The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 6, 1904, Page 23

IN A TALK ABOUT THE ELECTION NEXT TUESDAY 5 . A% Mr. nost bh nething. Well. what )} gates f'r th’ highest office in th’ gift iv th® » | American pcople, except County Threas- f s 3 urer. I can raymimber five mesilf. houg Dooley. “An’ “Thaydore Rosenfelt, th’ Republican Son¥ bee ) does. A man | candydate fr th’ Dimmycratic vote, was® akes up his goin’ to vote | born iv an’ f)l’ Quaker fam'ly. Arly in life e e an’ niver | Be sowed his Quaker Oats, but nawthin’ bas ant, an’ thin | Some iv it. He was idjacated at Harvard ries to vote in th’ | College, where th’ kicks come, fr'm, an’ at s, Hi iv me re. What t make learly candydates ar. it anny wan who tries t a good 1 go to th’ guidance, | vote is f'r all that an American holds dear, t th' ballot. Ye'er | f'r honor, f'r manhood, f'r the high ideels & —— ce. ious, willin’, ey tell me. f if anny wan iv Th' counthry r what hap- v a counthry. Hen- | instincts will detarmine where th’ pencil here.” | will land. Ye can't go wrong, even if th’ asked | vote is counted. In fact, Hinnissy, ye wud be doin’ nawthun’ that wud make George said \\'a.~h’mon or Abraham Lincoln mad it ye didn’t vote at all. Fear nawthun’. If th’ To be counthry thought ye cud injure it, do ye It’s ayether here I'm I lock th’ dure an’ s pol- to be given? I t thin I c use. I've been a mis- marked. e fear- good, Th' ye'er mind ' counthry, I that ye needn’t life e boy, is swimmin’ pre- egar and havin’ th’ o save liv'ry hiver temple th” think we’d let ye vote? “On th’ ballot ye will find twinty candy- | th’ age iv 14 he entered pollytics. Th’ list iv kilt an’ injured was published at th’ time, In pollytical life he endeared himsilf to all be his quiet manner an’ ca’'m judgment. to such an extint that th’ leaders iv his party were ondecided whether they ought to make him Vice Prisidint or merely dhrown him. They chose th’ former, because he cud swim. Be superb statesmanship in that, lofty but rermote station he become Prisi- dint iv this here nation. With his recent | histhry ye ar-re familyar, Hinnissy. So am I. Sois he. I will not speak further iv it. | He is issintually a man iv peace, devoted | to his fam'ly an’ extramely fond iy his books. Durin’ th’ Spanish war he sarved is counthry as a thrained nurse, batin’ Clara Barton to th’ top iv San Joon Hill. He is th’ author iv th’ cillybrated saying’: ‘Pericarditus alive or Rassely dead,” which | was aftherward changed to ‘Pericarditis alive fr fifty thousan’ or Rassely dead broke’” His motto is, ‘I mean no harm. His fav'rite spoort is twinty questions. His fav'rite pets are th’ bird iv peace an’ th’ round robin. If ye vote f'r Thaydore Rosen- WRITTEN FOR TH Copyright, 1904, by McClure, Phillips & Co. MR. DOOLEY'S ESTIMATE of the PRINCIPAL CANDIDATES, ROOSEVELT—"If ye vote fr Thaydore Rosen- felt, ye need not fear that ye'er act will embroil or fry this counthry in a Europeen war. He won’t need it. He.is fr peace at anny price, on’y th’ iliction expinses may be so heavy he may not have th’ price. If ye’er vote is f'r all that an American holds dear, f'r honor, f'r manhood, f’r th’ high ideels iv cityzenship, ye’ll vote f'r Thaydore Rosenfelt. But he’ll take it aven if it isn’t. He’ll take any kind iv vote.” PA R K ER—“Alton Blank Parker was nommynated be th’ Dimmycrats to capture th’ Raypublican vote, which sthrangely enough, has not been consistently dimmyecratic in past years. At th’ arly age iv fifty, Judge Parker, f'r he it is, suddenly appeared on th’ pollytical horyzon an’ since thin for six months at least he has steadily grown on ontil now he is beginnin’ to talk an’ has all his teeth but not so many as his opponent or so few as his companyon on th’ Dimmycrat ticket.” WA TSON—Thomas K. Watson, th’ candydate iv th’ Popylist party, is in th’ race to stretch his legs an’ improve his voice. It is doin’'him good an’ he will get th’ Popylist vote as well as his own.” DEBS—“Eugene V. Deébs, the Socylist candydate, stands a good chance if somebody don’t get out an injunction TIIE- SAN FRANCISCO CALL. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1904. MR. DOOLEY E CALL BY F. P. DUNNE. & iv cityzenship, ' ye'll vote fr Th:y‘dore Rosenfelt. But he'll take it aven if it isn’t. He'll take anny kind iv vote. “Alton Blank Parker was nommynated be th’ Dimmycrats to capture th’ Raypubdi- can vote, which, sthrangely enough, has not been consistently dimmyecratic in past years. At th' arly age iv 50, Judge Parker, fr he it is, suddenly appeared on th’ poliyti- cal horyzon, an’ since thin, f'r six months at least, he has steadily grown, ontil now he is beginnin’ to talk an’ has all his teeth, but not so manny as his opponent or so few as his companyon on th’ Dimmyecrat ticket. Judge Parker’s candydacy was first heard in a whisper, which soon swelled into a roar f'm Willom Jennings Bryan. He is a manly, courageous man, as his goold tilly- gram wud tend to show. It r-read as fol- lows: ‘Boys, if ye've nommynated me an’ there's no backin’ out, I'm irrevocably solid fr th’ goold standard’ Judge Parker is a frind iv th’ wurrukin’ man, an* numbers such labor leaders as August Bilmont an’ George Foster Peabody among his glosest assocyates. He rayceives thim often as they come up in their overalls fr'm th’ bank. Manny people ar-re opposin’ him because they think he is a man iv too de- cided opinyons, an’ wan who. if ilicted, wud plunge th’ counthry into a great an’ disas- trous sleep. I won’t go that far. While I think, Hinnissy, he prob’bly exceeds th' bounds iv caution, ye must raymimber that he is a young man, an’ that his judicyal thrainin’ has made him a little teeny mite radical. I'm sure ivry Dimmycrat heart was fired be his utthrances las’ week. ‘I am’ says he, ‘irrevocably fr a goold standard, but wud sind best regards to Willum Jen- nings Bryan, he says. ‘I denounce th’ tariff as a crool an’ un-American nicissity,’ he says. ‘I abomynate th’ thrusts. Oh, if I had wan here now—I wudden’t do a thing 23 GIVES ' LIBERAL ADVICE | TO VOTERS OF COUNTRY & o — cided. I wud get out iv that onhappy spot at wanst—nex’ year some time. I wud lave thim onhappy people to bask in their own wretchedness,’ he says, ‘as soon as they ar-re in condition to be free, which may be fiver,’ he says. ‘As f'r th’ rest iv me views, he $ays. ‘what d’'ye want? An’ there ye ar-re. . Wudden't that fire th’ heart iv anny Dimmycrat? Wudden’t it almost fire th’ heart out? 1 tell ye, Hinnissy. that if ye wud not see this counthry overrun *with cormorant thrusts an’ Dimmycratic thrusts without a coat to their backs, if ye love ye'er counthry betther thin ye’er party an’ ye’er a Dimmycrat, ye'll vote f'r Alton B. Parker, th’ people’s choice—nearly. “I will lightly skip over th' other candy- dates. Thomas H. Watson, th’ candydate iv th’ Popylist party, is in th’ race to stretch his legs an’ improve his voice. It is doin” him good an’ he will get th’ Popylist vote, as well as his own. Eugene V. Debs, th' Socylist candydate, stands a good chance if somebody don’t get out an injunction again him. I raymimber him kindly, because it was through him that me frind, Grover Cleveland, was injooced to sind some Swede sojers to shoot at me whin I wint fr me mornin’ sthroll in th’ Stock Yards. If Debs is ilicted all th’ money in the wurruld will be divided among th’ people, afther Wall street has been helped. If ye vote f'r Debs ye vote f'r a good man, an’ I will sometimes call on ye whin ye are not vi'lent. I will on’y refer briefly to Ransom X. Swallow, the Prohybitionist candydate, hence th’ name.” “Ye needn’t go on,” said Mr. Hennessy. “Well, that’s all I have to say,” said Mr. Dooley. “Ye have all th’ facts. Act ac- cordin’ly. On’y raymimber in markin’ ye'er ballot that if ye thry to vote f'r Debs fr Prisidint an’ th’ Prohybitionist candydate fr Vice Prisidint, whose name escapes me fr th’ moment an’ I hope longer, ye are ose in ye'er pre- broil or fry this counthry in ‘war. He won’t need it. felt ye need not fear that ye'er act will em- He is f'r peace at ¢ | anny price, on’y th’ iliction expinses may be | so heavy he may not have th’ price. e eoseta again him. If ye'er SWALLOW-—“1 will on'y refer briefly to Ransom K. Swallow, th’ Prohybitionist candydate, hence th’ name.” to it. thrusts. says. hand. mistake,” he But there ar-re good thrusts an’ bad I wud not desthroy thim. What good wud that do? ‘I wud tache thim to ate out iv th’ If they et th’ hand, that wud be their Ph'lippeens,’ I wud coax thim, he says. ‘As f'r me views on th’ he says, ‘they ar-re very de- li'ble to break th’ pencil.” “How ar-re ye'goin’ to vote?” asked Mr. Hennessy. “That,” said Mr. Dooley, “is between me an’ me conscience, an’ I'm not sure I'll aven tell me conscience this year.” 2 £ THE MANNERS OF d PEOPLE . .« BY: REV. WILLIAM RADER. — - ( RE the American people im- } polite? This is a question often asked by travelers, who, coming in contact with the people of other and older | nations, are tempted to draw com- parisons not always favorable to the American people. Doubtless the | older section of the world are better behaved than the newer communities. | This is true in our own country, but it does not follow that where men are better behaved they are more vir- {tuous. It is a rule, but not\without ;its exceptions, that manners indicate i tke man. They are the thermometer | of character, the outward expression of the moral nature, but sometimes, as Emerson says, “they form at last a rich varnish with which the routine of life is washed, and its details adorned.” The strongest type of American has the poorest manners. He is not your well-dressed New Yorker, nor your pretty Philadel- "« # GIFTS TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES = Small List of Donations to California Institutions for Year Ending May 31, 1904. HY are not Californians individuelly generous to free public libraries? Is it true that ihe: are not? For answer let ex- amination be made of gifts and bequests ren- American Library As- the year ending May body has just held conference at St. Louis, and before it was pre- the most complete account ob- ble of the late library donations. ause of space limitations this re- t does not quote gifts of less than ). By the said report it appears that gifts of the year in the United States to free public librarjes alone, ex- clu of the Carnegie donations of $1.500,000, amount to $2,282,000. These came from 110 single individual givers or families uniting in single gifts. The sums given range from $500 to $300,000, @nd bave been bestowed chiefly for the purchuse of library sites, for the erec- tiop of bufldings and for endowments. No account is taken In this article of scores of other valuable gifts of rare books, maps, manuscripts, paintings, portraits, patural history collections, collections of minerais and coins, an- tigue clocks and memorial windows which have been presented to public disregards for Ubraries. This article also societies, schools, colleges and univer- sities, which swell the total sum given in twelve months to American libraries of all descriptions to 187,318 volumes, and of money contributed to $6,103,137. Some of the gifts to public libraries are of almost priceless worth because of their rarity, as, for instance, a pre- sentation to the .library in Suffield, Conn.,” of 2000 volumes comprising one of the richest antiquarian libraries in that State. Another of 53¢ volumes re- lating to the history of Indiana, pre- sented to the public library at Indian- apolis, is said to be the most valuable on this subject in existence. ° Ten of the donations are for memo- rial librdry buildings, and they vary from $3500 to $70,000. It is interesting to trace the development of this desire to perpetuate an honored family name by linking it with an institution which is so powerful for human uplifting anfl happiness. Not a year passes in which the name of father, mother, husband, wife, son or daughter is not thus ten- derly handed down to future periods. California has but one memorial free library building—the Beale Memorial Library at Bakersfield, erected in mem- ory of General Edward F. Betle, The reported number of bequests of money and property for the year is vphian, but the robust man of the Western plains, uncultivated . but | rugged; not refined as to expression {in social life, but with a big, warm, | manly heart. He is as manly as the ! swift pony he rides. However, it is well | to hold to the general rule that the :manners of a people reflect the spirit | and character of that people. A scholar | may or may not be refined. Some “scholzrship is like raw sugar—it has | never gone through the refining pro- | cess. Once I took tea With one of the great men of the woril. Fancy my surprise when he poured his tea i“to the saucer and supped it up like a child. That little act illustrated his character and gave me entrance into a strangely mixed personality. The basis of good manners is character which has been touched with culture. Chesterfield somewhere writes: “As learning, honor, virtue, ar2 absolutely necessary to gain you the esteem and admiration of mankind, politeness and good breeding are equally necessary to make you welcome and agreeable in. conversation and common life.” Politeness to the English people is a custom. Because it is a custom it sometimes loses its influence. The barber furnishes his shave and the waitress her service with a conven- tional but certainly effective “Thank you.” If you were to strike a cock- ney on the nose he would probably reply with a “Thank you.” Naturally it was an Englishman who sald of Christ: “He was the first true gentle- man that ever lived.” Politeness is kindness of manner; it is art and re- ligion in one. It was Goldsmith who said of Johnson that he had nothing of the bear about him Lat his skin. To be a gentleman is to be a Chris- tian, for manners are simply the char- acter turned inside out. The manners of a people may be seen in the in- dividual, in the toothpick man, the spitting man, the streetcar monopo- - list, the table pig, the man who never behaves in public places, whether in a hotel or a church. It may be seen in the fellow who easily loses his tem- per and “sasses back,” in the many painful evidences of a lack of self-re- Tance and self-control. It may be seen in the ill breeding of women who are ignorant of taste in dress and in the social expressions of real intelligence. “Ladyhood is an emanation from the heart subtilized by nature.” To hear a pretty girl laugh and talk with painful loudness, to see the evidences of vulgarity in dress and manner, is to lead to the conviction that training in behavior was neglected in the home, or the school, or the social circle. Behavior has to do not only with society, but with life. It is just as necessary to be polite in business as it is in society. Many a man is a bear in the .one and a Chesterfield in the other. Quoting Emerson again: “The all mention o6f numerous donations to | forty-five, varying in amount from $500 to §125,000 and aggregating $5560,000. Significant it is that the twenty-nine .gifts for endowments—many being pre- sented in the Ilifetime and others through a will—make a total of $693,000. It is begianing to be generally under- stoad that in order that the public library may accomplish its highest purpose as an educative force in the community, it must have permanent funds of its own. Taxation has its limits in every city and so pressing and so imperative are municipal prob- lems and school extensions in every growing place that the library has its appropriation not infrequently trim- med down to but lit'le above starva- tion point. The higher institutions of learning could not exist were it not for their endowments. The “people’s uni- versity,” as the public library is often | termed, needs a like assured support. ‘With this rapid glance at what the whole country is doing for free libra- ries, it is in order to inquire what is California’s’ record of single in- dividual or organization dona- tions, as shown by this Amer- fcan Library Association report? But little space will be required for the answer. Excepting the additional gift of $15,000 from Andrew B. McCreery for the completion of L,bunch library in | N San Francisco, and with the further exception of twelve Carnegie gifts amounting to $135,000, there are but three offerings recorded. One of these was of $500 from Louis Einstein to the Fresno Library to be expended for books; another of $850 from the Santa Cruz Improvement Society to the Santa 'Cruz Library, and the third of $1000 from Nelson Carr to the Santa Rosa library. The reported individual gifts of money or property to California free Ilibraries in 1903 were likewise three in number, while in 1902 there was but one, exclusive of the ¢ -rnegie bestow- ments. % % It can hardly be denied that this record of individual gifts throughout the State of California is insignificant, especiaily when it is remembered that a generous stranger has given to Cali- fornia within the last twelve months more than fifty time: much. ‘What then is the reason for this lack of liberality? Is it “ecause California is poor? The long list of prosperous cities and counties having but moder- ate indebtedness and a vision of an as- sessed valuation for thé whole State of more than one and a quarter billions of dollars forbids this suspicion. Is it because Californians are not of gener- ous nature? Perish the idea! stowed on parks in ‘the large cities, on churches and societies, and the frequent moderate sized sums and the princely benefactions conferred upon schools, colleges and universities, and there is no room for such a doubt. One of the State’s prominent men has justly writ- ten, “The Californian loves his State because his State loves hiz:, and he re- turns her love with a flerce affection that men of other regions are slow ') understand.” Seeking further for the reason of this general apathy in the extension of public libray equipment, may it not be found in the failure to grasp the true idea of the public libra- ry as an elevating. refining power in our modern life? Does the great public yet broadly understand t the free library is one of the four mighty forces that are so wondrously leavening and advancing civilization—the press, the pulpit, the school, the library? When this view is realized in all its breadth there will a change, and men and ‘women of lerate means, as well as those of wealth, will glady present their offerings to forward this imper- ishable influence for the uplifting of mankind. An example of what is realized when these large views prevail may be seen in the financial exhibit of the public library of Boston. At different - Glance ot the long line of gifts be- |periods about thirty donations of A THE REV. WILLIAM RADER, Pastor of the Third Congregational Church. highest compact we can make with our fellow is, ‘Let there be truth be- tween us two forevermore.”” Qur culture will be open to the charge of superficiality until it per- meates behavior in the drawing-room, the streetcar, the theater, the funeral, the wedding and business. Worship itself is behavior. Itis being polite to God. It is a proper behavior in the presence of the Eternal. The first school of politeness is the home. It is a question whether children who are impolite at home will ever be trained in grace of courtesy outside of the home. I plead, then, for the cultivation of a courtesy which smoothes down the wrinkles of busi- ness turmoil, oils the machinery of trade and helps men to live together as brethren, not as beasts. I plead for the old, simple virtues of the lady and gentleman, not for elaborate adornment and superficial culture, but for the gendine cultivation of the true, amounts from $100 to $100,000 have been given to this library, so that the city of Boston is now the holder of nearly $400,000 of trust funds for this purpose. The additional income thus realized is of almost incalculable value in promoting the intellectual and moral life of that community. It is gratifying to know that the San Francisco Public Library has already received one gift of $500 and two gifts each of $1000, to be held in trust. The liberality of holders of wealth in San Francisco is certain to find expression hereafter through many more dona- tions to this library. Of the smaller libraries of California the Marysville library has thus far profited most from remembrances through bequests. This library has had at least five or six legacies of $1000 each from residents who have known of the difficulties it has encountered and have thus been willing to extend permanent help. In this particular direction of the acquisi- tion by libraries of bequests members of the legal profession can occasionally render the finest assistance, for many a testator when drafting his will de- sires suggestions as to approved pub- lice beneficiaries. The impulses of women’s clubs alsp are invariably exerted in behalf of generous ' contributions to public libraries and in many localities \{. moral nature expressed in manners both gracious and good. Such a cul- ture is not like the polish on the shoe, but like the gleam of a precious stone struck through ‘and through with am arrow of silver light. Weighing an Autograph Scales are now made of such fine ad- justment that they will weigh the smallest hair plucked from the eye- brow. They are triumphs of mechan- ism and are inclosed In glass cases. The glass case has a sliding door, and as soon as the weight is placed in the balance the door slides down. The bal- ances are cleared and made ready for further use by pressing a button, which slightly raises the beam. Two pleces of paper of equal weight can be placed on the scales, and an autograph writ- ten iIn pencil on either piece will cause the other side to ascend and the needle, which indicates the division of the weight even to the millionth part of & pound or less, will move from its per- pendicular. other influence is so strong in their maintenance as well as their organiza- tion. Library clubs and library asso- clatians _are each year finding larger opportunities for service. The press, too, ig the firm friend of the public library and no worthy effort for its welfare fails of its notice. Its readi- ness to chronicle every donation is of great assistance in the cultivation of the spirit of giving. As a concluding suggestion it may not be inappropriate to refer to the need of establishment of a branch lbrary in San Francisco somewhere in the neighborhood of McAllister and Fillmore streets. The nearest branch libraries to this locality are respective- 1y on Sacramento street, near Fill- more, and on Noe street, near Market. This distance is so great as to render them unavailable to many intervening residents. Messrs. Phelan and Me- Creery have provided the city with two beautiful branch library buildings. Is there another citizen who will recog- nize in the opportunity of erecting a third one a privilege that may not be lightly esteemed? Or it may be pos- sible that some of the women's clubs, those organizations which are con- stantly wrestling with knotty prob- lems and which seem to take supreme satisfaction in ‘accomplishing the im- possible, may lead the way In such an effort. <