The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 27, 1903, Page 6

The ~Galios Call. BROBEDAY . ... 0 oo ipessussesnsess-TdULT &), 1905 —_—-- JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Propristor. o o e Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE. Manager. o A A A TELEPEONE. Ask for THE CALL. The Operator Will Connect You With the Department You Wish. PUBLICATION OFFICE. Market and Third, S. F. EDITORIAL ROOMS.....217 to 221 Stevenson St. Delivered by Carriers, 20 Cts. Per Week, 75 Cts. Per Month. Single Copies 5 Cents. Terms by Mail, Including Postage (Cash With Order): DAILY CALL (including Sunday), 6 months. 47: DAILY CALL—By Single Month. 4.15 Per Year Extra 1.00 Per Yeer Extra All Postmasters are authorized to reeeive subscriptions. Sample copies will be forwarded when requested. Mall subscribers in ordering change of address should be perticular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order o insure & prompt and correct compliance with their request. OAKLAND OFFICE. 1118 Broadway..... .Telephone Main 1083 BERKELEY OFFICE. 2148 Cemter Street. Telephone North 77 C. GEORGE KROGNESS, Manager Foreign Adver- WASHING MORTON E. CRANE... BRANCH OFFICES—327 Montgomery, corner of Clay, open until $:30 o'clock. 500 Hayes, open untl §:30 o’clock. 633 McAllister, open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin, open until #:30 o'clock 1041 Mission, open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Market, corner Bixteenth, open until § o'clock. 1008 Va- ENT: -..1406 G Street, N. W. lencia. opes until § o'clock. 106 Eleventh, open until § oclock. NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, open unttl § o'clock. 2200 Filtmore, open unt!l § p. m. DIVOROCE OF TRADE FROM SFECU- LATION. C OMMERCIAL interest centered in Wall street last week, but the prolonged and sen- sational decline in railway and industrial shares produced little effect on the body of general trade. Another new and felicitous expression has been coined out of the current shrinkage in stock market values and expresses the situation exactly, “A The farmer and merchant are rich man's panic.” watching the tumble of the speculative market with | interest, but without trepidation. No real legitimate business interest has really suffered (hus'izr, with the exception of iron and steel, which show a lessened de d with weakened prices. Evidently liquidation in Wall street is not yet over. It is agreed on ail sides that the values of stocks have now got down to at least their true level and in cases below it, and the general expectation is m for a pronounced rally, which is expected to turn up any day g back. It swung too far up a year or two ago and is now swinging too far down in the natural ad- justment of values to their true level. Out of this decline, unless all signs fail, a more stable market will emerge, with its disecased and hampering ele- ments sloughed off, with its millions of overcapitali- zation vanished into thin air, its reckless plungers bhumbled and its gaudy plumage plucked. The resulf cannot but be beneficial to general trade, and the great body of the American people know it. Hence they are not alarmed and general trade goes on serenely in the even tenor of its way. The decline has been expected for a year or more and careiul men have long ere this discounted it. The New York banks have the situation well in hand and standing up excellently under the specu- money lative ain. There is plenty of money in the coun- try, collections are good, failures as a rule are few and unimportant and commercial reports from all sec- tions cheerful. When the great liquidation. in the ‘k market is finally over it will be surprising if e does nmot show the beneficial effects of the speculative chastening A few days ago a well-known New York banker explained that several inside features of this apparent liguidation have been unknown to the public at large, and they throw a new light on the situation. Accord- ing to his statement much of the liquidation has been no liquidation at all, but merely a shiiting of money from one pocket to the other. Several reorganiza- tions of vast corporations, such as the Pennsylvania, for instance, have taken placé, and in order that they may acquire good interests in the new organizations many large financial interests have thrown their old holdings on the markesg@o realize funds ior investing in the new ones. This partially accounts for the large quantities oi stocks recently thrown on the market znd can in no wise be classed as liquidation, though to the outsider it has that appearance. There are more of these collateral conditions, which, if gen- erally understood by the public, would give the Wall street slump a wholly different aspect. The staples have shown more irregularity during the past week weak, with increasing stocks throughout the West | and a gradual downward tendency in prices. Iron and steel, as already mentioned, are quieter and not firm. Weather conditions have been against the cereal crops, hot and dry winds having been reported from the Western and Southwestern States, and the wheat crop estimates are now reduced to 650,000,000 bushels and under, against 2 Government estimate of 670,000,000 bushels on July 1, while the corn crop is now hardly expected to turn out more than three- quarters of that of 1902. Hence the feeling in these two grains has ruled firm. The trade in woolen ®oods has been given a surprise, as the opening prices of new lines have been reduced to about last year's level in.spite of a material increase in raw wools and several other itews of proauction. The footweéar factories are reporting business good with a very fair run of orders. In spite of the break in Wall street the country's | bank clearings show the slight, almost insignificant, decrease of 5.9 per éent from the corresponding week last year, with every important city except New York and Kansas City showing a gain. These figures indi- cate that the smash in stocks is confined to Wall street and that general business is undisturbel. The two failures at the close of the week were not at all commercial. They were speculative collapses and in po wise reflective of the condition of business throughout the couatry. CEEE——— The Czar did not receive the American petition with respect to the Kishenev massacres, but just the same his Ministers received full information about it snd know what it meant. But the pendulum has not yet begun to | The provision market has continued | THE INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE. EPORTS from Europe are to the effect that R but little encouragement has been given to the commissions of the United States and of Mex- ico now visiting various capitals for the purpose of arranging an international agreement to fix-the ex- change value between silver and gold. It is said that neither Londen nor Paris promised much, while in Berlin a decided refusal was given to the whole undertaking. In fact the reports tend to the con- clusion that in the opinion of Europe the visit of the commissions will be wholly in vain. It will be remembered that the object of the two commissions is to obtain from FEuropean govern- ments an agreement to a programme in relation to silver coinage which would materially aid not only Mexico, but China and other silver using countries, in shifting their currency from a silver to a gold basis. The negotiations have been conducted with as little publicity as possible and no definite state- ment of the plan proposed has been given out, even if such a plan has been yet devised. The reports | therefore are not to be deemed final, but there is something ominous in the recent dispatch from Ber- /lin to the effect that not only did the German Gova | ernment refuse to bind itself to any silver purchases | whatever, but that it is known in Berlin “from a | trustworthy source” that neither Great Britain nor France was inclined to be any more favorable. | The issue is one of high importance, for at the | present time currency problems are occupying the at- i tention of a considerable portion of the world. To | begin with, the United States is already engaged in | providing the Philippines with a silver currency based upon gold standards of value. Mexico is preparing to accomplish a similar object by somewhat different | methods. Pressure has been put upon China to fol- I!ow the example, and her Government may be forced |, ' to do so owing to the enormous indemnity she has to ! pay to European powers and the difficulties in the | way of providing payment under existing conditions. | Finally it has been believed that Great Britain would i be willing to join in some sort of programme looking {to a solutiom of the problem by reason of the large | interests that India has in the value of silver. | Just what difficulties have been found in thé way | of the commissions has not been made clear, but it | may be inferred from the reports that no nation feels i inclined to bind itseli to any fixed programme. Each | feels itsclf competent by one method or another to | maintain its silver currency as a subsidiary coinage | {at par with its gold, and does not care to venture upon helping the rest of the world. The Berlin re- | ports say that Germany has in fact a large volume {of silver for which she has at present no use and | which she cannot put into circulation. and conse- "quen(i_\ will not even .so much as listen to a proposal i that she undertake to purchase more. Britain and France are not so loaded with silver, but they have { enough and are inclined The United States of course can keep the Philippine | currency safe without difficulty, so that our interest in | the matter is mainly one of friendliness. Such being ;lhe case it is easy to understand the European belief that the whole scheme will fail. It is indeed a difficult matter to obtain international dgreements upon any subject. Many efforts in that direction have been made for one object or another in recent years, but none has as yet succeeded. All at- tempts to form an international system of currency | or of weights and measures have been futile. So too have been the repeated efforts to bring about in Eu- rope a partial disarmament, and the later attempts to arrange an international tariff to protect the indus- | tries of continental Europe against the so called ;"Americzn invasion.” It is evident that while inter- | national agreements on subjects of universal interest | and importance may prevail in the future that future | is as vet far distant. In this particular case something more than | national disiikes to international pledges is at work | in opposition to the plan proposed. Financiers have ! learned that the operation of natural law in the com- mercial world is the only thing that can determine the relation in value of gold to silver or of any other ! one object to another object, and while financiers and merchants would like to see the establishment of | a universal gold standard and cordially approve of | any well directed step in that direction, they do not like to try to hasten it by what they fear may be arti- ficial means. | It is to be noted finally that the object of the | United States in appointing a commission to co- operate as it were with that of Mexico is in no sense tempt to fix a ratio regardless of natural values. We “ha\'e had of late too hazardous an experiment at | home in that sort of thing to venture upon it again. | The object of our Government has been to promote | as far as possible the establishment of the gold stand- 'ard even among silver using peoples and to reduce the currency fluctuations which now interfere with international commerce and so frequently occasion heavy losses to innocent people. If then, as Euro- | pean reports indicate, the work result in immediate failure, it may none the less prove valuable as a cam- paign of education, leading in the end to something of permanent value to the world. Hawaii, armed in the self-respect which clothes an | American community, has decided that she will send Tflo hula-hula girls to the St. Louis Exposition. She has dctermiued that her virtues, not her vices, must 1 advertise her and represent her to the kind considera- { tion of the world. ®HE NATIONAL GUARD. { ROM various points in the East come stories { F showing a most strange misconception of the | relations of the National Guard to the public. i In some States the labor unions are denying the privi lege of membership in the union to men who serve in the guard. In other States business men have dis- missed employes who belong to the guard, giving as a reason for the dismissal that they cannot afford to employ men who are liable to be called away from j their work when they are needed. The most curious story of all, however, is to the effect that in Evans- ville, where the guardsmen were called out to sup- press riots a few days ago, pressure has been brought to bear ta compel employers to dismiss any of their employes who served on the guard and thus aided in the suppression of the disturbance. That such things have happened, even under pro- test, is an illustration of the extraordinary change that is coming over the minds of some Americans with respect to our citizen soldiery. It is a change without any justification. There is nothing abso- lutely perfect in the world; every institution has its faults and deiects, yet it would trouble the mind of the most critical and the most persistent fault finder to discover any valid excuse for the actions either of the labor unions or the employers in condemning guardsmen for what they have done at any period of our national existence. ? The members of the guard owe something to the 4 public and the public owes as much to the guard. to let well enough alone. ! lan effort to give silver an artificial value or to at- | €AN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JULY : If it be the duty of the militia to maintain order when called upon by the rightful autherities, so it is the duty of the public to sustain the guardsman when he has bravely fulfilled his duty. Governor Durbin has found it necessary to meet the Evansville situation by saying: “‘I am sorry for those who are so foolish as to turn on their protectors. To discharge a man from employment because he responded to a call of his State is an act of treason.” The words are none too_strong for the occasion. The Evansville riots threatened at one time to be- come so serious as to virtually turn the city over to a mob. Had that occurred the business men of the city would have suffered heavy loss of property even it they had been in no danger of their lives. There- fore when they dismiss such members of the guard | as are in'their employ they literally, as Governor { Durbin says, “turn upon their protectors.” It would be a sad day for America if such antagonism to the | | National Guard should become the prevailing senti- ment in any community. It would be in the fullest sense treason to the republic, for in every commun- |ity there must be some source of protection against ! mob violence, and if that protection cannot be as- | sured by a citizen soldiery such as has been and is the pride of the United States, then the task would fall |to the army, and that would be the beginning of a i new and untried era in our history as a seli-governing people. P A Toledo woman, ambitious to shine as an amateur |in the fistic artoof seli-defense, knocked out a profes- | sional pugilist the other day. Ii her inner self calls | |out to her to become a missionary in this fruilful! field we have an over crop of plug uglies in San Fran- | {cisco that we would like to see meet her and be thrashed. S——— FROLICSOME TEACHERS. OSTON has recently entertained 30,000 teach- B ers, gathered within her confines to attend the ! ! convention of the National Educational Asso- | | ciation Her people knew they were coming and all :classes, from the venerable codfish aristocracy and | | the literary Brahmins down to the city Aldermen and newspaper men, prepared for their reception. Boston did the best she knew how, and when it comes to the entertainment of educators she flattered herself lhat{ | she knew it all; but now that the teachers have come i and gone she sits astonished, confessing not only to [ ¥ | | | herseli but to the world that she knew nothing. It seems that throughout the whole time of the | convention Boston was receiving surprise aiter sur- | prise and shock after shock., For the opening oi the convention a grand mass reception was prepared in | | a hall capable of seating 17,000 people. Something | | like 30,000 tried to get in and the result was a scram- | ble. A Boston correspondent of the New York | | Herald in noting the happenings of the occasion says: | “After the first rush and when the seats were all filled ! about 300 women managed to get in, and being un- | able to obtain chairs sat on the floor in an open space fw the right of the platform. Boston was aghast.” | | Worse things that that were to happen. The report 1 | goes on to say: “The most _remarkable thing about | | the meeting was the quickness with which the curi- osity of the throng was satisfied. Less than an hour after the proceedings had begun—long enough for the visitors to get a glimpse of Dr. Eliot and those they had heard so much about—the speakers were talking to empty seats and at times had to pause in their re- marks while hundreds left the hall.” From that time on the teachers saw Boston, but snubbed the Bostonians. Despite the fact that 30,000 were in the city it was never possible to get more than 2000 together for a meceting. The teachers skipped the lectures and addresses Boston had pre- pared and took to sightseeing, boating and bathing. | Receptions were offered by the leading families, but the schoolmarms did not attend. We are told: “At some, where 300 invitations were sent out, less | | than a third of that number responded, and some of | the leading members of the North Shore colony who had made elaborate preparations for the entertain- ment of the educationists were surprised to find that !only a few accepted.” The schoolmarms in fact were having too good a time to waste it on receptions or convention meet- ings. They would not even read the papers con- taining accounts of the proceedings. We are told: “Although the Boston papers added more pages and devoted almost their entirc space to lengthy dis- courses on the proper methods of instructing the | young idea in his different stages of development | there is little to show that the visitors were at all | interested in the display of enterprise. | Having thus snubbed lectures, society and the | press, the girls actually complained that they “were !being watched by policemen in uniform and in plain clothes,” and the Herald correspondent says: “Sev- eral of both kinds were in evidence, and the Western- ers assert that besides being watched their right to | be present was guestioned in several instances.” Why Boston should have put her police on the track of the inland teachers is not stated. Perhaps she was bewildered and knew not what she did, or perhaps she was afraid they would steal her senses away and rob her of her propriety. Whatever may have been the cause of the spying the watching was in vain. Not a single teacher was arrested in her effort to use Boston as a merry-go-round. The | girls had a good time. It is stated that when they iwent to the beach to bathe they astonished the natives, “although Revere Beach is anything but a Puritanical resort.” Finally it is noted: “The West- erners took more kindly to the camera than Bostoa girls do.” Altogether Boston seems to have had a delightful experience, and while she professes to be shocked it is probable she would like to have the teachers call again. Recent developments indicate very clearly that the Civil Service Commission has been notoriously at fault in the character of the questions chosen by it to test efficiency in the Fire Department. Instead of examining the men in subjects which would call forth a knowledge of duty the commission should have confined- its queries to the dirty pool of primary poli- itics. Not an applicant would probably suffer the humiliation of failure. The San Francisco young woman who carried her sister through the slime of the tenderloin and leit her besmirched, bedraggled and drunk in order, she said, that the unfortunate girl may not nurse a taste for the moral byways. scems to be inspired with a belief that inoculation in mecral disease is as effective as it is for physical ills, The lady seems to be too dangerous to be at large. The rebellion-tormented people of Hayti should have at least one consolation in connection with the latest governmental row which has arisen on the island. Whicheyer side loses one bad and dangerous element of the population will be removed, and if the process of elimination keeps up long enough the little republic mav some day be free from disturbances. 190 ’ RUSSIA’S POWERFUL FLEET IN ASIATIC WATERS READY TO ENGAGE IN BATTL E e —_— — b " | | | { | a ) ! { | BATTLESHIP RETVIZAN, THE MOST POWERFUL FIGHTING MACHINE IN THE FORMIDABLE FLEET THAT | RUSSIA HAS ASSEMBLED IN ASIATIC WATERS. THE VESSEL IS OF THE SAME SI1Z AS THE BATTLE- \ SHIP OHIO, AND OF EQUAL GUN POWER, AND WAS LAUNCHED AT PHILADELPHIA IN 190, ’ ES < ; o which, exeept the Khrabry, now at Korea, Port Arthur, of Japan, and Shanghal. pedo-boats, of which upwards of fifty are and Port Arthur. that the cruiser class excels in speed all ers. The armament given does not include the quick firing and other small guns. Following is the list: HE Kronstadski Viestnik gives a list of “Russian ships to Port Arthur, are in Asiatic waters distributed in perts Viadivostok, Hongkong The list does not include destroyers nor tor- 1t will be noted that the armored fleet con- sists, in the main, of new ships, equal in offensive and defens- ive powers to those of foreign vessels of similar types and | the other. Her Piraeus on the way | ficient for 5000 miles $4,375,000. At the next officars will be Iying at Viadivostok | '0 familiarize with land forces. ringen, have passed other foreigh cruis- them, however, coming up to the calculated are identical as to dimenslons and lines and are all of 1150 tons displacement. but the two first named have engines of 14,600 horsepower, intended to give eighteen knots speed, While coal and liquid fuel supply of 1500 tons s suf- at ten knots. The estimated cost Is German naval maneuvers a number of army distributed among the several ships in order themselves with naval tacties in conjunction Three German battieships, Wittelsbach, Wettin and Zah- fals, none of The ships their acceptance steam | I { NAME OF SHIPS. { Class. | Bullt.| Tons. | :;‘;’:r Speed. Armament. Nicolai 1 | Battiesnip 2 1892 | Peresviet Patt : - i Petropolavs! Battleship : § Pabiedo S Battleship 1901 : 11 6-n.; 16 3-in. Poltrava . Battleship . 1598 i 1259 10 1 Retvizan . ! Battleship ... 1902 i : 12 6-in.; 203 Sevastopol . Battlgship ... 1399 I Gromoboi Armored cruiser .. 1909 Rossia Armored cruiser . 1598 ! Rurik Armored cruiser 1865 ! S-in: 16 6-in.; Gremiastchy Armored gunboat 1893 9-in.; 1 6-in. Khrabry . . | Armored gunboat 1596 | 3.0 S-in.: 1 6-in. Otvazny . | Armored gunboat 1394 1 .5 1 6-in, Askold . . | Cruiser .......... 191 | ;12 3n. Bogatyr . . | Cruiser 1902 Boyarin 1902 H Diana 1902 Novik 1902 Pallada 1902 Variag . 1900 | Chernomoretz - 1891 Coreetz . | Gunhoat . 1887 Dijigit Gunboat . 1877 . Gilyak Gunboat . 1598 3 Mandjur . . | Gunboat 1887 1 6-in, Razboinik Gunboat . 1880 Bobr Gunboat . 1855 1 6-n. Sivooteh . Gunboat 1555 1 6-in. Aboek .. 1597 4 15-in, Zabiaka 1878 . Jenissei 1899 The foregoing list shows a total of thirteen armored ships of 120736 tons and 142467 horsepower, and eighteen unarmored | 779 tons and 146,40 horsepower. ships of 52 That R fa has largely increased its watars of late is best shown by a comparison with fhe num- ! ter of ships in December Jast. mored vessels of 1 boats of 2974 of 151,865 tons. coast defense ships, gunboats, most of which are of doubtful utility and in a fight on the high seas. - R An armored cruiser, building at Kiel to replace the Kaiser, was named the Roon by the Germun Emperor on June 2. The ship is of 9600 tons displacement and fitted with triple-screw engines of 16,000 horsepower, calculated twenty-one knots. There were then 118 ton€, and only seven cruisers and gun- tons, making a total of eighteen fighting ships The present fleet contains but vessels statloned in Asiatic waters seven months ago, which Jatter have been sent home for alterations and repalrs, and the ships now on hand are In the best condition and ready for the service for which they were buiit. is the Siberian fleet, conmsisting of an unknown number ol destroyers and torpedo-boats. | The main battery consists of four §. in two barbettes; four é-inch, in casemates, and twelve 4-inch, in broadsides—all the guns being quick firers. She is the first ship in the German navy to have four smokestacks, one abaft naval force in China | and 18. eleven ar- continuous run the horsepower, with 35 1.97 pounds ver unit few of the developed. In addition there none to be consldered | 5t a less cost than the Zahringen's horsepower of speed of nineteen Kknots. | the six hours® forced draught trial was 14.70 horsepower and not quite eighteer knots for the Wittelsbac knots for the Wettin, and 14,75 horsepower and only | 17.68 knots for the Zahringen. M0 was calculated to give a The highest results attained during 15,500 horsepower During a twenty-four hour: Witteisbach developed a mean of 10,8 revolutions and a coal consumption of horsepower, and again during a sev- enty-gix hours’ run 10,300 horsepower and 163 knots' speed was As the six hours’ runs were made in shallow water it is confidently anticipated that deep sea trials will enable the three ships to make fully 1S knots. It is a fact that the United States war vessels are obtained those of Austria, France and Germany ’ The New York Syren asserts that the contractors for the and is about 1 to give a speed of -inch, ers to derive profits. latest 16.000 tons battieships will hardly make a profit. price which the highest bidder is to receive is 2 cents per cubic foot less than France pays for the same class of ships cents per cubie contract for German battleships. wages in this country exceed those of Austria, France and Germany from twoe to three times, it is evident that only the better methods that exist in our yards enable American build- The foot cheaper than the lowest Considering the fact that PERSONAL MENTION. J. H. Bowes. a lawyer of Dawson, is at the Occidental. J. R. Prince, a mining man Wis., is at the Palage. ¥. L. Doscher, who is connected with the Armour Packing Company in New York, is at the Occidental. E. T. Parsons, who was with the Sierra Club in its recent expedition up Mi. Whit- ney, returned to the city vesterday and is registered at the Occidental. Frederick Henri, for several years sten- ographer for W. J. Shotwell. gencral agent of the Denver & Rio Grande system, has been promoted to the position of contract- ing freight agent. A. P. Stewart, general agent of the Chicago & Alton Railway, returned from a business trip through the northwest vesterday and Is registered at the Ocei- dental. J. Ross Clark, brother of Senator Clark and vice president of the Salt Lake, San Pedro and Los Angeles Road, arvived yes- terday from Denver, where he has been looking over the business affairs of the new enterprise at that end of the line. He is accompanied to this city by George H. Casey of Butte Mont., a contractor who is going south to Inspect the route over which the rest of the road is to be built with a view of bidding for the con- tract for grading. It was stated by Mr. Clark that it is the expectation of the company to be operating trains as far as Riverside inside of three weeks. ————————— Press Club Outing. The Press C'ub will hold its annual out- ing at Del Monte Saturday, August 1. The party will leave Third and Townsend streets on Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock sharp in a special train, and arrive at Del ‘Monte at 6:30. After dinner there will be dancing, an informal jinks and a general good time. The special train will leave on the return trip at about 8 p. m. on Sun- day. Tickets are $ 50. This inciudes the raflroad fare\both ways, four meals and rooms at Del Monte Saturday night and Sunday. Those who cannot leave the city Saturday will be allowed to use their tickets on Sunday, going and coming. The same tickets will also be good for the re- turn Monday. —————— \ When the malls finally arrive, those people who are always expecting a let- ter, and who never get any, really ought to receive a letter or two. »f Ashland, ANSWERS TO »QUERIES. RELIABILITY—R.. Benieia, Cal. This department does not give information as to the reliability of any business firm. BRONCHITIS—F., City. According to the dictlonary. the pronunciation of bron- chitis is bronk-ecy-tis. The word comes from the Greek, and in that language the pronunciation is on the last half of the word “ectis,”” not “e; ctis.” INTERLOCKING SYSTEM-F., Ala- meda, Cal. Under what is known as the interlocking system, used by signalmen on | railroads, the signal operator can lower only one 'signal, namely—that which | corresponds to the track which, from the position of the switches, is dlear; and before he can alter the position of the switches, he is compelled to return this signal to “danger.” A CONTRACT—E. M. E. City. The books lay down the rule that ‘“Mere hard- ship will not excuse the non-performance of a contract, nor indeed anything else, if the contract is not itself impossible, unless performance becomes impossible through what is technically known as ‘the act of God." This must be something which no ordinary skill or precaution could have forseen or prevented.” STAGE NAMES-—Subscriber, City. As a rule actors and actresses appear on the stage under assumed names, which are known as “‘stage names.” This is be- cause the assumed name is usually more attractive than the real one. There are some, however. who persist in retaining the true name, and in the case of act- resses being billed by the true title Miss or Mrs.. according to conditions. The act- ress asked about, Elizabeth Ponsi-Wallis (nee Hanson) who for many years sup- ported Edwin Forrest in Shakespearian plays, appearing in leading roles, while she was the wife of James Ponsi, her first husband, was d to appear in one of the theaters London, and the manager insisted in billing her as “Miss PonsL.” She absolutely refused to appe: “I am a married wom- have no idea of sailing under false col ors. I insist upon being called ‘Mrs.’ After considerable discussion there was a compromise and she was billed as “Ma- dame,” and ever after that, up to the time of her death in Washington, D. C.. in 139, she was known as “Mme. Ponsi "~ She retired from the staze in 1895 A CHANCE TO SMILE. Mrs. Wickerby (to new gir—Eunice you will be expected, of course, to wait on the table. New Girl-TI've generally ett when the rest of the fam'ly did, ma'am.—Chicago Tribune. “She ain’'t at home, sor,” said the new maid, returning from the floor above. “Are you sure of that?' demanded Mr. de Trop, suspiciously. “Faith, Of am not, but she seems to be."—Philadelphia Press. “Charlie Blue teils me he has broken off with Nell MecClincher.” “The idea. Nell says she never knew that she and Charlie were engaged.” “Charlie doesn't say they were engaged. But, of course, you know it amounts to the same thing when a girl is as old as Nell and a fellow like Charlie is her only possible chance.”"—Cleveland Plain Dealer. “Sc you loaned Harbinger the money, did you?" Yen.' ‘What did he say?” He promised to pay ‘with alaerity.” “He did, eh? Well, let me tell you this: If there's one thing that's scarcer with him than money, it's alaerity.”—Rich- mond Dispatch. o coupled behind the asked the tall re- “What is that ¢ Presidential train?" porter. “That is the photograph car,” said the train hand. ) Photograph car?”’ 'Yes, it contains the pictures of all the big families in the West."—Chicago News. 2 Judge—Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whele truth and nothing but the fruth? ‘Witness—I do. Judge—What is your occupation? ‘Witness—I was employed in the Weath- er Bureau. Judge—You are excused.—Philadelphia Telegraph.