The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 23, 1904, Page 8

CISCO CALL, WEDNES THE SAN FRANCISCOCALL JOHN D. SPRECK JOHN MceNAUGHT FUBLICATION OFFICE Proprietor WEDNESDAY earnest reli THE BIBLE IN THE SCHOOLS. : ious bodies have energetically renewed ation for the introduction of the Bible into the public while others are insisting that the Government of the United States shall force the circulation of the Bible in the Turkish Is it f the xau he theory of the pu s the € 1 its own preservation. blic school is an entirely secular institution. n of all the people, regardless of their religious | blic school as an American institution ¢ of the secular state depends upon the intelliger_xce Therefore the state takes charge of their education | & seans of imparting it, for the purely secular by /oo )erpetuating a government that requires general intelli- | turh yoursel, but make yourself com- Is it not true, then, that the state ir system has nothing to do with the spiritual affairs of the ch belong to a kingdom that is not of this world? not possible that these good people misconceive the | iblic schools and the functions of this Government ? It is sup- e will find itself involved in supplying an official exegesis of which has caused the division of Christendom into many sects. It may well be insisted that such exegesis is not a proper function of government, yet it would be unavoidable if these zealous people have their way g The schools are intended to be secular, to impart secular knowledge and ethics only, in order to fit people for the secular du- ties required of them by the state. On the other hand, deep religious se and spiritual energy may and do exist, entirely independent tion and intelligence, and they also exist under the most in- 1 enlightened conditions. Religion then may be without nce, but gvithout intelligence a free, secular state cannot be. ew be correct, the staté must confine itself to the imparting‘ -ular education. If it go beyond that, what shall it do? The constitution of the United States forbids a religious test or the recognition of any religious establishment, and it is best to abide by the broad idea which inspired that constitutional require- ment. 1f the schools cease to be secular by introducing the Bible, spirit of the constitution requires that the Bibles of all the dif- ferent religions th# are here shall be used. If only one be intro- lu it will amount to recognition of one religious establishment exclusion of others. These will plead their constitutional right and there is no doubt that the courts will enforce it. Then we must have the rival claims of authority of the King nes and Douay translations of the Bible of Christendom fought in the public schools, and against them both will be the whole 1 of sacred writings used by the many other forms of religion h have perfect equality of right under our Government. We tizens of the United States believers in the Koran, in the losophy of Confucius, in the Buddhistic scriptures, in the Old [ Under the constitution they are all equal. | gain, if our Government be secular at home what authority has it to enforce abroad the introduction of any scriptures? Russia and the Turkish empire have a union of church and state. Here we | have a complete separation of church and state. If those empires choose to restrict or forbid the circulation of any scriptures, what right have we to demand the raising of that embargo? These schemes are a species of atavism. They are a recurrence of a former type. They are retrogression to the medieval idea. In the opinion v {aithful believers in Christianity they are injurious to y by lifting from the personal conscience that individual re- ity in affairs spiritual which cannot safely be replaced by 1g the state can do. It is believed that religion stands the test of intelligence and f ignorance. Its need is felt by both, as a personal need. On the ther hand, the state is neither religious nor irreligious. It is in- le of any sentiment; it is void of feeling; it is instituted to 1 to the general welfare of the people in secular matters. Their belief and instruction are entirely outside its functions. is the state a missionary organization, and therefore it has 1g whatever to do with the religion of other peoples, or the es which they believe or reject. duc A f rel leSSIA AND PARKER. EPORTS from St. Petersburg aver that those high in the R councils of the Czar look with marked disfavor upon the re- sults of the election in the United States. The nervous diplo- mats of Russia take the overwhelming indorsement of President Roosevelt to mean the policy this country has pursued in reference to trade rights in Manchuria will be continued with unabating insist- ence instead of relaxed under a hoped-for Democratic regime. The jealousy of the Muscovite is fanned anew by this expression of our determination to continue claim to what is our share of tHe Oriental trade. . It is not to be denied that Russia had reasonable hopes that the accession to power of the Democrats would mean a retrenchment on the part of this country. Considering the fact that the propa- ganda of the party in opposition included a loosening of our hold on the Philippines and a consequent withdrawal from the theater of trade activities in the Far East, Russia may well have had hopes that an open or a closed door in China would have no effect upon the policy of the United States under Democratic administration. But it is not to be. The same administration that sent Consuls to Mukden, Newchwang and Antung without asking leave of the Russian Gov- ernment will keep those officials there and see to it that the mar- kets of Manchuria remain open to American merchants. In Russia’s manifest disappointment lies a significant comment upon the real essence of the Democratic platform’s programme of disavowal. Confidently expecting that a triumph of that party would mean the withdrawal of the United States to a back seat in world affairs, Russia was evidently preparing to reassert her bluff about Manchuria whenever the settlement of the present difficulty over there gave her opportunity. She indulged in an anticipatory wiping of America off the slate, for what could avail a country which volun- tarily disarmed itself, drew into the shell of its own self-sufficiency and sought absolute isolation from world affairs? Truly in its dis- appointment the Russian Government might send a telegram of con- dolence to Judge Parker without disturbing its diplomatic dignity. THE PRESS OF THE NATION. told every day for four months, the im- pressiveness of the rebuke administered to the incapables now in charge of Democratio management must startle even those who were best prepared for the outcome. It is all significant of the utter decay of a once great party and indicative of coming changes for the worse in an organization once conserva- tive which now appears to be devoted to radicalism and revolution.—Chi Chronicle. Y A dramatic incident to mark the close of the campaign and the election was the declaration of President Roosevelt that under no circumstances will he be a candidate for or accept another nom- ination. The declaration of the Presi- dent is characteristic in that it is so emphatic that no loophole is left for evasion and interpretation. He mehns exactly what he says, and he will do exactly what he says. There will be no question about this in the minds of the American people, who know the Presi- dent now and who honor him on ac- count of the full knowledge that they bave of W-hm. The defeat seems to be even more emphatic than was anticipated. It is pot the purpose here to discuss the whys and wherefores, but to merely note the fact that for the tenth time out of twelve the Democratic party has met defeat. Defeat this time, however, is without dishonor or discredit. As 1o the future, it is too early to discuss it.—Nashville American. And now that this quadrennial party dispute i ended it is believed that we of the South who differed in political belief with Mr. Roosevelt will accept the situation with equanimity (and we know how to do this, having had much practice) and turn again to our daily vocations, calm in the satisfaction that the country is safely and sanely doing business at the same old stand, and that theres worry enough to go around twice without our losing any sleep as to the ultimate fate of the nation.—Gal- veston Tribune. Bible be used as literature in the schools, it must be sub- | same explanation and interpretation as other literature, | us proof texts of the scriptures, the varied interpretation | ¢ ‘ AM not hard-hearted, you know; l but I must pay my bills when they fall due.” The stout land- lady compressed her lips as though she had sald a thing which it | hurt her to utter. “I understand, indeed,” the girl re- plied passively, pushing back her | heavy, gleaming hair with a little | gesture of weariness. “ot course, to-morrow vin’ day, you needn’t bein’ dis- | fortable till Friday.” She looked at | the blank door which closed quietly | behind the girl. Then her eyes re- | turned to the columns of her account book. They were opened at a page headed, “Miss Rose Darcey”—a page where the debits considerably over- balanced the credits. “I've too good a heart to be a suc- cessful business woman,” murmured the landlady, closing the book. ilight was fast coming on. Up- stairs, in the fourth floor back there was a fire in the grate—bright yellow and scarlet flames, burning in a cease- less endeavor to destroy an asbestos !1og. Rose Darcey slipped down on the floor, and with her arms folded about her knees, watched the fire, thinking how typical it was of the life she had been leading for the past year. Why, everything—even her hearth fire—was artificlal! She fell to dreaming. It was gel- | dom she had time to dream, for she | was always busy trying to make both ends meet. But now, since they sim- ply would not meet, she might as well dream for a tiny space. How tired she was of it all—of the struggles, the petty ambitions, the give-and-take friendships, the endless cold shoulders, the eternal worry. And to-morrow would be Thanks- giving day! How well she remem- bered that day in other yea In her aunt’s humble little farmhouse there had ever been the entrancing odor of pumpkin and mince pies, of stewed cranberries, of browning turkey, of plum pudding, of good things innumer- able. Not this year, though, for she had robbed them of all that. Oh, it was hard, hard, hard! A rap at the door and Patty Lou, the colored girl, entered. “A gemman in the parlor to see you, missy. Wouldn’'t send his name, allow- in’ he wanted to s'prise you, I reckon.” Down In the narrow, gaudy room a man with a gray mustache and & shag- gy coat sat on the sofa alone. As he looked unseeingly about him the stern lines in his mouth relaxed; in their stead came an expression of extreme gentleness. All his years of waiting harked back to him. He seemed to see, as in a glass, a timy girl in a gingham apron stand- ing under an apple tree, and then she seemed to grow and grow, but always she had sunshine in her hair and a smile in her eyes. He had walted for her to attain to womanhood, dreaming dreams the villagers had never guessed. And then—because she had talent for art, forsooth, and her aunts had said it must be cultivated, even though it meant a third mortgage on their little farm—she had passed out of his life. Lately, however, John Lowell had caught a rumor that things were not going well with her in the mad, com- petitive life of New York, and so he was here! How thin and white she had grown! As she pushed aside the cheap Bagdad portieres she seemed to be all gleaming hair and great, pathetic eyes. If he could only hold her proud little face between both palms and kiss her dear, tired eyes! Instead (he knew her temperament so well) he talked about the home village, about the queer, poky little streets and the dull village gossip. “Is the apple crop good this year?” she asked suddenly. “Have you ground a lot of cider?” For answer he dived into one of the pockets of his shaggy gray coat and fetched up a shining red apple. “Thanks; it's a beauty,” exclaimed she, feeling of its smoothness. “Came off your tree, Rose.” | “My tree?” | “Yes; the immense one in the cor- | ner—don’t you remember? I've called it your tree ever since—since one day | when you were very little and you wanted some blossoms.” “I suppose you got them for me, if T wanted them?” sald the girl soft- ly. How good he had always been to her! He was just like that shaggy coat of his—big and rough and whole- | some and worth while. Last night she had dreamed that | her head lay on that same shaggy coat, that his strong arms were about First Tobacconist—What do you think of that stuff? Second Tobacconist—Oh, it a pinch, APPLE BLOSSOMS AND NOVEMBER |/ OF PERFUME BY VIRGINIA LEILA WENTZ. her, while she was relating to him ali the discouragements of her metropol- itan experience, and each time that she had lifted her head to emphasize some point or other—how good ‘it had been to get back to the coat after- ward—in the dream, of course! “You see, the blossoms were out of your reach,” he went on, “and I hap- pened to be coming along, so you said if I'd get you the flowers you'd be “Sweetheart.” The word was very “John, it's just like it was in the dream.” tenderly uttered; the tenderness made her tremble somehow. But she laugh- ed gayly. “Your sweetheart? wasn't 1t?" “And when I lifted you up,” he continued, “you put your arm about my neck: ” “How shockingly improper!” “And from that moment,” he pur- sued gravely, “I've never thought of anybody else for—for a wife, Rose.” “How long ago was that?” she asked whimsically. “Twelve years last blossom time.” “Then I must have been only 9 years old.” “I wonder, dear, if it would be right to hold a girl to a promise she made when she was only 9.” From beneath her long lashes she caught the rapt expression on his face, as he leaned toward her, and she quivered with a sense of sudden preo- tection. “I—wonder?” Her voice trailed off vaguely, as she watched a lighted cable car go by, but he caught her to him gladly, with a new air of protec- tion. A few moments later, from the great, shaggy coat, came a tearfullly muffled but happy cry: ‘Oh, John, it's just like it was in the dream—just like it was in the dream!” To John Lowell the words in them- selves were a bit irrelevant. But what did a man like him care for words, when he held in his arms the thing he prized most in the world? 1904, by Virginia Leila ‘Wentz.) Rash promise, (Copyright, Oldest Public Library. Mexico is credited with being at the head of the Latin-American countries in the matter of letters. Besides pos- sessing the oldest organs of Spanish- American journalism, it is said to have in active existence the first library es- tablished in America, which is now at least 300 years old. In Chile, Argentina and Peru there are papers that have been published for fifty years and more. One is the El Comercio of Lima, which has had a career of sixty years of un- interrupted daily issue. For Cut Flowers. An excellent receptacle for cut flowers may be found in the Austrian iridescent glassware, which is pat- terned after the ancient vessels ex- cavated in Pompeii. The color tones are subdued greens chieny. The prices are reasonable; a very attractive bowl comes at $2 50. +d THE SUNNY SIDE OF LIFE B WHAT HE WANTED. Customer—I want to get a mourning suit. 5 Tailor—Yes, sir. Wife or mother-in- law? Customer—Mother-in-law. Tailor—Here's a fine line of swell yill do in .vllrl.ld suitings; just the very thing, SENTIMENTAL INFLUENCE By Dorothy Fenimore. ETURNING violets! How strong the perfumes bring The throb of passions past re- call! The ashes of immortal spring ‘Will smolder on within thy fragile urn Though love’s blue flame in darkness fall— The signal torches cease to burn. From the close and subtle relation- shop which exists between memory and perfume it would seem as if Mo- hammed were Jjustified in calling odors one of the two chief joys of life, and in ascribing to them a mystic lan- guage of their own. A fragrance waft- | ed from a rose, the pungent scent of | will take place in St. Luke's and will summer balm, the honeyed breath of clover bloom, may waken in the heart a sleeping griet of long ago, or, by the thought it brings of happier days, may soothe a present sorrow. \ Memory’'s association with perfume is one of the most fragrant mysteriesé tenant John Franklin Babcock. of love's psychology. This so-called “decadent sense of modern man” is still, in youth’s season of the affecs tions, the most acute of all the senses. To these influences girls are espe- clally sensitive. Their, well-known fondness for perfuming hair, breath, garments and other belongings some- times amounts to a mania. Naturally this peculiar susceptibility increases under the excitement of emotion. And 80 it comes about that often, in later life, through the wonder and mys- tery of memory, certain perfumes will carry them back to this love and blos- som season of youth. Perfume has a sentimental influence upon the masculine mind also. How many a lover has felt his mood change from gayety to tenderness under the spell of the violets that his sweetheart wore! How many a one has tre his lady’s dainty glove more fondly because its fragrance reminded him of the flower-like quality of its owner’s personality! The faint, sweet smell of the jasmine flower clings with sen- suous charm about Owen Meredith's famous love poem, “Aux Italiens.” Similar ideas have always grouped themselves about the shrine of love. It was.among , the fragrant cedar groves of Idalium that the laughter- loving Aphrodite liked to dwell, and there the Graces three anointed her with oil ambrosial. And between the pillars of her Sidonian house of gold, | girls and boys, rose-crowned, sacri-| ficed with smoke and incense, with sighs and song, to win the fickle fa- vor of the queen of love. And Greclan Helen's bower was sweet with blossoms, with fragrant leaves and crushed asphodel. Everywhere in literature we find this association of perfume with the affections. It was a scientist, how- ever, who declared that it is the fra- grance of woodland and garden that makes the birds sing. It was a man poet who wrote, in terms of sensuous perception; the most exquisite deserip- tion that has ever been written of a young girl’s innocence; says Runeberg .|.___—————-—————_——.—____+ »THE SMART SET: BY SALLY SHARP. Three weddings mark the hyme- neal calendar to-day, two for the noontide. Miss Susan Patton and Di Le Moyne Wills of Los Angeles will wed quietly in Grace Church, Rev. Davig Evans officiating. The Los An- geles relatives have arrived to be pres- ent at the ceremony, among them Mrs. Hancock Banning, sister of the bride; Mr, and Mrs. George S. Patton, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Banning. After a short wedding journey Dr. and Mrs. Wills will live in Los Ange- les. The other noon wedding is that of r. Cuthbert of Kioto. Their marriage | be largely attended. The early part | of the year will see the departure of ! Mr. and Mrs. Cuthbert for Kioto, their | future home. To-day likewise celebrates the nup- tials of Miss Gertrude Eells and Lieu- The ceremony at 3:30 o’clock will be per- formed by Rev. Frederick Clampett in Trinity C€hurch, Miss Dorothy | Eells is to be maid of honor, while the following pretty train of maids will | precede the bride: Miss Margaret | Newhall, Miss Elizabeth Livermore, | Miss Helen Cheesebrough, Miss Isa- bel Kittle, Miss Maud Bourn, Miss Stella McCalla. granddaughter, Miss Anita Harvey, on | the evening of December 2 by giving | a ball, which will be a large and elab- | orate affalr, in the St. Francis. Al- though Miss Harvey has been seen at | several gatherings this season, the ball | will mark her formal debut into the | society world and the announcement is one that is causing all the festively | ured | Inclined much anticipation of happi- ness. Mr. and Mrs. Clement Tobin will be | at home on Saturday, the 26th, at the | residence of Mrs. Eugene de Sabla, | 1916 Octavia street. | Thomas Barbour entertained last evening at the Bohemian Club. The affair, a dinner given to Miss Gertrude | Dutton and Josiah Howell, was small | but charming in ever¢ particular, cov- | ers being laid for twelve. | Those bldden for the occasion were | Miss Dutton, Mr. Howell, Mr. and Mrs. | Henry Foster Dutton, Mr. and Mrs. James, Mr. and Mrs. George Sperry, Miss Elsie Sperry, Miss Maylita Pease, Edward M. Greenway and Enrique Grau. The important event for the early part of December is the large ball to be | given by Mr. and Mrs. Barry Coleman | and Miss Lucy Coleman on December 7 in the Maple room. e o Miss Bessie Ames’ recent return from her long trip abroad is bringing her many welcomes, and on Friday of this week all her friends may have the op- portunity of a chat with her, for Mrs. ‘Worthington Ames will entertain at a of his village - girl, “Her thoughts were less words than a perfume.” But women, more often and more beautifully than men, have spoken of the haunting assoclations of sweet odors. Writes one, the Amherst poetess: “Sleeping or sleepless—all the night One dream bewitched of odors sweet, One dream of lilies clad in light— Compels my spirit to their feet! Of tall white lilies—faint and frail, ‘Whose breath beguiles to an abyss Of midnight heaven, to inhale Once more the moon's delaying kiss. “I know not if their perfumes deep Glad any other garden dim, But down a lover’s path of sleep They ever wake and watch for him! Oh, tall white lilies clad in light! Ghosts of remembered paradise, Sleeping or sleepless, all the night, I bear thee on my eyes.” THINKING OF YOU. When the morning sun is shining, And the earth is bathed in dew, ‘When my heart for love is pining, Then, sweetheart, I think of you. ‘When the day at noon is glowing, And the sky is ether blue, With my love forever growing, Then, sweetheart, I think of you. ‘When the evening shades are falling, And the clouds are bright in hue, ‘When the birds are softly calling, Then, sweetheart, I long for you. —Buffalo Times. In Korea two years of every three have twelve months each of twenty- nine or thirty days. The third year has thirteen months, with 385 days. e A CALL DOWN. First Nelghbor—There's music in that boy of mine. Second Neighbor—Gee whiz! I thought by the length of time he’s been playing that it was pretty near all out of him now, large tea in honor of the traveler. i Mrs. Frank L. Whitney, who was the Miss Simpson and Rev. William James | Mrs. Eleanor Martin will honor her | guest of honor at a euchre party given by Mrs. H. L. Van Wyck on Monday | of this week, will again be entertained | on November 26 by Mrs. Godfrey. The afterncon will also be devoted to euchre, which is almost as popular a | game as bridge In a few of the card- playing circles. B The reception to Mme. Francisca next Saturday, the 26th, given by the Fapy- rus Club, will by held from 3 to 6 p. m. Mrs. Lewis will give a bridge whist party on Monday, Decembe the at- fair taking place in her apartments in { the Palace Hotel. B . e A. Boyer will give a tea on in honor of Miss ! Mrs. G. | Friday afternoon Wells. Mrs. H. E. Huntington, Miss Ma- rion Huntington and Miss Elizabeth Huntington were hostesses last even- ing at a theater party given in honor | of Miss Hazel Noonan of Los Angeles. The Maxine Elliot engagement was the motif, and the party comprised | of twenty guests, who were afterward | entertained at the St. Francis. . . . | Mr. and Mrs. Truxtun BReale. who will winter on their ranch near Ba- | kersfleld, will have for their guest Miss Marie Wells, who leaves this week for a short visit. . . . Mrs. Pedar Bruguiere, with her baby and maid, Miss Tillman and Miss Rendall, will be guests in Dr. Ains- worth's private car for a short trip to Del Monte, leaving to-day. The party will return on Friday. . Miss Gertrude Dutton was guest of honor at a tea yesterday, givem by Mrs. A. S. Baldwin. « The affair was very largely attended and the receiving party was composed of the following: Miss Gertrude Dut- ton, Miss Molly Dutton, Miss Maud Payne, Miss Eliza Kline, Miss Marie Voorhies, Miss Marion Wilson, Miss Juliette Garber, Miss Mary Marriner, Miss Ruth Gedney, Miss Alice Dray, Miss Amy Porter, Mrs. E. W. Clark, Mrs. Porter, Mrs. Eugene Bresse, Mrs. George Bates and Mrs. Janes. A profusion of flowers adorned the house, the variety of shades and kind making a striking and beautiful ap- pearance. Foliage and roses predomi- nated, while chrysanthemums were intermingled with artistic effect. . . . Miss Anita Harvey was entertained yesterday by Miss Ella Morgan. A luncheon. with covers laid fourteen, was the pleasant affair. . . . for A luncheon was given in Sausalito yesterday by Miss Mabel Watkins. The guests were Miss Etelka Wil- lar, Miss Maud Payne, Miss Bea Fife, Miss Elsa Draper and Mrs. Clar- ence Carrigan. . Mrs. Ashton Potter, Miss Jollifte, Miss Ruth McNutt, Joseph To- bin and Cyril Tobin were gu of Mr. Coleman at dinner on Monday evening. » . - Miss Maude Younger was yesterday at a luncheon for six. Virginia hostess MIRROR OF D Showing a Stylish Gown of The Yoke and Undersleeve Sash With Fringed Ends Is Made of Very Dark Greem Left Side in Front. —_— Silk. Green Satin Ribbon Borders the Full Ruffles, and a Satin. A4 Jeweled Horseshoe Buckle Fastens the Sash at the AME FASHION | Messaline Silk, in Light Green. s Are of Irish Lace Over W hite _DEPRAVITY—J. R. G., City. Your question as to depravity is not stated sufficiently clear to admit of an an- swer. THE PRESIDENT—T. F. D., City. President Roosevelt was married twice. His first wife lived but two years, ANNIE MOONEY—E. W. C., Denver, Qolo. The little girl Annie Mooney ——— who disappeared from a pienic at Bel- mont, Cal, a number of years ago, was rever found by her parents or by the police. Townsend's California Glace fruits in artistic fire-etched boxes. 715 Market st.* Special information supplied daily te business houses and public men the men by B O L