolute support of fundamental Democratic principles, the country will again be willing to intrust to the party the direction of national affairs.” Here, then, we get evidence of a new discontent brewing in the much distracted Democratic camp. In times past the South has been submissive to any kind of platiorm the Northern and the Western wings of the party might adopt. Now it- appears they have reached the limit and will go no further. In their judgment the time has come for them to reassert their supremacy on the party which they ruled before the war and which they have sustained ever since. They may not huve good reasons for their belief, but cer- | tainly’ they can afford to make an experiment in leadership without running the risk of losing any- thing, for no blunder on their part could render the party any weaker in the North and West or any more impotent in Congress than it is to-day. of a The authorities at Washington have seemingly awakened to 2 knowledge that the distribution of the public landé of California is governed solely upon principles which make a private snap so desirable to some people. As a rule only our troubles receive an airing at Washington. A threatened influx of anarchists has created a marked scare in England. - It is unfortunate that this particular breed of humanity cannot be treated as mumicipalities rid themselves of stray dogs. | cators. . THE FA WISE WASHINGTON. N the midst of much intellectual confusion and l the clash and conflict of ideas on the subject of so- ciology, that unformed science resting as yet on nsufficient data, it is a pleasure to turn to one man [ who has set to himself a hard task and who knows exactly what he is doing. That one man seems to be Profgssor Booker Washington, the greatest negro this country has produced. Born a slave and reach- ing seli-consciousness without a mame, and so being compelled to christen himself, he has become the leader of nearly 10,000,000 of American negroes, and is leading them so wisely as to challenge the admira- tion of all'men. Befor¢ his time the negro leaders were politicians. They sought to carry their race at once into politics, and effect its elevation, if they thought of that at all, by pursuing office and exercising public authority. Those leaders, Fred Douglass, Bruce, Cuneo and others, builded upon the sand, and it has been cut from under them by-the subtle provisions of the Southern constitutions, which take the negro out of politics -by taking from him the ballot in.the only section where the race is numerous enough to hope for control of elections. Wise Washington, however, is the leader of a movement that no device can bar. No subtle pro- vision of any constitution can arrest it. It is built upon the rock, and nothing can remove its founda- tion. He seeks to impress upon his race character, by teaching it thrift, temperance and good order, and instructing it in the manual arts, and the best 1m- proved means of economizing its labor to the best results. . His recent letter ‘o the Age-Herald, at Birming- ham, Ala., may be studied with profit by white edu- He declares therein that his life work is teaching his people that they should concentrate their thought ard energy cr securing homes and cultivat- ing habits of thrift, economy, skill, intelligence, high moral character, and gaining the respect and confi- dence of their neighbors, white and black. The-ein he merely states the law of life for all, because the things he sets for attainment by the negro are the things that all men must have, do and strive for, if they would live their lives well and enjoy seli-respect and the respect of others. Going further, he no doubt surprises the Southern whites by saying: “I cannot ‘elevate and make useful a race of people until there is held out to them the hope of reward for right living. Every revised con- stitution throughout the Southern States has pur a premium upon intelligence, ownership of property, thrift and character.” This no doubt refers to the educational clause, which is in the new constitutions to effect disqualification of the black voters. Wash- ington takes the right view of its effect. If the negro need protection of the ballot or prize its use as a political privilege, and only ignorance stand be- tween him and its possession, the responsibility is upon him to seek the qualification which will give him the ballot as the instrument of power. In the conclusion of his letter this black philosopher says what may well be studied in these daxs, when white philosophers are dreaming the Utopian dream of socialism: “As an educator I strive in every hon- orable and rational way to encourage the wise and en- during progress of my people; for, if all inspiration and hope of reward is to be denied them, they will be deprived of one of the greatest incentives to intelli- gence, industry and righteousness.” That is a restatement of the old truth that runs through all human experience, that man, no matter what the color of his skin or the contour of his skull, progresses in proportion to the personal motive and the individual incentive. Take this away, remove the cause that has from the beginning made man the architect of his individual fortunes, and the race ret- rogrades. Professor Washington evidently sees that the flat and dead level creed of socialism would never move his race out of its tracks. B —— Reports from Guatemala seem to indicate that the son of the Urited States Minister to that quaking country, with unfeeling disregard for.the fitness of things, shot a man in the back and killed him. It is to be hoped that assassination is not esteemed a virtue even in Guatemala. A that an inquiry started by the National Board 4 of Trade has led to the disclosure of gross blunders in the agricultural returns of the last census. The inquiry is said to have been occasioned by a dis- covery that in every bulletin dealing with farms and farm products there was a tendency to exaggeration, and in some cases the exaggerations were so extreme that crop experts noted them at once. Thus, for ex- ample, the bureau bulletin for Iowa stated that 9714 per cent of the entire area was occupied by farms, thus leaving but 2% per cent for all land occupied by cities, towns, villages, railways, highways and for unoccupied land. The absurdity of such reports; of course, rendered them useless to all commercial bodies that rely upon Government statistics for information concerning the products of the country, and accordingly an investiga- tion was undertaken. A partial report has been made by the committee to the National Board of Trade, and from the summary that has been given out it appears to be full of disclosures of errors that are by no means creditable to the Census Bureau, The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore American, in reviewing the course of the investiga- tion, says: “The committee went over the results of the work by the Census Bureau in the most careful manner. It found results which, while they spoke well for the fertility and productiveness of American farms, were yet so amazing that they challenged con- fidence. These results affected nearly every portion of the country. For instance, the census reported that in the State of Missouri the quantity of wheat raised was more than twice as great as that reported by the Agricultural Bureau. In Oklahoma the amount of corn, according to the Census Bureau, was nearly four times as great as that reported by the Agricultural Burean. Similar variations were found between the reports of the census and the State official reports and reports made by commercial bodies.” Some of the reported errors are of the grossest kind. Thus it is said: “In Harford County, Md., the farm area, according to the census, was 248,025 acres, when the whole county consists of only 248,320 acres. In Kent County, Del., the Census Bureau re- ported 338,205 acres of farm area, when the county includes only 277,760 acres. In Pawnee, Oklahoma, the census reported 414,768 acres of farm land, when there are only 346,830 acres in the county. In Scott County, Ky., the census reported 186,173 acres of farm CENSUS BLUNDERS, STORY comes from Washington to the effect int is made that American archacologists in Asia have been forbidden to explore Abraham’s tomb, and now we shall have to send the Sultan another wifimatum. lands, and the county has only 145,920 acres. In Tay- lor County, W. Va,, the census reported 103,704 acres of farm lands, and there are only 84,480 acres in the county. In Glascock County, Ga., the census re- ! FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY ported 73,358 acres as farm lands, but there are only 60,800 acres ir the county.” Until a full report of the investigating committee has been published and the statements of the census | officials in defense of the bureau are forthcoming no decisive judgment on the issue can be made. Never- theless the National Board of Trade deserves the thanks of the country for having undertaken the in- vestigation. The people pay a large sum for census werk, and since the bureau has been made permanent the expenditure in future will be larger than in the past. Itis therefore highly desirable that there should be expert supervisioni of its work. If its statistics be not at least approximately accurate its work will be worse than useless, for it will mislead where it ought to guide, and may bring serious loss upon some who trust it. 2 e — The Empress Dowager of China wants war is the. latest novelty presented to a confiding public by the veracious correspondents. The old lady evidently in-" tends to demonstrate in her interesting self that her sex generally wants the very thing that is worst for it. I this country are already jackdawing about the strike riots in Havana as evidence that to main- tain public order in Cuba the island must be annexed to the United States. . 4 Ii the failure to prevent riot and murder during labor strikes is evidence that the defaulting country should be annexed, then the United States should be immediately annexed®to New Zealand, perhaps. It requires the hypocrisy of a Maworm to point an American finger at Cuba. In the last ten years more men have been wounded in this country in strike riots than were wounded in all the Spanish war, and more have been murdered than wers killed in any action of that struggle. In all that time the Government in- terfered efficiently to restore order only once—in the railroad strike of 1894. = Since then many of our large cities have been the scene of riot and murder in strikes; commerce has been suspended; building trades have been paralyzed; coal famines have been caused, and the public peace violated by these dis- turbances, and in not one single instance has the Government suppressed disorder-or efficiently pro- tected personal or property rights. Then how farci- cal to say that one riot of strikers in Havana is such evidence of the inability of the Cuban Government to protect those rights that the island must be jmme- diately annexed to us, who have recorded a thousand evidences of the same inability. If the cigar-makers of Havana want to strike, and kill and wound, let them fight it out with their own Government; as for us, we have enough”of that special kind of trouble without going abroad to an- nex any more. It seems the part of wisdom to give both this country and Cuba a little rest. The people of the United States have sufficient difficulty on hand elsewhere, as a result of the Spanish war, without seeking more by the annexation of Cuba before its independent government is half-baked. It is wrong to foment plots against that Government by holding out to the agitators the expectation of annexation. The people of the United States will do their full duty by letting Cuban affairs crystallize. As for public order there and protection of foreign intefests, there is no emergency. While the late riot was in progress and the Mayor was inciting it, and the President, Palma, was dreaming. of return to his home in Peaceful Valley, N. Y., and to his interrupted vocation as teacher of languages, grim old Gomez, man of action, went down to the rioters and told them to stop or he would call his old guard of revo- lutionary soldiers and blow them into giblets. They stopped, and even the Mayor immediately saw his duty in a new light, and the President ceased his dream of*the Thanksgiving pumpkin pie and big red apples of New York and took steps to follow up and confirm the work_of Gomez. That old war chief will not live forever, but while he is alive there will be order in Cuba. S new work to be performed by Congress during the short session are likely to be disappointed. Each of the two houses has a great deal of work on its hands, left over from the last session, and the country will be lucky if that is finished in the right way before the time comes for the inevitable adjourn- ment on March 4. In the first place, there are no less than eleven im- portant appropriation bills which must be attended to or else some of the great departments of the Gov- ernment will have to stop operations for a lack of funds unless an extra session of the new Congress is called to provide them. These are the urgent de- ficiency, the general deficiency, the army, the naval, the legislative, executive and judicial, the pension, the postal, the fortifications, the District of Columbia, the agricultural and the sundry civil measures. How long these measures will occupy the time of Congress it is impossible to forecast. Some of them will pass promptly without debate, but others will provoke opposition and there will be long discussion on them. In addition to those bills each house has work of its own to attend to. The Senate will have to take up the omnibus statehood bill passed by the House at the last session, and will also have to act upon the Cuban reciprocity bill now before it, or else devise a new one. Furthermore, the Senate may have a good deal ol its time occupied by treaties with Co- lombia and with Cuba, which are.now being ne- gotiated by Secretary Hay. The House has before it the ship subsidy bill and the bill fotr the establishment of a Department of Commerce, both of which passed the Senate at the last session. There further remains to be settled the anti-anarchy bill, which is now in conference. It is not likely, however, that the last-named bill will oc- cupy much time in either house, as its passage is vir- tually assured. Finally, some measure for definitely arranging Philippine currency and tariffs is urgently needed and will doubtless be presented early in the THE HAVANA RIOTS T is somewhat amusing that the annexationists in WORK BEFORE CONGRESS, UCH expectations as the people may have of session, It will be seen that Congress has work in | plenty waiting for it, and is not going to have much time to give to new issues. Washington society notes that the wife of the Sec- retary of State and the wife of the Secretary of the Interior are: in mourning, the wife of the Secretary of War is in Europe, and the Secretary of the Navy has 1o wife; thus it concludes that the Cabinet will ndt cut much social ice this* winter, and Washington | dames are looking round for other social leaders to come to the rescue. As the railroads admit that they have more business offered them than they can handle, it is probable they are raising the rates solely to keep the traffic from getting to be more.than they can bear. ‘bay shore. VEMBER 29, 1902. |SHORE ROAD ROUTE FINALLY AGREED UPON ] S o) The Supervisors' Street Committee yes-, terday discussed the proposed ordinance granting the Seuthern Pacific Company: a franchise for a steam railroad along the Assistant to President Julius Kruttschnitt, Attorney- William F. Her- rin and Chief Engineer Willlam Hood, representing the company, appeared and after a conference with City Engineer Grunsky and the members of the com- mittee agreed as to the route of the road and to all the changes of grades recom- mended by the Board of Public Works, acting on the suggestion of the City En- gineer. This leaves the route from the county line to Mariposa street with but one crossing at grade, all the other eross- ings being by means of bridges or tun- nels, thus reducing the danger of acci- dents to a minimum. The officials of the company stated that they are perfectly willing to dedicate lands to be used as parallel streets when- ever, the route of the proposed line tra- versed public streets now laid down on the official map of the clty. ELIMINATES GRADE CHANGES. Grunsky explained that he had prac- tically eliminated grade changes at street crossings in his report. Army street will be depressed five feet instead of eleven feet, as proposed by the railroad com- pany. 4 Chief Engineer Hood stated that the vrincipal objection to the plan of the Board of Works-is that it will take longer to construct the road. Herrin said the company desired to begin construction at oxnce. The question as to the form of the ordinances granting the franchise and the conditions to be expressed therein went over for one week, when the protestants against the project will be heard. The matter of the road north of Mariposa street will be considered this morning. A number of the Seventh street and Channel street property owners filed pro- tests agalnst granting a franchise to the Scuthern Pacific Company for three tracks on Seventh street. The petitioners request that the trackage be limited to two f{racks, as Seventh street is the only outlet to Potrero avenue, a number of other streets having been closed and the land dedicated to terminal facilities. WANT DRAWBRIDGE BUILT. They also ask that the company be re- quired to build a drawbridge at Seventh and Channel streets to enable property owners to have access by water to their property. If the drawbridge is construct- ed the property owners say they probably will dredge out the channel at their own expense. In regard to the proposed ordinance re- Gucing the width of sidewalks on Third street, Kruttschnitt said that if the side- walks are narrowed it will seriously in- convenience the passenger traffic of the Southern Pacific Company. Grunsky dif- fered with Krutschnitt and called atten- tion to the fact that if the tracks of the proposed bay shore line were allowed to cross Fourth street vehicular traffic would be impeded on: Fourth street and it would therefore be to the advantage of the Southern Pacific Company if Third street were widened. No action was tak- en on the ordinance. The committee recommended the chang- ing of grades on Treat avenue; the pav- ing of Hyde street, between Post and Sutter; the construction of artificial stone sidewalks on Broderick street, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth, and Four- teenth or Fifteenth avenue, between Point Lobos avenue and Clement street, and the reduction of sidewalks on Frederick street, between Stanyan street and First avenue. gy Board of Health Meets. The Health Board yesterday dismissed George W. Dunster, a food inspector, charged with accepting a bribe. Charges of dereliction of duty were preferred against Frank McGinney, another food in- spector. McGinney has been suspended pending the hearing of the charges by the Civil Service Commission. The premises at Nos. 5, 37 and 37} Brenham place were condemned as unsanitary and the tenants ordered to vacate immediately. - Board Awards Contracts. The Board of Public Works yesterday awzrded to the Union Paving Company a contract to bituminize Mission street, be- tween Persia and Onondaga avenues, for $9681 04. Flinn & Treacy received the con- tract to macadamize Farallon street, near Capitol avenue, for $1486 60. MACHINISTS WILL GIVE GRAND CONCERT AND BALL Golden West Lodge No. 1 of the In- ternational Association to En- tertain Friends. A grand concert and ball will be given this evening at Native Sons’' Hall under the auspices of Golden West Lodge No. 1, Junior Order International Association of Machinists. The following programme will be rendered between the dances: Soclalistischer Maennerchor, Professor I'. Dietz; Miss Sibyl Campbell, ‘Irish hornpipe; Mrs. Delmara, soprano solo; Supervisor Robert Loughery, recitation; Piper Adam Ross and Miss Sibyl Campbell's pupils, Scotch reel; Wil- llam Hynes, laughing song; Virginia Shulz, Ella Duhem, Lizzle Ferguson, Frances Dough- erty; Miss Annie Ainsworth, George Evans, barytone solo; Little James Trevethick, Highland fling; Little Mildred Holz, child's song; Mr. ‘Altman, whistling solo. The following committees have the affair in charge: Arrangements—A. Trevey, John Mitchell, E. Peters, G. Englage, Charles Melrose, E. Rocks, Thomas G. Wall, Floor manager, A. McMahon; assistant floor ‘manager, Thomas G. Wall. Floor committee—J. Steele, G. Englage, E. Peters. Reception committee—T. Burns, W. Cousins, Thomas Farley. ———— Insolvent Street Car Man. G. H. Janes, a street car employe of this city, filed 4 petition in insolvency vesterday in the United States District Court. He owes $441 87 and: has no assets. r——————————————————— NEW ADVERTISEMENTS WHAT CAUSES DANDRUFF. Greatest European Authority on Skin Diseases Says It’s a Germ. The old idea was that dandruff is scales of skin thrown off through a feverish con- dition of the scalp. Professor Unna, Hamburg, Germany, European authority on skin diseases, says dandruff is.a germ disease. The germ burrows under the scalp, thrnwlni up little scales of cuticle and upnh:fih the vitality of the hair at the root. e only hair preparation that kills dandruff germs is Newbro’s Herpi- cide. ‘“Destroy the cause, you remove the effect.” Not_ only cures dandruff, but stops falling hair and causes a luxuriant growth. Delightful hair dressing. Sold at leading drug stores. .Send 10 cents in stamps for sample to The Herpicide Co., Detroit, Mich. REGULAR STEAMER SERVICE —From— y to SAN FRANCISCO, SEATTLE, NEW YORY [RSMA and PORTLAND. - —Extra Sailing— ificent New Twin-Screw Express The Steamship SIBERIA. Length, 580 feet. Speed, 20 knots. Forty-Five Day Pasage. ' Sailing from New York about December 10th from s quvl et‘du ;fll’. Forty-<econd n, N. Y. to name rat; COHPANY... \ FRUIT DISPLAY ‘AT CITRUS FAIR IS ADMIRED The fine display of oranges, lemons and other citrus fruit in- the grand nave of the ferry building is greatly admired by spectators. There was a constant stream of visitors at the fair all day yesterday. Last night the exterior of the tower and the interior of the nave were brilliantly illuminated, as usual, inhonor of the ex- position. In the large throng of visitors ‘Wwere many from the country. The attend- ance to-day promises to be quite as large. There-may be something like a crush be- tween 6 and 7 o'clock this evening, when 506 musicians, together with a lcgion of politicians, will assemble in the nave to welcome home the chief executive of San Francisco. A few days ago The Call published a paragraph to the effect that Placer Coun- ty shipped the first oranges of this sea- son. Over the Tulare exhibit last night the following sign was conspicuous: “Tu- lare shipped the first carload of eranges October 3L.” Inquiry brings to light the statement that Placer shipped ten boxes ot orange$ on October 3. The next day the orange growers of Porterville, Exeter and Lindsay, in Tulare County, made up 4 carload of ripe oranges and forwarded the same to Manitoba. The Fresno County exhibit, under the direction of Charles F. Wyer, occupies a space of 100 feet on the west side of the nave immediately south of the right-hand stairway as one enters the building. This county won the gold medal at the Buf- falo Exposition for the best county ex- hibit. The collection in the nave con- tains oranges, lemons, Calimyrna figs, raisins, Perstan quinces, pomeloes, per- simmons, clusters of Emperor grapes, bottles of olive oil and many ether pro ducts. A striking feature of the general display s the artistic and captivating fashion In which the products are offered for commercial favor. Here is where art and commerce go hand in hand. The touch of nature which makes the whole world akin brings the man that cuitivates the fig tree within hailing distance of the girl in the school of design. Californians are at last becoming proficient in the art of putting up the products of the tree and vine in alluring packages. SEmee—— PERSONAL MENTION. ‘W. J. Rule, a mining man of Sonodra, is at the Lick. * Captain W. D. Clark, chaplain, U. S. A., is at the California. * Capen Ellinger, a mining man of Daw- son, is at the Russ. A. W. Strand, a vineyardist of Fresno, is registered at the Russ. L. F. Moulton, a rancher of Colusa, among the arrivals at the Grand. George Cosgrave, a raisin-grower of Fresno, is registered at the Lick. C. B. Jillson, ex-Assemblyman, and a mine-owner of Napa, is at the Grand. H. Meuel, a wealthy merchant of Ta- hitl, is at the Lick, accompanied by his wife and daughter. T. W. Heintzelman, master mechanic of the Southern Pacific shops at Sacramen- to, Is at the Grand. T. A. Grady, manager of the California tourist department of the Santa Fe, with headquarters at Chicago, 1s in the city. J. E. Beard, a merchant of Napa, is here on a short business trip, and has made his headquarters at the California. Homer P. Ritter of the United States Geological Survey, who recently broke his leg while boarding a ship in Alaska, is | at the Occldental. ‘Warren Conlin, son of James Conlin, the tin-roof builder, who was recently operated upon at St. Mary’s Hospital for appendicitis, is repidly recovering. - His physician reports him out of danger. M i Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Nov. 28.—The following Californians have arrived: San Francisco —M. Hoytena, at the Rossmore; H. H. North and wife, at the New Amsterdam; H. A. Saxe, A. F. Switz, at the Herald- Square; J. Wand, G. R. Adams, D. Marx, at the Cadillac; P. S. Baker, A. Hugg, H. L. Lindhard and wife, at the Grand Union; Mrs. H. H. Layson, H. H. Patter- son, at the Hoffman; Mrs, A. Rodgers, Miss A. Stevens, at the Holland; N. Shields, G. C. Zimmerman, at the Ven- dome; S. F. Stephens, at the Continental. Los Angeles—Mrs. Wallace, at the New Amsterdam; C. A. Bowker, at the Hoft- man; L. L. Kennedy, at the Herald- Square; J, F. Sarton and wife, at the Park-Avenue. Sacramento—L. F. Brennan, at the Her- ald-Square. Californians in Washington. WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.—The following Californians have arrived at the hotels: St. James, A. M. Bradford, Santa Bar- bara; Anna Stone, San Francisco. Ral- eigh—Homer Laughlin Jr., Leos Angeles. New Willard—James A. Maguire, L. Mc- Creery, San Francisco, —————— The champion crow eater is the man who is at the head of the boaster class. Sooner or later the weak man finds himself up to his neck in the slough of despair. | pital_to the Harbor; Mrs. R. MANY PERSONS IN ATTENDANCE AT THE FESTIVAL In order to raise funds to supply com- fort and protection to the inmates of the Protestant Episcopal @ld Ladies’ Home an autumnal festival was opened yester- day afternoon at the residence of Mrs. John 1. Sabin at 2528 California street. The patronesses of the home have been preparing for She festival for a long time and they have collected an at- tractive display of fancy work, !)l(!!:\!‘-'h, B illows and pretty dolls dressed in d:'i:l: costumes. Several hundred ladlmv visited Mrs. Sabin’s home during the day to feast their eyes on the various attrac- e entertatnment In the evening was under the direction of Mrs. George Sneain and Mrs. Sanchez. An interesting pro- gramme was rendered. Cradle songs of nutions were sung. Miss Irene Sabin, Miss Elizabeth Pringle, Miss Louisa Giesting, Miss Joan Hadenfeldt and Miss Susan Schultz appeared as living pic- tures, which were received with much ap- plause. The pantomimes were arranged by John Houseman. The music was fur- nished by Mrs. Martin Schultz and a cho- rus of young ladies. Mrs. W. W. Briggs sang a solo In a most delightful manner end Mrs. Helen Earle Southeriand’s plano solos were liberally applauded. The doors of the festival will be thrown cpen to children this afternoon, when a programme especially arranged for them wili be presented. Miss Josephine Gass- man will be present with her pickaninnies. The little Chinese girls and boys from the Chinese mission will sing and show how they are learning the English language. Edward Rae will play several selections on the plano for the chfldren. The festival will be brought to a grand close to-night. The programme will be under the supervision of Mrs. John Ifun- ders. The Tadies of the Alter Ego Club vwill appear in pantomime and will dance the minuet in full costume. During the festival there will be a palm- ist in attendance to read the future to all who ‘wish to know. One of the features of the festival is the table in charge of the old ladies from the home. They have a very interesting display of fancy work, all prepared by themselves. The board of managers of the Protest- ant Episcopal Old Ladies’ Home is com~ posed of the following ladies: . R. B. Sanchez, president; C. E. Gibbs, Mrs. S. L. Foster, Mrs. 1. Asbury, Mrs. Baker, Mrs. Philip Mrs. John Landers, P. s. Ciarke, Mrs. A. M. Prindle, Mrs. M. George Reed, Mrs. Jobn L Sabin, Mrs. F. L SKthack, Mrs, Goorge Sneath, Mra. Louis C. Santord, Mrs. . M. Spalding and Mrs. George E. Wellington. Caduc, Mrs. E. J. Lion, A. Ramus, llr[:. BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES MAY LOCATE TOGETHER At Meeting of Associated Charities Held Yesterday the Suggestion Is Ordered Investigated. A meeting of the council of the Asso- ciated Charities of San Francisco was held yesterday at 606 Montgomery street. Miss Virginia Fitch reported that the number of cases for relief investigated for the month ending October 23 were as follews: For subseribers and individuals, 14; Nursery for Homeless Children, 4; San Francisco Be- nevolent Society, 3; Doctor’s Daughters, 2; for- eign socleties, 2; Boys' and Girls’ Ald Society, ciety, Church, Sheriff's office, Roman Catholic O phan Asylum, Salvation Army, visiting nurse and French Ladies’ Benevolent Society, one each, and personal requests from applicants, 19. 'Total, 91. One of the important matters befare the council was the suggestion o:finth arine C. Felton that seve the benevolent societies which have offices in different buildings should amalgamate im so far as taking offices under ome roof. . The matter will be left to a committee fof investigation. Those who attended the council meeting were; Osgood Putnam, in the chair; Mrs. Oscar K. Cushing, Mrs. Warren Gregory, Dr. Margar:t Mahoney, Dr. Dorothea Moore, Mrs. Sylvaiu Weill, Miss Virginia Fitch, Miss H. Leszyn- sky, Miss Katharine C. Feiton and S. W. Levy. ———— g Emergency Hospital Transfers. Chief Surgeon Edwain Bunnell of the Central 'Emergency Hospital made the following transfers of physiclans and nurses yesterday, to date from next Mon- day: Drs. C. M. Armistead, G. A. Weyer and W. E. Stevens from the Central to the Harbor, Drs. James D. Murphy, Thomas D. Maher and George H. Boskowitz from the Park to the Central. Drs. J. V. Leonard, W. P. Harvey and C. F, Miliar from the Harbor to ihe Park. Nurses—Miss Amy A Hart from the Central te the Insane Detention Hospital; Miss Gert- rude Cussen from the Insane Detention Hos- McLean from the_Park to the Central, and Miss Katherine C. Wynne from the Harbor to the Park. —————— Prunes stuffed with apricots. Townsend’s.* —_——— Townsend's California glace fruit and candies, 50c a pound, in artistic fire-etched boxes. 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