The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 16, 1904, Page 8

ISCO CALL, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 16, 1904 THE SAN FRANCISCOCALL| ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO JOHN HLN’AUGB'I'V.V. .o ... .THIRD AND MARKET STREETS, SAN r'B.lA.N(:mt)t)2 PUBLICATION OFFICE... SEPTEMBER 16, 1904 DIRERAY ot o cosersnki THE OAKLAND BONDS. HE bond campaign in Oakland goes on rather languidly. The T opposition is full of technicalities and prints things about the bonds being a permanent lien on the prosperity of thc_cn.y aqd that. Another says it is poor policy to issue bonds to invest in unproductive property. There are some things that cannot be an- swered, to the satisfaction of those who ask them. In this class are many of the queries of those who are opposing bonds and progress in Oakland. L The city’s water park, they say, is unproductive property, it will vield no income to the city’s treasury, and therefore should be left with mud shores and nasty surroundings. They oppose land parks | on the same ground, and also the building of a decent city hall in | place of the fossilized eczema now in use for that purpose. Con- tinuing their argument they should oppose streets in a city, because | thev vield no income. Schoolhouses are in the same list, and when | extended, the argument inciudes everything that distinguishes a modern civilized city from an Indian village made up of buffalo skin wickyups. Sewers pay no income. Therefore let us throw | everything out of the back door. i Another form of opposition is regardful of the rights of pos- terity. When it is shown that the present generation will enjoy | the parks and other improvements and pay only, about a third of | the bon ving two-thirds to posterity, then the objectors appear | as the attorneys of posterity and plead for it, rather tearfully. But| suppose the land is not bought now and improvements are not made, | the necessity for both will be passed on to posterity, and by that| time the land will cost ten times what it does now, and posterity | will pay over $20,000.000 for what can be had for $2,000,000. Then | posterity will deny its ancestry and wonder how such a pack of fools | had sense enough to come in when it rains. ; 1e proposed bond issue will cost, interest and principal, when | 1p. $4.000,000, and by the time posterity pays the last assess-| if it doesn’t like the parks, it can sell them for many timcs; their cost. | So instead of passing a burden to posterity Oakland, if the | are carried, will be passing down an increasingly \'aluable{: future generations which should rather be envied than pitied. | city has been talking parks for a generation. It has also been | 1sing people who had foresight. When the late N. W. Spaulding | was Mayor, he was a clear-headed busir Oakland was small but he foresaw its growth, and had the city buy and secure a num- | ber of schoolhouse sites, when property was cheap. For this he| 1sed and traduced, callell an official speculator in real estate, was declared that the schoolhouse lots would never be nccdchl hey have long been o ied and would cost an immense sum if they had to be bought. The city, needing more school room, is now very sorry that Mr. Spaulding did not buy ten times as many | schoolhouse sites as he did. So time avenges the fuming of fools and vindicates the wise men who could see ahead and provide for the future 3 It is hoped that'Oakland has learned something, and that among | her 00 people there is a majority of sober-minded men who know | juirements of a modern have e desire for cle s and beauty and realize the value of their climatic asset and know how to take advantage of it by giving grace to the diversified surface of the town by garnishing it with parks and foliage and flowers. . I the bonds are beaten, then the city will seem to have stirred | uneasily in its sleep, dreaming of better things, only to have the| ision pass, and settle down in its gutter to be known by its snore. t if the bonds pass, the dream will crystallize into a reality, and there will arise a new Oakland, famous all over the world, for its water and land pa . its cleanness, its beauty and its many attrac-| tions. Which sHall it be? ‘ - — | CALIFORNIA OLIVES. | WRITER in the Saturday Evening Post tells interestingly of A the work of the Agricultural Department in plant introduc- | tion and plant improvement. That work is great enough to‘; stand on its own merit without enlarging it by seeming to see de-| merit or ignorance in others. Discussing the olive product of Cali- | fornia, the writer sa) The California olive growers tried to pickle olives that ought to have been pressed for oil. They did this| bec they did not know any better. Now the Agricultural De-| partment has introduced the proper olive for pickling from Spain, | and they know better.” ! savs: If that writer knew what he was writing about, which he did | not, he would have known fhat-the so-called queen olive imported | as a pickle is not an oil producer sufficient to make it profitable as | an oil olive. For that reason it is made into a rather harsh and | cranky pickle, used as a relish, but known to be indigestible. Cali- fornia olive growers knew all about that olive, and had no use for it. They experiménted with the ripe olives for pickling, to produce a| nutritious and delicicus food. and gave the ripe olive pickle to com- | merce as an addition to the supply of food stuffs. They did not do | this because they did not know any better, but because they knew what they were doing. The ripe pickle contains all the oil of the| tipe olive, \\'ill') its fine flavor. It is a free stone, and when properlv“ prepared keeps well in any climate. -4 Professor Hayne of the State University issued a bulletin on the ripe olive pickle and a formula #®r its preparation, to remove the | natural acridity of the fruit without destroying the oil and its flavor, and many housewives in this State put up their own supply by using his formula. These ripe olive pickles are an article of diet here, used with good bread they make a wholesome lunch, and they are a favorite article for the table wherever they are introduced. The Post writer probably never saw one, or if he did, did not know what it was. His fling at the horticultural knowledge of the olive and fruit growers of California will have no sympathy in the Agri-' cultural Department, where there is felt the highest respect for the fruit growers and orchardists of this State. T the disastrous fire thateraged in the Santa Cruz Mountains. In| that tract is the California Redwood Park, the property of the | State, and the finest primitive forest in the Coast Range. It had just been brought into general notice by the excursion of the State Board of Trade and had attracted the enthusiasm of* all lovers of the forest. The fire invaded it, cut out some of the underscrub, and sadly defaced the approaches to it, but left its primitive beauty unscarred. But the whole tract was in danger for days, and that it escaped is due to the energy of the local people, the force furnished by the rail- road and to the captaincy and courage of Professor Dudley of Stan- ford and 2 cou;patx;l} ofb his students. : - Fortunately the abundant rainfall of the region will was the ashes that now deface the burned surface sfilrrounding t.ht ;‘av:k}: and in time the road.s leading to it will measurably renew their charms. But the peril remains like an unhappy ‘memory, and the State should make provision against its recurrence. It was the opinion of the State Board of Trade excursionists that the State should acquire lands surrounding the park, some of which were then timbered but have now been burned. In that region of winter moisture the reforesting of burned or lumbered tracts is made easy, and the naked rim of land around the park offers an excellent field for such an experiment. If the current movement for the recession of the Yosemite:Valley succeed, the State could profitably divert to the Redwood Park the appropriation now given to the valley, and it would sutfice for needed improvements ‘o make the interior of the tract accessible and also to protect it against fire. We should all be thankiul that the forest remains to receive the care that its beauties deserve, ; ¥R ct THE BIG BASIN. . % | HE whole State is gratified by the escape of the Big Basin from | i1 t is hoped also that her people | | | £ Princess Victoria Loses Her Hear e THE APPROACHING STOR ‘B)/ofi‘\—'@an M. H { i | | i | | I Lad z'_e;;)_]—‘—H 1gh| Degree Dote on Hum. Also Laiked by the Men of ' En_&_lmzd. Special Cor ONDON, Aug. 30.—Recently the Marquis de Soveral was urged to write a book on ‘“The Art of Fascination.” It is said that he replied: “I couldn’t if I would and I wouldn’t if I could.” Yet no one is better qualified for such a task, for the Marquis de Soveral, Portuguese | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the court of St. James, is acknowledged to be the most fascinating man at present in London soclety. He is an intimate friend of King Edward. He Is a great favorite with Queen Alexandra, and the story is current that their daugh- ter, Princess Victoria, has lost her heart to him. Rumors of an impend- ing wedding bétween them, for royalty that would be a ‘distinct mesalliance, are frequently revived. Ladles of high degree in various lands have declared that he is the most charming man they have ever met. Among men he is almost equally pop- ular. He is a living proof of which there have been many illustrious ex- amples that in man fascination has no necessary connectiog with good looks. He is distinctly "a homely man, with dark, swarthy features. He does not even possess a good figure, for he is thickset and somewhat be- low the average height. He has blue- black hair and the hirsute growth on his face is so strong that even when he shaves clean the lower part of his face looks, as if it had been peppered with gunpowder. CALL HIM' “BLUE MONKEY.” On this account some envious peo- ple have dubbed him the ““blue mon- key.” The marked plainness of his features is redeemed only by mag- nificent eyes. Of course he has en- gaging manners, but so have other men—fine, manly, good looking fel- lows, too—who possess no claims to be regarded as particularly fascinat- ing. spondence. though |’ C DAUGHTER -0 WITH THAT OF THE MARQUIS DE. ~ er may make him a Duke, for it is rumored his royal master of Portugal intends to confer that distinction upon | him. He Inherited no titles. His peo- ple in Lisbon were plain commercial folk and were very proud when their |- son was admitted to the diplomatic service. There his powers of fascina- tion procured his rapid advancement. Petticoat influence, which _always counts for much at coyrts, backed him strongly. In quick succession he was made attache and secretary of legation at Vienna, Berlin and Mad- rid. While at the latter post, it is sald that the Infanta Eulalie became so infatuated with him, and disclosed her feelings so plainly, that the Queen Regent privately besought the King f Portugal to provide Senor de Sov- It is probable that he himself | eral with some billet elsewhere. The could not tell what it is that makes | King promptly found something bet- e ST el lve :t-n:nbfimudm it has made hlm‘ s and lat- ter for him. He was sent to London first of the .legation years Inter o Al 5 F KING EDWARD., WHOSE NAME 1S PERSISTENTLY LINKED ATIVE AT THE COURT OF ST. JAMES, ,A! HIS FUTURE WIFE. e secretary ti loes n ‘and in 1891 was’ made Minis- | expects | WERAL., PORTUGAL'S REPRESENT- tary of State for Foreign Affairs, but in 1897, wlt}: titles and higher rank, he was back in London and here he has since remained. HONORED BY ROYALTY. Many have been the marks of royal favor which he has received. He Is frequently the sole guest at its family dinners. No one receives more invita- tions. to the great ‘house parties got: up for the King's entertainment. He | often accompanies the King on his tours. When Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria went to Paris for a three weeks' stay it was the Portu- guese Marquis and diplomat who ac- companied them and acted as their guide and mentor. At the state ball | given in London on the occasion of M. Loubet’s visit the partiality shown for ‘him by royalty subjected the entente cordiale to a severe strain. M. Loubet dance, but naturally it was - with. does not i : t to a Pbrtuguese Diplomat, the Homeliest Yet the Most Fascinating and Popu ' * ‘| inity. Several members of the House - | | i l h Society ! pea i il | Dark,Swarthy ‘and Has Bad | Iigure. Envious Call Hum “Blue Monkey.” To the intense chagrin of the French visitors, they were all passed over and | the ball was opened with the little | Portuguese Minister as the Queen's | partner. The incident served to | strengthen the impression that there | is, after all, something in the gossip which so persistently links his name | with that of Princess Victoria as her future husband. There are scores of wealthy and socially ambitious people in London who would give half they possess to learn of the Marquis how to makKe themselves equally fascinating. ROYALTY HAS SWEET TOOTH. A caller on one of the equerries of the Prince of Wales, some time before the luncheon hour, expressed surprise, when recounting his experiences, at the distinctive odor of jam tarts cooking and other confections which pervaded the royal establishment. With the ex- ception of the King, whose devotion to the weed long years ago spoiled his yeuthful taste for sweets and lollipops, | all members of the royal family are fond of confectionery. Queen Alexan- dra’s préference Is for chocolates. ‘While fond of them, too, the Princess of Wales is especially devoted to fruit farcis. All her children are liberally supplied with sweets and do not dis- | dain even to suck at the plebeian toffy. In these degenerate days among the mighty the taste for sweets is by no means restricted to aristocratic femin- - | | of Lords have a weakness for sweets of all kinds and sometimes betray it even when engaged in the discharge of their august functions as hereditary | legislators. One noble peer, especially, | worked well. | of household ammonia, | it with a little castile soap and ap- ! plied it to the back 1 And softly to her ripe, red lips | City. may frequently be observed solacing himself with bonbons in the course of a debate. In the lower house there are no less than thirty members who never enter the Parliamentary chamber without sweets of some sort in their pockets. That doughty champion of labor, John Burns, whose boast it is he never wore an overcoat to shield his robust frame from wintry blasts, is a victim of the candy habit. But that may be an inheritance from his younger days as a sugar n who NERVE CONTROL, When you sit down to rest, be still, and do not start at every little noise. A long-continued noise might have a wearing effect upon the nerves, but the little noises which are over in & moment hurt no one, and it is quite absurd to jump and start as some people do at them. Control of mner- vous movements acts beneficially on the nerves themseives, whereas, if | the nerves are allowed to run riot, ! bodily health is impossible. Uncon- trolled nerves are responsible for ter- rible disasters caused by panics In | fires and other accidents, which often result in the loss of hundreds of lives. Giving way to nerves without a strug- gle for mastery over them Is there- fore not only very bad for oneself, but exceedingly selfish to one’s neighbors. Every one should strive to attain a quiet, even manner under all circum- stagces, and then, when an emer- gency comes, the chances are that he will be able to act with cool courage. SAVED HER TANS. One woman whose light tan shoes | were so soiled as to be past wearing. and who was at the time far from any place where shoe dressings are soid, concocted a “home remedy” which Wetting a soft muslin rag with water containing a few drops she rubbed of the shoes, where failure would leave least plain- ly its mark. But there was no failure; it worked admirably. The entire shoe was thoroughly clean in five minutes. She kept one hand inside the shoe to hold it in shape and was careful not to wet the rag so much as to soak | through the lining and also to rinse | off well before drying. | later they were rubbed well for a few | minutes with a flannel rag and a nat- | ural gloss obtained.—Chicago News. Half an hour THE STOLEN KISS. | The hammock swung between the trees, Th® maiden fair Lay in it with her eyelids closed— He saw her there. | With wildly beating heart he stole Up to her side, His own applied. He kissed her—kissed the gentle maid, So fair, so sweet. And with a tumult in his breast Beat a retreat. At length she slowly straightened up, With open eyes. “He took but one,” she said and sighed A lot of sighs. —Chicago Times-Herald. BITS OF HUMOR. for She—You married me money. He—Well, no use to grieve over it now. It's all gone.—Town Topics. my Avoiding the Difficulty. “She said if any man kissed her without warning she’d scream for her father.” “What did you do?” “I warned her.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Salaries Two. “] see a Chicago woman thinks all married women should be given a he Government.” it would be unjust.” “Don’t married women get the sal- aries of their husbands now?"—De- troit News. The Temporary Insanity of Jael. Jael had driven the nail into Sisera. “The poor woman had been house- cleaning and imagined she was put- ting down the carpet,” they explained. New York Sun. ANSWERS. PARIS EXPOSITION — Subseriber, The Paris exposition site of 1339 covered an area of 173 acres. A BILLION—S,, City. In the United States and France one thousand mil- lion is a billion, but in Great Britain it is one million times a million. BRIDE CAKE—A. I S8, City. At a quiet home wedding Tt there is a bride cake on the supper table the cake should be cut by the bride. If a toast is offered to the bride or the groom on such an oceasion esach should arise and acknowledge in a few words. PAEAN—Subscriber, City. Paean is the name given by some of the ancient Greeks to a kind of lyric poetry con- nected with the worship of Apollo. The oldest paeans from Homer appear to have been either hymns addressed to that diety to appease his wrath, or thanksgiving odes sung after danger was over and glory won._ In later peri- ods they were addressed to other dei- ties also. " According to Xenophon the Lacedemonians sang a paean to Po- seidon after an earthquake and the Greek army in Asia one to Zeus. In modern usage paean is a seng of tri- umph. TO OBTAIN A PATENT-R. D. ¥, Broderick, Yolo County, Cal. If you have a good invention for which you desire to obtain a patent you can make the attempt to obtain the same without { the assistance of a lawyer versed in such matters, but at the same time you run the chances, if not versed in pat- ent law rules, of baving some “patent law shark” taking advantage of your ignorance in such matters, stealing your ideas and securing a patent. It is safest to place the matter in the hands of a reliable lawyer who attends to patents. The fees for a patent are: On filing an original application for a patent, $15; on issuing an original pat- ent, $20; for three years and six months, $10; for ‘;even years, $15; for | fourteen years, ment and patriotism by patronising the American confectionery shops that are new so popular in London. An English- ‘woman, icuous as a political hostess, has an inordinate craving for scented cachous and the air in her vicinity is always pervaded with their