The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 29, 1904, Page 8

THE THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL| JOHN D. SPRECKELS. .....0cc0nsssssisssasssssssessesssosss Proprictor ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO JOHN McNAUGHT. . THIRD AND MARKET STREETE, BAN mNCI_SEO MAKE THIS A FREER PORT. HE eyes of the commercial world are turned upon the Pacific Tand trade is estimating its future possibilities. No seaport on either shore of that ocean has greater interest in the ex- pected expansion of its commerce than San Francisco. We listen to cnthusiastic speeches on this subject made in our commercial bodies, and by public men and on public occasions, but enthusiastic expec- tation will not retain for San Francisco the lead that she has, nor maintain it against rivals in the future. This city needs not only ships for deep water trade, but she needs freer opportunity as a ship owning port, to the end that she may get full credit for her position as a maritime city. The laws of the State are unfriendly to this ambition of its chief city. The exaction of State and municipal taxes from ships owned and reg- istered here is a relic of primitive times that should be abolished. The equities of taxation require that benefits should go with bur- dens. This is impossible in the case of ships that are in port only to discharge and take cargo. They are not like buildings which get the constant benefit of police and fire protection, for they are on deep water nine-tenths of the time, where such protection is im- possible. g The subject of tax reform is coming to the front in California, and through the efforts of the State Grange is being made an issue with which politicians and the Legislature must reckon. When it is ready for consideration in the next Legislature it will be in order to propose the relief of our deep water shipping from the unneces- sary and unrequited exactions imposed by local taxation. Ships have to pay for wharf and dock privileges. These rents have built the seawall and will build the needed extension of it upon which the people are to vote at the coming election. Of this no one complains, but when, in addition, ships that make this their | home port are compelled to pay municipal taxes for sewers and other municipal purposes of which in the nature of things they make no use, the exaction is in restraint of trade and an unwise burden upon | commerce. If the tables were turned and the buildings and realty | and personalty of the city were taxed to build the seawall, and ships | were given the use of berths and docks and wharves, rent fres, there would go up a protest from the city taxpayers that wouldj make a roar in the Legislature. Yet such a system of taxation would | be no more unjust than that to which ships are subjected, for muni- | cipal needs of which they can make no use. Other maritime States are far in advance of this in the mat-| ter of taxation, for they exempt ships, while we tax them. - The result is that but few of the ships that carry our trade make this their | home port. Again, the ships that are owned here and make this| their home port are American ships under our flag. They have to compete with foreign ships which pay no State nor municipal tax here at all. The American ships have also to pay port wages to their crews, while foreign ships do not pay the wages of this port. They ship cheaper crews elsewhere, from captain to cabin boy. At their home port they pay none of the local taxes that American ships pay here. In these facts may be found some of the reasons for the | decline of American shipping. The local taxes imposed ‘upon it are a heavy fine and penalty for flying the American flag. While | the State is blameworthy in this matter of taxation, it is also true | that Federal burdens are imposed upon American shipping in San | Francisco that are not imposed in New York and other ports on | the Atlantic seaboard. ~ There is a lack of co-operation in facilitating commerce be- tween the Federal service here and ship owners. Notably is this the case in the dispatch of mails. Ships are detained beyond sailing hours by this failure to consult the need of promptness in getting | out of port. In New York a mail clerk is detailed for service on | the dock to receive mail, in order that the sacks may be closed in time. This enables banks and commission men and exporters to | get their letters and drafts that follow bills of lading on the same | ship that carries the merchandise without delaying it beyond the| sailing hour. ¢ There are many other respects in which the touch of the Fed- eral authority with shipping interests may be improved, but the State should not wait for the correction of these mere matters of | administration. It should invite American ships to make this their! home port by relieving them of the heavy State and local taxes by which they are now punished for flying the American flag. If this| is not done the ships that now make this their home port will be | fewer in number, for they cannot pay their taxes and compete with! foreign ships that have no tax at all. i We ask the attention of the merchants of this city and the| business men of this State to this condition. The prosperous and | successful maritime States do not impose these burdens. Can our | sea-going trade be expected to prosper if it be compelled to bear | them? | THE SUNDAY CALL MAGAZINE. ITH the issue of the Sunday Call of October 30 will be for- mally instituted an interesting feature—a short story con- | test in which a cash prize of $50 will be awarded each week | to the best Western story submitted by a Western writer. This/| contest is instituted for the purpose of encouraging Western writers | by offering for their work a consideration equal to that paid by the best magazines for stories of similar length, and for the purpose of | bringing young and unknown writers who are doing strong work | before the notice of the reading public. Names will count for| nothing ; the inexperienced writer will receive the same considera- | tion as the experienced pen. What is wanted are stories that reflect the peculiar life of California and the West; stories which will be recognized abroad as having the distinctive air of the West. In line with its established policy of giving the best and brightest ideas to its readers that money can procure, the Sunday Call, realizing the value attached to a comic supplement by the chil- dren, will to-morrow begin the publication of a handsome, high-| class four-page comic section in colors, in addition to the regular magazine section. i “The Grafters,” Francis Lynde’s novel of politics and love, runs | through its fourth and last installment to-morrow. On November | 6 will be published complete in one installment, Stephen Conrad’s delightful little sketch of rural life, “The Secogd Mrs, Jim,” in| which the second Mrs. Jim demonstrates to the satisfaction of every one that the trying position of stepmother may possess possibilities for love and contentment on all sides not popularly ascribed to that | greatly maligned relationship. Edward W. Townsend conttinues the adventures of his country | hero, who tries his hand at amateur theatricals with his usual faculty for getting into things feet first. Charles Dryden continues his hu- morous serial, “On and Off the Bread Wagon,” showing up hi hero in some of the impish tricks of imaginative.boyhood ; Kate Thy- son Marr contributes one of her straightforward talks in “The Fiendish Woman,” and there is a page of storiettes by Izola For- | rester, John Murray and Keith Gordon, in addition to the usual pages for women by Madge Moore and Augusta Prescott, and the puzzle page for the children. Jopements the automobile is a|for him to issue a postscript thusly: n:::remnvmznee than the railroad. | “P. 8.—I forgot to say that I accept.” It may even be a greater convenience ~—Pittsburg Press. street divorces.—~St. gt aend fiu"fiip-»u ot The woes of the Democratic organi- | | i | out the separate bodice, the elaborately | trimmed one at one extreme and the SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29. 1904. OFFICIAL FIGURFS. Military end adwinis tration to date, . Rea! total cost of Phil- Parker's tota: .. 4 I CAN'T THE PHILIPPINE SUM, -$160,000,000 Pald Spain for islangs. 20,000,000 ... 189,000,000 . 830,000,000 —_— /| i o COPYRIGHT, 1904, BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL WITH THE NEW DO THE § M. YORK EVENING MAIL. ¢ ——— il e Ry I RAINY DAY ATTIRE.. To prepare for a rainy day—that | question, although nothing out of the| crdinary—is one which many women ponder over and actually worry about more than what to wear to the opera, ball or theater. It is, to be sure, a vital part of women's wardrobe, many ilis being caused indirectly by carelessness of dress on the wet and damp days. The advent of the travenette is a bless- ing, and although they are not as warm as théy should be there are many ways of overcoming this. Vests of all de- scriptions are on sale, and they are all becoming to a certain extent. One great fault of these rain coats is that a great majority are altogether too long, and they become wet and remain damp while one is wearing them. The proper length is just at the hem of a short skirt. One may do very well with. out one of these coats. There are many new ideas for rainy weather, and one s the cravenette suit, which is more becoming to a majority of women than the loose affair. They are made with the tight jacket and short skirt and the rain has no effect whatsoever upon them. The style for sandals, which are used in place of the high rubber, has become so popular that it is a wonder more women are not ill. They are ab- solutely worthless on a stormy day and no protection. Only the storm rubbers should be worn, and if sandals are worn at all it should only be in the summer time. SEPARATE BODICE. ‘We cannot, it seems, get along with- gimple shirt waist at the other. It has proved a friend in need so many times that it will not be allowed to fall into disuse now, and a tendency to return to these pretty garments is visible everywhere. i Material mixtures continue to sur- prige conservative souls. Cloth on silk was a sensation, but cloth on chiffon is yet a greater one. | Ribbon girdles are composed of | one to six rows of ribbon, | BRIDE AND JOKER. | At one of the recent weddings the bride carried a prayer book, marked to open at the marriage service and from which she was to read the responses and follow the service. The practical joker was present, of course, for there was never a wedding at which the practical joker was not. Just before the ceremony he slipped the bride’s prayer book into his pocket and left another in its place which he had bor- rowed for the occasion. When the bride opened it at the’altar she was a bit surprised and for a moment was lost in wonder as to what had hap- pened. Then she ‘“‘caught on,” bit her lips to keep back a smile and bent her head over the book with no evidence of anything wrong. The practical joker had substituted a prayer bock printed in uerman and the bride could read only English. Never- theless, she had studied the ceremony carefully and made the responses at the proper time and in the words set down in the ritual, WOMAN’S RUBY LIPS. b A certain learned man gave simple rules for the choosing of a wife, "and bade young lovers beware of a girl| whose lips drooped at the corners, as such would probably make a home any- thing but a happy place. At the same time he advised the in- tending husband to remember that up- ward curving lips indicated frivolity, so that here, too, he would need to be careful, while lips which are very thin and quite straight usually belong to a woman who is a shrew. ¥ A selfish, morbid and dominating woman frequently has a long, thin mouth, with clear-cut, firm lips, while the cruel woman as often as not boasts lips which are unusually red. A large and well-closed mouth indi- cates sagacity, while a chin which is firm and rounded generally associates itself with determination and strength. —Chicago Journal. SHE SHOWED HIM UP. “Mr. Winkum, is it?” said Miss Muchmonneigh, reading \ the card. “Well, you may show him up, Elise.” “Faix,” answered Elise, in her rich e | mopIsH w.usrs:_l The French and Scotch flannels, lightweight woolens, heavy mercerized cottons and linens are used extensively in fashioning the modish waists for general use. The flannel waists are trimmed with fancy yokes and cuffs of { taffeta, with bands of Russian ‘cross- the fancy silk braids. Buttons play no small part in trimming these garments. The mercerized cottons may be had in { colors as well as in the white. When ! the material is figured or striped no additional trimming is desirable. The some call them—may be crossstitched most effectively. The embroidered linen waist retains its popularity, for fine work cannot be imitated with any degree of success. Peau de cygne, messaline and soft taffeta are the silks most frequently employed in fashioning the separate silk bodice. These waists are usually very elaborate, both in style and in mode of trimming. Hand work—both em- broidery and lace—are used extensively and effectively. Lace forms very hand- some decoration for these dainty waists and lace collars, lace boleros and lace flouncings are much in demand. Chen- ille ornaments and the finer grades of silk passementerles are also used. The all lace waists are very pleasing, the belet models being shown in deep cream color. VOGUE IN FOOTGEAR. Flat bottoms and wide outside exten- newest styles in oxfords and boot: en's oxfords, because it doesn’t soil, is easy in making and makes up neater than canvas or suede. According to the Shoe Register one and a quarter and one and three- eighths inch heels will be the big sell- ers, while many good judges claim that than they have for some seasons. Pat- ent colt, patent kid and patent calf will in the order given, - stitch or Persian embroidery and with ! coarsely woven white cottons—oxfords, | sions will be the vogue in many of the ! White kid will be much used for wom- | lower heels® will probably sell better | be the favored shiny leathers—ranking you ever recover the Society will demand to-day of its ad- herents much energy and enthusiasm, | which offerings will no doubt be freely given in view of the importance and in- | terest attaching to the events. Teas will mark the advent of fresh young faces into the mad whirl, while happy brides and grooms will pledge their vows to hymen. Of the latter, noontide will see the wedding of Miss Charlotte Russell and Clement Tobin, to be quiet- ly celebrated at the residence of Mrs. de Sabla Jr., the bride's moth- er. Universal regret reigns that the af- fair will not be ostentatious, for the uncertain health of Mrs. de Sabla has precluded all elaborate planning. The bride will be attended by Miss Vera de Sabla, while Richard Tobin will wait upon the groom. Rev. Father Prender- gast will officiate at the wedding cere- mony. o . Miss Carol Moore is to bow before pleasure’s shrine to-day, announcing | her eligibility to the world of gayety | from this day forward. By this a pretty maid is added to the already attractive | ranks of society. The Moore home on Broadway will be filled with guests, |and Miss Carol will be assisted in re- ceiving them by Miss Edna Davis, Miss | { Maude Payne, Miss Margaret Hyde- Smith, Miss Mary Josselyn, Miss Mar- | jorle Patterson, Miss Lucy Coleman, | Miss Mary Langhorne and Miss Mar- jorie Josselyn. & Not far from Miss Moore's home is | that of Miss Nathalie Coffin, daughter | of Mr. and Mrs, James Coffin. She, too, will step forward to-day into society’s | | kingdom. A large number of friends | will greet her, but Miss Coffin is reti- cent concerning details. - R The Palace Hotel parlors will radiate with youth, beauty and exquisite gowns | this afternoon, when Mrs. Willlam Kohl |and Miss Kohl will be hostesses in | honor of Mrs. Frederick Kohl of Wash- | ington, D. C. The affair, a tea, will be one of the most prcminent of the sea- | son. :s. Frederick Kohl was the beautiful Elizabeth Godey of Washing- ton and this occasion of honor to her is one of the many opportunities that iwm be offered for a greeting from her friends. AT The marriage of Miss Emma Moffat | and Dr. Alfred McLaughlin will take | | place this evening at the home of the | bride’s parents, 1239 Franklin street. | Miss Moffat had originally planned a | large wedding, with attendants, church | ceremony and elaborate details, but | | the absence of her sister, Miss Hen- | rletta Moffat, who is in Europe, has i made the bride-elect chocse a quiet { ceremony in preference. Rev. Brad- ford Leavitt will officiate in the pres- THE SMART SET = BY SALLY SHARP. ence only of relatives and a few friends, Dr. and Mrs. McLaughlin will reside in San Francisco. . Captain Charles T. Baker, U. 8. A, and Mrs. Baker were guests at a din- ner given in their homor at the St Francis by Harry Pendleton last even- ing. Those who enjoyed the hospitality were: Mr. and Mrs. Sam Buckbee, William P. Humphreys, Miss Mabe ‘Watkins, Miss Georgia Shepard, Miss Eisie Tallant, James Whitley, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Breeden, Major and Mrs Lea Febiger, General and Mrs. C. A Woedruff, Miss Andrews, Lieutenant Natt F. Jamieson, Allan Pollak, Dr. Rupert Blue, Dr. E. D. Shortlidge, M and Mrs. W. B. Hamilton, E. Courtney Ford, Mr. and Mrs. Harry 8. Bates, Miss Florence Yates, General and Mrs. C. A. Coolidge, Miss Paula Wolff, Em- erson Warfleld, Captain and Mrs. C. T Baker, Lieutenant Leigh Sypher, M and Mrs. Edward Pond, Harold Hav- ens, Miss Bessie Wilson, Miss Frances Grant, Colonel and Mrs. George An- drews and Mrs. Norwood Williams. R The Palm Garden was the scene of an attractive luncheon yesterday when Mrs. Jack Wilson entertained these guests: Miss Grace Spreckels, Mrs. Samuel Buckbee, Mrs. M. H. de Young, Miss Helen de Young, Miss Constance de Young, Miss Ethyl Hager, Miss Helen Wagner, Miss Pearl Landers, Mrs. Arthur Brander, Mrs. Sands For- man, Mrs. W. D. K. Gibson, Mrs, William_ Cluff, Mrs. William H. Smith and Mrs. George R. Downey. e Mrs. W. H. Mills and Miss Elizabeth Mills have returned from Del Monte. P Mr. and Mrs. Will Crocker will socon be reinStated i their California street home, after several delightful months at Burlingame, where their country place is established. i - James D. Phelan will be royally en- tértained at the Bghemian Club jinks this evening. e wise The Twentieth Century Music Club will give a fine programme of music to-day in Century Hall. The hour is 3:15. o, i el le Mrs. Harr Wagner and daughter, Miss Morris Wagner, who have been spending some time at Harmon Springs, are at home again. 4 0 The postroom at the Presidio was gay last evening with uniforms and bright gowns when the officers of the Tenth Infantry and the Artillery Corps gave a farewell dance to the officers of the Twenty-eighth Infantry, who leave kere on November 7 for Fort Snelling, Minn. e ey et e ——————————l e — -+ | THE WITHERED PEACH | —— It was a tattered city child With haggard face and brave Who found a little withered peach A-lying on the pave. I saw him clasp it swift and close Beyond my greedy reach, As though earth’s richest treasure lay Within that withered peach. “Oh, see,” I said, “that humble prize How eagerly he thumps: Perhaps 'twill give him strength again To battle with the slums. “Perhaps a father's drunken curse Has cast him on the street, Without a roof to call his home, Without a crust to eat. | “Perhaps a mother's lying ill In need of nourishment And he will take the peach to her In yonder tenement. “Perhaps a little sister kind Is fading, paling fast, And he will save the peach for her, His one poor gift—his last. “Perhaps”—just then an auto car Came tearing round the bend And brought my mellow reverie Abruptly to an end. A window openell; some one yelled, “Hi, Chimmy, soak 'em good” The urchin poised the peach in air— And then I understood. —Puck. e A RS S T R S PR SRS | POINTED SAYINGS. Woman’s intuition is more than a match for man's wisdom. If life were less complex we would be infinitely happier. Life may be a struggle, yet if we ! cease striving we die or rot—a living death. | At 27 a woman loses her taste for green apples and very young men. Middle-aged passion is like weak tea in the morning, when we need | black coffee. A man of wisdom never fells a woman that she reminds him of an old friend. One must respect a porous plaster for the power it evinces in sticking to ‘ one thing. | Some women think more of their ! dogs than they do of their husbands. , Yet the dog and woman are not alto- i gether to blame. Time may be money, yet the aver- age person will give you all his time rather than lend you a small portion ' of his money.—Philadelphia Inquirer. “HIGH LIVING.” | A little book called “High Living" | with the subtitle, ‘Recipes From Southern Climes,” will be published in 'a few days by Elder & Co. The com- piler, Mrs. McLaren, has a reputation jamong her friends for understanding the preparation of toothscme delicacies ' and her recipes possess the authority which comes of practical The book is published for the benefit of | the Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Asse- + e | SOME GOOD RECIPES. | ¢ R G e e e ST 2 Walnut Cake—Cream half cup but. ter; add one cup of sugar and beaty-add the well beaten volks of four eggs al- ternately with one and two-thirds cups of flour sifted with two level teaspoons of baking powder. Flavor with a tea- spoon of vanilla and bake in a square pan. Cover with a boiled frosting and mark into squares. Put half an Eng- lish walnut meat in each square. Salmon Salad—Take the skin and bones from cold boiled salmon; put four cloves, a few whole allspice and some bits of stick cinnamon into a eup of vinegar and heat to the boiling point. Strain while hot over the fish and let stand until cold. Arrange the salmon 0. a bed of lettuce leaves, using only the inner leaves. Gingerbread Pudding—Mix ome cup of molasses, one cup of milk, two table- spoons of melted butter, one level tea- spoon each of soda and cinnamon and one tablespoon of vinegar. Have four cups of flour measured; add three cups to the first ingredients and add the last one cautiously, because the molasses may be so thick as not to take up the whole four cups. Bake in a sheet. Chicken Pie—Disjoint two chickens as for fricasse and cook in beiling water until tender, then take out the bones. Have a good plain paste made and roil a little thicker than for a fruit pie. Line a deep dish and fill with the chicken. Put the liquor into a kettle and thicken with a rounding tablespoon of flour, cook five minutes, add a large table- spoon of butter, pour over the chicken and cover with a richer crust than that used for lining the dish. Before the upper crust is laid on cut a round piece out large enough not to close in cook- ing. Grape Water Ice—Make syruo with two cups of sugar and four cuvs of water by boiling. ten minutes. When it is cold add two cups of grape juice and freeze. . —— | ANSWERS TO QUERIES | STATES—C. C., Rytherford, Cal The most populous State in the Union is New York and the capital is Albany. The least populous is Nevada, the cap- ital of which is Carson City. POPULATION—M. R., City. The population of California according to the census of 1900 was 1,485,053. There have not been any official figures since then, but from data received by the California Promotion Assoclation an estimate has been made that the popu- lation of this State at this time is 1,800,000. GRIZZLY PEAK—A. 8. P, Oak- land, Cal. In California there are two elevations known as Grizsly Peak, one in Shasta County 6304 feet high and the other in the Yosemite 7167. The record of the Gecdetic Survey also names three other Griaalies, one on the range of Berkeley, 1759 feet, and two others, localities not mentioned, 10,369 and 11,723 feet. It is generally the to call any large elevation of rock earth more than 1500 feet in height | ciation, the aims and objects of which | On are set forth in the preface by Edward | 112 PeC 0 ln.m Aok