The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 10, 1903, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SAT THE TRUSTS. DAY, JANUARY 10, 190 a | . ” . P S . p (will also be a virtual unanimity in favor of the cre- @”e | R |ation of the proposed Department of Commerce. l Rl DAY NlGH l DANCE EN l ICES | MONG the signs in the political firmament | Thus upon three issués of prime moment Congress — | none seéms plainer than coming political op- | will learn what the business men of the country de- 50‘ : l E I Y l O ‘ O I ll l ON SATURDAY..................JANUARY 10, 1903 | position of the trusts to President Roosevelt. | sire in the way of legislation and what the conditions e & This raises a series of serious questions, destined to | of trade and industry demand. There is no reason o 5 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. enliven the politics of the immediate future. "No one | why a merchant marine bill and a currency reform ;\ I e emn | c2n doubt that the people, outside of partisanship, | bill should not be enacted at this session, and it may Address @l Communications to "m desire and expect legislation, not against trusts in be the National Board of Trade meeting may help to i 'fELEPHONE. | their legitimate aspect, but in the nature of proper | that end. L — | restraint of the illegitimate use to which their power £ e / Ask for THE CALL. The Operator Will Connect | o organization may be put. Possibly the most significant criticism of the con- You With the Department You Wish. | * As far as they have economized production, organ- | duct of England in the Venezuelan affairs is the fact PUBLICATION OFFICE...Market and Third, S, |ized industry and enabled vast expansion of our ex- that English supporters of the Government’s policy EDITORIAL ROOMS ..217 to 221 Stevens: - | port trade, it is difficult to impeach them of in-|have been defeated at Ehc polls by English voters. Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. ¢ jury. But their repression of competition is an| T.he l?ngl_lsh pgogle have a keerr and delicate sense T s:-n‘l!: x(;n'xl“i ?nc"'p" t offensive feature, “and their power to artificially | of ‘tfiexr high dignity. erms by Mail. Including Postage: | 5 rEsn e 24 | DAILY CALL (including Sunday), one yeas .86.00 malmp\vnhtc prices is repugnant zo. the popular %Cx1>c‘ —_————— DALY “t}! (including Sunday), 6 months . 8.00 | of justice. Overcapitalization, which is another form | PROFIT SHARING. DAILY CALL (including Sunday), 8 months T v it the devel E2orett un- _ DAILY CALL By Single Month. ase | Of overspeculation i the development of the co | ¥ o SUNDAY CALL. One Tears - 1 | try’s resources, is a constant menace to the investors | ROFIT sharing among employers and employes WEEKLY CALL, One Year L0 |2 el sacaritioe | is not an untried experiment in the United > 3 = 1 .2 S s0: i iled, while in | All Postmasters are authorized to recelve Certainly no reasonable person can deny that legis; : Sfau-s. I'; ’0;“:‘ cases it has f{“led L subscriptions. lation to Yecognize and regulate these features of the | 'J]‘ hers. it Has had & Bir Seedimee of 5“““5‘; W i h" Sampls I vill be forwarded when uested. | 2 i - | the s 5 i i ot sl sy S s trust system is necessary and proper. It is conserva- the successes nor the ‘31‘\1??5 have been sul Clenltt us Mail subscribers in ordering change of mddress should be | tive legislation, intended to preserve every useful far to demonstrate conchlslve!y whether or no it can particular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order | e of organized business, and to afford the same | ¢ 100ked to as. a final solution’ of the problems of %o insure o prompt and correct compllance with their request. | Purpgse of organized business, and to afford the same | |\ o Lo e e et ah e I | statutory regulation of trusts that has grown up! ARG CapILaLy S , that a large m’un e peop! CAKIAYD SESNON: . <+-- 1118 Broadway | . 4 2nd properly hedged in thé ordinary corpora- | 100K t0 it with hope.afid expectancy is demonstrated | | C- GEORGE IKROGNESS, tion. Who now can be found to rail against the law | PY the increasing number of attempts "1’( put it into ‘ lul;lv; hn{\f-l'uvm:mg.‘ lquf:fu 'Bn:ll.mg F)N“!t of liability of stockholders, the. regulations against operation and by the.popular 'mtcr.est taken in every IR e IR e | restraint of trade, the limitation upon the power of | uu;all{Ie new venture in tha: d‘"““;“' s NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: : cies : : . | - This year an experiment on a larger scale n | STEPHEN B. SMITH.. 30 Tribume Butlding | directors, the penalizing of ov ers:fle of capital stock {ivitaiore nodetuieati t5 he ied by therULAL =t o {and the cther numerous-regulations that make up | N NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: {the faw of corgotations? | States Steel-Corporation. An elaborate scheme of | C. O OARLFON. .+ » : ek o et IS RS e‘,m'“s;”“ of corporate power. | Profit sharing with the employes of the great trusti e XEW.,YORK EWS STAN::S:‘ Wt | What niore reasbngble than that'the law of corpora- has been devised and published. The cmploy'es are} Valdort-Astoria Hotel; A. Brentano, Tnfon Square; tek | i i | The President is far sighted and clear sighted. His- | the gradations in their annual salaries or wages. Each | e s o Aovens. Northern Hotel; | torically it is known that unless the artificial per-|Man in proportion te his salary. is to be permitted | Tremont House; Auditors Heuse | sonality of ordinary corporations had been subjected | t0 subscribe for a certain amount of stock at a fixed | I s R . .1406 G St., N. w. | t0 proper legal regulation the ‘whole system would | fi]“:i‘ per Sha‘rch.» »P:‘y?]mms for !he‘shares atre tot:e‘; ; RANE, Correspondent, have been prevented from development by popular | 'ade in monthly instaliments in such amounts as the | oo | L e fear and prejudice, znd the world's business would | Subscriber may desire, but the total amount must beg .. — —& BRANCH OF . corner of Clay, open i 2y paid within three years. The amount of stock thus | geci 0:30 | 2:30 o'clock. €33 | still be clumsily stumbling along in'the hands of the | féred thi E h = 4 THREE POPULAR AND CHARMING MEMBERS .OF THE SOCIETY SET WHO DANCED IN THE LEADING SET cAl 5 , open until % : ol 2 i & b PN - : O | g , Larkin, open untll| 01 system of joint stock companies or limited part- | 9cred this year is 25,000 shares and it is annourice AT THE REGULAR DANCE OF THE FRIDAY FORTNIGHTLY CLUB GIVEN LAST NIGHT IN COTILLON | oo P eiock: THNG' Ve~ [icraliihe T ti Cnebidahis piesang rorao-abibos: that if the plan prove acceptable a smul:}r number | HALL, ON POLK STREET. | psmrond b open until ® | limited their power for harm, but provided for use- | Of shares will be offered on similar terms, in January l : - 5 M > ® e of each year hereafter. | BOOKER WASHEINGTON. ALIFORNIA is just now the host of a re- e man. Professor Washington, after n of his university education, er the most forlorn start in life Bk of bulrushes, might 1e market and sustained But he was stirred her duty, and he self the hard- y ce the dawn of On one side he had the burden he race hg sought to raise up, and on ndertaken by the helot which z all people that have r and a hero com- philosopt upon the solution of this problem. He ed upon it and has persisted with a faith blime and a courage that is without ered not.o the prejudice of Those of his with the simple , economy, thrift gospel of work denounce all at- st, as that statesman oes as well. to begin y, s ng in hi r Tillman Senator the negro, ake the nigger sa 1t, against all preju- ing, this negro phil- forward, the greatest man yet L'Ouverture was a soldier; his way ughter. Fred Douglass was to ttered, and carrying ghis r as a2 humiliation, against which his spirit rebelled. Neither left any permanent and use- their race to perpetuate his memory. i d the philosophy of Professor Was 1 req the courage of Toussaint and all tuteness of Douglass, and so much more that rises above them and into an atmosphere her could have comprehended ne cs’ Pavilion in this city on Thursday t: *“After the war, by reason of our ignorance nd inexperience, we began life at the top instead of at the bottom. We are now Jearning that we have to begin cn a real foundation and gradually work up- ward to the highest things of life. Freedom, in the largest sense, cannot be a bequest, but it is a eon- quest.” No higher utterance than that last sentence has been spoken by man. It is honorable to California t nis brave and earnest American, on a mission the highest and greatest undertaken by man, is every- where received and encouraged in his work for the uplifting of twelve miilions of his race, and thereby for the betterment of conditions for white and black alike. at the Mecha at t The ancient fiction of the King’s command has gone from England forever. The King can only sug- gest in Watters that 2ffect the welfare of the Eng-! lish people. But King Edward, has a giddy realm in which his merest suggestion is still in every sense a command. After the fuss and feathers of the Venezuelan affair have ceased to interest the world President Castro ought to feel like taking a vacation. He might em- ploy it divertingly by reading accounts in the Ameri- can newspapers of what he did not do in the stress of trouble. £ NS Our State Legislature, now in session, has been | asked to consider seriously the advisability of es- tablishing civil service in connection with State of- | fices. The suggestion should be hailed with delight. Any change will be for the better. The story that Massachusetts ships nothing to Africa but Bibles and rum has been disproved. There recently sailed from Boston to that country a ship | loaded with brass jewelry. Maine is said to have received $100,000 in fees from corporations chartered during the past year, and there is a probability she may some day set up as a rival to New Jersey. It is getting to be the fashion to refer to a message by wireless telegraphy as a “marconigram,” but why the “gram”? Why not call it a “marconi” and let it go at that/ ful continuity of business by giving them perpetual | * | A feature of the plan over which there has been some controversy is thus stated in the official an- nouncement: “Dividends on the stock will go to the subscriber from the date when he commences to make payments. As soon as the stock has been paid for it will be issued in the name of the original subscriber, and he can sell it at any time he chooses, but as an inducement for him to Keep it and remain an employe of the corporation the following offer {is made: ‘If he will not sell or part with the stock, but will keep it, and in January of each year, for five years, commencing with January, 1903, will ex- succession. It will be the part of wisdom to accept the plans of the President. His opponents will not succeed in convincing reasonable men that those plans are radi- cal. The radical idea favors the extermination of {incorporated corporations, root and branch. It would penalize them from the start, striking a death blow at their usefulness under the pretense that their | power for harm cannot be curbed. The President’s poli distinctly conservative. It goes the full length ‘of the reasonable popular pur- pose, and he keeps absolutely with the people. AN Of this let his opponents take notice. He may be hibit ‘mc c(.n]tmcnltctm ;he treasurer of i _clompar;fv, relied upon to do exactly what he says, without “"Tz““"]" “‘]“ ‘“ ““:" zom 8 l""’f’]" “’“CI‘L ‘°; s equivocation or evasicn. Therefore it is well to study | ¢féct that he has been continuously in the employ of the corporation, and has shown a proper interest in its welfare and progress, he will during each of such five years receive checks at the rate of $5 a share per year.” This is equivalent to an extra dividend on the stock of 5 per cent in addition to the regular 7 per cent.” \ While on its face that clause of the offer seems favorable to the employes taking the shares, it ap- pears a good many of them object to it, A Pittsburg dispatch reports that interviews with leading em- ployes of the Homestead plant show a decided dis- inclination on the part of the men to support the plan. The dispatch “The workmen claim that only the department and general superintendents, who draw large salaries, will be able to purchase enough stock to make an investment worth the while. Another objection is that stock will not be delivered to the employes for five years and that if a workman leaves the services of the corporation before that time he loses his stock. THe objectors assert that ys carefull meant and what he that it is 1d with the understanding 1 be done. he country will be quick to notice whether the »n to him winks with one eye to socialism The people will opposit and with the other to capitalism. be watchful of the politicians who may seek a full 1 treasury from combined capital to make a and fool somebody at the end. We say now, and desire that it be remembered, that President Roosevelt, keeping faith with the peo- ple and fran i his vi strong enough to car untry regardless of the size of the war chest used agaifist him. There is not a publicist in the country that will not see that his campa sham fig is views are conservative, and that he represents the popular desire to conserve and regulate and not de- stroy the agencies or any of them which are capable of ulness. They may be capable of harm also, and their capacity in that respect he proposes to de- stroy. usi It has suited the purpose of his opponents to rep- | the five years’ provision is virtually a contract to resent him as the euemy of vested and conservative hold them in the company’s service for that length interests, whose policy will ‘banish™ confidence and | ©! time. They claim, also, that it would destroy their independence in case of a dispute.” It will be seen then that ghe experiment is not going to be tried under the best conditions in the world. It starts in the face of a hostile sentiment already formed. None the less it is well worth trying, and it is to be hoped it can be made so profitable to both the corporation and the employes that it will Jead the way to further profit sharing hereafter, e cause stress in trade hey will not succeed in con- vincing the country that this is true, nor in bringing on a panic by artifice, as an apparent proof that it is true. There are two alternatives to the conservatism of the President. One is, as we have said, a sham fight grubstaked by the great combinations, which, if it succeed, will mean the safety pretensions. sincere fanati of their most extreme The other is a raid of ‘genuine and ism, which, using prejudice as its in- strument, will send a whirlwind ra g business of the country, destroying good and bad and leaving only wreck and ruin to build upon for the future. The honest and well meaning want neither of them, and, because they don't, stand with the frank and outspoken President. the money order department of the postoffice esti- mates that the money orders sent abrsad for Christ- mas gifts this scason exceeded the sum of $6,000,000, while the total amount of such orders for December | was nearly $9,000,000. It will be seen that our nat- uralized citizens are generous to their friends in the | O1d World. through the —_— Nearly all the Sheriffs in Maine were elected last | | If reports be accurate San Francisco is soon likely | year on a straight prohibition platform, and they are now declaring an intention to enforce the law to the letter, so the State is looking for trouble on all sides at once. | e — to have a wizard station of the Marconi system. The city is beginning well as a sharer in the wonders which will mark the triumphs of the twentieth cen- | tury. The local yellow sheet will probably continue | | | | | A hero of Great Britain, says that the United States can | country together every year, none has been | | DEMANDS OF BUSINESS. | related to macaroni. MONG the annual conventions which bring | representatives of the various interests of the more potent of recent years than the meeting of the | National Board of Trade at Washington. It brings | together men who represent the business of the | country, and meeting as it does at the national! | capital during the session’ of Congress, it is able to | [exert no little infiuence upon legislation. ‘l i The third annual meeting of the board is to occur | | next week and arrangements have.been made for its | discussions and general programme of work: It is| announced that the more important of these dis-| cussions will be iipon the merchant marine, the ship subsidy, interstate commerce law amendments, bank- | of his opinion he may as well go home with the im- pression that we d(\m't want to fight anybody. The startling assertion is made that an officer in the naval revenue service stationed at this fanity. whaler for ungentlemanly conduct. | |ing and currency legislation, railroad pooling, De- | partment of Commerce, consular service reform, tariff | -commission, river and harbor improvements, national , the great champion of protection. bankruptcy law changes and Canadian reciprocity. L TR Each of these issues involves a matter of importance to the common welfare of the American people, but the most pressing are the merchant marine and the | currency reform bills. Our industry as well as our commerce now demands an enlarged merchant ser- | vice upon the ocean to carry the products of our labor to the markets of the world where prices can be obtained that will nmkc'the:r produ_cnon profitable. value of a Etropean title. Wenbed #lo nuipee elattic clirzenicy a",i" that we | day in lieu of her prospect of becoming an Italian may not at each return of the crop moving season | Condtesi { be exposed to the danger of a financial stringency S el g I midophenylbenzylthiocarbamide.” The pronuncia- contest. and a panic. Now comes a Frenchman and says he has invented Reports from Boards of Trade and Chambers of | a better storage battery than Edison, but the world ! that all are virtually agreed on the importance of his battery work as well as a good old-fashioned | ebtaining legislation on those two subjects. There horse A Washington dispatch says the superintendent of | to misunderstand our new acquisition as something | In praising mood Lord Beresford, the famous na&al fight the world. True to his trade his criticism al- | ways demolishes, never builds up. While we are glad port shocked the denizens of the water front by his pro- If conditions were ever favorable this gentle- man certainly seems entitled to be expelled from a A movement has been started to form a “Carna- | tion League” in honor of President'McKinley. Each member of the league is expected to wear a carnation on September 14 in commemoration of the death of Modern chemistry has succeeded in developing a new compound whose name is spelled “carbonthiocarbi- tion of the name is a free-for-all and go-as-you-please An Alameda girl has the ditinction of being the first American woman to place a limit upon the She took $6000 the other Commerce in the larger cities of the country show ' takes notice that as yet neither of them has made | RS. FREDERICK W. McNEAR | entertained a large number of friends yesterday afternoon | for the first {ilme since her ! marriage. The handsome Hop- kins residence on California street was | crowded with exquisitely gowned callers, who were pleasantly entertained by mem- bers of the large receiving party, num- bering forty. The drawing-rooms were lavishly decorated with foliage, palms and cut flowers of every available va. riety to add beauty and brightness to the scene. Mrs. McNear received the callers with her two sisters, Mrs. Gus Taylor and Mrs. Will Taylor, assisted by the follow- ing ladies: Mrs. Robinson Riley, Miss Alice Hager, Miss Linda Cadwalader, Mrs. Robert Oxnard, Mi Chauncey Winslow, Mrs, Frank Carolan, Mrs. Russell Wilson, Miss | Carrie Taylor, Miss Carolan, Miss Genevieve Carolan, Mise Florence Josselyn, Miss Mary | Josselyn, Miss Gertrude Josselyn. Miss Emily | ‘Wilson, Miss Lurline Spreckels, Mrs, Laurance Scott, Miss Lily Spreckels Miss Maud Bourn. | Miss' Helen Dean, Miss Mogre, Mrs. George Pope, Mrs, Clark, Miss Edith McBean, Mrs. Miss Ethyl Hager, :.+H+bi-PkH-l-H-H-l—H—P+-1—I+H'H-l-i-I~I-H‘FH+PH1+H+H+PP ASSOCIATED CHARITIES HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING Excellent Showing Made by the Or- ganization for Last Year's Work. One year's results of the excellent work of the Associated Charities were reported at the annual meeting of the association held at the Palace Hotel yesterday after- noon. The meeting was presided over by President Osgood Putnam. Treasurer Sy M. Levy submitted his annual report, | showing that the association retained on hand $2847 50, an excess of about $700 over the surplus remaining at the end of the year before. The nominating committee submitted the names of E. J. Bowen, Osgood Put- nam, Rev. D. O. Crowley, Miss Virginia | Fitch, Rev. Bradford Leavitt, 8. W. Levy, O. K. Cushing, Herbert Lewis and | Charles Murdock as directors for the en- | suing year and on a vote the nomina- | tions were approved. For central council the nominating committee recommended: E. J. Bowen, Dr. Charlotte Blake Brown, Mrs. Thomas Cole, Rev. Frederick Clampett, Rev, D. O. Crowley, Oscar K. Cushing, W. H. De Bell, Miss Virginia Fitch, B. P. Flint, Al fred B. Ford, R. G. Green, Mrs. Wi ory, Mrs. John Hays Hammond, Miss Ann Hedd, Mr. Koster, Rev. Bradford Leavitt, | Herbert W. Lewis, Austin Lewis, Miss H. Le- | zynsky, S. W. Levy, Dr. Margaret Mahoney, John F. Merrill, Dr. Dorothea Moors, Charles A. Murdock, Miss Jessica Peixotto, james ‘D. Phelan, Robert Porter, Osgood Putnam, C. Re- | gensburger, M. C. Sloss, Professor (ieorge B. Somers, Sigmund Stern, Mrs. E. S Stebbins, Mrs. Sylvain Weill and Fairfax Wheelan. These nominations were indorsed. Charles A. Murdock and S. M. Levy, a committee appointed to draft resolutions expressing the regard of the association for its late president, Captain Oliver El- | dridge, reported, voicing the sentiments | of the organization in an eloquent tribute to the dead man’'s personality and his la- bors in the cause of charity. The report was ordered spread upon the minutes. The president made a few remarks in comment on the work of the assoclation during the last year and was followed by Buperintendent of Schools McClymonds of Oakland, who told the meeting what was being done in regard to compulsory education legislation. Miss Jessica Peixotto, chairman of the indorsement committee, made an inter- esting address explaining the objects of the committee. Further remarks were made by O. K. Cushing, Herbert W. Lewis, Mrs. J. Bartz and Miss Kather- ine C. Felton, general secretary of the organization. e STARR KING CHAPTER INSTALLS ITS OFFICERS Impressive Cerm;zi; Is the Last| for the Current Term in This City. The last of the installations in the Order of the Eastern Star, in this city, was that in Starr King Chapter, in De- visadero-street Hall, on last Thursday | night. The officers who are to govern this chapter for the ensuing twelve months were impressively installed by Worthy Grand Patron Lyman C. Byce, who was assisted by Mrs. Adelalde E. | Hickie as grand marshal. The new offi- | cers are: Emma E. Goodman, Schantz, patron; Mrs. clate matron; Sarah David, secreta Cohn, treasurer; Jennie F. Wright, conduct- ress; Zelda Glaser, assoclate conductress; Ade- laide E. Hickie, marshal; Arnold Glaser, chap- lain; Rebecca Cohen, sentinel; Mary H.' Lewls of Golden Gate Chapter, sentinel; Mary Keller, Adah; Jennie Cohn, Ruth; Helena Cohen, Es- ther; rrie Vanat Martha, and Emma Kiine, Electa. The music during the ceremony of ini- tiation was by Miss Lenora Goodman, Miss Schantz and Alfred Wilkie. After the proclamation of installation there was a short programme of addresses by the grand patron, Associate Grand Patron Dr. A. H. Milberry, Grand Secretary Mrs. Kate J. Willats, Past Grand Patron George L. Darling, District Deputy Mrs. nnette Wood and Alvina Heuwer Wilson, ta, Latham McMullin, Mrs. Sam Buckbes, Mrs. day afternoon at the residence of Mrs, Henry Scott and Mrs. iter Martin. Cotillon 'Han was the scene of Mrs. Salisbury’s Friday night dance last even- | ing. A number of pretty figures were danced under the leadership of Miss Olive Holbrook, Miss Bernie Drown, Dr. Greenleaf and Percy King. There were fewer debutantes than usual, but the number was made in the first set were: ng, Miss Katherine Her Miss Josselyn, Miss Maud Bourn, Miss Allen, Miss Sara Collier, Miss Marion Harrison, Miss Caro- line Ayers, Miss Ethel Cooper, Mrs, Key Miss Lucie King, Miss Emily Wilson, Mrs. Miss Ellinwood and Miss Helen in, Boardman, Dean. Prominent among the guests were: Mrs. Pomeroy, Mrs. L. L. Baker, Mrs Wil- liam Bourn, Mrs. Cyrus Walker, Mrs. Josselyn, > Huntington, Miss b B rs. Danforth Boardman, _Miss | Genevieve King, Miss Hazel King, Miss Hazel Noonan, Miss Wigmore, Miss Marie Louise Parrott and Miss Daisy Parrott. @ et Mrs. George A. Knight and Mrs. Fred- erick Knight gave a delightful tea yester- Schantz and a recitation by Miss Good- man. Just before the .adjournment of the meeting the patron, on behalf of the chapter, presented a beautiful vase to the matron in recognition of her services on behalf of the chapter. ————— Daniel Van Nostrand Dies. Daniel C. Van Nostrand, father of Jus- tice of the Peace Van Nostrand, died yesterday morning at his residence, 220 Twelfth street. Deceased had been an in- valid for four years. Van Nostrand was 68 years of age at the time of his death, He came to this city in the eariy\jifties in the employ of the Pacific Mail Steam- ship Comparly. He leaves a wife and five children. —_———————— Precita Parlor’s At Home. The “at home' given by Precita Parlor of the Native Sons of the Golden West in Mission Masonic Hall on last Thurs- day evening was a most successful af- fair. It was directed by J. M. Hanley, L. H. Meyers, J. C. Griffin, Charles Brown and Joseph O'Brien. The hall was crowd- ed to its limit. The guests of the parlor were entertained with a programme of music contributed by Miss Flora English, Charles Brown, L. H. Meyers, M. Welch and others, after which supper was served. Dancing until midnight followed. up with matrons. | Many attractive gowns were worn. Those | | F. Knight, on Green street. A large num- ber of callers were received and charm- ingly entertained. Those who assisted in receiving were: Mrs. Willlam Willls, Mrs. H. B. Dowsett, Miss ra McDonald, Miss Dowsett, Mrs. Genevieve Dowsett, Miss Biythe McDonald, Miss Agnes Buchanan, Mrs. Ella Holmes, Miss Daisy Cartwright, Miss Adelaide Dibble and Miss Elizabeth Bender. Mrs. Willlam T. Sesnon gave a charme | o= ven h . Mise: Marta' MeKente, Miss Sususne Hiana- | I8 Tectption Hat evening at Ser fowa Gertrude | between the hours of 8 and 11 o'clock. Both ladies and gentlemen were invited and two hundred callers were pleasan entertained. Twelve of Mrs. Sesnon's friends assisted in receiving. Mrs. H. E. Huntington was “at home™ yesterday afternoon, at her home on Jackson street, and entertained a largs number of guests. Other hostesses who entertained visitors yesterday were: Mrs Mee and daughter, Miss Mee; Mrs. Mountford Wilson, Mrs. Munday and daughter, Mrs. Benjamin Thomas (nee Evans), Mrs. James Bailey and Miss Florence Bailey and Mrs. Frank Drum. o S m e ARRANGE FINE BENEFIT FOR THEIR UNIFORM FUND Company C, League of the Cross Ca- dets, Promises Gala Night for Friends and Members. Company C, League of the Cross Ca- dets, will give its annual entertainment on Thursday evening, January 15, in Na- tive Sons' Hall. "the proceeds will be devoted to the uniform fund of the com- pany, which is recruited from the par- ishes of St. Patrick, St. Joseph and St. Rose. Little Sydney Smith, a very artistic character dancer, will appear In several roles and pretty costumes, and the Misses Bessie_ Pearl and Hazel Allen and Pearl Hickman will appear as Irish dancers. Dancing will follow the entertainment. —_——— Prunes stuffed with apricots. Townsend's.* —_——— Townsend's California glace frult and candies, 50c a pound, in artistic fire-etched boXes. A nice present for Eastern friends. 639 Market st., Palace Hotel bullding. * —— e Special information supplied dally to business houses and public men by ths Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 230 Cali~ fornia street. Telephone Main 1042 - ———— Grealest Love Story of the Age See Nexi Sunday Call CLEVER woman epigrammatist once said: “Love is either a dark lantern or a searchlight.” In the modern up-to-date “romantic” novel it is both or the dear fun-loving public who buys its bocks for its thrills—a thrill to every page—will have none of it. And yet it is a strange cir- cumstance, that, with almost the single exception of Charles Ma- Jjor, all the best novelists of the day have gone far afield in the realm of fiction for pulse-stirring adventures, when historical truth would have given them far better material to weave around real charac- ters, like Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor, for instance, who fought and schemed and plotted and loved through such a and stress that has never been outdone in even the and rarely equaled in fact. od of storm dest fiction, Charles Brandon was a real soldier of fortune in the reign of King Henry VIII of England. He had the termerity to fall head over heels in love with the King’s sister, just at the time that no- torious monarch wanted to marry her to the doddering old King of France, whom she hated, with a healthy girl’s hatred of anything so licentious and antiquated. Mary Tudor was King Henry’s sister. She was more. She was the most beautiful girl in Europe. Moreover, she had glorious au- burn hair, and she was only nineteen. She fell in love with Charles Brandon before he fell in love with her, and to get his kisses she went to such extremcs of recklessness that Charles’ head was in con- stant danger of being lopped off on the block. More than once he went to prison for her, and more than ence she saved him and re- paid him and again jeopardized him at one and the same time with more kisses. Eventually she marrird the old French King and Bran- don, too, all of which, though more than passing strange, is set forth at delightful length in “WHEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOW- ER,”WHICH YOU GET FREE—ABSOLUTELY FREE—IN THREE NUMBERS OF THE SUNDAY CALL BEGINNING JANUARY 11. Best of all you get Julia Marlowe’s great play as well, in a ser- ies of full page photographs, made especially to illustrate this story. Just think of that offer and all it means, a whole play and a 81 50 novel—~FREE. But that is not all. Besides a long list of features there is the SUNDAY CALL’'S NEW ‘mn&n: TION OQMPILED T ABLES. PROMINENT SAN FRANCISCO NOT- For instance—there is “THE MEOWS OF A KITTY,” by Kate Thyson Marr; “HOW TO MAKE SAN FPANCISCO BEAUTI- FUL,” by James D. Thelan; “THE ADVANTAGES AND DISAD- VANTAGES OF CLUB LIFE FOR WOMEN,” by Mrs. I. Lowen- berg, President of the Philomath Club; “BENEFITS OF THE HA- WAIIAN CABLE,” by George A. Newhall, President Chamber of Commerce, and “ADVICE TO YOUNG PEOPLE,” by General Wil- liam Booth, Salvation Army. and vocal selections by Zelda Glaser, Miss | gmm e L