The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 17, 1904, Page 36

36 ARY 17, 1904, ADVERTISEMENTS. ORI g B § § g g : g g g g & 2 ; CHPRRACH SHIOITRG COOM OO0 ORI OGRS 1 CITY® Dry Goods SPRING SUITS For January sqles we an- pounce the readiness of snappy first showings in ex- pert man - tailored suits in walking and dress lengths, showing the favored Eton styles in selected textiles, re- plete with novel ideas, de- veloping first indications of what is to be the preliminary mode for nineteen hundred and four. Company CITY OF PARIS DRY GOODS COMPANY, Ceary ard Stockten Strects, Unien Sguars * OO OLRORICHD OFCORAION DR OGO OO O GO OO TRITRIOTOOT van_Doctrine of Justification by Pastor, Rev. John A. B. Wile ORDER FOR THE GREAT monthly programme of T c will be given at St. Dom- hurch to-night, when th I'WENTIETH CENTURY jowing nafberi Wit be & COOK BOOK. solo, preiude, “Parsifal & & m‘th violin n!\!le Mzil This Order to The S. F. h e g Call With p- of TEE CALL'S GREAT . WEXNTIETE CEN- ITRY COOX BOOK. (Fifty 1= 'S PRE x « TRE CAL! te to gl MIUM ney will preach at m this morning in Church. Rev. Father will deliver the sermon in the At the 11 o'clock mass this St. Mary's (Paulist) Henry Stark will deliver rmon. Rev. Henry Wyman will deliver the vesper sermon. Frank 8. Ford will give his third ) o'clock 4 | address in the series to men at the o T ¥ | Young Men's Christian Association E S SERV] orium, Mason and Ellis streets, Y MUSICAL SERVICE afternoon st 8- o'cloek.. All ST. DOMINIC'S CHURCH seats in the hall will be free to men { Preceding Mr. Ford's address there will be a short programme of music in the reception hall. The Knicker- bocker male quartet will sing. —_————————— 3 ld Programme Will Be Given by Choir Under the Direction the of H. J. Stewart. he following services will be held Women's Clubs in Convention. rches to-d SACRAMENTO, Jan. 16.—The quar- glish T utheran—Morning. terly meeting of the Federation of . ¥ Duty of Dally Praise”; | ywomen's Clubs of the Sacramento Wedding Scene at|yajey was held here to-day. Encour- Rev. E. Nelander. aging reports were handed in by the e committees, showing that good work ning, Life of J. N.|, < been done. Through the efforts of - H. W. Waltz| ;po clubs the streets in cities and tev. A. C. Bane. | . oo have been improved, many trees ng. “Some Trou- | pave been planted and parks have Pastor, Rev. E. | peen laid out. B [ 5 ing. | Only $7.20 to Paso Robles and Return. What Has Become of the Wrath of | Than Paso Robles nc God Pastor, Rev. John Stephens. | perhape, uffers more to California-street M. E | ShvoRul - Sov Armed for Battle”: evening, “‘Our | Brothers in Prison.”. Pastor, Rev.| Clarence Re shine combine to m visit bie. The Southern Pacific's round-trip rate from Trinity M. E—Morning, “A Mercy | | San Francisco of $7 20 gives opportunity tc Method of the Divine Manifestation” Foof il < ol Mg evening, “The OId Lutheran and g gyt g SEE THE PICTURES Battleground of To-Morrow in Eastern Asia The Most Thrillingly Vivid Picture Yet Presented of the Arena of the Coming Conflict Between Japan and Russia. NEXT SUNDAY CALL of the Man Who Won Judith’s Heart in “Crittenden.” GENTLE ART OF FOOLING BY HELEN MATHERS. MR. GRAY’'S RIVAL BY ELIZA ORNE WHITE. Don’t Miss the Beautiful Full Page New Multiple Color Photograph S CHOHOAOICI OHCAROA 0L OIRACAR (RO 8 LR RS OO SR8 RN O R OGRS R R AN R F HONRs fRESl Mrs. Felicia B. Rees The following powerful description of | the awful tragedy at the Iroquois The- | ater, Chicago, was written in the form | of @ letter. The author, Mrs. Fellcia | B. Rees, of 3348 Ellis avenue, Chicago, was formerly a San Franciscan and the letter was addressed to friends in this city: “When Carrie and I reached the Iro- | quois Theater she joined the long line | of those buying tickets and finally se- cured passes‘for standing room, every seat being taken. We passed inl through the entrance, the only one, ich was at the left side of the the-| .- got back behind the last row of | and finding that space well | we squeezed between people | e wall, finding a small space in | which to stand, leaning against the| back of the seats about two-thirds of ! the way across the theater, away from | the entran, { “Th abor fi act wae drawing to a close; ©0 hundred persons were on the stage; girls in tights and airy costumes, | scme drawnasup and down by wires | seemed to float in the air; the scenery | wes gorgeous and the curtain fell upon | a beautiful picture. An actor, Scott| Craven, joined us and.as he and Carrie | ed I looked over the audience. a beautiful scene! It was com- posed mestly of young girls, children and women. I particularly noted a| party of girls, about fourteen, dressed in light dresses, with pretty bright hair ribbons, sitting in the third or fourth row from the stage. There were smaller misses, with fluffy skirts, and little brothers, opening baby eyes upon the wonders of fairy land. I felt a warm | wave of sympathetic pleasure. “The curtain rose for the second act. | Mr. Biuebeard had just left the stage, | leaving an amusing memory of yowl- | ing cats and barking dogs, and a chorus of perhaps thirty\ girls were singing. The stage was a beautiful | woodland scene, graceful foliage hang- ing everywhere. THERE CAME A SILENCE. “Suddenly there was absolute quiet— no sound of music, no sound of sing- ing, no movement on the stage nor in the audience, but a tefribje awe-in- g silence. Silence for just a mo- Then a voice, seemingly from behind the scenes, cried out one word | —fire. There was a murmur every- where—murmur of low voices and of moving bedies—the music began, half the chorus remained on the stage awk- wardly trying to dance. A bright, flickering light could be seen at the left e of the wings and little burn- ing sparks fell to the stage. A woman down the aisle fainted. Eddie Foy | (Mr. Bluebeard) came to the front with oitstretched arms. ‘There is no dan- ger,’ he cried. ‘Keep your seats, sit down, it will be out in a ‘minute.’ | Veices in the audience shouted, ‘Keep down; keep your seats. . “‘Carrie and I stood perfectly still. I| did not feel intlined to move, nor did I feel fear. ‘We will keep still’ she said; ‘it will soon be out. I have seen such things before.' ‘Yes,’ was all I replied. ‘There is no dgnger,” called the voice from the stage. Then down came a blazing piece of the burning canvas and floated into the first rows of: the audience. And another, and others— pieces two feet in diameter. I thought I saw a movement as if there was an attempt to lower a curtain, but that was only at the.top of the stage, the curtain did not fall to shut out the flames. t | SLOW TO START. “‘Come,’ said Carrie, ‘we will go now.’ I answered, ‘let us wait.’ I felt very quiet, and dreaded the panic more than the flames. But Carrie said, with great empha ‘No, come now,’ | and 1 delayed no longer. Through it all I felt sure of my ultimate safety, but as I started to move along the crowded space toward the one exit, a little thrill of excitement swept through me and was gone. I held my coat in my hands and carefully lifted my skirts to my knees, as I had read it was safe to do in a mob to prevent being tripped over and being trampled on. Every one hew seemed to be moving toward that door, but there was little nojse. At that moment it was not more crowded than when leaving the theater under ordin- ary circumstances. I saw one woman climb over the back of the seats and fall to the floor. No one could pause to help her up. Safely, out in a tight- ening crowd, we passed out through that side entrance door into the foyer. Carrie wae with me. There were three doors leading out of this foyer into the outer entrance, where tickets were sold. “Had the thrée doors been open we could all have passed across the foyer and out through the entrance into the | street. The middle door was open, the | other TWO WERE LOCKED. All the surging mass directed its steps toward that middle door. Carrie and I were sep- arated. Now we could hear screams be- hind us, yvet I feit that I should have expected more noifse, I did not expect | that any one would be seriously hurt ; and thought the fire would soon be out. Tighter pressed the crowd, and I was | borne along. l YOUNG GIRL LOST. | “A young girl was beside me, just | one farther in than I, yet she could not | reach the door, to which I was car- ried. ‘Oh!” she cried, in great smoth- | ering gasps, ‘Oh! oh!" and called some |name. I knew her soft body was be- |ing crushed against the stone door- | jamb. With all my force I~tried to |sway my body away from hers to | spare her, but I was brushed on. ‘Oh, !'stop!” came another cry of agony, | ‘there is a child down here!” t “I felt numb, and the words did not bring clear meaning to me. Even tighter pressed the crowd, and I | vaguely felt that I could not endure | much greater pressure. Yet my mind ywas very quiet, containing few | thoughts, but with a calm feeling of ! safety. Then my feet touched some- | thing soft; I stepped upon some yield- ing thing—it could not have been very ‘large nor high; I was soon over it. | The last words I had heard rushed over me with their full, awful signifi- cance—it was the child—the child—it must have been the ‘child. “And I had put my feet upon it—I could not stop to lift it up. Never shall I forget the horror of that mo- STLESS STAMPEDE BEARS HER TO SAFETY scription of the Great Ircquois Theater Catastrophe and Tells of Miraculous Escape e ! numbed; ana just | | Breatest crush, I felt myself sway for- | | | 0 women. | beneath me, but there were screams | | ment and then I should be free, but I 1 held them there, a mute appeal that I {own arms at the crowd, {could h not do it? | Some chorus girls Writes Powerful De- ment—the most horrible that came to me. I did not see it; I cannot learn that one was crushed and trampled on there; my friends tell me that it was not so, but I cannot put my foot upon a soft substance without feeling a thrill of that horror. IMPELLED BY RUSH. tion, with nothing’wrong except bargains being offered : “Yet its force has grown upon me since the event, for after that, in then I was the ward, impelled by the paniec-stricken i persons behind, while my feet were | stopped by the hodies of those fallen ! and piled up in the doorway in front. “It would have been possible to have lifted my feet and by treading on those prostrate forms have found immediate safety. But I could not do it. Slowly but with irresistible force I was pressed down and lay, in a heap Not a sound came from | from behind. One silent gray-haired woman lay just below me and I could feel the increasing weight on my back. We lay there perfectly helpless in sight of the outer doors and safety. | “There were two, or perhaps more, men in tha! inclosure. One in front of | us was calling to the women within to | keep back—keep back. wished he would take me out from there, it seemed as if it would take but 2 mo- could not ask him because there were others apparently go much worse o¥ | than I, the other fvomen underneath. | Yet I deliberately let go the coct I had | carried till then and put out Ly hands; | out as Zar as I could reach ° him, and could net control. He was waving his still saying ‘Keep back.” Then he looked at me. RESCUED AT LAST. “Still T held my arms out to him, and I smiled a little. ‘I can't keep back,’ I said. He smiled, too, at me anl too’: my hanis. He was a strong fellow, | with a fine face, hatless and without | overcoat. move a little, He pulled and I felt myself ! then stop. After all! He pulled : gain and I stood beside him. ‘Thank you, | thank you,’ I said ferveniy. I walked | quietly outside. It was bitterly cold, thermometer about 20, and I had no | wrap. I stood leaning against the building; women passed me, coming out, but I did not look in. One woman stood there with her white hair hang- | ing in a loose mass down her back. passed by. They wore their thin silk tights. Some had thrown around them some hastily | caught up drapery; their faces look- | ed strgngely painted In the daylight. | I thought they must be very cold.! I was waiting for Carrie; I could not bear to think what might ave happened to her. The fire engines | were arriving and I started across the street. On the edge of the sidewalk stood a little girl without hat or coat, | 1! about 10 years old; she was crying. stooped to put an arm around her. ‘Don’t cry, dear; she is out all safe.’ I felt it must be a mother missing. The little one did not notice me and, feeling the emptiness of my words, still in a numbed condition. I crossed the street and entered a store. 1 was waiting to see Carrie. THE TERRIBLE AWAKENIN “Women, girls and children kept coming into the store. ‘Have you & telephone; may I use it?’ was the ery on every lip. ‘Yes, if you can, others are there,’ was the answer. So I did not ask. And I could not think just what to telephone. “One young girl in a light dress was —_— ADVERTISEMENTS. neapolis, Minn., tells how wo- be permanently relieved by Lydia E.Pinkham’sVegetable Compound “DeAr Mgps. Pmvxnasm:—I1 have | never before my endorsement any medicine, but ‘Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Coml}:onml has added so much to my life and happiness that I feel like making an severe pain, and could find no relief, one day when visiting a friend I ran ueroui dia E. P m’s Vege- omg;nnd.-—she had used t results and advised | Ladies’ Imported Swiss Ribbed | 15¢ and 20¢ man’s monthly suffering may | no sleeves, in shrimp, natural worth $1.50 each, sale price Kearny and Sautter Sts. none to equal what we offer for Monday’s selling. 0ol Vests, high neck, | d black ; | AN EXCEPTIONAL OFFERING OF [Ladies’ Winter Underwear During the past few weeks we have been able to give some phenomenal underwear values, but that assortments are broken. Th 75¢c | Main Aisle Kearay St ( ) All are high-grade garmeats, in perfect condi- e following are some of the many Ladies’ Finest Imported Wool Vests. high neck and short sleeves, in black, ratural and shrimp: sold regularly at $z2.c0, $1.25 Ladies’ Unshrinkable Merino Vests, high neck and long | Ladies’ Fine Ribbed Merino Union Suits, with long sieeves black sleeves, in gray, with pants to mal_ch; worth regularly $1.25 each, sale price.......... Ladies’ Swiss Ribbed Wool Vests, high neck and short | Ladies’ Cashmere Union Suits, fine ribbed, in natural and ankle length, 95¢ worth $2.00 per suit, sale price....... P in natural color; . $1.25 leeves, | ink, gray and B color, with long sleeves and ankle length; ?uf'::::rly s"..fé"en.-r;‘. sale price..... $l-00 | sold regularly at $3.c0, sale price..... o $2-25 Also a great many small lots of Ladies’, Gents’ and Children’s Underwear, which are now being offered at 13 to 14 less than reguiar price: P d B e Leather Purses an ags (L At Less Than Cost To Manufacture. More than 5000 Leather Bags and Purses. go on special sale to-molrmw—-amung. them many choice novelgies in seal, walrus, saffian, alligator and morocco lcqthers, in a great variety of colors including black—a grand collection to choose from, and the prices at which they will go are the lowest ever quoted. Wrist and Auto With Chain or Leather Handles. soc to 65c Bags, on sale at. 75¢ to $1.00 Bags, on sale at. .50 to $1.75 Bags, on sale at .85 to $2.25 Bags, on sale at. .75 to $3.25 Bags, on sale at. .50 to $3.75 Bags, on sale at. Ladies’ Stylish Waists Reduced Twilled Fiannel Waists, straight stitched straps, in colors red, navy, cream, were $2.50, $2.75 and $3.00, now. Stylish Waists of Alpaca, in neat polka dot design on black, white and navy blue ground; ularly at $2.75 and $3.00, now. .. Bags 25¢ 50¢ 1.00 1.50 2.00 ...$2.50 20¢ to oc to front with pretty black and $2.°0 old r:g: $2.25 cluster of tucks on the shoulder forming yoke; cream, navy, red and black; were $3.50, now Handsome Waists made of best quality white Cheviot, in dainty new designs; straight front effect, wide shoulder yoke and tucked sleeves; $4.00, now Leather Purses For Ladies or Gents. 30c Purses, on sale at . Purses, on saie at . to 8sc Purses, on sale at . goc to $1.10 Purses, on sale at . $1.25 to $1.65 Purses, on sale at . $1.75 to $2.25 Purses, on sale at . Third Floor Kearny St. ( | All Wool Botany Flannel Waists, buttoned on the side, $2.50 $3.00 Tuesday We Start A Sale of Laces ¢ At Astonishing Reductions From The Regular Prices (First Floor Kearny Street) Our Lace business, this season, has been exceptionally large — thousands and thousands of yards were sold. determined to close out at once. Venise Lace Edges, Medallions, Cluny Laces, Among them are the choicest of Venise Lace Bands, Net Top Venise Galloons, Novelty Laces, This naturally left many lines with assortments broken, and these we are now Laces, Festoons, Etc. All of which we have marked for Tuesday’s Sale at prices that are irresistible, for instance: Laces, reduced to - Laces, reduced to Laces, reduced to 55c and 6oc Laces, reduced to 65c and 70c Laces, reduced to 75cand 8oc Laces, reduced to .. 25¢ and 30c 4oc and 45¢ Sale of Crocheted Capes . (Third Floor Kearny Street) 3 They are hand-made of fine quality Shetland Floss, circular and umbrella shapes, in black, white, red, blue and pink; sold regularly at $1.25 and $1.50 each, sale price... Arabian lLace Curtain Sale }worth $1.00 per $L.00 | to-morrow, while quantity lasts............ ..9¢ yard | 85cand ogoc Laces, reduced to 50¢ vard 2!3: yard $1.0> and $1.10 Laces, reduced to 63¢ vard 20c yard $1.25 and $1.50 Laces, reduced to 75c vard .26c yard $1.75 and $2.00 Laces, reduced to 85¢ vard .35¢ yard $2.15-and $2.25 Laces, reduced to $1.25 yard .45¢ yard | $2.35 and $2.50 Laces, reduced to $1.50 yard Sale of Black Silk (First Ploor Kearny St.) 4000 yards of Fine, Black Taffeta— all silk, a heavy, rustling dress quality, 21 inches wide, yard — special price, 1% Second Floor Sutter Street ( | Most of the Curtains told of here are in lots of one, two, three and four pairs of a pattern. These we are going to sacrifice to-morrow at less than cost. some imported Curtains for parlor or dining room at a very low price. 1 $3.00 PER PAIR — For Curtains worth..$4.50 | i $3.50 PER PAIR —For Curtains worth..$5.00 A rare opportunity to secure hand- $5.00 PER PAIR — For Curtains worth. .$7.50 $7.50 PER PAIR — For Curtains worth..$9.00 { Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention — Samples Sent to Any Address. crying. They stood her up in the win- dow to watch for her mother. I do | not know whether she ever saw her. | “Will you not sit down? a man said to me and I realized I was shaking vio- lently. ‘No, thank you.’ I knew I did not feel faint. I decided to go down the street to Carrie’s hotel, about four | i blocks away. I felt surprised to find | | my overshoes had been pulled off my | | feet. As I started I saw the engines | playing into the building and for the first time realized that there might be ! danger from the fire as well as from ! the crowd. T hurried on, meeting per- | sons who were lightly walking toward Tlhe scene of horror that they had no |1dea of and of the extent of which no | [one dreamed then. | “Carrie and I were saved. But 591 persons who had been sitting there j twenty minutes before enjoying” the ! beauty and the music were dead. Half | {of those who entered between those | . middle doors were brought out black- i ened by flame and smoke. b { “We were so well cared for that our | | only inconvenience, physically, was a | |soreness, and I was skinned and| | bruised. I felt tired and quiet for some . days, till the effects of the shock wore | {off. All the time I felt as if I should | have my coat agaifi and the next day | | @ letter came from one Ed Zimmerman, | | musician, Iroquois Theater, saying he |bhad found one containing this card | (mine, that had the address written on | by a friend). I wrote to him, describ- | jng the coat and contents of pockets | and inclosed my father's business | card.” —_———— Spanish War Auxiliary. Nelson A. Miles Command, Spanish War Veterans, has taken the initiative in organizing a ladies’ auxiliary to the Shanish War ‘Veterans, and the first body, which has been named the Helen M. Gould Auxiliary to the Span- ish War Veterans, in honor of Miss Gould, who is one of the most patri- otic women in America, is composed of lady relatives of members of the command and nurses and Red Cross ladies of the war named. The meet- ing was calleq to order by Lieutenant A. B. Christensen and after addresses by Addie L. Ballou, Majors Curzon and Bean and Captain Riley, the or- ganization was effected by the cho'ce. of the following named as officers for the first term: Mrs. H. E. Curzon, resident; Mrs. George C. King and iss Gertrude Gallagher, vice presi- dents; Mrs. A. L. Ballou, chaplain; Mrs. J. T. Costello, secretary; Mrs. W. || ‘W. Glidden, corresponding secretai Mrs. Edward F. Schuls, treasurer; Mrs. A. B. Christensen, conductress: Mrs. D. Davies, color bearer; Mrs. Butner, guard, and Lleutenant A, Christensen, mustering officer. —_———— . Meade Coros Installs. 4 General George Ifeade Corps, La- G B. dies of the Grand Army of the Repu- | lic, has had the following named in- stalled as ofiicers for the ensuing term by National President Mrs. Kinne: Bessie Johnson, president; Mrs. Sheehan and Mrs. Martin, vice presidents; Mrs. Barnes, secretary; Annie Leavitt, treasurer; Mrs. Cariton, chaplain; Amy Johnson, conductor; | Mrs. Schults, guard; Mrs. Morgan, patriotic instructor, and Flora Bow- ley, musician. After the presentation of flowers to the installing officer there was an entertaining programme | of music and songs. —_— Will Lecture at Grace Church. Mark Guy Pearse of London, lhe! the * Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, corner Twenty-first and Capp streets, Monday evening: Mr. Pearse lias selected for his subject “Some Old Folks at Home.” —_——— Sons of Jacob. The Hebrew society known as the Sons of Jacob has adopted a new law by which from this time on it will fur- nish_physician and medicine not only for members, but for their wives and children. The latter part of this law is a new departure in organizations of this kind. —_——— French Red Men to Dance. - Seminole Tribe of the Improved Or- der of Red Men, the only French tribe of the order in this, city, will give an invitational ball to members, rela- tives and friends in Native Sons’ Hall next Saturday evening. It is expect- ed that there will be a large attende | noted lecturer, will deliver a lecture at | 2nce at this function. —_—— “But can't I do a little knitting ta pass the time away, Doctor?” said the motherly old soul who had been hurt in a street car accident. “No, ma’am,” responded the surgeon. ““You'd better let the broken bonme do that for you.”"—C. cago Tribune. ADVERTISEMENTS. from $35.00. Your choice Monday at 65 BEAUTIFUL TAILOR-MADE SUITS, were reduced to § $25.00. For Monday’s saleat. .. .. NEW ETON SUITS, in black or navy fancy shawl collar, worth $15.00. Sale price. WALKING SKIRTS, regularly $5.00, on Sale at ... SILK SKIRTS, regularly $15.00f on Sale at .. BOX JACKETS, regularly $5.00, on Sale at .. SEE OUR WINDOWS.- Wholesale Manufacturers 1142-1146 MARKET STREET. GREAT BOYCOTT SALE! WE ARE ACCUSED OF SELLING GOODS AT ' LESS THAN COST OF MANUFACTURE. Another Slash in SUIT PRICES 54 SWELL SUITS, odd sizes, reduced at beginning of sale to $19.45 $13.95 1495 from 9 .