The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 19, 1904, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1904. THE SAN FRANCISCOCALL . Proprietor JOHN D. ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO JOHN McNAUGHT. ................ THIRD AND MARKET STREETS, SAN FRANCISCO FUBLICATION OFFICE SATURDAY visescessnsess.. NOVEMBER 19, 1904 THE MERCHANTS' DINNER. HE seventh annual banquet of the San Francisco Merchants’ T-\«ociation furnished material for study and reflection that will attract attention throughout the Uhion. It dealt with the jobbery and the crime that are features in muni¢ipal government and politics in every city in the country that is big enough 'm tempt crime by the amount of spoils in sight. Therefore the sit- v n considered and discussed is a universal condition and in that lies the reason why the interest in what was said will be general. MISS SI OCIOLOGY was at the bottom of i it—but what was responsible for | the sociology is beyond the writ- | er's knowledge. ; When the corners of a wom- an’s mouth turn upward and the |tips of her fingers curl ever so | slightly backward, it is safe to as- i Ii only San Francisco presented the features that were de-|sume that she was intended for the dec- , this would be a city singular in its misfortune. But it is only in the determination of this strong body of men 1ese evils should be hunted in their last hiding place, and those who are responsible for them shall be punished. Presi-| Symmes sounded the keynote in his introductory address by that once the association was “satisfied in seeing that the | s were well swept, but now we are determined to sweep the sweep them clean.” Loveland traced the effect of criminal politics into the cost government, showing that the public expense of New ty is greater than the cost of the civil government of the | 1 that the municipal expenses of that city are| ates, and n those of Rome in the days of the empire. Mr. Phelan | v government was raised the red flag of the auctioneer, | everything is for ‘'sale. Mr. McNab said: | iversal suffrage, where the citizen acts he is his own cian, and there is room for none other. The boss is the agent sbsent voter, so constituted by neglect of duty. The only | ics 1 know of consists in voting. The rule of the politician is minority rule. It is dependent on the glect of the majority to act.” riax Wheelan described his effort to purge the primary , giving details not before made public. Throughout a de- m was expressed to push the prosecutions now on and to , until the courts and juries have had a chance to join on and all good citizens in compelling fraud at elections 1es against the franchise to cease in this city. In every the sentiment that all citizens must take a hand in ns what the law intends and the safety of the com- res, the exact register of the will of the majority. is no doubt that the action of the association in prosecuting ts of fraud at the August primary was entirely instrumental ing the clean election in November. That proves the power ience that proper attention by decent citizens exerts upon » will be criminal at the polls when they are not watched ar no punishment. Many feared that this activity of the n would be sporadic, that it would be in the nature of a the stronghold of the enemies of good government, to liate reprisals, and then would cease. But all such ap- s set at rest by the clearly expressed determination to aseless watch and maintain the threat of punishment and ake it good. ar charter of the city makes this more necessary than nishes a concentration of power which even the wisest of executives may fail to administer properly, unless sted by the honest and decent citizens of the community. he best of all the work proposed by the association is that every citizen reminded of his highest civic duty, the duty every primary and at every election. He may be sure ail to vote some stuffer will vote for him. The prosecu- of offenders by the association for crimes actually committed is m that may be temporary. But rousing the civic spirit of » offend by neglect of duty at the primary and the election 1anent function. In its annual meetings and in all ways i hich it may reach the public the association must make the who snubs the poll feel that he, too, is an offender against vernment. He cannot be punished for not voting except as s his share of the punishment of bad, costly and corrupt But as he visits that punishment also upon the inno- iful citizen whom he neglected to assist by voting, Iy responsible and twice guilty. He is responsible for bad nd for the suffering of its consequences by those who to make it good by doing their duty. The proceedings of the association at its banquet were inspiring. 1 like a bugle call. They are like a fresh and wholesome the air of its clouds and offensive odors. They dis- and ennoble San Francisco, and sound far afield with i high purpose thatwencourages the victims of misgovern- nt everywhere to apply the remedy by doing their duty. 1 rings c hh R =N nent 10 =0 sounc THE SUNDAY CALL MAGAZINE. people feared the red flag of anarchy, but were patient | | orative rather than the useful purposes of life. Dame Nature arranges these little matters to suit herself. Fate, by way of showing herself in accord with Nature's intentions in re- gard to Miss Sinclair, provided that young lady with a bank account of + O FOR A MOMENT THEY STARED AT EACH OTHER. i rather astounding size. This possibly had something to do with the depres- sion of mind that drove her into the serious field of sociology, the very rich and the very poor being in practically the same predicament. To have every wish gratified is in effect as crushing as to have no wish gratified. This is as plain as a pikestaff, and it doubtless had something to do with Marcia Sin- clair’s unnatural thirst for knowledge. In consequence, she might have been seen almost any day that winter wend- ing her way up to Columbia, clad in austere tailor-made gowns and carry- ing a book or two, as the “outward vis- ible sign” of her inward intensity. So- | ciology, she decided at the start, should begin at home, and thereupon she abandoned her carriage and took to street cars, thereby seeing more of real life than she ever had seen before. In this wise the winter days marched by, keeping &tep, it seemed to her, with a grim, stupefying monotony. Whether she looked backward into the past or forward into the future, the view was | the same—a blur of gray days huddled together by the perspective. She was listlessly thinking some such thoughts as these one her way to a lecture one day, when ‘a man in overalls and blouse boarded the car. Something in the way he carried himself attracted her attention. “Might be the Emperor William trav- eling incog.,” she mused, as her aroused glance took in the square-set shoulders, clear-cut face and crisp hair. A few months earlier it would not have oc- curred to her to notice a man in over- i | 49 OUBLE HARNESS,” Anthony Hope’s latest novel, be- | alls and blouse at all. Seen from her ’ gins in the Sunday Call Magazine to-morrow. The | carriage, they had been mere shadows, ; work of Anthony Hope is familiar to all readers”of e h‘.}',?::g:::gs' b;:: 0 fiction. Since The Prisoner of Zenda” stamped him as one!gygpect that the pursuit of knowledge of the greatest romanticists of the present day, he has held | was only another of the endless make- his high place with a succession of equally powerful nov-|shifts by which we strive to forget the els which have been popular successes of their day, notably “Rupert of Hentzan,” “Captain Dieppe” and “The Dolly Dialogues.” | In the present novel, “Double Harness,” all of his keen insight into human character, all his faculty for creating intensely dramatic situa- tions and his keen and polished word play, are displayed at the very | zenith of their art. This is one of the highest class fiction offerings | that the Sunday Call has ever given, and can be strongly recom-| mended both as a novel of pastime for those who only desire a good story and as a problem novel, dealing with a frequent combination arising in married life, for those who like their novel with a prob- | lem. The novel will be published complete in four installments. Another feature of interest is the publication of the first prize story in the fiction contest, entitled “At the Fountain of Trevi,” writ- ten by Cora Cressy Crow. Opie Read, whose stories of Kentucky | and Southern life are well known, begins a series of reflections on | topics of general interest in “Jottings of Old Lim Jucklin.” The first article of the series is entitled “On Hell,” a title which is sufficiently explicit. There are several special Thanksgiving features: “New | Decorative Scheme for the Thanksgiving Table,” by Anna Richard- | son, giving hints to hostesses for origihal schemes for table decora- tions; “After the Thanksgiving Dinner—What?” containing hints for enjoyable pastimes for the evening; and “An Old-Fashioned New | Fngland Thanksgiving Dinner,” which will look familiar to those who come from the land of apple cider, pumpkin pies and roast turkey. “On and Off the Bread Wagon,” by Charles Dryden, continues; Madge Moore has a page on “The Girl Who Flirts”; Robert W. Ritchie reviews current literature; and there is the customary puzzle page for the children. THE PRESS OF THE NATION. and national administration, and if he shall demonstrate that he is not Mr. Roosevelt’s sweeping victory shows that & majority of the voters ennui of life, she had learned one cardi- nal fact—namely, that the humblest worker shares all the most important things of life with the greatest po- tentate. The young workman, meantime, had dropped into a corner seat, thrown one leg over the other, and, with an arm extended along the back of the seat, turned a preoccupied glance out of the- window, thereby presenting to his vis- a-vis a profile that, to say the least, bespoke absolute physical integrity. His hands, she noticed with grow- ing wonder, though large and power- ful, were of the sort most frequently seen protruding from the sleeves of modish tweeds or knowing Tuxe- dos. Emerging from the sleeves of a Dblouse they were nothing short of startling, afid Miss Sinclair was stirred by an interest that degen- erated into curiosity. What manner of workman could he be, who wore all the habiliments of toil with the air of one descended from a throne for an hour’s masquerading? ‘With an abrupt turn of the head, uncannily suggestive of his having | heard her mute query, he turned and received her puzzled glance full in the face. For a moment they stared at each other with the undisturbed frankness of a pair of children. Th Miss Sinclair, with an acute recollec- tion of the newly acquired fact that the humblest of toilers is a person and not a thing, withdrew her eyes, while the man in ovéralls took his turn at inspecting. It was for this reason that she did not see the slight twitch of the lips that had followed THE SOCIOLOGY oF NCLAIR BY KEITH GORDON. wires or solve plumbing mysteries? ‘Why, then, should she hesitate to ad- dress him? Lifting her eyes, she leaned for- ward with the serene blandness of & Gueen addressing a subject. “Pardon me”—the voite was very winning, but the dullest could not have misunderstood—it was meant to Here Is Prettiest| Youngster at the Fair, HE prettiest child in the Louisi- ana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis 4s little Virgil Krell of New York City. Only two and a half years| old, he has the face and form of g Xavier Martinez and Maynard Dixon | will receive this afternoon in their stu- | dio, 728 Montgomery street. ol e To-day is the date for Miss Irene Sa- bin’s formal appearance into soclety. | A tea from 5 to 7 o’clock will be fol- !an angel. He s two feet ten = i inches in height and weighs thirty-four 1 lowed by a dinner given to the ;e«ieizt pounds. His hair is a rich light gold, | ing party with an equal numbe men. The evening will be devoted to danc- ing in the ballroom of the Sabin horue. SL; AW Miss Lillie Rels and Willlam Hule his eyes deep blue, shaded with long, dark lashes and eyebrows. His com- | plexion is very fair and flushed with | pink. put an inferior perfectly at ease— | Little Virgil owes his marvelous de- of the North and West are still arrayed in support of the principles for which the Republican party stands, for the landslide cannot be ascribed entirely to Mr. Roosevelt's personality.—Minne- apolis Times. —_— Whatever misgivings we may enter- tain as to the future of the South and the welfare of the country, we can at least hope that Mr. Roosevelt will be steadied by the added responsibilities which soon rest upon him. We shall all Be glad if he will sober down and giye the country a quiet, cautious ! dominated by the trusts by instituting a vigorous prosecution of every com- bination that is exploiting the masses, we shall be additionally grateful.— Houston Post. It is true that there were elements in the face of the tidal wave that swept Rooseveltward. The people plainly wanted Roosevelt and they voted for him with a unanimity al- most unprecedented in American elac-l tions.—Kansas City World. the open amazement of her glance. . When, later in the day, she recalled the little scene that followed, she could not find but one excuse. It was an upflare of that madness which a certain philosopher had long since dis- covered as lurking in each and every human brain. A quick, resolute desire to know who and what he was had seized her, and for twenty-five years she had been accustomed to getting what she wanted. Was he not by every token a mere workman—a man of the sort that might come to—to fix the electric “pardon me, but I wonder if you you a few questions? in labor unions,” she continued, with a beautiful directness, “and I should so like to hear labor’s side. Excuse the personality, but you have the ap- for himself—who—" She got no farther, for something in the man’s face transformed her into a picture of frozen dignity. Rip- ples of mirth seemed to be chasing quivering lips, while his eyes held a hundred dancing smiles. Then sud- denly the lights went out and his face was all humble, flattered gravity. “I'll do my best, Miss,” he replied; “though as to having thought the matter out for myself, I can't claim that T have. Still, we—us union men —think labor ought to have a chance and we're going to have it, too. We'll. have capital on its knees to us yet! We'll knock the props from under it, and don’t you forget it!” ‘With thinly cencealed anxiety—the anxiety of one who was playing a part and who wondered if he had done well—he watched the effect of his words. But he need have had no fear, for his listener had no standard by which to judge him. tened with slowly kindling eyes and the general appearance of one com- ing into touch with the realities of life for the first time. When at last the car halted at Co- lumbia she alighted with the convic- tion that the man in the blouse had infused a new interest into life, while he, as the car coasted down the hill and into Harlem, stared blankly after her disappearing figure for a second and then burst into laughter. himself ruefully. “It seems, then, that blood doesn't always tell—and that it does take the tailor to make the man.” He glanced at the address she had scribbled on a slip of paper for him, shrugged his shoulders and narrowed -his eyes thoughtfully, the outcome be- ing a decision that she needed the les- son. Besides, the corners of her mouth were distracting! In the days that followed Miss Sin- clair was more and more amazed at the intelligence, as well as the con- tradictions of John Clayton, electri- cilan. His speech would flow on with a smooth elegance astonishing in a man of his class; then, without warn- ing, break into the most ear splitting | errors, “Hack-kneed phrases! Mere hack- | kneed phrases!” he exclaimed fervent- |1y in the midst of a discussion one day. “You see, Miss, in your en-vy-ron- ment”—he accented the third syllable strongly—* you can’t see the things that I see.” Never by any chance did he use her surname. Yet his manner at times—in moments of self-forgetful- ness, she fancied—verged upon perfec- tion. Never in her life had she met with such contradictlons. And never in her life, she mutely admitted to herself at last, in a state of breathless dismay—never had she met a man so entirely interesting. Of himself he spoke but little, but sometimes, in the very midst of some deep question, he would catch a soft, absent, woman-look in the eyes fixed intently upon him—a look that had to do not with wealth, position or the betterment of the working classes, but which made him grow strangely warm and inwardly call himself a brute. It was at a dinner party three months after their first meeting that the unmasking took place. One blind- ing flash of surprise when Mr. Harring- ton was presented to her, and then Miss Sinclair was herself agatn. “Well?” he murmured brazenly when he found himself seated beside her at the table. “Pray, what is your real name, and, if I may ask, do you regard life as a bal masque?’ Deftly she managed to impart to the question that elusive touch of insult, the use of which is one of the most delicate arts that society has to teach. But Harrington did not wince, “John Clayton Harrington, cal engineer, who has a mind to know street railways from the ground up,” he answered sturdily. At the answer a sudden gladness leaped into her eyes. Her head was bent low, her voice changed. “I—I am glad. I should not want you to be—insincere!” (Copyright, 1904, by Frances Wilson.) —_—————— To curb his wife’s extravagant pro- pensities a citizen of Budapest is in the habit of keeping her lgcked up in a room of their house pt on Sun- day, when the shops are shut. — | Jiggs—That man over there who is sneezing so much must have a bad cold. Jaggs—He isn't sneezing; he’s trying to pronounce the names of the Russian generals. would think it very strange if I asked | I'm interested | pearance of a workman who thinks each other like little waves across his . She had lis- | uncontrollable i g ol “The joke's on me,” /he confided to electri- | H x| velopment to his father, John Xrell, | who decorated the Missouri building, | and who made the New York building | one of the handsomest on the grounds, says the New York World. In various places and in divers poses | you may see the picture of little Virgil | on these buildings, done by the loving | hand of his father. | Since the little bo; birth the great- | est care has been exercised in forming the child’s habits, in selecting his diet | and in having his baths at a certain| temperature. A sermon for mothers might be preached on the result. | Every evening Virgil's father gives him his bath and massage, and again half an hour before retiring the child is put through half an hour’s exercise. John Krell has not only been a father of the boy but a drill master, a physi- cian, a playmate and a general monitor as well.® When the child was 3 months old his father lifted him to the chandelier and there the baby hung by his hands for | almost a minute. | This kind of exercise was continued until he was 9 months old, when he| could be held by his feet and lifted horizontally in the air with his body perfectly rigid. He now performs many athletic feats. He posed for the famous Willlam | Dodge for decorations for the Majestic | Theater in Boston, Keith’s Theater in Philadelphia, the Empire Theater and the Hotel Astor in New York. To visitors at the New York building in the World's Fair little Virgil proud- ly announces: “I am an American! Hurrah for America and liberty!” To emphasize this he waves a small silk flag which he carries. “In training my boy Y have always had him out early in the pure morn- ing air. There is nothing better for a child than this. “I make him breathe deeply so as to fill his little lungs with it. This makes his cheeks glow and his eyes sparkle. “I send him to bed early, for I believe that ‘this saves doctor’s bills and keeps him healthy. “I play with him every evening. We have wrestling matches, tugs of war, blind man’s buff and many other | games that make the little folks grow trong. “I do not care to have him pose too much. In fact, I will not allow him to pose at all unless his mother is present {to watch for any signs of fatigue. | “It is easy enough to raise a child [in a healthy, rational way if parents | would only take the trouble.” VIRGIL KRELL OF NEW YORK. | ANYTHING GOES. Landlady—Mr. Jones just had dinner and he didn’t kick about the chicken | being tough. Boarder—That may be so, but you know Jones is an athlete. | formerly a part of the Robert Louis | | and said to have a decided ambition in | | that direction. | Ishmael Pasha, | who has visited the United States. will be married to-day at 3 o'clock at the bride’s home on Sacramento street. After a wedding journey Mr. and Mrs. Hule will reside at the Hotel Cecil. P A An informal tea will be given to-mor- row afternoon by Miss Elsa Draper to a limited number of friends whom she will entertain with simplicity. A s Mrs. Reginald Brooke of London will be the honored guest at a tea to-day, given by Mrs. Burke Holladay at her home on Buchanan street. As Miss Ruth Holladay, Mrs. Brooke was well known here and this event| will bring . many friends to enjoy a chat with her. .« . Mrs. Pedar Bruguiere entertained in- formally at luncheon yesterday at the beautiful old Bruguiere home, 1800 Franklin street. A guest of note was Miss Daisy Ren- dall of Los Angeles, who is a beautiful society maid of the southern city. P The “Saturday Evening Dances” of such wide popularity last season, will | resume, giving their first dance this evening in Cotillion Hall. The pa- tronesses are: Mrs. Louis Monteagle‘; Mrs. James Potter Langhorne, Mrs. George Allen Moore, Mrs. Wakefield Baker, Mrs. George F. Ashton. CUA N Mr. and Mrs. William Wesley Bug- nett are living in the house that was Stevenson home. . & @ Maren Froelich, the artist, is making her plans for New York, where she will | probably go in the early winter. « e e The Princess Ibrahim, the guest of | Mrs. Herman Oelrichs in New York, is | a woman of some literary attainments | As the daughter of the Princess is the highest in caste of any Turkish woman . . Miss Lillie Lawlor has arrived in | New York, having been in Paris and London during the past six months. . o @ Mrs. John H. Boalt has returned from a prolonged stay in Europe and is living in a flat:on Broadway. ¢ g g Dr. and Mrs. Russell Cool are re- siding at Larkin and Greenwich | streets. . P e | +—_—'__—_——_—_——_—-—+ THE SMART SET+= BY SALLY SHARP. tertain at a tea in honor of their daughter and a large number of guests have been bidden. Miss Hawes has just returned with her parents from a trip abroad and, while she is reasonably fond of youth- ful gayety, is not at all on the frive | ous order;-her tendencies being, rathe toward outdoor life and sports. Miss Hawes is the daughter of the late Hor- ace Hawes. ek Mrs. P. L. Wheeler will shortly leav. ! for Mexico, where she will remain a few months. During her absence she will collect material for a book. Mrs. Wheeler is accompanied by her two children. P Mrs. Bacon, with her winsome daughter, Miss Alice Bacon, leave to- | day for their Santa Barbara home. These plans were unexpected to the many friends who have been arrang ing dates for festivities in honor of the visitors. Among other affairs was a dinner | given on Thursday evening at the Be | hemian Club by Barbour Lathrop to | Miss Bacon. | American beauty roses predominated | in decoration, and, mingling with elec~ | tric lights about the table, gave an ex- quisite effect. Miss Bacon’s marriage to Thomas | Driscoll will take place in Santa Bar- bara’s old Mission Churcn about the middle of January. The guests bidden by Mr. Lathrop to meet Miss Bacon were Mrs. Bacon, Miss Lucy Gwin Coleman, Miss Stella McCalla, Miss Loufse Redington, Miss Cornelia Kempff, Miss Morgan, Miss Elizabeth Livermore, Miss Lewis, Ed- ward Tobin, R. M. Tobin, Fritz Kempff, J. K. Moffitt, Neal Power, Gerald Rath- bone, Drummond MacGavin, Thomas Driscoll. Emil Brugulere is enjoying the fruits of his toil and the honors that go with success. His latest musical essay, “The Baroness Fiddlesticks,” will open on Monday night in New York PR G- Mrs. James Jerome and Miss Jeroms will be guests of honor at an affair given by Mrs. E. A. Godfrey on No- vember 26. . . Lieutenant C. M. Stone of the U. S. S. Ohio, with Mrs. Stone, is at the Ho- tel Oliver for the winter. P e R Mrs. H. L. Van Wyck will entertain at a euchre party in honor of Mrs. James Jerome and Miss Jerome on Monday, November 21 ety . The wedding of Miss Maybel Peck and Alfred C. Urry took place on Wed- nesday afternoon, November 16, at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Peck. The bride, gowned in white crepe de chine, was attended by Miss Clarine Mathieu and Miss Vivienne Urry, who | wore frocks of pink and white. William C. Peck served the groom, Rev. Dr. Hays of St. Luke's Church, The formal introduction of Miss Eu- genia Hawes will take place a week | from to-day at the Hotel Pleasanton. | Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Schoeder will en- | & | performing the marriage service, im- mediately after which Mr. and Mrs. Urry left for Los Angeles, where their home is to be. VEN the severest of the tailor- mades are this season showing dressy touches that make them suitable for afternoon occasions as well. The John Forsythe model shows an adaptation of the Louis Quinze design, developed in a deep rich dahlia red cloth, and the dressy touches are offered in the cley- er way that braids are used in con- junction with lace stitches on the coat and basque. There is no collar and just the hint of a vest down the front, and the place usually occupied by the darts is filled in with the braid lace, the cloth being cut away beneath to ~ MIRROR OF DAME FASHION. | + display the printed silk lining. The skirt fits snugly, though not at all tightly, over the hips, and below the knee a full circular flounce is applied in irregular scallopings, these and the trimming straps being all piped with Suede that exactly matches the cloth. There is a train of medium length, and the entire hem is faced with velveteen dyed to match the cloth, this forestall- inx the effect of wear upon the satin surface of the goods. ———— Townsend's California Glace fruits in artistic fire-etched boxes. 715 Market st.* —_—————— Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 3¢ Cali- fornia street. Telephone Main 1048, *