The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 14, 1904, Page 8

L] NCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, 'DECEMBER 14, 1904. THESANFRANCISCOCALL JOHX D. SPRECKELS. ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO JOHN McNAUGHT PUBLICATION OFFICE. THE FOREST BILL. drawn by the members of the Federal Bureau h members of the Waters and For- me features that suggest discussion. The for- e are properly to be in charge of a chief for- be nominated by the Federal Bureau of Forestry and t Yet this position is to be a State office, T or. nality of a provision which restricts to office by inviting a nominating power zlso of questionable constitutionality be- L g power of the Governor. t to act, the State has no power inting power of the Go or 2 State office and its necessity is e purpose is landable, to se- d Federal authorities. But ex- a proposition constitutional, i, since the proposed law “ontroller would with- ern: " powers upon the forest icers, with power to make ard are also empowered to ing and other means to i to promote the same through hat the law will conflict 1 laws and regulations uld not be com- course of study st is on fire the forester may subpena upon citizens to bring pensation being 20 cents be found to work badly eople who will highly esteem n, and there will be same regn Such ten- tection of an of- at the offense is g the policy of offer- n has really de- a train or sawing a , lest publication of ward and then claim st fires offer sure and es, set by those y years ago thc g done in the Mariposa e to make such provision fighting. fir forest e therefo e as possible, and be drawn rather forest protection, to be per- ned. A ponderous.and costl S g e s BRIP4 1S not good 1n the b(mnnmf; end on of immigration consideration. The y not be for long delayed if there was lization of the extent to which the d night by the army of new | of course agree with the President is no danger of having too many immi- So long as human nature remains what it ich superfluity. The country was built up always room and a welcome for energy, gence and for character. America is the last country in the u e such qualities as these, or to turn them from Ve are, however, confronted with the fact that the na- migration has radically changed. In the early days re is no fear of any st as resource, who left his own country the poorer for his and who enriched the land of his adoption by his labor and by In some instances that is of gourse still the case, but the too often the fact. ry large proportion of those who come to America from the es of Europe confer, by their departure, a2 benefit upon their land. License is their only conceptibn of liberty and they er to their new homes all those unenviable characteristics ich they have neither the will nor the inclination to change. They do not come as guests, nor as those who worthily seek for a new | home, but rather as an invading army entering the country for the | purpose of possessing it. They know little of free institutions and they care less, preférring to herd together in their own communitics where they may preserve the most undesirable features of their for- mer life, and where they will be entirely free from the contagion of cleanliness, sanitation or social and political progress.' | How far this state of things constitutes an increasing menace | to American integrity must be left for executive decision, which elone can check the human flood, which is no longer composed of the enterprising and the frugal, but rather of those who do not promiss | to be more ornamental to the country of their choice than they have been to the countries of their origin. That the President has included in his message a matter of such vital import will be a mat- ter for widespread congratulation. Under no circumstances can we allow the prevailing standard of life to be lowered, nor the present level of citizenship to be degraded. Remedial measures must be found and we need not doubt that they will be found. Undesirable ! immigrants must be returned in larger numbers, the qualifications for admission must be raised, and it may eventually be found ad- visable to enlist the aid of the American consular service in order that the embarcation of undesirables may be hindered. Fraudulent naturalization is the direct outcome of indiscriminate immigration | and they would disappear together. | The President points out that, accord’u& to the constitution, it: is in the power of Congress “to establish a uniform rule of natural- ization,” and this being so there should be no delay in the matter. That conditions of naturalization should vary in different States and that even the certificates should difier in wording and appearance is not consomant with national unity or national dignity, and we can ! hardly wonder that such documents should be viewed with distrust | in foreign countries. Evidences of American citizenship should be like Caesar’s wife—above suspicion. e Even Boston draws the color line somewhere. The tenants of a high- priced apartment house in the Back Bay are in high dudgeon because a colored woman has secured a lease of one of the flats. One of them goes so - far as to protest that her admission constitutes “one of the greatest ou that any Bostonian has had to stand for.” ton say?—Providence Journal Z trages ‘What more could even Charles- DO hope the cars won't rum| BY FRANK H. SWEET. wagon and old Charlie. Besides, Betty bad thought the hired man might as roads; ome led up to the station a quarter of a mile away, the other went ! off the track,” said Betty $fl- | well kill two birds with one stone: 50 on to the village two or three times vester, as she put the finishing | he was taking a load of produce along, | that distance. Jethro was looking at touches to her sister’s cos-)which he would peddle after leaving! “What is it?” she asked. tufhe and then stood back gnd h’-'orus at the station. As she climbed | “Why—why—do yeu reckon you studied the effect critically. “It's | up beside Jethro—who did not offer or | could y.m"up to “the depot?” per- fiyt in the face|Gream of offering assistance—Dorcas suasively. “"Tain’t but a step. You 5. pwtpeious ;. £/ 7 | thought how much easier it would be | sce,” apologetically, as he moted the of providence to go switching off; i gl < el >/ behind ome of them engines that| ain't like nothing human nor divine. | But here’s your aunt Beulah dov!n sick in bed and writing to us, and, th land knows, I can't go, with all the farm and cows and cooking, and three hired men here; and they do say she's got a splendid house, with car- pets and bathroom and all, and we're the only kin. There, I think that will do. Yes, it's a shame we've never been to see her, and she being there ; years, and the last five all by | But it's a hundred miles, stands to reason we couldn’t go in a wagon, and I won't be switched across the land by one of them snort- ing railroad ngs that hasn’t been in the neighborhood scarcely a year, end folks still jumping just to hear s, that will do,” and step- ard quickly she dabbed a sister’s ear. “Now d write soon’s d don’t be set up by Aunt Beulah’s house. ng will happen. But to travel round and il likely have a real it's a shame Aunt Beu. door and I never been But there! I ust run pickle will plumb . You look real Dorcas.” And with this invel- compliment Betty ster d the kit leaving blushing and irightened— blushing at the unusual compliment d at the prospect of her n the cars. er of years Dorcas had At first he had confined ion to stolen glances across s and across the church, and when his manhood to elaborate toilet eaning against the fence, admiring Dor- king crops. Later ont gate, gener- s mouth, to sit r in the gioam- but looking at orcas. On cold s the hour hsdi been passed in the cozy sitting-room, playing checkers and popping corn. 1 had been spoken, | ood In the house, ole neighborhood, that i i i i | b2 the sto s would be united e, John Baldwin's allowed him to get that | | far. tly down the steps to agon | Dorcas gave one | idwin house stood half hid- | v itz towering elms. was John's buggy standing in the road | before the house, and his fast horse | could reach the. station in one-half the time they could make with the farm <+ and milk, progress wrc | they had arranged | but before half the distance had been ! set, with a firmness his lips had never | traveled they heard the sharp whirr | known before. | of John's approaching JAs he flashed by he was bending over | stopped and heiped her in Jobn's spring bugsy than in this BN o R T8 He was beside the carriage when it stopped and helped her out, b 3 heavy wagon, which jolted and rum- bled over the rough country roads. | But still she feit very happy. Although | you there all right.” neither she nor John had thought of such an audaclous thing as his offering to act as escort, yet the presence of the buggy meant that he intended to keep somewhere in her vicinity, to have an oversight of her safety—per- haps he would even go on the train, | riding in one of the adjoining cars. As the load of produce included eggs Id be slow, and n early start; buggy wheels. in ostentatious search of something un- der the seat, but he gave her a bashful side glance which plainly said: “Don't be uneasy, Dorcas; I'll see that things go right.” By the time he straightened up he road. But the glance had sent a soft Yes, there |color to her face, which lingered there through the long, rough ride, until finally she was aroused by a gruff: “Jerusalem! Whoa, there, Charlie!” They were at the junction of two e S —————————————————————# | i the seledtion of usbands. pretty morning wrapper of mingled gray and red silk, A trimmed with bands of red vel ribbon adorn the front and cuffs. vet ribbon. Bows of gray satin —— ANSWERS TO QUERIES. TWO COUNTIES—S., City. The area of Tulare County, California. is 4935 square miles, according to the Califor- nia Blue Book. That of Santa Barbara County is 2450 square miles. The area of Rhode Island is but 1250 saquare miles. SONG BIRD—E. M. C,, City. If you have a canary bird that was a fine sing- er but suddenly stopped singing, it is probable that the bird has been spoiled CONTRACT MARRIAGES—M. M. M., Alameda, Cal. Contract marriages are no longer recognized in California. As to the merits of the particular n—nmumfi_b# ment cannot say, as the answer would have to be in the nature of legal ad- vice, which this department does not A METRONOME—Subscriber, Oak- land, Cal. The object of the metro- nome is to ascertain how many min- utes, crochets, etc., of a given piece of music are to be performed in one min- ute. The numbers on the scale have reference to a minute of time, i e, when the welght is placed at 50 it means that there will be fifty beats or ticks of the instrument in each min- ute. The rate at which.any given piece of music is to be played is thus wagon’s just turning the corner down yonder, and if he gets in town ahead | of me he selis his stuff, and if I !in ahead of him I seil my stuff; i !1 sell my stuff, like Mies Betty counts | on, why, she ain’t going to fuss at me {much. See? Of course, I'm here to |take you to the depot, and will now, | if you say the word: but it's bound to | put me in behind Ben. And ’tain’t but |a step.” “Oh, Il walk, Jethro,” laughed | Dorcas; and, placing a hand upon the !end of the seat, she sprang lightly to | the ground. “And you needn’t teil | Betty, either.” | It was a very dainty figure that went up the road toward the station; and though she did not know it, the rich, | soft goods in her frock, taken from the | 0ld chest in the garret, had again come into fashion. SO s 2~ A whistle sounded in the distance, | and Dorcas uttered a low cry of dis- may. The train was approaching, and she had thought there was plenty of time. Could she make it by running? But a swift glance toward the station checked the impulse even as she sprang forward. The station was still an eighth of a mile away, and she could | see several carriages driving up to it and people standing on the platform. What a spectacle it would be for them to see a woman racing with the train! | Besides, she could not hope to reach it} |In time. Jethro— There was the swift approach of | carriage wheels, a palr of splendid bays | stopped beside her, and she looked up |into the reassuring face of a young | drummer who was selling mowing ma- chines in the neighborhood. Before she was aware of his Intention he had sprung to the ground and lifted her into the carriage and they were whirl- ing away, with a long, circling cloud of | dust trailing behind. “Don’t you worry, young la: ! drummer shouted cheerily; " the il get | What John Baldwin's feclings were | {as he stood on the platform watching | none but himself ever knew. He saw { Jethro stop and Dorcas get out; then | he heard the train whistle and he saw | her start to run, and realized that his |place was down there on the dusty | road by her side instead of with the | curious people at the station. When ' | the drummer stopped and took her in | the young farmer’s face grew hard and | He was beside her carriage when it out; then | quietly and authoritatively, with al | the spectators looking on, he drew her | | arm within his own. | | “Come, Dorcas,” he sald, “we must { hurry to catch the train. T'll get the | tickets. Yes,” in answer to her won- glance up the slope to where | was disappearing round a bend in the | dering expression, “I'm going right on | with you to where your aunt lives—sit in the same seat, too, to keep off idrummers and things. And I shail stay around to come back with you when the visit is over. Come on!™ (Copyright, 1904, by Frank H. Sweet) | SUNDAY IN TOWN HE sun is misty yellow and the sky | is hazy blue, ¥ Apd the chime-bells ring out quaintly, Near and deeply, fair and faintly, Each one following its fellow in an echo clear and true, Through the streets, clean-swept for leisure, Many feet make haste toward pleasure, | And the sound is as the rustling of the leaves in paths we knew, i I wish I were a-walking in the | autumn woods with you! i ! How Oh, the fragrance of the hollows that the little brooks ran through! | Oh, the scarlet maples burning Like a torch at every turning, On the way my spirit follows in a dream forever new— Where from the quiet, meadows, Dim beneath the mountains’ shadows, Came the clank of swinging cow-bells down the softest wind that blew. Oh, T wish I were a-walking in the au- tumn woods with you! distant We have had our fill of roving where | spring blossoms bound the view. We have played in your Romances, Danced the nymph-and-shepherd | dances; | Now the summer of our loving glows | and throbs about us, too, In our eye the light yet vernal, In our hearts the fire eternal, And when time has touched the branches and our rose-leaf days are few, Oh, it's then I'd still be walking in life's autumn woods with you. —Caroline Duer, in Scribner’s. R SPINSTER'S REFLECTIONS It's awfully insulting when a car gets 80 crowded that a man can’t conveni- ently read his paper, and has got to see that ladies are standing. During the honeymoon a woman tries to make people think she’s been mar- ried a long time. Afterward she wishes her husband would act like a real brand-new, attentive groom. There would be few marriages if girls belleved that they were not going to ! have any better luck than their friends Writing a love letter makes some people feel as foolish as falling up- stairs when there’s some one to see the mishap. HOME COOKERY. Lyonnaise Potatoes.—Fry a rounding tablespoon of chopped onion in a rounding tablespoon of butter until yel- low. Sprinkle two cups of cold boiled j potato, cut in dice, with a level tea- spoon of salt and a saltspoon of pepper. Turn into the frying-pan with the but- ter and onion and cook until the po- tatoes have taken up all the butter. Stir in a tablespoon of chopped parsley and serve. % Cream Fruit Pudding.—Dissolve one- quarter box of gelatin In one-quarter cup of cold water. Mix two cups of thick cream with -two cups of cream and beat light, add the gelatin, tablespoon of vanilla, and one powdered sugar. Beat well E 1 +THE SMART SET> BY SALLY SHARP. Preparations for Miss Eiste Clifford’s “coming out” party on Friday evening are very elaborate and the affalr, a cotillon, is party. The Arts and Crafts buflding on sidio avenue will be the sceme of fes- tivity, and a more delightful hall for dancing and merrymaking could not be imagined. It will be garianded and trimmed lavishly with the bright holly berries and their leaves, Imparting the real Christmas and bholiday atmos- phere. Nearly a hundred young people have | been bidden and the cotilion will de-| velop some beautiful and original fig-/ ures. In the first set, led by Miss Ciif- ford and Lieutenant Pratt, are to be Miss Maude Payne, Miss Carol Moore, Miss Maisie Langhorne, Miss Eisa| Draper, Miss Edna Davis, Miss Sybil| Hodges, Miss Ireme Sabin, Miss Ruth| Houghton, Miss Ysabel Brewer, Miss| Ursule Stone, Miss Evelyn Clifford, Miss Charlotte Wilson, Miss Margaret Hyde-Smith, Lieutenant Ro:k'ell.‘ Lieutenant Hanna, Lieutenant Ander-| son, Lieutenant Claud, Lieutenant| Robinson, Lieutenant Chandler, Sid-| ney Salisbury, Herbert Jones, Harvey| Hunt, Arthur Fennimore, Maxwell )ln-l ton, Frank Brown, Du Val Moors,| Courtney Ford, James Cameron, Sher- | rill Schell, Richard Hammond, William | Goldsborough, Hewitt Davenport. Two | Christmas trees, upon which will be| hung favors, will be encircled by the, dagcers, winding, unwinding, graceful- ly, Intricately, creating a figure of beautifu}, undulating motions. As the+ dancers approach the tree in turn are| the favors taken off. This occasion will surely be a fairyland picture with | its brightness of flowers, faces, gowns and brilliantly festooned Christmas trees and a party to rouse the highest enthusiasm of youthful spirits. | Miss Evelyn Clifford is not yet out| of school, attending, as did her sister, | the Irving Institute, but she will be a| participant on this memorable evening. ¥ ¥ e Miss Ruth Powers was formally pre- | sented to soclety yesterday by her pa- | rents, Dr. and Mrs. George Herman/| Powers. A tea from 5 to 7 brought many friends to wei€ome and congrat- ulate the young debutante. Miss Powers is a well-trained musician| and this has brought her somewhat before the public previous to yester-| day’s happy occasion. The tea was| followed by a charming dinner given to the receiving party and an equal num- | ber of men. fairly bubble, burst| week. Beginning | = charity ball will en-! Animation and overflow with the 2ist, tice the humane and tender-hearted for| the sake of those many homeless ba-) | THE SUNNY SIDE OF L NOT UP-TO-DATE. Beggar—I used ter do a good busi- ness, lady, but there’s nothin’ in my line now. Lady—What was your line? Beggar—I was a Cuban War victim. | WHAT THE BABY DID. “Where’s your little brother to-day, Johnnie?” to be aiso a Christmas | aw Pre. | sembly, for the 27th, is an | for the devotees of Terpsic ! happy times to look forward to!l And, bles. The Friday Night Club, under | the skiliful guildance Edward M | Greenway, will bring out the pretty | maids, belles and matrons, with all afiable dancing men. Then the As- her wooer jore. What of again, all the intervening pieasures of luncheons, dinners and teas, secondary never, but for the coming ten days they must give temporarily full sway to these “big” affairs which will flow and ebb with the yule-tide. g gl Miss Fleanor Haber will give evening of (Thursday) in the St room at 9 o'clock The fo M Richard Tobin, Mrs. Leon Sloss, Mrs Bertha Lilienthal, Dr. and Mrs. S Kahn, Mr. and Mrs. Norris King vis, Mr. and Mrs. A Stern, Mr ] Mrs. Mark Gerstle, James D. Pheian. i 6 @ Mra. John L Sabin and Miss Irens Babin held their second yesterday, recelving through erncon a large number of visttsra O Miss Anna Strunsky will lees: fore the Forum Club llam Morris, Artist, - The subject. of interes: im be magnified by the speakss one of the most graceful, ===y lightful woman lecturers ye before the clubs of this city. aY o @ The engagement of Miss Blakema and Lieutepant McMillan is crea rapidly more affairs on fhe social tas To-day a dinner will be given in ho of the newly betrothed pair by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Greers. Lis and Mrs. Perry of the Presidio will tertain, aiso at dinner, Miss Blakeman and Lieutenant McMillan on Friday. ® e g S afr- v Mrs. C. Frederick Kohl entertalned at a large tea yesterday afternoon at the Palace. . Mme. Caro Roma will give an iIn- formal tea and musicale on Thursday afternoon (to-morrow) at her home on Devisadero street. . . The charity ball, which will take place at the St. Francis on December 21, promises to be a well-attended and fashionable affair. As it is for the ben efit of the San Francisco Nursery for Homeless Children, the charity is one that appeals to the hearts of all BT Mr. and Mrs. Jayson Gould (Daisy Burns) are In their new home on De- visadero street. and will receive on third Fridays. —_— HE ENEW. Tattered Ted—When I was in London I appeared at court. Frayed Fagon—Drunk and disorder- ly, or disturbing the peace?