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RS Z 2 S % h B. Bowles.) think that the s more than half they get a position with aic company. There erroneous impression. s only begun when the r the chorus or is given a| It becomes then a case of of the fittest. I have seen | v in the chorus for | 1 years. Many girls find after once e been given a chance that it ard work to forge ahead. | who Rad a small part with e said to me: “Mrs. | ed going ou when 1 know g so hard. You hen I don't feel th rk hard you must | st work, and succeed. Your hen you are r best al- t get very far if you ave started.” s ¢ too true. conve d retired from the s arried playing One ation age. in “Fatinitza"” as a girl in the d a and be affected; ment be real must feel a ceriain in-| hy with uer sudi- | love her public, love | When I go out on the stage I alw feel as if I were singing | for some one out in front who is very | dear to me Once Digby Bell said to me: “It is absolutely necessary for me to pick out | & pleasa face in the audience and | work to and f that face.” There is| a great deal in that A singer can tell instantly if her audi. ence is interested. It almost impos- 10 make a success of a song if the audience is not in sympathy. I have worked like a Trojan to wake up a slow ¢ assemblage. It is not al- | Jle to do that, but often per- ce and determination will warm up even the most icy crowd. A singer | must learn what to do with cold audi- | ences. W she goes before the foot- lights and sees in front of her a sea of | faces that appear to say to her, “I dare you to entertain us,” it means work, work, work. The value of a smile cannot be over- estimated. If the singer shows by her’ attitude, by her pleasant face, that she is going to enjoy her work her audi- sev ence is at once predisposed in her fa-| ., .00 nourishment. Have the egg| as already mentioned, easy money is not expected to last vor. Even the homeliest face may be- | come divinely fair if illuminated with| a smile. If your audience thinks you | are pleased jt is pleased, too. Sometimes | 1 think that the magnetism of a Singer | ... the white and yolk of an egg; §a 2 3 gg; stir e effect of this action on the market, but as | or an actress is merely her love for her | fo Lob "in the bottom of & tambler| Cr 25 L th 23 public. Instead of being in the singer‘ the magnetism is in the audience. | Individuality counts for much in &l ¢ the egg till very stiff and then strain | The public are still hanging back from stock speculation singer. Many a woman has made a suc- cess of an otherwise dreary opera by sheer force of her own personality. This | is what managers are seeking. Let your | ingenuity and vour brajns work out| things. If you have good taste and| good sense the manager will be pleased and he will let you alone. An opera| singer cannot expend too much tfme on her costumes. When I took the part of Viadimir in “Fatinitza” it had been played for years. But I had a different conception cf the role and 2 different idea of how to dress the part. I had to fight with the manager before he wouid | Jet me have my own way in designing costumes, but in the end he gave me a free rein. The result was when I made my apperance on the stage there was a prolonged “Ah” from the audience. That is what a singer must have, that | “ah.” When you get that on your first | appearance you know that you have in-| terested your audience. And the first interest means worlds for you. In the last sct of “Robin Hood,” Alan-a-Dale, the character I played so many, many times, comes on masque- | rading in a monk's gown, looking for | his sweetheart. When the part of Alan was given to me 1 wanted a costume for the last act which should consist of white silk tights, a white doublet studded with jewels and a cloak of white broadcloth. Mr. ‘Barnaby, cer- tainly a veteran of the stage and a man well versed in the art of pleasing the public, advised against the. broad- cloth. But the cloak of broadcloth was made and 1 wore it under the monk’s garment. The first night, when Alan threw off his masquerade costume and disclosed himself all in white there was a long chorus of surprised “Ahs.” Af- ter the performance Mr. Barnaby came to me and said: “Well, you got the ‘Ah* you were Jooking for.” A eontralto who goes on the stage must make up her mind to wear tights. There is a sort of tradition that con- traltos must be cast for men’s or boys’ wroles. The librectist naturally chooses o4 the soprano for his heroine, the tenor for his hero. We have come to regard it altogether wrong for a basso to make love to a contralto. When I first went into vaudeville in Chicago I wore skirts for the first time on any stage. And they were a great annovance to me—always getting in the way. Once a meeting of women—I think it was at Chautauqua—chose me for their ideal stage woman. But they said: What a pity that Mrs. Davis wears tights!” This was published in some of the newspapers and brought a re- He asked me how it seemed to wear tights—how I felt when 1 was playing men’s roles. “I never think anything about it,” was my reply. “When I play a man’s part 1 am a man for the time being. I never think anything about the cos- tume.” One gets used to wearing tights as one grows accustomed to wearing long dresses. It makes no difference to a | singer. Of course it might worry a per- son to don fleshings after she had been appearing in long skirts for many vears. In that regard,it is to one's ad- vantage to begin early on the stage, | before the age of self-consciousness begins. For that matter, the American public is now so used to seeing women in tights that an audience is surprised | not to find some of the'principals, or at least the chorus, thus appareled. Food for Invalids. BY MARY TAYLOR ROSS (Household Expert.) (Copyright, 1904, by Joseph B. Bowles.) Very often when the physician orders | raw eggs to be given to the patient the | nurse experiences the greatest difficul- ty in, persuading the invalid to take them. In some cases the thought of swallowing a raw eggs causes nausea, | in itsel many make an effort to “down them,” and when they are half swallowed find the task .oo difficult. The same general remarks that apply to all catering for invalids apply to the serving of raw eggs. The sense of smell | is acute when one is ill, and both smell a ything connected with the prepar- ing and serving of food must be sweet and clean, and dainty in appearance as well as fact. Use the thinnest of glasses for the egg m ures, and always rub the edge of a glass with a bit of lemon peel, or orange if the lemon is not at hand, for a raw egg is apt to have an unpleasant odor. Add the seasoning and flavoring with a sparing hand, end, i{ the patient t to be “finicky,” -lNow him to a.d these for himself, carrying in a is little of each in a small saucer on the | side of the tray. Use only distilled water in preparing anything that re- quires water. for the best can be obtained is none too good for one who is ill. It is needless to say that the silver used should be bright, | and washed just before using, so it will be immaculate; it takes but a moment to scald and dry spoons. knives and fo and then one is sure they have no unpleasant odor. Then, too, the ilver is slightly warmed when this is done, and it is more impor.ant than one would think that the silver might be of such a temperatur- that it will not chill one the moment it is touched. Below are given two recipes for the serving of raw eggs to invalids. Both have been made use of over and over again, =0 that one need have no fear of trying them. Frothed or whipped eggs—This is one of the commonest forms of raw egg nourishment advised for invalids, for it can be taken when the stomach is too weak to digest the hardened por tion of the white of a cooked egs. Separate the white from the yolk of a really fresh egg. Turn it into a plat- ' ter and beat it with a silver fork until it is very, very stiff and white. Add a little salt or sugar, as the case may be. and turn it into a dainty little bowl | or egg cup, heaping it roughly in the middle. Sometimes a little flavoring of brandy or a few drops of lemon juice will make this more palatable. Eg. nc- Next to the egg frath this is the commonest and best-known form fresh, the milk new and the utensils immaculate bgfore commencing to pre- pare it, and do not forget the pinch of salt to remove the flat taste. Sepa- with a little sugar and salt and pour over it a little milk. Whip' the white the volk and milk mixture through a small wire sieve, so there will be no whole particles of yolk nor ‘any of the “spiral spring” that holds the yolk and white together and is apt to make a raw egg drink stringy. Now fill up the glass and add the egg white and | then pass the egg nog rapidly from one large glass to another. If brandy, rum or whisky is to be added, stir the given quantity into the milk and rub the edge of the glass with a bit of jemon. A small bit of the peel can float on the top, where it will remove any odor of raw egg that might prove dis- | agreeable. If a large quantity of liquor is to be used it is well to add a little charged water to the milk, and, in any case, many a patient can take a raw 'egx nourishment when a little charged water is used in mAking who would refuse it when made of milk alone. Hot | egg nog is made by scalding the milk, and. after beating the white to a stiff | froth, stirring in the Yolk, and pour- ing the hot milk over all, stirring the | | egg constantly, so as to keep it liquid. | Toss back and forth from tumbler to tumbler and serve either hot or cold. On no account are the yolks and whites of eggs to be beaten together | for any of these recipes; eggs are more easily digested when beaten separately.' and the difference in flavor is easily perceptible to a trained or to a capri- cious appetite. Source of Energy. The “Journal des Debats” recites experiments with formic acid, a secre- tion of ants. Eight to ten drops of the acid taken three or four times a day had a marked effect in stimulat- ing muscular activity, which might be continued a long time without result- ant fatigue. “That tired feeling” also disappeared under the influence of the acid. It was perhaps this scientific fact the paleolithic man had in mind when he gave the famous advice, “Go to the ant, thou sluggard ™ d taste become very sensitive, hence | that | FRANCISCO CALL, MO T THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor . <« +'« « + « + . Address All Communications to JOHN McNAUGHT, Manager DAY. FEBRUARY ..FEBRUARY 8, 1904 A GREAT WEEK IN THE STAPLES. HE great staples had the floor last week. Not for T years has there been such general activity and ex- citement all along the line. <Cotton, coffee, wheat and corn were the objects of speculative trading, which was sensational and frequently frenzied, as in the case of cotton, which broke so sharply and continuously that fortunes were swept away in an hour and even less. Toward the close of the week the liquidation became so: acute that thousands of bales, nobody apparently know- ing where they came from, were thrown on the market, | and the rush to sell became a panic which the bulis were | unable to check. Rumors of a near approach of war be- tween Russia and Japan added fuel to the already fierce ! fire, and on one day there were three callers on the Cot- ton Exchange owing to the nervous collapse through ex- haustion of the regular caller and an emergency substi- tute who followed him. The break in this staple ocgurred just when the pre- vious decline in prices was promising a welcome improve- ment in the cotton manufacturing industry. Many mills in the South and abroad had shut down owing to the scarcity and high cost of the raw material, and these were preparing to resume, while wholesalers’ stocks had become so depleted that buyers were again entering the market in spite of the high quotations to replenish their assortments. But the aggravation of the decline drove | | all these buyers out of the market again, the confusion 1 became worse confounded and the press dispatches tell us that thousands of people lined the street, watching ! the brokers trying to scranible into the center of the pit | to offer their cotton. It was a great week in this staple. Coffee, too, had its innings, and under enorinous sales broke, largely in sympathy with the panic in cotton, though the week’s statement, showing a decrease of 445,- 000 bags in the world’s visible supply in January, steadied the market somewhat. Wheat and corn on the Chicago Board of Trade were more active than for a long time and fluctuated several points a day under trading, which was always large and at times sensational, these markets being governed largely by the varying complexion of the war news from the Orient. In short the speculator in any of the above staples found no difficulty in getting all the excitement he wanted and without any notice what- cver. In the other staples there was more activity than for some time, but without especial excitement. Provisions ruled rather quiet than otherwise. The tendency in hog products was downward rather than upward, as the | Southern speculators found themselves loaded with the | { goods and with a panicky cotton market to aggravate the | situation. The packers have been loading up these specu- { lators with pork products for some time, as frequently | mentioned of late. Wool was firm, with light stocks and | higher prices at London. The New England footwear factories report plenty of business in sight, but they com- plain of scarcity of leather and the increased cost of pro- | duction. The reports from the iron and steel trades are no worse than they have been of late and in some respects they are better. The production has again increased, the | demand is now larger than a month ago and some quota- | tions have been advanced. | The distributive trade of the country has again been restricted by extreme cold weather, which has stimulated the demand for winter clothing and other necessaries, but has seriously hindered railroad transportation. Trade reports are irregular and the best are ‘coming in from the ‘Snuth, where the high prices for cotton have led to a | prospective large increase in the acreage for the coming season, which in turn has increased the demand for farm- ing implements, stock and fertilizers, and thus rendered | | general business livelier, with more money in circulation | ! and collections good. The Atlantic seaboard is not re- flecting the cheerfui conditions of the South and West | and reports general business quiet. It is the opinion that | the spring demand will open up later than expected a | short time ago, with the purchasing cautious and more conservative. At the same time New York reports spring buyers arriving in large numbers, most of them after cot- | ton goods, though the further slump in the cotton market { will probably lead many of them to hold off a little longer | | | | yet until the market becomes more settled. The condition of Wall street remains practically un- | changed. There is no excitement in the stock market | and the money market is still in fair condition, though, ! much longer. Secretary Shaw's proposed call on the | banks for $30,000,000 in Government deposits, largely for | Panama canal account, has caused considerable specula- it has been already well discounted it is thought that the | banks will finance the withdrawal without much iriction. | and ali the plungers have been paying too much attention to the cotton market to operate in Wall street. The { enormous speculation in cotton is illustrated by the great | gain of 103.6 per cent in New Orleans’ bank clearings | last week, while the clearings themselves ran up to $33,- ! leading those of half a dozen larger and much !more important cities. The clearings for the whole coun- | tty showed a loss of 0.9 per cent from the same week in 1003, while New York, in spite of the wild speculation in 1 cotton and coffee, lost 15.4 per cent. The rain was the distinctive feature of the week in California. It came just in time to save the southern pastures and crops, for the present at least, and although | the northern half of the State did not actually need it it ! was welcome all the same. With the usual spring show- | ers good crops are promised for this year, and if Russia and Japan go to war trade throughout the State will | probably receive a great stimulus. At present the out- | 954,000, | look in California is decidedly bullish. THE BLESSING OF THE RAIN. i HILE the rains of the season have not been W by any means as abundant as we need the recent showers have had the effect of clearing away the | forebodings of a prolonged drouth and of giving. promise | of a spring that will bring us rain enough to assure good harvests in orchard, vineyard, field and pasture in well nigh every part 'of the State. The consequence is that the minds of men have been brightened as much as the parched land has been refreshed. The influence of the rain is indeed as manifest in the city as in the country, and the good ‘effects of it could be seen in the very faces of men of business as they watched the pouring rain and | estimated what it would be worth to the-State in the way | of crops and commerce. 5 With the new feeling of cheerfulness resulting from the rain there should be also a new earnestness in the resolve to protect ourselves hercafter as far as possible from evils resulting from a waste of the waters the showers bring. It has now become a twice told story that for the i S conservation of water it is necessary to protect the for- ests, but up to this time hardly anything in the way of genuine value has been done to guard our woodlands from destruction. Of course nothing in the way of a compre- hensive system of protection can be enacted and enforced until there is a resolute public sentiment to support it. That sentiment ought to have formed itself long since. Our people are intelligent enough to fully understand the i rtance of forests, but as yet they lack the art or the abit of acting as a united people, demanding the enforce- ment of laws which intelligence recognizes as essential to the public good. The only thing to be done in the matter is for those who are interested in the work to keep incessantly preaching it. In the end the controlling elements of our people will be aroused to the need of taking action. Cali- fornia,is not exactly subject to drouth, but many sections of the 'State are always liable to it, so that whenever there is a long lack of rain a period of anxiety follows, and there is a sort of lagging in business and in enterprise by reason of the fear of shor¢ crops for the coming season. Science, cannot as yet set in motion forces in the at- mosphere that will precipitate rain, but science can guard against the waste of flood waters when they come and can make ‘the best use of all that nature gives. The topography of California is such that it would be no very difficult feat to conserve the rainfall so that hardly a gallon'of it would flow at any season unused to the sea; and it is full time public attention was earnestly directed to that end, not as a matter of academic discussion, but as one of practical statecraft«of the first magnitude. The recent desperate and cowardly act of Yaqui In- dians, who murdered and robbed every passenger on a Mexican stage coach, ought to shed an illuminating thought on the maudlin opinions of those that see only outrage and oppression in governmental regulations for the control of the redskins. Another incident of experience has simply been recorded to demonstrate that the only good Indian is a dead one. DR. SHAW’S ADDRESSES. AN FRANCISCO may be well congratulated upon the visit of Dr. Albert Shaw and upon the addresses he has delivered at the University of California and at the banquet-tendered him by citizens of San Fran- cisco at the Palace Hotel on Saturday evening. On each occasion he furnished a new inspiration to help us toward the attainment of a higher business and municipal life, and | the memory of each will long remain as a cheering infia- ence both in the university and in the city. From an academic standpoint the chief feature of his visit is the address delivered at Berkeley. That was in the highest sense of the word an oration. It had been carefully prepared for an occasion of great dignity—the | opening of a new series of lectures on an important sub- ject before an academic audience. It was designed to give the tone for all future lectures of the course and was of a character to excite the emulation of whatever scholar, publicist or man of business who may hereafter be called upon to follow it. Recognizing all the high qualities of that prepared oration, however, it is quite probable that in respect to the influence exerted upon | the audience the casual and unprepared address on mu- nicipal administration delivered at the Palace banquet surpassed it. g It is to be regretted in some measure that the audience which heard the later address was not larger. Good in- | deed would it have been if all San Francisco could have heard it, and yet it is doubtful if such a talk could have been made to a large gathering. In its nature it was es- sentially a confidential, cheerful, discursive talk of a man, master of a great subject, to a sympathetic group of friends, every one of whom listened with a mind already prepared to understand every allusion of the speech, and to catch not merely the patent meaning, but the inner suggestions of the words. It occupied upward of two hours in delivery and there was not a dull minute from first to last, not an instant when the attention of the listener wearied or wandered; all were loth to have him close. The success of the talk was due to the fact that the speaker, speaking with the prestige of a first-class author- ity on the subiect, was talking to men who were as ardent as himself in the cause of good municipal administration and was saying to them just what they wished him to say and in just the way they wished him to say it. It was in effect a story of how modern municipal government has grown up out of a desire in the hearts of men and women of light and leading to improve the conditions of great cities and render them healthful and beautiful places of residence for the poorest as well-as for the rich. It told how the earliest efforts toward establishing sanitary reg- ulations lead by degrees to wider and greater efforts for the general welfare; noted the successes that have been achieved both in Europe and in America in that respect, and detailed through the experience of New York how the efforts for improvement under seemingly the most adverse condifions can be successfully carried out if only the right men grapple the problem with a resolute deter- mination to succeed. The best encouragement for all future efforts at mu- nicipal betterment lics in the simple story of how much has been already achieved. The arduous results of past work stand as a prophecy of what will be accomplished by the work of the future. In that regard Dr. Shaw's talk was a genuine inspiration to every earnest man who heard him, and we may be sure the effect will be felt in the city for a long time. Our business men, who have already done much in the way of aiding municipal im- provement, will resume their efforts in that direction with renewed hope and energy by reason of the influence this talk of an earnest master worker in the same lines of endeavor has had upon them. It is therefore to be repeated that San Francisco is to be congratulated upon Dr. Shaw’s visit and it is to be hoped the visit also will be repeated soon and frequently. ; Not to be outdone by her neighbor, Colorado, Utah has discovered great deposits of radium in the ores| that enrich the State. The only excitement yet apparent in ‘connection with the discovery is the interest of the rest of us to see how far men may go in their exhibi- tions of enthusiasm over imaginary wealth found no- where else but in their inflamed desires. Radium is as hard to find as it is valuable. —_— The vigilant officials of Salt Lake have captured a youth who is inspired by a mania for wrecking trains. Perhaps if the young man were properly persuaded that the railroad people need no outside assistance in this par- ticular branch of American activity, in which they shine, he might be restored to his senses. ) wvsesecacisessisessn . Third and Market Streets, S. F. Blessed Memory. The news had come in almost too late for the papers to get it in. Just a head clear across the page and the an- nouncement that King Alexander and Queen Draga had been murdered by regicides—that was all. But when the staff came back to the office that aft- ernoon there was plenty to be done on the “local end” of the story. “Get out around the town and dig up a picture of Karageorgevitch, the new King over there,” said the news editor. “Nobody ever heard of him be- fore; there is no Servian consulate here; you may have a hard time land- ing that picture, but we must have it.” The new reporter left the august presence with a long face. To get out in San Francisco and find the picture of some obscure little adventurer who lived somewhere on the other side of the globe—he plainly saw his neck trembling under the ax. very “ovitch” and ‘“ovsky” in the directory was frantically run to earth by the terrified reporter, but no Kara- georgevitch came to gladden his heart. From saloons out in Richmond to fish shops down near East street he wended his weary way to seek the priceless treasure from the Slavs; no picture of the new King was forthcoming. The young reporter was just begin- was not for him when suddenly a thought struck him. That night when Cold Day Chophouse” for his frugal meal. Remember that picture over the cash register with all the fly specks— that picture which made him wonder if it was intended to be that of the King of Italy? Remember how he had tried to spell that remarkable name, while he was eating his “ham and?” Re- member how the genial proprietor had said that the plcture was that of the George Washington of Servia? Well, the next morning The Toma- hawk had the only picture of Kara- georgevitch and the young reporter is still a reporter. Interested. When he walked into the Emer- gency Hospital and requested permis- sion to look through the place the steward readily gave him permission. He accepted the steward's offer to show him about with profuse thanks and an offer of a cigar that looked good to the white coated attache. In the tour that followed the stranger made a great display of interest, sur- prising the steward at times by the manner in which he peered into every corner and gazed along the walls. He paid particular attention to the cells in the insane department, spend- ing at least five minutes peeking through the wickets in the doors. During the entire inspection he said not a word, allowing the steward to explain the workings of the institu- tion without any comment. The last room visited was the oper- ating room. Here the stranger took a seat and remained for at least ten minutes, gazing at the walls. Finally he arose and offered his hand to the steward, saying as he did so, “I thank you, sir. You have a remarkably fine collection.” “What's that?” asked the steward. scenting trouble and stepping between the visitor and the door. “I never saw so many fine speci- mens of stuffed birds in all my life,” said the stranger. “Is that so,” replied the steward. “Just come in here and see this stuff- ed owl” And he led his visitor into that part of the hospital sacred to the “D. T.” patients. The Voice of Japan. Oh! Mighty God of Bleody Battle. God of Armies and the Leaden Hail, Speed on the coming of the word . That we may know to win or fail! While the world stands back a-tremble, Waiting the coming of the word, Along Manchuria’s crest of hiils The sentry’'s voice alone is heard; But when night comes o'er the forests Flash and glisten beacon fires afar— Stirring Tartar hordes to action, Betraying firstling hints of war. We wait the coming of the word, While Cossack horsemen lances, While o'er the iron paths of commerce The Russian vanguard swift advances. We wait the coming of the word, While out of port and peaceful quay Swing ready squadrons of the Czar To meet our fleets upon the sea. sharpen We bow to Geisha girls no longer: The cherry blossoms bloom in vain. Speed on the breaking. crashing thunder, We chafe to meet the iron rain! Give us, then, some sure to-morrow— We care not what the day may bring. Just to fling our legions forward, Just to hear the soldiers sing. Oh! Mighty God of Bloody Battle. God of Armies and the Leaden Rain, Speed on the coming of the word, Let us make -no prayer in vain. —Paul Du Shay. Telegraphing in Chinese. The explanation*of Viscount Hay- ashi’s remarks as to the difficulty of telegraphing a message in Chinese with accuracy will be understood by any one who realizes that in that language there is a separate character for each word. The method employed, which was, we believe, the invention of a Dane, is to group the characters as far as it is possible to do so, and then to-attach numbers to them. It is these numbers which are telegraphed, and it will easily be seen that under such a system—the best which the peculiar character of the Chinese language al- lows—the possibilities of error are numerous. Our own Government cipher messages are always in numbers; but then the transmitter has not to identify a character, which often has very little to distinguish it from half a dozen oth- ers, before he begins his message. Rooscvelt’s Tenderness. Here is a new story of the President, told by Jacob A. Riis in his “Theo- dore Roosevelt, the Citizen,” now run- ning serially in The Outlook: “There was news of fighting every day, but only the names of the killed There was a War Department order against sending those of the privates who fell or who died of cholera; and it resulted that when, say, Company H of the Fifteenth Regiment had been ning to think that a newspaper life| he was “busted” and had gone to “The | * in battle, every mother who had a boy serving in that command went shiver- ing with fear for six long weeks be- fore the mails brought word whether her boy was among the ‘thirteen pri- vate soldiers’ who fell or not. I had been asked to put the case to the Presi- dent and get him to cut the red tape, if possible; but. against expectation, I found a tableful of soldiers and states- men at lunch, and I saw clearly enough that it would be hard to get the Presi- dent’s ear long enough. “But, as luck would have it, I was put beside General Young, fine old war- rior, whom I had met before, and I | told him of what was on my heart. He knew of no such order when he was in the Philippines, and we got into quite a little argument about it, which 1 purposely dragged out till there was a lull in the talk at the President's end of the table, and I saw him look- ing my way. I asked him if he knew of the order. ““What onder? said he: and I toid him—told him of the mothers fretting for the boys all over the land. He looked up quickly at Adjutant General Corbin, who sat right opposite. It was what I wanted. He knew. “‘General’ said Mr. Roosevelt, there such an order? “ “Yes, Mr. President,” said he, ‘there is” “‘Why? President Roosevelt wastes few words when he is in earnest about anything. “General Corbin explained that it was a measure of economy. The telegraph tolls were heavy. An officer had a code word, just one, to pay for, whereas to send the whole name and place of a private soldier under the Pacific Ocean might easily cost perhaps $25. The President heard him out. “ ‘Corbin,’ he said, ‘can you telegraph from here to the Philippines?” “The general thought he might wait till he got to Washington; he was go- ing in hour. * ‘No," said the President; ‘no, we will not wait. Send the order to have the names telegraphed now. Those moth- ers gave the best they had to their country. We will not have them break- ing their hearts for twenty-five dollars or for fift Save the money some- where else. Answers t o Queries. PICTURES—A. S., Keiseyville, Cal. There is no law to prohibit the sale of “nude” pictures, if such are works of art and are so recognized, but if such are obscene or border on obscenity, then it is § crime. POSITIONS AND SALARIES—Tax- payery City. The number of official po- sitions in the municipal government in San Francisco is 33592, and the aggre- gate of salaries paid to office-hoiders is $3,675,029. In addition there are annu- ally about 430 temporary appointments, with salaries amounting to an aggre- gate of about $203,000. BUNCOMBE—A. E. S.. San Jose, Cal. The origin of buncombe as effusive rhetoric irrelevant to the business on hand is said to have had its origin as follows: In Congress many years ago a member from Buncombe County, North: Carolina, being interrupted in a long-winded and irrelevant speech, was told that it was useless for him to go on, as all the members were leaving. and replied, “Let them go; I'm talking for Buncombe.” HIAWATHA—Subscriber, City. The light orchestral piece which has be- come so popular was composed by a man named Moret. Coolridge Taylor, the English mulatto, composed a can- tata entitled “Hiawatha,” founded on Longfellow’s poem. The similarity of names has led to some confusiom, but the compositions are dissimilar. ELECTIONS—A. O. S8, City. The next election for Presidential Electors will be held Tuesday, November 8, 1904. State elections will be held in 1904 in every State and Territory except in the following named, when elections will be held in the years following the names of each: Alabama, 1908; Cah- fornia, 1906: Kentucky, 1907; Maryland, 1905: Mississippi, 1907; Nevada. 1906; Virginia, 1905. TRAJAN COLUMN—W. F. 8, Red Bluff, Cal. The Trajan column is a celebrated one reared in Rome by the Senate and the people in 114 A. D. in honor of Emperor Trajan. It is considered not only the greatest work of its architect, Apollodorus. but one of the noblest structures of the kind ever erected. 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