The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 16, 1905, Page 8

FRANCISCO. CALL, FRIDAY THE SAN FRANCISCOCALL D. SPRECKELS. T ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS. TO JOHN JOHN McNAUGHT THIRD AND MARKET STREETS, SAN FRANCISCO £ JUNE 16, 1905 THE NEW EQUITABLE. ~ the most conspicuous of able Insurance Company wisely managed, has grown with the growth of the 1 its res s are so interwoven into credit and enter- its conduet and condition concern the financial stability try. When it is remembered that, following a great prns-p«.“y the failure of a Western concern, the ust Company, precipitated the panic of 1857, it is easily 1 institution like the Equitable, if permitted to slump, the whole country into a credit panic. There is evi- ormous resources of the Equitable were sought to stock wars of Wall street, and that they were 1ggles of railroad stock jobbers .in their policy ling railway lines of the country. upheaval in the institution was not caused di- s of its enormous capital. That conflict started the man who controlled a majority of the ng examination other facts were revealed 1 necessary if the credit of the company mn that, with all the seeming profligacy and is in speculative enterprises, the credit of d to be good and its vast reserves so intact r lost confidence. er to maintain this condition a reorganization has been Mr. Pau orton has been put at the head of the com- 1if an American can be found who unites the nimpeachable honesty to an equal eer 'shows that it is not nec- is doubt ess He was reared on the Nebraska on of a father who was in all respects Rejecting the opportunity for a uni- business faculty of the son led him e desk in a railroad office, and from that foot- rward to the substantial control of the Santa Fe r ned to r the Cabinet of President Roose- ice he leaves now take a position of greater than the chancellor of any national exchequer in the 1an. Equitable was of such public importance feels a sense of relief that the company n the board over which he presides there s recognition of the value to great financial institu- s nt of personal integrity, in the®selection of Mr. ( s of its members. An ex-President can render no g v his country than by aiding in the maintenance of its d soundness. Mr. Cleveland accepts the place nce he describes the situation , by saying: “I cannot rid In his acc esponsibility in places of trust are tolerdted h pressure of speculation, the madness of and the chances taken in new and un- ntly present temptations, too often ing managers and directors away from scrupulous to the interests of others confided to their care. i we shall be safer if we regain our ion to personal uses of property reciates d his lit be 1ship I institutions that til they will all be purged completely of any ob- have become sim t have grown up in their management. 1 n this. or avoid panics, and to mitigate their severity when isurance companies are places of deposit for such sur- he country as is devoted to that form @f protection or use savings against the accidents and misfortunes They are all trustees merely, as much so as the banks and The public has the same interest invtheir right ad- ation and honesty of management. The movement started by an extravagant incident in New York d ending in bringing Morton and Cleveland into the Equitable management will not be spent until the public has the certain as- surance that all similar trusts are in as safe hands. take made in omitting a visit to the San Joaquin Valley. We gave the reasons why the best irrigation in the world and its best results, at Fresno and other points in the valley, were the pro- fessed pbjective of the committee, and if they were omitted the tour would fail of its useful purpose. Since then the itinerary was changed through the efforts of the State Board of Trade, and the It mpanies. THEY SAW IRRIGATION. committee has seen the wonders of irrigation about which it would | have been skeptical without the evidence of its own senses. After seeing it all, Congressman Cogper said that it was evi- dently the most complete method of irrigation possible, and that it put California in the position of a world leader in that artificial application of water to crops of all kinds. necessary to discuss improvements in methods, but declared that what had been seen inspired the zeal of the committee to simply ex- tend it over other areas. That is the effect which we expécted would be produced by the visit. The members of the committee are vitally alert and observant. What can be seen at I'resno in- spires the dullest apprehension. «No wonder that it touched into a blaze the enthusiasm of these gentlemen who have not a dull wit among ther They know_much now about irrigation here, of its relation to climate, of its economies and -its economics, and we feel better about it than we did when their itinerary proposed to omit the greatest object lesson in irrigation in the world. It was a great day for California, and no less great for the dry and thirsty lands that will be transformed by irrigation. was a good day’s work for all the arid region, and its results will be heard from for a long time to come, for when an Eastern man gets the verdure, fert , bloom and beauty that are upon the p(;ints included in the visit once fixed in his mind’s eye, the vision ‘will break forth in speech where it will do the most good. ' As England was to a certain extent interested jointly with France in the enforcement of the programme for which the treaty provided, should the resignation of M. Delcasse lead to a French syrrender of the programme the English wiil therein be disappointed and the progress of the Angio-French courtship will have receiwed 2 setback. It is a2 most notable situation, and all students of world politics will follow its developments with an eager in- terest.—Philddelphia Inquirer. e e SR Public ownership implies that the whole business- shall be turned over to rascals like those franchise peddlers in the Philadelphia City Councils.— Dallas News. o R At L, © o) A Playing both ends against the middle is where lawyers charge you for miaking your will and charge your heirs for breaking if.—New York Press. A Cleveland (Ohio) pastor proposes to erect a nine-story church. He ex- pects to be the first sky-pilot to have a sky-scraper.—Baltimore Sun. ‘ ances in which a humble financial foundation, | rests of its policy holders pro- | in Wall street nor in the financial cen-| 3 :n this company is liable | : companies and fiduciary org'aniz:uiOnS.‘ kind of talk and every man feels | 1se this great financial in- | means that the light will | ) We are | It is one way and a powerful way by | HEN the first itinerary of the Congressional Irrigation Com- | mittee was announced, The Call pointed out the serious mis- | He did not regard it as | It A BONNET AND : — E entered the last car of one of the Manhattan * trains the other evening with all the dignity of a man who is rather uncertain of his foot- ing. He held his head high and stepped along jauntily despite the fact that he was experiencing difficulty in keeping his balance. He put the box In front of him in the aisle when he found a seat to his fancy. The other passengers evidently though | that politeness demanded that they ignore his very apparent condition of semi- | intoxication. No one even glanced in his direction. ‘He soon realized this seeming indifference of the others and began to | resent it. | *“Know I ain’t so pretty,” he remarked, | | setting his hat at a rakish angle, “but I |ain’t the wild man from Borneo, either. Say, you voung fellow with the opal pin | in your red necktie, I'm a handspmer man than you, and I defy any one here to say | I'm not.” ¥ No one attempted the defiance, and the voung man who had been so suddenly | brought in the limelight blushed crimson | with embarassment, “I'm not as handsome now as I used to be,” confided the aspirant for beauty hon- ors, condescendingly. ““Used to be a | beauty.” i The young man rose to go to the smok- er, probably fearing that the satisfied gen- | tleman had chosen him for a target. He | discovered that his fears were to be veri- | fied. | “Sit right down there,” he was ordered. | “Got sométhing to show you. Got a new | hat”” The inebriated one opened the | green box and from laver after layer of | protecting tissue paper drew out a white lace hat of the kind that the workers in | the craft term a ‘“‘creation.” “Ain't she pretty?” he demanded, ag- | gressively, and the youth thought it best | to assert that the hat was lovely. “Bought her for my wife,” explained the other. ‘““When she sees this she won't | notice me. Always buy her a hat when 11 forget. 1'm a clever feilow, I tell you.” He held up the hat admiringly, caress- ing its white plume and pink roses. Fin-| ally he saw a woman across the atsle who | A had been watching him with na little | amusement. He leaned forward toward | {her. *“Try it on'' he sald pleasantly. | “Pretty hat.” His tone was that a man, | adopts toward a three-year-old child. ! | The woman hastily rose and went to the other end of the car. | | | “Don’t like it?" he called after her. | |“Phen I'l try it on myself.” He re-| { moved his own derby and placed_the be- | ruffled lace hat in its stead. It | would fail to see him this time when she wabbled me!” Ao | from side to side to his great annoyance. “Won't stay on,” he told the youth, e held up his hands to keep it in place, until his arms aghed. 'Then he had an inspiration. He, removed his blue necktie and put it over the hat, pulling it down like a Dolly Varden bonnet. He smiled in complete triumph. own hat in the green box. “Thirty-third street,” called the con- said the bonneted one glee- iIE TOOK THE LAST CAR. - BT fully as he ran recklessly to the doo The passengers joined in an appreciative shogt of mirth. They were picturing his meeting his wife and wondering how she saw her new hat, IN WHITECHAPEL. An English paper tells a story of life in Whitechapel. A man met a friend outside u publie house. ~ “These men in here.” he exclaimed furiously, pointing | behind him, “have gone and insulted | me. Now, just watch me go in and kick them all into the street. one after | another. You can count 'em off as they | comg through the door.” . The friend ! stood and watched. Presently @ humsai | form whizged by him. “One!” he called. “Stop counting,” said the other, “it's < = MIRROR OF DAME FASHION, | I I 1 | JUNE 16, 1905 jany | mar his harmonlous scheme. e ey | WIFE, HUSBAND AND THE SABBATH Let the Couple Divide the Day Between Them and Stop Spoiling It. BY ANGELA MORGAN. Then he carefully placed his; ¥ HOULD a man beg off on Sunday? Does a man's Sabbath belong to| him to do with as he pleases, or; does it belong to his wife, to be spent as she prescribes? This is a question that causes weekly controversy in hundreds of' homes and frequently turns the day of peace and re:tu'mm he day of wrangling and tur- m The average husband thinks the sev- enth day is his to spend as his inclina- tions dictate. He thinks that six days of hard work entitles him to that privilege. The average wife, on the contrary, just as earnestly believes her husband’s day of rest belongs 1o her and that her liege lord ought to take delight In following the propramme she has mapped out for them both. How many times 1 have seen a golden Sunday completely spoiled for an entire family because the husband and wife could not amiecably settle this question! 1 think, as a rule, wives are inclined to be unreasonable in their ideas about this matter. 1f the husband is disinclined to attend church, or call on the Smith fam- ily, or accompany the children to Sun- day-schol, the wife is likely to gondemn him as irreligious or seifish or indifferent to domestic affairs. . She is hurt, resentful, wounded. In si- ience she puts on an aggrieved lip and her new hat, marshals the children in their Sunday best and matches them off to divifie worship with a glance of scorn for the heathen father at home. She believes herself and the children to be greatly abused. She fails to put her- self in her husband’s place and to get hig view. A man feels that six days of toil in of- fice or shop earn for him the right to one day of absolute freedom and rest, and, above all, the right to take that rest ac- cording to his own individual idea of re- laxation. The usual man's idea of a contented Sabbath is to be permitted to sleep late, lcunge around in comfort, smoke and read the papers. And so long as this plan suits him perfectly he fails to see why one should intrude othef plans to The entire week has meant exertion for him. Every morning he has braced him- self for hours of combat in an uncom- promising world of business, where suc- cess comes only through unflagging will and effort. On Sunday all he asks Is permission to let go—to sink back out of the struggle for a breathing space before taking it up another day. This to him represents the acme of Sunday blessedness. This to him is peace, and when that peace is repeat- edly pricked by his wife’s reminder of a every nerve in his body tingles in rebel- lion. No wife can realize thoroughly just| . what the grind of business usually means to her husband—just what its exactions are, nor how thankfully he welcomes one day wherein no effort of any kind is necessary. “On the other hand, the wife has her side of the question. She, too, jas worked | hard during the week and is entitled to | to her, | an enjoyable Sunday. That, means a Sunday spent in the companion- ship of her husband. It is the only day she can have him at home, and she thinks he ought to be so | giad of an entire day with his famjly lha(‘ he should be.only too glad to spend the | hcurs as she sees fit. In her woman's way she plans what seems to her an ideal programme and is amazed that he does not agree. Which is right—husband or wife? Per- haps no one verdict could be given which would be fair in every case; no rule be made* that would fit all cases. But it seems to me a happy compromise might avail to settle the difficulty. Let the hus- band be satisfied if his wife gives him half fhe day to spend as he pleases, and let him grant her the other half, follow- ing whatever idea she has for the Sab- bath's observance. -3 PALACES OF THREE GREAT RULERS. O monarch in the world excels the Czar of Russia in the splendor of his palaces, Tsarskoe-Selo. near S t. Petersburg, where the Emperor has been staying recently, has a park around it which is eighteen miles in circumference. One room of the palace has wall inlaid with mother of pearl. Another and the walls of a third are laid th In the throneroom of the palace of so thickly sown with pearls that the s of lapis lazuli and a floor of ebony has walls of amber curiously carved, ick with gold. the Shah of Persia there is a carpet texture of the cloth can hardly be scen, Near It is the throne of carved wood. studded with jewels valued at $5,000.000. Near the throne stands a huge sil ver’ vdse set with pearls and tur- quolses. but, strange to say, alongside of it stands a cheap European paint- ed urn, such as can be bought anywhere for a dollar. ideas The Shah has curious about thé value of things, and on the ‘walls” of one room a painting by one of the old masters hangs side by side with a gaudy poster advertising a dealer In fish hooks. And everywhere about the palace re cats. The Shah has a specimen of every kind of cat of which he has eéver heard, and there is hardly a country that Is not represented in the.feline army which it is the pleasure of the Persian ruler to maintain. To take care of this assemblage offieials. of cats there is a corps of well paid The palace of the Emperor of Abyssinia is a large building, built like a Swiss chalet, with a ordinary affair, and is surrounded by There is nothing splendid about the deed. it would be considered red tiled roof and whitewashed walls. as quite It is a very huts and other inferior buildings. palace or its furnishings, and, in- lacking in everything except size as a residence for an American of moderate means. But it is the palace of am\J one. mperor, nevertheless. and of a powerful HE KNEW THE BLACKS WERE WHITE. T was in Indiana, net so very long ago, that the daughter of an eld farmer was reading the local paper to him. She had got to the “Per- sopals,” and read this: ~Mrs. Willie Morritts. nee Black, has returned from a visit to her parents in Indianapolis.” said the old gentleman. — § I don’t quite understand that.” “What don’t you understand?” inquired the daughter. « That part about Mrs. Willie Morritts nay Black. What does that nay Black mean? | “Oh, that's French, and means she was born Black.” LATEST CRY IN MILLINERY. L “Born Black!” exclaimed the father, excitedly. HE summer hats are nothing if fiot bewreathed. If they are pos- i “Yes: nee is French for bosn.” | sessed of anything at all worthy of the name of brim it is bent i “Well, it ain't so.” ejaculated the old man, jumping up and shaking his and twisted and curled until one would think it must ery out at fist. “I knowed ber parents and they were as white as anybody that ever I the treatment. But rather does it seem to enjoy it from the sensation lived in Indianny, and 1'11 see that cditor about it,” but before he could get [ it creates. The finer straws and chips have had much vogue, but as away the daugiter explained matters and the old man cooled down.—Chi- | | ...e season advances some of the coarser struws in soft weaves are hav- cago Journal. : | ing an inning. A plaque In one of these coarse brands is slashed on o | the left side, bent uD and twisted like the sails of a yacht, and upon this sharp flare are set sharp wings that rise from a feathery pompon. [ mothar Paata dit ot ahliltast one wome eenAs mkcs et Uvenieun A FROM BIG HATS. | | the head is lifted high in ¥he back with a2 bandeau which is covered e | with roses in the »etunia shades. About the crown of this little hat i | is a twist of blug ribbon, knotted coquettishly ¢~ the left. Still an- A distinguished English physician is authority for the statement that many | other is on the flatiron turban order; the space between crown and brim a headache, from which a woman suffers upon returning frem a shopping tour, | filled with ribbons in faint variegated hues, and at the back a bow of a walk or a ride, is due to the strain upon the leverage of the roots of the hair, | these ribbons—fully a dozen “dead” tints are included in it—gives a | caused by the action of the wind upon larse hats, says the Cleveland Leader. | smart finish. A bit of the severity we expect of the turban is done | Headaches hurt, but hats are handsome. Pcssibly some millinery genjus will away with by the addition of clusters of roses and foliage on either side. invent feminine headgear in which it wif§ be possitle to take a double reef when i1 ' the winds blow high and low and ca® for undue strain upon the hair roots | e ——— that make for womeiXs crowns of glory. T T | i LINGER HERE A WHIL 1 N NATURALLY. ' Wiggs—1 went to a memory -You don’t say! What was the 7 S Wiggs—I ;fim ' — dozen things she thinks he ought to do| gopkins Univ | | — | THE SMART SET, ' BY SALLY SHARP. | i Jareiy The marriage of Dr. Richard and Miss Louisa Riggs of B the outcome of an attac { somewhat romantie surroundi i During Dr. Follis course ity Miss Rig pursuing the study of nurs through these two lines of cc work the pair met, loved and | to wed. The beauty of the br a familiar and continually comment, but little wonder for is not Maryland the land women and Baltimore. above all the eity prolific of feminine love Miss Riggs comes, too, of a fa old name. They have chosen the home of bride’s aunt at Washington for t emony, and the date is contempo ous with that of ‘'another we widely interesting California—tha: Miss Marie Louise Parrott and Fra McComas—June 23. S | — m Mrs. Lovell White and Mrs. B. J. Co ton were luncheon hostesses in Palm Garden on Wednesday, ente taining a few guests informally. > waes Fw Several theater parties have been ar ranged through the week for the Nu: Goodwin engagement at the Columbia On Wednesday evening among those enjoying the play ‘and entertaining guests were James D. Phelan and Mr and Mrs. Josiah Howell . . . Miss Eleanor Connell gave a small informal luncheon yesterday In he pretty studio to a few guests, among whom were Mrs. Linda Bryam, Mrs James Coker Stms, Baron von Horst Charles H. Lombafd and Mr. Wallace. - . - Colonel Edwin Emerson Jr., who is spending a few days in town, is a visitor of note. His recent experiences at the scene of war in the Orient are but ad- ditlonal laurels In a career already filled with adventure and noble achievement. Colone! Emerson, a follower of the Rough Riders, saw the sharp phases of the Cuban war and witnessed many mel- | odramatic scenes of the South African campaign. Much of Colonel Emerson's | time will be usurped during his stay by | many who wish to do him honor in offer- ing entertainment. « e s Miss Edith Metcalfe s preparing for a delightful trip to extend over a wide ra- dius and to continue for a prolonged pe- riod. She will leave in August for New York, to be the guest of her sister, Mrs. E. S. Swan,_ for several weeks, going then over to Ireland. In Beifast Miss ‘Metcalfe will visit her aunt, Mrs. A. M. Carlisle, and the two will make an ex- | tensive tour of the Continent, traveling for several months. - . At the reception given to Vice Presi- dent and Mrs, Fairbanks recently at the Portland fair many prominent Califor- nians were present, among whom were Governor and Mrs. Pardee, Major Hendy and Miss Hendy. The latter are con- templating a lengthy trip throughout Alaska this summer. . Mrs. Thomas Benton Darragh is spend- ing June in San Rafael, the guest of her aunt, Mrs. L. L. Baker. g TR Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Newman are at the Palace for a few days. They have come down from their meuntain home in Amador County to stop briefly in town. Many San Franciscans are in the region near Mr. and Mrs. Newman and several pleasant gatherings have taken Diace there during the past few weeks. [ s Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Burns has returned from a two wee: ' visit to the Portland Exposition. . - Mrs. Harry Nathaniel Gray will en- tertain to-day at dinner at St. Dun- stan's. Covers will be laid for eight. ———————— - ANSWERS TO QUERIES. FENCES—A. C. R. The question asked as to fences is not sufficiently detailed to admit of an answer in its present form. t does not appear whether the necessity lor a new fence arose from negleet on the part of the coterminous owner or not. CAMPERS—C., Berkeley, Cal Not knowing the sex, tastes or desire of < “two who want to go out camping for a week,” it would be very difficult to teil what would be requisite. Wa suggest that you call on some outfitter for camping parties, state what your ideas are, and such will tell you just what you need. MARRIAGE—M.,, City. The new law relative to issuing marriage licenses was published in the Answers to Queries if The Call of June 8. If par- ties were married regularly, but se- cretly, they could not obtain a licemse. One of the questions that would bas asked of the parties applying for a li- E AND HAVE A MORNING SMILE. cense would Re, “Are you arried now?" and the parties would ve to answer under oath that they were. The license clerk would possibly in sueh a case say, “If you are already married one to the other, what is the need of getting married again? —————————— Townsend's Cala. Glace Fruits, in ar- tistic fire-etched boxes. New store now open, 767 Market street. - —_————— Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 30 Cali- fornia street. Telephone Main 1042, *