The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 17, 1904, Page 40

40 THE SAN. FRANCISCO . CALL, SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 1904 5 NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA NEW OFFICERS ARE ELECTED League of California Hold [ Its Annual Encampment | i OAKLAND MAN HONORED] s T ! George W. Hoguet Chosen| Commander in Chief of] b - TS FABIOLA DAY AT EMERTVILLE Race Track Earnings Will Be Turned Into Treasury of the Alameda Hospital AN IMPORTANT MEETING Lady Managers Fill Vacan- cies and Transact Other Prominent Organization ——= 1 OnKiand Office San Francisco Call, | 1118 Broadway, April 16. | The seventeenth annual encampment | of the Army and Navy League of Cali- | f T was held this afternc at Beck- s He and after a spirited contest he 1 ywing officers were elected r in chief, George W.| L x t f Samn Jo ice commander, John Cook of | The principai ntest was for the of- | f of commande: chief. and was betwe Georg: He John Le ¥ H. Bryant. The| vute Hoguet 39, La| the retiring com- r chief, presided. There was | n businese before the “‘;‘Kufl'i chief will EVENIS IN S OAKLAND OCIETY A dress rehearsal of t produced April 16 which Getsha be & number | entertained at then kimonos and u and all repsired to the he attic. Here a char been fitted up and here tently drilled her amat goe amateur acters are filled by > E. L. Dow and Miss | leen Sul- | Helen as Katana and Miss Carolyn Ohiv rv . Oliver as gul Misses Ka Lynch e the English girle Glavin and_Agnes We! J tendants. M Elsie Farnum at the | and Miss Jessie Tuttie, with violin, cons the orchestra | “The Geish ception Mre. C at the Home Ci of the largest week. Over 500 Mrs. Cope wil Mrs. Willlam Letts Ol is to be rendered at a re srge Cope has planned to give b next week. It will b | @all, Mrs. Alfred von B. Cope a E Next TF evening a dress rehearsal will be held, at which the husb and | brothers of those taking part will be per- | mitted t | be present Mise Aida Laym party this evening in the palm room of the | Paisce Hctel | Mrs. E. B. 1 Mrs. M. J Miss Zida Le King, Ross | weddings of im. n the same day, Y Miss married a4 in the will be the scene Geraldine Scupham | rnoon v Clay 1 be a brilliant invitations having e ny at the church, ption following will be 1 i to the more intimate circle of friends end relatives Both of these young brides-to-be have been cxtens) entertained and are great favor- fles in their respective soclal circles. The approaching marriage of William Oiney, ngest son of Mayor end Mrs. Warren Miss e Ray Wilson of Berkeiey = aleo & topie neiderable soctal Interest he wedding w place 8t the Unitarian Church in Berkeley on April 26. Any number planned will be a ninishing. things have been d the al whirl are ne by on r approaches, bat some of the larger will give rather eiab- orate entertainmen losing for the wenson. Mrs will entertain the Whee- lock Club o v and Mre. F. C. Watson | will piay b r a Mrs. amilton Morr will give & big n Tuesday The Ebell reception will take place ob the seme day. The Well- man reception In Frultvele is on Wednesda: Mre John Heath's at home and Miss de Golia's tea will take place Thursday, Miss Caroline Littie's concert, Mrs. Henry Dieck- | menn's luncheon end the Wheelock Club at s will be the principal events on Batu the Cope reception. € an unusual record for even the hos e hostesses of Oakland A Miss Birdie Pilcher of Fa o Oakland, who | has been seriously 1ll for some months, s recuperating at the Hotel 1 Lo Gatos Miss Piicher's mother, Mra Plicher, 1% with her. 5 e Mrs. Charles Monroe was the hostess at delightful little Juncheon recently at the Hotel Touraine. Covers were lald for Mrs, Went- worth, Miss Wentworth, Miss Baget of Saa Francisco and Miss Barnes " —_———— Russia’s Holy League. According to private letters from St. Petersburg, there is much talk there again abost the activity of the “Holy | League,” which was founded during the relgn of Alexander III to protect the sacred person of that monarch from the weapons of his secret enemies in the ranks of the Nihilists, or even the malignants of his court. Its author was M. Besobrasoff, an ex-guardsman, who is Dow supposed to exercise a paramount infiuence over the will of Nicholas II. The “Holy League” was composed of all kinds of people in high position, and its object was to spy out intrigue against the Czar, as well as to _shield his person. On succeeding to the throne Nicholas 11 would not hear of it, but now he appears to have in- voked its assistance, and that is why its organizer, M. Besobrasoff, is once more in the ascendant.—London Daily Chronicle. ————ae Church membership in China has trebled during the last twelve years. | If it pays others to pay you waeges, why mot pay yourself? PAYING INVESTMENTS are the kind advertised in the BUSI- NESS CHANCE COLUMNS— - | cesstul Business at Busy Session Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, April 16. ations for Fabiola day at the Emeryville race track, the considera- tion of vacancies at the hospital and the arrangements for a fete to be giv- Preps !en on May day at the home of Mrs. F. M. Smith made an unusually busy ses- sion of the board of lady managets of the Fabiola Hospital to-day. A Te- port was also received of the result of the recent whist tournament held for the benefit of the hospital, which showed that $600 had been netted from this source. The first matter to receive the con- sideration of the board was the resig- i nation of Mrs. Pow, the hospital ma- The retiring housekeeper hus been in the service of Fabiola for fif- teen vears and though the directors regret losing her they feel that she has well earned the rest she is aboat to take. With her resignation was re- ceived the resignations of Miss Os- trom, house secretary, and Miss Gib- son of the supply department. The resignations were accepted and Mrs. John Yule, the president, was author- ized to fill the vacancies. Miss Os- trom’s place was filled by the appoini- ment of Miss Lucy Churchill, and that of Miss Gibson by Miss Beckett. A number of applications are on file for the position vacated by Mrs. Dow and these will be well considered befoce the appointment is made. Next Saturday will be Fabiola day at the Emeryville race track, Presi- dent Thomas Willlams having noti- fied the ladies that the proceeds on that occasion will be turned over to the hospital. Mrs. Yule announced that the ladies will be delighted to re- tron | ceive their friends at the clubhouse, as in years gone by. Miss Sallie Long, the voungest daughter of General Long, will present a loving cup to the winner of the gentlemen's race on that day. As the ladies discussed business their fingers were busy weaving “straw” for the paper hats, which they will dispose of at the May day fete at the residence of Mrs. F. M. Smith. . Their millinery wares will be raffied and promise to be the rage. ——————— LOTTERY OF LOVE"” AT LIBERTY THEATER Neill Company to Put on Augustin Daly’s Celebrated Comedy at Oak- land’s New Playhouse. OAKLAND, April 16.—The Neill company is still carrying out a suc- engagement at Ye Liberty Theater and next week will present “The Lottery of Love,” said to be one of Augustin Daly’'s best comedies. This company is making friends with the citizens of Oakland and its per- “THE | tormances are growing in popularity. —_—————— Charges Criminal Libel. OAKLAND, April 16.—C. Leidecker, editor of the Fruitvale Progress, was arrested late this afternoon on a charge of criminal libel preferred against him by William T. Grubb, a trustee of the Fruitvale school dis- trict. The complaint was sworn to before the District Attorney and a warrant issued for Leidecker's arrest by Justice of the Peace Quinn. The arrest is the result of the publication of an item regarding a bill for print- ing. ————————— Marriage Licenses. OAKLAND, April 16.—The follow- ing marriage licenses were issued by the County Clerk to-day: Howard Black, 26, and Pauline G. Bowers, 22, both of San Francisco; John S. Evans, 21, and Mamie Wolfe, 20, both of Oak- land; Rudolph Horst, over 21, and Alice M. Wright, over 18, Oakland; William S. Lincoln, 28, and May M. Oliver, 25, both of Oakland: Manuel P. Escobar, 31, Livermore, and Ade- laide T. da Silveira, 19, Point Reyes. ———— Fires Shot at Chicken Thief. OAKLAND, April 16.—Walter San- ford, who resides on the Redwood road, near School streef, reported to the Sheriff’s office to-day that on last Thursday night he shot at and wound- ed one of three men that were rob- bing his chicken coop. Sanford says that when he fired the man yelled and dropped, but he does not think the fellow was seriously injured, as there was only small shot in the gun. The man made his escape. —_——— Agree to Separate, OAKLAND, April 16.—Unable to tread the married path in peace John Augsburger and his wife, Ethel, of Berkeley have agreed to separate, Ar- ticles signed by them were flled with the County Recorder to-day. The wife is to get all the fu-niture in the house at 2410 Fulton street, Berkeley, while he is to have all interest in the California Sheet Metal Works at 537 Howard street, San Francisco. —_——— Distributes Merle Estate. OAKLAND, April 16.—An order for the final distribution of the O. Merle estate was made to-day by Judge Greene. The property is valued at $750,000. The estate is divided be- tween Mrs. Mary Merle, decedent's widow, and. three children. . ———e——— ‘Wife Asks Divorce. OAKLAND, April 16.—Suit for ai- vorce was begun to-day by Rosa V. Dickerson against J. M. Dickerson on the ground of desertion. They have ‘been married sevéral years, but for the last year, she alleges, he has refused to live with her. ————— The average annual contribution in Americen Protestant churches is $I per capita PRETTY CHILD IS KILLED BY, ELECTRIC CAR —_— 8 8 f l l LITTLE VESTA ADELAIDE CLARK, WHO WAS KILLED BY AN ELEC: TRIC CAR IN OAKLAND. | : * Miss Vesta A. Clark Crushed to Death by Fender. PSR s OAKLAND, April 16.—Vesta Ade- laide Clark, the eight-year-old daugh- ter of W. J. Clark of 1036 Fifty-eighth street, was struck and fatally injured last evening by a San Pablo avenue car at the corner of San Pablo ave- nue and Fifty-eighth street. She died at 11 o’clock this morning. The accident happened while the little girl was on her way to a nearby store on an errand for her mother. She was riding a bicycle and had just turned the corner of Fifty-eighth street, riding north on San Pablo ave- nue, when in avoiding a team that was coming rapidly toward her she turned directly in front of car No. 164, southbound, and before Motorman J. C. Cronin, could stop the child had been struck. Several people who witnessed the accident agree that the motorman was in no way to blame for the occur- rence, as they say that the car was only a few feet away when the little girl, confused by the approaching tehm, turned in on the track. She was rolled for several feet in front of the car before it was brought to a stop and the lower part of her body was caught beneath the fender, though the wheels did not touch her. Bystanders went to the assistance of the motorman and conductor and the little one was extricated from beneath the car and taken to the office of Dr. J. B. Wood at the corner of Sixtieth street and San Pablo avenue. The doctor made an examination, but could find no signs of injury except a few minor bruises, and the child was removed to the home of her parents and put to bed. Several times in the night she com- plained of violent pains in the head, but as no injury was visible the doctor thought she was suffering more from the shock than from actual injury. During the early morning she seemed to improve and talked rationally to her mother, but about 10 o'clock she suddenly grew worse and although the doctor was at once summoned he was unable to rouse the little one from the stupor into which she had sunk and she passed away. The shock was a terrible one to her mother, who is on the verge of nerv- ous prostration. The case was reported to the Cor- oner and an inquest will be held. No arrangements have yet been made for the funeral. e Characteristic Story of Whistler. I grew to know Mr. Whistler well in that Paris winter. The Infanta had quite bewitched him with her pretti- ness and coquetry and attitude of a bonne camarade. ‘Great people are isolated, lonely. It must have been many years since any one so young and audacious and irrev- elant had dropped into a merry kind of friendship with Monsieur Whistlaire. Although the. Infanta worshiped him secretly—made a fetich of him, count- ing him as the one deity in the art world of living men—she treated him with the flippancy and ssive au- dacity that an American girl bestows on her best beau. g It was the very nicest way to treat a great, lonely, satirical’ man, whom few Joved and most feared. “Why have lyou withered people and stung them all your life?” asked the Infanta of him. “My dear,” he sald, “Iwill tell you a secret. Early in life T made the dis- covery that I was charming; and it one is delightful one hag to thrust the world away to keep from being bored to death.”—Annulet Andrews, in March Lippincott’s. Reward of Truthfulness.—Employer ~—You are having a decided flirtation with the girl who has charge of our telephone wire? ‘Truthful Clerk (with cold chills.| running up and down his spine and with visions of | dismissal Y-e-e-g, sir, but please, sir—— Emgployer—Well, keep it up. She will give more attention to our calls if you do.—Tit-Bits. )t | paper the verdict once directed by a %‘mun . — FOOTPAD HOLDS 1PALM ARRESTED CUPALAMEDAMAN. FOR CONTEMPI Highwayman and Victim En- gage in’ Desperate Fight and Robber Beats a Retreat THIEF SNATCHES WATCH Alfred ,Spanos Attacked on Homeward Way, but Scares Off Assailant by Yelling —— ALAMEDA, April 16. — Alfred Spdnos, a candy-maker, was held up by a footpad on Park avenue, be- tween Santa Clara and Central .ave- nues, early this morning and after a determined struggle with the high- his clutches. Spanos’ watch and chain were pulled from his vest by the rob- ber, but were dropped in the scuffle that ensued and later recovered by the owner. Spanos and his young brother, Mi- chael Spanos, were returning from the circus that showed at the corner of Clement avenue and Walnut street. As the pair were walking on Park ave- nue, toward Central avenue, the foot- pad stepped out from behind a tree near the sidewalk and with an oath commanded the elder Spanos to yield up some money, at the same time snatching his victim’s watch, chain and fob. Spanos and his brother yelled for assistance and offered fight to the footpad, who, scared by the out- cry, ran toward Santa Clara avenue, dropping 8panos’ watch in his flight. Spanos and his brother are unable to give a reliable description of the highwayman. It is supposed that the footpad came to Alameda with the circus and left here the same way. e ety FIERCE FIRE IS RAGING IN AN INDIANA HOSPFITAL Burning Building Is One of the Largest in Indianapolis and Loss of Life Is Feared. INDIANAPOLIS, April 16.—St. Vin- cent’s Hospital is burning fiercely and it is thought there will be loss of life. The hospital is the largest in the city. R R AR P e S REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. Alameda County. SATURDAY, APRIL 16. Laura A. and Charles D. Haven to John N. Bishop, lot on W line of Chestnut street, 245:6 § of Tenth, § 40 by W 127, block 546, Board- man’s map, Oakland; $10. Edward P. Flint to James Y. Ececleston, lot 8, block G. map resubdivision blocks G and H, Flint Tract, portion Oakland Heights, Oak- land; $10, Paul .and Mary J. Lohse, Lucie P. Taylor (Lobse) and Anita E. Gn‘oryw(mn-g; to‘ 1;:;11- ois Leon Bertel NW corrler ot Thir- e ma‘?fiurfi%m'w 100 by N 50, lots 21 and 22 and § balt of lot 23, Block 193, Kellersberger's map, Oakland; $10. Hibernja Savings and Loan Society to W. W. Childs, and A. Arlett, lot on 8 line of Knox v Twenty-seventh street E of Srove B a00n S 2027, W 881, N 200.65, ; $1 and Emily V. Marshall to Charles W 45 feet of lot 4, block G, m: John A. E. Batdorf, . Crystal Spring Tract, Berkeley; also lot 13, block T, Leonard Tract, Berkeley; $10. George F. and Jennie E. Allsopp (and as at- torney) to Allen A. Curtis, 8 10 feet of lot B, block 67, and N 30 feet of lot A, block Alameda Park Homestead, Alamed. John and Sophie La to_Dennis J. horey, lot on NW corner of Rallroad avenue and Chestnut street, W 50 by N 100, “Yots § and 9, block 537, Oakland; $10. Dennig J. Mahoney to Roman Catholic Arch- bishop of San incisco ion sole), same, Oakland: $10. Frank K, Lippitt to Mary E. Foster, lot I mep No. 2 Willlam M. Butters Tract, Oal land; $10, . George de Vol (single) to Mary de Vol, lot on N line of First street, 75 W of Webste W 25 by N 100, lot 23, block 8, Kellersberge map, Oakland, quitclaim deed; $200. Lincoln E, and Elizabeth M. Boardman to Michaél F. Heffernan, NW_line of , map lot —on Twelfth avenue, 50 SW of East Sixteenth street, SW 31:3 by NW 100, bleck 67, Clinton, East Oaklan 1 $10. Julia_Kirk (widow) to Wflliam Mainland, lot on NW line of Fifth avenue (as widened). 135 SW of East Tenth street. SW 40 by NW 146, block §_Clinton, East Oakland; $20. 3. A. and Emily V. Marshall to Fred Corkill, lot on E line of College avenue, 8 of Dwight way, S 40 by E 135, portion lot 6, block 3, map property John Kearney, etc., Berkeley: $10. Harvey 8. and Laura 8. Haseltine to E. M. and I. W. Bridenbecker, lot on E line of Hazel street, 100 8 of “Stuart, 8 50 by E 120, portion lots 42 and 43, block C, Univers Vilia Tract, Berkeley: $10. M. 8. Taylor (executor of Estate of Maria Jans) to T. H., Mo all interest in lot on NE line of San “Antonl venue and Oak street. E 100 by N 45, Al 2600, Wiliiam Baurhyte ‘to lots 3 and 4_block 101, Alameda: gift . J_and Sophie M, Snyder to Kate Winzell (single), lot on W line of Telegraph avenue, 140 § of Sycamore street, W 100 by N 140, Oakland: $10. Isabella C. May (Coleman) (wife of Henry), Cecelia C. d'Andigne (Coleman), (wife of Louis) and James V. Coleman’ (and as their atttorney) to A. J. Snyder, lot on NE corner of Thirtieth and streets, N 280, E W 200, § 140, W 700, fots 6 to 40, 1 § 140, 3 J clusive, . block 2035, Rowland Tract, Oakland; meda ; 3 Lizaie C. = Baurhyte wayman succeeded in escaping from | Richard J. Montgomery to George Sterling, lot on N line of Forty-third street, 80 E of Linden, E 50 by N 160. lot 30, block 2097, Al- den Tract at Temescal, Dakland: $i0, George and Carrle R. Sterli 3 to J. W. Grant (single), N 50 feet of lot 30, block 2097, same map, Oakland; $10. Catherine M. and William . Graves to Julia M. and Winifred J. Hiiton, lot on NW line of Thirteenth avenue 133 SW of Bast Elghteenth street, SW 30 by NW 150, block 92; Clinton, East Oakland; $10, Augusta L. and P. S. Swick to Edna K, Augsburg (wite of D. R). 1ot on SE line of Eleventh avenue, 131.68 NE of East Twenty- eighth street, SE 120 by SW 43, portion of lotg 6 to 8 block A, Bella' Vista Park, East Oal 1 , land; $10. Lilian A. Cross (single) to Clarence Schel. ling, lot cn N _corner of Lewis avenue and Hopkins street, NKE 127.08, NW 100, SW 128.94, SE 100, lots 1 and 2. block 3, map East Oal land Heights, East Oakland; $10. Herman and Adelheid Granz to Carl T. Granz, lot on N line of Oregon street, 44f f MeGi B 89:10, N 135, W 34:11, N 135, W-35, 8 270, portion lot 7, block 6, map State University Homestead Association No. 3, Berkeley; $1 —_— e 0dd Verdicts by Juries. All stories- of verdicts of Coroners’ Jjuries are of one type, and each is a variation on some other story that the reader knows. With this apology we print one -that-is going the rounds of the English press. The Coroner had directed the jury to find a verdict of felo-de-se. “Well, chaps,” said the foreman of the jury, when they had retired to consider the verdict, “it ap- pears to me that this ’ere chap shot ‘isself with a gun, after shootin’ an- other chap with a gun, but Dr. Jones, the Coroner, who we. all know and 'ighly respeét, 'e says that this ’‘ere ¢l fell in the sea. Well, it ain't for the likes of us to 'go.arguin’ the point with the doctor, for 'e knows more about it than we do. So I we. a verdict of found drowned”— and they did. This recalls to a Buffalo the case of a oner wh?mllf in the peniten- tiary—“intemperance, chronic asthma and the visitation of God.” Disobeys Order of Court Di- recting Him to Turn Over Funds of Heaton Estate HELD IN COUNTY JAIL Meets Final Defeat in Liti- gation With Daughter of the Deceased and Must Pay Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, April 16. Charjes 'W. Palm, special adminis- | trator of the estate of the late ‘Warren | D. Heaton, is under arrest on a charge | of contempt of court for having failed | to turn over to Jennie M, Heaton prop- | erty belonging to the estate. Palm was ordered last Monday morn- ing te turn over $2085 in cash, some stocks and other valuables. He was| not on hand, nor were there any ar-, rangements made to satisfy the in-| debtedness. Judge Greene issued a | bench warrant for Palm, who, it was | learned, was n Los Angeles, and . Un- der Sheriff Hanifin went to the south- ern city and brought him back a pris- «aner. Up to the present Palm has been unable to get bonds, and is spending his time in the County Jail as an or- | dinary prisoner. The hearing of the, matter will come up before Judge Greene Monday morning. As special administrator of the Hea- ton estate, Palm has been resisting the 1 claims of Jennie M. Heaton to a, daughter’s share of the property for | over four years. Appeal after appeal | has been decided against him, until he was finally ordered to pay over to | her the property in his hands. This he ’ has failed to do. —_——— FARM WHERE SEA GULLS I ARE USED FOR POULTRY | | Retired Whaler Finds Out Plan to Make Tough Birds Source ! of Profit. | The thousands of sea gulls which have been making themselves at home in the eastern part of this city and on the water front for the past month or more show no signs of returning to their accustomed haunts along the; coast. i An old retired whaler who lives by the Ladd. tract, where the gulls most do congregate to hunt for earthworms, ete., has an idea of capturing and con- fining a lot of them and keeping them to produce eggs for market. He had visited the Arctic regions on both this coast and the east coast, and has seen whole schoonerloads of eggs of gulls |! and other seagoing birds gathered about Labrador, in the Farallon Islands’ and on the coast of Alaska and sent to market. He has many a time feasted on omelet of gulls’ eggs, which find ready sale in many markets. He says they are not so delicate as hens' eggs, having a slight tinge of a fishy taste, but they are wholesome and nutritious and are much better than no eggs at all, which of late has formed a part of his breakfast very often. He believes that if the gulls were kept here in con- finement awhile and properly fed their eggs would be as good as hens’ eggs and much larger. Gulls are great pro- | ducers of eggs, as he has seen miles of | land and rocks covered with them. He | proposes to fence in a plece of land along a slough, including a section of | the slough, and to confine there as many gulls as he can procure, and imagines that in a little while they will | become tame and can be treated the same as barnyard fowls.—Portland Ore- | gonian. ————— An Unclaimed Mummy. A man who is believed to belonged to a mnoble English family died from | exposure in Wayne nine years ago to- day, and his body still lies unclaimed | in the morgue of S. P. Frankenfield's Sons at Ardmore. | Mack was employed for several years | by R. H. Johnson, a- contractor of | ‘Wayne. He was a man of education | and culture, and, according to rumor, | was the heir to a British title, which, for some muysterious reason, he would not or could not claim. ‘When the man died J. S. Pearce, at that time an undertaker, but who has since retired, embalmed the body, and | decided to hold it until it should be claimed. No one ever claimed it, and, ' as the embalming was unusually suc- | ceseful, a number of efforts have been made by museums to purchase the body, but Mr. Pearce says he will not surrender it except to some member of | Mack’s family. The body has been viewed by thou- sands of people, many of them Eng- | lishmen, who hoped to identify it. The | skin retains its natural color and the sandy mustache and hair remain as in/life. Thé nose has become unnatur- ally sharp from having been pmchedI by people who doubted if the man was | really dead. Over the head of the mummy a cuckoo clock is kept going to keep him from getting lonesome.— Philadelphia Record. —————— Bad Reputation Saves Him. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst of New York, who is fighting the bill to open the metropolitan saloons on Sunday afternoons and evenings, was discuss- h;s recently certain phases of corrup- tion. “T declare,” he said, “when I see some of the deceit that exists about me I can almost sympathize with the jury in the Jerome Ess case. You have heard of the Jerome Ess case? No? “Well, Jerome Ess, a Western man, was noted for his mendacity. It was impossible to believe him, impossible to trust him. He got, finally, in the toils of the law, and at his trial he pleaded guilty. “He daid well to plead guilty, for the case against him was strong and ir- refutable. Nevertheless, the jury in its verdict declared him: inn t. “The Judge was thunderstruck at thi ‘“‘‘Innoeent?’ he said. ‘Innocent? But the man himself pleads guilty!” “ ‘We know it, your Honor,’ said the foreman of the jury, ‘but he's such a liar that we can’t believe him.” : ——————————— Hothouse strawberries brought $6 a pound in London last month, and the kest asparagus was $15 a bunch. GOo fox-.> CALL READE especially for The Company of olortypc'iu = o i Seven refnarkable pictures have been pr Call by its printing house, the American C New York and Chicago, and one of these pictures with The Call every Sunday in the order indicated. “HIGHLAND SHEEP.” Tt is th et » inting by one of that worl 4 of o e e owhenre: " Auguste Bonheur 1s the author of the pletate. WRICH equals the best work ulhlu .h‘"fl mcre g:hud sister, Rosa. T be given away, free, with each copy ¥ Auguste Bonheur, in presenting “Highland Sheep" contribution to the art gallery of the ages as did his fll\:.ll‘lnll.-‘ she painted that superbly colored revelation of animal power e s “The Horse Fair.’ Both pictures are so perfect that they seem (2 SHTPCO 1, power of mere art, for they possess qualities of realism which & onmen physical beauty. fame was even more arduous his In 1845, when all Paris was talking about amed Rosa Bonheur, Who onheur made an appesrance In (S 5L e % erttically concluded that Bt e oty one phenomenon landscape which at- and cattle painter es- Auguste’s climb into name handicapped him. exhibits in the Salon by a young girl come a painter of animals, another This time it was a_man, A by name. painter of genre. His pretensions were laughed at. the Bonheur family, taught by the father, But' the following year this geure painter exhibited a tracted attention. In a few years more he was & landscape teemed but little less than his gifted sister. Auguste e 'that the sreater medals_and his red ribbon of the legion. It ls Quite 5 Tame of his slater overshadowed his, and that he might have won & higher position in art under arother name. Highiand. Sheep” 18 Drobably the most noted canvas of all Boaheurls St Tt was the talk of the esthetic world at the time of its first exhibitior extentpof a Now that sheep pictures have become 4 popular fad—almost to the - craze—the great paintings of this animal and its gflvmmun't have aum:l:: m‘,‘:i .:mt large :-Imu a‘ lm:q are ::Add forhtho n:n Mv:llf‘l;":‘ Sheep’ is far superior plcture. 1 critics have con led that Bonheur’ T the works of all others who have made animal study their speciaity. The only artist who ever equaled him was his own sister. “PLAYMATES.” 1 lovers “Playmates” |s a scens of home life which will sppeal to 3 of children and pets. It iliustrates the sympathy which exists between children — thelr animal playmates, and suggests the charm which the (ngenuous play o A tle ones oring into home life. It ;h"l ITG “-(m:“.l:ll:‘ of '?b:lrng‘n o observed in the lives of their parents influences in a re tions. In putting the puppy to bed in fier doll's cradle the littie girl z:]ullovmivt:; example of hex mother's care for her little brother, which she has dally obeer¥ed Although her Offspring seems to be an unwilling partoer to the play, the canine mOEr doss not seem greatly concerned, for she has Dtiess been often associa the children in their games and knows that they mean no harm. S0 The picture is one which bespeaks the artist's cheerful & =, h° commonplace scene he has infused something of the sympathy which he m“ l'_‘ for the homely joys of domestic life. His color also Indicates a genfal fondness o what is pleasing and cheerful. It is varied and brilliant simple and unaffected o not devold of refinement, There is even & certain sublety in the placing of the green and yellow-green riotes of the cupboard and cradle together in the picture balancing them with the mass of the biue apron on the oppesits side of the 'm“.'n' Effects of studied arrangement are also to be found in the judiclous placing of the varigus motes of red, brown and yellow. The works of this promising young artist are not yet familiar in this country, are generally sold to collectors and dealers has frequently so many advance orders for Pictires that his customers have to wait many monthe before they can bave the sgtisfaction of possessing one of his interesting productions. - His models are taken from his own houschold. even fthe animals, which he ls fond of introducing Into his compositions. His familiarity with them is unques- tionably the secret of his remarkable success in painting them. “THE PASSING STORM.” : ts career. E, Louyet's nt. Two favorite themes furnish subjects for the brush of Thomas N. A, the artificial architectural beauty of Venice and the grandeur of American ““The Passing Storm,”” which was painted on Long Island, furniehes ome of the most beautiful and effective colored reproductions yet published. It s vigorous and yet harmonious in color, dramatic in effect und well balanced in its composition. The warm color of autumn browns and ysllow contrasts with gray rocks and the rich greens of the swampy foreground, and above all is a sky full of movement and varied in its colored effects. < It is the emotional qualities in this, as weil as in nearly all of Mr. Moran's paint- ings, which have contributed much to their success, and yet lying these there s a foundation of convineing realism. In “The Passing Storm™ it may be seen that ths b sapient arrangement of masses of light and dark dued color, of broad, simple massés and intricate detail, the artist reflects his own poetic temperament in its dramatic effect, wealth of color and technical abliity. Mr. Moran’s attention was first attracted to the possibilities of American land- scape in 1871, when 1 Jor Powell to explore t ki of the Yellowstone,” which was produced shortly after. was purchased by the Govern- ment. The painting is 5o truthful that geologists are able to detect and classify from it the ihousands of feet of canyon wall, and yet the exprsssion of & of eublim- ity is w0 strong that it is difficult to believe that he has not idealized his subject He has since made several trips to the Rocky Mountains and has visited Cuba and Mexico, and It may be truthfully said that no artist has dome more to make ‘American landscapes, whose artistic possibilities he was one of the first to apprec Thomas Moran, who is sometimes called the American Turner, was born in Bol- ton. Lancashire, England, in 1837. Went to Philadelphia with his parents at the age of 7. Fe began his artistic carser as a wood engraver's apprentice and was made an assoclate of the National Academy in 1852 and academiciar. in 1884. He is a mem- ber of the Soclety of Amerfcan Artists and the Pennsylvania Academy. “TREASURED MEMORIES.” Not all of the garlands of war are of leurel and paim, there are others of withered and bitter leaves which do not crown the victors or repose on_the graves of those who. have given their lives for their country. They are worn by the women who have inherited the legacy of sorrow and lomelimess through the of & son, & father or a brother in war. ~ cling i thelr bereavement to anythink which may keep fresh the mém- ory of ‘these dear omes. Their letters, portraits, anything they have worn or owneam(m-.o(ruh-vm:,mlnmhlhynmm tod to homor the nation's dead they seem to bring back something of the pres- ence of the heroes who have fallen. To express these thoughts on cagvas is the motive of Bdgar 5. Caméron’s picture, ‘“Treasureqd Memories.' It depicts an aged mother homoring the memory of & son fallen on & Southern battiefiel, by bringing out his rusty saber and time-worn unifgrm to place them in the chair he to sit In a6 & boy, while she pe-reads the lstters Whose con- tents she knows by heart. It is thus on the anniversary of his duath and Decoration day she performs silently and alone what to her ‘become celebration of a sacred rite. The picture is onme full of human interest and semtiment strongly expressed. its story simply and directly and at the same time it possesses artistic qualities of a high order. It is admirably composed, eftective, pleasing In color and care- tully elaborated in its details. Edgar 8. Cameron, the artist who has painted this picture, is one of the most prominent vainters of figure compositions in the West. Few men have the ability to paint well so many different classes of subjects as he. Ten years ago he was painting military subjects, one of which recelved honorable mention In the Yerkes prize competition. Then followed decoration for the World's Fal largest can- vas he has painted is a religious subjeot, “The Youth of Chrl: now Toaned to 4 the Union League Club of Chicago. Two years sgo he exhibited a striking picturs | of glassblowers at work in the red light of a blow furnace. This was purchased by the Chicagp Woman's Ald Club. At the Chicaro Artists’ Exhibition this year he showed an important marine painting, ‘‘The Volceful Sea.” which was painted | while the artist was returning from Paris last year where he served as & mem- ber of the international jury of the exposition of 1800. This picture was pur- chased by the Arche Club. | Besides painting these and countiess genre and landscape subjects, Mr. Cam- eron has found time to contribute occasionaily articles on art to art publicaticns and to act as instructor at the Art Academy. As early as 1888 he was an exhib- itor in the Paris Salon. “IN THE PASTURE.” ““In the Pasture.”” by Julien Jos, presents a rare combination of pictorial and artistic qualities. In It the artist has displaycd exceptional ability in three direc- | tions—as & landscapist, a figure painter and an animal painter. His varied talents are so evenly balanced and so harmoniously combined in thls picture that it would be a difficult matter to decide which be has painted best — the cattle, the young peasant woman who is caring for their wants, or the landscape. which serves as a | setting for both. It has other qualities which are not the resuit of the artist's skill | as a_painter, but which are the expression of his thought ing. of of truth and lifelikeness. The cattle are particularly well drawn and painted. It has been said that pictures of horses are less ant to please than representa- tions of cattle or sheep, the reason that horses are generally more clesely ob- served by the public, and defects in the irawing of these animals are more quickiy noted, while in paintings of cattle such defects are overl k sgreeable color and o pictureeque gualiity of rougbness in the paisting em. In this painting by Jullen Jos thers has been no attempt to aveid difficulties. Forms are well defined, values are truthful and colors well observed. Thers is evi- dence everywhere of the artist’s comprehensive study. from the blades of grass in | d to details of the figure and the animals. | satistying sense of com plateness, and vet he has shown how te sub- ordinate parts of his picture to gain unity of subject. o 1L 18 aclentific rather than emotional painting, and yet is mot lacking in feeling | and spirit. Julien Jos Is a native of Belgium and has his studio in Brussels. He is a pupll of the celebrated cattle painter, Frans de Beul. and is, to seme extent. & follower of Jullen Dupre. He was awarded a silver medal at the Brussels Universal Exposition, and medals at exhibitions held in Ghent, Antwerp and other European cities. His work is aimost as well known and appreciated in America as in Europe, “COSTLY TOYS. * is the title of the art supplement. by Charles Van den Eycken. playfu kittens is a favorite subject with painters who choose their models from the domesticated branch® of the feline - tribe h . and it is this mischief which furnishes an inexhaustible fund of m: rial upon which such artists as e Lambert, Mme. Henrfette Ronner Charles Van den Eycken, the painter of the original of this suppl; drawn, {n producing the pictures which are their lifework. Oth& artists of more serious temperament have used cats as models for resentations of the savage members of the same family. The anatomy of the rep- do- almost identical with that of many of its wild cousins, and the fact inatinets of its ancestors have only a thin veneer of the domesti- cation makes it a simple matter for an artist to transform the household tabby into & tger or lioness, as Delacroix frequsntly did. One needs only to observe a cat | drinking, eating or stalking a mouse or sparrow to note the resemblance recalled by Whittier, who displayed much of a painter's imstinct in his description, in the . Bound”: ‘‘The cat's dark silhouette on the wall, 'a couchant tizer's seemed to fall."" # In such pictures as the one which is the subject of this notice there are the Joyou elements of lively action. and a pleasing suggestion of innocence and ness which make them justly popul Van -den Eycken's pamting there is also bright and agreeable color and skillful brush work, Charles Van den Eycken is a Relglan of pure’ Flemish descent. He is still a young mah, and has every prospect of becoming even more famous in his chosen branch of art than the celebrated Mme. Ronner, whose pupil he is. His studio is in Antwerp, in the same building as that of his former instructor. During the fast decads Bis works have become well known in America, and the sale of his pictures in this country is steadily increasing. “THE BIRTHDAY.” Cora Fredericka Freer's painting, “The Birthday.” was the most figure composition exhibited by a Chicago artist at the recent exhibition of ican ofl painting and sculpture at the Art Institute. It is the work which com- bines the telling of a pleasing story with the successful ering of a most inter- | esting effect of artificial lighting. four flickering tapers on the birthday cake | illuminate the scene, which is one of tenderness and intensity as well as of fes | tivity. ¥ The costumes of the little girk In whose honor the celsbration is made, her | young mother and her comrade and guest furnish notes of colors. and the piay of | the warm glow from the tapers on these offers a problem which the artist has solved most agresably. 3 | e S o e ] o R e S st | SRR A, T e SR T T ottancy plays over the features of her Zuest. 8 ook of patient ex. Remember it will be impossible to secure these beautiful unless you 2re a Call reader, so we would advise fact in mind and subscribe for The Call, thereby i regular delivery of the papers containing these L ALL TRAIN NEWS AGENTS AND NEWSDEALERS ON PACIFIC _ SELL THE CALL. Lo Ty ! REGISTER A COMPLAINT IF YOU FAIL TO SECURE A GMA L r— e VRO