The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 7, 1904, Page 38

FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 1905 GERMAN BENEVOLENT SOCIETY NOTED EDITOR CELEBRATES GOLDEN JUBILEE Fiftieth Anniversary of Pioneer Charitable Organiza-|;, ... smaw Is Honored tion Is Observed by Large Number of Teutons With Fitting Musical A STRIKING LANDSCAPE IN COLOR BY A FAMOUS ARTIST, ENTITLED 1S BANOUETED evolent Soclety of at the Mechanics’ was the fif- German German Large numbers of prettily uniform- ed nurses from the German Hospital 2nd cadets from the German school ship Herzogin Cecilie ted gayly in and out of the 1 of promenad- ators, wiaking a pretty effect. PROGRAMME INTERESTING. The literary & was espe v f give Paul Steindorff and band rendered popular sel < the most German cor The even ed with an an address in German by C. Ed Grunsky. Mr. Grunsky toid of th birth and of the society, its works amount of good done 1« ng the poor and destitute s of the cit spoke Hospital, whic able aid to the caring for t of th g of the ¢ n ar the birth of © We realiz we have. ome 1 congrat among s and h you_ godspeed for nether fift o PRIBER MAK ADDRESS. The band played a fantasie from “Lohengrin,” by Wagner, and an orig- inal German poem written by Charles Bundschu was recited by his wife. The poem was delivered in the native tongue Following another selection by the band, E. C. Priber delivered an address and presented gold medals to the hon- orary members of the socic he said: y. In part tive strains a which drawe us t are glad to gratetully we alded so untiringly in the w of thix prowd monument to Ger- wpirit_and German liberality. It o 1o mention here the names of all who wmerit having their names tael-amgraven in the annals of the society. I “an make mention of but the few toward whom | ihe séciety in the storme and pressing times, woe wind o show It particular sppreciation e mimonsly Slecting them honorary mem- ®. A these thers are bul six surviving to J46 we % owr Jublice, and 1t is our extreme | mer); “‘Rakoczy Ma elttish labors of so many of | by Fifty Representative 2 : 3 and Literary Exercises) =~ 2% e AN AUTUMN SUNSLCI —* 'WRITER CHARMS HOSTS —_— Delivers a Brilliant Address l on Municipal Reforms -and | Business Administrations { One of the most able addresses ever delivered before a gathering of business men of San Francisco was given last| i {evening by Dr. Albert Shaw, the dis- | ‘anuxshed editor of the Review of Re-[ i ;viewa. who was the guest of honor at| | | a banquet tendered him by fifty repre- | | sentative citizens at. the Palace Hotel. | | For two:hours Dr. Shaw eloquently | addressed his hosts on the subject of | | | municipal government, and those who ! | | were fortunate enough to listen to the | speaker . were loth to have him con- clude. | The address was one of great instruc- i tive value and will certainly have good | | results in San Franeisco, for those who | {‘heard the address are men who are| | keenly interested in the upbuilding of | | San Francisco and the betterment of| ](he conditions of the citizens of this | city. i { Dr. Shaw spoke without notes, and | | & tone of cheerful optimism was ever | present in his address. In telling of | | conditions in New York City Dr. Shaw ispoke kindly of certain politicians. He| | aid not attack those who have opposed | : municipal reform, and did not’ paint a | dark future for American cities strug- | | gling with grave problems. The address | was a plain, practical talk that carried | «conviction in every word, and was re-| warded with loud plaudits at its con- | clusion. 3 INTRODUCED TO HOSTS. Frank J. Symmes, who presided at | the banquet, briefly introduced Dr.| By CARL WEBER R \l{ \ l\ \ \ 1A\ “AN AUTUMN SUNSET.” The scene of this exquisite picture is a Southern sunset in the fall of the year, when the leaves are turning and nature puts on her mas- querade. The landscape is tinted with the parting crimson glow of the setting sun, all giving the impression of a calm, cool Indian summer day, | | SOME VERY PROMINENT | MEMBERS OF GERMAN BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. 41 1 | | | to be able to grest five of them in s were there joyous, harmonious ears 1'do the times n our memory, witen, not- yearly May - 1 applicaticn of every vias obliged ot muster all ruggie. Heavy indebtedne: ften threat va, with this medai rlasting gratefulness. May nue to bless us wigh your cont RY OF THE SOCIETY. v men who have served fshly. any ition of the suffering these men inl as n ré- preciation. May » name the | own { history. shall be published, | there #ill be no pege written with more | or read with more pride, than that | pieasure, ich v to the patriotism and | voluntary sacrifices of our our mew hospital had been avallable funds had been ex- | ny thousands were still needed An appeal to the ladies re- | far and wide with their approval, | the competent and sympathetie | £ Mrs. Gustav Markus a large fair | which realized $21,000. Mrs. | 2 the name af the society, do 1 pre- this happy hour, with the medal echoed it recall to your mind 'those days when | you gave the best you had, your time and | our energy, for the welfare of your poor | compatricts Still this last large sum could not do away As the witk difficulties in the future. irectors in 1882 withstanding balls ires far exceeded the income. all the ent of the first fair to a remained no tiee were called 4 ranks of a phalanx, German population en mass influence of a triple ht and Mre ympath Muser, Hess as r ed, | as we all know, in an extraordi- | = stic is now stretching betwesn Mrs 1y depriving | h us. | ake pleas- » of the so- | medal, as token tation. An augmented mixed chorus under of cur ever- | the direction of J. R. Riegger sang| | “Harmonie” and “Die Wacht am| Rhein.” At the conclusion of the speechmaking and singing fifty young | men and women, artistically costumed, performed a series of dances on the| stage. They were loudiy applauded and | | were compelled to repeat their dance! | again and again. The young men were dressed in white sailor clothes and the | girls prettily attired in | dresses. GRAND PROMENADE HELD. A grand promenade was then held and several hundred couples walked upi and down the huge hall to the strains| jof sweet music made by the band, i\\hk'h rendered several well-known | airs, among which were: | ““Processional March,” J_ Stewart); overture, “‘Prince Asmadaeus’’ | (Theodor Vogt): aus der suite “Peer Gynt | (a) Anitra’s Tanz, (b) finale (Griek); walzer, “Geschichten aus dem - Wiener = Wald" (Strause); “Pligerchor aus Tannhauser’ (Wag- rsch™ (Liszt) short white | aus Montezuma (H. - | had charge of the fair for the benefit At the conclusion of the promenade pupils from the San Francisco Turn Verein and the Mission Turn Verein gave athletic exhibitions.” The San Francisco Verein was led by Hans Goetz, and the young men performed some startling and Interesting feats of strength and athletic training. GIVE ATHLETIC EXHIBITIONS. The Mission Verein pupils gave an | exhibition of the formation of a series!and how he had of human pyramids, which were named as folléws: The fan, the crab, the strad- { dle, the contortion, the scale, the flag, tinental capitals. and the crown. The pyramids were | formed on two ladders, and the various | cities mentioned Dr. Shaw said he found contortions into which the turners threw themselves brought forth much applause. Those that took part in the hletics were: , instructor; Adolf G. Wei- It was late in the night when the bration broke up and as the merry wended its way homeward one voted ft one of the most en- % | { Shaw to the gathering. The toastmas- | ter paid a tribute to the ability of the| | guest of honor and declared him to be | one of the greatest authorities on mu- | | nicipal government of the day. | Dr. Shaw was greeted with cheers when he rose to speak. He modestly | stated that he was but a “reporter of | |events” and a student of municipal gov-| | ernment, and then told how he had first | become acquainted with the possibili- | ties of introducing municipal reform in‘ American cities. | The speaker told how he had gone toi Scotland and there found the existence of municipal reform. He described the | situation as he found it in that country, | and how he had found the conception | | of & modern industrial community. He | said it was the height of his ambition | at that time to write an article on his discovery and have it puhlished. Dr. Shaw then described his expe- | riences in other large cities; including Manthester, Birmingham and London, | gone to France and | Germany to study municipal conditions in Paris, Berlin, Vienna and other con- In describing his experiences in the everywhere a desire on the part of some | men to benefit the conditions of the | people at large. He told of the effective | | measures taken to fight epidemics and | to improve the dwellings of the poor. | | municipal reform sta tary point. REFORMS IN LARGE CITIES. Referring to the reforms in American when nature, weary with summer’s gayety, is falling asleep in her gala dress. E BE PLEASED He is a landscape a TO TAKE YOUR Fine perspective and harmonious handling of the many tints em- ployed add to the value of the picture. The original oil painting has been reproduced by the mewly per- fected process of color photography, which retains every beauty of line and color with marvelous exactness. The artist, Mr. Carl Weber, is an American, born in Philadelphia, his father being the celebrated landscape painter, Paul Weber. study in his native city he went to Munich, where for some years he stud- jed under European masters. and sympathy with the beautiful in nature. - Don't forget it's FREE with NEXT SUNDAY'S CALL ERY DEALER AND NEWSBOY HAS IT AND WILL ADVANCE ORDER. After some rtist of unusual force THINK IT KEY ROUTE'S MOVE Railway in Real Estate Deal ! e | RENTS ROOM AT PALACE AND DUPES CLOTHIERS Man Registering as “Jack” Corbett of New York Makes Away With Suit. Who is “Jack” Corbett of New York? The police have a desire to know and their inquisitiveness is stimulated by members of a ness firm. Yesterday forenoon a tall well dressed young man, bearing . the well-known local busi- | Bob Toombs' Way. General Robert Toombs was as im- pulsive as he was courageous. Once in the midst of a hot political campaign a stump orator said something about t he general's arrest by Robert E. Lee for insubordination, the incident. frightfully distorti Toombs wrote one of t fice and seeing him much agitated i quired the cause. The letter was han nz he Ibin’Gentechl, Al Musller, Max | He described the progress made l;" People See Hand of Oakland, sy e he man, | lottest letters of his life and was about At Bk, Tiohbid Bites, ? | those cities, and how the first step in y a . | @ similar desire expressec by the Man-| 4o geal it when a friend entered his of- i B e “ted from a sani-| San Francisco and San Jose|agement of the Palace Hotel and the | el e d- ed to him to read, and when he had | finished it he remarked, “You don't in- jgyable events ever held by the Ger-| giticq Dr. Shaw in part said: Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, | gemblances of an innocent traveler, | .. T ing people in this city. | "1t is a wonder to me what has been done | 3148 Center Street, Feb. 6. | presented himself at the counter of | (23 0 #end it to him?™ “1 do." said s afternoon and to-night the cele- | in the last fiteen years. We have made 6788 | 1 ¢no qale of a piece of property that | the Palace and grabbing up a pen|Toombs. ‘“Better wait tl to-morrow. bration will be continued. This after- | Progress in adpting TR WGP, U (orly | | s just been made the people of Wal- | hurriedly scrawled “Jack Corbett, New | and think it over, general.” “Never, sir! noon will be devoted principally to the | what is their duty, and that it 1.-’:.»:“:; g;:: 5 C thtak they dea the fTest move] TOrk s on:ihe register yeage, asked for | 1 have known him to be a liar, a biack- children’s festival. The orchestra will | lss task (o undertake something for o] DUE srec s gt | a room and bath, mumbled something | Suard and a thief all his life, but never be led by Professor Louls N. Ritzau. | o There have been many Sostacies. includiog | of the San Francisco, Oakland and San | ' "\ 0ty Lo ke coming along | before had cause to tell him so. The op- Those that were the recipients of gold medals last night have rendered to the viser and stanch friend of the societys; | Dr. A. Wilhelm, the visiting physician | 5 | of the German Hospital for over twen- | ty-five years; Mrs. G. Markus, who | of the society in 1876; Mrs. O. Muser, who was president of the second fair; Mrs. 1. Hecht and Mrs. F. Hess, who The first step in municival re- | ils system The death rate in form started in Eneland turned in otber directions. One sten led to another in succese, They took up the ques- tions of cleansing the streets, the problems of housing people, lighting and water questions, They preached the gospel that men could live where they had to work, and that it was quite nossibie to make the city more heaithy than the country Then came the questio building of safeguarding the health of the children. They learned the right kind of sciantific butlding of great cities of edu and fon, the Jose Railway in its campaign to secure i a right-of-way through their street themselves in any way. The property in question, consisting of 178 feet on Hearst avenue and 48| feet on Berkeley way. was sold by Frank E. Armstrong of Walnut street to Walter E. Lucas for $10,000. That is a pretty stiff price and one a railroad would pay only under pressure. Who soon and then turned about and fol- j portunity is now offered, and I wouldn't lowed a bellboy up to the room as-|miss it for the Senatorship. Wait till the cashier's window of the hotel. He | Toombs will strike! New explained that Cerbett had purchased | mercial Advertiser $50 worth of clothing from the firm | and had ordered it delivered at once | to the Palace, where he said he would be prepared to pay for it. The man took the clothes to Corbett’s room, where the latter adorned himself with AT AT ST Mr. Pulitzer's school of journalis will hardly go so far as to require th its graduates shall understand | soclety through its many years of |he lame cities was alurming, nd SometRE | oo North Berkeley. A g0od deal of | signed to him by the clerk. { to-morrow? Think it over? That is to growth untold assistance by gratu-|sanitary au was the kevnote to the | v iorv envelops the transaction and| Two hours later a delivery man | throw away the chance of a lifetime. |#tous services. They are: Reuben H.| whele altoation of municoel IOMm o in | 4ne parties to it refuse to commit|from a. Kearny-street clothing firm Strike while the iron is hot. sir. Bob Lloy r many years the legal ad-| gealing with the sanitary question, they > | asked anxiously concerning Corbett at | Toombs is the iron; Bob Toombs is hot! York Com- m the meaning of magazine poetry.—Kansas City Journal. v vice presiden f the second cience of o 5 g 2 il e ey T e e oo auray with overerowding. | 1-UCS i8 is unknown to Berkeley. Fran- | gne articles and after apparently sat- e It eradicates the slum spots, and with the cis Ferrier, through whom the sale was | jeeving himself that the fit was sat- ADVERTISEMENTS. Among those to whom in a large measure the success of the golden jubi- lee was due are: | Past presidents—Joseph Brandenstein, Cesar Danker. of compulsor away poverty. Large cities no longer fear epidemics. Whes | men found that epidemics were not to be feared they gave their attention to beautifying the s education we can hope to | undertakings of New York, and they have been The build- made, says he is a San Francisco spec- ulator, but he will not deny that he is connected with the “Key Route."” Mr. Ferrier himself is understood to be very only thing that intervenes now is the told the delivery man to while he went down to The man isfactory, take a seat the office to cash a check. cion prevails that he took a room for TO AFFLICTED ease or endangered by a Rertheau, Charles Bundschu, Dr. Julfus Koe. | citles and finding breathing spots and parl * waited for half an hour for the return big, E. C. Priber, B Brnflr;meh Charles E.| Municipal reform started in Europe in 1875 | close to the Oakland Transit and “Key of Corbett and then becoming alarmed | & e i ey T T | e et potieeY: D e Americs | Route” afficials and it is known l(h:‘ went to the hotel office, where he was The executive committee consists of| PROGRESS IN NEW YORK he has engineered a number l'“ real e8| jnformed that the new guest had | - the following: B eae Yook Chi i woia g dre ) TRt deslntor (hatn (o TERRSIGE . cashed no checks there and had not| o g e e orunne: (chaifman), Charles Bund. | been done for the beneft of the peopie, New | 1f the “Key Route” has really ac-| peen geen since he had engaged his My institution offers schi, F. W, Dohrmann, Edward Kollofrath, | York is the pivotal center of the country, and | quired the property, it has removed| . o "“4¢ a2 matter of fact, he has not S iv - Dr E. Steltzner, H_Gutzeit, Henry Epstein, | What is possible in New York fs far easier in barrier to its entrance into North v p many advantages teo men B et s, “Berthean, Kari Unlig, | other cities. Central Park and the Croton | 90 barrier 1o ‘Rt street, The | Deen seen since then by any one con- wihoaie aulladnecuith. did- Dr Konrad Well, A. H, R. Schmidt and I, | 8cqueduct are some of the great municipal Berkeley by way of Walfiut street. The | /0 3" itn the hotel and the susgi- St g £ ————————— A Korean Cinderella. In Korea the people tell a Cinderella story that that familiar to western people. The key of the latter story is the slipper, but not so theirs. Peach Blossom, the James (a novice)—All but a shoft gentence in tic middle of it, and I can't for the life of me make out from my is much more ancient than | studled by large cities in Europe. ing of the big bridges between New York and Brooklyn, work of rapid transit tunnels under the rivers, the great rapid transit un- derground system, are tending to solve the problem of overcrowding. Dr. Shaw then described the steps taken for the cleansing of the streets of New York City. He told of the aw- the Payne, F. J. Koster, Jsoseph Hutchinson, Colonel E., A. Denicke, A. A. Watkins, F. A. Denicke, Professor Louis Litt D. Lisser, Wa ren H. Swayne Dr. James W. Warl, Dr. Ra- property between University avenue and Berkeley owned by Mrs. Sarah Acheson and others. Walnut street, if continued from Hearst to University avenue, would cut through all this property. Some time ago the Board of Trustees petitioned to open Walnut street, as he ran to his mother in great glee, “what do you think? I was just over there where they’'re putting up the cir- no other purpose than to dupe the lo- cal clothiers. Lincoln Annuity. Assembly No. 1 of the Lincoln An- nuity Union at its last meeting in Jan- uary admitted ten strangers by ini- ———— 0 you're learning to play chess,” said Maud. “Yes,” answered Mamie. weakness. My remedies, which have stood the trying test of time, are compounded by graduated pharmacists in my own private laboratory.” FREE TO PATIENTS, Korean Cinderella’s fame, was the| ft]l condition of affairs that formerly | w family drudge. One day as the mother | €Xisted and how Colonel Waring had | but the residents objected on the| tiation. It also received several appli- | Private My methods aud was starting off with the favorite | I .utionized them and institited a | ground that the railroad sought to get | cations for membership. The speak- BO k appliances have daughter to a picnic she sald to Peach | SYStem that was respected by the poli- | a franchise through It after the street| or of the assembly appointed the clerk 0! proved, by thoo- | Blossom: “You must not leave until | ticians who did not dare to interfere. is opened. The people do not want a| 5 committee of one for a period of | For sands. ‘of ctual you have hulled a bagful of rice and TE | raftroad through their street because it th ! actuy filled the broken crock with water.” TRIBU TO ROOSEVELT. railroa 8! g three months to provide emertain-ln tests, to be supe- B e ine thEre bemoaning oe boas |- Dy {Bhaw pald & trivure w0 Byeatedt |18 ten neriomw S IROICBEREAR SO, | mént 07 IS minibers of: the new we- en rior to all others. Jot the heard a twittering and fluttering | Roosevelt for the work he had doue | Manager F. C. Havens .'l‘ In she ast | sociation under the good of the order | Free My institution is of wings. Looking up she saw a flook | When Governor of New York State in | and V. F. Kelley sal 'k“ 31_ 2| at each meeting. There were addresses the largest and of sparrows pecking the hulls off the | securing needed reforms for the me- | move had been made he knew nothing | on the general prospects for the or- At best equipped and rice. Before récovering from her sur- | tropolis. of it, but that it might have been done | ggpization, after which a collation H my practice the prise a little imp jumped out of the| The gentlemen who tendered the | through half a dozen dlfferel:'t' real ;s- Wi S Office ey 42 ‘:ninl:ne fireplace and so skillfully repaired the -_ | tate agents who made purchases for E Ssive. o Tt Nort e miites Work :)nlnq:e! :;_ Dr. Shaw were the follow t::Re!nltY Synatcats. The foundation is being laid for the | Qr by 1 make a spe- was required to fill it with water. Then : ;"’v : z o 2 :;!l:b;‘:l;f:lem of l!le\'er::l assemblies in | n o7 cialty of nervous v . H. ._Foster, . 3 = i ate, as w . Al waup (0 the pigHic st DA A towl | is e bt 1 Dt AL S, Baidwis: Mahara's Minstrels at Dewey. BE2% y Sinawen: I debility and the -+ ago News. Dr. T. W, Huntington, M. Greenebaum, A. M. AKLAND, Feb. 6.—Mahara's min- | weakness hich b Davis, E. Baker, Professor ~ Frank | O: S 3 Host—So sorry you have to be go- accompanies it, Varicocel® Worth Passing Alo P. Green, Dr. Bdward R. Taylor, Gavin | strels will open a week's engagement at | ing. = Stric g » i o TS e e R Theater with a matinee to-| Guest—Indeed, I : ; {@ Gleet, Stricture, Blood Poison, Lawyer (expert chorthand reported) | Willam Denman, Willlam Searby, ~E. B, | the Dewey oot~ BE e P W Contracted Ailments, Diseases | —I say, James, the boy from the news. E:"gi Ex'. N fopac p-ne ¥ & | tuostow sttempan,. The' soefiery and ;\:};nfer‘x:“v:‘ol l;,‘:,r: Abawt mmy trmin: n"f of the Kidneys, Bladder, etc. paper office has called for the report of | Hale A “J. SreNicoit, Hornce n-’v;n. Fiuar | Sodtunes 4o dntivlly NOW. Ry MUV §.5%. B i ne|3 AND HAVE 'BEEN SUC that lecture. Is it finished? o Symmes, . vetertng. James D. —————————— g hoped you'd take that one.—Philadel- CESSFUL FO N Ebelun, F. . Meyer, George T. Wright, E. B.| .op mamma,” shouted little Reggie, | phin Record. ne.—Philadel I8 THAN 17 YE:\RRS. \;V!eohlivli long been operating a success- ful home cure system, and give notes what it is. fael Lorini, Benjamin lde Wheeler, Herbert - 1 ful consultation fi ~ J “ E. Law, Warren Gregory, Willlam Mils, | cus and they're filling the ring al 1| “The moves must - consultation free at office or by irawyen; OR Just DUk L et &b |40 E torri enaties Wenb Howard, “Johs | of breakfast food.”—Sunset Set. “Tes TButithe worst mave omeult |8 mail. If you cammot call write plause” ! . 0. 5 oyad. e S Y WA moving. It's th \ e me a statement of your James acts on the suggestion and the| Dr. Sh. ~ was entertained at lunch- | The Purist—I don't like your use of Wut?l‘ngton Star, Stingis s e S R { lecture is sent for publication with the doctored part reading: “Friends. I will detain you but a few moments longer. (Great p- ~lause.)"—Tit-Bits. eon yesterday aftern. : by Ex-Mayor Phelan at the Bohemian Club, a num- ber of prominent citizens be'ng guests at the affair the slang phrase, “slated for the of- fice.” The Politician—But I am speaking of the office of coal inspector.—Chicago Tribune. | trious woman who is cross? —_——— ‘Which pleases a man best, a lazy woman who is agreeable or an indus- G. K. HOLSMAN, M. D, ORI OO0 OO0