The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 30, 1904, Page 8

1SCO CALL, -TH SDAY, AUGUST 3 1904, THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL JOHN D. SPRECKELS. ..cccvves sovvinscnnasss coseessassss. Proprietor ADDRESS LL COMMUNICATIONS TO THIRD AND MARKET STREETS, SAN FRANCISCO ....AUGUST 30, 1904 THE CZAR'S MERCY. 1L the world has been informed of the exceeding grace and mercy of the Czar shown to his subjects on the occasion of the baptism of his son, the future autocrat of ail the Rus By imperial ukase, and of . as the sole source of human rights in his empire, he abolished the use of the knout, remitted certain fines and relieved some provinces of the punishment of the innocent for evasions of military duty for which they 5. were not responsible. The R <s has hailed these acts of grace with a chorus of ascripti the tyr of the empire. The rest of the world, and especially people of the nations who are free, have received a fine object lesson in se difference between autocracy and freedom. Especially in this country nd the people have been long accustomed to enjoyment of the hed in the law of the land and beyond the meddling ssian reach of % This came about the existence of certain inalienable hose who enjoy them nor those The history of pment of the law as a system to secure in their employment. It is a and upwardly and did not t T But for a thousand k to Nicholas, the people of Russia have had none of the except as a gift from the Czar. Their homes are not operty §s not their own, their personal rights are limited, dinated, dependent and, oppressed, s which another Czar has taken by recogniti her. te, limit, or destroy. solemn treaties entered into peoples brought under the nland the Finns were the ion of *heir ancient rights and 1 their schools and universi- They had a judi- But the 1f not bound by ies of a treaty t ft them in nchise of humanity. cured the fr heir freec press an on and property. ts of man. cial system and the courts protected them in the rig Czar who has handed o meager dish of mercy to his subjects revoked and violated t red the last vestige of Finnish free- | dor; and put the Grand Dt der the hard heel of the Cossack. If he desired to do things m 1 he should have begun by dispensing jus- nd restoring the ancient rights of Finland guaranteed by his ancestors. s the gift of Czar is, it is not based upon any merit or ri of his people. If the few things given them were-theirs of right they sho: ave had them long ago. If they have the right not to be : flogged w ie knout for trivial offenses, that degradation should never * .have ‘been upon them. If estrictions removed were wrong | they were always wrong and never d have beefl imposed. ved ncw bec: son has been born to the Czar! He * by preventing * sent to the Chico garden. eir birth and baptism had remained jurate to the needs of the Russian people. accident of moved him to in his family has child An sex in a mercies event ve been necessary or possible vthing but his personal chattels and the g grace made affluent by a purely domestic 1ld still have been cutting the soft cts, and whole provinces would be, in punishment for individual evasions of 10le is suggestion d revolting. rulers 1al not empire is made the | <\l'/a|7t to Drive Rlugs Away? i had been a girl the world would not Here the pcnp'yt‘ | | | | | gt give, cannot enlarge and are powerless to take away. We are not looking beyond ourselves for acts of | g rercy The birth of a son any of homes is the c of am to be a sovereign among sovereigns, the equal of millions f an empire greater than the Czar’s. The birth ce to the world than the American a dozen sons to of an fican coming of n boy is is le a potential defender of the s of man. The C son, ¢ and given ti bottle, is a potential oppressor of iman beings and a er of the tyranny of the § over the many. E THE PLANT GARDEN al Department at Chico is Mr. hio nut growing in Syria, where den of the Agricu aluable and interesting stock. Swingle of the de- a fine and large p th it takes the almond. place Unlike the almond, it is not an ecarly > would escape the rains which often destroy an almond crop 1 ion of the flowers. bloomer, anc Mr. Swingle, being familiar with the climate of California, found it to so neayly resemble that of Syria as to make it possible to add this valuable irce to our nut production. He found some good pistachio trees already bearing in Alameda County, and at once initiated measures to introduce the yrian tree. The stocks for grafting have been grown in'the department gardens in Washington, and, being well rooted, a large consignment has been There the plants to furnish buds and wood for be produced, and the Pistachio Atlantica, from Algiers, will be hen planted as nursery stock for budding and grafting. The terebinth, or turpentine tree, growing in Italy, is also botanically ed to the pistachio, and is used for grafting stock. There .is no doubt fting w §o ——— y S T R WILL IT TAKE? g \Uear a Ne\u Dress or Hat 3 2 psh o SR S g i | If you want to know the best rem- | | MISS ROOSEVELT ] true they are for sure "nd any woman edy for the blues,” said a thoughtful | can bear testimony that the effect of | girl to a companion, “I'll tell you. It| | GUEST OF HONOR AT good clothes is more than an outward jisn’t to mkn.4 a walk, nor te read aloud | NEWPORT DINNERS and visible one—it is far more, it is an to an invalid, nor to take a course of | | | |inward spirituality bolstering up of ! Mark Twain, nor to buy a pound of | ———— % | one.” chocolates and eat them all yourself— | | Sl it is something even simpler than these | | WINDY CITY LAYS CLAIM ! she had really remedies. 1 learned about it from a person who said that, while she had often been threatened with the blues, never had an attack of them because she always used the cure melancholy had got hold on says the Philadelphia Times. Well, not to keep you in any longer, the way to cure the biues if you have them and to stave them {off if you feel them coming on is to | | them until the spasm pa | tory world this put on all your best clothes and wear es off. The girl who told me about this said that no sooner did she perceive that she was beginning to think what an unsatisfac- was and no sooner did | she feel that all was vanity than up to | her room she rushed in a hurry. “Once there, she would arrange her bair as elaborately as possible and put ! on the best petticoats—if silk, so much | the better—the best gown, collar, hat and veil that she possessed. A pair of fresh white glov she said, she found | a great eflicacy but ghe Chico garden will be the means of effectually introducing pistachio ! here, and it will prove a very valuable crop, as the nut is useful in making | confectionery as well as for consumption like the almond. The Sacramento Bee says that the garden is also in receipt of the Cara- tonia siligua, an edible tree bean. The tree is evergreen, with beautiful foli- age, and grows to a height of forty feet. The crop of beans is large, and the beans are not only food for man, but are valuable for stock, eaten pod and all. Another variety, the Longissimo siliqua, furnishes the St. John’s bread, the bean and pod being sugary. A shipment has also been made of the Aberia caffra, said to be the most valuable hedge plant known. 1t comes irom the Cape of Good Hope, and besides being a fine hedge plant and wind- i break bears an edible fruit resembling the crab apple, which is extensively | ‘used for jam, marmalade, jelly and sauce. Many other plants are already re- ceived at the garden, where a fumigating plant is being put in to guard against the introduction of plant diseases and noxious insects. In a little time the plant garden will attract visitors from all over.the country, for it may easily become the most interesting station of the kind M the world —_— * A New York society belle, summering jn Yellowstone Park, recently “decided to show her mettle by holding up 2 stage at “the point of a gun, but fainted when the driver was unmannerly enough to draw his own wea- pon, and she was consequently saved the pain of being shot. The New York young Jacy’s escapade was but a Jaudable attempt to vary the ennui of ex- istence that presses so heavily apon some of our unemployed aristocracy, and | had, besides, all the charm of novelty. One would suggest, however, that in the future she adhere faithfully to the joys of monkey dinners or the “bal blang”—pastimes none the less elevating to the soul and attended by less | risk to the.body. ——— e e Acting upon the vigorous protest of the St. Louis Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Animals, the directors of the Philippine exhibit have decreed that henceforth dog be stricken from the menu of the visiting Ygorrotes. ers, the greatest grief will come to those curious ones who have felt that the trip to St. Louis was unprofitable without a view of the dog-eaters in all their gustatory ecstacies. It would appear that the local manufacturers of the succulent frankfurter alone profit by ths: deal. —_—— The unfortunate man who spent several years of his life as an inmate of an insane asylum studying law that on his liberation he might battle in court with his fancied enemies, the lawyers, illustrates patheticallly the evil piver that lies in an infatuation for an idea. Any man who believes he can best a lawyer at his own game needs a protector. While this works some hardship upon the daintily clad island- ‘ respect cannot be overestimated. ners for Her. These were the most Somehow trimmings don't “Perhaps some psychologist will arise | elaborate dinner parties that the Presi- | seem right on fur. This shorn pelt is | some day to tell us why these things attended ihere this [ an insult to that which retains its; {are true. I can’t explain them, but |Iu\'ely growth. L -k | in raising the spirits. Then she would =o out to walk and as she walked the beneficent effect of her good clothes would make itself felt and, though she was in the depths when she started, by the time she turned back she was feeling that all was not as black as it was painted and when she arrived at her own door she was as confident that ‘God’s in his heaven, all's right with the world,’ as she could be. “I have known a new gown to make the most disconsolate Mrs. Gummidge cheer up and take an interest in life; I have known a new hat to get an al- most hopeless invalid cut of bed and on her feet when her family had long | since given up all hone of her recovery. The effect of good clothes on the self- spense | { the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Mills R AR = ] Miss Alice Roosevelt, who has been since her arrival at Newport, is now with Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vander- Dbilt, who have given several grand din- TO CHAMPION LOVER The champion lover has been discov- ered in Chicago. He is Henry Sidders, and in a Justice’s Court he acknowl- edged the ardent nature of his wooing and paid $3 85 court He was charged by Emma Anderson of 19 Daw- son street with having hugged her so tight that he broke her arm and frac- tured one of her ribs. He was also charged with kissing Maggie Elton so fervently that part of her cheek came away with his teeth. 2 “I never felt anything like it,” said Miss Anderson. “First he put one arm around me, and I felt a sharp pain in my right arm. Then he put both arms around me and put on full steam, and 1 felt one of my ribs crack.” | Dr. E. H. Wherritt testified that what she said was correct. | “Why,” said Emma, “he is worse than a bear for hugging.” i Then came Miss Eiton, who said that | Sidders had a way of showing his af-| fection which was not all his own. “I| permitted him to kiss my cheek,” she said, “but he took such a bite I thought | he would devour me. I was never kissed that way before. He bit a large piece out of my face.” | It was not necessary for a doctor m‘ substantiate her testimony. Sidders said Miss Anderson did the hugging. | She, hugged him so hard, he says, that she broke her arm and rib. costs, New Motor Veil. A new motor veil designed to wear | with a brown straw toque is of white | chiffon embroidered all over in scroll | patterns in brown silk, with appllques‘ of decoupe brown velvet. i —_—t leather Preseribe One Qualification, “Yes, sir,”” declared the man with uncombed whiskers, “if Thomas Jef- ferson was here to-day he'd be a Populist.” “Even as it is,” replied the sane man, “he might properly be a Popu- list. He's dead enough.” — Catholic i Standard and Times. All Figured Out. Sanford—So you are going to get married! Have you considered the cost, my boy? Merton—Oh, I've got nothing to do with that. Her father pays for every- thing but the carriages and flowers.— Brooklyn Life. A Problem in Cancellation. “Have you named the baby?"” “Yass, indeed,” answered the colored woman. “We done named him Roose- velt Parker Simpson. Aftuh while we kin change de ‘Reosevelt’ to ‘Rastus’ to Make You Laugh or de ‘Parker’ to ‘Primrose,’ 'cordin’ to how de ‘lection goes."—Washington Star. His Own Protector. Papa—How did you get your clothes so terribly torn? Tommy—Tryin' to keep a little boy from bein’ licked. Papa—Ah, a brave deed! the little boy? Tommy—Me.—Chicago Daily News. His Interpretation. Little Amzi (whg has an inquiring mind)—Uncle Tim—I saw the word in the newspaper—what is the ‘“curricu- lum” of a college? Uncla Timrod (promptly)—Curricu- lum, eh? Why, that's what them ’ere mop-headed college students comb their hair with.—Puck. ‘Who was Persian colors in embroideries and brocades cannot die. His Experience. “There are some songs that will never die,” said the musical enthu- siast. “I guess that's right,” answered Mr. Cumrox. “My daughter sits down at the piano and tries to kill a few of ‘em every evening. But it's no use.— | ‘Washington Star. All in His Hands. Eminent surgeon—I operated on Mr. Bullion for appendicitis to- -day. His wife—Dear me! ] wonder who will have it next! Eminent surgeon (absent mindedly) i —I don’t know. I haven t decided Yyet.—Life. Satirical. “I could make up with Billinger all right if he wasn't so deuced satirical. But he keeps the chasm open between S e “What chasm?"” “Sarcasm.” | glants in it. ! is “Beauty and the Barge, | being Jessie Bateman, . much admired at home when she ap- | peared with Charles Hawtrey | Message From Mars | Unitea | bly have made it known that A. E. | of course, { however, —(ENGLISH NOVELISTS TURN TO THE WRITING OF PLAYS D'Annunzio Gets the Worst of It in a Con- froversy With Neapolitan Come- dian--New Phillips Play. HEADQUARTERS OF THE CALL. 5 HENRIETTA STREET, VENT GARDEN, LONDON, Aug. 16.—During the coming season several English story writers of note are going to try their luck with plays, tn spite of the ill fortune that has attended most ex- periments of this kind up to date. One of the latest victims of the rule to which J. M. Barrie is so brilliant an exception was Max Pemberton, whose maiden play, “The Finishing School, had a speedy finish. Most people will wish H. G. Wells better 1t For the first time the author of “The Time M; chine” has written a piay which Jam ‘Welch has accepted and which will be | tried early in November. All parties are secretive as to the exact theme of { this work, but it can be said that there invisible men, or in fact, in ichin- Martians, The play is, Wells’ other manner—that w aren’t a Mr. | spired those two charming romances, “Love and Mr. Lewisham” and “The Wheels of Chance.” Something has been said already about the play by W. W. Jacobs, author of “The SKkip- per’s Wooing,” which ( *yril Maude produce at the New Theater. Its title " the beauty who was so in “A PLAY FOR EDNA MAY. Edna May, who has arrived in the States by this time, will proba v Mason, author of “The Four Feathers, has written a play for her use. T is Mason’s second bid for being Miran- fortune as a dramatist, the firs is adaptation of his own story da of the Balcony™” for Mr other popular noveli us a piay for the fi Mrs. Elinor Glyn, who wrote “The V its of Elizabeth.” Her play, a comedy, has been accepted by a London ma ime is, howeve ager, but it is too early yvet to say anything definite regarding it. Arthur Morrison, author of “A Child of the Jago,” has been urged many times to try his hand at writing for the sgase, always hitherto without success. Now, assisted by Herbert Sargent, Morrison has made one of his “Tales of Mean Streets” into a play which is called “That Brute Simmo Cyril | Maude will appear in it later in the season. Once more Gabriele d’Annunzio is in a temper. He lost patience s al months ago, it may be remembered, over the way in which disaster seemed to dog hi the production of Daughter of Jorio.” had good reason for vexation, for it really looked as if fate had decided that his drama never should see the light his play, “The * | would be money footsteps in connection with | Then, however, he | Duse deserted at the last moment, quarrels arose between the other mem- bers of the cast, the leading man sud- denly was taken sick, accidents be two of the artists engaged in pain the scenery, and other misfortunes £ lowed. However, the piece was given at last, made a hit, and has been run- ning ever since. Not long ago it struck Scarpetta, the Neopolitan comic actor, that there in a travesty on the play and accordingly he | set to work on one which he meant to call “The Son of Jorio.” Of course as soon as he heard of it D"Annunzio was | up in arms and he denounced Scarpetta | D’ Annunzio <m a letter to the newspapers. The | comedian replied by demanding know if D'Annunzio had copyri the entire Jorio family, and a lively | eorr ondence has followed, in which ! it must be confessed the distingu! playwright has had rather the w of it. Now he threatens legal pro i- ings to prevent Scarpetta from produc- ing his travesty. YOUNGESET OF PLAYWRIGHTS. | Henry** Hubert Davies, author ot “Cousin Kate,” probably has got tired of being referred to as the youn t of playwrights and will be glad to su He will have to, an b r the title. - ho for hete is Reginald Kenn Cox, who, at twenty-two, has a brac of plays accepted for early prod in London. Until recently this man was an undergraduate in Oxforc University. Ever since he was a lad, however, he has been stage-struck and has spent ev vacation playing s parts in provincial touring compa Thus he got a knowledge of stage tech- nique. One of his plays is *o be pro- duced at zh» Royalty, Mrs. Patrick | Campbell’s London theater, at the end the present month. It s called The Chetwynd Affair,” and will be n z 1 under the direction of Gilbert Hare. Kennedy-Cox's other effort, a four-act comédy, has been accepted by Miss Beryl Faber and will be seen in the provinces shortly, and brought to Lon- don lat n. Jeerbohm Tree is Majesty's with one of his elabor: Shakespearean re L “The T pest” this time: but playgoers are mo interested in new piece by S Phillips, wh is follow it. lips is a slow and entious w d nothi whatever has com m since the production of “U It was play unde that to reopen Pr tral figure of one of Phillip’s other | etic dramas. The theme is full of pos | sibilities of which are likely have been missed by the author of Paolo and Francesca.” HE'S UNENDURABLE. though I know at in the squabble I display Forbearance slight. Well. ng. I am afraid, And he was right. d playmates in our youth well. I have to tell, Though he was ever sweet and mild— An angel quite— And in our small disputes the child Was always right. He would forgive me now, I'm sure— He always did. That's why T never could endure Him as a kid. He so magnanimou threw On me that blight, It maddened me, because I knew That he was right. If T some weakness could detect, Some speck or flaw; 1f something in him not correct saw, resentment I'd abate; h might Be friendly, but a man I hate Who's always right. —Chicago News. RELICS OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AT THE FAIR In the Palace of Agriculture is an- other log cabin associated with the name of another distinguished Presi- dent—Theodore Roosevelt. This struc- ture has been brought from the plains of North Dakota. It was Roosevelt's hoitte during the years 1883-86, when, seeking the open prairies in search of health, he settled down s a caitle rancher on.the banks of the Little Missouri River, eight miles south of Medora, in the heart of a romantic region then abounding with big game. ‘Within the cabin are shown some of his old possessions—well-worn overalls, for example, now humorously labeled “Roosevelt’'s Sundav trousers” the fa- vorite rocker in which he wrote “Hunt- ing Trips of a Ranchman,” and the huge seat hewn out of a log in which he rested outside after many a hard day's work and watched the sun go down. One of the logs that form the hut shows a Maltese Cross, Roosevelt's particular cattle brand, fashioned with cartridge shells driven into the wood with his own hand. Since coming to St. Louis the cabin has acquired fur- ther interesting associations, for the silver plate on the door was nailed there by the President’s daughter, and her initials in brass-headed nails stud one of the logs not far from the cross made by her father twenty-years be- fore, when no one dreamed that he would yet live to be the President of his country.—Edmund Mitchell in The ‘World To-Day for September. Reason Enough. “What! marry my daughter?" snorted old Gotrox. “Why, you m\mt be destitute of all reason——'" “Yes,” interrupted young Poorley, with refreshing candor, “I admit I am destitute, but that very fact is my rea- son.”"—Philadelphia Press. | I ANSWERS TO QUERIES. | BLOSSOM ROCK— ley, Cal. | San Fran | to navigation, | 1870, A. L. D, Berke- Blossom Rock in the bay of which was a me was blown up April | JOHNSTOWN FLOOD—J. L. C Lake Tahoe, Cal. The town of Joh town, was destroyed by a flood the breaking of a dam on Creek May 31, 1889, \muh Fork ATTENDANCE—A. O. S, Sebastopol, Cal. If you will write to the secretary of the W s Fair Commission, St Louis, he can inform you who would be willing, for a consideration of course,- to furnish you daily the at- tendance at the fair. WEATHER—R. W. B.,, Walker, Ariz. For reports of weather in California, Oregon, Washington, etc.,, address a letter to the United <ta!=s Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau, Wash ington, D. C. The department will ad- vise you of the cost of such publica- tions. ANARCHIST—J. T, city. The fact that a man®s a pronounced anarchist but is wealthy would not prevent the authorities from denying him permis- sion to land in the United States. The | Government has a right to protect itself from the presence of men danger- ous to the .welfare of. the country. CELESTIAL EMPIRE—A subscrib- er, city. China is called the Ceiestial Empire because the first Emperors were all celestial deitles; as Puon Ku (highest eternity), Tien Hoang (Em- peror of heaven), Gine Hoang (E peror of men), and others, embracing. according to Chinese records, 300,000 years previous to To Hi, whose reisn is placed at B. C. 2953-2838. Celestial, as appolied to the inhabitants of China, is from the name Celestial Empire. GOLDEN GATE PARK CROSS—A. Q.. City. The history of the cross in Golden Gate Park, “near the park driveway north of Strawberry Hill," the gift of the late George W. Childs, is expressed on the face of the monu- ment, which is as follows: “A memo rial of the service held on the shore of Drake’s Bay about St. John the Bap- tist’'s day, June 24, 1579, by Francisco Fletcher, priest of the Church of Eng- land, chaplain of Sir Francis Drake, chronicler of the service.” The monu- ment also has the following inscrip- tion: “First use of the Book of Com- mon Prayer in our country. One of the first recorded mission- ary prayers on our continent.” The cross is fifty-seven feet high, standing upon a pedestal seven- teen feet six inches square and seven feet in height. The cross is composed of sixty-eight pieces of stone aggre- gating 600,000 pounds in weight. The arms are formed of eight pieces, each weighing 24,000 pounds. There are ten stones in the cross that are larger than the largest stone in the famous pyra- mid of (heops. The cross was um- veiled January 1. 1894 ——————— Townsend's California Glace fruits in mll‘lt fire-etched boxes. 715 Market st.* Special information supplied nhuy to business houses and public men Preu Cllppln‘ Bumu (Alll‘ll l). Cll'