The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 30, 1905, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL .Proprietor D. SPRECKELS ADDRE: JOHN McNAUGHT PU L — .MAY’ 20, 1905 TUESDAY T JAPAN HOLDS THE EASTERN SEA. 1 measure of the action and of its consequences now be taken, enough is known of the fight in the of Korea to warrant the conclusion that Togo has fleet, destroyed its preponderance over his own, feduce y with his, and has held the mastery of To have done this is the winning of a wvery: sig- was conceded by experts, claimed by Rus- denied by . Russian fleet outclassed the 1RC from a naval standpoint riority of tactics and strat- ior iscipline and skill of the . It is the greatest surprise in war known n of Bonaparte, that in the game of war ved according to the rules of the game, the irals have been distinctly outclassed by issian rank and file have .been out- d file in every encounter. Russia an was put upon the defensive and nsive. Neither in offense nor de- fied her supposed tary power and effective- J<E 10':;“7,." entered upor her 1 fense has R ness. She 10ven ne ¢ ction may produce. er, a protocol and a peace d of ill follow. The grand army of ined force that has been scen at the The population is being ped into a disor- It is significant hed upon officers ) ng them to read e condition of the popu- ww the material to fight in destroyed. es, who have to be whip to make ristory. Her naval commanders ol knowledge and seamanship i but Russia has little sea It is interesting that she owes on the water to’ the awe ng spirit. rience ave rotted at the docks or ions to impress the world. g hard school taught by will announce the continuance r will consult the skeleton s of the autocracy will try to t in the interest of Chris- ganism and the yellow. But all hich the Western world feels no aned bil enterprises. Having grub-staked f France that Russia should win. to admonish the Kaiser, but that H 1 Russia witing fields for that policy wenzollerns ever since the family Black Forest. : : means the weakening of France. on his yacht and took the op- tan of Morocco and assure him that he n to France s rest need not be disturbed by any- expansion. on one the ing tentio t of Russ by Japan now will mournfully but prudent statesmanship ate result of more crushing defeats in ay make both France and Russia the prey of considerations are involved in the prolonga- it may be hoped that the action in the Straits If Russia ask a truce, it is the end. action. If she do not, her internal trou- bles are sure to plyv. The misfortune to Rojestvensky will extend a clamor against the Government from Baku to Helsingfors. Every illiterate n every starving mendicant, every student that has been lashed with Cossack whips, every Finn deprived of his yérty an ge, and every Pole who remembers how order eame to reign in Warsaw, from opposite motives will raise combined voice and fist against the autocracy. With Japan at the circum- ference and domestic discontent at the center the grand ducal boast of war to the bitter end will be vain words only. 1 langt THE SITUATION IN SCANDINAVIA. HAT war should result from the present crisis between Norway T 1d Sweden seems almost incredible. Such a tragedy for such a cause would be little less than a crime against humanity, and we can but hope that’councils of moderation will prevail in good time to prevent what would be practically civil war. The existing deadlock is, howeyer, distinctly dangerous. The King has definitely refused to sanction’ the bill’ providing a sepa- rate r service for the two countries. The Norwegian Min- isters have thereupon tendered their resighations, which- the King has declined The Ministers upon the other hand ‘have refused to sign the protocol of the proceedings and the royal veto has, therefore, no constitutional existence. The Norwegian press, doubtless echoing the voice of the country, declares the King’s de- cision to show that Norway has no longer a sovereign willing to follow the national advice, and the Norwegian Cabinet has warned the King in very plain language that his veto of the bill is tanta- mount to a dissolution of the union. That of course is very dangerous language. If the Norwegians persist in their present attitude and if Sweden be willing to a¢- esce, a basis of independence might conceivably: be arranged. ‘It seems, however, more probable that Sweden will object to disso- tion for the same reasons that were urged in America before the il war against a precisely similar movement. It is a very awk- ward impasse, and if grave difficulties are to be avoided it will only be by the exercise of tact and statesmanship of which {ortunatcly the King seems to possess a fairly full measure. cons cli to accept. ‘b and Public Brigandage” was the topic at a church congress night, znd not a word was said about Mr. Rockefeller's contributions to the cause of religion.—New York World. ; e il “The Ch Professor Trent says Daniel Defoe was “the greatest liar that ever lived.” But no doubt the professor means up to that time.—Elmira Gazette. S e Rl Mr. Rockefeller goes on handing out dirty microbic $100,000 bills as though he bad no regard for the health of the missionaries,—St. Paul Globe. A sympathetic strike is one in which the emotional artisan quits laying bricks and goes to throwing them.—St. Louls Globe-Democrat. 3 —_— Another explanation may be that Mr. Carnegie thinks that one rich is enough for the family.—Washington Post. i e Rl et If 2 man has a big family he won't have to worry so much about the dis- wrace of dying rich.—New York Press, — | environment. One of i.e most dignified imstances the Japanese | over continental Europe and her | he dreams of her statesmen of uni-| Nor- international peace, it No nation has cared to try | She | n policy of embroiling othe# ions of francs to the Rus- e is not averse to entering 1d at the same time let the | France and her ally, he was revealing | ALLOONS IN CHURCH. HUMOROUS incident with a church | A for a background has, by all the | rules of comedy, twice as much | Kumor as the same Incident in any other ' B | | edifices in a large city was the scene | last Sunday of an occurrence so highly 11u: crous that the members of the con- | gregation who witnessed it still laugh | over its absurdity. The service was not quite half over when a well-dressed man sauntered up the aisle and seated pimself in the front pew. As he threw the tan overcoat that he was carry- ing over the back of | the pew he revealed to the startled be- holders that under it he had concealed two toy balloons, onered and the otber blue. Care- fully = twisting the | strings - with which they were attached around his finger, he let them soar into the air. In- | stantly they swept up above the heads | of the ~congrega- | A tion. The hymn that | had been in progress | faltered and broke and an audible snicker followed. The minister, en- tirely unconscious of the cause of the commotion, looked down in wonder at the people, mnever thinking to seek for the cause of the merriment in the air above him. His puzzled frown only added to the hilar- ity. The ushers were in despair. The man who was directing the movements of | the floating balioons might be a harm- less lunatic; again he might be any- thing but a harm- less one; he might | be intoxicated; in | fact, after a con- ference of all the ushers it was de-| cided that he cer- § tainly was intoxi- | cated. But how was he to be led out of the church without a scene? One of the ushers is a diplomat. He took it upon himself | to approach the man with the balloons. The man was gazing up at his toys with apparent infantile delight, when the usher bent over him. “You could man- age those balloons very much better from a place in the back of the church,” said he. “I am sure | that they would go higher.” “That so?’ asked ABOVE THEIR the stranger with ! HEADS, interest. He picked | up his coat and fol- | lowed . the usher down the aisle. Seating | himself in the back pew, he continued to toy with his playthings until slumber overcame him. Rolling up his overcoat for a pillow, he placed it under his head and in a moment was in the land of dreams. { | | The baltoons still soared above him. It | he let go of the strings they would go | 10 the top of the church and there would be endless difficulty in bringing them dowr uch sieeper. “I think that the air is very bad in | here,” he whispered to him. “You could ep so much better outside.” hat s0?” asked the man pleasantly. “Balloons go higher?” s, your balloons would go much | higher.” | With a gleeful smile radiating from his | face he followed his mentor. As he came to the doorway of the church he let the balloons go with a sudden whoop. They had passed the spires in a moment. Their | owner waved them a farewell. Then he turned to the ushér. “Little boy,” he said, “buy you some. | Lots of fun. Next Sunday.” And he sauntered down the boulevard, leaving the “little boy” to wonder if he will return next Sunday and to dread his appearance. WORTHINGTON’S JUMP. BY CUTHBERT ROADE. THE newspapers are full of railroad The usher determined to prevent catastrophe. He awakened the news, Some items interest us and others | amuse; | Twenty minutes will soon see each ferry- { boat start, From the ferry for Oakland, from the mole for the mart, But the fact that the 8. P. finds it hard to dissemble that Worthington’s exit makes the system to tremble. Is The 8. P. lost its chiefs, one after thel other, Stanford died, then Tim was kicked out by his mother, Collis P. followed quickly, H. E. did not 1 linger, Hays, the magiclan, burnt finger. We hear with a tremor of Agler's loud splash, It's all nothing since Worthington has i joined the Wabash. jumped with a [ Is it true what I hear that George | Gould's Wabash road In the puddle is going to be the very big toad . Is it gullng to absorb the B. P, tie and rail, ‘With its adjuncts the C. and C., Short Line and P. Mail? Now, President Harriman, won't you please tell us true, R That the Wabash and Worthington will not ‘absorb you. i There ‘is walling in Portland, Krutt- schnitt is in tears, Even Stubbs in Chicago feels older by years, George Klink rubs his hands, he’s not alone in his sorrow, s Erastus himself looks with dread to the morrow, For the big guns are trembling at the terrible crash ¥ That Bert Worthington made when he joined the Wabash. San Francisco, May 29. e e——— Townsend's Cala. Glace Fruits, in tistic fire-etched boxes. 10 Kearny and new store now open, 767 Market st. —_——————— Specfal information supplied daily il e Ll s ‘ress Clipp 's), - tornhltr,ut.v’l‘-lon@oulfltu'n.‘ People who are stuck up seldom up for each other- lD | salon, OCEAN TRAVEL ‘ HUMORS. EN the tourist tide sets in heav- ily for Europe the trials of an ocean liner captain and his chief steward increase. Both require a large stock of patience and diplomacy to handle the complaints which are reg- istered daily In their presence. These are of every conceivable nature. The inexperienced traveler who learns that he has made a bad selection in his cabin complains because the passenger agent from whom he purchased his ticket did not advise him to better ad- vantage. Then there is the woman who objects to the band's playing outside her porthole, and the man who insists that one concert a day is not enough. Not at all unusual is the man who brings on board the ship enough milk and cream from his dairy to last him during the entire voyage. He insists that his valet be permitted to visit the cold storage room each day and make sure that his private stock is being properly used and cared for. One chief steward recently had a regular tilt with a woman who insisted upon using her own German coffee pot with an al- cohol lamp, no matter what the weather or what dangers its use entailed for the passengers who sat at the same ta- ble with her. One Friday at luncheon on a boat which serves an elaborate array of cold buffet dishes an irate passenger demanded to know why the greater part of the made dishes were composed of fish. That night after dinner a party of Episcopal clergymen waited on the captain and complained that only one fish dish and a fish chowder had been served for dinner. The man or woman who makes the | greatest trouble for the captain is he or she who has saved money for years to make this trip and wants to be sure of getting the money's worth. Not long ago an Italian liquor dealer who frankly admitted ‘that eighteen years before he had left his native land in the steerage was returning to Naples on a palatial ocean liner. His wife did not like the slow service of the dining and he insisted that all her meals be served ecither in her cabin or | on the deck, though she was perfectly able to go to the table. One day she was eating luncheon on deck, and an invalid who occupied the next deck ehair ordered broiled chicken from the | grill room. The Italian woman looked | disdainfully at the fricasseed chicken | served from the regular luncheon menu, and when. her husband came on deck she complained that she had been discriminated against by the deck steward. One of the most unreasonable com- plaints ever registered with the chief steward came from a Chicago woman who had engaged the stewardess to dress her hair .each night for dimner. One afternoon a terrific storm arose and that night only fifty out of some four hundred and fifty passengers ap- peared at the dinner table. After din- ner the Chicago woman appeared be- fore the chief steward, complaining that the stewardess had failed to keep her hairdressing appointment and she had been subjected to the annoyance of having to arrange her own coiffure under most trying circumstances. And even when the steward explained that his subordinate had had over twenty- five seasick women passengers on her hands the Chicago dowager refused to be pacified and vowed she would cut the tip she promised the stewardess, a threat which she carried out faith- fully when the boat docked at South- ampton. ANSWERS. A DATE.—H. J. T, City. May 5, 1838, fell on a Sunday. SNOW SHEDS—A. 8., City. The cost of building the snow sheds on the line of the Central Pacific was from $8000 to $10,000 per mile for ordinary wooden sheds, but where heavy walls of masonry had to be put in the cost was $20,000 a mile. GOOD TEMPLARS—W. B., City. The Independent Order of Good Templars had its origin in Utica, N. Y., in 181. The Grand Lodge of New York State was in- stituted August 11, 1852. The order is usually regarded as an offshoot of the Sons of Temperance, organized in New York, September 29, 1842. LIMIT OF VISIO! M. M., Alameda, Cal. The limits of vision vary with ele- vation, conditions of the atmosphere; intensity of illumination and other modifying clements in different cases. On a clear day an object one foot above a level plain may be seen at the dis- tance of 1.31 miles; one ten feet high, 4.15 miles; one twenty feet high, 5.86 miles; one 100 feet high, 13.1 miles; one a mile high, as the top of a moun- tain, 95.23 miles. This allows seven inches (or, to be exact, 6.99 inches) for the curvature of the earth and assumes that the size and illumination of the object are sufficient to produce an im- age. Five miles may be taken as the extreme limit at which a man is visi- ble on a flat plain to an observer on the same level. THE VALLEY OF DEATH-S. O. F., San Jose, Cal. The Valley of Death on the island of Java is a most remarkable natural example of an atmosphere loaded with carbohic acid gas in existence. It has never been fully explored because of the danger of remaining more than a few moments in its poisonous atmosphere. Approached through an opening between the hills it is seen to be oval-shaped, about a mile across. It is about thirty- five feet deep; thé bottom is hard and sandy, without vegetation, and strewn with large stones. The surface is covered PHILADELPHIA HAS CHANGED : SINCE 1776. ? —CHICAGO TRIBUNE. MIRROR OF FASHION SMART SET. By Sally Sharp. The American colony at Manila ia in high feather over the introduction of electric cars. All thought for primal beauty, which includes, mainly, prim- itive methods, is fast disappearing in the face of modern comfort and rapid transit. Society is fairly reveling in trolley parties across the sea and though this means of pleasure in our home city is now relegated largely to school children, in Manila the trolley is i a most acceptable and joyous break in the life that breathes chiefly monotony. . B P Mrs. Frederick Fenwick will enter- tain at her home in Berkeley next Sat- urday in honor of Miss Leslie Thayer Green, whose engagement to Howard Huntington has just been announced. Er R s Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Cluff enter- tained at a small dinner a few evenings past in the palm garden. Their guests included Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Campbell of Chi- cago, Miss California Cluff and Jomn Breuner. Sy The marriage of Miss Rita Bell and William H. James took place fn Ports land, Or. May 23. The bride is the daughter of Major and Mrs. Thomas C. Bell and has been a member of the Oregonian staff for several years. Mr. James is well known in journalism and is established with the Santa Rosa Re- publican. el Miss Madge Moore of this city and George Edward Parmenter were mar- ried yesterday in Los Angeles. The af- fair took place at noon in Christ Chureh, Rev. Dr. Lee officiating. Miss Marian Washburn of Los Ange- les, formerly of Oakland, attendéd the bride, while Arthur Holladay served 23 best man. The bride, who is the daugh- ter of Mrs. Nellle B. Moore and a sister of Walter S. Moore, is well known through her long comnection with The Call, having edited' the woman's page for more than five years. TRe groom, also formerly connected with The Call. is now in charge ntmthem;‘: department of the Los Angeles Exa er. After a wed‘;lng breakfast, at which were present twenty-flve guests, Mr. and Mrs. Parmenter left for a month’3 tour of Mexico. They will reside at one of the southern suburbs during the summer, afterward making their home in Los Angeles. i W e polo contest to take place in Pg. I’: Ju:us‘w'lll be well attended By - Californians, a large number préparing to enter. Among the contestants will Be Frank Carolan, Richard Tobin, Raoul Duval and Lawrence McCreery. e e @ - Mr. and Mrs, Henry B. Durgham, who have spent the winter in New York at the Ansonian, are about to arrive in town for the Summer. . . . . The quest of Mrs. Peter D. Martin for fine lace in Brussels has met with suecess, for much of the beautiful Bruges was ne- cently obtained by Mr. and Mrs. Martin. & o e The San Francisce Children’s Orhphan- age will hold a benefit in Lyzic Hall.to- morrow evening. < ¢. 9 Xavier Martinez has been the reciplent. of warm welcome and :gfention since his return from Mexico, but he thirsts for further draughts from the land so prolific in color and outline. He will return shortly to Mexico. The new sketches are inviting great admiration and are be seen in the Martinez studio, 72§ iu- gomery street. - . J. Leslie Hunter, who has recentiyire- turned from Europe, where he t ed extensively, iLis joined the throng that will make Del Monte its abiding place for the next month. . i g Mrs. J. J. Spicker and Miss Georgile Spieker are leaving this week for Belve- dere, where they will pass the summer, Do Mr. and Mrs. C. Frederick Kohl have taken the handsome home of Mrs. Flor- ence Frank at Van Ness avenue and Jack- son street for the winter. DAINTY MATINEE OF SILK AND LACE. Quite a novelty is offered in this smart matinee, which follows the col- larless fashion. There #s a yoke over the shoulders with charmingly cut out- line, little cut offpoints coming either side of the center front and back and on either side of tne shoulder seam. To this yoke is shirred a deep collar of the silk, edged with a deep square meshed filet lace the jacket portion being applied in the same seam. The sleeve is the loose pagoda style, and the whole garment is edged with the deep lace, whipped on by hand and of fashionable fullness. 4 — — with the bones of animats, birds and hu- less instantly and die in a few minutes. man beings. Explorers seldom venture | No craters or fissures are visible on the Leyond the borders, though the deadly | floor of this valley, and it is thought ajr does not immediately affect human | that the openings are near the base of befngs. This is because the carbonic |the rock hills surrounding. acid gas, being heavier than the atmos- [ There is also a Death Valley in Inyo phere, settles to the bottom of the valley. |Counl)‘. Cal, between the Panamint Dogs and fowls thrown into it fall sense- | Mountains and the Amargosa Range. THE DREAMER. ORTUNE and fame and ease may pass me by, Swift youths that no man sees I caré, not I; Sorry may be the hold wherein I live, Scanty may be the gold the world may give, Yet still my poverty my plenty seems— God gave great gifts to me, giving me Though by a waning fire alone Fumnf my heart's desire to brightenm t, 8till in the heart of me, too fair ta name, Burns the one dear fantasy like golden flame— ‘Falrest that face I see, 1t By such gleams— Ged gave great joy to me, giving me dreams. Young eyes and laughing lips too soon have passed; Youth's clinging finger tips unloose at last; All of the bliss men gained falls themy in time, Only the unobtained lives life subldme; Mine still that ecstasy no grief ree deems— God gave all good to me, giving me dreams. —Woman’s Home Companion. JUST A MINUTE WITH THE FUN MAKERS. o . | L 2 . CAME HOME LATE. mhn'"n—llulhq}ru;-tm the patient. 54 Nickson—Then m wife must bave w.xw;wm attack of it last