The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 17, 1904, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCOCALLJ] JOHN D. SPRECKEL! SATURDAY .. THE PERSONAL ISSUE. LS R. CAMINETTI has at last accepted the (_a.:k of npnosing Mr. Gillette for Gongress in the First District. Mr. Gillette is serving his first term. He entered Congress an ex- M erienced legislator, through long service in the S‘ta_te‘Legislaturel He was appointed to the Committee on the Judiciary, the great law committee of the House, where his genius for work. and his pe legal training were at once recognized, and he took first rank m that committee, which is of the first class. He commended himself to the workers of the House, by whom its actual business done, and it has not often occurred that a new mcmbcr_ has had such recognition and influence as he. On general principles, a service so well begun should be confirmed and continued, as his will be by the vote of his district. He, has deserved well of his State and his immediate constituency, and will be rewarded. No one knows why Mr. Caminetti first solicited the nomina- tion against him, then “declined when nominated and now accepts the place from the State committee. He makes only one declara- tion and that is to the effect that in his campaign he will refrain from personal attacks on the President. This indicates his inten- tion to hunt for Republican votes, by refraining from indecency. His declaration is a rebuke to his party, but it will not secure Re- publican suppo He is in fellowship with the men who rely on sland ¢ President Roosevelt to secure votes. Mr. Caminetti is, no doubt, moved to this course by the experience of Mr. Lane, who during his gubernatorial canvass avowed himself a “Roosevelt Democrat,” and by praising the President took advantage of his ilarity to get Republican votes. The same trick in politics work twice. Mr. Caminetti's party relies entirely upon detraction of the President. Senator Bailey opened the campaign with it in New York, and Bourke Cockran has followed suit in a speech filled with insinuations against the President, and void of any discussion of facts, principles and policies. That is an old game with Mr. Cockran. He played it on Cleveland before his second nomination and then confessed himself a traducer by supporting him. In 1896 he took the stump against Bryan and denounced him per- sona In 1900 he took the stump for Bryan and took it all back and turned his batteries of abuse upon McKinley. This personal issue is the enly one so far apparent in the Democratic campaign. When Mr. Caminetti abandons it, it is for a purpose. He desires to make himself singular and invite Republican sup- will not port, which he will not get. President Roosevelt has a long public career. He has been the focus of interest for vears. Every legislative and adminis- tive st he has held has been faultlessly discharged. He is tyro in the discharge of public duty. He has served his country peace and war. We all remember the enthusiasm that was felt men of all parties when he resigned as Assistant Secretary of by the Navy to volunteer in the Spanish war and raise the regiment of Rough Riders, accepting modestly a subordinate command and sharing the hardships and vital risks of his comrades in arms. True, as he says now, “It was a little war, but it was all the war there was,” and he volunteered to fight for his country, while his critics and detractors remained at home. Now that very service is used by his opponents and they seek to turn the term “Rough Rider” into a term of reproach. Jut the President is not the first President who has had the nd of evil treatment. At the close of the Civil War, Grant, izing the need of the hour, and overlooking the tempest of passion that followed the tempest of war, said, “Let us have Peace.” | Not long after some featherhead in New York started a paper “The Empire,” advocating the conversion of the republic imperial government. It had for its motto Grant's “Let Peace,” and the Third Napoleon's saying, “L’Empire c’est recs la Paix” (the empire is peace). The Democracy made two cam- paigns against Grant on that. He was charged with being in league with monarchists and plotting to destroy the liberties of the country. Time was people could- be fooled by such tactics. Before rcommunication was as easy as now a personal campaign was and promised more success than now. The Whigs took advantage of this in 1840. They inflamed the country against Van Buren because his son John had danced with Queen Victoria, and | there was a set of gold spoons in the White House. These were evidences that Van Buren was a monarchist and intended to over- throw liberty and subjugate the people. It is laughable to look back upon now, but one who will explore the campaign literature of 1840 will be struck by the apparent earnestness and sincerity with which such silly arguments were urged. But it cannot be done now with any effect upon the voter. Mr. Caminetti may try to appear better than his party by not abusing the President, but he will have credit only for originality, since it will be the first time in the political history of the State that a candidate has sought votes by confessing that his party is too indecent to follow or to imitate. —_— THE SUNDAY CALL MAGAZINE. O «and special articles that The Sunday Call Magazine has ever produced will be the special Odd Fellows’ Edition of The Sunday Call Magazine, which will appear to-morrow, in honor of the encampment of the Odd Fellows, to be held in this city during the coming week. The frontpiece will be a handsome poster cffect drawing in colors symbolizing the principles for which Odd Fellowship stands. As in the Knight Templar edition, the number will be devoted to articles by the leading members of the order of Odd Fellows and their auxiliary branch—the Rebekahs—in the State. The leading article is from the pen of James G. Maguire, past grand representative of the Grand Lodge of California to ier NE of the handsomest editions in the way of halftone work Russian Disasters Lessen Friendship of the Germans BY CARUTON PARKER. Special Correspondence. BERLIN, Aug. 30.—Heralded by Prussian press and devotedly encour- aged by the Russians, the spectacle of a strong German friendship for the Slav power has been world accepted since the outbreak of the war. A hard-headed, stubborn supports a will- ingness to tread carefully near the limitations of international law, was the reputed quality of German friend- ship. But certain curious statements have crept into the German press in the north, and even more curious ex- pressions from the semi-independent German states of the south. The Ger- man friendship for the Slav is Prus- sian made. It s the child of the kcuse of Hohenzollern. Knowing this, at once South Germany began to show an independent interest in the conflict. Impossible of entire knowl- edge or sympathy with Prussian schemes, Bavaria, Wurttemberg and their neighbors watched with some- thing akin to satisfaction the repeated defeat of a European rival in arms. A Bavarian soldier is drilled, paid ana in the service of Bavaria. If Germany be attacked he is a German, but in peace he is as much an Austrian as a Prussian. Besides, Bavaria has a yearly celebration, in which she mourns for 80,000 men who fell in a war with Russia. A large fraction of the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the United States. Mr. Maguire, who is a practiced writer as well as orator, will deal with the genesis and development of Odd Fellowship in California, dis-|hatred of England is one of the unify- cussing the pioneer lodges, the organization of the Grand Lodge, |ing elements in the German empire. the rapid growth of the order, the present strength and volume of reliei, and give a general resume of the status of Odd Fellowship in California at the present time. . “American Odd Fellowship,” by William H. Barnes, grand scribe of the Grand Lodge of California and past grand master of Georgia, is a review of Odd Fellowship from a national stand- point. Mr. Barnes is one of the most widely known Odd Fellows Germany is really without regret at Togo's success, exceptinso far as he is a friend of England. A strong, blind France is observed with careless dis- gust, but England has vigorous ill- will from the Baltic to the Alps. Dur- ing the culmination of the siege of Port Arthur a young Bavarian officer said: “We admire the Japanese. How could we help it? Also, how could we bave the slightest respect for the Rus- gien campaigns? Their lack of prepa- in the United States. His article embraces a brief account of th: |ration is the horror of every officer in establishment of the institution of Odd Fellowship in the United | Bavaria. Why should we ever tie our States, its career in America, its influences, benefactions and ‘the | 3use to as rotten a hulk as the pres- principles for which it stands. Articles by other of the foremost b B b & zkion? Odd Fellows in the State are: “The Spiritual Side of Odd Fellow- ,'{.‘.“..:.f"’m':f.';':"na on.:hr; -:'va: ship,” by Rev. Elbert R. Dille, past grand chaplain of the Grand |kana we are driven.to a sincere ad- Lodge : “History of ‘the Patriarchs Militant in California,” by Brig- | miration of the Japanese nation.” adier General and Department Commander Henry O. Brower, and e B"fh e ';x‘é:';“:: i"mmm,"m;,:h::; “The Influence of Odd Fellowship on California,” by ‘Grand Sec- p.“.:m:o:.,r either side, the South retary George T. Shaw. 3 German has been won by very ad- The Rebekah Assembly and its work is fully treated in three|miration for Japanese power. The, special articles, with many.illustrations. Mary E. Donoho, secretary | German newspapers are without edi- of the Rebakah Assembly for the past fifteen years, contributes :“m:;;:"::h‘?’fim:unmmm “The Care of the Sisterhood,” in which the Orphans’ Home at Gilroy | columns breathe a calm but very dis- is treated; Mrs. Olive T. Allen, matron of the home, contributes a | tinct appreciation of the superiority of human interest story on some interesting cases that have come |Japanese arms. The French papers under the care of the home; and Mrs. Dora L. Gardner, president | have taken a most perverted method of the RebekahAssembly, contributes a paper on “Rebekah, Odd | ofped!ting Aslatic news, It ls o fair i pride of the nation in its own military precision has been too outraged for passive silence regarding the present great struggle. The following extract friendly criticism: readers that it is six months since the Japanese made their first suc- cessful fleet at Port Arthur. Afi vere criticism of Russian unprepar- 'dne-hhermndotmtd Russian diplomacy, the journal at- tributes the success of the Japanese in THE SAN CRANCIDUL CALL, DALUKUDAY, br.ru:MBLx 17, 1904. - ———— COPYRIGHT, 1904, BY SPECTAL ARRANGEMENT OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL WITH THE NEW YORK BEVENING MAIL. BRYAN HEARS THE NEWS, Wags an? Wants | 0 | the Women | [ —— !GIRLS. KEEP A TREASURE BOX, | Every girl should have a treasure chest, even if it is only a chintz-covereq | window box. Therein she should stow away all sorts of pretty things to be | used in the not impossible time when she has a home of her own. To make { only for the present moment is like { living quite up to the limit of one’s in- come, and distinetly imprudent. During every year some dainty bit of work |'should be made especially to be laid away for the future. Pretty undergar- ments, elaborate towels, table embroid- | erfes and such artieles will gradually | accumulate under this system until a most satisfying outfit is ready for the | happy occasion when it will be needed. { And the pleasure of adding to the stors will more than make up for the waiting | to use the contents of the treasure box. | —Philadelphia Inquirer. et | FROM FORCE OF HABIT. She had several bundles in her arms and one or tweo children on either side | of her as she rode along in @ down- town car. When the conductor came | round for her fares she asked humbly: | “Do you give trading stamps on this car?" | “Trading stamps? Trading stamps? | Why, madam—" “Oh,” she burst out, blushing deeply, “I mean transfers. Do you give trans- fers on this line?"” The conductor said “ves’”™ and the busy shopper took all he gave her, ac- cepting them with the evident satisfac- tion of a feminine trading stamp col= | lector.—Providence Journal. LINGERIE HATS. Lingerie hats, with their frills of lace, are most becoming when long net or mousseline scarf ends cross in the back, and are brought forward so as to hang | down on each side, the ends being lace- ! frilled or trimmed with lace ruches. AN ECONOMICAL GOWN. A black taffeta gown with two bod- ! ices, one for daytime and one for even- | ing, is said to be the most economical gown that women of limited means can | Should Remember Her Friends Have Troubles of Their Own T is an easler matter than most women realize to become a thoroughgo- ing bore. A trifling fanaticism on some subject lacking in general inter- est; a little inconsiderateness of others—and the foundation is laid. The man who bores is a sore trial; but the woman who possesses such characteristic is a positive affliction. Doubtless there are few readers who have not met such a woman. She will recite for hours at a strecth the troubles—real and imaginary—which she experiences with her husband, chil- dren and servants. She will expound upon her own ailments and bore you with the recital of pains and aches sufficient to fill a hospital ward. She also usually complaing of being a bundle of nerves, and yet takes a keen delight in telling you the most sensational and harrowing news which she has read, until she makes your flesh creep. And if you plead an engage- ment in order to escape her, she not only qffers, but actually insists, in a measure not to be denied, on accompanying you until she has exhausted her fountain of talk. The grievances which such a woman has to tell you are inexhaustible. No matter how earnestly she may work for the good of others, she is always sure that no one appreciates her efforts. The truth of the matter is that she really does nothing at all without largely advertising the fact, and nobody can appreciate self-praise. She talks of the failings of her husband, children and servants, totally ignoring her own faults, which, however, are very apparent to her friends. She is not with you five minutes before she begins to tell you of the hours which her husband spends at the club, neglecting her night after night. No wonder, you remark inwardly; the poor man tries to escape the affliction as much as possible, if his wife bores him as much as she bores you. (Then there is the woman whose children treat her unfeelingly. She can- not mention them without enumerating all their petty faults and failings. Her children torture her and her servants wear her into shreds. In fact, to judge from her tatties they seem to have been specially created by a spiteful Providence to worry her into an early grave. But of all the women who bore their friends, perhaps the most to be de- spised—for really she deserves nothing but contempt—is the woman who fan- cies that she is entitled to fill some mission in the world, and bemoans her fate because she married a poor or incapable man, who cannot help her to realize her hopes and ambitions. Such a woman makes her own life miser- able, as well as the lives of every one connectéd with her. What action can be more mean on the part of a woman than that of giving vent to thoughts which are a continual reproach to her husband, because she is not what she thinks she ought to be? Pride should keep a woman from talking in such a manner, even though she might have dissatisfied thoughts. The woman who would avoid becoming a bore must remember that her personal affairs and petty domestic troubles are of no particular interest to any. one, except perhaps to spiteful neighbors, to whom they form food for gossip. If you meet or visit a friend, the natural question is, “How are you getting on?” or something to that effect. But there is no necessity to enter into the most minute details of your troubles or to bemoan your fate, which, after all, is but cowardly. Friends have quite enough trouble and worry with their own affairs without having to listen to a long recital of what does not concern them. % Every woman, of course, is not a good conversationist, nor does she possess the happy knack of being able to entertain friends with-pleasing talk. In that case it is a good plan to talk as little as possible. A good listener is always appreciated, no matter where he or she may be. You cannot bore any one by listening, and are bound to win the good opinion of the talker.—Philadelphia North American. important factor is this: as anything but the earmarks of “The Vossische Zeitung reminds its attack - on the Russian After se- bring any as there is large measure to their national only thirty-two per thousand. Another Japan is fighting for freedom and toleration, for civilization against despotism and rule of might. For what are the Russians fighting? Their road to the Far East has led them thrcugh Siberia. Those who return will be received by the country on whose system of govern- ment the Konigsberg trial threw a fearful light. As far as the war itself is concerned, the Vossische Zeitung is convinced that even victory will not to Russia so long s change in this system. Despotism will always remain the mother of corruption and corrupt Ru:- Woman Bore, a Positive Affliction, !’ Fellowship.” YR : Gispatches, which have exclted the |schools. Japan has 45,000,000 inhabitants | of clay. i3 P Nin St All in all, the edition is one that every local and visiting Odd | readtly worded disgust of all German | to Russia's 1 ), but in Japan | It is a simple statement to phrase Fellow will find indispensable as an authentic record of the present | Peners. In the past few weeks, even thousand of the |away a Wfi-fll friendship for status of State and National Odd Fellowship, 5 g il Bewaa; St S & unfer. o w:h R SCRRESEES Elder Gives Boat Curious Name of “Rhoda Wouldn't" e There is something singularly cap- tivating to the ‘imagination in the | names of many of the old time sail- | ing vessels, coastwise and ocean go- ing, which once spread their white | wings so plentifully against the blue skies and bright waters of the New . England harbors. Who can help,.at the mere sound | of such names as the Lively Jane, the Lovely Peggy, the Laughing Lucy, the Modest Ann, the Constant Mary, the Three Fair Sisters, creating a mental picture of the sailor’s sweethearts so honored, in all the flower and fresh- ness of their forgotten charms? Many indeed are the’suggestions for the ro- mancer hidden away in the brief compass of old shipping lists, preserv- | ed here and there in faded and tat tered newspavpers. Sometimes, too,| one catches elsewhere an echo of their | name and fame. In one old New England seaport| there was, a few years ago, an aged | seaman whose favorite tune among the many chanteys he was in the hab- it of humming as he went about the domestic chores of his tiny, solitary | house, was a scrap of refrain set to a taking air—all he could remember of a once popular sea song in -honor of some fair unknown: Hey. the charming Sally O! Boston-kound who'd dally 0 Sally o' the foam to my Saily safe at home— | And we'll speed her home from Callao! \ Perhaps the most curious story of any vessel named for a sweetheart is that pertaining to neither fishing | craft nor merchantman, but to a lit- tle skiff, familiar in the long ago wa- ters of Narragansett Bay. It was| owned by the good elder of a little shore village, who for fifty years had persistently courted a shy maiden of the name of Rhoda Baker. So shy | was she that often when he called she | would not even see him. He would find the sitting-room empty and the chair from which she had fled at the | very moment of her “Come in!"” yet rocking by the window. { , eration of Labor. secure. NOBBY SHOES. Palm green suede shoes embroldered in steel and ornamented with either a silver or steel buckle are much in de- mand. b L 3 nd | Teachers' Unions Editor The Call: An editorial in the Chronicle September 15 discuss- ing the unionizing of teachers reminds me of the schoolboy who wrote, “The | erab is a red fish that walks back- | wards.” | definition is good except that the crab | is not red, is not a fish and does not The teacher replied, “Your So the said edito- but with walk backward.” rial deals not with facts, fancy. The first charge is a heinous one, viz: That organizing school teachers is a new idea. The editor of the Chronicle is referred to Chicago, where a teachers’ union has several thousand members who are affiliated Wwith the Federated Trades and who have received great benefits through organization. New York City has a \.teachers’ union of 7000 members and is recognized as a bona fide trades union. Coming nearer home, the teachers of San Jose are unionized and are affiliated with the State Fed- The teachers of Santa Clara County also have a suce | cessful organization. The second charge is that teachers | should not be organized because they have steady jobs and their compensa- tion and hours are regulated by law. One of the largest unions in Boston I8 | that of the municipal employes. The thousands of men employed by city, State and nation are, as a rule, | union men. The letter carriers and postal clerks are well organized, yet their hours and wages are regulated by law. Yes, this is true, but in a great ! degree it was by their organizing that those wages and hours were obtained. If ‘teachers work for wages they are wage earners, therefore eligible to & union; and, further, that it is their duty to affiliate with the others whe helped to get the conditions they now enjoy. The public schools of Americs have no more loyal supporters than the trades unions. & Another charge is that we want the teachers in our power, that we may as- sess them. During the four years of the | existence ‘of the California State Fed- eration of Labor not one of our mem- bers has ever been assessed a cent, and never will be. In fact, some teach- ers have told me that the reason why they would organize is that they might escape assessments from the politi- cians, who would prostitute our schools for private gain. The editor says we want the teachers for political pur- poses. Quite the reverse is true. Many teachers are at the mercy of the pesti- lential politician, and the instructors of our youth wish to organize to escape his nefarious practices. " F. C. WHEELER, Organizer State Federation of Labor. Just Smiles NOT THE SAME PERSONS. No, Constant Reader, Helen of Troy ;did not work in the Troy laundry.— | Somerville Journal. FIRST IN THEIR HEARTS. “What did George Washington do { for his country?” asked the teacher. “He gave it an extra holiday.,” promptly answered the boy at the foot of the class.—Chicago News. 4 llrfl:l! NEI: ONLY PLAYING. Hair nets of heavy silk ornamented “Jimmie, Jimmie, don’t you know with beads and fringe are a probable ' jyg awful to say those swear words?" style. “I was dus’ playin’ [ was papa #———————————————— | huntin for his collar button.”—Detroit sees the awful danger of lhrvm)‘m'_——o.o_— isolation. Can it be, to use the recent Townsend's California Glace fruits In 'rnm of a noted English political artistic fire-etched boxes. 715 Market st.* er, “events are making these days S et in which we live one of the decisive ISTAR SN datly to At length Rhoda died, still a spin- | ster, and her bereaved lover desired to honor her memory by bestowing her name upon his boat. But he en- countered a difficulty. Rhoda's per-| mission could not be asked, and -ncel in life she bad never accepted him, was it fair or courteous to her to dispense with it? He solved this problem of chivalry and avoided tha least shadow of presumption by naming the vessel and painting the name in conspicu- ous black letters on the stern: “Rhoda ‘Wouldn't."—Youth's Companion.