The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 4, 1902, Page 8

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Butlding -Herald Square NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: ‘Waldort-Astoria Hotel A. Rrentano, 31 Union Square: Murrey Hil Hotel: Fifth-avenue Hotel. and Hoffman House. CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: Eberman House: P. O. News Co.: Great Northern Hotel: Fremont House: Auditorium Hotel: Palmer House. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE...140C G St., N. W. MORTON E. CRANE. Correspondent. BRANCH OFFICES—327 Montgomery, corner of Clay, eren entf] $:30 o’clock. 300 Hayes. open until 9:30 o'clock. 683 McAllister, cpen until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin, open until 9:80 o'clock. 1041 open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Warket, corner Bixteenth, open untll 9 o'clock. 1098 Va- Sencis, open until § o'clock. 108 Eleventh. open until 9 ©'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky. open until ® o'clock. 2200 Fillmore. cpen untfl 9 p. m. =5 DEMOCRATIC VAGARIES. R. BRYAN recently interjected into the M Democratic wrangle over the question of leadership the remark that what Democracy needs mest is not nmew leaders, but more voters. The statement is so self-evident in its accuracy that it may be said to have closed the wrangle for a time at least another wrangle. From the far East there come the sounds of many voices propounding - what the party shall do to obtain voters. It is well known that the Bryanites are (standing “for principle” and believe in still upholding the bat- tle flags of free silver ar.d free trade. The opposition faction, however, are willing just now to burn the old platform for a bonfire and to take to the woods in search of timber for 2 new ome. Some of them profess themselves sanguine that the search for new issues would be easy znd that a display of them in a national campaign would result in such accessions to the party ranks as would make victory in 1904 a fore- gone conclusion. Among the sanguine ones is Robert B. Roosevelt, an uncle of the President. During Cleveland’s time he was a2 man of some note, serving as United States Minister to the Netherlands, and of late has been long- ing for a return of the Cleveland regime. His desire has been father to hopeful thoughts, and he now believes Democracy will return to Clevelandism and win in the next fight. In a recent interview Mr. Roosevelt is quoted as saying: “The outlook is hopeful and encouraging, and 1 believe the time is not far distant when we shall find a leader and shall enunciate principles which will attract back to our party the votes of all Demo- crats who, in former years, supported the party be- cause they were confident it was right and because they trusted its leaders. The Democracy has regained its old-time fighting condition and recovered the morals that promise old-time success and prestige.” A statement of that kind at this juncture is almost curious enough to be worth framing and mounted in a museum. Any evidence of “recovered morals” that Mr. Roosevelt can see in the Democratic camp is too minute for ordinary eyes. From one end of the coun- try to the other in the recent clections Democracy went into the field so demoralized that it had no platiorm and submitted to the peoplc no decla- vation of policies on any national question what- ever. Mr. Rooscvelt, however, having seen recov= ered morals in the party, sees also a platform. He announces that in the future Democracy shall stand for sound money, the regulation of trusts, fair treat- | ment of labor, tariff reform and governmental regu- lation of railways, so as to prevent discrimination of freight rates to monopolies and trusts. It is a pretty platiorm, but most of it is occupied by the Republi- €an party, and there is no chance for the donkey to crowd the eléphant off. Another interesting utterance on the subject of Democratic principles and policies is one just given ot by Mr. Quincy of Massachusetts. He says: “Those who believe that the Democratic party exists for certain abstract purposes which have no relation to the carrying of elections, who believe that its mis- sion is to agitate and not to govern, and that, there- fore, it should frame its policy quite independently of popular sentiment as disclosed by repeated _election returns, will doubtless disagree with me in this opinion. But for myself, believing that the most con- servative Democratic policy will be far more liberal or even radical than anyRepublican policy, and that the Democratic party can render much greater service to the country in power than in opposition, I believe ! in the practical statesmanship which recognizes ex- isting facts and conditions, and tries rather to gc¢- complish possible results than fo strive after the ni- possible.” That is not much clearer than “blue mud,” but ap- pears to mean that Democracy should stand for what- ever will tend to the carrying of elections. Most Democrats will doubtless agree on that, but imme- diately the question will arise, What will enable it to do the carrying? Upto date Mr. Bryan's remark stands at the top of Democratic wisdom—what the party needs most is votors. An Eastern expert says that’' neither the Muce- donian phalanx nor a2 Roman legion could have with- stood the charge of 2 university eleven on a football ground, and now we may expect the schools to st-ike out Greek and Roman history from the list of studies and substitute the records of the gridiron. Immediately, however, there has broken out i THE SAN FRANCIECO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1902 “MAID MARIAN” AND MANY OTHER ! THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. RESIDENT ROOSEVELT’S message is a de- P cidedly satisfactory document. It says just about what the dominant elements of the people { wished to have said, and says it in just the way they like. It is not a dogmatic document, neither is it an -evasivesone. It announces a doctrine of moderation, but it announces that doctrine firmly. No one will agree with all of it, but 'of course that is not to be expected. It is sufficient that as a whole the message reveals the fact that the President is in thorough har- mony with the sentiments of the masses of the peo- ple on every importamg issue of the time, and backs the popular aspirations with all the force of his vig- orous and original personality. Such a message of course is not pleasing to ex- tremists on either side, There are those who would have been better pleased had the President denounced trusts as wholly evil and sought to induce Congress to take action to suppress them. There are others who would have been glad had he either ignored the trust problem altogether or else commended their operations and opposed any attempt at interference with their work. The criticism of one of these classes of fault-finders neutralizes the criticism of the other. too cautious, the other says he is too rash. Out of such contradictory declarations the people will draw the right conclusion that the message is just about what should have been said by the President at this time, It is interesting to note the divergencies of foreign criticisms. The ,press of London and that of Paris is influenced by no bias of American partisanship. | In each of those capitals the editors study the mes- sage with something of impartiality. It is therefore interesting to note how very different are their judg- ments concerning it. The extreme partisans in the United States hardly differ more in their estimates than do the foreigners, who.are supposed to have no personal nor party interests in our domestic politics. The press of Paris is reported to have commented upon the message in a highly complimentary way, pronouncing it a strikingly interesting and original docuiment, inspired by ardent patriotism and mani- festing great courage in dealing with the trust question. They note also that the message is free from commonplaces, has nothing of ‘platitude, and is marked throughout by frankness of utterance and a display of complete confidence in Congress and in the people. Very different from all that is the prevailing tone of the London press. The leading papers of that city, we are told, express something of disappoint- President adopts a cautious and conservative policy rather than a radical one in dealing with the trust question. They express a conviction that at the last moment the President has been moved by a warning {from the trust magsates not to enter upon a war | against them. One of the leading papers is quoted as saying: “The message is more remarkable for the lofty idealism of its language than for any boldness in its specific recommendations.” As a matter of fact the message has brought to | the American people and to the world no new utter- ance. The President has done no more than to put into formal official language what he has already said tinle and again in the course of his many addresses i delivered during the past summer and fall, and, indeed in his previous message to Congress. It has long | been known that he is in favor of protecting trusts in all their legitimate rights, but at the same time of subjecting them to such supervision as will prevent them from becoming harmful by any injurious exer- cise of power. It has also been known that he op- poses the foolish scheme of reducing tariff rates in an effort to check the growth of trusts. In short, he has in this message followed the advice that Senator Hanna gave to the people of Ohio in the Congres- | sional campaign—he has “stood pat.” That the mass of the voters of the country are with him was made evident by the recent elections. The return of a Republican majority to the House of Rep- resentatives was an indorsement ofthe Roosevelt pol- icy as the people understood it, and the message to Congress makes it clear that the people understood | it correctly. 7 The pessimists who have persistently been pre- dicting trouble for this country despite the sneers of | the people may be right after all, for a dread report comes from the East that Carrie Nation has a double. T —— INSURANCE TEMPTATIONS. sive frauds practiced in Texas upon insurance companies came the fearful story from New Yorn of a man and wife charged with putting their three children to death to obtain small sums of money ! for which the children had been insured. These : stories ‘are noted only because théy are such recent occurrences as to be virtually news of the day. Back of them are a host of similar stories, some of which Eare fully as appalling as that of the child murders in i New York. In fact, no sooner had the practice of | insurance demonstrated its beneficence among the | good elements of mankind than the depraved took it \ up and began to convert it into means of procuring | profit from almost every conceivable kind of crime. | Ougof the practice of insurance there have come !a steady succession of frauds, perjuries, arsons and { murders. Not long ago there was brought to trial { | | i While one“says the President is ! ment in the message and complaint is made that the | UICKLY following the exposuresoi exten- | !to cofipensate those who are dependent on the in- sured for:the loss that would fall upon them by his death. Where that rule is followed in insurance there. is no temptation to murder, for the insured is of more value to his dependents than the insurance money would be. On the other hand the insurance of a de- pendent person js a direct incentive to crime, since the death of the dependent would relieve the in- surers of the cost of maintenancé and at the same time bring them'in the insurance money. On those grounds it is argued that the law should forbid the insurancs of any dependent person, and particularly the insurance of a child. The question involved ranks among the more com- plex ones of sociology, and it is not easy to deter- mine how far the law should interfere in such cases. Child insurance is sometimes resorted to as a means of assistance in providing for the child in case of of death. Thus there is a vilid argument for leaving the law as it is, despite the gross crimes that now and then result from the practice. The one sure thing | is-that either the law or insurance companies ought | to do something to prevent the commission of such iv:rimes as those which have roused public sentiment | in this instance, | i A good story comes from Paris to the effect that a laborer in the neighborhood of that city on going along the road one evening saw an automobile stop and the driver get out and deposit something very 'carefully on the side of the road. Upon inspecting | the deposit the laborer found it to be a baby, accom- panied by bank notes to the amount of $2500 and a letter saying that if the finder would take care of the child and say nothing about it good fortune would be | assured until the’ child came of age. As the story is ut the finder must have said something about it, so dinary fairy tale. FORCIBLE PalLANTHROPY. VER the grave of Hert Krupp, Germany’'s® O great captain of industry, there is raging a lively controversy concerning his value to the community*and his inflrence on social progress. There is little or no dispute as to the salient facts of | his life. The only point of dispute is whether or no those facts prove him to have been the more helpful or harmful to the German people. Krupp's ideal relaiion of employer and employe was that of a benevolent master. He undertook not only to give work and wages to his workingmen, but to provide them with good homes, good schools, parks, gymnasiums and a co-operative system of in- | surance against accident. Just as Mr. Pullman in this country undertook to build up' a model town around his great factories near Chicago, so did Krupp on a larger scale establish a model community in Germany. Pullman’s efforts culminated in discontent among his | workers and in one of the greatest strikes in our in- ! dustrial bistory. Afterward the courts came in and declared that under its charter the Pullman Company had no right to run a town, and so the great collapsed. Krupp was more successful in one re- spect. No strike among his workingmen was ever serious enough to disrupt his model community, and no German court ever greatly interfered with his man- agement of it. He made it about as wonderful as his factories and directed it about as well, so that when he died the Emperor attended his funeral, pro- nounced a eulogium upon him and ranked him among the mighty men who are making Germany strong among the nations of earth. \ Despite the outward show of success, however, there is now ample evidence that there has been all | along in the model town in Germany even more dis- content than in the model town in this country.. It is asserted that his showing of benevolence was no more than a display of tyranny—that he did not de- | sire the welfare of his workmen so much as to rule over them in all their domestic affairs as well as in their work—that his alleged charity was but a scheme to extort money from his employes and bend them in | 2 more complete subservience to his will. In short, the opponents of the great man declare him to have been 4 domineering despot rather than an enlightened employer of free labor. Thus, for example, the Vorwaerts of Berlin says: “The enormous so-called benevolent funds have been built up by compulsory contributions from the em- ployes, who could be arbitrarily deprived of participa- tion in the advantages. They are required to con- | tribute 24 per cent of their wages for twenty years before they are eligible to a pensioil upon disability. In the meantime if an employe is discharged or resigns { he loses all he had contributed, often exceeding $230. The employes are morally and economically terrorized and must in humility accept every petty regulation of { the firm's officials or lose 2% per cent of what they | have earned in the firm's service. This terrorism is applied to political opinions, where they become i known. The number of men leaving or discharged ! during the past three years averaged seven to eight | thousand yearly. The employes found the system so nsatisfactory that five great meetings were held this | year for the purpose of seeking legal redress.” | Of course those statements are grossly exaggerated. The language of .discontent is never the language of | truth. Still the very existence of the discontent is a ! proof of the essential failure of the model town plan. | Men do not like to be drilled into happiness, nor ‘to be forced to accept benevolence. Doubtless Krupp's workingmen were better housed ' than they would have been had he given no heed to how they lived, tand conviction a man who was proven to have put: | hut at the same time they would have been much more ithrce people to death for the purpose of obtaining | insurance money, and who was supposed to have killed a large number of others for the same purpose. That particular fiend had even gone so far as to erect a building with a chamber so constructed that he i could kill his victims and get rid of their bodies with comparative impunity. Such criminals are fortu- nately rare, but almost every month furnishes a story of fraud or arson committed for the sake of insurance money. In fact, the evidence is abundant that insu- rance companies do not exercise sufficient care in taking risks. They appear to be too eager to get bus- iness to put any close restrictions upon risks, and as 4 consequence they are made to suffer at the hands of the cunning rascals who profit by them. There seems to be no effective means of preventing the ordinary frauds perpetrated upon the companies so long as the companies remain more or less care- less in the management of business. i)oubtless the law has gone as far as it can well do in the way of preventing frauds by means of perjury or arson, It seems, however, that something more might be done for ‘the purpose of preventing murder. The child murders ir: the East have stirred up public sentiment on the subject in that section, and there is now an agitation in favor of the enactment of laws forbid- ding the insurance of children under any circum-’ stances. It is argued that the essential idea of insurance is contented in poover cottages with a larger amount ! of freedom to do as they please. The model * town surrounding the model factory, with the rich proprietor playing the part of a benevo- lent father to all his people, is attractive to those who | are to play the part of the father, but it is not attrac- tive to those who are expected to submit to hi$ pa- i ternalism. It is a safe conclusion, then, that the so- Krupp. The home of the workingman of the future may not be a model, but it is going to be free and self-governed. Those interesting stories from Chicago that come to us announcing some new freak utterance of a pro- fessor of the University of Chicago are said to be the work of a clever fake writer in that city, and are to be taken as evidence of the depravity of the Chicago press rather than of originality on the part of the pro- fessors. ! ; G ! The best dressed woman at the New York horse show was a dressmaker, and the best dressed man was a tailor; and now society complains that the show is being vsed for advertising purposes. It has been duly: annotinced; that Carnegic spent his last birthday in bed, and perhaps the news is im- portant if true, but it.is not interesting even if false. sickness and for defraying funeral expenses in case | | the charm is lost, just as generally happens in an or- | plan ! | lution of our industrial problems is not going to be | found by the means employed by Pullman and by | * AID MARIAN,” at the Co- lumbia Theater, Is running pleasantly. It B not a won- £ M 5 derful success, but will be en- Joyed as a sequel story to “Robin Hood," Barnabee continugs t@ get much fun out of his part, Campbell Donald ably seconds him 2nd Frothingham has a very funny scene disguised as the Inmate of 4 harem, hiy Friar Tuck belng one of the best features of the performance; Grace Van Studdi- ford is worth hearing in anything—lke th% whole company, in fact, The scenes and costumes are remarkably pretty. Next week comes Klizabeth Kennedy in ‘“‘Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines,” & new comedy by Clyde Fitch, that ran for 200 nights at the Garrick Theater, Nlw York. The prolific Mr. Fitch is sald to have done well with Captain Jinks, and Miss Kennedy has been accorded warm praise for hor impersonation of Mme. Trentonl, the heroine of the comedy. i e There is enjoyment in every minute of the programmes of the Royal Italian Band up at.the Mechanics’ Pavilion this week. The menu is invarlably attractive {and changed nightly, and the handling i and interpretation of the works given are | unexéeptionable. Rivela, the new leader, i is competence itself. His mMgnetism is | extraordinary, his musicfanship of most | distinguished kind, His Wagner is equally ! geod with his Verdi, and in’‘such things as the “Lucia” sextet, the “Tannhauser” overture, the brilliant “Carmen” arrange- ment, no less than in the Strauss “Blue Danube,” or a ragtime march, given with | every. atom of the Sousa aplomb, Rivela shows himself equally a” master. The | programmes’ include every variety of i band musie, and the band lover cannot | go wrong in-his choice. The concerts | take place every night, and to-night's at- tractive programme is as follows: I. March symphonic, *‘Gambrinus" Overture, “‘Saracen Slave™ Bombardino solo, “'Dio Posse ’l‘ Sig. Curti. Ika, “Minnetonka’™ ““Histoiré d'un Plerrot” (new). i Inciderital cboe solo by Sig. Ferrullo. 1. | March, *‘Southern Echoes'". Selection, ‘‘Florodora” .. Incidental solos by Sig. Paima. Mazurka, 5‘La_Czarine’ | “Emani,” grand selection..... March™~Conjuration—Septat—Finale. Solos by Signori Demitris, Marino, Curti and Di Fulvio. Faucetre PRy « Lee \Johnson’s “Rose McNally” is one of the biggest hits of the new bill at Fischer's this week. The song has caught | on like nothing since “The Rose of Kil- | larney,” and the tuneful Mr. Johnson is | at his best in it. “The Geezer” itself is | a gorgeous spectacle, with elaborate bal- ilets, dances and scenic appointments. | The fun is freauent and of good quality, | and there are other catchy songs besides | “Rose McNally” in the burlesque. The | splendors of the other productions are | quite eclipsed by *“The Ceezer,” the aug- { mented chorus, most handsomely cos- j tumed, and other additions, giving the " effect of a lavishness of mounting not be- fore rcached even at the popular bur- | lesque house. “The Geezer” is cetrainly | in"for a long run. \ o s The Grand Opera-house has had an un- ugually sucecssful week with “Winches- ter,” a stirring story of war times. It is | very well done by a strong and well {'chosen cast and is mounted in gn elab- orate manner. “Winchester”” will be fol- | lowed next Monday night by the gifted | California actress, Nance O'Neil, in | “Magda.”. She wjpl be supported by Mec- | Kee Rankin and’ L. R. Stackwell, two + popular favorites with San Francisco au- | diences, ard E. J. Ratcliffe and the Grand Opera-house stock company. A G PLAYS PLEASE THEATER-GOERS 2o i & = gagement being of very lively descrip- tion. e ile Since the opening of the new Theater Republic last Saturday night the various members of the Harrington Reynolds L company have been the most discussed | theatrical people in the city. Espectally | is this so of the new people, Edmund | Breese and Helen MacGregor, who have | both thade decided hits already, and in | parts that really give them little oppor- tunity. Next week, however, they should come to their own, for in ““Moths™ are sple:did oportunities for all of the principal mem- | bers. Commencing Monday night, Beer- bohm Tree's original dramatization of Ouida's famous story will be given, with Harrington Reynolds as Lord Jura, a part that he created when with Beerbohm Tree | London. famous A. Keane Correze; at the Haymarket Theater, Edmund Breese will play the role of Prince Zouroff, James will be the opera singer, Harry Corson Clarke, the .Duke of Mulls Helen MacGregor, Vere, the wronged wife of the Prince; and Blanche Douglas, Fuschia Leach, the American girl. The cast calls for the entire strength of the Reynolds company. D At the California “Thne Belie of New York will give way on Sunday night to the famous Haverly Minstrels. The Cali- fornia management has even gone to the extent of guaranteeing this to be the best minstrel show on the road this season. Which evidences pretty strong faith in the attraction. George Wilson, the big star minstrel comedian, heads the aggregation of fun-makers, and In the olio is such a heavy advance sale is reported. for the ensuing week, the interest in the en- @ iririeelie bl @ PERSONAL MENTION. Attorney F. C. Lusk of Chico is staying at the Palace. C. L. Jackson, Clerk of Amador County, | is staying at the Lick. g J. C. Bull Jr., a capitalist of Eureks, is spending a few days here. He is at the Lick. * Joseph R. McCargan, a furniture manu- facturer of Grand Rapids, Mich,, is stay- ing at the Palace. big feature as the Carl Damman troupe of acrobats. e . “The Toy Maker,” always a favorite, with the sterling favorites of comic opera who look after things at the Tivoli, Is i | | CLEVER PEOPLE WHO ARE ENTERTAINING AUDIENCES AT LOCAL THEATERS. SR victory of Jimmy Britt, “light weight champion of the world,” by presenting the conquering hero in that brilllant drama “The Bowery After Dark.” S B Helene Mora, the dramatic baritone, is making a hit in her songs at the Orpheum this week. The Barrows-Lancaster com- pany in “A Jolly Jollier,” and Thorne and Carleton, aptly styled “The American Jesters,” Keep the large audiences con- ‘Vulsed for twenty minutes at every per- formance. Harrigan pleases and the Heras family of acrobats perform many daring feats. Captain Webb's educated seals and the remaining people are In their last week. B . Francis Bryant Murphy. Evelyn Orms- Laving a prosperous run this week. All ' bY, Harris and Walters, the three broth- the singers are in fine fettle, with all the pent-up enthusiasm of. four months' ab- sence put into their work. Hartman, An- nie Myers, Cunningham, Webb and the rest have all good parts, as everyone knows, and next week they offer “The Serenade” for one week only. The Tivo- lians have found “The Serenade”” as po- pular as The Bostonians found it before them, and its revival here will doubtless | Perey L. Schuman, an attorney, of Chi- | cago, Who has large Interests in gold and |'silver mines in this State, is at .the | Palace. / Lot LITTLE AILEEN McCABE GIVES VIOLIN RECITAL. | Talented Girl Shows Daring and Precocity in Rendering Difficult Numbers. Aileen McCabe, the talented girl violin- ist, assisted by 'Miss Helen Colburn i Heath, vocalist, and Fred Maurer, ac-| | companist, gave a recital Tuesday evening ! at Steinway Hall. Miss McCabe's numbers | were the “Concert Militaire” of Lipin- !'ski, Vieuxtemps, “‘Ballad and Polonaise,” | “Faust Fantasie,” by Sarasate, the | Vicuxtemps “Reverie” and “Variations ! on Scotch Airs” hir Noah Brandt. | In listening to ‘little Miss McCabe one is frst impressed with the marvelous | courage, a combination of daring and pre- | cocity strangely mixed, with which this ! talented girl attempts such difficult num- I bers; secondly, that she plays .them. | \While her technique is remarkable and | her intonation good, because of her facul- Ity of possessing absolute pitch, it is no ! discredit to say that she lacks a color | and delicate handling of her phrases that i can ouly come with experience and ma- | turer years. The audience was large and en rapport { with the player and gave her generous applause. Miss Heath's singing was very pleasing and was well received. She sang he Gypsy Girl,” by Donizettl, and an aria from Weber's “Freischutz,” with a Tyrolean song for an encore. Mr. Maurer's accompanying was, as usuai, | churming _and above criticism. Keramic Club Exhibition. The members of the California Keramie Club opened an exhibition of their work vesterday in the Maple room of the Pal- | ace. The cxhibition is a great success, and the twenty tables that are arranged round the room are loaded with costly be warmly welcomed. . . “Brown’s in Town" continues to crowd Alcazar at every performance. Mon- evening Ernest Hastings will reap- v as Sheriff Jim Radburn in “In Miz- 3 Mr. Hastings' return is in the nature of an event in Alcazar annals, the actor’s record as a matinee hero being al- most unique; but apart from that, Mr. Hastings is a player of accomplishment, who returns with added fame from a suc- cessful eastern tour. Other changes in the personnel of the company will short- ly be announced. B . “‘Hazel Kirke" continues to draw large audiences at the Central. It Is certainly a very effective performance, the sgood company at the theater showing to par- ers Malvern, and other clever people are presenting a diversified entertainment at the Chutes this week. The babies in the incubators and the baby tigers in the zoo interest thousands every week. To-night the amateurs will appear. The sale of seats for the concert to be given by Miss Lillie Lawlor at Native Sons’ hall next Monday evening, at o'cloek, will begin at Sherman, Clay & Co.’s to-morrow morning at 9 o’clock. Miss Lawlor, who is possessed of a mezzo-so- prano of unusual quality, has been study- ing in Brussels, Paris and London under eminent masters for five years and, as she is a native San Franciscan, great)in- terest is taken in this, her home debut. She will be assisted by the Minetti String Quartette and Mr. Fred Maurer will pre- side at the piano. —————— Prunes stufted with apricots Townsend's.* ——— Townsend's California glace fruit and candies, §0c a pound, in artistic fire-etched boxes. A nice present for Eastern friends. 639 Market st., Palace Hotel bullding. * Spegtal information supplied daily to ticular advantage in the favorite old play. | Press Clipping. Bureai s hions 107 cone Next week the Central will signalizc the ' fornia street. Telephone Main 1042 * —_— The Sunday Call Christmas Edition. T HE most talked of book of the year is “The Gospel of Judas Iscariot,” by Aaron Dwight Baldwin. It has cteated a tremend- ous literary 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 fierce struggle between the Christians and the Romans. “The Gospel of Judas Iscariot” throws a new light on the strange life of this, the most bitterly execrated, the man in either biblical or profane history of all ages. only secured the exclusive rights to this literary treasure for publication as an extra free—with the Christmas Call out December 14, but The Sunday Call has n most despised section—absolutely has illustrated the whole eight pages of the first installment with half-tone and color reproductions of art masterpieces of the life and scemes of Christ and the Romans, by the most famous painters in the world. Then there is the big special fiction section, wherein every story is written by a prominent San Francisco divine. This is a feat- ure that is absolutely unique. Nothing like nated in the West before. “San Francisco’s Bump of Benevolence,” Nichols, Right Reverend Bishop of California; and tastefully decorated china. The fea- ture of the exhibition is a collection of decorated work sent from representative clubs all over the United States. A punch bowl, decorated by Miss Minnie Taylor, the secretary of the club, wo The exhibition will be | special praise. s P close this open all of to-day and will cvering. —_————— ‘When a man contracts expensive habits his income needs expanding. . NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. HERPICIDE’'S MISSION. New Remedy That De:stroys the Dandruff Germs. Nothing is more annoying to men or women of middle age when they notice that their hair is.growing thinner, when they must admit that the first indica- tions of baldheadedness have commenced to appear. Many would give a thousand | dollars and more for a remedy with which to - preserve their natural head-dress. 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Wil- Devil of the French, Command r of the Pacific Coast Army, ete. page poster picture, photographed from Discovered.” A full p.g.'..‘;':;'u,.. of heart, old or young, “Santa Claus “The Colonel Kate Papers.” Who is Colonel EKate? Do you know? 'Well, there is the mystery, and therein, too, _The first article is “The Beautiful Woman Who pages of Christmas Menus by leading San rTecipes—and how to prepare them, and a waiter in the Palace Hotel, telling you how to \