The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 18, 1904, Page 8

JOHN D. SPR . .THIRD AND MARKET STREFTS. £ 1904 ...NOVEMBER 18, RECLAMATION AND NAVIGATION. ' lusively published the resuit of the cou- e the election upon the subject of the rec- ramento and San Joaquin rivers, the protec- . and the safeguarding of the valley lands’ pr floods which raise obstructions to navigation in crops and the fertility of lands which the streams. x tly the same as that already made th n and expenditure in the Mississippi W hen that stream flows over its banks.and the t tic == 1 Hey. rce of its current is destroyed. its channel fills with >il_ o hat should scour it is spread over vast tracts of 1 to its destruction. In the rectification of the Mississippi cerned, with vast interest in its navigation and s at the mercy of its overflow.. The combined ates are Co: a pert ’Federal commission, to which millions of dollars are appropriated by Congress to be spent in works for the control of so the river, a he protection of lands from its floods. 7 e ko ing stal i0 thoyht The )blem in California is exactly the same. It iS @' something about hoping that they | problem « ility i flood protection. The principle which spoke the truth when they said we | justifies Federal appropriation for the Mississippi also justifies it “‘frc;’hel:i?:fjl.ghe s e for the two great rivers of California. If rectified to protect naviga- | " 28 i \ tion, of necessity the lands now destroyed by floods will be reclaimed | “.1 can't give you one out of ‘The | from that danger perfected an agreement with our membe this the leading work of their term. Representing them all, he has | rs and Senators to make he for consulted with the land owners and the river men, and will make | 0,44 speaketh. " she quoted lightly. | the report of the engineers now at work on the problem the basis of the movement to be made upon Congress. 1 ¥ : & S5 . .| *“And, other times, I Th s State is one only, while the Mississippi has many to work F okl ake Halahad’ cruelly: | for it But this is a new California. We hav_e_ a mgmber of the| “How would vou like California or | Cabin 1 Mr. Metcalf. who is thoroughly familiar with the whele, 5 poneymoo he asked irftlevantly. | subject, and we have a solid delegation in Congress of the dc:)mmzmtI “It would all depend,” she laughed. | party d a happy state of-almost unanimous political a;z‘rec-rn('nt;l ‘think I prefer Europe. 1 detest am our people. The time and circumstances are propitious. Qur g TR TENG CTSEORETR members of Congress will make themselves masters of the subject | ;4pee into lightness, “in a baliroom. | as s treated in the forthcoming report of the engineers. Two 0i Stepped on Mrs. Bascom's and she these, Richardson of Louisiana and Dabney of Mississippi, are fa- | looked at me as though I “'flska train | 3 Saliz oy ‘odehy & s o fame % i ssinpi Riv heir robber and not merely a wrecker. 7 miliar with the like conditions in »1‘]10 7.\1; sissippi th\e]r. ix‘ud tlch et e e g — st ir needs is in the light of experience in the larger pro ernbmdid | T enreasie e Vi em “I don’t know,” he admitted. SOFTLY. f engineering that anything can be done with the | to Proof of this was furnished when our first overland | * built, accomplishing what was thought impossible. as been added by the construction of the Lucin cut-off : gr Sait I'he Alpine tunnels and the vast reclamations | yo an by Holland all verify the maxim. Our river |an -at field, but it involves great engineering The Mississippi reclamation had to be present, first, the | he tical power to get the funds. We have | ~d nec and we want the money, and with our | and a2 member of the Cabinet out for the money, the sooner the better. "y over a g ! shy by ssity, g 1y, | C1 is appropriation from the next Congress. The rectifica- t ri cerns the whole State. When the lands that they now destroy by floods are protected it means the addition of gaged,” hinted Miss Millington. room showing through the arched deor- wa. castically. one evening! yower of those States has been used in the creation of a wiy. Mr. McKinlay, Congressman-elect. has already ' Lover's Handy Manual’ every time,” | flection that conveyed a negative. Lake, one of the stupendous engineering feats of | jose your lite, but you won’t mind it. It She laid a gloved hand upon his arm. united support of the press of the State |jove him?” he asked, turning that he might look straight into her eyes. She tried to meet his glance, but her lashes fell. T BY EPES W. SARGENT. said “You don’'t understand, she pleadingly. “You see—" “That’s the trouble,” he broke in im- petuously. “I see all too well. You are going to marry him because you feel that you have to, because you are afraid to face your mother and tell her horribly improper to sit out ree dances with the same man,” remarked Miss Milling- ton, though she did nct offer to abandon her comfortabla posi- corner. n in the coz “A most prc and delightful—im- | that . you will not marry merely for priet declared Tanner, “provid- |, ney s g. of course, that 1 am: the ane man, “You put it so erudely,” she com- “They will be saying that we are en- plained. “Does it gild theé pill,” he said bit- terly, “to pretend that you owe it to your mother to accept this most ad- vantageuos match she has made for u?” “We owe a duty to our parents,” insisted. ‘Heaven forfend that they speak not | red, keeping his | vista of the ball- e truth,” he answ es fixed upon the she But we are not!” ‘It's not moy faull,” he said humbl Lid ‘I should say not,” she retorted sar- “To propose three times in “Four, corrected Tanner ('nm‘.’nnfl-‘ think I just proposed again.” . she protested, ‘I don't remember,’ ‘Maybe not,” he agreed. in the habit of it tnat I apologized. “I'm saving those up | r grand occasions. * *Out of the fullness of the heart the “Not always,” je urged. * Sometimes | can’t say a word.” | | wish you | “I had | + “But not when duty means a lifetime | of regret.” “Clarence is very kind," she said fal- | teringly. “Mother says that in time—" “You will come to love him dearly,” | he finished for her. “It's the old ar- | gument, trotted out every time a girl i« laid a sacrifice upon’ the altar of | Mammon. Do you think you will ever | 1earn to love him?” “You are very cruel” she said with | a little break in her voice. He laughed harshly. “And what| may be said of you?" he demanded. “We have been sweethearts since we were children. I have a fair income | and a name that has never been tar- nished. Our tastes are congenial, our opinions are the same, we love each cther, yet, because a good-natured, — say something.” ‘Yes?" she asked with a rising in- “You ound, . his may he argued to “if you're wrecked save you u are robbed you lose your money d you do.” Is money more important than life?” e exclaimed ‘Some people said pointedly appear to think so,” ‘See here, Dick,” she said pleading- “don’t think I am going to accept arence Stone for his money!"” “‘Are you marrying him because you in land and an increase in the general wealth. It (% chandise for export, more business for steamboats, carriers, and more independence and space for Its economic value to the State Push the work along and help taxable property means mor ad oce 4 usceptible of everestimate. Congressmen to accomplish i D THE NEW CHINESE TREATY. NG th e paign there was some loose and wild talk about | | ty with China, made necessary by the denuncia- | It was stated. for political ! effect, that the new treaty would terminate the exclusion policy of the United States. It is known now as it was then, by all who chos= to be fair, that the new treaty does no such thing. Secretary Hay has taken advantage of the opportunity to improve our trade relations with Ch in the interest of this coast. There will be liberal treatment of Chinese merchants and some of the obstructive defini- will be abolished. This is approved by sentiment here and throughout the country. | Our trade exchanges with China depend now and will always depend upon the domestication of Chinese merchants and bankers in our commercial centers. They seek to do just what . all com- mercial people practice. Since China first gave open ports, Euro- pean and American merchants have established themselves there to promote trade. They are in Shanghai, Canton and other Chinese ports. If the trade of China is worth seeking, Chinese merchants are entitled to equality of treatment. This will be secured in the new treaty, and following our many acts of friendship for that em- | pire it will have a wholesome effect upon our Oriental commerce. All the world considers Chinese trade as the great prize of fu-| ture commerce. Our fair share of it may well reach stupendons proportions, but we cannot get it by treating Chinese merchants and bankers with contempt and devoting them to outlawry. Sec- retary Hay knows the sentiment of our merchants in the matter and simply proposes to respect it. It has been stated by our com- mercial bodies time and again, and was instrumental in modifying | some of the merely fanatical features thas were proposed in the present exclusion law. It will be necessary for our merchants/to | watch the new treaty when it reaches the Senate, for influences mayf appear there sceking to amend it so as to treat merchants as coolies | are treated, which will be unjust to them and, like all injustice, will ' react upon those who permit it. J London. Within three days aiter the war loan was opened for | subscription in this city $1,313,000 was invested. From the other | two centers come reports of heavy oversubscription, showing that | financiers have every confidence in the value oi the commo(li_t_y of-| the new tre ion of the existing convention. tions JAPANESE WAR LOAN. APANESE bonds are selling briskly here and in New York andi fered. Indeed, it is the opinion of President Hellman of the Nevada Bank, who is handling the negotiation of the loan here, that the| i readiness with which the bonds have been taken up will be a surprise | even to Japanese treasury officials. — MIRROR OF DAME FASHION. ——————h PERSIFLAGE AND PERSUASIO This indication of the steadiness of Japan's credit in the money market has a direct bearing upon the diplomatic aspect of the preser;t conflict in Manchuria. From the Continent have come persistent iterations_of the belief that Japan's seeming anxiety to end the war was prompted more by fear of failing resources than humanitarian dictates. Tt has been said that already the island kingdom is feeling severe strain and that unless a speedy termination is brought to hos- tilities the Mikado's splendid aggressive fight must fail through shger lack of fighting funds. Upon this belief Russia has based her hopes to a larger degree than she is willing to admit. Now that Japan is floating her second war loan with an ease even ‘greater than that attending the first influences inimical to her success are given pause. It becomes apparent that even as her actual fighting strength in terms of war vessels and munitions was underestimated at first, so Japan's reserve force of finances reveals mnexpected strength. The doughty little nation, which has been pre- paring for this struggle ever since the concert of powers deprived her of Korea after the Chinese war, certainly has not overlooked the strenethening of her sinews of endurance. : The extreme of style is apparent in pleats from band to hem. The sides this exquisite gown of pale mastique jand back are shirred each to the chiffon cloth, with trimmings of heavy | straight edge of the other, the flounces real point Arabe and discreet touches : taking an upward siant toward the of moleskin. The coat follows th=|back that gives a gracefully modish blouse pattern, which is still in bigh | line, and the double row of lace that is vogue in Paris for the slender young | posed upon the hem is inset with tiny | girls, and over the shoulder there Is & | motifs of the fur that emhances the { cape effect of the fur and lace very | beauty of both. A plain band of mole- | cleverly combined. The skirt is built | skin finishes the design, and the entire in three shaped sections, the frent | effect is one of simple girlishness and breadth running in two loose box | grace. - 4 X The overwhelming plurality for | Reosevelt and Fairbanks can be con- ! strued in no other light than-as a | vote of confidence by the American people in the President and his ad- ministration. It was a vote of con- fidence not alone for President Roose- velt and his administration, but it was a renewed vote of confidence for { e the McKinley administration, which was the prototype of the present ad- Jministration.—Los Angeles Times. Nobody wanted Parker, not even the Democrats. The Bryan people, discred- ited by two defeats, perforce turned party control over to Hill and Belmont, in the expectation that something / THE SMART SET BY SALLY SHARP. folish newly arrived wishes you for | ™ his house and is willing to pay for | you just as he paid for that Whistler | he bought last summer—and he will | appreciate you just about as much as he can the painting—you must marry | The luncheon given by Mrs. Leonard versity Club on Wednesday was one of the most elaborate and delightful of him.” | the year. “Mother is not rich,” she said fal Although given in the nature of a teringly. arewell to Miss Quinan, who will leave “She has an income of ten thousand | dollars a year," he declared. “If she would, she could live within that in- come in entire comfort.” us on the 25th, still, in spite of the many regrets expressed on her comin departure, there was a divided air of merriment uppermost. “B: s =l ¢ snm;n S dag she said ! "p termined to make the closing days “Until your father died,” he per-|°f Miss Quinan's visit as delightful as possible, Mrs. Chenery and Miss Pat- ton spared no pains. The table, a large round one, was beautifully dressed in shades of yellow and brown, the one gracefully merging into the other with most artistic ef- fect. This was accomplished by a clev- sisted, “she spent every cent he could | earn. That's why she has no more now."” “Mother can’t help—" she began. “I don't ask her to,” he broke in | willfully = misunderstanding her. “I leave to-morrow for California to take over the Santa Mana vineyard. It's| °F &rrangement of chrysanthemums | going to be hard sledding at the start, 204 8rape leaves, the culminating but T can keep a wife in comfort, and | '0UCh glven by delicate yellow silk Japanese lanterns, glowing softly. This occasion will long be memora- { ble to Miss Quinan, even though she has been the recipient of extreme at- tention during her California visit. Those who were bidden to this pretty feast were Miss Quinan, Mrs. Henry | Foster Dutton, Mrs. Alfred Baker Spalding, Mrs. Samuel Boardman, Mrs. Ferdinand Stephenson, Mrs. ' John Rogers Clark, Mrs. Willard Drown, | Mrs. Charles Grimwood, Mrs. Frank | Findley, Mrs. Edward Pond, Mrs. Ralph Hart, Mrs. Edward Schmiedell, Mrs. Henry Clarence Breedon, Mrs. Grant Selfridge, Miss Pringle. . . I hoped that you would come with me.” “You are going West to-morrow?” she cried, startled out of her pose. “And alone,” he said simply. “I had | hoped for your love and sympathy. At any rate I could stand the uncer- tainty here no longer. All my money is tied up ig the vineyards now, and I can’t afford to come back Bast and hang around.” “Did you suppose I could leave so, soon?” ghe asked. “You won't need more than you have | to go out there,” he explained. “You cculd pack up in the morning, be mar- ried in the afternoon and leave in the evening.” | Mrs. James M. Goewey will entertain “Of all the ridiculous things!” she Miss Grace Llewellyn Jones at dinner exclaimed. | in the Palm Garden on Monday even- ing, November 21. Other guests will be Mrs. Llewellyn Jones, Mrs. George McAneny, Captain Howland and Paul Kosakevitch, Rus- slan Consul. “It isn’t ridiculous,” he said soberly. “I can't stand this sort of thing any longer.” ‘Without warning he clasped her close. | For a moment she felt the pressure of | his lips against hers, the tightening of his powerful arms, then without a word he rose and walked quickly toward the door that she might not see how he was suffering. X “Dick,” she called softly, but mot so low that his quick ears did not catch the words. He turned and came to- ward her. ' Every instant he remained was exquisite torture, and he chafed at the delay, yet even now her slightest word was a command. “Dick,” she said softly, as he bent his head, I don’t think a trip to California would make a bad honeymoon.” She was smiling at him as she had smiled in the early evening, but now there was a new light of tenderness in oS e Miss Gertrude Dutton will be the Thomas Barbour. The affair will take place in the Bo- hemian Club on November 21, and is one of the many ante-nuptial events that have been prepared for Miss Dut- ten, who is soon to wed. . + Mr. and Mrs. John C. Wilson are now ‘“‘at sea,”” en route to the Mediterranean, later to automobile a portion of the Eu- ropean continent. B . With University Club again the scene, and Miss Quinan again the motif, another delightful luncheon was given yvesterday by Mrs. Edward Pringle and her eyes. His face glowed with hope. | Miss Frances Moore. “There’s luck in odd numbers,” he| mpjg gay the prevailing shade was erled. “T've already proposed four pink pridesmaid roses and dainty can- times. For a fifth time, will you marry delabra giving a rose-colored hue to all | surroundings Gathered abs me, sweetheart?” He bent his head so low to catch her answer that her lips brushed his cheek i e Tl S Ve Chepery and Miss Pattop at the Uni-| guest of honor at a.dinner given by | | Quinan—this very popular maid—w ! Mrs. Pringle, Miss Moore, Mrs. Willis Polk, Mrs. Lilly, Mrs. George N | Mrs. Harry Poett, Mrs. Percy M . | Mrs. Howard, Mis y Wilson, Miss | Marié Josselyn, Miss Carolan i Mrs. Frederick Spencer Palmer will | be hostess at a tea on December at her Green street home. Miss Mabel Watkins and Miss Eteika Williar were guests in whose honor an informal dinner we given by Miss Draper last Tuesda ning. San Francisco, always responsive to the calls of charity, is devoting special attention to it at this season. To-day and to-morrow there will be a sale of various articles for the char- ity fund of the First Unitarian Church, there is the benefit for the Woman's Exchange at the Tivoli next Tuesday night, and on December 21 there will be a large affair at the St. Francis. The San Francisco Nursery for Homeless Children will be the bene- ficiary on this date—a charity ball to be given, Mrs. George Sperry, Mrs. Her- bert Law and Mrs. Edgar F. Preston have been constituted a committee of invitation. | . ¥ eve s e Robert P. Troy was “at home™ |3 at her Bush-street residence. Next Thursday will alsg be a recep- tion day with Mrs. Troy. A A St. Louis wedding which concerns San Franciscans is that of Mrs. Eisie Cosby Hall and Samuel Lynes Bar- bour of Hartford, Conn. The bride is a daughter of General and Mrs. George Blake Cosby. ® 8 A pleasant military affair was re- cently given at Mare Island In honor of Miss Courtney Collins of New York. The Bachelors' Mess were hosts and the affair was a hop. Miss Collins has been visiting Mra, F. B. Zahm through the summer and will soon leave for her Eastern home. The hop was one of many social events that have been arranged for the visitor, who has been much of a favorite. Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Sherman, Miss Jennie E. Sherman and C. Foyt Sherman have returned to town from a seven weeks' visit to th exposition and other Eastern ci They also traveled about Canada. . Mrs. McAlexander, “wife of Captain McAlexander, stationed at Angel Island, has been residing at the Cum- berland for several weeks, but will re- turn to her home in a few days. e e ol Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Tryon, with their son, Lorin Tryon, are home from a trip including the Fastern States, Canada and the St. Louis Fair. as she whispered ‘‘Yes."—Copyright, 1904, by E. W. Sargent. ¥ THE SUNNY SIDE OF LIFE | xS YOUNG - WIDOVW/. ER husband died, she wildly wept " And apguish seemed her heart to break. A cloud across her young hopes crept, She prayed that death her, too, should take, “Oh, he wak good; oh, he was kind” | She breathed In accents sad and low, | “His like on earth you cannot find, His death to me's # deadly blow. “And I shall never wed again,” She vowed, a thousand times, more; “And ever while I'm hale and sane Shall T his cherished name adore. For he was faithful as could be, No jealous thought nor wrong he knew; He lived and toiled for only me, Oh, vanished love, a long adiew.” and And to the graveyard oft she went, And strewed fresh flowers upon bier, And there oft many hours she spent Beslde the grave of him so dear. ‘While tears fell streaming from her! his | eyes i To her this life seemed not worth lvin; She breathed those deep and heartfeit A DIFFERENCE. sighs, She—Oh! I enjoy playing golf so very much. What do you do for exercise? He (absently)—Play the races. And raised her eyes as if to heaven. She wore a costly mourning dress, As It with pride, yet saddened air; Dr. Emdee~Your brother is afflicted | with a folding vermiform appendix. | Mr. Thompson—No wonder. He has | always insisted upon sleeping in a fold- ing bed. Her mourning veil seemed to possess X The truth that love had vanished there— Perished in her heart and soul, Like some fair flower in winter's night, | ‘When freezing winds upon it roll, 2 And rob it of its smiles, delight. \ But time flew on, as time will do, Days, weeks and months sped on their foay— And time will prove if we are true, No matter what we preach or say. Before a year had spent its reign She met and wed a man of means; With grief no more her heart does paln, For she's one of the social queens. O woman, idle are thy words, ! Thy vows and promise melt away, 1 Like snow when spring her birth records | ‘With her flowery sunny day. And all that's charming, fair to (iew, Is thy heritage alone; But nature made thee false, untrue, Which a thousand years have shown. —Pittsburg Press. | —p | i l — would be done to renovate and restore | the party in the East. They knew that | nothing could be dene in the West, and ¥ they didn’t try, nor even want to try. | " HER RT'S IDOL. But Hill and Belmont fell down in New | antic) readi Ah; Yark worse than Bryan did, and Parker | 00c (Tomantic: " P |'my heart's id feiled In the West because the mk!mge oL Bk it s . and file of Democracy preferred any- - o b NATURALLY. Captain of the Secret Service Men— How did you come to capture those moonshiners? Secret Service Officer—Oh! we went on a still hunt. body—Roosevelt, Debs, Watson or ¥ Swallow—to him. It is again Bryan's : DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS—T. P. = o‘:m—hrfl.ud Sregoatad, City. For information relative to The country is at the beginning of i fruit pests and methods for destroying a new era of good times. With a | the same communicate with the State sound curreney in abundance, a fa-| Board of Horticulture, Saeramento, vorable balance of trade, an abundant | Cal. surplus, a hopeful outlook and a be- | lMet that things are about to move,! POPULAR VOTE-D. Q. City. The how can'they help moving? They will ; highest popular vote received by any move, g unforeseen events, the Presidential candidate prior to the re- next four years will witness a com-| ... election was by Willlam McKin- mercial development that will dis-| tance that of lt’he perjod of 1897 to ' ley in 1300, whose aggregate vote was 1901. — Des Moines Register and . 7.207,923; the next highest was by the Leader. | same candidate in 1896, 7,104,779, and -+ the mext highest before that was by | Grover Clevelard in 1882, 5.556.918. | NO BONDS—O. S., City. Neither the President of the United States nor the | Governor of California is obliged to give bonds for the faithful performance of duty. —_—— Townsend's Callfornta Glace fruits In artistic fire-etched boxes. 715 Mariket st.® g r— Special information rupplied dafly to business houses and public men th Press Clipping Bumv:u(‘\llen'n. 2 G-J-' ifornia street. Telephons Main 1042 *