The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 4, 1905, Page 8

3 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TURDAY, MARCH 4, 1905. THESANFRANCISCO CALL JOHN D. SPREUKELS ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO JOHN McNAUGHT.. THIRD AND MARKET STREETS, SAN FRANCISCO UBLICATION OFFICE -.MARCH 4, 1905 A SEA LEVEL CANAL. VERYTHING concerning the Panama canal is of intense in- terest to the Pacific Coast and to the whole trade of the Pacific The choice between a lock and a sea level canal has n decided by the engineers of the commission in favor of the sea el waterway. We believe that this will be satisfactory to this itry and to all the nations concerned in deep water trade. The on has shown that the dredging and cutting necessary for 1 pian arly within the capacity of our resources without any pon the national finances. The engineers, mindful of the experiences had on the Suez canal, at if built at sea level a future enlargement can easily be s was done on the Suez. If a lock canal be built, the vast d t of the experise, and if future enlarge- le pa consid )1 suspended.. On the other hand, 2 sea level canal may be deep- i or widened with no interruption of its use. between a sea level cut and a lock canal of 60 feet summit is 000, and if it be an 85 feet summit the sea level ditch will 70,742,000 more, The extra expenditure is justifiable in view results to be attained by it, and the Government will not find i any opposition to the sea level plan. : It is expected the work will require twelve years in execution. 7z canal was nine years in construction, and it presented no lties in cutting as are encountered on the isthmus of Je the Suez canal, when once begun, took less than a e to complete, it had been in contemplation for ages. Canal Egvpt attracted the attention of the Pharaohs. Rameses 1T ted to connect the Nile and the Red Sea by a canal which would part of the present waterway. Darius. In his turn Haroun al Raschid, the great > N e heen aken y upon its present lines. But the constructive energy was diverted to pyramid building, and the great i grew afraid of some military disadvantage from the work, ned In those days the nations did not well understand f treaties to regulate the use of such a facility for com- wer « he next great figure in history to take up the subject of the who had it among his great plans in the East. Lesseps took up the matter in 1849, and was oc- 1854. H an for a tide level cut was 1 who insisted upon a summit and ected the nations concerned, which had Fina the Frenchman won, and the 'S, finished in October, 1869. eat improvements in machinery since then, ence has gained much in the thirty-five years plan for the ed by the cost of cutting due to the machin- t were his disposal. Progress has changed hich he operated, and improved devices enable on of work the cost of which in his time was 1 the Culebra cut. Our American engineers 1 iances into that cut, and the results confirm cl hat only a sea level canal should be built. of De Lesseps’ failure is the impulse to our suctess. As we nce while the work goes on, it is entirely probable that gennity will so add to the efficiency of the machinery er economy in time and cost will be possible. cost of the Suez canal, dug in sand, was about $100,000,000. mnect the two oceans in twelve years at a cost of $200,000,000 work will j the greater cost. If it be distributed to t | for the work it will be only $16,666,666 per year, will not be felt. If we avoid war until 1916 and »yon our resources, that they may be devoted to this ace, we may complete it out of our current reve rting to the issue of canal bonds. If this be so we ] d that has not been attained by any other nation. ht the French franchise and the work already done and paid f an accumulated surplus in the treasury, and if we without issuing bonds and paying interest, the effect position in the world will not be the least of the will come to us from-the canal. appl sion re THE BUFFALO BILLS. re of divorce contests is being enriched by the suit BiH and Mrs. Buffalo Bill. He is a picturesque as stood before -kings, and, his wife says, has also fore mean men and likewise mean women. She charges that was enlightening all Europe and this hemisphere in the ns, cowboys and Cossacks, he was also picking up a job lot of bits: that made him an uncongenial conjugal partnef; there- Bedou bad he fore she desires: freedom and her share of the greatest show on earth ( being a scout, naturally scouts these accusa- tions 1at, as far as nature permitted, he has striven to umble husband, with all that is implied thereby. s from the saddle and riding to the daily h, his heart has been true to Poll, who is lo-Bill. The affair assumes international importance. The of the present King of Saxony and the entanglements ted old. pa the King of Belgium, are second to is wild West divorce. Crowned heads in Europe call for the morn- per to read the latest from Buffalo. One of the Serious charges brought by Mrs. Bill is that Mr. Bill it of a teacup. What did she want? Did she expect n to drink it out of a bucket? The evidence shows, any way, that and shooting ¢ he overland c« drank whisky o old age, and Bill must go forth alone in the world with his Cossacks and cowboys, his whirling dervishes and his Bedouins. it e, Mol uraging to find the House accusing the Senate of violating the tion while the Senate is posing as the only trustworthy custodian of he constitution.~—New York World. ik g b Senator. Cullom says “the President must take the Sénate into his The public would like the Senate to take the people into its confidence —New York Press. —_— One Xing-can open a Parliament over there; here it takes two to open & jackpel—New York. Herald. - HE approaching nuptials of the Crown Prince of Germany and Duchess Ce been seen in modern Europe. Twenty monarchs will witness the wedding to make splendid the bridal day. The Call has secured by cable from its special co: great fete, . ~ I » 1 be about $200,000,000, but-this will finally be taken up by | y of operation over the lock system. An expert | prove less costly than was estimated and will| "~ VANITY. THY NAME IS WOMAN < —AND MAN. TOO THE SMART SET* BY SALLY SHAKP o The evening of entertainment given | terday by Miss Florence Gibbons in her by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Martin | Polk street home. Fruit blossoms, fh. B | vith many _other prettily arranged, witl 3 MBI Tugesiny e ] flowers, lent charm and fragrance. delightful affair, the "“h‘e ":jmb:e:: | Among those receiving with Miss ;;\b- guests receiving much enjoy | bons and Miss Dorr were: Miss Mar- Mrs. Mann was beautifully amred_in V 8::!' Gibbons, Miss Ida Gibbons, Miss 2 rich white gown, exquisite in design | . ip .o ine Herrin, Miss Louise Reding- and vastly becoming. | ton, Miss Marion Huntington, R R | AT Mr. and Mrs. James Shepard of | ..o myg, Draper gave an informal Alameda announce the engagement of |, "0 ‘. o3ay afternoon and her their daughter, Adele E. Shepard, 10| 4,5y giways are surrounded by an Percy C. Windham of San Francisco. |, . cohere of cheer and spontaneity. The wedding will take place at the g, “yn oo ahortiidge were guests of home of the bride’s parents. 3225 |, .. 15 attention and assisted in re- Briggs avenue, Alameda, March 17. | .qiving with Miss Draper, Miss Elsie e | Clifford and the Misses Ertz, Among The Greenway ball was launched bY | 1,04 who spent a delightful afternoan the usual number of dinners, amoOnNg | ere: Mrs. Henry Foster Dutfon, Mrs. the most elaborate being that given | o p Andrews, Miss Ursula Stege, Miss by Mr. and Mrs. Mark Gerstle, Who eN- | goajon Clifford, Miss Frances Stewart, yme necessary the locks will have to be wholly reconstructed, | while this is going on the use of the waterway will be en-! The difference in | This work was actually‘ mporary of Charlemagne, actually projected the Suez | shed his great work, to begin a greater in his | Panama canal was for a sea level | »ds of equitation, as practiced by red Indians, Cholos, | the two are incompatible, and the court must put them asunder in‘ | | | L | Ot * 23 g |4 + | HAT all women do, or are ex- \ pected to, powder their faces | nowadays is indicated by ‘the | of the vanity self-respecting great popularity case. Every handbag, pocketbook and card case is supplied with one and vanity cases are to be had in a number of fancy shapes, in precious metals, jeweled, and to be attached either to the wrist by a bracelet or to a long chain worn around the neck. Their contents, of tiny looking glass and powder puft, seem to suggest that our Puritan souls have conquered their last vestige of prejudice against improving on nature. It was not long ago that there were still a large num- ber of unsophisticated and straitlaced folks who looked upon the powdered face as but a slight degree removed from the painted one in scandal, says a writer in the New York Sun. Occasionally a rebellious sister, who preferred sin to a shiny countenance, would tamper with the shocking stuff, but she seldom had the courage of her convictions and would dab the powder on slyly in the extreme privacy of her chamber, and she took infinite pains to hide all traces of it, boldly denyving that she and it were even acquainted. This was in the narrow minded North, of course, for- in the South powder has ever been considered one TOILET-MAKING IN PUBLIC BY FAIR WOMAN AND MERE MAN of the principal luxuries of life. To this day the reckless way in which a Southern girl applies powder will make her Northern sister hold her breath. Cértainly the vanity case affirms that women, if not more bold about wearing powder, are more open about putting it on than they have been be- fore. Such a charming trifle is not made to be hidden from the public gaze, and when a pretty woman in a restaurant or a street car calmly opens her vanity case, holds the mir- ror out at a comfortable angle and painstakingly powders her Gibson nose and chin she Is sure of a large and deeply interested audience. The public toilet has been observed more than once, though it's probably not In accordance with the strictest rules of propriety even in these lib- eral times. But he who sneers at this pretty exhibition of the vanity case will please take notice that certain sleek, prosperous, well groomed men are still to be seen drawing out’their little vanity cases from inside pockets and as they complacently eye as much a2s they can see of their magnificent mustaches in the tiny mirrors comb- ing them with a doll's comb. GOTHAM BOASTS OF A UNIQUE DEVICE WHICH MAY | DISPLACE THE OFFICE MESSENGER. | HE messengers in offices in the financial districts w cards of Vi ! ployers have a rival. It is a | machine and it does the work | better than man or boy, says the New ‘! York World. James B. Dill, the corporation law | authority, has installed one of the ma- chines in his offices at 27 Pine street. Mr. Dill was the first to discover the machine and. a number of bankers, lawyers and railroad men who daily visit him have been so impressed with “lts peculiar utility that it is probable many offices will soon be equipped | with 1t | The machine is an electrical con- | trivance with two small cabinets, one | in the reception-room and one on Mr. | Dill's desk in his private office. The | cabinet in the reception-room is fitted | with a roll of paper and a peculiar | penetl, to which is attached a slender | electric wire. The paper runs over an electric contrivance which transmits every movement of the pencil to the cabinet is also fitted with a roll of pa- per and an electrically connected pen- cil, the latter belng different in sev- eral details from the pencil in the cab- inet in the outer room. ‘When a visitor enters the outer room the clerk there learns his name and, taking up the electric pencil, writes it on the paper in the cabinet. The in- stant he begins to write the pencil in the cabinet on Mr. Dill's desk also be- gins to write, reproducing exactly all of the pecullarities of the clerk’s hand- writing. Any message which the vis- itor may wish to send can also be com- municated to Mr, Dill over the queer machine. A test of it showed that it will also trafismit drawings. The advantages of the machine over the ordinary messenger are many. A man like Mr. Dill, who has many im- portant conferences every day and a great many visitors 'is not interrupted every few minutes by a messenger knocking on the door and bringing in a card. All he has to do is to look in the cabinet when a faint buzzer sounds. | cabinet in Mr. Dill's office. This latter - | | THE SUNNY SIDE OF LIFE > IN RUSSIA. The Czar—Did the Japanese offer any resistance? The General—No; we have printed at least twenty victories, and they have not published a single denial. NO TROLLEY CARS THEN. Abel Stringham—I tell you, my boy, Shakespeare could never have written a drama Hke yours. Playwright—You are mentary. Abel Stringham—Not at all. Take, for instance, that trolley car accident in the third act. very compli- The president of a large railroad system who saw the contrivance in Mr. Dill’s office said that if use showed | that it could be depended upon it would be of immense value to rail- roads. Misunderstanding of telegraphic or- ders, he said, was responsible for a majority of the railroad accidents in this country, but when the officials made their investigation to fix the in- dividual responsibility there was al- ways a dispute between the sender and receiver of the telegram as to which had made the error. If the message could be sent and received in the hand- writing of the same man, he said, the responsibility would be absolutely fixed and, knowing this, all railroad employes concerned with the movement of trains would be doubly careful. —_——— Townsend's Cala. Glace Fruits, in ar- tistic fire-etched boxes. 10 Kearny st. * I e Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 30 Cali- | . fornia street. Telephone Main 1042 —_— ‘WAS SHE “KIDDING?" Abel Stringham (relating his adven- tures)—TI'll never forget that night. It was moonlight and we could see the dark muzzles of the wolves. Miss Jester Bitt—But you must have been so relieved when you saw they had on muzzles. tertained several guests. American Beauty roses, the principal table adornment, were gracefully clustered in a great centerpiece, radiating beauty and fragrance. The departure for Europe of Mr. and Mrs. Gerstle will soon occur, their absence to extend over a prolonged period. Among the guests dining last evening were Miss Helen Wagner, Miss Helen de Young, Miss Constance de Young, Miss Ethel Hager, Miss Alice Hager, Richard Hotaling, Courtney Ford, Thomas Eastland, Jerome Land- field, William Smith Jr. * .. | Mrs. A. H. Vail and Mrs. Frank A. Vail were “at home” yesterday at the residence of Mrs. A. H. Vail on Web- ster street. . Miss Marjorie Josselyn entertained informally at tea yesterday. PRy Miss Elsle -Dorr was the guest of honor at an attractive tea given yes- BY E. W. OME in,” sald Jimmie Cas- well, a little embarrassed. “You see, the place isn’t fixed up very well, but I haven't had any one to attend to things for a week.” “Help is hard to get,” Grace Gorham. “But I'm very lucky,” commented Jimmie, regarding the brown hair that | peeped under the dainty hat. He al- | ways had liked brown. “Now, about my place,” said the girl briskly. “How much do you pay?” “Four dollars a week,” said Jimmie promptly. “I pay you a certain sum for expenses and you find all material. It’s better that way than having to come to me all the time for money.” “But isn't that very little, even for a beginner ?” she asked. ; “That's the regular price,” assured Jimmie. “Four dollars a week and $10¢ for supplies.” “I never would use all that,” she | gasped. “I don’t suppose you will | need more than a couple of dollars a week.” “‘Oh, yes, you will,” declared Jim- mie. “The last girl couldn’t get along with that even. She used to touch me |for more every Friday regularly. Never could imagine what she bought with it.” | “She must have been very hard on ribbons,” suggested Miss Gorham. | “Some girls are. Even at that, she shouldn’t use up $10 worth.” “What have the ribbons to do with the expense ?” asked Jimmie curiously. “She couldn't spend it for paper,” explained Miss Gorham. “You could rot possibly use more than a box a week. The ribbons are about all else | she had to get.” “Oh, no,” he interrupted. “She had 10 get bread and meat and things like that.” Miss Gorham rose, her face a bright crimson. “I did not come here to be insulted,” she said icily. ‘“You came to see about a place,” he protested. “‘As stenographer,” she finished. “As cook,” insisted Jimmie firmly. “I distinctly told them to send up a cook.” 2 “The hall boy sald it was three flights up,” she went on. ‘“What has the hall boy to do with it?"” he asked curiously. “I never told him I wanted anybody.” For answer she drew a clipping from her pocketbook. It was an ad- vertisement for a stenographer and gave the house address, but no name, Jimmie immediately became con- scious of his dressing gown. It was ali right to talk to cooks in dressing ! gowns, but a stenographer—and such | a pretty one! “I'm sorry,” he said humbly, “but it's the fault of that blame boy. He meant Miss Cartwright, across the hall. I believe she writes.” He showed her to the door, but to his surprise she started down the stairs. “Miss Cartwright is just across the gnll—on this landing,” he called after er. “I—I don’t think I want the place,” she cried, struggling to keep back the tears. “I don’t want to work here.” And she went her way conscious, even in her anger, that she was rather sorry that Jimmie had not wanted a stenographer. Even in a dressing lgm;rn Jimmie was an attractive fel- ow. As for Jimmie himself, he kept thinking about the pretty typewriter all the morning and even the arrival of a well recommended cook brought no_solace to his mind. Even a telephone summons to dine with his favorite aunt did not give the pleasure it usually brought, even when that kindly lady admonished him to be éé admitted 4+ JIMMIE'S COOK = b | Miss Roma Paxton, Miss Beatrice Fife, | Miss Christine Judah, Miss Mary Mar- riner, Miss Edith Treanor. « s = Mrs. Willlam F. Cluff entertained at a dinner in the Palm Garden last even- ing. Flowers and blossoms in varfed ‘shndel of pink adorned the tabls, | which also bore pink shaded cande- labra. Among the guests were: Dr. | and Mrs. Herbert E. Law, Mr. and | Mrs. John C. Wiison, Mr. and Mrs. | Henry Payot, Mr. and Mrs. Frank | Johnston, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Camp- bell, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Wilson, Wil- ltam F. Cluff. | S W, 0 Mrs. A. W. Scott was “at home™ yes- terday and will receive omn Fyidays through March. - . Mr, and Mrs. Clinton Worden " are spending a few days at Del Montel o TeyNe Mrs. A. N. Towne is visiting for a short time in Pledmont. D SARGENT. prompt, as she had invited a particu- larly attractive young woman. on his account. ‘“‘Better get her to fun. the house for you,” she laughed, just as she hung up her receiver, “you have such trouble with servants.” - - - - . - . For a moment Jimmie did not gecos- nize her in her flimsy dinner dress. He was merely conscious of a vision of loveliness in something soft and greem —or blue, it might have been blue. Then a cool, self-possessed voice re- marked that she had had the pleasure i of meeting him before. Jimmie's daze became a stupor, from which enly the announcement of dinner roused himi, and he was half way to the dining- { room before he really realized that the | vision of the morning was beside him and was saying something to him. Ashamed to acknowledge that he had | not heard, he answered “Yes” at ran- | dom, and immediately became ‘aware | that he had said the wrong thing. They were removing the fish plates | before he had the courage te seek te | penetrate the icy air of reserve in | which she had wrapped herself: ~ “What was it you asked me when I sald ‘Yes'? he asked 'wesperately. “Didn’t you understand?” she coup- ter-questioned, unbending a trifle. “To be perfectly frank,” he " said | honestly, “I never heard a word 1 was so surprised to find you here that my head was in a whirl” “My father has a theory that his { daughter should be capable of her self- support. I am to have the old home on Madison avenue if I can get and hold a position for three meonths. This morning was my first applicd- tion.” “But what was it you asked? he persisted. . 2, “I asked you if you really thought I | looked like a cook,” she sald, with & little laugh. S o “And 1 said Yes,"" he ecried cen- tritely. “What a fool you muse have* taken me for!™ . “Then you admit your mistake?” sh asked smilingly. 5 . What Jimmie answered was not to |the peint and wholly unworthy of recital. There are times when even a denly foolish, and through that dinner,_ college lad making love (to hi widow. =t A more important conversation, ;nfli nn: more l:;nnhy of record, was eld a few weeks later in the ham library. 4 G : “You see, I am at sea again on the, servant question. The girl drank everything in the house that was bot- tled, even the cooking sherry.” “Why don’t you go and live at a hotel?” she asked. “Now that you have come into all that money through the sale of your western property, youw do net need to keep bachelor hall—on ‘ten dollars a week for all material,” * she quoted. 3 “I've a better idea than that,” hg declared seriously; “one my aunt gave me. I think I'll hire a housekeeper.” “What will you pay her?” she de- manded, her eyes twinkling at the memory of Jimmie's serious parody of bargalning. . “Love and aifection and other’ val able considerations, as the legal doeu’ ments say,” he answered promptly. “And as yow were an applicant for a place you shall have first chance—will you, dear? He had dropped his ban- ter and his voice had become danger- { ously tender. Y “I think I'll have to,” she answered shyly. Then with a sudden flash ef | humor, “If only because you look so forlorn when yqur rooms have been ler\{;nfi;lss for a week.” “The blessings of Cupid be upon the mistake,” said Jimmie softly. “I think l) 1l give that hall boy five dollars, be- cause I kicked him for making you uncomfortable that meorning.” Which was an eminently practical termina-* ‘t’llon m}o :( grovos‘al: by an oddity like mmie. -opyright, 1905, by . Sargent.) o e GRS ER D DR R o0 A cilie are tobeéelebratedbysuch pon;p and ceremony as has seldom of Germany'’s future ruler and half a million dollars will be spent respondent in Betlin a complete description of the plans for this which will be published to-morrow with illustrations appropriate to the event. % : confirmed bachelor may grows sud- , Jimmie would have rivaled even a -