The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 7, 1904, Page 8

JOHN D. JOHN MCcNAUGHT. . PUBLICA 10N OFFICE ABSENT-MINDED | MIRIA rile message constitutes in its im- one of the most remarkable politi- 1 history of America. Nothing is ing i forgotten 1d there can be very few who fail ts author is, in the deepest sense of the words, whole nation and not of a section only, and that rty differences are submerged ingthe common 1€ » sincere mind can approach such his without a quickening of the patriotic sentiment ily necessary to-day as it ever was. 2 i the President that he should step at the arena where the much vexed labor problem has held His words are those of a strong and judicial neither fear nor favor, and unerringly recognizing the principles of right and wrong which underlie the t self interests involved. nal note which is audible throughout the whole mes- ificant, springing, as it so obviously does, from icerity, a recognition of duty, and an unswerving » perform that duty. The strong are to be encouraged in where such well doing exists, and the weak are to heir lawful seli-defense. The distressing problems of r, of child criminality and of child mortality must be 1 solved, and there must be a recognition that the “sapping ity of those who are usually spoken of as the working 1 find no commercial justification whatever. A remedy 1 for the destructive miseries of overcrowding, and her questions sink into “utter insignificance when compared he wvit the tremendous importance” of guaranteeing the 1 natural development of domstic and family life. In his 1e child and for the family the President shows himself to atesman strong enough and wise enough to identify the needs with those of to-day, and his words will certainly call hetic and universal response. dent’s references to the broad public and commercial ons of the day are necessarily condensed, but they are none The highways of commerce must be kept open and “the rebate must be stopped.” There must e general supervision over railway rates, and there must be of fair and open inquiry into the methods of “many im- rations.” The process of naturalization must be reg- ity of elections insured, and the arm of the law must gthened and lengthened that it can reach those who sin tion as well as those who sin against the individual. t's conception of liberty is a wide one, but it is not to include the liberty to infringe upon the natural rSs. nal needs the message is no less explicit and com- American armaments must be 'sufficient for American 2 peace of tyrannous terror” must be shunned. There be eternal vigilance against external foes as well as against ur own household, and the merchant marine must be en- y appropriate legislation. specially welcome are the Presidential references to the agri- | interests of California and of the country in general. The irrigation work initiated by the reclamation act must be on, and the forest reserves must be so handled that their es may be permanently useful. Encouragement must be to the Department of Agriculture with its almost limitless esearches into all the sciences of production. Not least among the President’s recommendations is that which licates the need in every department of national life for courage, , kindlidess and forbearance, a respect for the rights of a sense of broad community of interest. In deep in- tional need, in wise and honest courage, the Presidential 1 leave its mark upon the political and social thought of people. e for so long. sign S especiz ign 1 doing, i the THE DEMAND FOR POETRY. | I —_— R. BOYNTON, who has written real literature into newspaper work, declares that the people no longer buy poetry, and that finds an indifferent market. We beg to suggest to Mr. M on that he get some one to write some poetry and test the ith it. Poets and prophets appear at long intervals, and ict has a permanent market. We think that Shakespeare’s ave an increasing market, and that the product of Tennyson, Moore and Byron finds buyers. Among the moderns and Joaquin Miller and Rudyard Kipling have a steady their best work does not fail of recognition. But perhaps Mr. Boynton means that rhymes do not rcpa} the cost of printing. That is probably true. Rhymesters we have al- vith us, while poets appear occasionally and their work is ugh to be appreciated. Rhymes, more or less, are always ket and usually on the bargain counter. The public taste critical. Ewven some of the hymns that used to be popular itted from the modern books of sacred song, and tuneful ers demand literature as well as pious passion in their It is a reaction from the ragtime in both verse and melody, t denotes refinement rather than decline in public taste. The people want a poet for their money, and will pay when he We mean no offense to the many genial rhymesters who ce a burro for Pegasus. Their work is to poetry what the oothille are to Olympus, and they are not always productive of sadness, for they contribute to the gayeties of life by their well meant efforts. Their work is upon us now like a cloud, which may | serve as a background for the lightning flash of real poetry whici unexpected and unheralded, for the thunder follows the ! 1erican the 1 or is more comes flast CRIME AND ITS CRITICS. R. CONAN DOYLE has contributed so much to the nnticm‘s{ D amusement and instruction that we may well listen patiently | to his monitions on the subject of crime in America. A total | of 32,000 lives lost through homicide within the space of three ycara“ ought certainly to cause some reflection and amendment. There will of course be nowhere any desire to minimize the gravity of these figures, although there may well be a recognition | of circumstances which do not exist elsewhere. Among these the . imimense extent of territory must largely enter, as well as the fact | that immigration annually pours upon our shores a vast flood of | human beings for whose good behavior the country cannot become: at once responsible. Many of these new arrivals have never learned | the sanctity of human life, and crimes are thus often transferred to | American calendars which ought imore justly to be debited else- where. Lord Chief Justice Alverstone, upon the same occasion, paid what was no more than a debt of justice when he said that Great Britain had much to learn from America, and that Americans were working hard to make their system not only humane but truly pre- ventive of crime. THE PRESS OF THE NATION. A Massachusetts clergyman says that prayers have brought him riches, ethren, let us pray.”—New York Herald. Y Money is plentiful,” says Secretary. Shaw, “and it's cheap, too.” fsn't that tantalizing? But, then, talk’s cheap, too.—New York Herald. Now, New York wants a business man for ponmute;, but the politicians want & mixer and pie distributor,—Birmingham (Ala.) Age-Herald. It does not seem to have occurred to General Stoessel that he might re- eign.—Chicago Tribune. BY CRTHERINE BURGESS. in orderly piles beside T would have been an injustice to eni Doctor Jardine and to his state of mind on a certain January evening in the year It-doesn't-matter-what to say that he was in a bad tem- per. It was beyond that—a disgust with himself, the world and life so consuming 2s to make his outward ac- tions st automatic, so separate 2cross the hall. doctor whispered. He half arose, but at the sound of returning steps he sank back, his eye at the curtain part- ing. “'Of all things in heaven and earth!” | Instead of leabing out, he drew the ere they from his inner self. Yet professional habit was strong. | edges closer. *“A woman!” The wards saw A woman it was who had entered the patients in the long 3 adjoining room, and who proceeded, with a busineps-nke air, to store an armful of silver in one of the yawning trunks. Doctor Jardine watched her, amazed. Her back was toward him, and he noted its graceful lines, as she lifted and bestowed her booty. She | looked a lady. Gradually he began tu feel like a peeping Tom rather than an outraged househoider. How should he announce his presence? Would she faint? What shouid he do with her? What would Maria say? At last she lifted the little shaded lamp and turned straight toward him. : Not four feet from him she put the lamp down and sighed, like a tired child. He wondered afterward how he lived through that moment. That she— the woman he still loved, who bore his name, who had forsaken him—could she have become a common thief? In- credible! It was a nightmare. The curtains stified him. He tore them apart. ‘the woman saw a pale, gasping face fronting her, the eyes horror- struck as of one looking on a ghost. An instant her own matched it, then she fainted. “‘Molly!" he cried, and sprang to her. She revived readily; he remembered she had never been a fainting woman. She clung to him. ““Robert,” she whispered, “that hor- rible man Then, watching his face, she let go her hold. “Robert! Were you he?” He nodded, unable to speak. ““What did you do it for? too dreadful! I thought it It was was a | Doctor Jardine watched her burglar! How did you find me?” .:mazed- “Find you? I opened my eyes and o i R S B e S T S, L saw you!” “'Of course, but how did you know X was here?” ‘“What do you mean? How did you know I was here?”’ he demanded. no difference as he stopped here and there in his tour of inspection, and asked the usual questions. Only one | young Irish girl, with the clearness| ‘“Are you trying to make a joke of of death in her eyes, laid her hand |it?” she cried. “You creep into my on his as he touched her tenderly, and | rooms like a thief—" whispered, “You'd betther be comin’'| ‘A thief!” he echoed. “Your rooms! wid me, docther, dear. Things'll be|Aren’t they mine? They knew my 3 - name downstairs—" straighter—there.’ “You are more ungenerous than I It was not the first time he had| could have expected,” she interrupted. thought of it. Really, the inner voice | “Whose name could I bear but yours? questioned, as he listened to the report | | You are strangely forgetful!” of the head nurse, what good was his | “No,” he answered. ‘No, Molly, I life to the world anyway? Here he never forget. If only I could! I shall had gone half way across the conti- g0 mad some day, remembering.” Then, pulling himself together, ‘“For- nent, this bitter January, to attend in a great operation—and the man had glve this business, Molly. It's queer died, after all. He was not necessary“ | { enough, but it's some mistake of Maria’s. She has taken a new apart- in the hospital, there were a dozen better men; his wife—but he turned ment, and—and, evidently this is not it. I thought it was. Maybe I made from that thought instinctively; his sis- ter—she would forget he ‘had lived or a mistake myself, I was dead tired. Anyhow, I'll get out. I can go some- died, at the sight of a Lafayette plate. where, of course.” “It is hardly worth while,” she re- Fhe head nurse had finished her re- g"e‘i- . 2ltmrznhbe Hproiig 13- ow. Jenny an ave been packing port. He looked at his desk plled with | ;1 % oh Tor rather T have, since she mail. fell asleep taking down pictures. We “I can’t read it to-night,” he decided | sail to-morrow on the Oceanic.” Sioad. He did not answer. The excitement had faded from his face and left it white and haggard. She came closer. “Robert, I would never have gone to you. I had injured you too much. I know now it was my own fault— my own jealousy. But that does not matter. We shall soon be separated, perhaps forever. Fate—or God—has brought us together for a moment first. Forgive me!” Two hours later there was a knock at the door. Doctor Jardine and his wife looked at each other with eyes in which laughter and panic mingled. “And you are a respectable widow,” he mocked. But it was only old Jenny who ap- peared upon the threshold. Her hands and eyes went up in happy gesticu- lation. “Thank the Lawd!” she cried, “the two stubborne folks in the wo'ld have done come together again! An’ Mis' Molly, the’s a tel'phone fer the doctah from the horspital. Mis' Jar- dine’s jest raisin’ New Yawk because he ain’t come home, an'— “The top one came yesterday by messenger,” the head nurse sald. “It is marked ‘important,” and she re- tired softly. Doctor Jardine broke the seal. “Dear Brother,” the note ran. “I have heard of some extraordinary old Staffordshire up in Ulster County, and I start in ten minutes. Cornelia Frye knows it, too, so you see there is no tome to lose. I may be back before you return from the West, but in case I do not, I enclose keys. We have moved in your absence.” (He smiled at the “we.”) “The new apartment is 19 East Eighty-fourth street. The jan- jtor of the old one was impertinent. It is on the second floor, to the left. Your room is at the end of the hall “Your affectionate sister, “MARTA.” The note was so characteristic, the situation so fitting a climax to his| “Byt I have come home!” cried week of work and strain, that his | Doctor Jardine. “Where's the tele- sense of humor was touched. “Per- | phone, Jinny?” In a moment he returned, laughing. “This is 19 East, isn’'t it?” he in- quired. “Well, my r Maria 'jest natcherly,” as Jinny would say, wrote East when she meant West. I never thought I should live to bless the ab- sent-mindedness of Maria, but heaven knows I do now, with all my heart and soul!” And, though Molly was silent, she felt for the first time that she truly loved her sister-in-law, (Copyright, 1904, by Oatherine Burgess.) fect,” he murmured to himself as he sent for a cab. At 19 East Eighty-fourth street the cabman had to work with voice and hand to rouse his fare. “I never knowed any gen’I'man so far gone before three in the morn- ing.”” he observed to the area rail- ings. Unconscious of the impression he had left behind him, Doctor Jardine stumbled up the front steps. “Jardine, sir? Out, I belleve, sir,” said a sleepy hall boy. “I know; I am Doctor Jardine.” The boy stared, succumbed to the voice of authority and dozed again. In the room at the end of the hall the principal object of interest to the weary man was the bed, a four-poster, with curtains, surprising enough to one who was used to sleeping on an iron cot. “Confound Marial’ he grumbled. “If she starts collecting antique fur- niture as well as plates I am lost!” The four-poster wore a very invit- ing alr, despite its unexpectedness, Doctor Jardine slowly pulled off his shoes and divested himself of coat and waistcoat. “I must e down a moment,” he murmured, “and—think—this—ever,” and the bed received him into its depths. He dreamed. A weird procession passed before him like the figures in a frieze—and every one was his wife! Now she was laughing, now dancing, now weeping, now stern as the angel outside paradise, always gazing at him with unseeing eyes. He struggled to reach her, but could not; he heard her retreating footsteps—retreating yet sounding always nearer. Striving to solve the puzzle, he awoke. The footsteps continued, not loud and omi- nous as in his dream, but light, flit- ting steps—they reminded him of some one he had known. For a mo- ment he stared bewildered into the darkness of the curtained bed, the steps seeming to echo from his dream. Then he remembered—Maria was in Ulster County. Who was the intruder? He parted the curtains a finger's breath and looked out. The room beyond was dimly lighted. Trunks stood open, with books 'and clothing “POOR POP!” Mrs. Benton Holme—See, Charley, what a sweet smile there is on baby’s face. Benton Holme—Yes; I guess he's decided to wake up at 8 a. m. and him the rest of the :;:::m- walk The | clink of silver came from the room | “Looting the place, by Jove!” the | FRANCISCOQ CALL, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 7, 1904 Mrs. Gifman's Plan Startles Her Hearers. | ! s e | i | i | i i | ki CHA ERKINS GIL- M RLOTTE P! AN, WHO HAS A NEW DOMES- TIC FELICITY SCHEME. He- e RS. CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN has created two sen- satlons in Chicago woman's clubs in the last week, says the Tribune of the Windy City. At a meeting of the Chicago Women's Aid last week she evolved a scheme for domestic felicity which included the segregation of infants and the establishment of co-operative kitch- ens. She declared that in the mun- icipal nurseries which she would have established the infants would receive better care than the “creature’” whom they call “mother” is able to give them. She said the home was no more the proper place for the prep- aration of food than for the making | of boots. Yesterday at Hull House she urged that the widow who lets her child work to support her is no better than would be the woman who ate her child because she was hun- BTY. PON the white sea-sand There sat a pilgrim-band, Telling the losses that their lives had known, ‘While evening waned away From breezy cliff and bay, And the strong tides went out with weary moan. One spake, with quivering lip, Of a fair-freighted ship, ‘With all his household, to the deep gone down; And one had wilder woe, For a falr face long ago Lost in the darker depths of a great town. There were who mourned their youth ‘With a most loving truth, For its brave hopes and memories ever green; And one upon the west Turned an eye that would not rest, For far-off hills whereon his joy had been. ° Some talked of vanished gold, Some of proud honors told, Some spake of friends that were their trust no more; And one of a green grave, Beside a foreign wave, That made him sit so lonely on the shore. But when their tales were done, There spake among them one— A stranger, seeming from all sorrow free— “Sad losses have you met, But mine is heavier yet, For a belleving heart hath gone from me.” “Alas!” these pilgrims said, “For the living and the dead, For fortune's cruelty and love's sure cross. For the wrecks of land and pea! But, howe'er it came to thee, Thine, stranger, is life's last and heav- fest loss!" —Pittsburg Press. The people who make unpleasant remerks are by no means remarkable. ;and Mrs. Reginald Smith, Mr. and| | luncheons which Mrs. Deering will give +THE SMART SET= BY SALLY SHARP. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Parker, with Miss Beatrice Campbell and Miss Alice Campbell, are passengers on the Si- beria, from Honolulu to this port. Miss Alice Campbell comes for an errand of interest—to procure a trousseau—| for she is the afflanced bride of Clar- ence MacFarlane, son of Frederick| MacFarlane. Their wedding will take place in San Francisco in April. Miss Muriel Campbell is attending school at Notre Dame, Cal, and the Princess| David Kawananakoa, another daugh- ter of Mrs. Parker, has remained in Honolulu to take charge of the Par- ker home during the absence of its members. Commander and Mrs. C. B. T. Moore will sail on the twenty-second for Tutuila, Samoa, where the Gover- norship now filled by Commander Un- derwood will be assumed by Com- mander Moore. . - 8 . The guests asked to meet Miss Wells and Mr. Hanna at Mrs. Gerrit Living- ston Lansing’s dinner on Monday eve- ning were Mrs. William Spencer, Dr. Mrs. Ralph Hart, Mr. McAfee. i _Mrs. Charles Deering entertained | twelve “guests at luncheon yesterday. This was the second in a serles of through the winter. Mrs. J. 8. Lewis will entertain at cards this afternoon in her apartments at the Palace Hotel The charity ball on Monday night was preceded by the usual number of dinner parties, among them one given by Mrs. J. B. Schroeder and her daugh- ter, Miss Eugenie Hawes, in their apartments at the Pleasanton. Miss Partridge, daughter of Bishop Part- ridge, of Japan, and a niece of Mrs. ‘Willlam James Cuthbert (Margaret Simpson), was the guest of honor. . Another_ affair, exclusively for buds, will be a luncheon given by Mrs. Alex- ander D. Keéyes with Miss Charlotte ‘Wilson guest of honor. This will take ! \ | | place on the 14th, and will be a general merry-making time for all these gay young things. . Mr. and Mrs. Barry Coleman and Miss Lucy Coleman will entertain at a large ball in the .maple room of the Palace this even - . Miss Amy Garoutte will be the guest of honor at a luncheon given to-day by Mrs. G. H. Umbsen. It is expected that the engagement of Miss Garoutte will be announced. 7 Mr. and Mrs. J. Downey Harvey and Miss Anita Harvey will entertain at a large tea to be given on December 15. e e The wedding of Miss Margaret Kin- sey and Bertram Chase Towne will be solemnized at Grace Church to-day, at high noon. The bride is a daughter of Mrs. Phoebe Kinsey, formerly of Eu- gene, Oregon, whose husband was one of the founders of that city. The bridegroom is an attorney of San Francisco. Miss Greta Waterman will be maid of honor, E. R. Waterman serving as best man to the bridegroom, while Dr. G. M. Terrill will act as es- cort to the bride’s mother. Mrs Kin- sey has bought a beautiful home at San Mateo, where she, with Mr. and Mrs. Towne, will reside. st Miss G. Gearin of Portland, Oregon, is the guest of Mrs. Alphonse Kelly. Miss Gearin was a guest at the Con- federate ball on Monday evening, and her gown of rainbow chiffon was ex- quisite and greatly admired. wrte e Mrs. R. A. Vance was hostess at a dinner followed by a theater party at the Columbia, on Saturday evening, December 3. The affair was in honor of Mrs. John M. Vance and Miss Car- lotta Vance of Eureka. e Mr. and Mrs. L. Auerbach announce the engagement of their daughter, Belle, to Carl Greenhood of Montana. PR e Mrs. Benjamin Goldsmith will be at home on first Tueadays at her resi- dence on California street and Third avenue. T MIRROR OF DAME FASHION | | ES —3 Showing a Pretty Little Cloak Made of Eerw Broadcioth TrimMed With Heavy W hite Stitching. The Foundation Lining on to Which the Circular Flounces Ave Put la of Ecru Satin. Mrs. Newliwed—Oh, Henry, what's the matter with you? Are you sick? Mr. Newliwed—Jusht a (hic) trifle, m’ dear. You shee, barber put bay rum on my (hic) mustache, an’ it "ffected my shtomach.—Philadelphia Press. A FEW EARLY MORNING SMILES A CALL DOWN. Mr. Newwed (4 a. m. and loaded)— My dearsh, I'h-hic-sorry to be-hic-so late. You shouldn’t-hic-have waited supper-hic-for me. Mrs. Newwed (setting table)—Su ready per! Why, Tm getting for v - ; HE KNEW. She—I dreamt last night dat I had all the ice cream I could eat. He—Aw, gaw on, dere ain’t dnl mutch, EXPERT PRAISES THE CALL'S LIST OF [’_R_ETTY ROSES University of California Agricultur- al Experiment Station, Berkalay, Dec. 3. Editor of The Call: The list of roses which you submit includes many which are standards of excellence in their different forms and colors every- where. Others are roses which have attained exceptional excellence in Cal- ifornia, and others are of more recent origin, but none the less interesting. For standard quality, then, as weil as for notable instances and charming novelty, the list is a good one. E. J. WICKSON. ANSWERS TO QUERIES. BAY DISTRICT TRACK—W. T. D., City. The Bay District race track in San Francisco was closgd as a raeing track March 1, 1896. THE STATE—G. B, Healdsburg, and A. O. R, City. For information as to the various counties or any par- ticular county of the State in the mat- ter of crops, climate, possibilities, etc., address a letter of inquiry to the Cali- fornia Promotion Committeee, 25 New Montgomery street, San Francisco, Cal. VALUE OF COINS—A Subscriber, City. s department does not an- swer questions as to the value of United States coins unless the inquiry is accompanied by a self-addressed and stamped envelope. Such ques- tions are answered by mail, not through this department. —_—————————— Townsend’s California Glace fruits in artistic fire-etched boxes. 715 Market st and Wakelee's Drug Store. - ———————— Spectal information supplied daily to T A Lpp! 8). fornia street. T Mala 1042,