The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 22, 1904, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCOCA 7Pxoprlct- e Ll JOHN D. SPRECKEL! A JOHN McNAUGHT... PUELI N OFFICE. SDAY .... OAKLAND'S PARK. »d on the 27th inst. is ke advantage of its te, by beginning of being made the finest s to lie athwart the city foothills of the Contra he 7 pired by this bond issue is in the boulevard with Lake Merritt, the t convenience, is called Central Park, n and high land on cach side thereof. | -r no bond nor engagement | therefor. Under the law yaximum price fixed. This the Realty Syndicate, the prese f the bond campaign an attack is made upon | [he Examiner has made | certain statements of fact, | the City Council with put-| wry of the city, for the enrichment of the | led statements of fact are: That, ded in the park, consisted of than is exacted from tx ss price was paic th 2 in tl ract is reserved by the Syndi- | at al L 1 is excluded from the g view 1 be had of Oakland, the i that the 303 acres included in the park is a -, and totally unfit for such a in excess of the value of the the Examiner on the « f a t and is worth only from 75 cents 1 by rogressive people of Oakland hings neediul to make it a e v, has done what it could to promote the 1 ng still of that mind, we have had a ide of the proposed Central Park tract. This X cursory, but was made on foot, by the creek in Trestle Glen to the ade inquiry into the record on| w able to speak with knowledge on statement of facts as| | ed only 280 acres, and not 600. | imercial transaction, before the park r $285,000, in excess of $1000 per acre. e two high ridges, running toward Mountains. The loftier one is the tween this and the other and lower | re both ridges. The higher ridge is| From Oakland is overlooked, as are the | ncisco. This high land is wide on top, | is, bridle paths and walks, for the en-| ew which it commands. It entirely fulfills e view of splendid extent and variety, inspi 5 Examiner’s unwooded, the park restle Glen, and its high south wall, lying southerly included in the park. The south s the part declared by the Examiner to have been | t the acreage with worthless land, to enable the| the best land on the north side for speculative t is that the park would have been defective with- 1 pe of this south wall of the glen is beau- ifty live oaks, the bay tree and other interest- high ground, are lightfully wooded, in great variety, including ak 2 Instead of being revolting, it has long resort of the people of Oakland who love nature a: -1 The eye that can see in it a revolting feature Through the glen runs a clear stream, and with an extensive watershed, which 1 the water needed for the irrigation and 1 also to keep the stream rurning au the land and glen, is an ideal park site. ve city would regard it a prize at the so attractive that every front foot of would feel the thrill in an advance in bay Assessor Dalton supports the Examiner in stat-! t is worth only from 75 cents to a few dollars per | But has assessed it at several hundred dollars per acre ans rt of it had a value of $1000 per acre thirty shows that T ears ! Oakland may think that it is a géod ad- rtis the Assessor and the Examiner to pro- | s a tract, algngside their city and overlooking its! S , is worth only from 75 cents to less than $10 per | 2 hat a policy of depreciation suits them, but we | ca t until by their vote they so declare. Of course ar g th is a diversity of opinion about issuing bonds to; ac I | improve the natural advantages of their city, but it | 1 ng if any man’s vote is influenced by°the vicious tissue | of esentation by which the Examiner seeks to defeat the | prog f | ajg and thorough examination, upon which we base ¢ f roing flat contradiction of the Examiner, we declare that hat the tract is an ideal park site, and by its variety | v offers itself to the landscape gardener’s art with pe- ability. The people should visit it, note its boundaries, | 1 believe their own eyes rather than the malicious falsehoods of a newspaper that cares nothing for them nor their progress, but onlvi for that permits appeals to prejudice and the use of | personal defamation. OUR NORMAL SCHOOL BUILDING. sensati s recent report to the Governor upon the condition of the us educational institutions supported by °the State, Super- dent of Public Instruction Kirk calls attention to the de- | e state of the quarters occupied by the San Francisco Normal | Declaring it to be a disgrace that an institution, recognized orced by the State of California, should occupy the tumble- which now constitute its only housing. Superin- voices a strong recommendation that the next Legis- ppropriate funds for the erection of a building suitable to s and importance of the San Francisco teachers’ school. The Superintendent’s appeal to the Legislature merits the heart- iest indorsement. Certain it is that a dilapidated old structure which was once a church, then after a lapse of years a high school, is not an object of local pride when now it is tottering over the heads of normal school scholars. To this hoary pile there come five days out of the week teachers, students and training classes of children, risking at least their health if not safety of limb within its shadowed walls. With our normal schools at San Jose, at Chico and Los An- geles comfortably even elegantly housed, there is no reason why | the San Francisco institution should continue to carry on its work in buildings condemned these many yea An Alameda genius is contemplating the rigging of all Pacific vessels with wheels during the foggy spell. This will ma- lly reduce the earnings of the tugboats now employed in vagrant four-masters off the ocean boulevard. - The Czar has thirty-three male relatives who draw a lump sum of $460,000 annually from the treasury. Why not send a batch of them to the front and cut down expenses? | park expert or landscape engineer in the country but | ¥ pulling | % L SRR COPYRIGHT, 1904, BY SPECTAL ARRANGEMENT OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL WITH THE 1 Living Objects Advised for Successful Coloring. —_— Snakes and caterpillars were held up as models at the convention of the International Society of Dressmakers in New York the other afternoon by Mrs, Safford Barstow In a lecture on “The Reason and Resource of Design- ing.” “Turn to nature and study living objects if you would be original and obtain successful results in coloring,” shetdv‘lsed the dressmakers. “The colors of the snake are unrivaled for sartorial effects and there is\nothing finer than the shadirg to be found on the caterpillar. One of these lovely, soft creatures furnished the idea for . buttons. There is no limit to the color scheme that can be gained by the study of natural objects.” Fruits and flowers, the dressmakers conceded, it might be pleasant to imi- tate, but snakes, lizards and caterpil- lars could not be accepted, even by the most progressive, without a shud- | i worn out.” “Snakes!” sniffed one. “How are we to get 'em. We'd look fine havin’ snakes along with our patterns and lay figgers, wouldn't we?"” “Well, I've got along in the business twenty years without snakes or reo- -— NEW YORK EVENING MAIL. [ tilés of any sort, and I ain't had no more complaints than most dressmak- ers I know,” agreed another. MRS. CARTER'S SNAKY DRESSES. ' “That may be, but you know those snaky dresses Mrs. Carter wore were grand. Lots of my customers were crazy about them and tried to walk Just as snaky as they looked,” urged a woman with a mind open to convic- tion. “I'm going to study snakes and caterpillars.” Mrs. Barstow seeks to place dress- making on a lofty plane. She urged the dressmakers to study history and get back to first principles, to become ardent students of nature and to cul- tivate their analytical powers. “If dressmakers would only anal- yze the gowns they make they would get far better results,” she affirmed. “If you get one beautiful object it will form the motif for an entire gown. I saw a Parisian dress not long ago and the minute I Jaid eves on it I knew that a nantique necklace had fur- nished the motif for that dress. You dressmakers must make artistic frocks, but not too artistic, else they may become eccentric.” There was more comfort for the cus- tomer than for the modiste in her statement that “a really beautiful gown need never be cast away until it is Mrs. Fayes' information about fab- rics now in the shops and those that are to be there soon was recelved with lively interest. That was one of the things the out of town dressmaker had come to find out. The afternoon session was a short x one and in order to stop the incoming crowds a sign was hung out, “The Show Is Closed,” before 4 o'clock. The model gowns and other equip- Snakes and Caterpifars Dressmakers Models. ment of the show were shipped to Chi- | cago, where an exhibition is to be held in the Auditorium Hotel this week. The forms that had worn the newest things in gowns reproduced from his- toric periods during the week were shamelessly denuded in the presence of spectators. One with a smile that looked as if it might have been recast from 1830 was left with a spreading skirt falling over the wire frame beneath while her bodice started on its way te Chicag The wax neck was smooth and fair, but the wire skeleton of body and arms gave the thing an uncanny look. MODEL GOWNS NOT FOR SALE. A retail dealer wanted to buy one of the model gowns, but was told that no money could deprive Chlcago of the privilege of viewing them. A com- promise was made by which a sketch of the coveted frock was furnished him. “Chicago needs style and as long as New York has had them first I'm sure the frocks ought to go West,” said a woman who was taking notes dili- gently. “Huh! Chicago gets things just about as soon as New York!” ejacu- lated a visiting dressmaker. “Why, this association started in the West and I guess you'll find out that we're pretty up-to-date out there.” Sectional hostilities were averted by the necessity of paying strict attention to the model gowns that were being | | expeqitiously packed for their Western | | tive merits of pl Modistes Are Urged to Become Students of Nature. * journey. “And I don’t know now whether there | was one dart or two in the back of that green silk skirt lining,” said the Westerner regretfully, as she walked away amicably with her Eastern ac- quaintance to talk over the compara- iting and shirring. BABY WAS WELL PACKED. Mr. Pett Ridge told an excellent baby story at the ladies’ summer dinner of | the New Vagabonds' Club. A lady and her little daughter were walking through Grosvenor square when they came to a portion of a road strewn with straw. “What's that for, ma?” said the child,’ to which the mother replied: “The lady who lives in that house, my dear, has had a little baby girl sent her.” The child walked along for a few yards, and then turning back and nooding at the straw, said: “Awfully well packed, ma.”"—St. James Gazette. EARLY RISING. L “To be forced to get up early,” says a physician, “‘grinds the soul, curdles the blood, swells the spleen, destroys all good intentions and disturbs all day the mental activities. Criminals are always recruitqd from the early-rising class.”—London\ Chronicle. —¥*| pasepALL L. | LITTLE JAP. The little Jap he pegs away Night after night, day after day; He's always going right ahe: That's why so many Slavs ar He dc t stop to rest But though roads steep | And foe-begirt, still day by day The little Jap he pegs away r sleep rough ané the are »es not talk The little Jip he iagram wit shall y giant's st Have felled the & The little Jap he doesn’t talk. The little Jap he doesn’t brag Or madly masticate th AS He doesn't gloat o'er fallen foe | Untig that foe is lying low | He doesn't tell the world his plans, But marshals silently his clans And scraps with vim that cannot lag— P The little Jap he doesa’t brag. The little Jap he doesn't wa And sit around and rail at fat Instead he tackles with a vim Whatever's in the way of him He does soak in jagful juice— | He knows such things aren’t any ise. He's busy early, busy late— The little Jap he doesn't walt. The little Jap thus teaches you. Who sit around and rail at fate That "tisn’t wise to jag or brag Or mouth the masticative rag. Or wait or murmur or complain, But just to work, come sun or raim. Less theorizing, more of Do, The little Jap man teaches you. —Baltimore Americam : HUMOR. | Would Stop Runaways. “ Once, when Daniel Webster was rid- | Ing along a New England road in a stage coach, so the story runs, he was annoyed by the jolting, and poked his head out of the window to yell at the driver. can't you drive a little responded the coachman, “the horses are running away, sor.” “Run 'em Into a fence corner,” vised Daniel. Can’t, sir,” saild the driver reluctant- ly and despairingly. ve got the bits between their teeth, sir!" “Well, run them into debt, then”™ { thundered Daniel. “That'll stop any- thing!”—Detroit News. ad- His Voice Would Hold It. Ex-Lieutenant Governor Timothy Woodruff had all sorts of experiences in Cripple Creek. He told a miner that they were the jolliest lot of handshak- ers in that region he had ever struck “A husky fellow ask for quarter. “ “What do you want it for?' I asked “‘“To get a social glass, the swer. “I saw he was as full as he could hold, and observed a was an- | | | “‘Say, you're overfl already. | You won’t hold any “ ‘You've got no perception, boss,” he replied. ‘Can’t you observe t hol- lowness of my voice? "—New York Times. Punishment. “Tommy,” #ald his mother. who had him across her kne “this hurts me worse than it does you.” “I was afraid,” said Tommy under his breath, “that hard board I put in | the seat of my trousers might hurt her | hand.”—Chicago Journal. The Great Difficulty. Cyril—You mnay spurn me, cruel one, but remember, I shall not always be a clerk at $9 a week. Marie—That's just the trouble. You may lose your job at any time.—Chi- cago News. ANSWERS. ESKIMO DOG—A Subseriber, City. If you own an Eskimo dog that Is ghedding more than the normal amount of hair you had better take him to some professional dog doctor and have him treated. PROMISSORY NOTE—Subscriber, Forestville, Cal. An obligation In writing executed in the State of Call- fornia, and a promissory note is such, must be sued upon within four years after it becomes due, eise the action will not lie. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR—G. B, Pleasant Grove, Cal. There was no | convention of the societies of Christian | Endeavor in San Francisco, Cal, in | 1895. That year the convention was { held in Boston, Mass., commencing | July 11 S.. Mount Eden, | Cal. Egan of Tacoma is credited with having made the grgatest number of home runs in the Pacific Coast League from the start to the present. Bu« chanan of Oakland is credited with having struck out the greatest num- ber of men in that league. ALTITUDES—F. R., City. The al- titude or grade of Haight street, at Stanyan, in San Francisco, is 255 feet above high water mark, which is the official grade. The grade at McAllis~ ter and Stanyan streets is 280 feet, and highest points on Hayes street are 2680 feet at Plerce street and 265 feet at Stanyan. ST. LOUIS FAIR — A Constant Reader, Fresno, Cal. There are no statistics obtainable in San Francisco that will show “the attendanee each month at the World's Fair, St Mo., since the opening.” To such information you will have to dress a communication to the secre- tary of the fair. COLORED PE YPLE—G. E., Pleas- ant Grove, Cal. It has been held that under the law no State, city or other municipal corporation had the right to pass any enactment that will | deprive any citizen of any privileges or immunities; this under the provisions to the fourteenth amendment to the constitution. This was decided in Cali- fornia in the case of Brown against the Omnibus Company, a street rail- road corpgration, which spught to prevent colored people from riding in the same cars with whites. 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