The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 11, 1903, Page 6

THE SUNDAY CALL I I FTER visiting the | most beautiful capi- tals of the Old World it 1s easy to see where Ban Francisco excels or is deficlent San Francisco as a world city should be made beautiful, met only for the sake of the beautiful but for the “*utl! y of bea Beauty is the conquering power of the world, and when Pericles, possessing the treasures of conquered states, desired to confer some beneit r s, he built temples, museums, itheaters and erected monuments to heroes and to the gods; and ns be- ame for more than one hundred years the seat of the artistic and intellectual of the worid. Beauty was the a trac and brought population and con- ferred cheerfulness and contentment upon the people, and the beautiful environment the inspiration of noble works of art, d the s of the fm- e children reared amidst became the *Attic i it would be strange inherited much vs, should deterforate examples before us should employ a commis- ntly the city of Washing 1P - ton—beautiful as it is, yet realizing its de- ficlencies—to plan for public im- provements. J. W. Burnham, the architect, Augustus St Gaudens, the ar; , and others co-operated In this labor of love, and their work, the “New Washington,” made in rellef, v be seen as an object lesson in the Cor- coran Gallery; and it is understood that on the lines laid out the future Wasu- ington will be revised and improved. San Francisco, to be made beautiful, nee t to have its topography cor- T Telegraph Hill is a good subject ted for artistic tr rent, because it com- mands the cit »m the ba, d is the most conspicuous object on entering the port, and from its heights, now inacce ble and neglected, a superb panoramic Roads around the water front and the bay shore to the Cliff House should be projected; and then a chain of boulevards should be made, which would enable vistors to driv uninterrupted by street cars or traffic teams, in comrort and safety around the city. e should connect with our parks and the Pres.u.o, and the park itself should, of course, be extended to the center of the city or to the point where Van Ness avenue joins Mar- ket street. in order that its use may be cultivated and the people, with little or no expense, have an opportunity of en- joying the sunshine, which is so necessary and invigorating in this lat A museum of art should be erected where the people will ind both recreation and education, and examples of the world's greatest works in coples and models, easlly procurable, should there be seen, so that foreign countries will have no advantage in technical and artis- tic education over our own city, whose €ons and daughters cannot all go abroad te enjoy the advantages of observation and travel. The public library should be housed In a structure worthy of its high purpose and the site should now be carefully selec:ed. The United States Government has biun- dered into the erection of a magnificent building, the new postoffice, costing sever- al millions of dollars, on a site wher2 it adds nothing to the artistic betterment of San Francisco. Art in the streets should be cultivated. Every European capital is beautifully adorned with fountains, stat- ues and groups commemorative of men and events. These monuments Jift men out of themselves and divert them from their daily grind by recalling.the glory of their country and the achievenrents of the great. y serve the noble purpose of aw ning gratitude and exciting emula- tion. It is true we have made a beginning with the monument in Union Square in honor of the American navy and in com- menioration of Admiral Dewey's victory in Manila Bay, and that the sculptors are now at work also upon the statue 2 Me- SAN FRANC B> EX-MAYOR JAIYI'E.J‘ D. PHEL AN Kinley and on the monument in praise of the California’ Volunteers—the gifts of our citizéns to the city. There are those, however, who cannot see the utllity of beauty. There are citl- zens utilitaddan in their liveg, as well as in their aspirations, #nd this class must be educated to an appj iatjon of the peauti- ful before ¢ they: will giye their vote and suppeff ‘to’ any move- ment whose end” is beauty. This is no easy task ‘when it is known that San Francisco® cannot be metamor- phosed without incurring municipal in- debtedness, and that two-thirds of the electors are Tequired by law to give. their assent to the issuance of bonds. The rough work of the building of a city has been successfully ‘accomplished in San Franclsco. The forest, as it were; has been cleared, the land has been tilled, the promise is abundant. We must bank on that. The circuldtion .of the 'medium of exchange, if wisely, directed, 4s:not neces- sarily waste yior-extravagauce, but new voalth:ls thereby made and progperity in- vited. fisa - éhn Franciseo wpust det 'e ‘theory that the future is on her side; thére is no good reason to doubt it, and 8e. progress can be made withou P “Capital is timid, ut’ success comes only of courages§afi Francisco is In the position of the'young merchant, whose fi- ture.depends on the clearness of his vision, the boldness of his enterprise, the steadi- ness of his aim. He borrows with confl- dence, knowing his ability to repay; he surveys the fleld in which he is to maks his operations, and satisfies himself that it will yleld abundant returns. The old merchant, who has slowly accu- mulated his own capital like some of the older cities, has no need to borrow money, nor any occasion to make extraordinary expenditures. After him, the deluge. It is sald in England that a national debt is 2 national blessing. I do not know what that means, unless it be that the proceeds of the debt are Invested in public works of all kinds, by land and sea, and the pride of the people is excited \y the beauty and strength of their coun~ try and they will therefore make sacri- fices for its preservation and defense. To fight for one's country is only sec- ond to making one’s country worth fight- ing for. Anything that can wed peo- ple to the soil is a distinct national ad- vantage; anything that will awaken the pride of the people In thelr city is a price- less boon. The city beautiful would bring business and profit to every industry, for we know that the great capitals of Europe vie with each other in physical attractions and that beauty has a marvelous money-mak- ing faculty. Then would follow museums, ments, gallerles of art—fine and chanic—theaters, parks—until San Fran- monu- me- eisco by reason of its remarkable climatio advantages would assume the position of the most beautiful city {n America and its population the most artistic and pleas- ure-loving, drawing to its realm myriads of strangers from year to year. Tke influence of beauty would not be lost on the rising generation, and whereas we might at first have to import talent, thereafter our native population would be educated to such a degree of perfection by reason of its environment that artists and musiclans and men and women of taste would be a distinguishing part of this now cosmopolitan but then American community. We are far enough away from the great cities of the world to develop an a1- viduality and that very remoteness makes it incumbent upon us to wWork out our own salvation. San Francisco will ultimately be beauti- fled, but it should proceed upon an intel- ligent plan, and the plan once made the minds of our citizens will be directed In a proper channel and they will be encour aged by contributions and gifts and lega- cles’to ald in its realization. If a museum i3 needed, or a monument, or a lbrary building, the eity or the citizens will, em sure, be ready to respond and citizen should feel honored by the privi ege to make his fon such a plan for t advancement of his city. SAN FRANCISCO-25 PACIFIC CAB B> GEORGE A.NEWHALL PRESIDENT OF SAN FRANCISCO N considering the lay- ing of the Pacific Ocean cable and its effect upon our city we must first look back a few years and view the status of af- fairs then prevailing upon the Pacific Ocean. Of course, ti of us who have lived here have considered that San Francisco's position was unique 2mong mnot onl citles the world, but particularly among th. of the United tes in regard to ocean trade. While others may have forgotten the prediction of Hon. Willlam H. Sew- ard when he purchased Alaska that the Pacific Ocean was destined to become the future commercial arena of the world, we have always kept it in mind By taking a map of the world and look- ing particularly at that very large por- the of HEN 1 am asked to discuss a girl's chance on the stage I simply say that there such thing to discuss. There is no about it. If cut out to ghe will do it; If she isn’t, she won't Success in any line never comes by luck It comes by born ability and steady ap plication. Many things that look like luck at a distance are seen to be something dif+ ferent when they are examined closely. Take, for instance, the case of a girl who has pegged away in small parts for a long time, drawing a measly sala nd living in obscurity. Orie night a principal falls 1l and the girl is shoved into her role. She makes a ht. “What luck!” people say. is no chance she succeec “Her whole GIRLS SUCLTEY tion of it covered the Pacific Ocean one cannot but be struck by the position of this city in regard to the trade routes crossing that vast body of water—ro which cover such an in expanse and which serve to unite nations the most densely settled in the world and whose aggregate population amou to such enormous cont over one- figur the peo; half 3 £ the whose y globe, and ard of the im enormous of over $2,400,000,000. In these estimates w not included the United State merely referred to the countries across the Pa- cific. Since the m and the de- velopment of oc ubmarine cables during the last thirty-f years th u; has become an essential part of the com- merce and trade of the world. When we loo the enormou on one other in at the map w Ocy the Pacific is our city, the {eeming cov OMN suceess was due to the accident of sick- ne 1 it isn’t luck. Opportunity is the the stuff in her st suld have piayed that role for the ofé night and then have stepped back into obs \ when the princival was well. But the fact is, the girl had talent; opportunity to show it came along and she t ivantage of it If it ad not come in the form of sickne it would have come in some other fc 1f you think that she would have re- mained in ob urity except for that acci- dent you are very much mistake: She was built to succeed; she had talent, and real talent always asserts itself. You can’t kill it. 1f you have talent, the only thing to do is to prepare yourself for opportunity and be ready to take advantage of it when it comes along. But if vou have talent there is no need for me to tell you tais. You Orient, and not alone the cable business of our city with them, but their cable business with the entire United States, wasg obliged to be transacted by the long indirect method, following nearly the cir- cult of the globe.” When we follow the course of this long route we find that it traverses many foreign seas and crosses many foreign countries, which at any time might be in the throes of political disturbance or be adverse to the interests of the United States, and hence could at any time interrupt or stop communica-~ tions which were of vital interest to us. Then, again, the long and interrupted line made delays more possible and errors more frequent. Two reasons may be suggested as to why this cable was not built before. The first, we think, was that the importance of the trade of the United States with the Orient was not so thoroughly im- pressed upon our people as during the last few voars awing to tho vast- Awain FNANCE , convictions ou are al- know it yourself. You have and the courage of them. ready working and waiting. To the great mass of girls who want to go on the stage 1 have just one piece of advice: go home, learn to cook well and sew well, then get a husband and let him be your audience. If you can hold his ad- miration you are doing the best thing you can do. Home Is the best place for you. Your vanity is what's the matter with vou. You have not talent, you merel Wwant applause. You want to be notic You want to see your picture in the paper. Yon want to be talked about and called a beauty and @ hit. You have no more tal- ent for the stage than all the other mil- lions of pretty girls in the world. Do not mistake wish for geniu doubt you will do so ang my advice thrown away. But in the end you wiil reach the place where you belong. In the steady process of sifting you will be dis- covered if you have talent. How? That is the unanswerable ques- ness of the Pacific Ocean, a cable line would necessarily be of a longer length than had hitherto been laid.in any part of the world. We must not, however, forget that in the early sixties great efforts were mad to establish a line of telegraphic commu- nication to Asia, but not by the Pacific cable, the object being to follow the P: cific shore of Alaska, cross Bering/Stral and then follow the shore line down Ea ern Siberia to reach telegravh lin ready established. Surveying parties w already at work laying this line and the work was progressing when the succe of the Atlantic cable caused the projectors of the Siberian line to abandon their at- tempt, as they thought that the comple- tion of the Atlantic cable would prevent thefr undertaking from being a successful commercial venture, since communication was being established by way lantic to the Far-East, aithough in ~ FOR tion. Suppose a girl 1§ the one in a thou- sand who has the real stuff in her and she asks how to begin, how to make herself noticed, how to getd chance. I can’t an- swer that questin.” Opportunity never comes twice in the same way. Amateur theatricals are a good thing. Many of our most successful actresses have begun as amateurs. The instinct to act is.so strong In them that they have to keep at it. By and by somebody no- t them, the attention of a manager is tracted. Many an actress has been dis covered and professionally launched by this mean: Scmetimes talent goes begging from door to door. Two hundred girls may ap- ply at our door and be turned away be- ¢ there is no vacancy. The two hun- dred and first is taken because she hap- them, some theatrical man hears of = pened the exact momeént when there was a vacancy. Maybe she is worthless. In that case she soon disappears. Mean- whilc one of the two hundred was the girl C < War the incopvenience and expense In- curred by our Gov nies ing with the Philippine apparent that an America cable was a necessity fo military purposes aside importance. Our possessions in the Orlent and our made nd Ocean and if strate m comm increased t , not only with them, but with the other countries in the made it more than ever evident t should have a more direct cable n control, which we are ut to E mmated in the completion of tho « Pacific Cable. Amon= other difficulties ive had In com- muhicating with the C 0Ol1a World as been t that it c 60 cents m to cable from San Franc than from Manila to San Chamber of Commerce co-opera the efforts made from time to have this difficulty remedied, She for work, while the worth- we wanted, but we dldn’t know it is still lookin, less girl being tried out. t that we last. Some day she will happen in at the right moment and once she is en- goged and found to bg of value she has nothing but progress ahead of her. And she will be persistent if she has genius. Genius never gives up. It is sure of itself. It has a driving power within tself that forces it on to its ultimate Nct a successful woman on the stage to-day but fought her way there. Adver tising and wirepulling had nothing to do with it. Talent is what a manager wants. Lock at Margaret Anglin, who came known from Canada and was given small parts, then tried in bigger and b 2nd never found to fail. § of many. The same is tr of the great singers—Neor M of them. The roun of the ladde always there, ready to be climbed, are ready to do the climbing. of every are if you Lom e Sag | O MM BRE cable lines were controlled by foreign cor crations and in the interests of foreign trade, 1 g could be done. we erstand the tariff by cable ross the Pacific will be very much less an increased busi- nd the Orlent, ation and transport: ng in Increasedtrade. sco stands at the front on this ocean, rs our door, we nat- he entrepot of all Oriental Med to the United States, We to see the newspapers throughout ited States in their reports of Orl- rs state “By Way of Cable to thus more than ever will c and asso- k between our 1 as ti inecting country and the Orfent. Sfmply longing to be at the top will ao- complish | nothing. Brilllancy without will accomplish nothing. Study brilliancy will accomplish noth- ng.* You must have the talent, then ap- ply yourself all the time. It's the hardest life in the world, that There is no glitter about it pt to the onlooker. There is only iy work. For the one who succeeds there is the reward of knowing that you have reached 1e goal you set out for. Whether that or not is a question that there Is no vse trying to answer. Whether it ¥s or not you will achleve it if you ave the talent, for that talent must, by all the laws of nature, work itself out, just as a plant must spring up If a seed i3 plarted. There is no chance for a girl on the stege. There is surety. That is, if she h talent. And if she is one of the tremendous majority who has not—then remember what I said about cooking. THE ADVANTAGES;DISADVANTAGF.S UB LIFE, 8 >MRs 1. LOWENBERG OF C T is safe to assert that women's clubs are subject to the same inconsistencies of argument that af- fect all material things in this mun- dane sphere. Life with its glowing colors, with its slamor and decadence, fits the epicurean, who quaffs deep draughts, forgetting that each intoxicating drink is taken at the cost of so much vitality. Extremes should be avoided. The banding together of women for so- clal, literary, artistic, sclentific and phil- anthropic purposes and their accomplish- ment of great results is one of the ad- vantages of clubs, but if in one home the MEOWS OF A KITTY> PRUDE is either very plain or very ver- dant. HE a A cynic takes a hard cider view of life.” So sour himself that ev- erything leaves the taste of vinegar in his mouth. ] A man who has the reputation of being & good fellow is simply an easy mark. WS Love is & nightmare, whereln you wrestle with all sorts of beasts and tumble over imaginary precipices. R WY I would rather a woman,would call me soft light is not twinkling by reason of woman’'s strenuous work for the whoie that is one of the disadvantages and the “one for all and all for one’ loses some- thing of its potentiality and something of its efficaciousness. Nordau calls \these fin de siecle liter- ary and artistic tendencies evidences of hysteria and degeneracy, but it must be admitted that though women are emo- tional their instincts are artistic, sympa- thetic and more largely human than those of man. The clubs develop these senti- ments of mutual helpfulness and woman stands triumphant in the province. that the poets and writers of the world accord her. Mungo Park, the famous explorer, when In the wilds of Africa, always felt a degree of security when a woman was In the hut. The philanthropic clubs have multiplied with marvelous rapidity, having-taken up all say, mean things in creation than te ‘She’s 50 good.” e i Matrimonial happiness is often only a question of digestion. No man can be bappy on a dlet of sogsy biscuits. o 1 It is useless to grieve for last years dead flowers. Some people make you feel as If frost- bitten. s o @ Love is either a dark lantern or a searchlight. N T You can't always live down old scan- dals. Poor old Adam tried that game, but the apple still sticks in some men's throats. every concefvable object of pursuit, from the promotion of the best Interests of man, woman and child to the protection of the birds in the air, and apimals do- mestic and wlild, so it would appear that vice, destitution and misery must vanish from the earth. Possibly many well-mean- ing women take up these seeming dutics neglectful of those nearer home. It can- not be repeated too frequently that It is only the woman of lelsure who can con- stantly respond to a -club’s—still less clubs’—cail. To the woman of famlily without abundant means the club should be only a diverslon—smoothing out wor- ries and composing the nerves—so that she can take up home duties with fresh actlvity. The following anecdote would be ludi- crous if it were not pathetic: On a murky afternoon two.small children of uncertain age, with misfit and torn clothing having Luck is often only & matter of knowing how to hustle and keeping your eyes open meanwhil . s ‘When & man tires of & woman the only way to win him back is to put up a big bluff of indifference. That touches his vapity and he wants to know why. Ap- peals make him feel too important. « s ‘Well-meaning people are often about as exasperating as a cold in the head. . s e Food for thought never satisfied an empty stomach. ¢« s . It is not only rude but is cowardly to criticize one’s friends. Friendship is often zz cll:mk through which insult stabs in the ack. the colors of Joseph's coat, were tugging away at an elder sister's dress on the edge of the sidewalk within hairbreadth distance of the wheels of a runaway wag- on. When asked, in commiseration for their condition, who they were, what they were and where was the maternal parent, all three replied maively hnd with a degree of pride; “At the Mothers’ Club,” - Horrified to think that the. Ji- rectors of this mothers' club’ Were respon- sible for this beguiling of maternal in- stinets, the on-looker hastened to the busy directors, reproaching them for such Gangerous results, and the plausible an- swer was given that:the mothers lived in uncomfortable surroundings, were un- happy and {fritable from overwork; that coming into the warm, well-lighted club- room, “with refreshments,” they were cheered and went home with nerves sooth- ed and wills strengthened to brighten thelr homes. Such are the advantages v ° A glddy young chaperon of an elderly spinster is often one of the funny incon- gruities of soclety. . . . The husband of a great woman is often so absent-minded that he loses his own identity. . . . A steady diet of grievances needs a Cor- oner to do his duty. e There is nothing so exasperating as the fellow who always tries to patronize you. . e e A real swagger prosperity bluff often proves a free transportation to the real thing itself. . e . A dead passion is about as unresponsive as a tombstone on a winter's night. and disadvantages of some clubs. Clubs creats community of Interests, and, though individualism may be exag- gerated, yet community interests should never bar out the ideallsm that clusters around the hearthstone. Though the clubs have made women more restless, they have made them mors self-reliant. The clubs have made women gossip less than formerly; fewer charac- ters ‘are torn into shreds to lis bleeding and crushed. Now woman has, of sup- poses she bas, larger questions to deal with, which quicken her perceptions and keep her mind on the alert. The asser- tions of Schopenhauer and Huarte are no longer, supported by evidence that wom- an's mental capacity s not the equal of man’s; on the contrary, she invades his terrifory, secures his positions, reduces his salary and is his successful competi- tor on all mental lines. Clubs have not revolutionized but evolutionized woman. AT Never trust a man or woman who can- not win a child's love. Hitie It takes a pretty accomplished liar to lle and look you straight in the eye at the same time. e Shy off from people who make you dis- satisfled with yourself. It is bad enough to be dissatisfied with other people. L When peopls bore you avold them. Later they may make you unhappy. e Learn to read faces. The fellow with a very long nose is the fellow who pokes his nose into everybody’s business. Fv » People who are always apologizing are very trying to entertain. The disadvantages ars that the flash- light of the world is on woman's actions, and a bit of that charming modesty of the lowly violet, wjth which she has been o chivalrously compared, has been blown away; now she is the wild rose, clamber- ing wherever she can gain a foothold and inebriating the senses of man as of yore. The average man will see the valus of the club—not clubs—as an educational fao- tor, if he does not have to eat too many cheerless dinners and spend too many lonely evenings In consequence of the wife poring over encyclopedias, taking notes ’(qr her own llnvaluam. ‘“paper” or attend- ng an evening session beny, heathen In Mashonaland. o - The disadvantages now a threaten destruction, but the andlnmm.n are surging out In great waves, carrying With them a beneficence and a broaden- ing, humanizing influence that nothing can check. | 2 TH YJS OIN MARR A woman who would go dnts her hus- band’s pockets would feel little scruple in going into any one else’s. &0 g T don’t object to people lying to I hate to find it out when I was no'::x'nbuu: enough to detect it in the beginning. o et Matrimony kills some peopls as Pontius Pilate. Thers is o cm:::flr;: them to rise again. i ‘When you hear a woman abuse the men you can gamble on It that she just ached some time or other for the fellow she couldn’t get. .4 ie The fashion-plate woman fis too vain and thoughtful of herse! for any one else. Some tri: rather to her credit. generally It to care g flaw is