The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 2, 1902, Page 6

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HE great wisdom and foresight of President T McKinley are pleinly seen in the isthmian canal situation. The Clayton-Bulwer treaty made complications with Great Britain over the Nicaragua route, and these were further afflicted by the Ameri- can demagogues who thought there were some votes in twisting the lion’s tail. At a critical moment the canal was imperiled by that outbreak of pseudo patriotism which defeated the first Hay-Pauncefote treaty. Warned by that event, the great President planned most skillfully to put the country in position lo play Panama against Nicaragua. The Call was the first paper in the country to discern this purpose and | announce it. In due time it was fully revealed and was at last crystallized in the Spooner bill, which balances one canal against the o(ber. Since Colombia has broken off the Panama nego- dation, for some purpose of her own not yet revealed, the American hothead is again in evidence. He wants our Government to tzke the Panama canal and build it by an zction that would be a declaration of = war sgainst Colombia that woilld throw all Central-and South America into an uproar. Now, if we had no alternative, but were tied to one route only, it might well be that a canal tould be built only by a warlike invasion of another sovereignty. But we have a better means of bringing Colombia to terms than by sending a flying squadron to terrify her. By falling back upon Nicaragua Colombia sees the $8,000,000 we would pay her become a dissolving view, and with her public treasury bankrupt, her domestic currency so depressed that one American dollar buys three hun- dred dollars of it, and the prospect that the gain she | enjoys out of the Panama railroad will pass away when the Nicaragua cznal is built, she will have trou- Due to McKinley’s wisdom the beginning of the zanal is not delayed by events on the isthmus. Which- ever route is finally taken will be begun and finished just as quickly as if all the Central American Gov- | ernments were as placid and stable as Massachusetts or Switzerland. No one need at this moment conclude that we will 2ot take the Panama route. There are two features that permanently characterize Central American dip- ‘omacy. One is everlasting deliberation and delay in sarrying out an agreed and given course, and the other lightning change in course. Colombia may sulk to-day and be distant and indifferent, and to-morrow come up smiling and in a hurry to finish a treaty and get her hand on some good money. But if she have other views and conclude that the market for isthmian ; canals will improve and she may find a better buyer oy holding off, we will simply proceed with the Nicaragua route and let the Panama canal go to the pargain counter. When the hearings of the Philippine Committee were being conducted last winter there was an unac- countable loss of printed copies of the proceedings, | but in cleaning up the rooms the other day the clerks of the Serate found a great stack of them stored up ochind Senator Depew’s desk. The story goes that Depew was so taken up with his bride that he would get a copy of the hearings each day and then forget t and go back and get another copy. In fact, he would draw four or five copies a day. It is believed 2 movement will be siarted at once to get the Senate io adopt 2 rule that newly married Senators shall not be permitted to serve on committees. A New Jersey experimenter is said to have discov- ered that the peat of that State is good for almost wything you wish. A report of his work says: “He began experimenting in order to make a good fuel origmet, and went on to develop a vastly better and theaper gas than can be got from coal, to turn out paving blocks more enduring than granite, shingles of adamantine hardness and aluminum lightness, building blocks of all colors, brackets and various oric-a-brac: and he kas in his laboratory carbon, harcoal, lampblack, siiver polish, tooth powder and gunpowder—all made from peat.” A good pious old darkey down in Georgia dis- wrbed a prayer-meeting of his church a short time 1go by prayerfully thanking the Lord for causing a sonstable’s horse to run away, upset the buggy and sreak the constable’s leg just as he was coming to evy on the darkey’s crop. Of course the cause for | hanksgiving was evident enough, but the pastor of he church did not approve of the public utterance of uch sentiments. It zppears the pastor is a friend of he constable 2nd had an‘interest in the buggy. | So it goes. THE SAN FRAN EXPERIENCE TEACHES, ECRETARY ROOT in his annual report S Congress announces that bids, have been ceived from various commercial lines for the transportation of freight and troops from this coun- try to the Philippines, and adds: “As rapidly as it becomes apparent that the Government business can be done more economically in any part, or as a whole, by this method it is the purpose of the department to follow the same course that has been followed upon the Atlantic in discontinuing the use of Government transports and to put the business in the hands of commercial lines on the basis of open competition.” The announcement comes as a valuable contribu- tion to the discussion now going on as to the advis- ability of so extending governmental activities as to include among them the operation of business enter- prises. The causes which have impelled the Secretary of War to take his department out of any busine_;s that can be better performed by private parties come into play wherever Government undertakes business functions. His statement therefore has a pertinent application to the whole problem of governmental control and operation of any kind of business enter- prise, and merits consideration from all who are in- terested in such prqblcms. In explaining the policy of the War Department in respect to the transport business the Secretary said: “I am satisfied that it is practicable for private ship- pers to do all ordinary business much cheaper than it is possible for the Government to do it, under the limitations which rest upon Government action, and that they can afford to do the business for less than it costs the Government and still make a profit. At the same time by following this method the Govern- ment will be aiding to build up regular commercial lines between the Pacific Coast and Manila, which is much to be desired.” Advocates of governmental operation of business must face fairly the statements of the Secretary. He speaks from experience acquired in the administration of one of the largest departments of the Government, and has had under his eyes the experiment 6f the de- partment in carrying on the comparatively simple business of transporting freight and troops to the Philippines. Out of that experience he has reached the conclusion that the Government loses money on the venture and hampers private enterprise—that there are therefore two potent reasons why the de- partment should hereafter put all such business in the liands of commercial lines on the basis of open com- petition. | In estimating the value and the significance of that statement it is to be borne in mind that the War De- partment is a highly organized and well administered governmental instituticn. It has been in existence a long time. The various parts of its administrative mechanism have been adjusted by skill and expe- rience into as near an approach to perfect efficiency as is possible for any institution of government to attain. It has command of a large staff of able experts as well as of a corps of disciplined and well trained men in all branches of its work. It is under the supervision of a mau of first-class ability, and is maintained al- ways at zs high a state of executive capacity as can be attained, since it is the department upon which the Government and the people rely for the protec- tion of the nation in time of war. “If now such a de- partment of government cannot economically operate a transport system across the Pacific, what will be the chance of successful operation of more complex enterprises on the part of municipalities or States? The experience of the War Department has not been different from that of other branches of the Government. The Postoffice Department desires to have mail carried by contract as far as it can do so. The Treasury desires to entrust currency regulation as far as possible to the banks. The Navy Department prefers to have ships constructed in private shipyards. Experience everywhere teaches the same lesson. Governmental interference in business is hurtful to private enterprise and wasteful of public money. Moreover, it is inefficient. Such are the cb- to re- | ject lessons taught on this subject wherever the ex- periment has been fairly tried, and intelligent people will profit by them, The Kansas City authorities in an ordinance regu- lating the use of automobiles have forbidden the em- ployment of the French word “chauffeur,” and in that city the man who runs the machine must be content “operator.” to be known as REICHSTAG UPROARING. W ITH the spread of American commerce abroad our free and easy habits are spread- ing also. The news of the uproaring in the German Reichstag reminds one of the high and | mighty days when Speaker Reed was counting a quorum in our House of Representatives and “Buck” Kilgore was kicking panels out of the doors of the chamber through which to escape to avoid catching the Speaker’s eye. In Germany, as here, much of the sounds of confusion and creature complaints arise over the passage of a tariff bill. ‘'Germany is a country. of somewhat exhausted resources and of industries highly specialized under a paternal form of govern- ment. The Socialists are strong and aggressive as a political party, and other parties go into alliance with them in the Reichstag to carry points and win vic- tories. The German Socialists, like the French, are given to demonstration and sometimes to violence, and are entirely sure that their principles are capable of regenerating the race gnd rebuilding the world. The violent disturbance last Friday was caused by Herr Bachem of the Centrists saying in 2 speech that the Radicals and Vereinigung by fighting the tariff with dilatory tactics were doing “hod-carrier service” for the Socialists. Then the Socialists rose and at- tacked Herr Bachem, illogically calling him in one breath “hog” and “dog.” The great fight over tHe tariff is about the meat schedule. The German farmers want a big price for pork, and to get it want to shut out American pork products. The manufacturers and non-agricultural classes want our pork and want the trade which its admission will create. It is very like thé fight in England in Cobden’s time over the corn laws, as both issues concern food. It is probable that, if not now, before long Germany will have to make concessions to her people on the importation of food. It is the first of human needs, and lacking a sufficient supply a nation either deteriorates in its tracks or loses population by migration to countries where the food supply is better and plenty is easier obtained. The So- cialists apparently are as willing to go with one side as with the other on the tariff question, their sole policy being the continual nagging of the Government. They desire the revolution they seek herc and everywhere, the reversal of the present condition in which the people support government, and the sabsmutxon of an ideal state in which the government will support the people. In this country, as in Germany, rhany peo- JIECO CALL, lp!e who know not what they do are carrying hod to help build this new state which is the Socialist para- | dise. 3 The Socialist tactics much resemble those of the original Free Soilers, who held the balance of power ;and oscillated between the Whig and Democratic | parties, giving victory to whichever they chose to sup- port. They are getting in shape to do that in this country, and it will be well for our future if there be one party that will refuse alliance when offered. One of the old parties here carrying hod for the Socialists will be quite enough. ————— Sir Thomas Lipton seems so well assured of win- ning the cup this time that he feels free to devote a good deal of his attention to the St. Louis exposition, and probably he has dreams of exhibiting the cup there as a British trophy. THE DOUKHOBOR PROBLEM. EN and women with more leisure than they M know how to employ with profit or with pleasure may find use for some of it in med- itating upon the problem of the Doukhobors. “The Christian Community of the Universal Brotherhood,” as they call themselves, have had trouble in Russia. Some of them went to Canada and are having trouble there. Recently some of their Canadian leaders ap- plied to the President for a home in the United States, but they will not get it. So there is more trouble for them. The Government at Washmgton is not to be blamed for declining to grant a home to the brother- hood. The letter containing the application was not of a kind to excite an enthusiastic hospitality on our part. Indeed it gave clear indications that the troubles of the brotherhood in Russia and in Canada were not greater than the trouble the brotherhood gave to those who troubled them. We are not hunting trouble. We are not even eager to accept it when offered to us. So we have politely but firmly declined to hold out the glad hand to the home- seekers who are weary of Canada even as Canada is weary of them. The letter of application for land was turned over to the Interior Department, and in replying to it the Assistant Commissioner of 'the General Land Of- fice reviewed its statements thus: “In said’ letter you state that your community numbers more than | 7000, and that in 1898 and 1809 you emigrated from Russia to Canada because the Russian Government would not permit you to live according to the dic- tates of your religion. You have discovered that although in Canada there is: religious freedom, still it is not what you were in search of; that you yield obedience only to the commands of the spirit of God in your hearts, and cannot submit to any human laws or become the subjects of any sovereign; that you are not compelled to bear arms or perform military ser- vice in Canada, but must become subjects of Great Britain, and thereforé you cannot obtain land on which to live without obeying ‘all the institutions and laws of Canada’ You therefore ask that you may be given refuge in this country, or on land under the jurisdiction of this Government, where you may live by the labor of your hands and where you ‘shall not be forced to obey human ordinances or be asked to become the subjects of any one except the good God.”” Having thus summed up their desires as stated in their letter, the Commissioner briefly added: “In reply, I have to advise you that the public lands of the United States are disposed of only to citizens of the United States or to those- who have declared their intention to become such citizens.” Such being the laws of the United States, the ques- tion arises, Where shall the Doukhobors go? Is there anywhere on the globe—a “no man’s land”’— where they can live in peace and obey no commands except those in their own bosoms? It looks as if they had developed 1 religion that will require them to get off the earth. e ——— interesting France’s new representative to Washington says that the United States, beyond question, is a world power. It has always been one of the most cherished delights of American progress to enlighten our neighbors in what we know and they do not. O m———— UNBOUNDED POSSIBILITIES. UDWIG MAX GOLDBERGER of Berlin, L Royal Privy Councilor of Commerce and mem- ber of the Imperial German Consultative Board for Commercial Measures, recently made an official tour of the United States for the purpose of investi- gating our industrial, commercial and economic con- ditions. Since his return to Berlin he has made de- tailed reports to the Emperor and the Minister of Commerce, but these have not yet been made pub- lic. His conclusions, therefore, are to be sought for in a series of articles on America which have been | published in a Berlin weekly. Copies of the articles have been forwarddd to the Treasury Bureau of Sta- tistics at ~ Washington and furnish reading. The estimate which the German investigator puts upon our country is shown by the title given to his papers, “The Land of Unbounded Possibilities.” His review of our resources and our work is but an elaboration of the statement embodied in the title. He says: “The United States, like an enchanted gar- den, has brought forth from a marvelously. produc- tive soil splendid results of human ingenuity. Yet the thing that causes most wonder is that the con- centrated intelligence which, intending to replace hu- man factors by machinery, has, in working toward its aim, been giving to constantly increasing numbers of workmen an opportunity to support themselves and become productive factors.” He notes the proud and patriotic satisfaction Americans find in their country and their work, and says: “The joy at the size of their own land en- courages each individual. Tt makes him communica- tive and friendly to foreigners who-are seeking infor- mation. Tt seems as if every one were filled with the desire that the stranger shall see how great and strong America is. * * * Everywhere I observed an uncommon but steady bustlé of men who enjoy their work and are consciously working for great re- sults. ‘It is a great country’ That is the verbatim designation of reverential admiration which the citi- zen of the United States has found for his country.” " These observations of a scrutinizing foreigner come to us as new, evidences of the prestige we have acquired in the world. We can accept them as a well deserved tribute from one of the foremost na- tions of the earth and 1cceive them as part of the com- pliments of the season. We have indeed a land of un- bounded possibilities, and it is gratifying that those who study us most theroughly are convinced that we have the brains and the energy to make the best use of them. | Bryan's tea to-day, from 4 to 7, in honor | stage picture, { Hoffacker, Miss Litt, Miss Ida Callaghan, | Reis, i last evening at her home, 131 | Keyes, who is soon to leave the eity for | an extended trip. Covers were laid for TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1902. ! WILL PLAY “BACHELOR’S ROMANCE" FOR BENEFIT OF LOCAL HOSPITAL o HEN “A Bachelor'u Romance,” by Martha Morton, is presented for charity next Saturday evening at Steinway Hall va- rious members of the smart set interested in philanthropic work will be strongly iIn evidence. Tickets are being sold rapidly, much interest being takeu in the cause. The young people are unit- ing their efforts in raising funds to endow a bed in the California Eye and Ear Hos- pital in this city. The staging of this delicate comedy is a happy thought, for it was one of Sol Smith Russell's most delightful productions. The eleven char- acters are taken by some of the most tal- ented young people of this city. Some of them are numbered amohg this season’s most popular debutantes. Miss Irene Sa- bin, who is to be leading lady, is espe- clally well adapted to the role of a sweet and lovable girl. Miss Beatrice Fife will play the part of Helen le Grande, an ir- resistible widow of the world. Miss Fife is certain to appear in stunning gowns and, with her pretty figure, rich auburn bair and dark eyes, will make an artistic The players have been diligently re- hearsirg for three months. The time of tke play is the present and the gown- makers are making modish costumes for the ladles in the cast. Thomas Hickey will be leading man, playing the part of David Holmes. New scenery is being specially painted for the occasion. R . There will quite 4 crush at Mrs. L. H. of Mrs. Charles Dunphy (nee Burns). This will be th& first entertaining for the bride since her return from an extended wedding trip to Kurope. Athough a large number of cards have been sent out the affair will be entirely informal. Mrs. Bryan will be assisted in receiving by the following named: Miss Belle Harmes, Miss Mabel Cluff, Miss Bryne, Miss Tillie Feldmann, Miss Mabelle Toy, Miss May Colburn, Mis Ethel McCor- mick, Miss Elsle’ Bennett, Miss Loulse Miss Bessie Taylor, Miss Vesta Short- ridge, Miss Florence Callaghan, Miss Jes- sic McNab, Miss Elsa Cook, Miss Lillie Miss Stella Fortmann, Miss Mabel Hogg, Miss Florence Bailey, Miss Dalsy Burns. . . Miss Paula Wolff gave a a ner party ‘Washing- ton street, in honor of Miss Azalea welve and the guests spent a pleasant vening. Aty Ladies of the California Club will to- day listen to a lecture by Carl Eisen- chimmel, handwriting expert, upon “Forgery and Its Detection.” b, P The California Outdoor Art League | celebrated Arbor day by planting trees | on Telegraph Hill yesterday. The Arbor day ceremonies included an interesting addregs by Mrs. Luther Wagoner, A large number of the members took part and assisted, showing enthusiastic in- terest In the preservation of the hill. B T ES is being held for the benefit of the Pres- byterian Orphanage, and will continue this week. The sale is progressing busily at 531 Fourth street, uear Bryant, where desirable articles of all descriptions are being disposed of, such as clothing, shoes, gloves, furniture, carpeis, rugs, curtains, ornaments, dishes and various kinds of kitchen utensils, The ladies who have the affair in charge are: Mrs. F. Walker SOCIETY GIRL WHO WILL TAKE PART IN A CHARITY ENTER- TAINMENT NEXT SATURDAY. 4z J. G. Chown, Mrs. W. Lowe, Mrs. F. Dalton. 7@ The Women's Auxiliary of the Califor- nia Society of Pioneers. of which Mrs. John H. Jewett is president, enjoyed its annual breakfast at the University Club on Saturday. The Daughters of Califor- nia Pioneers Society will hold its annual breakfast at the California Hotel on the coming Saturday. . . Mrs. A. Vogel announces the engage- (chairman), Mrs. L. McLaine (secretary | ment of her daughter, Irma, to Milton An intetesting charity rummage sale' and treasurer), Mrs. J. S. Webster, Mrs. | Sichel of San Francisco. L i L s S S S S S = ANSWERS TO QUERIES. THE SAGINAW—E. J. M, Oakland, Cal. The United States steamer Saginaw was lcst on Midway Island, October 29, 1870, DAWSON—A. B. C., City, A letter in- tended for Dawson should be directed to “Dawson, Yukon District, Northwest Territory, Canada.” MAP-J. B., City. By applying at the United States land office you will undoubt- edly find a map of that part of Califor- nia asked about. The office has Govern- ment maps of all sections of the State. DEACON. JONES—B., City. There is no record of the age or nativity of Dea- con Jones, ‘‘the scrapper.” The deacon does not know and he thinks that, like Topsy, he was ‘“not born, but that he just growed.” WEIGHTS FOR AGE—Subscriber, City. In “Rules for Racing” you will ‘find a table of welghts for age for running races. There is a difference for each month for two, three, four, five and six and aged. This department has not the space to reproduce the table of weights. DETECTIVE—A Reader, City. To se- cure a position in the San Francisco po- lice force as a detective a party must niake application for appointment on the police force and undergo a clvil service examination. If appointed he must prove to the police authorities that he is made of the material that detectives are made of. If he is successful in that he wiil be detalled for detective service. VACANCY—J. F. L., Kelsey, Cal. The law of California on the subject of a va- | eaney in the Superior Judgeship says: “If a vacancy occurs in the office of Judge of a Superior Court the Governor shall ap- point an eligible person to hold the of- fice until the election of a judge to fill the vacancy, which election shall take place at the next succeeding general election, and the Judge so elected shall hold oi- fice for the remainder of the term.” BIRTH STONES—A Subscriber, City. The following is a list of the stones for the twelve months in the year and the ! meaning of each: A person born in Janu- ary should wear garnets, for that means constancy; February, amethyst, sincer- ity; March, bloodstone, courage; April, diamonds, innocence; May, emerald, suc-! ess in love; June, agate, health and long | life; July, cornelian, content; August, sardonyx, conjugal felicity; September, chrysolite, antidote to madness; October, opal, hope; November, topaz, fidelity; De- cember, turquoise, prosperity. GLASS HOUSES—Subscriber, City. The following is given as the origin of “‘those wio live in glass houses should not throw storie”: When, on the union of the two crowns, London was inundated ~with cotchmen, Buckingham was a_chief' in- stigator of the movement against them and parties used to go about breaking the windows of the houses in which they lived. In retaliation a party of Scotch- men smashed the windows of the Duke's house, which stood in St. Martin's Fields, and had so many windows that it went by the name of “Glass House.” The court favorite appealed to the King, who replied: “Steente, Steenle; those who live in glass' housen should be careful how they fling stanes.” NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 2 = STERILIZED BARBER SHOP. A Famous Shop in the Carrollton Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland. The barber shop in the Carroliton Hotel, ‘Baltimore, sterilizes everything it uses in the shop. The sterilizing is done by heat. | The towels, the razors, the strops, the ' soap, the combs and brushes are all ster- | ilized before being used on a customer. | barber use Newbro's Herpicide. the dandruff germ and it is an antiseptic | for the scalp and for the face after shav- . ing. All leading barbers everywhere ap- cide and they use it. ‘‘Destroy the eause, ou remove the effect.” ng drug stores. Where there fs no sterilization have the | It Kkiils | preciate these potent facts about He!pl-‘r Sold at lead- ! Send 10 cents in stamps | Lor sample to The Herpicide Co., Detroit, | | PERSONAL MENTION. J. €. Ward of Visalia is at the *Lick. Dr. C. W. Kellogg of Bakersfield is at the Grand. A. Duval, a wine man of Livermore, is at the Lick. B. L. McCoy, Surveyor of Butte Colmly. is at thie Grand. Barney Cussick, a cattle man of Chico, is registered at the Grand. ‘W. G. McPherson, a lumber dealer of Portland, Or., is at the Lick. Professor W. J. Hussey of the Lick Ob- servatory is at the California. John C. Mourse, a land-owner of Fres- nq, is a guest at the Grand. A. B. Corey, a well-known railroad con- tractor of Ogden, is at the Lick. Bank Commissioner John Markley is down from Geyserville and has madé his headquarters at the Lick. Joseph R. Ryland, the well-known cap- italist of San Jose, is at the Occidental, accompanied by his family. Graham S. Babcock, the popular young soclety man and owner of the street car line at Coronado, is at the Palace. John:M. Fulton has been appointed di- vision freight and passenger agent of the Southern Pacific. His territory extends west of Corinne, Utah, to Colfax, Cal including the Carson and Colorado Rail- road. Mme. Whitcomb, widow of - Adolphus ‘Whitcomb, a former attorney of this eity, is at the Palace. She is accompanied by Count and Countess Lepic of Paris, who were recently married. The Countess Le- pic is her daughter. A man knows ie loves by what joy he feels; a woman by what she suffers. A CHANCE TO SMILE. On one of his later birthday anniver- | sarfes Senator Hoar wrote to William M. Evarts and congratulated him on his length of years. In his reply the aged lawyer said it brought to mind an old lady in New England who had oecasion to write to a friend about some matter of trifling importance. and when she had reached the end of the thirteenth page awakened to the fact that she had been rather diffuse, and added, “Please excuse my longevity."—Chicago News. The captain had invited Miss Nancy to take a sail on his big schooner yacht with her Sunday-school class. The little boys were lively and mischiev- ous. Miss Nancy felt called upon to apol- ogize for them. | ‘“They’ll quiet down fast enough,” said | the captain, as he squinted to windward, “if a spanking breeze should turn up.” And Nancy thought him_ horrid.—Cleve- land Plain Dealer. “What a liquid voice your wife has!™ said the guest as the hostess left the room in response to a call from the nursery. “Liquid!” exclaimed the host, “That describes it exactly. It flows at the rate of 300,000 gallons a minute.”—Chicago Tri- bune. —_——— Prunes stuffed with apricots Townsend's.* —— i Townsend's California glace fruit and candies, 50c a pound. in artistic fire-etened boxes. A nice present for Eastern friends. 639 Market st., Palace Hotel building. * —_——————— Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by _the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen” i) 220 Call- : fornia street. Telephone Main 1012 | The Sunday Call T the whole eight pages of the first ure that is absolutely unique. nated in the West before. by Father John A. Choir liam . Rader, Third Con; Division of the Salvaticn Army, Then there are “The Colonel Kate? Do you know? Well, there is the my- les a big surprise. The flx:t article is Knows It AIL” Then there are two pages of Christmas Menus Francisco chefs—good recipes—and how to page by the best waiter in the Palace Hotel, arrange the Christmas table. . Two more pages, edited by the Ladies of the W % change, tell ‘where, how and what to epny S cially the inexpensive presents. But this is only a small part of CHRISTMAS NUMBER OF 32 BER 14. Don’t forget th¢ date. ! “San Francisco’s Bump of Benevolence,” Nichols, Right Reverend Bishop of California; “Nyanza, mas Tale of the Thirtieth Century,” the Emanu-El Church; “The Redemption of the Masked Marauder,” Lally of All gaints Church, Haywards; “The y’'s Last Christmas Solo,” by Father Herbert Parrish, Church of the Advent; “The Carols of San Francisco de Asis,” egational Church; Slums,” by Colonel George French, Comm: Then there is a full page poster picture, real life, that will appeal to every heart, old or Discovered.” A full page of pictures of ‘donnas.” A megnificent study called page of society girls in. Christmas “Mother Song’ They are all San Francisco girls—just watch that SPECIAL PAGES OUT DECEM- Christmas Edmon HE most talked of book of the year is “The Gospel of Judas Iscariot,” by Aaron Dwight Baldwin. It has created a tremend- ous lxternry and religious furor both in Europe and America. It is stronger than “Ben Hur,” more thrilling than “Quo Vadis,” and by far superior to any of the great modern books that tell of the flerce struggle between the Christians and the Romans. “The- Gospel of Judas Iscariot” throws a new light on ths strange life of this, the most bitterly execrated, the most despised mean in either biblical or profane history of all ages. The Sunday Call has not only secured the exclusive rights to this literary treasure for publication as an extra section—absolutely free—with the Christmas Call out December 14, but has illustrated installment with half-tone and cdlor reproductions of art masterpieces of the life and scenes of | Christ and the Romans, by the most famous painters in the world. Then there is the big special fiction section, story is written by a prominent San Francisco divine. This is a feat- Nothing like it has ever been origi- wherein every by William Ford a Christ- by Rabbi Jacob Voorsanger of by Rev. Wil- 3 “The Bed Devil of the and - of the Paciflc Coast ete. photographed from peclt young, “Santa Claus ational Types of Ma- “The Christmas Star.” A full " living pictures— pag:. Kate Papers.”. Who is Colonel stery, and therein, too, “The Beautiful Woman Who by leading San prepare them, and a telling you how to buy for Christmas—espe- THE SUNDAY CALL’S -