The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 15, 1903, Page 6

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THE MAN AND 1HE WOKK. . an the pe NE of the gratif; campaign -is everywhere of a determ ple to get rid of the class divisions that dig- turbed the community in the campaign of two years ago and get back to straight politics. It been uoted by careful observers of the drift of popular sen- timent that the contest is already virtually narrowed evidence mnotable almost has down to an issue between the voters feel that Lane represents merely a ma- chine—that he is a perfunctory candidate not in the hope of victory, but solely that the faction | back of him may control the Democratic organiza- | t he campaign of next year. It is fortunate for San Francisco that at this junc- ture in her affairs she has a citizen of the capacity and public spirit of Henry J. Crocker to come forward and undertake a canvass for the mayoralty. The city n in nicipal development has been amply demonstrated by the big vote in favor of issuing bonds for public im- provements . work that efficiency and with economy, trans- z the city into a new and greater San Fran- with a thoroughly metropolitan equipment of | streets, sewers, parks, schools and municipal insti- | tions of all kinds. It meant a2 wish for an administration with Had such an aspiration on the part of the people been confronted by a municipal campaign in which | there was no candidate bigger than the representa- e of a faction, none with a capacity ing large affairs and managing business on a scale of first-class magnitude, the situation would have been very unfortunate. We should have had to enter upon our new era with a feeling of doubt and hesitation There would have been a widespread fear that the hopes of the people would be baffled and the funds voted for improvement be wasted by reason of the incapacity of the men who would have charge of the task of inaugurating the work during the coming two years. The candidacy of Henry J. Crocker puts an end to all fears of that kind and affords all conservative citizens a leadership which can be frankly accepted vithout regard to party affiliations. the successes in many He is one of the foremost business men of State and has achieved notable lines of work. Of the younger business men of the time none is more widely or more favorably known. The work he performed in the redemption of the wine industry of the State is of itself sufficient to attest his capacity and his energy in the management of complex busi- ness affairs. No part of the work of administration on municipal business will require greater sagacity or greater executive ability than Mr. Crocker has displayed time and again in the great enterprises he has carried to snccess, and accordingly the conserva- tive elements of the community can support him with a firm assurance that he can be counfad on in office to take care that every dollar of public rev- enue is expended in a manner that will bring to the city its full value. From this time on the trend of popular sentiment in favor of Mr. Crocker may be expected to become more and more noticeable. It is important that it be so, for the taxpayers and the conservative working- men of the city cannot afford to divide their votes between two candidates at such an emergency as this. The discontented elements of the population are not so strong as they were two years ago, but they are still formidable. A divided conservatism means a new triumph for the Ruef and Schmitz machine. The city would be again delivered over to a faction whose ieaders would not keep faith even with one another, and the scandals of the past two years would be greatly magnified in the two years that are to come. The issue is plain. There is an important munici- pal work to be done, and Henry J. Crocker is the sole mayoralty candidate who has the capacity, the training and the experience to rightly perform it 1t is now for the people to intrust the work to the right man, and to aid him in performing it by electing with him his colleagues on the Republican ticket, so that he can have an harmonious administration. Langley’s airship has gone to smash, but he still has his courage and his confidence in the ultimate realization of his dream of years and labor and money. The qualities of success to which he still holds tenaciously are perhaps better than any that were incorporated in the defunct machine that failed to rIIe the air. ying features of the municipal | nation on the part of | Crocker and Schmitz, as | nominated | needs the service of just such a man in that office. | The desire of the people to begin a new era of mu- | for direct- | THE POSTAL INVESTIGATION. RESIDENT ROOSEVELT is thorough in P everything he undertakes. His is the gospel of work, and he proposes that work shall show in all things pertaining to the public interest while he is President. The General Postoffice has become the center of long accumulating abuses. It is a colossal 'busincss, run under all the disadvantages under which Government administers a business enterprise. President Roosevelt ordered the investigation which has disclosed these conditions, and now orders it continued until the cleansing is complete. He puts his determination in terse and epigram- matic fashion by saying that he will complete the in- vestigation so that no other party will ever find any- thing to do. This is not only duty and patriotism, but it is good politics. The political opposition has tried to make capital out of the postal affair, but quiry has left nothing to be desired in the way of thoroughness. It has been a part of the programme for the minority in Congress to introduce a resolution raising a Congressional investigation, but the Presi- dent proposes that such an investigation shall find the work so thoroughly dome that it will have no function. This is satisfactory to every fair-minded man of any party. But when the work is done, and fully done, as the President does everything, there re- mains a lesson which must not be permitted to es- cape the attention of the country. From the begin- ning the business of managing the mails has been rec- |the Government. Administering justice, caring for pensions, patents, revenues and foreign affairs, are in- stantly recognized as among the political concerns {of Government. To care for and control them is what Government is for. They include the conserva- ‘non of the.public property and interests and the exer- | cise of the proper police powers of Government. The postoffice, however, comes under none of these heads. It is the administration of a vast busi- | ness agency, and since early in the history of the | country it has been the leakage department of the | Government. Its administration produces a large an- nual deficit, which has to be made good by taxation, and from time to time it presents a record of corrup- {tion and crime such as is not seen in any of the | purely political departments of administration. The {same characteristics appear wherever a State is en- ,(zagtd in business, as witnessed by New York's ad- ministration of the Erie canal, which under all par- | ties is a history of extravagance, waste and corrup- | tion. | But we have the postoffice and will always have it, {as an example of Government in business, and the {best that can be done is to minimize its evils and |its waste. Suppose, however, that we take over into Government ownership and administration all of | the interstate public utilities, the railroads (steam and the telegraphs, telephones, steamboat lines )and transportation business, with more than a mil- | lion of Government employes to operate them, and the billions of money required in those activities, in the light of the example furnished by the postal busi- ness what result can be expected? It is idle to talk about the safeguards of civil service. Department has them all. It is hedged about by | minute statutory and administrative regulations, and is blanketed by the civil service law; but it is a busi- ness in the hands of Government, and its temptations | electric), all regulations and all watchfulness. i The honesty and énergy of the President will clean it out. now, fas the same qualities in Jackson did the same service in his day. But the history of the de- | partment gives no guarantee that the scandals will ‘cez=e or that the waste of Government in the admin- |istration of 2 business will ever cease. So far no Jwatchfu!ness. nor law, nor penalty, has sufficed to | keep that business straight, and it is unlikely that any ever will. e e The exhibit of California at the St. Louis Exposi- |tion is fast maturing in all its wonderful and splen- did variety. It now rests with our people to show | that within the borders of our State we possess all that may contribute to the well-being of civilized, cultured, progressive society, a wealth of unending resource in the arts of civilization. EET— ART IN SCHOOL GROUNDS. HE Stockton Independent commends the Board T of Education because it has offered prizes for competitive plans to be férnished by landscape gardeners for the improvement of the grounds of the Stockton High School. The Independent says that the action is unprecedented. Contemplation of a vista of the grounds in ques- tion, as presented through the realistic outgivings of the writer of the article, indicates that not only is the proposition new, but that conditions in Stockton generally are novel. Many things are best shown by means of contrast. Advocacy of a plan to im- prove the grounds of the public schools in San Fran- cisco, for instance, would excite derision for the most part, for very few of our schools have as much as a grass plat of even limited size. There is a “ribbon of green” that flanks pleasantly the Girls' High School on Geary street. In nearly every public school in San Francisco the children are so numerous and the school yards are so small that the children are forbidden to move faster than a walk in the inclosures at recess time. If they transgress this rule they are “reported” and must suffer the due penalty. But how is it with the Stockton High School's most fortunate pupils? “The grounds,” say the In- dependent, “comprise about twelve acres. A pe- rusal of the specifications will show that the contest- ants for the prizes must incorporate in the plans the preservation of the natural oaks and the natural watercourses and provide for athletic grounds.” Children are born to run and to shout, to engage in athletic games, to fill their lungs with fresh air, to build up muscle and to accumulate vim and energy for the battle that attends the lives of the majority of persons in their maturity in this driving, restless country. Stockton stands before the State with o wealth of school grounds, an amplitude of breathing area that points the way back to thé sound sense and forethought on the part of some person or persons instrumental in the acquisition of school surround- ings. San Francisco children have been less fortu- nate in their municipal forebears, who would seem to have thonught that a box schoolhouse large enough to hold several hundred boys and girls of the rest: less ages during several hours a day and a small out- side area into which the children could be crowded and left practically motionless when they ought to have room to run was all that would be required. The Independent says that the action of the School aBoard is in some measure the fruit of the consistent without success, as the energy infused into the in- | ognized as the invasion of a purely business field by | | the public domain, managing the army and navy, the | The Postoffice | That vote meant progress and enter- ;and opportunities prove stronger than all laws and | ) efforts of the press and the interest inspired by the Arbor Club, yet the direct responsibility is assumed. by the Board of Education. Stockton is fortunate in having such ample school grounds, and is acting wisely in arranging to make the best use of them. ———— It is extrewely gratifying to observe that through out California strenuous efforts are being made to make a school display worthy of the public schools of the State. The public schools of California have no superior in the United States, which means that they are superlatively good. To show also under what grave disadvantages our children have attained their proficiency we might send the picture of a typi- <al Californian schoolhouse. Nothing shines so well as by comparison. gress Representative Cannon made a violent e —— SENATE AND HOUSE. U attack upon the Senate for its methods of doing business and virtually announced that it would cither institute a reform of its own motion or the House would compel it to do so. The speech was sensational and attracted much attention at the time, for it was known that Cannon is to be Speaker of PON the eve of adjournment of the last Con- can raise a conflict that will seriously disturb poli- tics for two years to come. Since the adjournment of Congress very little has been heard about the subject, but evidently it has not been forgotten by the House leaders, for one of them (has contributed to the Atlantic Monthly an ex- haustive review of the rightful powers of the Senate and of its usurpations of authority at the -expense of the House on the one hand .and of the President on the other. an undue power in the government the writer, Con- gressman McCall, says: “The striking circumstance in connection with the power of the Senate is that it holds the commanding place at the center of the Government. It brings to mind the condition of things in Europe under the feudal system, where the nobles had the position between the King and the people, and gradually encroached upon them both un- | til they were able to oppress both—a céndition which continued until a union was effected between the people and the sovereign, and the feudal system was finally overthrown. The Senate shares the pow- | ers of legislation with the House and some of the most important executive functions with the Pgesi- dent. The latter is unable to appoint a collector or a postmaster, or even a member of his own official household, without the Senate’s consent. Such im- portant powers, exercised at the center of the state, extremes, and they certainly would not diminish.” The usurpations of the Senate are of many kinds. One of the boldest is the extent to which it has | taken from the House control over money bills, not- withstanding the plain statement of the constitution that all bills for raising reveriue shall originate in the | House of Representatives. In other directions it is noted that the Senate has so far encroached upon the | constitutional powers of the President that it has vir- | tually taken out of his hands much of the work of | negotiating freaties. | As to the remedy for the evil Mr. McCall says: “The four years' term of the President is too short for a struggle with the Senate, and its part in executive | transactions is so great that any such struggle would expose an administration to failure. The period of life of the House of Representatives is still shorter, and its term would be likely to come to an end be- fore a contest between the two houses would ac- quire any great momentum. * * * As I have said, an amendment to the constitution depriving States of their equal membership in the Senate is not within the range of possibilities, as such arf® amendment would require the unanimous consent of all the States. * % * The only practical hope of-€Ven a partial remedy lies in the jealous insistence by the House upon its constitutional prerogatives. .If it should do that, it would be more likely to realize the advantage of its position in a nation imbued with the demo- eratic idea. The doubtful powers of government would gravitate toward the House, our laws would become more popular in character, and would re- spond to broad and general needs in the community, while the character of the Senate as a conservative body would be unimpaired.” The statement implies that Mr. Cannon's word of warning last spring was not hastily uttered and is not without the approval of strong men in the House. heavily on the side of the Senate, and unless the House had a good ground on which to raise the issue defeat would be certain. The question, of course, is one of high importance and should issue be joined between the two houses the contest would be one of the most significant ever waged in parliamen- tary annals. In a florid address, beautifully sprinkled with gen- eralities on American progress and destiny, Bourke Cockran recently declared that divorce is the destruc- tive agency in our civilization, and if a choice must be made between divorce and polygamy give us polygamy as the milder of two evils, Mr. Cockran evidently forgets the interesting fact that the Ameri- can public, not including Mormons, indulge both divorce and polygamy with equal toleration and ap- parent satisfaction. The gratifying news comes from Washington that whether Japan and Russia fight or not no harm can come to us from the row or the big fuss that seems now to precede a quarrel. Besides, it is suggested, e have two treaty ports in Manchuria, anyway, and our trade facilities will suffer no interruption. It is good once in a while to cool our fighting blood in the calm satisfaction of the knowledge that the gold of our fighting friends is coming our way. France and England, after centuries of racial an- tagonisms and ill-disguised hatred of one another, have signed a treaty in which they agree to submit any future misunderstandings between themselves to arbitration. This is one of the splendid results of modern diplomatic courtesies. Out of the reciprocal visits of the President of France and the King of England come benefits of incalculable measure to two great nations. It is strange with what stupid recklessness some of our drunken, gilded youth prepare themselves for violent deaths. The young man who entered a saloon recently and at the point of a revolver forced an un- offending citizen to take a drink may meet the wrong man some night and learn the lesson that money easily won and criminally spent does not give any one a blackguardly or ruffianly privilege over the rest of s, | the next House, and that if he chooses to do so he ! In explaining how the Senate has managed to gain ! The odds, however, in such a struggle would be ! THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, i peculiarities of the leading singers. Bene- | came, there was none too much of ‘he"church, Berkeley. | ist. | bits of counterpoint. OCTOBER 15, 1903, “BRAVOS” GREET TRAGIC OPERA AT THE TIVOLI The double bill of two oper: ‘Caval- lerlg’ Rusticans’ and “I'Pagliacci,” filled a Tivoll night to overflowing with melody | and with dramatic action, This was the treat that was afforded Tuesday évening. l | Both operas brought to the fore singers strong in public favor. Signorina Line de Benedetto and Signor Agostino were in “Cavalleria Rusticana.” In “I'Pagliacei” were Signorina Tina de Spada, Signor Adamo Gregoretti and Signor Ischierdo. The other people were Zanini, Nettie Deglow, Miss Eugene Barker, Signor Cor- tesi and Signor Borghese, some in one cast and some in the other. The announcement of the casts sug-| gests richness. The actual performances constituted a star night at the Tivoli. ' Nothing was done in a perfunctory way from the time the first note of “Caval- leria Rusticana’ was heard until the final drum beat of the second opera. Two lead- | ing sopranos came into contrast. Both struggled hard for a generous share of applause. Agostino justified his title to be styled lyric. Ischierdo acted with ve- hemence and wore proudly the dramatic bays. Then there was a house wild with en- thusiasm over the premonitory song of Gregoretti and pleased with the melodious voice of Borghese. As far the orchestra, it was simply electric. Paul Steindorff gestured wildly—beat out rhythm, in- stilled precision, delicacy and force into his players, steered them through all the | musical shoals and quicksands that im- periled their course and brought them triumphantly into the haven. Generally, while there is enough of dramatic action in the two operas, the joint performance as a whple might bet- ter be styled lyrical than dramatic. Sweet sounds and graceful musical concelts dominated. The famous Intermezzo, bat- tle scarred with its many engagements with myriad orchestras of diverse ideas, still proved its clalm to vitality by secur- ing a general demand for repetition as the violing wailed sweetly and the horns sank | from deep to deeper levels by gradations, | away down among the profoundest leger lines, and the whole wound up with rising infleciion. It is hardly necessary to analyze the detto especially distinguished herself as Santuzza. She won the first “bravos” | that were plentiful as the evening wore | on. Her voice was in fine condition. So was De Spada’s. AT Something of pralse should be awarded to BEugenia Barker, who has an extremely pleasing voice which she used well. There was no mistake made by the manage- | ment in putting on the double bill. Al- | though the hour was late when the finale music. e Miss Augusta Cottlow, the eminent planiste, gave her first concert Tuesday | would naturally increase by encroachment upon both | evening in Lyric Hall, it being her first appearance in San Francisco since she! | played as a child some years ago with the Bauer Symphony Orchestra. It may | be safely said that the prophecies made | | long ago for the child pianiste were not | | made in vain, and Miss Cottlow's per- | formance last evening warranted every flattering expectation. There were tone pictures a-plenty with the color laid on | with a generous but careful brush. Miss Cottlow possesses a marvelous technique, a rich fmagination and a keen poetic in- sight Into the purpose of the composer. She has a finely drawn temperament and a dignified manner. From the brilliant passages in the Liszt Etude, where the keen, glistening notes literally came in a crystal shower, to the stately tread of a Bach motif or the passion and ro- mance of Chopin, she is always the art- The Brahms Caprice was a study’ in tone production and warmly poetic, with shadowy suggestions of half veiled ' In the control of the dynamics, Miss Cottlow shows a broad sweep, to the uttermost limits of sound. The audience was deservedly enthusiastic and was rewarded with two encores, a Scotch dance by Beethoven and an A minor | Mazourka of Chopin. The Liszt Etude | and Polonaise served best to show to ad- vantage the artist's great technique. She has a fascinating legato, even in the most rapid passages, and a trill that is inimitable. The Chopin Scherzo was a | delicious bit of legato work, woven through a woof of shimmering treble song with a presto finale. After leaving here, | some years ago, Miss Cottlow concertized | for two or three vears, and then went to Europe and studied with Busoni. Aft- er her present engagement she goes East | to play with Scheel during the coming season. Natorp Blumenfeld, violinist, assisted | Miss Cottlow and made his initial bow in San Francisco last evening. His play- ing 1s creditable, showing a good tone and much warmth of color. Fred Maurer was more than acceptable, as usual, as| accompanist. The Rubinstein trio went | slightly too heavy in parts, but on the} whole was acceptable. Arthur Weiss) played the cello. The programme was as follows: D major Prelude and Fugue (Fach solf, 1, ““Ko' Nidrei” (Max Bruch); Serd- nade” (Haydn); 3, Sarabande, Bouree'! ; 4, “Alr Savoyard" (Vieuxtemps); §, Vieuxtemps); 6, Romanze et Rondo | (Wientawskl): Capriccio, B_minor Nocturne, F sharp minor (Chopin); © sharp miner (Chepin): Romance, A minor (Tschalkowsky): Etude, D flat major, and Polonaise, E major (Liszt); Rubinstein trio In B flat o To Welcome the Bankers. For the Bankers' convention no ex- penditures will be made for public decora- tions, but it is desired and expected that the occasion will be recognized and marked by the display of the nuuonal| flag on public and fommercial buildings | and private residendes. Appeal is made by the Bankers' executive committee to all citizens to fly the American banner from every flag pole in the city during the davs of the convention, October 20 to 23, inclusive, and to further ald the com- mittee in giving greeting and welcom2 to the guests. e e Dennis Jordan Laid to Rest. The remains of the late Dennis Jordan, the well known contractor, were laid to rest yesterday at Holy Cross Cemetery. The body was removed from the late res- idence on Webster street to Sacred Heart Church, where the funeral services were read. The pall bearers were J. Mahony, .J. Reilly, Captain T. Barnbridge, John Mason, Felix Mulgrew, James Kerwin, William Walker and J. Kinne. violi Eppingers Assigned Note. The American National Bank, holders of a promissory note for $564 20 given hy the firm of E. W. Jones & Co. to Ep- pinger & vUo. last October, filed a suit yesterday to recover the amount of the note. The note was igned to the plain- tiff by the Lppingers, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. STERILIZED BARBER SHOP. Arlwlhwlamenmumno- tel, Baltimore, Maryland. ‘The barber shop in the Carrollton Ho- tel, Baltimore, sterilizes everything it uses In the shop. The sterilizing is done by heat. The towels, the razors, the strops, the soap, the combs and brushes are all s before being used on a is no steriliza- n, use Newbro's Herpi- clde. :“ knlc t}xoerdfi.dmt! sem nd n face after shaving. A Veading e everywhere a) mm a stroy the cause, you remove the o::cli; | started. | make MATRIMONY IS PREVALENT IN ARMY CIRCLES f Matrimony is said to be a sporadic af- fection, becoming epidemic when fairly It has broken out to an alarining extent in army circles—to be explicit. in the Twenty-second United States Infantry ! —and has already spread to twelve officers, namely, Captain John R. R. Hanrey, Captain David L. Stone and Lieutenants Adolph H. Huguet, Lawrence Curtis, Willam A. Kent, James Justice, Henry A. Ripley, William W. Taylor, Harry Parshall and Robert Whitfield. These gallant fellows have distinguished themselves in the service since the mil- itary eruption of .'9, and have made good records as brave soldiers. And the magnificent stand they have made against the anti-matrimonial bull of General Cor- bin has strengthened the reputation they | won in the late war. Brave fellows, they! One of the embarrassing features of this wholesale nuptializing was the dif- ficulty each groom experienced in pro- curing best men, ushers and the neces- sary comradeship, for all the popular of- ficers had similar affairs of their own on hand, and they really hadn't time! And as a forlorn subterfuge, a few married officers were pressed into service, This custom, however, is voted a failure, as they — without an exception — assumed lugubrious attitudes as they stood beside their friends at the altar, and were wholly inefficient in their duty to brace them up. Whether it was timidity or reminiscenceis a difficult guess, but mar- ried men at the altar are voted down— ! they lack the necessary verve for suc- cessful administration of duty. They may good soldiers, but they are poor best men. Then ten young sens c¢. Mars, their ten bonny brides, will be in San Francisco within the next ten days to make ready for sailing to the Philippines on the good ship Sheridan. It is wiis- pered in army circles that the transport will be decked from stem to stern in tulle and Bride roses. o . A luncheon will be given to-day by Miss Emma Moffatt in honor of Miss Irene Hazard of San Diego, whose marriage to Mr. Gerlinger of Portland will soon oceur, The voung hostess will entertain four- | teen guests, all of whom are members of the Kappa Kappa Gamma Sqrority of Berkeley. She will be assisted by her mother, Mrs. Henry Moffat, and her sis- ters, Miss Henrietta Moffatt and Mrs. Sharp. The guest of honor, Miss Hazard, is likewise a Kappa Kappa Gamma mem- ber, and the sorority house, to which so many memories in the after years will | cling, is to be the scene of the reception that follows the nuptials. will be celebrated in the Presbyterian Yesterday morning at 9:30 o'clock the marriage of J. W. McDonald Jr. and Miss Mae O'Toole was celebrated at St. Agnes Church, on Page street, between Masonic avenue and Ashbury street, by Father Kirby. The bride i3 a charming girl of many mental at- tainments, and by her striking personality | has endeared herself to a legion of friends. The groom is well known as the secretary of the City Street Improvement Company of this city and is possessed of a host of friends, who attribute to him | the rare gifts of a clever raconteur—and this is a reputation not lightly achieved. Owing to recent bereavements In the fam- ily of the bride the wedding was rather a | close | quiet ffair, only relatives and (dendsfl)elng bidden to the reception and breakfast which followed. The bride was gowned in a dainty robe of white point | d’esprit and was assisted at the altar by her sister Eleanor. The groom was at- tended by his brother, Walter McDonald. The happy pair left for the East on the overland last night and will be absent about six weeks, during which they will visit the larger cities of the East. On their return they will occupy the new home on Ashbury street now in course of | construction. The engagement of Miss Hannah Hart- mann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 8. Hart- mann of Santa Ynez, and Isador Gold- stein is announced, and a reception in honor of the betrothal will Sunday, the 25th, at aunt, Mrs. J. Packscher, 1309 Scott street, from 2 to 5 p. m. . ofi 2o Mr. and Mrs. David Edwards announce the engagement of their daughter Flor-| ence to Benjamin M. Harris. The Los Amigos Club will hold its first party to-morrow evening in Golden Gate Hall. The dance promises to be a de- with | The ceremony | be held on | the home of her | SOME ANSWERS TO QUERIES BY CALL READERS DULSE—W. C., City. This department cannot advertise the names and places of business of individuals who deal in the seaweed known as dulse. A QUOTATION—W., City. “Handsome women without religion are like flowers without perfume” is credited to Heine, the German poet, 1799.1556. CRABS—A. F., City. In the State of California it is a misdemeanor for any one to have in his possession or catch any female crab between the lst of May and the Ist of September of each year. YELLOW GARTER—A correspondent of this department asks about the legend of the yellow garter in relation to mar- riages. Can any of the friends of the Query Department give that legend? GRAPE-R. F. G., Ukiah, Cal. Pos- sibly you may obtain the information you desire about the Scuppernong grape by addressing a letter of inquiry to the Exe perimental Station at Berkeley, Cal., Uni- versity of California THREE WARS—A. O. 8., Oakland, Cal. In round numbers t cost of the Civil es was $5,000,000,000 that of the Prussian War was $2,500,000.000, and t of the Chinese-Jap- anese War was $300,000,000. ASSOCIATION—OId Sub of- BUILDING seriber, City. Communicate with the ficers named in your letter of inquiry for information about the bullding and loar association asked about. This department cannot advertise such. ROOFING PAINT—W., Soquel, Cal. The following is the only recipe this depa ment has been able to find for roof paint: One part of flne sand, two of sifted wood ashes and three of lime ground with oil. Mix thoroughly and ap- ply with painter’s brush, first a thin coat then a thick one. | DRAWBACK-E. Alameda, Cal. There is a rebate on grain sacks when marked | “right for drawback reserved.” The one who is entitled to the drawback is a mat ter of arrangement with the manufac- turer crd the purchaser, but as a rule the mannfacturer is the one who re ceives it. SPEAKING PARTS—Playgoer, City The speaking in the title part of “Ham let” is longer than that of the title part of “Richard IIL” In the former Hamlet has 1569 lines to speak, while Richard has but 1161. This is according to a count by Professor Rolfe, the Shakespearear scholar. LIQUID FUEL—An Olid Subscriber City. There are no published statistics showing to what extent “liquid fuel oi has taken the place of coal in Great Brit ain, Canada, Germany and France ™ There is only the general statement “ti of late years there has been a marked crease in the use of oil instead of coa | various parts of the world.” | THE HUSBAND'S RIGHT—A. D.. Cits | The law of California says: *“The hus- band has the management and control of the community property, with the lik power of absolute disposition, other than testamentary, as he has of his separate estate, provided that he cannot make gift of such community property or convey the same without a valuable considera- tion, unless the wife consents thereto in | writing.™ ‘ .-l-l—b-i-i—l—l-l-l-l—l—l—l-l-l—l-i-l-l-l‘l‘l-l‘. lighttul affair, as it reunites the young folk who had such a merry time last year. The future affairs of the club | will be held on December 16 and Febru ary 12. gay . Miss Catherine Plover is enjoying a visit | to Chicago, where she is registered at the | Auditorium Annex. — A reception in honor of the betrothal #f Miss Lucille V. Breslauer and Charles | €. Cohen will take place on Sunday, Octo- | ber 18, at 2118 Bush street. | The Entre Nous will hold its assemb at the Palace on October 30. — e Townsend's California glace fruits and candies, 50c a pound, in artistic fire- etched boxes. A nice present for Eastern | friends. 715 Market st., above Call bldg. * Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 230 Cal fornia street. Telephome Main 1042. LOVE'S VICTORY AT THE POLLS FFICIAL Kansas is has just obtruded itself into Official Kansas is investig: an entire State are seeing to weeks They fought in a way peculiarly their lovers and to be wooed and w office by main force. too, ~official Kansas' effort and final report of this astounding the ts next Sunday. more. more than that. Spearman knew him: “As long as Maie would talk reason nobody knew much about hi And asked him for a report for Callahan. about a million sheep to pay for—" and survey the frightful scene. “And Delaroo.” repeated the Delaroo—" “Missing.” roo in the nexgrh s“d:e't Call. ey a grip f-:.:am of railroadine itself. However. Delaroo is only one Call, as, for instance. “The Golden “Tainted them all in the Sunday Call may expect in “The Man Who Won.” by Edwin i lo A Btmztu" gl the “Education for Success.” ir Jol “Me-ows of a Kitty.” by Kate T{ self. l E all amazement over a new element that is maintained and the cause of true love holds full sway. they pleased. The men fought against it, but the women won. and in pursuance of that victory they dragged the defeated candidates out of Hence oificial to keep the facts men rules an entire State in a manner never before witnessed in all the history of the world. The Sunday Call will put you in possession of ail ?;c official Kansas' g‘And did you ever read of Delaroo? He was He was the shadow incarnate of Maje Sampson. He was the best railroad character that ever caught the facile pen of Frank H. Spearman, who is himself the best writer of American railroad stories in the world to-day. word was, in fact, the kev to Delamo' ,Delaroo was a listener: for that his in brief is one of the most tense moments in all Spear- mans tXCl'Infl flm‘(l'e of Dzhroos career: “What do I think of it?” muttered Neighbor, when the local operator the scrap in sight—and the 264. if we can ever find anything of her—and 1f you have been reading Spearman’s new series of two-page stories ' u will not need even these extracts ta keep you on a sharp lookout for })m Spearman’s stories are the sort that —more mysterious even than “The Mystery Box,” 1d.” more surprising by far than. “Brewster’s Millions.” and yet containing all the originality of these three and more. You know then what splendid promise you the first installment of “The Golden Fetich” next Sunday. Then there is “The End of the Line,” graphs from the Third San Francisco_Salon. gether too much to enumerate here. American politics and—won out ating, but meantime the women of it that their triumph of the last few feminine for their right to re on and married when. where and Kansas’ perturbation. Hence, amel until it gets full condition of affairs. Meantime Hyv- perturbation notwithstand- He was He was even an Indian. This Delaroo would listen. is Delaroo as That single “I think there’s two engines for Neighbor paused to give an order operator. “He wants to know about ' on your memory like the mysterious of the big things in the next Sunday Fetich.” It is a new mystery story more_exciting than You've read by Mrs. Edwin Knowles: Lefevre: Miss Partington’s Prize Coaching Girl,” by Madge Moore; hn Cockburn. K. C. M. G.: son Marr; a hll page of prize photo- there is alto- You'll lnn to see it all for your-