The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 13, 1904, Page 8

FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL JOHN D. SPRECKELS... ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO JOHN McNAUGHT. ELICATION OFFICE. ESDAY... T PROPOSED GAME LAW. HE president of the Fish and -Game Protective Association has answered some of the criticisms of the proposed game law that have been made, and some that have not been made. There greement on the desirability of preservingthe 1, will vs find food and cover upon lands no other use than sheltering the wild. It is not s policy by statistics showing the profit of me that goes to the gun and ammunition t concerns the people is the use to which the preserved for disa a > legal machinery of the State is invoked benefit of very few people. It is probable han a thousand sportsmen in the State. If catch with one friend, that means that about j e out of a population of 1,800,000. osition unpopular. It,is not he popular decision is that game ts slaughter is prohibited it is 10re, no less, is what the people will t any number of States deny fornia are willing to prohibit ighter of game for a ternf of years. But law which gives the right to kill ake T reason . n whose defense of exclusiveness present law limiting the number of notorious that deer have never is law. Under its provisions hun- een taken and the venison permitted to spoil. taken on the coast hung in the California vidden sale, until the carcasses became revolting , unfit for food. The deer law has increased Therefore, let us have not only o'of the slaughter of game for a term ks ever useless. tective Association quotes the decisions ce ownership of the wild in the whole people acting through their representatives can deny any to kill g i the right of all to sell it or to buy it. correct pri The law runs to equality of ownership people. Denial of equality is a year there has been a feud in the er, who has a game preserve there Mr. Rockefeller has the legal ng on his land there is no doubt. forest estate or his ownership and * as they are called in the dispatches, in revolt against his right to monop- 1gh the forest. The law is on his are not things expedient. f game preserves is very old, but es exclusiveness, to which r believing that a law of the for the exclusive use of e is 2 widespread opinion, s, that it will be better to deny both 1ole has nes the peop the r slaughter of game for a term of years, to the end ay ré Surely such a law would be entirely effec e game would multiply and at the end of the closed term stringer t the bag would serve to keep it increasing for : long te v fac >s for game. Our extensive mountain ish food and cover for it of the best kind. In a closed could restore the elk here as well as greatly the deer family. The hunters would ng the predatory animals. The wild- n lion prey upon deer and birds. They hold a an in exterminating game. They surely offer more nt and danger he pursuit than the edible game, aterially assist the increase of game by we TO EXPEDITE CHINESE INSPECTION. - U nnual report, submitted to the President, Secretary yrporates recommen@ations affecting the existing s tem for pection and registration of Chinese immigrants. Acting upon the recent suggestion of John Goodnow, American Con- sul at Shanghai, the Secretary has advised that treaty arrangements th China be perfected which will permit of the location at various sese parts of departure of department officers who shall perform ajor part of the duties of inspection now incumbent upon the cials at the port of landing. When Consul Goodnow first offered this amendment to the 'ex- isting order of things to Commissioner of Immigration F. P. Sargent he urged the expediency of the change upon the grounds of economy of labor and of securing more fairness for Chinese seeking entry into this country. According to the Consul’s view, the examination of prospective voyagers to America who claim to be of the exempt class can be carried on in the ports of departure more expeditiously than in the port of arrival and with far more certainty of the detec- of frand. Not only that, but bona-fide exempts, against whom shadow of suspieion might easily be cast here in this country, with the more certainty prove their case before an examining board in their own country and the chances of injustice being done them would be thereby minimized. Upon the score of economy, if on no other, Secretary Metcalf’s recommendation should commend itself to favorable legislation. Under the existing regime the Chinese Bureau here in San Fran- cisco alone is kept at high pressure with work and suspected cases occupy the major part of Court Commissioner Heacock’s calendar. 1f the matter of identification of the individdal with that one de-| scribed in the franked certificate of the special examiner in China was the sole thing to occupy the attention of the local immigration inspectors the work of passing upon returning Chinese would be cut by a half. ; THE PRESS OF THE NATION. The fact that revival of business is on a conservative basis is cause for congratulation, as it assures continued improvement. In the rhonths since the checking of the “boom” the values of business enterprises have been re- adjusted; prices have receded to the point where demand meets them; a better proportion has been established between cost, profit and a price that will effect sales. out his plans, give the manufacturer a fair but not exorbitant profit and furnish the workman steady employment at living wages is a feature of the*| business revival so far as it has gone, and will no doubt characterize the | movement as it spreads though the various ramifications of industrjal and commercial enterprise.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. As a matter of fact, we reject any proposition involving the superior wis- dom of New York: ipecially those who dwell in the metropolis—tbuching any national questfon whatsoever. As we see it, New Yorkers are less in touch with the feelings, the aspirations and the ideas of the American people than Kansans or Nebraskans.—Washington Post. y A woman who is an inveterate beggar in New York has been sentenced by a Police Justice in that city to pay a fine of 10 cents a day for the next two wyears. In some States a pardon would be written out for that woman before the record of her conviction could be made up.—Arkansas Gazette. “We are not here to get all we can,” says young Mr. Rockefeller to his Rible class, Great heavens! What would they have got if they had reany tried ?—New York World. The Chicago clergyman who says that women are not angels has no reason to complain. It is much better to have them as they are—just ‘women.—Boston Globe. A readjustment of scales that will enable the consumer to carry | | BY OTHO *ADAM AND EVE B. SENGA. DAM—Adam Peyton Randolph lay stretched at full length under a dwarf pine tree. He yas big and | blonde, and good to look at. He H sang “Oh, Maryland, My Mary- land,” in a heavy bass which was not at all musical, and then laughed at his own failure. s “I reckon I wasn't around when singing voices were being distributed,” he said alound, “but this certainly is Paradise—an Eveless Paradise! And that’s what makes it Paradise—how a woman would speil all this! I hope the new owner of Sunny Slope doesn’t | intend to live there.” | He turned over lazily, and lay on his chest, supporting his chin in his hana, and gazing off toward the blue Chesa- peake from which the breezes brought the bracing saltiness of the inland sea. His Eve was coming, but of this he was blissfully unaware. She sauntered up the avenue of pines, looking de- lightedly about her, “A perfect Paradise!” she mur- |mured. *“I wonder if my land ends with my driveway, or does it extend | to that one over there.” She pushed her way between the rose bushes and entered the debated terri- tory, wandering aimlessly along, sing- ing softly and caressing the rose she had plucked in passing. At an unexpected turn she almost stumbled over the long sprawling legs of Adam Peyton Randolph. oh, pardon me!” she gasped in con- ion, "I did not know—" and then ing the courage of possible sion, she demanded, strip of land belong e?” ughed gayl And where are Adam and Evep” “There is no Eve, madam; Adam Is the owner of the place—Adam Peyton Randolph.” “Oh, ves, I know—he is the horrid, | cantankerous old thing who was so determined I should not buy Sunny Slope. My agent told me how this old nuser kept bidding and bidding until 1 had to pay twice what the place is worth.” The “old miser” sat up with sudden interest. “Oh, then you are Miss Endicott? I am so glad. I feared it was a North- erner who had bought the dear ola place.” “What pc ble difference could that make?” curiously. ‘Oh, a great deal,” not want them here. “May I ask,” with sudden hauteur, “why I should interest you?” “Because—well,” rising and holding big hand cordially, “because, Endicott, 1 am the ‘horrid, can- us old thi ' Adam Peyton vaguely, “I do olph, at your e; and 1 con- to a decided preference for South- women. I hope we shall be ds.” She put her slender hand in his de- murely. “I am very sorry,” with pre- ten: of contrition, “but you see, I couldn’t help being born in Massachu- sett ‘A thousand pardons, Miss Endicott, I beg. Your name should have warnea me, but you look so like a woman!"” ' % “1 consider that a compliment,” smil- ng. You mav well—the Southern women are the most beautiful under the sun; and T re that you look a true Southerne: The gravity of his manner saved the remark from the slightest flavor of im- pertience, and the girl smiled brightly. “Ang I am forgiven for for being a buying Sunny smiled in friendly fashion, but tone was very serious as he re- lied, “I am sorry I made it hard for u, but you see, I really wanted the ce. It ouce belonged to my father. 1 was born there. Under pressure of | circumstances, he sold that, as my mother preferred to keep Peyton's Paradise, where she was born. mother was a Peyton, he dly. The girl seemed troubled, and it was several seconds before she spoke. “I can’t help being glad that I suc- ceeded in buying the place, but I am sorry you failed. I realize that it must be very dear to you.” “You had more money than I, or you couldn’t have bought it,” he said, try- ing to speak lightly, “however, I thank you for vour considerate thought. Let us be friends, anyway, and perhaps you will let me come often to my birth place.” * “You shall play it is yours’ cor- dially, “as the children do—they are so ip “Doesn’t | to Sunny | o, madam,” replied the recumbent | “it belongs to Peyton's | and looked about o this really is Paradise, is it? | Southern | happy ‘making believe,’ you know. And will you let me come into your Paradise once in a while? Your roses are finer than mine.” “‘There is a path leading from your garden into mine. Come, let me show it to you. There, this little gate at my iend of the path shall be securely fast- | ened back, so,” fastening Iit.as he spoke, *“and now, whenever you choose,” with a sudden, strange ten- derness in his tone, “you shall enter | into, Paradise.” i Three months later Adam stood at | the gate of Paradise, bitterly despond- ent and unavailingly regretful. There had been a sudden growth of friendship during the long bright sum- jmer, and a leap into love. Then had | come the tempter in the guise of a | rich and suavely spoken Senator from | the North; and Adam’s heart had been | sore beset with jealous rage. Hot with | Southern anger, he had accused the girl of trifling wWith him—of making him the sport of her summer pastime | when she had not heart to give him. | - She had stood straight and tall ana | white, looking, in her clinging white gown, like his boyhood’s idea of a ghost. Then she spoke, and her voice was | — — | | | i ] “Oh, pardon me!” she gasped | in confusion. | == 3 cold, and touched Adam’s heated im- agination like sharpened icicles. “1 should certainly never give any man something for which he had not | asked,” and turning, she had disap- peared down the path leading away from Paradise. Manlike, it was hours before Adam realized the true meaning of her words» Then he had hastened to Sunny Slope. “Miss Eve done gone,” the old mammy had said, ‘her'n’ Massa Pratt done gone together. No, Miss Eve neb- ber said as when she’d come back.” He had wandered through the beau- tiful grounds of Paradise, visiting the “Rosary” where he had fostered and trained the most glorious beauties that Eve might have her choice each day of the glad, sweet summer, realizing with a sharp pang that the whole place seemed to share in the loneliness that possessed his heart. Without Eve, Paradise itself were desolation. Now, in the soft twilight, he stood at the garden gate, looking toward the {dim, old mansion half hidden in the pines, at Sunny Slope. He caught a glimpse of a light in her window—mammy was likely put- ting the room to rights. “Oh. Eve,” he cried, stretching out his arms toward the faintly gleaming light. “Eve, darling, how could I be 80 blind, and so unjust, when I love you so—I love you so!” A quick, light step sounded on the garden path, and a slender, white-claa figure rushed wildly toward him. “Adam, oh, Adam!” she panted. “I tried to go away, but I couldn’t. Am I too late, Adam? Is the gate closed to Paradise?” And he held her in his strong arms, whispering tenderly. “It could never be too late, Eve. We will go together into Paradise.” (Copyright, 1904, bv Otho B. Senga.) | L Danger in Smoking. Tt is estimated that about 20 per cent of the young men who recently applied to enter the naval academy have failed in the physical test, and the failures were largely due to the use of tobacco, resulting in the irregular beating of the heart. Nowadays, says the Baltimore Herald, physicians speak of *“the to- bacco heart,” a trouble caused by the excessive use of the weed. When the smoker develops into a “cigarette fland” the services of. a physician are neces- sary, but before this point is reached the heart may be permanently injured. [ THESE BARGAIN PRICES, Judson—Has your wife still a mania for bargains? Hudson—Oh, yes. She never asks me for $5; it's always $4 98. ¢ R The Classical Leg. “Artificial calves to suit all pur- poses” are advertised in Berlin by a “human taxidermist.” *“The calves supplied by our firm,” runs the an- nouncement, “have been designed by skilled anatomists and are modeled on the finest sculptures of classical anti- quity.” Natural Sequence. Stelle—So she married him for his fine presence? b Belle—Yes; and divorced him for his fine absence.—New York Sun., d4 THE SUNNY SIDE OF LIFE b . MUSEUM The Fat Woman—The armless won- der tells some awful funny things. The Bearded Lady—VYes; and he says them in such an off-hand way, too. 7 DECEMBER 13, 1904 IN UNITED STATES LESS THAN 10,000 MILLIONAIRES. There is a great misapprehension as to the number of milllonaires in New York and in the world. Chauncey M. Depew sald recenlty that there were 100,000 millionaires in the United States. According to a great commer- cial agency, which is probably nearer right, there are only 7000. The Fi- nanclal Red Book, a most carefuly compiled publication, gives the names of practically all the persoms in the United States who are supposed to be worth more than $300,000. there are only 15,000 names on the list. No claim is made that the name of every person worth that amount or more is given, but the proportion of those left out is extremely small, for a most ex- haustive investigation has been made. In the last few years there has been a marked tendency among men of wealth to conceal the amount of their world- Iy possessions. The first incentive in this resvect is the vulgar prominence given to the man that has lots of money, There are other reasons men have for suppressing knowledge of the amount of their wealth. Some wish to avoid heavy taxation and give false returns. Another man may have made his ’money in a business not commonly | supposed to be especially lucrative | and he dcesn't care to have his af- fluence blazoned forth to arouss competition. A BACHELOR’S REFLECTIONS It takes a woman to trust what is not go be trusted just because she | wants to. It must be lots of fun to be so rich you don't have to-spend a cent prove it® A swell dinner is a%good place to have none of the things you really like | to eat. When a woman wishes she were a Duchess it has something to do with a pearl necklace. Married men are very selfish not to think how many useless things their wives could buy with the money they spend for cigars. Politics is making a lie look like the truth. The time to hug a girl is when she knows if she screamed you wouldn’t dare. It's queer how much more exciting it is to have somebody else's wife pushed against you in a crowd. There is something very similar be- tween g man’s fondness for an ugly bulldog and a woman's for the same kind of a husband. A woman always has an idea she saves a great deal of money for her husband by spending # for him so that he cannot lose it in foolish in- vestmems.——NeW York Press. MY LOVER'S * A ROVER | world over, He fears not a tricks o' the sea. His Jieart is a-burning new lands to dis- cover, New dangers to brave and new faces to see. shoulder He greets all the maids and the men e may meet. All burdens seem lighter, all grow bolder When Dick is heard whistling his tune down the street. spirits | T sit at my window and dream in the gloaming When Dick’s far away and 'tis lonely am I But my heart follows, too, where my lover is roaming, folk passing by. Oh, my lover's a rover, he roams the world over (The sail-whitened harbor is all I can £l ee) — God grant you fair winds and bright for- tune, my lover— And may the next ship bring a letter to me! My heart's a bit weary of roaming and roaming. I 101‘1‘ h!or a rest, but a wild bird s he! Though lovers may wander, trus mates must be homin, I am proud of my %‘lck—bu( the poor heart of me! —Boston Transcript. Great Premium Offer. The San Francisco Call is meking a great premium offer to new subserib- ers. For every six months’ subscription it is shipping six beautiful rose plants in healthy condition. A choice of twen- ty select varieties is offered.—Grass Valley Union. e Townsend’s California Glace fruits in artistic fire-etched boxes. 715 Market st. and Wakelee's Drug Store. . —_—— Special information supplied daily_ te business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's, fornia street. Telephone Main GUESS S0, Katherine—Mrs. Tellit has a very ag- gressive chin. Kidder—Yes.. I guess that’s the rea- son Tellit’s chin is so retreating. to | J@ Y lover's a rover, he roams the hit all the | | whit all the| s ice you,” but it would be still better ‘With a kiss on the cheek or a slap on the | THE SMART SET= C. M. Oelrichs of New York gave an | elaborate dinner last evening at the St. | Francis. The green and gold room on | the mezzanine floor was an ideal set- |ting for the brilliant gathering; the | beauty of the room emphasized by*the richness of decoration. Poinsettias and ferns were abundantly employed, their | graceful arrangement, combined with crimson shaded candelabra, giving the | table an effect of a glorious red sun- | burst. The dinner hour was set for 7:30 o'clock, and an orchestra accompanied throughout the evening. Those bidden | to this affair, one of the most charm- | ing ever given at the St. Francis, were | Mrs. Eleanor Martin, Mr. and Mrs. | Downey Harvey, Mr. and Mrs. Brant, | Mre. Brooke, Mr. and Mrs. Hewitt, ! Captain and Mrs. Logan, Mr. Eldridge | of New York and Hermann Oelrichs. PR ) The engagement of Miss Leontine Blakeman and Lieutenant Robert | Franklin McMillan, U. 8. A., is a mat- ter for widespread congratulation, the | prominence and position of both young | people commanding a large number of | friends. The shafts of the little god, al- | ways interesting, do not always pro- duce emotions of genuine pleasure in the generality of interested onlookers. :Thls engagement, however, is an excep- | tion to the rule, for society is delighted. { Miss Blakeman is a daughter of Mr. | and Mrs. Theodore Z. Bigkeman and is |a maid of education and travel. She | graduated from Miss West’s school and has been widely in demand ever since | her debut a few years ago. Lieutenant | McMillan is a son of Colonel and Mrs. | James McMillan of ‘Washington, D. C. After graduating from the Philadelphia | Law School Lieutenant McMillan en- i listed, and has been through the Span- |ish war For the last year he has been at the IPrnidlo attached to the artillery corps. The wedding day is not yet decided upo mn. e e Mrs. George Evans of Seattle, who | has been visiting at the Presidio for | two months, was the guest of honor for | & short tour through Chinatown yester- | day afternoon. Charles H. Lombard, | the host, offered charming hospitality to the following guests in the party: Mrs. Gegrge Evans, Mrs. Tourtillot, | Mrs. Brown of London, Mr. and Mrs. | Allan Dunn of Honolulu, Mr. and Mrs. | Jules Mersfelder, John Gamble and | William Wright. . | Miss Gertrude Boyle is at the West- | minster, New York. | . Mr. and Mrs. Boobar), who went to Holland last spring, are in London for a short so- journ. Paris will be their next destina- in its far-reaching conflicts. | J. Marley Hay (Alfce | BY SALLY SHARP. tion, after which Mr. and Mrs. Hay will go to Switzerland to spend the hol- idays. . The Cap and Bells Club has planned an unusually interesting programme for its next social day, which occurs on De- cember 29. The tone of the affair will be of old colonial days, those partici- pating giving character sketches and songs. Sorosis Hall will be the meeting place, the numbers as follows: Wit and humor, by members; ye old-time quad- rille, given in old-time costume, Mrs. 3. P. Blumenberg and Miss Ena Lang- worth; “The Daughter of the Regi- | ment,” in costume, Miss Helen Darling | old-time dialect song, Mrs. Charles | Stewart; ye old-time romance, with sin- | gle minuetto, Mrs. W. P. Buckingham; “The Puritan Maiden,” Mrs. V. C. Drif- | flela. . . | The Couneil of Jewish Women will ‘héld a meeting on Thursday afterncon | in the Sunday-school rooms of the Tem- | ple Emanu-El. A programme of Ger- | man and Scandinavian songs will be rendered by Miss Ingeborg Resch-Pet- terson, and an address by Miss Julia | Hunter will be read. <. . Miss Frances Newlands, daughter of | Senator Francis Newlands of Nevada, has announced her engagement to Lieu- tenant Leopold von Breden of Ger- many. This announcement is of much interest in society circles of San Fran- cisco and Washington, D. C., where Miss Newlands is very prominent and a great favorite. . Anna Frances Briggs will hold an in- formal reception in her new studio at 639 Kearny street on Saturday after- noon, December 17. Miss Briggs has | moved into the rooms formerly used by | Bruce [Porter, opposite Clay street | plaza. ! . | Miss Mary Nichols, daughter of Bish- op Nichols, will be married on Thurs- | day at San Mateo to Philip Lansdale, Bishop Nichols officiating. The cere- mony will take place In St. Matthew’'s | Church and will be a very quiet affair. . . Mrs. Squire Varrick Mooney will be hostess at a tea on Saturday, to be held {n her home, 2010 Broadway. . . ! Miss Maud Payne entertained half a | dozen buds at luncheon yesterday. ! L - - t Mrs. James H. Follis will give a chil- | aren’s party in honor of her son, Ralph Gwin Follis, on December 24. | Mrs Alexander Keyes will give a ‘lluncheon to-morrow in honor of Miss Charlotte Wilson. —_— s ANSWERS ALTERNATIVE—S, N, City. It is preferable to say, “We have no alter- pative but to advige you,” to saying We have no alternative than to ad- | | to say, “There is no alternative, and therefore we advise you.” OLD COINS—Subscriber, Cal. Some old coins are Jenner, valuable, | TO QUERIES. self-addressed the in- spondent incloses a and stamped envelope with quiry, describing the coins, FINANCIAL STANDING—S. S. | Oakland, Cal. The department of An- swers to Queries is not a mercantile | agency and for that reason doed mot an- | swer questions relative to the financial standing of any individual. business house or institution. For such infor- but this department does not advertise | mation as you desire about an insur- the value of such. Questions of that ance company address a letter of in- | kind are answered when the corre-!quiry to the Insurance Commissioner. | Though I seem to be watching the ' MIRROR OF D Waist by Several Rows of PLANTS ARE A Smart Rain Coat of Gray Cravenette, Trimmed With Heavy Cord and Gray Bone Buttons. The Coat Is Fitted to the AME FASHION | Shirring. e e ? \FLORIST SAYS THAT THE CALL'S ROSE HIGH-CLASS. —— J. SEULBERGER, FLORIST AND SEEDSMAN, 414 FOURTEENTH STREET. OAKLAND, Dec. 20, 1904. Editor The Call—I note per your announcement that it is inten! to supply your subscribers with rose plants. Permit me to o e on this highly commendable enterprise, and also compliment you on the par- ticular varieties selected, which I can recommend as high class particu~ larly adapted to the climate of this State. Yuun::nly kot congratulate you J. SEULBERGER.