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THE SAN FRANCISCO. CALL, ONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1904 o NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA » CRIEF CAUSES CREASE FLAMES WOMAN'S DEATH, BURN 4 WOMAN Aged Wife Quickly Follows|Plucky Housewife Is Painfully Loved Husband to Unknown Injured While Carrying Out Realms Beyond the Grave a Kettle Full of Blazing Fat s et g WILL OCCUPY OXNE TOMB|HANDS AND FACE SEARED R B Children of Mr. and Mrs. Fry|Mrs. C. 8. Hamlin Bravely Pre- Will Hold Double Funeral! veuts Spreading of Fire at Over the Remains of Parents| Residence in North Oakland | gt e bakland isco Oakland Office San Francisco Caii, i v. Jan. 31. When tk T 1 this morn-| Mre. . S. Hamlin. residing at 3879 ing sum i it of Mrs A\n!'j d street, North Oakland, was se- . who had r 1 the age of lmr‘v‘\»n'y burned this afternoon by the splashing of blazing grease from a ket- tle she was trying to remove from ys at the | where it had upset on a gasoline stove. | The flaming stuff caught Mrs. Hamlin | about the face and hands, causing in- | tensely painful injuries, though for- band died the | tunately prompt attention to them averted danger of serious results. The mixture had been cooking over the gasoline flame for some time. Mrs. and despite 1 fai vi om her de€D | yamiin was called away for a minute, nswered the | . ng during her absence the stuff slop- grave and | peq over and caught fire. When the her life’s | housewife returned she saw the flames. of a cen- | w thout hesitating the woman rushed | to the stove, grabbed the vessel and ran into the vard with it. She was thinking only of the danger to the death which yre than thir- | house But before Mrs. Hamlin could rk City, where | drop the kettle the greasy compound riage. They i spattered her. rm_of fire was sounded from at 5:30 o’clock, but before the ment apparatus arrived the Imm- s were out. There was no damage auts TO Bt H[ARD IN ORATORI0 Caul’s lesvopal Church Choir Plans a Series of Elab- ey sought in which g rement arrange-| Orate” - Evening Servives. m s will be he P SR R wils VN Oakland Office San Francisco Call, Cemeter 1118 Broadway, Jan. 31 Oratorios will be given Sunday even- SOCIETY PEOPLE ings regularly by the choir of St. Paul’s A BENE MUSICALE E ypal Church. The plan as out- d by Edwin D. Crandall, the choir- , includes the selection of a com- Promotion of Philanthrovic Work in O e TS b position, the choruses and solos to be p sung during a series of evening ser- Parish "“"J"‘ Soug \| vices. The oratorfos will be given as ( cie - | a whole at the close of the season. The ng a number this aft was written by Arthur Fick- , the organist of St. Paul's. This was in a series of producticns of work by local composer he Men's Study avenue Methodist of t The lies Club of the Eighth- Church discussed orga who Christian science at its noon meeting | to-day Dr George Smyth, Pacific Coast mis- ¥, will deliver an address Wed- - evening at the Eighth-avenue tethodist Church on the missionary ; A rec. ption to members was held this Farnham | morning at the Union-street Presby- rech. Communion was cele- s the pastor, the Rev. Dwight IGREAT WORK OF Y. M. C. A. TOLD OF FROM PULPITS Organization Holds Its Twenty-Fifth Anniversary, Among Speakers Being George N. Bierce, a Cap- italist of Dayton, O., Who Is One of the Leaders - 4 B bury thodist, F. A. Jackson of San an- irty-fourth Street Methodist. RPodu of Berkeley: Tenth Ayenue B-pfln 4 &w neisco; Second Congrega- m Butheriand; Twenty-third. Ave- Honahs Dae Bastiste €. W, Jones of San Jose: First Baptist, the Rev. J. Whitcomb Brou vening, services—Pilgrim Congreg: e B. Wileox; Plymouth Congregational, Janes: Fourth Congregational. I B. Rhode 8econd Congregatlol W chknn Wen- ty-fourth Avenue B. ' Smith: T'nited Presbyterial Lang: Union Street Prestyterian. Goorge. Batheriand. To-morrow there will be general group conferences at the association building. A banquet will be held Tues- day evening at Masonic Hall For eleven .years after the Oakldnd association’s organization the meetings were held in Masonic Temple and at the old quarters, 865 Broadway. Thence the werk was centered in the new building at Twelfth and Clay streets. - — £ TGRSR S A U 45 g e S Miss have t progr ows Mould 1 by 14 cor selection Mrs Buttlar impe cal solo « by Mrs. A s Mr. Tom Gil —————— Death of Pionecr Railroad. Man. OAKLAND, Ja 1 Dono- | van ballplayer of er of Oak- land residence, 1003 organi from years he hs two Tues¢ 3 be held 16 o'clock from the Immaculate Con- ceptio Burglar Robs Trow BERKEI Jan. 3L-D. 8. Suth vut on his trou this morn by $85 in goid A burglar had ed his room at 170( University a» night and ex tracted 1t it from his wallet. A | e is that the thief 1 $40 in cur- 1 the call rch to oc- the errina 1o remain in California —————— Charges Petty Larceny. KELEY, Jan. 31L—Policeman Thompson arrested Charles Gil- | e i 2 clerk in Olsen's grocery, on a ; y larceny. The officer « Gilbert while he was walking h a sack of sugar. Gilbert upd the sugar on the side- ik and was taking it to a place of e Burglar Secures Jewelry. KLAND, Jan. 21.—M. A. Cum- mings’ residence, 1515 Twenty-third avenue, was entered by a burglar to- vight while the fAmily was absent at thurch. Two watches and a gold ring were stolen. —————— Young Girl Dies. OAKLAND, Jan. 21.—Margaret G. de Woody, the 7-year-old daughter of d Mrs. Fred R. de Woody, died at the family home, 2057 Ala- meda avenue. The funeral arrange- ments have not yet been announced. of Tilman Hobson. evangelist, services to-day at Centennial ian Church. n Coyle, presiding elder, offi- 8 evening at Chester-street Methodist Church at the sacrament of the Holy Communicn. The Rev. J. Whitcomb Brougher, who accepted a call to the pastorate of irst Baptist Church of Port- | land “Ore.. preached this evening at the Tenth-avenue Baptist Church. The R Clifton Macon, rector of Trinity «copal Church, gave an ad- ress this morning on the diocesan con- vention. _The R st v. T. A. Bever, pastor of the Christian Chuirch, has begun a of sermons on “Present Day " including *“Perils of the Street.” | of Society,” “Perils of Educa- Perils of the Church” and of Trade.” | strict No. 5, Independent Order of od Templars, held a rally this after- oon at the First Methodist Church. ———— A. salazer Killed by Train. OAKLAND, Jan. 31 hy The remains man who was killed last Thurs- oon by an eastbound train ille have been identified as Salazer, 1404 Powell street, \cisco. The wife and daugh- lled at the Morgue to-day and nade the identification. Salazer was ale peddier at the race track. Eas: —————— | | Scouts and Scouting. . | ~Scout,” “scoute” and “scouting” are | three words which were used more | loosely. perhaps, than any others dur- ing the whole of the late disturbances South Africa. Regiment after regi- of irregulars was raised under me of this, that and t'other ts,” which yet from first to last id no strgke of scouting, but remained purely and simply the invaluable mounted infantry such regiments 1 to be. It followed that thou- of men rode about with the title ut” big and bold upon their hats, who yet knew as little of real scouting i work as if they were straight from Al- | dershot. “ And as to “‘scouting,” I re- member that a daily patrol over the same three miles of road. starting at dawn every morning, was called “scouting” by ,the commandant of a most important depot point. My sug- ! gestion that I should be allowed to take the half of the men and push away for four or five days into the Free State was called “idiotic talk” by the same commandant; but that was the first month of the war,—Long- mag's. ————— The Way Harper Does It. The University of Chicago wants scme one to give it its new law school building. The structure, which has cost $250,000, is almost completed and will be dedicated April 1. Unlike most of the other hajls on the university cam- pus, the law school is not the gift of any individual, the university trustees having decided to erect the building pending a donation to cover its cost. No doner has yet been announced, and it is stated that -one has been found.— New York Commercial Advertiser. OAKLAND, Jan. 31. fore in local, State and national work of the Young Men's Christian Associa- tion were prominent to-day in the celebration by the Oakland Young Men’s Christian Association “of the twenty-fifth anniversary of its organi- zation. Morning and evening, from the pulpits of twenty-five churches in this city was exploited the great work in Qakland, in the State and in the nation of this association, whose sole purpose is the advancement, morally, | intellectually and physically of the youth and young men of the land. The celebrdtion, which will cover five days, began last night with an en- tertainment and games at the tion building. A reception the Young People's Sociciies was held. Committees in charge were as follows: to | _ Invitation—Harold Baker, Hadley Clarrage, 8. Hotchkis Carpenter and Ben erking; programm | _R._Wilkle, C. Merwin Wesley Adams W. E. Rodé and A. G. Dick: refreshment—S. C. Teal, F. J. Boek, Phil Bernays, G. P. Dimpfel and L. S. Hotch- kiss; decoration—Wesley Adams, H. Corcoran Jr., R. R. Farish, F. J. Boek 'and Otlo Fritsch; reception—Wesley Adams, C. W. Mer- win, Walte G. A Dick, Fred Wilkle, H. R. Buswell, George Dimpfel, L. S. Hotch- Kiss, Steb ¢ Benjamin Perkins, Clarence S| « ie Beedle, Hadley Clarrage, en Johnson, Lester Burton, Mr. Ziegler, Mr. Carpenter, \A. L. Todd, H.' J. Corcoran Jr., Arthur Caldwell, Phil Bernays, Theo Hook, Mr. Pierce, Dave Clark, Frank Boek, Phil Hess, Roy Farish, Will Cottle, F. D. Ames, Mr. Foster, Mr. Dean, L. C. Drappo and Au- gust Loch. The festivities last evening included addresses by D. Edward Collins, presi- dent of the association, and the Rev. E. E. Baker, songs and a general re- union in preparation for the days to follow. CITY OF OPPORTUNITY. During the morning services to-day George N. Bierce of Dayton, Ohio, a capitalist, who has been closely iden- tified with the association work for twenty-fiv s, delivered an address at the First Longr(’gaflunal Church. Mr. Bierce has made large financial contributions to the association, both for support at Dayton-and for the gen- eral movement. This evening he spoke at the First Methodist Church. Dur- ing his address Mr. Bierce said: At the office of the hotel where I am stop- ping 1 picked up a little booklet setting forth the advantages of your city. It said, among other things, that there were 5000 mechanics employed In Oakiand, and at the bottom of the page 1 found this sentence, ““Theccity of opportunity#’ and that text is ood enough for me. Let us stop and think a moment. Do we appreciate the privilege of living in this age of wondrous opportunity? I hardly think that we do. One of the great objccts of the Young Men's Christian Aesociation is to cnable the young man of to-day to obtain a practical working knowledge of the word of God, to afford & training school or @rill field, where the young | man may secure a neccisary knowledge of’| Christianity, which every man roust have If he would be successful in the great work of life. We all knew how awkward is the raw recruit when he first appears upon the drill ground, especiaily if he belongs to the cav- alry branch of the service—how awkwardly he sits his horse; yet, take him six months hence, all trace of fear hag disappeared and he is now the trained =oldier. The Young Men's Christian wociation took the gresn, raw, country boy, Dwight L. Moody. and made him the greatest cvangelist the world has ever seen But this is not the only work of the Young Men's Christian Association. This organiza- tion also trains young men to personally deal with their feliow men, and if the forces of il in our ecities are overcome it will he be- couse a large number of our young men go forth intd the shop, the atore. the counting- roomn and the bank and carry on the great work there. The Young Men's Christian As- soctation stands for the proposition that the it goes farther than do the churches, lo- bors to preserve the body as well as to save the soul, believing that our young men are the most valuable asset of the welfare of our nation. Take, for instance, the 25,000 young men of Oakland and its neighboring cities, which are soon, so I have been informed, to be consolidated into a Greater Ogkland. Almost any voung man can easily earn $600 a year, which is 6 per cent interest on a capitaliza- tion of $10,000, which almost any business man will agree is fairly good Investment. Thfll the 25,000 y g men of Greater Oakland ent a mnflllluuon of $250,000,000, and Y!l this is by far the poorest and mfinm standard by which to judge manhood. WORK IN CHICAGO. L. Wilbur Messer, general secretary of the Chicago association, gave inter- esting facts concerning the extensive work of the association in that city, with its $1,000,000 central building and twenty branches, in addresses at the First Methodist Church and the First Presbyterian Church. C. L. Gates of Atlanta, Ga., a fleld secretary of the international committee, with jurisdic- tion over the western continent, talked upon the wide range of association work in addresses at the Brooklyn Presbyterian Church and St. Paul's Episcopalian Church. G. K. Shurtleff, general secretary = of the Cleveland, Ohio, association, the leading associa- tion of the world in the character of its work, will take part in the confer- ences to-marrow. assignments to other Churches The Were ll tollowu. servi %fil Church, I‘M ! ll to; ith Avenue ‘fie a B, B. Wilcox: Ashe socia- | only true manhood is Christian manhood, but | PROMINENT MEMBERS OF Y. M. C. A, WHO WILL TAKE 4 PART IN €ELEBRATION. s s This structure, outgrown by the asocia- | tion, has been sold, and a site at the | northeast corner of Fourteenth and Jefferson streets has been purchased for a large edifice, adequate and inod- ern. To this project a canvass has yiel2ed {105,000 in subscriptions and an additional $100,000 or more is to be raised. The committee in charge of this an- niversary celebration is composed of D. Edward Collins, k. H. Chamberlain, Dr. G. Erwin Brinckerhoff and Dr. R. T. Stratton, Incidental to the festival, but an im- portant event, will be a reception and conference on Wednesday afternoon from 2 to 5 o’clock at the Hotel Metre- pole in honor of Mrs. L. Wilbur Mes- ser of Chicago. The reception commit- tee is corvosed of Mrs. J. B. Hume, Mrs. G. E. Brinckerhcff, Mrs. Giles Gray, Mrs. S. T. Alexander, Mrs. J. R. Scupham, Mrs. R. H. Chamberlain and Mrs. Willlam Letts Oliver. Mirs. Messer is the wife of the general secretary of the Chicago association and is a member of the international committee of the Young Women's Christian_Associution. During 1903 the Chicago Young Men's Christian As- sociation spent $333,000 in its work in that city. During the reception Wednes- Aay Mrs. Messer will address the ladies of Oakland on association effort. UNIVERSITY EVENTS BERKELEY, Jan. 81.—All Bluc and Gold compesitions for the 1905 book will close to- morrow at & p. m. The last manuscript must be handed into the Biue and Gold office before that hour, A joint meeting of tho faculties of the me- charics, mining and civil engineering colléges will be held to-morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock in the Mining building. The distribution of tickets to Dr. Shaw's fec- ture will be made at the Co-operative store, beginning at 10:30 s'clock and ending at 2 o'clock on Tues All students are entitied 1o these invitations. The Civil Engineering Association will hold a business mecting in the Mining building at 4 o'clock on Tuesday. Miss Mary Page, "04. Is to be the speaker at the meeting of the Young Women's Christian Association meeting Tu afternoon at 4:15 o'cloek in Stiles Hall. ‘The Young Men's Chrll. Association will meet in the evening at 5 o'cloek. The Students’ Congress will discuss the foi- lowing que: Enn Tuesday night in room 19, North Hall: ‘Resolved, that the system of groups and prescribed studies in the colleges of general culturs at the University of Cali- fornia is not desirable.”” The affirmative wiil be sustained by 8§ H. ach 06‘ A. B. Young '05 and E. K. Safford ‘he negative wIlI be defended by F. T. Bllnvhnrd Buckingham ‘07, and J. ‘Turner '08, ‘The 1907 Debating fioclel)‘ will discuss the following question Wednesday night in Stiles Hall: “Resolved, that there should be a na- tional suffrage qualification for the » election ot Congressmen and Presidential elect W. B. Storey of the Santa Fe address the Civil !:nzl.nee Ing l“f.djleldl)‘ evening on Ratlroad will "ithe Greatest Enemy of Misslons’ subject of a lecture that will be delivered H Riddail '06 before the Young Men's Chrll- ian Associaticn Thursday evening. A meeting cf the Associated Students has been called for next Friday morning at 11 Closk in he gymnasinm, when the plans for proposed £tudent Labor day as arranged g spectal committee will be t and Mrs. eler will tender a Flon {o M, ATbert Shaw, cditor of the Review of Reviews, Friday night in l-l-ut Hall. —_———————— Mrs. Mary E. Holt Hears Last Call. ALAMEDA, Jan. 31.—Mrs. Mary Eliza Holt died last night at the home of her son, Edward J. Holt, 1007 Morton street, after an iliness of m«u months. De- ceased was a native of Bangor, Me., and wnm her seventy-fifth year. She was the widow of the late James W. Holt, -a eer of this State, and had resided California forty-four years and in this eny fifteen years. The funeral service will take next Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Ash. 'eamnily Tesidence on Morton street. q DISTINGUISHED [REAL ESTATE EDITOR COMING LRI EI Dr. Albert Shaw, Who Presides Over Review of Reviews, Will Lecture at the University “PUBLIC DUTIES” THEME Henry Weinstoek's Endowment of Lectureship Is Made in Hope of Raising Our Ideals Berkeley Office San Francisco Call 2148 Center Street, Jan. 31 Dr. Albert Shaw, editor of the Re- view of Reviews, will deliver the first annual Barbara Weinstock lecture on “The Morals of Trade” Thursday even- ing in Heartst Hall. Dr. Shaw's sub- gect will be “Public Duties and Re- ations of Modern Business Life.” This lectureship was founded by Henry Weinstock of Sacramento in May, 1902, with an endowment of $5000. Its design is stated by Mr. Weinstock to be the correcting of the mistaken idea in the minds of-men that money is the one standard of success in busi- nesg and that it is Impossible to suc- ceed in trade without more or less of a sacrifice of the ethical side of their natures. Through education Mr. Wein- stock hopes to show that success is - BRANCH OFFICES OF THE CALL IN ALAMEDA COUNTY OAILAND. 1118 Broadway. Telephone Main 1083. BERKELEY. DEALERS BUSY Steady Ilemnnd for Oakland Property in Spite of Very| Marked Inerease in Prices| it EW HOTEL AT PIEDMONT 2148 Center Street. Telephone North 77. ALAMEDA. 1435 Park Street. Telephone Eagle 503. —-- TOTAL EXCEEDS THE ESTIMATES i s Sub-Committees of the Bond Committee Demand More Than Is Assigned to Them | | —_— | Plans Arve Already Drawn for Palatial Structure Whieh Will Cost About $250,000 M RS Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Jan. 3L During the last week the local real estate market has been unusually ac- | tive for this season of the year, and at | present there is nothing to indicate that | the demand for residence and business property in Oakland will not continue throughout .the present year. All the local firms report a very active week, FIG(’RES TO BE REDL’CED and the dealers agree that if the pres- | ent demand for Oakland property keeps | oy 7% Y e up, the present year will be by far the | Mathematies Show That It best in the history of the city. Plans have been drawn for a $250,000 | tourist hotel to be erected at Piedmont Springs and construction work will scon be commenced. Suburban real estate dealers are also awvakening to the fact that property on ‘ Will Take $365,000 to Meet Varions Requirements Made Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, the outskirts of Oakland is increasing in value and they are becoming more and more energetic in advertising prop- | erty in the suburbs. The Alameda Board of Trade has just issued anm il- more probable if a business is con- ducted on & high moral plane—in de- veloping character rather than in heaping up gold. Dr. Shaw is widely known as editor of the Review of Reviews, which he has edited for twelve years. His views as writer of the department. “The Progress of the World,” exhibit an ac- curacy, an insight into affairs. a wis- dom. a fairness and a patriotism that is remarkable. Before graduating from the Towa College Dr. Shaw had already become an editor, having an interest in the Grinnell Herald. In 1884 he received his doctor’s degree from Johns Hop- lustrated pamphlet, setting forth the advantages of that city as a location for homes and showing views of vari- | ous parks and public buildings in Ala- meda. The booklet also contains en- | gravings of a number of beautiful | homes in the “Island City.’ | Smittsinger & Matteson of Fruitvale have also issued an advertising pam- | phlet, illustrated with engravings of homes and orchards in that location. ALAMEDA, Jan. 31.—Since the set- kins University for work in history |tlement of the agitation over the and political science. He was an edi- [awarding of the two local railroad | torial writer on the Mineapolis Tribune [ franchises, the redl estate dealers of from 1883 fo 1888. After a vear's study in European universities, he returned to the Tribune for a year, afterward becoming identified with the Review of Reviews. Dr. Shaw is the author of a number of _published -writings on pr-nnnmi(-al subjects, among them being “Icaria: A Chspter in the History of Commun- this city are unamimous In the opinion | that the action taken by the City Trus- | tees in disposing of the transportation privileges to the Southern Pacific | Company has resulted in infusing a | remarkable tone of confidence in_the | future of the realty business here. With | an improved train and ferry service | between Alameda and San Francisco, ism"; “Local Government in Illinof; which the management of the Southern So-operation in the Northwes Pacific Company has assured localv “Municipal Government in Great Bri- | residents it will provide, the outlook | tain” and “Municipal Government in Continental Europe.” EVENTS'IN COCIETY BERKELEY, Jan. 31.—A large audience filled St. Mark’s Church Friday evening and listened to & faithful rendering of Saint-Saens’ ““Christmas Oratorio.”” OWwing to the illness of McCullough Graydon, the tenor, much of the work fell upon Miss Winifred Wilson, but she sustained the difficulties without a fault. Miss Virginla Cameron Plerce, mezzo-soprano; Mrs. Ward A. Dwight, alto, and Willlam Arthur Powell were the other soloists, Roscoe War- ren Lucy being the organist. The choruses were sung admizably by the following members of St. Mark’s choir: pranos—Maria B. Anderson. Mary Louise Flsle Louise de Camp, E. Adelie Fos- amlin, Arman- Nelson, \mnni- Mrs. is encouraging. In speaking of renlty" conditions, William Hammond Jr. of | Hammond & Hammond said: | “While the. franchise agitation was | on, many property owners who con- | templated building became timid and‘ delayed the commencement of work. | That feellng has been abolished | through the settlement of the railroad | question, and a building boom is in | sight. Many plans are being prepared, | and we expect to s0on see more houses | in course of construction than has been witnessed in Alameda for years. The only residences now idle are old ones that have long since passed out of date. There are no modern houses vacant, and when it hapens that one does be- come so, there'are numerous persons | waiting for the chance to take the place. The greatest demand is for five | and six-room cottages. These have al- ways proved good renters, and at no | time within the last year has the sup- ply met the demand.” Da ter, Alice Gompertz, Helen G. 8. Monges, Emmeline H. Hilda Turner, tten and Olivia Wright. Altos—F, Alice de Camp, Madge de Cemp, Hope A, Jordan, Hazel Jordan, Laura Mac- | sentative recently, 2148 Center Street, Jan. 31 When the Citizen's Bond Committee meets to-morrow night there will be a | 1ot of pruning on the estimates sub- mitted by the various sub-committees | appointed by Presiden* Richards to col- lect data on the items for the proposed bond issue. It will take an ax to lop the branches off most of the estimates, as they greatly exceed the figures fixed by President Rickard of the Board of Trustees, so much so that instead of the total amount being $250,000, it is | now $365.000. This is just $115,000 in ex- | cess of the amount it was first thought would improve certain departments of the town, The excess begins with the school de- partment. There it was estimated that $50,000 would do, but the sub-commit- | tee finds that it can do nothing with less than $125,000. The manual training committed started out with $15,000 as its lmit. but now it finds that it will take $20,000 to do the thing right. The Fire Department committee wants 335,000 instead of $30,000; .the Park and Sites Committee is modest, deeming $20,000 sufficlent; the Street Committee finds that it will take $20,- 000 to put the streets in repair, and finally the Committee on City Hall de- mands $100,000. —_————— SCIENTIFIC DISCOURSE ON USING THE FEET How Form of Dress Shows Women to Be Ungainly in Their Walk. “The mew instep skirt is a boon to womgn, but it reveals the fact that women are bad walkers. A surprising number of women are pigeon-toed. They tread on the side of the foot or run down the heels of their shoes, which gives a most ungraceful appear- ance to the feet,” writes a correspond- ent in a letter to the Express. A physical culture expert discussed this allegation with an Express repre- and in the cour of conversation every count of the in- dictment was admitted. “It is true,” he said, “that women who are otherwise pretty and graceful exhibit in walking a remarkabBle amount of clumsiness. Watch a woman Association “‘Rallroad Engineer- | Anthis | donald, Murlel C. Hamm, Isabel E. McRey- nolds and Sara L. l;:e(e. T e ek Frank N. Dodd of the Alameda Laad | ‘Tenors—Chester Cox, R. ott, Rich- | Company said: “Confidence i - | ard O Foulkes, Harry M. Goodman, ‘Georgs | TORPARY BAIL: Comen e I h i | W. Graydon, Ralph J. McFadyen, Charles L. T wi e Monson and W, C. Watkins, settlement of the railroad franchises. | Bassos—J. Patrick Ambr;se. );uwlnn|!-‘, An- | Prospective buyers who held off while druse, Charies E. Church, Russel Countryman. | the tramsportati iy E. C. Hopkins, Belmont P. Jaggard, Lewis portation question was in the Kistler, W. A. Nichols. W. A. Powell, R. W. Wardwell and Olter ourgs. Ir. Mrs. Nat T. Kerns was the hostess at an en- tertainment last evening at her home, 2800 Fulton street. She was assisted in receiving by Mrs. F. E. Eidenmuller. There were twen- ty-five present and an enjoyable evening was passed. A supper was served at midnight. ——————————— Recognized No Change of Name. A few mornings ago a Brooklyn housekeeper was surprised by a call from a former cook, a colored woman, who had married while in her employ and had gone South with her husband, who was a carpenter. Mrs. Brown ex- pressed surprise at seeing the woman again after so many years and com- plimented her upon her unchanged appearance, saying: “I would have known you anywhere, Addie. You look just as you did when you Ifved here.” “Yaas'm,” said Addie, “En so I wud you. Look des dee same. Ain’t no change ez I sees. Wart on yo chin en spectacles—des de same.” Addie told of her varying fortunes since her marriage, of the birth of two children, and of their present poverty which caused them to come “off North” in search of work. Mre. Brown questioned Addie con- cerning the age and size of the chil- dren and inquired into the needs of herself and husband, then said: “By the way, Addie. What is your name now. I forgot for it is so long since you were married.” “My neme Ad'lade Eliza Euphemia Em'ly Mo'ton, yaas'm.” “No! No! That was your name be- fore you were married. I mean your married name—your husband’s name.” “He name Edward Cla'ence 'Gustus Peyton, yaas'm.” “Then your married name is Mrs. Ed- ward Clarence Augustus Peyton“' said Mrs. Brown. “No'm, ’taint neither! It jus’ Mrs. Ad’lade Eliza Ephemia Em’ly Mo’ton. “No,” said Mrs. Brown. *“Your name is your husband's name. When the clergyman pronounced you man and wife you took his name.” “No'm. Diddun’ neither! I nev’ said 'bout changing my name! I .like it right well, an’' th’ ain’ no man- s me 0’-God kin say nothin’ to mek me change my name, fer any Peyton er th' whol: lot."—Brooklyn Eagle. —_————————— Cuba’s Richest Woman. The richest woman in Cuba is said to be Senora Rosa Ahren, a handsome, intelligent, aristocratic looking widow worth $2,000,000, and with no incum- brance. She lives in a fashionable su- burb of Havana, was born in Cuba, as was her late husband, and all her in- terests and sympathies— are entirely non-Spanish. She is very democratic in manner and takes great interest in a society originated by American women to aid the poor. Her planta- tion consists of 150,000 acres of mag- nificent coffee land.—New York Com mercial. —_————— The chap that knows himself is never vain of all his lc_quhuneu. air are beginning to resume negotia- tions, and already we have closed sev- eral good deals. The Southern Pacific Company is feeling the effects of com- petition in Berkelev from the Key route, and for that very reason I believe that | the company will soon improve its Alameda service with a view to at- | tracting all the residents possible to this city. The Southern Pacific is practically without a competitor here, | and handles all of the commutation | travel. Therefore, the more residents Alameda has the better it will be for the coffers of the corporation. We can trust to the Southern Pacific manage- ment not to overlook a good thing, and it is my opinion that as soon as the train and ferry service is increased, Alameda will enjoy such a boom as going upstairs at a railway station. In nine cases out of ten she will plod la- boriously up; her feet will come down at either side of the stair and her toes will be turned in. Half the fatigue would be avoided if she would work the foot from the ankle and set each foot truly next the other, with heels touch- ing for the instant they are together. “ In sitting also women are guilty of a number of sins of awkwardness. The stout woman, for example, invariably sits squarely, with feet planted about twelve inches apart and her toes turn- ed out. “The lean, long-legged woman, on the other hand, winds her feet round | Berkeley is now undergoing. Alameda | the legs of her chair, or else crosse: property is increasing in value con- | her legs and thrusts her feet out in stantly. The next few months will | front of her. witness the building of many homes, seme of them elaborate and expensive structures. The demand for homes to rent continues and the demand for cot- | tages cannot be met. Money invested in the erection of down-to-date six and | seven-room houses is sh well laid out in Alameda.” ————— The Projectiles We Use. We have now armor-piercing pro- jectiles, deck-piercing projectiles, semi- armor-piercing projectiles, common forged and cast-steel projectiles, cast- iron projectiles, shrapnel, and so on, in, endless variety. As the work the gun, | whether ashore or afloat, will have to do can. be pretty clearly predicted, it would appear as though one, or at most two, kinds of projectiles were enough. These two would naturally have, the one a high penetrative power, and the other a large capacity for internal charge, giving great destructive power when the shell is burst. No one who has not examined carefully the effect of bursting a shell in a closed space can have an idea of its destructiveness. A small six-pounder shell, of about two and one-quarter-inch diameter, con- taining three or four ounces of powder, burst in an ordinary room and break- into twenty or thirty fragments, wounld probably destroy everything in the| A weather prophet may not be with- room.—Seientific American. ‘uu( honor, save in this world. “Now. the stout woman should ‘poise’ herself and sit very erect. The lean woman should choose the high- est possible seat and plant her feet firmly on the ground, thus reducing her excessive angularity. “The small woman also does some peculiar things. She either sits with her small feet dangling in a helpless way or perches herseif on the edge of a high seat, with the toe of one foot touching the ground anfl the other foot hooked around the ankle of the first. Instead of aggravating the smallness of her stature, she should choose the lowest chair in the room and sink gracefully into it. “Bat the greatest offender against the physical art is the mannish girl. Her very attempt to assume man's ease and freedom is the cause of her downfall; her exaggerated attitudes indeed become absurd mimicry. “Yes,” said the expert in conclusion, “women are bad sitters and walkers, They forget the following primary rule: ‘Whenever the feet are on the ground af the same time they should be placed as closely as possible to- gether, toes slightly turned out.' "= I London Express. ORDER FOR THE GREAT TWENTIETH CENTURY COOK BOOK Mall This Order to The San Francisco Call With 75c. The San Francisco Call, San Francisco, Cal.: Inclosed herewith please find 75c, for which send me one copy of The Call's Twentieth Century Cook Book. (Fifty Cents is The Call's Premium rate tc all its six-month subscrib- ers to the d‘ily and Sunday paper, and the additional 23¢c is to prepay shipping charges. SIGNET STREET .cvcuuciineccsrescinssasassocone soscacesssansanssnce CITY STATE ..ccccvvvnnncnnnnnn cisessesesee tessssssses sessssssssasssnsanen