The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 22, 1903, Page 6

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WAR IN THE EAST. ion that has afflicted the European O insurrect: nt has shown such stubborn persist- con: N hat instigated by the Macedonian e and raging in the Balkans. The Turkish frontier is nearly equally divided in population be- C and Mahometans, and, as is always ence as t tween the case in such contacts, each party is more fanatical n the distance between them is wider. The Government of the empire of Turkey is a spe e of sodden administration, excelled only by the ig ce, theft and brutality of the Latin-Amer- ican states. Taxes are farmed out and the contract- ors extort far beyond the natural burden of govern- ment, exacting as they are. In the districts of mixed he laws, of course, are administered by who do not exert themselves to be easy on neighbors. When added to these government and oppression by public is constant friction over religious differ- there is presented the saddest situation that s the modern world. an Christians seem determined to persist they compel a European war. They succeed sperating the Turks to murder foreign Consuls in the border towns, and possibly do not scruple to take a pot shot at a Consul under circumstances that make the crime chargeable to the Mahometans. Rus- sia has lost two or three of her Consular representa- tives in this way, and the Sultan has nearly exhausted his list of apologies to the Russian Minister in Con- tinople. The Austrian, French and Italian Con- suls feel very insecure and would accept a bomb- proof or cancellation of their exequatur with equal pleasure The causes of the contention are as old as the appearance of the Turk in Europe. For a long time the Turks dominated Southeastern Europe and threatened Austria and Russia. They ruled far up the Danube, and had it not been for John Sobieski, the Pole, would have entered and held Vienna. In diplomacy they have been as successful as formerly in war. Seated in a2 country that every Continental nation would gladly own, they are protected by the unwillingness of them all to let any one get-it. The Christians of Southeastern Europe have never ceased in their fanatical hatred of the Turk, and the Turk has paid it back to the Christian, with interest. The present war is characterized on both sides by abandoned savagery. The Christians burn mosques full of worshiping Mahometans like rats in a straw- stack, and massacre with an indiscrimination that is equaled only by the Turks themselves. There seems to be no scarcity of guns and ammu- urks, stas nitions among the insurgents, while Turkey—bank- | rupt, corrupt, wicked and degenerate—has only the unfailing magazine of Moslem fanaticism to draw upon. It is the belief of the Macedonian committee that if the contest can be kept up long enough, Chris- tian Europe, and especially the nations that border on the bloody scene, will be compelled to interfere. It is a pitiful commentary on European and Christian statesmanship that mutual jealousy between, the Christian powers is the actual cause of the Balkan situation. Motives of state and dynastic ambitions, pride of position and fear of a change in the balance of power keep the Turk in Europe and Europe in a turmoil. i e The charitable associations of San Francisco have united in an endeavor to secure for the waifs and the stranded little ones of the city desirable homes in the country. No worthier purpose could guide the activities of public institutions, for both the metropo- lis and the country will be served. The city will pro- tect its charges from temptation and the country will have the honor of breeding good men and women alive to the responsibilities of decent citizenship. A thug who had preyed upon the city in the various ways made possible by his cunning pleaded guilty a few days ago to the commission of a crime. He was sentenced to serve twenty years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. He should share in our congratulations over his act. He has enrolled himself among those who reflect that at some time they must confess what they are and what they deserve. A confidence operator, suave in the conduct of his trade, attempted a few days ago to swindle some of the worthy people of Oakiand and Berkeley. To the credit of those concerned he failed utterly. The poor, misguided fellow, stupid even in his craft, probably 4id not know that many, if not most, of the people who reside in Oakland and Berkeley do business in- San Francisco. . i rket and Third, S. F. | SCIENCE AND LIFE. ROFESSOR OSTWALD of Leipzig, in deliv- P ering the address at the dedication of the Phys- iological Laboratory at the University of Cal- |ifornia, spoke to the great public even more than {to the academic audience that listened to him. In a | certain sense his words were an appeal to the body I‘of the people for a recognition of the worth of the | services of science. From first to last the addres§ (was a high argument in maintenance of the thesis | that it is to science we owe the best of law and art | and industry as they-exist to-day, and it is to science we must look for nobler laws, higher arts and more Fprofitable industries in the future. In short, science is the lord of human' life and its servants are the | best ministers to human welfare. | Contrasting the honors paid to lawmakers, states- | men, warriors, artists and the great captains of in- | dustry, with the indifference shown by the masses of “!‘nc people toward men of science, he said: “The, fact | that we do not as yet recognize this irresistible power | of science as a subject of daily thought and experi- | ence is the reason why the feeling of reverence does | not arise in us with such strength when we think iof science as it does when we think of these things | whose greatness and strength we have been accus- |tomed to honor from our youth up. But when we | have once learned to look upon science as that which controls our whole life, then we know of nothing more powerful nor more worthy of reverence.” It is unquestionably true that we do not as yet in our daily thoughts realize the immense benefits that have been conferred upon our generation by the achievements of men of science within the last cen- tury. When we have occasion to contrast the rich- ness of life to-day with the harshness and poverty of that of a century ago, it is almost inevitable that we either take the credit to ourselves as a people and say we are better than our fathers, or else we attrib- ute it “to some warrior -or statesman, or railroad builder, and ignore utterly the men whose patient | and keen research in narrow confines of laboratories, or the wide fields of land and ocean, have discovered the truths and mastered the forces which alone have made possible the progress of which we are so proud. Professor Ostwald did not attempt to sum up or even to outline in the most general terms the extent | J r knowledge known as “science” has conferred upon | civilized men of every grade and class; nor, indeed, {could he have adequately dealt with that phase of the subject in so brief an address. it may, however, be inferred from the computation made in France at the time of the foundation of the Pasteur Institute, that by his addition to the sum of knowledge applied to the silk, wine, dairy and stock- raising industries, Pasteur had-augmented the wealth of France alone by a sum in excess of the enormous®] indemnity demanded by the Germans at the close | of the disastrous war which overthrew the throne of Napoleon. Ii the researches of a single man produced so much wealth for a single country in a single generation, it is clearly impossible to calculate the total aggregate of the wealth added to the whole civilized world by the entire body of scientists. Great as.is the value | of this material gain, however, it is not the whole nor | even the greatest part of the total benefit to human- lity of scientific research. The comfort, the health, 1xhc happiness of men have been aided and advanced | as much as their material wealth. Professor Ostwald made an interesting statement of the manner in which | art itself had been lifted to higher levels of excellence | and enabled to express itself through finer forms of | beauty by science. “When one recalls,” he said, “the ‘ihistory of any of the completed periods of art—for | example, that of Greek sculpture—one sees how, step by step, the development of this art has been de- pendent upon increasing knowledge. * * * One |also sees how in such cases the degree of artistic idcvelopmznt ys corresponds to the degree of | technical devc.opment.” Interesting, too, is his | other statement: “It is likewise possible for us to | think of times when the ninth symphony will not | longer be able to produce any greater effect than is | now produced by a symphony of Haydn's.” I' Science, in short, is not only knowledge, but it is | human life raised to its highest power. It is the | progressive element of humanity. It has achieved | much, even in the face of popular indifference, and | when its worth is fully recognized it will achieve far more, because mankind will then be more prompt to | take advantage of its teaching. Such being the case, | Dr. Jacques Loeb, who is to have charge of the work of the laboratory, was quite right in saying: “The openirg.of the new laboratory, which is pre-eminently intended for scientific research, is an event in which everybody may rejoice and which no one rfeed re- gret, for it is the function of all scientific research to increase the possibility and the value of life.” It seems certain now that the powers of Europe, with the possible exception of Germany, have deter- mined upon a concerted demonstration against Tur- key just as the sick man of Europe has rebellious Macedonia on his hands. How strange it is that the nations of the Old World find more to concern them in the murder of a consular representative than in the bloody massacre of hundreds of persecuted, help- less Jews. It speaks well for the power of Russia. e ——— THE AMERICA'S CAREER INCE well-nigh everybody in the United States S and Great Britain is at this time keenly inter- ested in the contest for the America's cup -by the fleetest two racing yachts ever put upon the seas, it will doubtless be interesting to many to learn that the America, the gallant old yacht that brought the cup as a trophy to New York, is still in existence and, in most respects, is a good craft yet. She lies at present in a snug berth near Chelsea Bridge, at Boston, and the Globe of that city has recently published an elaborate-account of her career.. Her story is romantic enough to make a historical novel. After winning, in 1851, the yachting cup that now bears her name, she was sold by her American owners to an English yachtsman, Lord John de Blacquiere, who, after using her for two years, sold her to Lord Templeton. In 1850 she was bought by a speculator who, after refitting her, sent her to the West Indies for a cruise, and in 1860, at the out- break of the Civil War, she was bought by the Con- federates and used as a blockade runner, in the gov- ernment service. In 1862 she was sunk by the Con- federates in a creek near Palatka, Fla., to‘prmntwher capture by a United States squadron operating along the coast. In due time, however, she was taken, and having been successfully raised from the bottom of the shallow creek, was towed to Port Royal, where she was repaired and fitted out as a vessel of the Union navy. In that capacity she served until the close of the Civil War, when she was sent to Annapolis, where of the benefits that the increase of that bedy of | Some estimate of | ! she was used in the service of the Naval Academy. In 1873 she was sold to Ben Butler, and has re- mained in his family ever since, being now the prop- erty of Butler Ames of Lowell. She is no longer of | any value as a racing craft, nor could she be.of much | use in the naval warfare of our time, but as a yacht | she is still a good deal better than either of the racing | machines now competing fqr her glorious trophy. | No other yacht has anything like such a history, and | could she tell all she knows of pleasure, of racing and | of war her autobiography would be better than that | of half the famous men of her time. | The State Board of Equalization, inspired by a purpose not easily understood, wants to increase the { valuations of San Francisco property against the | protest of Assessor Dodge, who declares that he has | adequately taxed the property owners of this city. | While the metropolis is willing, even eager, to show | its good will to the rest of the State, and even to ac- cept burdens not rightly its own, it objects to bear- (ing all the responsibilities which are involved in the | march of prosperity. * it THE EXTRA SESSION. EPORTS that President Roosevelt might call | fR the proposed extra session of Congress as early as October have resulted in bringing to | {him a host of protests from Congressmen in all | States where there are to be elections this fall. The | !smesmcn do not wish to be in Washington when the local campaigns are going on. It is fence-mend- |ing time with them, and they are unwilling to give up any portion of it to the task of discussing either !'the Cuban treaty or the question of currency reform. | A Washington dispatch reviewing the numerous iprotcsts says: “As viewed here the advantages of | assembling Congress in October are more than offset | | by its disadvantages. If such a course is persisted l in it is not thought possible to bring to Washington | the Senators and members who have local elections | in their States. They would demand, as one of them | said in a telegram to-day, even if the session were called, that nothing be done until the full member- | ship could leave their States and participate in the discussion.” As the sole object of calling Congress together as | early as October is that of benefiting members of | Congress, it is quite likely the numerous protests will | incline the President to make the call for November instead of the earlier date. It was believed that the advantages of an early session would overweigh any opposing considerations. By meeting in October, | Congress could get itself organized, finish the Cuban | and the currency business, and thus be so well ad- vanced that the work of the regular session could be completed in time for an early adjournment next | summer. That, of course, would be a great gain, for | it would release the Congressmen of their duties in Washington in time for them to take an active part in the preliminaries of the Presidential campaign. | It appears, however, that the old principle, “A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush,” applies in this case, for the statesmen evidently deem a local elec- tion this year to be more important than a Presiden- tial election that is to take place next year. Of‘ course, when next year comes many of those who | are now protesting against a meeting in October will | wish they had held their peace and met in time to | finish early next summer. That, however, is their | lookout, and not that of the President. The issue is | one of no great concern to the country at large. The people desire to see the reciprocity treaty beaten and an effective currency bill passed before the holidays, . so that the regular session will not be too much pro- longed. If that can be achieved by meeting as late as November, there will be no objection to the post- ponement. Fortunately, the outlook is promising. | It seems that the reciprocity debate will not take up much time, while the announcement that Senator Gorman has decided not to lead or take part in a fight against a Republican currency bill gives prom- ise that even that measure can be settled after a comparatively short discussion. AUSTRALIAN BIRTH:G RATE. USTRALIA secems destined to present the A world with a continuous show of social prob- lems. Her latest in that line is a census report tevealing a birth rate so low that it barely exceeds that of France. Sociologists are having a hard time in their efforts to find out the cause of the low rate. The doctrine of Malthus does not apply, for Australia is a new land, with a rich soil and a scant population, and there is no pressure upon the food supply. The doctrine of Francis Walker that the low birth rate in New England is due to the pressure of foreign immigration, which has lowered the standard of liv- ing, does not fit the Australian situation, for there has been no heavy immigration to any of the prov- inces. Neither does the theory of the French econo- mists that the low birth rate in France is due to law requiring a division of the real estate of the parents equally among the. children fit the case in Australia, | for no such law exists there and no land scarcity is feared. In short, none of the prevalent theories of the cause of a decline in birth rate fits the requirements of the Australian situation. The Australians are not a weak, a decadent nor a degenerate people. On the contrary, they are the first descendants of a race of pioneers and all the world knows that pioneers are among the strongest of men and women. Neverthe- less, the facts are indisputable, For one reason or another, the Australians are averse to marriage and to children and are breeding hardly fast enough to keep up the population. A summary of the report of Dr. Coghlan, the Government statistician of New South Wales, says: “He gives the birth rate per 1000 inhabitants of the various states as follows: West Australia, 30.49; Tas- mania, 28.39: Queensland, 28.36; New South Wales, 27.60; New Zealand, 26.30; Victoria, 25.77, and South Australia, 25.09. More trustworthy information, he thinks, can be obtained by comparing the number of married women under the age of 45 years with the number of births. In 1901 in New South Wales there only 235 births per 1000 of married women of child- bearing age, while in 1886 there were 339. He gives the following as .the legitimate birth rates on this basis: Victoria, 2286; New South Wales, 235.3; South Australia, 235.0: West Australia, 2430; New Zealand, 246.1; Queensland, 234; Tasmania, 260. In 1891 " the average for Australasia was about 276 per 1000, while the average of the foregoing rates is 239. The illegitimate birth is slightly lower. than for some | years, being 16.23 in 1891, so this in no way accounts for the falling off of other births.” 2je] That is a hard showing for a hew country whose | people have so much ambition as the Australians. It seems to be a land where race suicide is practiced as a part of the general scheme of state socialism, and perhaps the two things may be more closely re- lated than aooears on the surface. . A | lower at Pittsburg than a week ago, with ! ago, but quite a number of small orders | and retards collections. | ket as freely as usual, although the agri~ street. near FALL BUSINESS - PROSPECTS ARE PROMISING NEW YORK, Aug. 21.—Bradstreet's to- morrow will say: Weather and crop con- ditions are still the keynote to fall trade. In the Northwest, Southwest and South | buyers are taking hold energetically, and reports as a whole are as good or better thad a year ago. In the East fall job- bing has started in well, though perhdps | not so actively as hoped for. Some soft spots are, however, noted in the Central, West sections, in which crops yielded lighter than hoped for. The retail trade is seasonably quiet and collections are reported backward in a number of in- stances. { Among the great industries few im-| portant changes are noted. One of the! notable developments is the general soft- | ening of pig iron prices following the; heavy buying of two weeks past. Fewer | industrial operatives are on strike now than for months past, but the idieness of | cotton mill operatives tends rather to in-| crease. The lumber trade is active West | and North, but in the East it has not as | yet recovered from the depression in-| duced by labor troubles, now about draw- | ing to a close. Shoe manufacturing is’ notably active the country over, and Eastern shipments are breaking all rec- ords. Railway earnings for the first half | of August continue to show good gains. The Eastern jewelry trade is quiet for the season, and the labor situation is notj a very clear one. Leather is reported firm | but quiet. BESSEMER PIG IRON LOWER. Weakness in Southern foundry iron is noted at Eastern markets, and Bessemer | plg fron is reported offered $1 per ton supplies for immediate delivery more in evidence. Large buying of pig iron is less noticeable than it was one or two weeks have been booked. Steel billets are less active, but fairly firm. Merchant bars, sheets and plates in finished products are reported in much better call, but the de- mand for structural material is light, particularly reflecting recent labor trou- bles. Copper was marked up this week, partially it is thought to affect the stock market quotations, but some large sales below the official price are reported. Wheat (including flour) exports for the week ending August 20 aggregate 3,372,769 bushels, against 3,413,191 bushels last week, 5,954,759 bushels in the same week last year, 6,606,950 bushels in 1901 and 2,695, 163 bushels in 1900. Business failures in the United States for the week ending August 20 number 166, against 160 last week, 181 in the like ‘week of 1902, 181 in 1901, 135 in 1900 and 154 in 1809, In Canada failures for the week number 14, as agalnst 17 last week and 23 in this week a year ago. NORMAL CONDITIONS PREVAIL. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade to-morrow will say: Busi: is well maintained aside from the quieting influence of the vacation season, which somewhat restricts trade Making due al- lowance for the period, there is no cause for complaint. The adverse factors that have been operating against prosperity in recent preceding weeks are no longer as potent, normal influences gradually pre- vailing. Labor controversies still exist, curtailing the output of a few products and the consumption of all the necessa- ries of life. Crops are not going to mar- cultural outlook is distinctly favorable. In spite of several obvious reasons for expecting a check to freight traffic earn- ings of railways thus far reported in Aug- ust show an average gain of 9.6 per cent over last year, and 18.2 per cent over 1901 Complaint is beginning to be heard re- garding the inadequate facilities of the rallways, and it now appears that incon- venience and loss must be again expe- rienced, notwithstanding the extensive improvements. A fairly liberal tonnage of iron has been placed during the past week, providing abundant demand for all the pig that is being made. Somewhat easier prices for the great food staples testify to greater crop pros- pects. Failures this week number 238 in the United States, against 207 last year, and 8 in Canada, compared With 30 a year ago. P FATHER O'NEIL GIVEN GENEROUS TESTIMONIAL Popular Priest Is Remembered Dur- ing His Illness by Friends of All Creeds. The esteem in which Rev. J. L. O'Nell, 0. P., editor of Dominicana, is held by the people of this city regardless of creed was manifested the other day at St. Jo- seph’s Hospital, where the priest had been confined for twelve weeks, suffering from the effects of a painful and almost fatal accident, in which he sustained a broken arm and other injuries. Here he was presented with a generous purse, which had been contributed by admiring friends. The committee assembled in the parlor of St. Joseph’s Hospital and George M. Kelly, acting as chairman, made the in- troductory remarks, following which he introduced M. C. Hassett, who in a mas- terly and eioquent addyess made the pres- entation. He said In part: Reverend father, no words of mine can ade- quately express the feelings of symgnhy felt for you, not gnly by the people of St. Domi- nic's parish, but all who have had the 00d fortune of knowing you, on account of the t-[ fering you have experienced since the painful injuries you recefved and which has separated you from us so long. We know but too well how your life of selt denial and duty as a priest has deprived you of the ordinary means other men have at hand to aid them in their recovery in times of trou- ble and distress, This committee, reverend sir, representing a few of your friends, has called here to-day to offer you our congratu- lations and our thanks to God that a life so eloquent of Christian effort and zeal in the past and so full of like hope and promise in the future has been spared to them and our holy church, ‘We hope, therefore, that you will accept this small offering as a token of the love and es- teem in which we hold you, and the wish that ere long you may be Testored in health and vigor to your flock. Father O'Neil was overcome by the emotions incident to the unexpected gift and the heartfelt expression of warm feel- ing of regard which accompanied it and was unable to make a reply other than to thank his many friends from his inner- most heart for the marked kindness meted to him. The following gentlemen comprised the committee: George M. Kelly, P. J. Mec- Keon, M. Farrell, E. Kenny, G. S. Olsen, Dr. T. E. Shumate, J. McManus, F. A. Snead, M. O. Connell, E. J. Gallagher, John Murray, William Burke, Thomas Crawford, Luke Carroll, M. C. Hassett, R. O’Connor, John Doherty, P. Daly, Dr. J. F. Gibbon, Daniel Sheerin, C. McLean, J. F. Miller, M. J. Carroll, R. P. Merril- lion, Thomas F. Loughran, A. McKay, N. Barry, Dr. 8. Stiliman. —_———— Runaway in the Park Panhandle. ‘While driving in the Golden Gate Park panhandle yesterday afternoon George Nolan of 1016 Golden Gate avenue and a companion were thrown out of the buggy and badly shaken up. In addition to the shock Nolan sustained a severe cantusion of the right thigh and several lacerated and abrased wounds about the head and face. He was treated at the Park Emer- gency Hospital by Dr. James Murphy. Files Big A mortgage for $§150,000 made by Gold- berg, Bowen & Co. and the German Bank was flled yesterday in the Recorder’s of- The document covers the loan of ‘amount p‘amed ?n property on Sutter H the SAD ENDING TO LIFE OF A FORMER BELLE Mra. Isabel Castro de Francolini, once wealthy and beautiful, lay on a slab in | the Morgue yesterday, unsought bY | friends and unnoticed. Her landiady at | 109 Montgomery street knocked at the door of her humble rogm yesterday lo! awaken her, and, recelving no response to her summons, opened the door with a | pass key and found the once proud Span- ish beauty lying dead in bed, with a small | cologne bottle half full of perfume ciasped | {in her right hand. The poor woman had | been ailing with pains in the region of | the heart for some months. She was a | daughter of Gabriel Castro of the old | Spanish family that owned leagues of | land around- San Francisco Bay and was a niece of General Vallejo, in whose honor | the city of Vallejo was named. | The decedent had been twice married, her first husband being A. H. Gildemeis- | ter. After his death she married Count Antoine Raymond de Francolini and he | dfed in France March 4, 1902. His estate | was so much incumbered that all that | was left for the widow was an income of | $12 per annum. In 1836 John K. Moore deeded Mrs. Francolini certain lots in the | block bounded by Franklin, Gough, Geary and O'Farrell streets in this city for the | named consideration of $5,000. A few years ago she brought suit against the city and county of San Francisco to quiet | title to valuable realty bounded by Val-| lejo, Franklin and Lyon streets and high | water mark on the bay, but the suit was decided against her. Recently a subscrip- tion was started among her friends for | [ma purpose of assisting her to return to | France, but it was never completed. | Mrs. Francolini was 55 vears old and | spent the last of her days in poverty. She | leaves two married dapghters in New | York City. —_— PERSONAL MENTION. W. W. Chapin, a well known resident of Sacramento, {s at the Palace. F. G. Flanagan, a mining man of Au- burn, is registered at the Lick. S. Mitchell, cashier of the Producers’ Bank of Visalla, is at the California. Colonel Campbell, an officer in the Brit- | ish army, is among the arrivals at the Palace. L. R. Vance, an official connected with | the Mare Island navy yard, is at the Oc- cidental. V. E. Dennis, a wealthy Englishman of London, is at the Palace. He is touring the world. Right Rev. W. H. Moreland, Episcopal Bishop of Sacramento, is at the Palace, accompanied by his wife. Webster L. Clark, a chaplain in the United States army, is at the California. | He is stationed at Benicia Barracks. Manager James Agler of the Southern | Pacific is out in his private car inspect- | ing the Southern Pacific roads west of Ogden. J. Sloat Fassett of New York is at the | Palace. He is prominently identifled with | Republican politics in the Empire State | and has large cattle and mining interests | in the West. | s, Californians in New York. | NEW YORK, Aug. 21.—The following Californians have arrived at the hotels: | From San Francisco—W. Lefferts, E. M. Going, at the Grand Union; H. Barkan, at the Vendome; T. H. Mead and wife, at the St. Denis; I. Marcuse, at the Man- hattan; E. Ramel, at the Union Square; A. M. Samuels, at the Wellington; Mrs. J. Brown, at the Murray Hill. From Oakland—D. Morlarty, Grand Union. From Santa Clara—Mrs. Ravenles, the Westminster. . ———— e Stenographers Wanted. Examinations under the United States Civil Service will be held in this city Oc- tober 15 for stenographers and typewrit- ers in the United States and Philippines service. Apply to the United States Civil Service Commission at Washington, D. C., or to the secretary of the Consolidated Board of Examiners, 301 Jackson street, for forms 2 and 304. at the at | of Mrs. | Banta Cruz Mountains. v - SOCIETY STILL LINGERS IN THE COUNTRY In spite of the influx during the present G. A. R. Encamoment very few of San Francisco's four hundred returned to town to do the honmors, but preferred to linger at the resorts until quiet mig ) restored in town. Mrs. Eleanor M was a welcome exception, however extended her coveted hospitality eral Miles. Several officers wives at the Presidio also & thusiastic welcome to visitors. v e . Mr. and Mrs. John Shafter left last evening for the East to pay a visit to relatives and friends. During th they were ple in San Francisco entertained by General Shafter, who a brother of John Shafter. A farewell luncheon will be given to- day by Mrs. John P. Jackson in homor Philip Worcester. On Thursda next Mrs. Worcester will leave for New York to reside, because of her husband's business interests in that city. A num ber of farewell affairs are being given for the departing guest. g R Burton Harrison, nee to the Burilngame The Har- the Palace they came Mr. and Mrs. Crocker, have gome Country Club for a short stay. risons have’ been staying at Hotel for a few days since up from Del Monte . Mrs. Frances Macondray is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Russell at their home in Belvedere. o Miss Louise Howland is entertaining Miss Pearl and Miss Irene Sabin for a few days. The Sabins have been spend- ing the summer at their country home near Mountain View. & W Miss Reina Maillard, who is seriously ill, has arrived from the East with her father, aunt and physielan and will be made as comfortable as possible at the country home of the Maillards for the present. . Mrs. John R. Jarboe is again at her summer home, Pegasus Farm, In the 58 Miss Jean Durell, who has recently re- turned from the East, was prominent among the entertainers for the Thomas Post last evening at Steinway Hall. Miss Durell has been very zealous during the entire encampment and when she has ap- peared on programmes received nothing short of an ovation. Many of the clever sketches presented by Miss Durell are sald to be written by herself. —_— Navy League Progressing. Many new members have been added to | the United States Navy League, which was organized in this city one week ago. The purpose of the league is to inform the people by lectures and literature of the necessity of continuous naval construc- tion and improvement of our fleet. The | idea was inspired by the success of the German Navy League, which is now com- posed of 750,000 members. Al citizens, except Congressmen, United States Sena- tors and men connected with the navy, are eligible for membership. The dues are §1 per vear. Applications can be sent to Attorney George C. Sergeant, the secre- tary. —_———— Lane Medical Lectures. The eighth course of the Lane medical lectures will be given by Dr. Oscar H. Allis of Philadelphia in Cooper Medical College, corner of Sacramento and Web- ster streets, beginning August 24. There will be two lectures given daily, at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. The subject of the course of lectures will be “Dislocations and Fractures Involving or Near Major Joints.” Members of the medical profes- sion are invited to attend. —_————————— Townsend’s California glace fruits and candles, 50¢ a pound, in artistic fire- etched boxXes. A nice present for Eastern friends. 715 Market st., above Call bidg. * ———e—————— Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping_Bureau (Allen’s), 230 Cali- fornia street. Telephone Main . Can You MakKe “Thumb Nail Skelches?” AN you make word pictures? Ever tried? Without a doubt, for this is an age when everybody thinks he can write. quickly discover their error. Some very Othérs never do. Result—over- crowded book shelves with “literature” which nobody ever reads. ‘Why? Because not one writer in a he sees it. It takes something more tionary to make “word pictures.” comedy into a “thumbnail sketch” makes “literary genius.” Better than sells books. whole country is talking about and “At 3 o'clock the elevator made Zllis rushed over to the uniriendly doorbell. This time there was stub- The singing ceased and a roar of laughter followed the hush of a moment or two. “‘Come in!" called a hearty voice, and Ellis strode firmly into the yorn determination in his face. studio. “‘You are just in time for a ‘nightcap,” Ellis,’ cried Harrison, rush- Ellis, stolidly facing the young man, lifted ing to the footman’s side. his hand. “‘No, thank you, sir, he said respectfully. you'll excuse me for breaking ‘in, I'd like to give you three messages T've brought here to-night.” “You're a faithful old chap,” said Subway Smith, thickly. ‘Hanged if I'd do A. D. T. work till 3a. m. for anybody.” “*] came at 10, Mr. Montgomery, with a message from Mr. Brew- happy returns of the day and with a check from 's the check, sir. der I received them, sir, if you please. Dr. Gower. sir, who had been called in—" “‘Called in?’ gasped Montgomery, turning white. ““Yes, sir, Mr. Brewster had a sudden heart attack at half-past V:Ol'd by me, sir, that he was at the point ster, wishing you many him for $1000. Here's message from eleven, sir. The doctor sent of death. My last message— “‘Good Lord!” “‘This time I bring a message from Rawles, the butler, asking you to come to Mr. Brewster’'s house at once—if you can. sir—I will, sir, Ellis interjected, apolo: steadily over the heads of the su impressive]y s A “‘Mr. Brewster is dead. sir.” ™ Can you imagine anything more that it hurts. And vet that is only the closing incident of the first chan- ter of “Brewster's Millions.” which begins in the next Sunday Call point of fact “Brewster's Millions™ has ever been written before. for in it a perfectly adorable young fellow aas to spend a million a year, get his money’s worth and yet have abso- lutely nothing to show for it at the end of that time in order that he mav Sounds fascinating, doesn’t it? Well, it is inherit six million more. more than that. But the popular craze for literature of the bright. snappy. up-to-date sort goes even further than this. Never before was there such a tre- mendous demand for short stories of the best sort. And what better 11: A good short story is a complete novel in con- orm, and it is just such evcellent reading as this that is pro- Sunday Call’s new “Hali Hour Storiettes.” of which. mext Sunday, you will get two full pages. Here are_some of the titles: “Mysterious Leofric.” “In the Flash of Striped Death.” “The Secret of amaica Sink Hole.” “The Beautiful Miss Marriam.” “Fables for the Foolish,” “Shorty Mahan's Passire.” “While the Train Waited.” “What Tiny Peter Did,” etc.. ete. llhhenu.mshflnmbynAt;y “The readin: could you densed _f vided in the the fore”: “Millions in His Dreams, ically. Then with his gaze directed ed ‘Little Sons of the Rich’ he added, there is the regulix Sunday Magazine hing that is going om in the world hundred knows a good story when than a grammar, a speller and a dic- It is the ability to compress a human or put a tragedy into a nutshell that all else, it's the only quality that Just take a peep at this little extract from a book that the you'll realize, perhaps for the first time, what a tremendous lot can be said in 250 words: another trip to the top floor and ‘Mr. Montgomery, if I'll give my messages in the or- At 12:30 o'clock I came with a mean if you graphic? The suspense is so keen In is absolutely unlike anvthing that “Love’s Golden Tether.” Best of Conan_Doyle. Be- ¢ Mark Twain: “Me-ows of a Kitty.” of Mulberry Center,” by S. E. Kiser, section.