The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 21, 1905, Page 8

8 THE SA THE SANFRANCISCO CALL . SPRECTELS <seseesess.. . Proprietor ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO JOHN McNAUGHT... POBLICATION OFFICE RUSSIAN CRITICISM. HE Novoe Vremya, an official organ at St. Petersburg, is much [ pleased at the disagreement of the Senate with President Roose- velt over the arbitration treaties, and improves the occasion by | American diplomacy. Among the things to which it ob-| Secretary Hay's note on the neutrality of China, and his d_c-: that the administrative entity of that empire be respected in T irring ng — present war. ! It be said in charity for the St. Petersburg paper that it | ican diplomacy because-it cannot understand it. 1t is a | the ignorant and superstitious that they cither fear or laug}fl t they cannot comprehend. The Russian idea of diplomacy is the antithesis of the American. The Russian idea has succeeded in | deali with the khanates, by which they were cheated and 11t had uccessiul career in Eastern Asia until who replicd to its paltering and false- fleet at Port Arthur and defying the s in battie. stances of Russian diplomacy in Eastern mory of the worid. She found in the 1se 10 send an army south of the Amur River concerted powers and move to the relief ofy After that relief was accomplished the for- g representing the concerted powers, in con- i commanders, made an agreement to fixed date. This agreement was made ! atic honor and also upon military honor. Japan ob- iid Great Britain, France, Germany, the United States nation concerned, except Russia. She kept her army on nd made supplementary agreements, fixing other dates n, all of which she violated. pose of this perfidy, this diplomatic and military dis- was disclosed when our Minister, Mr. Conger, notified his sovernment that Russia was trying to make a secret treaty, by v China, using the presence of her army on Chinese soil empire into the compact. Upon receipt of this informa- | on our Government protested, whereupon the Russian Minister for | ] gn Affairs, Count Lamsdorf, ordered his diplomatic represen- t Washington, Count Cassini, to deny that any such treaty 1 been proposed, and to impeach the veracity of Mr. Conger. Fol- g this the Chinese Foreign Office furnished Mr. Conger with enticated copy of the proposed treaty and a statement of the | ive means used by Russia to compel assent to it by the Chinese | Government Now this series of events proved Russia to be destitute of diplo- matic and military honor, and to have descended to common lying ! impeach Minister Conger. Not only to the United States, but to other nations, Russia has disclosed this hardened disregard for truth honor in her diplomacy. The most recent instance was her en- | v false charge that neutrality had been violated by China. Had | t not Been for Secretary Hay that falsehood would have served as a pretext for carrying the war over into Chinese territory, which was ay encountered sinkir of nati by at ever inese soil evac The Atio! the coerc | ! ontrast between Russian and American diplomacy is t. Secretary Hay stated the purpose of using our army and v in the Boxer war on Chinese soil. Their use did not vary a r's breadth from that purpose. We left Chinese soil when we 1 we Id. Secretary Hay wanted the open door policy in Chi- commerce. He said so to the other nations, and the open is there. He wanted safety and respect for Chinese jurisdiction | territory in the present war, and said so, to the nations, and they | assented. American diplomacy is direct, frank and truthful, and proceeds upon the fact that a straight line is the shortest distance between two points. It has set the pace for the diplomacy of the | . Russia will rage and go on insisting that a crobked line s the shortest distance between two points, but her style of diplo- macy is destined to disappear. Nobody believes an.\‘t-hing that is either by her military or diplomatic representatives, and her diplomatic and military honor is diseredited and disbelieved. The | Novoe Vremya sneers at the President’s “cornucopia of arbitration | treaties.” Americans prefer it to Russia’s Pandora’s box of false- hoods, broken promises and perfidy. A the Census Bureau, contains conclusive proof that these two inventions have passed beyond the range of conveniences and are now one of the absolute necessities of modern urban life. Leav- | ing railroads out of consideration, there is no other common commod- | ity that commands such a wide range of use or that answers so gen- | erally the demands of business and everyday affairs. Electric light and electric traction have not the grip upon present day necessity | that these two contrivances for the speedy transmission of thought | hold. & Thomas Commerford Martin, the compiler of these statistics, es- timates that in the year 1902, for instance, there were no less than | WO Nehe TELEPHONES AND TELEGRAPHS. BULLETIN upon telephones and telegraphs, just issued by | wires throughout the country. In 1880 the census recorded | that there were 348 exchanges in the, land; in 1902 there | were 10,361. At the time when -the latest figures were taken there were 2,315,297 telephone appliances in use, or one for every thirty-four inhabitants of the nation. In fact, the telephone is rapidly overshadowing the telegraph in general utility. The for- mer interest was represented in 1902 by an outlay of é348,000,000 capital as against $163,000,000 invested in the latter. The telephone gave employment to 64,628 wage earners, and the telegraph to 24,978. The telephone has in use four times as many miles of wire as its companion contrivance. : The preponderance of general use which the telephone enjoys is | in large measure due to the specialized functions given it in the con- duct of large city systems. Mutual exchanges between business houses, the connection of departments of one large concern by tele- phonic communication and kindred elaborations upon the original function of the instrument have all made it one of the prime factors of industrial and social life to-day. l enough with the pistol to put the man out first. In most of these cascs the same dismal story is told of the fool man threatening to kill the woman, and she, foolish on her part, neglecting to have him put under restraint. It is time that lawmakers and the medical profession combined in recognition of this furor that attacks a certain sort of men. When one makes™threats to kill a2 woman unless she marry or elope with him it should be classified as a special kipd of crime, and be pun- ished with the utmost sevérity. Such Cl’(‘XUres deserve, and should have, no mercy. : It is 2 form of crime that seems to be upon the increase. Tt bas struck down victims that had never desired nor encouraged the attentions that end in murder. Good wofnen are made the prey of erotic fools, who force their presence upon them. Existing law is not sufficient to restrain or punish these creatures. We beg fo sug- gest that the women voters in the States that have female suffrage can find in this matter a legitimate object of attention, Having the ballot, they can use it, if they will, to secure legislation that will be gladly followed in the non-suffrage States. The crime is getting to be the odium of our civilization. It is so common that there s a KILLING WOMEN.: N the last two months the papers have recorded the murder and attempted murder of a score of women, either by jealous suitors or beastly husbands: To offset this only one woman was handy | how much it meant to her to see Billy { chin with the delicious air of authority | sure as fate. 000,000,000 telephone conversations carried on over the countless | “I want you to take KEleanor home to Airslie, BilL” SRR e (3 | —_— WANT to see Mr. MacDonald now, please.” The girl stopped short in front of Caxton's desk, alert and slightly aggressive. Caxton cut short his didtating and turned toward ppr With courteous attentiveness and inward annoyance. Many persons wished to see Mr. MacDonald—now. The position of private secretary to| Mr. MacDonald required many diplo- | matic dodges and evasioms. At first| sight of the girl's face he was on his feet, looking down at her with eager, ging recognition. “Bill; She said it softly. It would never do to let the stenographer guess just at that moment, but perhaps Billy knew. He was a goose if he did not, with her looking into his eyes in the | old, glad way, and her lips smiling a tremulous welcome at him. Caxton’s hand gripped the side his desk. He tried to keep steady, to remember all that might have hap- ned in three years, but all he could was: You've come back.” “Back forevermore.” All her heart | was in her voice. ‘“Where's papa. I didn’t know that you were here.” Caxton ignored her last remark, but it brought him up short from the rose- colored dreams of three years ago. “Mr. MacDonald is in his private office. Doesn’t he expect you?” “No, he doesn’t.” She hesitated with laughing nervausness. “I’'m not sure of a welcome even. I've—Billy— I've run away.” “Run away? From Airslie?” had not even heard she was home. She shook her head. “Not Airslie. I haven’t been home at all. I only landed this afternoon— on the ‘Cedric’ You remember old! Fanny, mamma’s maid? She is with! me. And I've run away from mamma ! and Europe, and Deighton.” & | “Dgighton? I thought—" stopped short. “1 know. Everybody thought so. So did mamma. So did Deighton. | But I knew, you see.” She raised her of He | He he knew so well, and as their glances met her own was full,of sudden en- treaty. “Billy, I couldh’t stay over there. You ought to.see him. And you know mamma. Jf I had stayed she would have tumbled me overboard So I simply ran away.” An electric button buzzed impa- tiently at Caxton’s desk, and he glanced toward the door of the pri- vate office. = Showing a modish evening trimmed with shirring and ruffles of Louisine silk the same feeling of approval when a woman successfully gonducts her own defense with a gun, » 4 5 -The Runaway: BY IZOLA FORRESTER. | a living at present. Shall I tell him you are here?” “No. I want to surprise him. You stay right here, Billy. I'll answer that.” The man in the private room did not turn at the opening of the door. “‘Call up Judd and Holmes, Caxton. Tell Judd I'm not in town. You don't know anything about the M. K. stock if he asks you.” Eleanor walked quickly over to the desk and folded her arms around his neck and laid her cheek to his. “Hello, papa,” she said softly. MacDonald jumped from his chair, She felt her first shock of shyness as he faced her. He certainly was not glad to see her. In fact, he looked be- yond her at the door, with anything but a pleasurable expectancy. ““Where’s your mother?” “In London, with old Lady Deigh- ton.” | . His brow cleared, and he looked at| his daughter with more attention. It was three years since he had seen either her or her mother. He had | never denied to himself that their de- ‘While there ; | parture had been a relief. had been no trouble, as the world | views domestic trouble, there had cer-: tainly been incompatibility of temper in large doses, and Mrs. MacDonald's sudden decision that Eleanor needed Continental finish had been a most welcome peg on which to hang the argument. The one great shock of Eleanqr's reappearance had been the | fear of the argument’s immediate dis- lodgment from its peaceful of neutrality. Eleanor gripped her gloves tightly. If only he would look a little pleasant. She plunged ahead recklessly. “I didn’t cothe over alone, papa. I brought Fanny with me. Mamma doesn’t know that I'm here. Oh, please don’t. Not just yet,” as her father looked up to speal “Please wait till I tell you. I know it was a terrible thing, but it was all I could do. Mamma had even set the day of the wedding, and I hadn’'t accepted him yet.” “Accepted who?”" “Why, you know, Deighton. Mamma’s little Lord Deighton.” MacDonald shook his head in dis- sent. “Your mother has not seen fit to keep me posted on current events in peg Europe,” he said. “We met him last winter in Lon- don Eleanor went on. ‘“Mamma simply grabbed at him. He was brand new, and had only just come into the title. And mamma told him all about us, or at least she told old Lady Leighton, his mother, and how vou were godd for a couple of million anyway, and they fixed it up. So you see there wasn’t anything for me to do but run away.” Y MacDonald did not speak for an in~ stant. He wanted to laugh. If ** had been possible, he would have enjoyed parting with a small portion of that couple of million he was good for to have seen Mrs. MacDonald’s expres- sive face when she found her plans had gone astray. As for the girl, he regarded her helplessness. expert at de: and eccentr! character. “Papa, I saw Billy Caxton out in the office. What is he doing here?” “Caxton went under. Bill's earning I wouldn’t rattle him if I were you. He needs a level head for a few years.” “And you are helping him?” volce was eager. “He doesn't need much help; only a chance. The boy will land on his feet. Caxton died.” “Oh!” Eleanor drew in her breath sharply. They had been in trouble, and she had not known it. Billy might have written. He had never written to her at all. Suddenly the remembrance of the look in his eyes returned to her. He thought it would make a difference to her. She gath- ered her courage to the point of ac- tion. “Papa, I think you ought to know— I don’t know whether you do or not. Perhaps vou do, and that's why vou're good to Billy.” She came over to his chair and.perched herself on its arm as she used to Go three years before. “I like Billy, and I know he cares for me. He told me so three years ago. T promised him then there would never be any one else. That's why I He had never been an ling with the intricacies ies of the temhy‘ne Her FASHION'S MIRROR ctipe in pastel blue broadcloth, shade. Velvet buttons and silk cord ornaments complete the adornment. with a new sense of | -| the family. ‘RANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1905 SERVIAN 1S OLDEST| MAN IN THE ORLD, . TOVAN ZIKITSCH says he is the oldest person in the world. He has passed 117 years and has the records to prove it. Others have declared they ate older, but Zikitsch refuses to believe them, because, he says, they haven't pro- duced the evidence. Zikitsch lives near Nish, Servia. and is wonderfully vigorous, with clear memory, good eyesight and strong, hearty voice. He has much to say of his adven tures in fighting against the Turks in his earlier years. He took part in the war which gave the Greeks their free- dom. THE MIRROR'S PHILOSOPHY by chance, a window A mirror met, pane. “Good friend,” the latter begged, you explain Why our good mistress lavishes on you Such loving care and such devotion true, ‘While I, though ever eager for a chance To serve, am seldom favored with a glance?” “The reason, gossip, is not far to seek,” Replied the mirror as he rose to speak: “Through you each day her neighbors’ charms are shown; 1, wiser, tell of nothing but her own.” —J. Forsyth Smith, in Lippincott's. FOOCTOR ON AUTOMOBILES 1 know of no reason why a man or woman, Wwith average sound limbs and good vision, should not be able to successfully pilot an au- tomobile over our ordinary country roads or city streets. It is remarkable how quickly one’s timidity vanishes and how soon we attain a feeling of confidence. As we learn our machine we find that it is easy to control and simple to manage. The nervous pa- tient, no matter how timid, need not fear to take the first lesson at the steering wheel; what appears to be dif- ficult and perplexing at first soon be- comes easy and fascinating. A good deal of nonsense has been written about the strenuous automobile face, and the effects of wind and dust upon the eyes and lungs. Most of the faces I notice in the au- tomobiles that pass reflect content- ment and happiness. depressing or particularly strenuous about riding in or driving a motor car at a respectable gait, even through the crowded streets. — Leslie’s Monthly. “can ran away, dear. I wanted you and Billy. Now, won't you let me stay?” MacDonald pushed the electric huts ton under his desk. Caxton entered the room. “I want you to take Eleanor home to Airslie, Bill. You may telephone out for them to have things ready. She s not going back to Europe. I'll be out on the 6:45. I am going to cable Mrs. MacDonald.” He kissed Eleanor and went out of the office, shutting the door after him. Caxton walted. He was not sure. Three years is a long time. Eleanor rajsed her tear-wet lashes and looked at him. “Must I say it again, Billy?” she asked, and throwing judgment to the winds, Billy took the figure in brown close in his arms. “Say it again,” he said. Europe was far away, Eleanor leaned her head back on his shoulders and smiled up at him. ‘“There isn’t anybody else in all the world,” she said. (Cgl);yflght. 1905, by T. C. Me- NOVEL DEFENSE. MAKES A A blind man named Green made a curious defense at Birmingham, g~ land, to a charge of smashing a plate- glass window worth £15. He had been blind, he said, for seven years. On the night in question he cried for assistance to cross the road, but no one came. Then he heard some one at a distance, and struck at what used, when he could see, to be boards surrounding waste ground. He was astounded when he heard the sound of broken glass. The jury acquitted him and he was discharged. Iceless Budapest. Ice is so difficult to obtain at Buda- pest that an effort is being made to secure a law compelling all apothe- caries to keep supplies of it for per- sons who need it in case of illness in —_———— d’s Cala. Glace Fruits, in ar- ‘Townsen: 7| tistic fire-etched boxes. 10 Kearny st. * fisksri i ot m“hm and mmw: ouses and pul . Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 30 Calix Torala stieet.” Telephons Matn K043, % | | i | The Smart Set BY SALLY SHARP. Lawrance D’Orsay will be the guest of honor at the Sequoia Club this evening, the reception to take place lat 11 o’clock. Mrs. Russell Cool will | preside as hostess. i . | Bride bells will ring out in Santa | Barbara's old Mission to-day for the | nuptials of Miss Thomas Driscoll. Alice Bagon and Romance surrounds | the affair, for 'tis many a year since the marriage service was read in this house of the early padres, the an- tiquity of which attaches sentiment acditional to the solemn rites. A nup- | | will attend the marriage. 1 intelligence, | There is nothing | tial mass will be sung by a male chorus and full religious ceremonial be tinged with military setting, for the bride comes of a naval family. father being Paymaster A. W. Bacon. Miss Cornelia, Kempff, Miss Eleanor Phelps and Miss Kittie Kautz, all children of the navy, are the chosen attendants of the bride. . . The studio of Mr. and Mrs. Jules Mersfelder in the Lionhead building was filled with an assembly of artists on Saturday evening. Music, delight- fully given by Miss Eleanor Connell, Nathan Landsberger, Homer Henley, Edward Moore, Mr. Housfelt and Mr. McCoy added to the pleasure of the evening. Among the guests were Mrs. George Carr, Miss Eduah Robinson, Mrs. Linda Bryan, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Miall, Miss Wishart, Mrs. Otto Ben Crarles H. Lombard, Porter Garnet, Dr. George Redding, Dr. Arnold Gen- the, Amedee Joullin, Francis Me- Comas, Charles Rollo Peters, Charles S. Aiken, John Gamble, Spencer ‘Wright, Robert Aiken, Royden Wil- liamson, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Henley, Mr. and Mrs. E. McNeil Moore, Philip Faschel. The inanovation of Sunday teas over which presides a man Is fast becom- ng a favored success. The home of Eugene Lee, on Steiner street, an artistic and inviting domicile, was | filled with tea .guests last Sunday afternoon. Conversation and delight- ful music by several cultivated musi- cians passed the afternoon in a con- * . WIRELESS TELEGRAPH—H. C. D. W., City. Direct communication by wireless telegraphy between Los An- geles and Catalina Island was opened January 15, .1905. PLEASANTON — Subscriber, City. Steam cars first passed through Pleas- anton in 1876. Grading for the Ala- meda and Santa Clara Railroad (Nar- 27, 1875. THE NAVY—P. C, City. An enlist- not be commissioned’as an Commissions are issued only to those who graduate from the Naval Academy. ‘ NORMAL SCHOOQL — Subscriber, Ukiah, Cal. Address a communication to the principal of the normal school you wish to enter for a circular of‘in- formation as to qualifications for ad- mission and the course of studies. BREWERY—R. M., City. For infor- | mation as to the amount of. territory that is occupied in England by a cer- tain large brewery and the number of men employed in the concern, address a letter of inquiry to the secretary of PREFERS TO STAY. IN JAIL. Kind Lady—Wouldn't you like to spend your Sundays with your wife and children, poor man? Prisoner—No, ma'am. It's wives and children. I'm in here for bigamy. ‘HER HELPMATE. Katherine—She's a great bargain flend. Kidder—Her husband looks like a remnant, her | It will also | row Gauge) was commenced September | ed man in the United States navy can- | officer. | LIFE’'S SUNNY SIDE genial manner. Assisting Mr. Lee were Mrs. Lee, Mrs. James Snook, Mrs, Harry Rice Mann, Mrs. Linda Bryan, Miss Ednah Robinson, Mrs. Florence Porter Pfingst, Mrs. David Erskine Allison Jr., Miss Eva Withrow. - . . One of the leading events for Thurs- | day of this week is the musicale to be given in honor of Miss Marie Withrow and Mrs, Olive Reed Cushman. Mrs. John D. Sibley will be the hostess at the Colonial. - - Mrs. Gertrude Atherton Wwill be the guest of honor at a dinmer Thursday evening, given by James D. Phelan at the Bohemian Club. A Mrs. Clarence Martin Mann will en- tertain a large number of guests in her Washington street home in March, when Arthur Delroy will entertain with his impersonations and card-readinz. In April Mrs. Mann will give a dinner to Julia Mariowe, the famous actress, who will be in town for two weeks. T e Mrs. Frank Deering will be ene of to-day’s luncheon hostesses. Miss Josephine Loughborough and Miss Azalea Keyes leave to-day for New York en route for foreign travel. € e - Mrs. Whittell and Miss Florence Whittell are at the St. Francis for a brief stay. Miss Whittell entertained many callers yesterday at an “at home.™ . Mrs. Robert Armstrong Dean and Mrs. V. T. Tingley Lawrence will be “at home™ to-day at 1450 Leavenworth street. Bridge, dominant and unduplicated of magnetic prowess, held sway yester- day in manv homes. Among the at- tractive hostesses with several guests were Mrs. B. B. Cutter and Mrs. Fred- erick Hope Beaver. On Thursday bridge will be the motive for a gath- ering called by Mrs. Timothy Hopkins. ® oo Mrs. M. P. Jones, who is giving a series of bridge parties, will entertain again on Friday of this week. ANSWERS TO VARIOUS QUERIES. the corporation. The information asked for is not obtainable in San Francisco. COURSE OF STUDIES—W. K. By | applying to the principal of the Com- | mercial High School or the prineipal of the Polytechnic High Scheol you will be advised as to the course of studies therein. WANTS TO KNOW—W. R., Fair- banks, Cal. This correspondent wants to know the history of the digging of a ditch by monks between a cloister in Northern Peru which enabled them to row in a small boat to a river that is tributary to the Amazon. Can any of the readers of this department advise him? SOLDIERS" HOME—O. S., Modesto, Cal. There is a State hc for dis- abled United States volunteers at Yountville, Napa County, Cal, and a national home for disabled United States volunteers at Santa Mohica. The general qualifications for edmiis- sion are that the applicant must be an honorably discharged soldler and there must be disability which prevents the applicant from earning a living by labor. For specific information on the subject address a letter of inquiry to the commandant of each home. ——— Nocoyne—If any one calls, tell them I'm asleep. Office-Boy—But that would be lying. Nocoyne—Sure; you don’t expect me sleep standing, do you? WOMAN'S WORK. Mrs. Oldwed—Woman'’s work is never Mr. Oldwed—And lots of it is never lfl-\-. >