The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 28, 1905, Page 8

THE SAN{FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JULY 25 1905 THE SAN FRANCISCOCALL . . Proprietor JOHN D. SPRECKELS.....c000000 cossecesescscacs z > ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO THIRD AND MARKET STREETS, SAN FRANCISCO ...JULY 28, 1805 i PUBLICATION OFFICE. HE recent arrest of two boys for kindling fires on Mount Tam- | is brings into view the inefficiency of the law in such | st was made under a law passed by the lasti makes kindling such fires 2 misdemeanor, and;’ not a felony. As a misdemeanor the act is punishable by a light | fine and the penalty carries with it no ignominy. All offenses which | of destruction of habitations and of | are, acc g to the spirit of the law, felonies. | Mount Tamalpais is the most majestic and splendid natural | ct on the land mear to San Francisco. It is itself scenery of | est grandeur, and from its summit a vast circumference of | passed in the world may be viewed. Its slopes are yet 1 wooded, in parts by quite dense forest, and everywhere there is| copse that clothes it in beauty. This vast and beautiful upraise has been the scene of many fires. Lives have been lost there and much { property destroyed in years past by conflagrations. Every one of‘ them was caused by criminal carelessness. Those who set the| fires were guilty of manslaughter, at least, if not murder in the sec- Ipais 3 scene: | ond deg: when lives were lost. [ It is pleaded for the persons recently arrested that they are| “boys.” Well, it is time to teach boys that there is a limit to their | inte the rence with the rights of others. Boys put an iron rail across ck at Scapoose, Oregon, and nearly wreck a crowded pas- Boys steal the red flag and track bomb placed to i senger train that workmen and material were senger trai warn a crowd at Santa Cruz, and a horrible catastrophe is barely p in 2 averted. It time that this class of boys were made to feel the equences their crimes. Boys snatch newspapers from the s of passengers on street cars in this city, w igolaw is ; robbery, the value of the property stolen having nothing | ctions, they wiil be lawless men. The boys who built Mount Tamalpais and were sted had read the cau-| tionary s all along the trail telling them that it was unlawful to ce a fire on the mountain. But they had no respect for the | law, and it is to be hoped that now they are in its clutches they | will be taught a lesson. h < arre is believed to be a step a State park. This is ch park near | other on the lendid summit w of the ocean, ation. In the a and the Yo- protection of be gone, and it will be a view from its lofty of the new Forestry Board ex- | d t the Chief Forester will in guarded and that he will not com- because of their youth. | fiction is being extended to all | chusetts to even the individual Every town in that State The funds to carry on his protective work get. He has charge of the shade trees, mbering that the law especially requires that “from boys and animals.” He prunes, repairs and e trees that give shade and beauty to roads and streets, | harge of the planting of trees. This law was procured | the Massachusetts Forestry Association. That State has nni very exte orest tracts since the destruction of such mgde nec- | essary to get rid of the gypsy moth. The association therefore is | ting its energies to the town and village trees, with the inten- | | tha ) plant and preserve them for an object lesson in preparation he reforestation of the former wooded tracts of the State. In fornia we have the forests standing. Let us preserve them. Above , let firmly protect those imperial works of nature, the State Redwood Park and Mount Tamalpais us OLD-AGE PENSIONS. DUSTRIAL soldiers who have served the commonwealth faith- | fully have had their interests well considered in a study of old- age pensions made by the Massachusetts Bureau of Labor. The | strial soldiers” is used in the language of the report ke the argument that such men seem as deserving in old age of aid or a retreat, which shall not be called charity, 1d have served in the army. The bureau puts tion of the question of what is the best method of ystem of old-age pensions in Massachusetts, but it favor of some system. The pamphlet is just one | part of the annual report, and"it states facts for the information of sociologi philanthropists, financiers, insurance experts and the | Legisl 3 m.of the study at this stage is to give the elements of the problem, t 1g that a solution may come from them by the various classes of minds which may deal with them. It is pointed out that every person in the city of Boston who does not pay his proportionate share of the city’s expenses is in reality a pensioner, and a recipient of benefits paid for by persons who are taxed on an income or property basis. A sample case is taken of, say, a worker with a wife and six children. The per capita share of his family would be 8645 44 for city expenses. He does not and cannot pay it, for his wage is only about $600. So that he is a pensioner to the - extent of more than his earnings. This is recognized as his riglit, and the facts of his receipt of benefits which he does not pay for are merely cited to show that society as at present constituted has really adopted the principle of pensions, although it does not always recognize and acknowledge it. It is deduced from this that when the soldiers of industry become incapacitated by old age they should receive benefits from the taxation of property. A strong argument for old-age pensions would be made out if it could be shown that support could by that means be more cheaply furnished than by the present complicated and expensive systcm's‘ of promiscuous charity. Old age when indigent is, and must be, supported by some method of giving, and the pension system should be arranged so as to prevent the bitterness of charity coming to those who had truly been “soldiers of industry” in their younger and vigorous years. To them it should be granted as a right, not as a dole. The figures of the report show that the sum expended in charity in Massachusetts is more than would be required to pay pensions of $260 per year to persons over 65 years of age who were not other- wise provided for. In giving examples of the success of old-age pen; sions in other countries, New Zealand is cited as a prime exemplar, the report saying: “It has captured the heart of New Zealand. It appeals to the kindliness of the people and their sense of justice, and .is undoubtedly the most popular of all the splendid measures carried by the liberal movement.” - The a ust Who would ever have thought that Chauncey Mitchell Depew would Jive to hear Thomes Collier Platt praised for lending dignity and moral worth to 2 United States Senate from which Mr. Depew is urged to re- sign?—New York Tribune. e There are men in New York now who are finding the verdict of public opinion scarcely less blighting than the sentence of a criminal conrt.—New | I'd Uke to take the load of woe de of the crime, and the police laugh and say, “It’s | His load of loneliness and care! ; f i | We'd like to take— ouldn’ e Unless boys are taught that the law puts a limit | g0¢ {0 R bl g :“N | brush. | girl’ | ty pin show? | in the silence now. 1 | Be stanch if your merit you're longing to York Werld. ’ — — | OCCIDENTAL % ACCIDENTALS Bu A. J. Waterhouse | | —_— | (The possession of wealth is an iso- lation. Great wealth brings its priva- tions and Its sufferings. * * * I can think of nothing more lonesome than the | man with an immense fortune.—Cardinal Gibbons.) CANNOT doubt the words are true; And you— ‘Why, surely you can clearly see The fact so evident to me, That wealth is isolated, lone; In fact, the cases I have known Showed such privation, suffering, pain; Such isolation, as was plain; Such starving in the midst of fat, And things like that, That I, a sympathetic chap Who hates to see & man's mishap, Felt—yes, 1 did; It can't be hid— That seemed to hurt my brother so; Just take his painful, golden pile And bear it on my back awhile. Don’t smile. 1 really did; that is my style, For long on sympathy am I, And, oh, my cash is sadly shy. : no bouquets at all for me! You see, I do not doubt you often feel The tear of pity downward steal At thought of some rich chap’s distress, Who bears load of loneliness, Of dire privation, suffering, all that sort of thing, ise of cash we might have had— rn bad! and so do you, ympathetic, too: gladly would we bear | On introspection vou're inclined To be quite long on sympathy, But short on cash. I, too, you see. A HOPELESS CASE. O hope is entertained for the pa- tient in this cell,” sald the gen attendant, as the visitor sed before the grated door. | to his mutterings.” ened. Like the dreary patter of the rain upon the roof was the incessant babble that he heard: “Suddenly, as the beautiful maiden stood in the translucent moonlight that himmered adown the bosky glen, her vas uolifted to her white and pal- som as if in terror lest her unfastened, and she started | heard a footprint. v nearer. = started forward. arer yet! started back. denly the burly ruffian whom her | re had retained burst from the under- | "Zblood!” he hoarsely 'shouted in | ‘Gadzooks! It is—it is—me | a Maby! . “‘Me Jawn! “The whispering spirit of the wind went dancing down the glade, tenderly caress- | ing the malden's peroxide locks, but, en- folded in each other’s arms, they heed- ed it not. From their long dream of bliss th were awakened by the beautiful convulsive start. * “What is’t, me own?' her companion tenderly inquired. “““Tell, oh, tell me, Jawn, does me— Het ‘Speak, me love. Hold me no longer in suspense.’ ““Yes, I will speak. Does me—me safe- “But hist! A long, wailing ery plerced the silence, making a large hole in fit. “Again it pierced. “They shuddered. “Yet again. There were three holes “They shuddered some more. How should they know it was but the family skeleton out for an airing. Then—"" “You perceive what ails him?” the at- tendant inquired, as the two sadly turned away from the cell. “Sure!” was the answer. “He tried to read the ‘six most-read books as fast as they come not.” “You've guessed it. That’s it.” IF YOU'RE GOING TO WIN OUT. F you're going to win out—and per- haps you are— Why, the thing that you have to do Is to just toil on 'neath a baleful star As if it were dear to you; You must meet mischance as you meet good luck, With a smile that is broad and big, Go straight ahead with a steady pluck, And dig! If you're going to win out—and I hope you may— You haven't much time to spare. Make hay in the shine, for the rainy day Is coming, and you will be there. So roll up your sleeves and your coat remove, And your sails for prosperity rig: prove, And dig! LD Jabez didn’'t want so much, As he expressly sald, But still he always wanted more Waoen he had much ahead. He early grabbed, and late he grabbed, Until he had a store: He couldn’t rest between the grabs, Because he wanted more: And I've’ concluded, after thought, What Jabez said was right. He didn’t want so very much— Just everything in sight. HEAR A PARABLE. One who had walked with care, anxiety and pain lay upon his bed of death; and as he waited the end and its rest a white angel came and touched his eyes, so that the blinding mists fell away and he looked upon such a scene as was not about him. Then the white angel stooped and mur- mured in his ear. ‘“Be of good cheer,” he,said, “for this—your heaven—awaits you.” A bright light shone upon the face of the dying man as he whispered, so low that none but the angel heard him: “But these—these are the scenes and the companions of my childhood.” “It is even so,” the angel replied. A smile of ineffable peace illuminated the countenance of the dying man, and then he passed beyond the mists, F&' he had not understood in the olden day, but now he knew that a happy child- hood is but God's dream of blessedness for the weary and grown children of his earth. “He said I was a liar.” “Yes?" “And a fool.” “Yes?”’ “And only honest under compulsion.” “Did, hey?” “And all three of them at the same time.” “What did you say?” “Not a word.” “What did you do?” “Nothing.” “Why not?” “He acted to me as if he intended to prove it.” TEACH YOURSELF CONCENTRATION A Scattered Mind Means a Tired Body and Nerves Out of Gear. BY ANGELA MORGAN. -+ YOUNG woman writes asking me to recommend some method of mind “I cannot conecentrate my is her unhappy L A culture that will teach her how to concentrate. mind more than one minute at a time upon anything,” confession. She has plenty of company. The only difference between this young woman and millions of her sisters is that she realizes her deficiency and they do mot. I congratulate her upon her discovery ST et and can encourage her to fight hopefully’ PO TS for the desired change, for her battle is already half won. Most women reach middle age before they even realize that they have failed to develop the facuity of concentration. They go on worrying and struggling with their work and wonder why they 8o easily get fretted and tired out. All over the iand to-day there are mothers and wives and sisters perform- ing ordinary tasks and duties in such a scatter-brained way that the effort which ought to-yleld only pleasure and interest has the effect of wearying mind and body. Some day the revelation is sure to come | to these unhappy members of the frailer sex that what really ails them is not overwork, but scattered thought force. A scattered mind means inevitably a tired body and nerves out of gear. I call attention to lack of concentra- tion as being peculiarly a feminine fail- ing, because it is an admitted fact that the masculine mind has had the advant- | age of centuries of training in focusing the mental faculties. The very nature of woman's work has prevented rather than assis‘>d the de-| & velopment of concentration. A The busy mother, with children to dress and with clothes to mend and din-<- ners to plan, was compelled to think of “so many things at once” that she easily formed the habit of dividing her mind. When she sat down to read a book a part of her thought was occupied in won- dering if the baby upstairs would waken soon from his nap; another part was , worrying vaguely with the problem of what to get for lunch, and a thin thread of thought reached out anxiously to keep track of the time. What was the result? When she closed her book she was not able to re- member a thing she had read and was conscious that the effort had wearied her and made her nervous. Her mind, not her body, was tired. When the mind is not concentrated upon the task before it, but pushes ahead to the duties yet to come, there is an actual waste of thought force which resuits in physical weariness. To the young woman who has written me, and to all others like her, 1 would give this advice: Begin right now to practice concentration. You do not need to attend any school or take up any special method of mind culture to do this. Make your every-day duties and activities control you wish to gain. You could not find seas and continents in search of them. These appropriation. 1 Begin with your dressing in the morning. Rut your thought into it. If you find your mind wandering, bring it back. Keep on trying. While you are brushing your hair, refuse to let your thought waste itself struggling to hook your collar before it is time. And while you are buttoning your shoes, don’t send your mind scurrying into the kitchen to light the gas range and get the coffee ready. You cannot possibly get into the Xitchen any sconer than your body will take you. When vou do arrive there, put your mind into the work of geeting break- fast and don't let it go whirling off into plans for the afternoon and evening or into speculations about the new dress you are going to make. You can teach yourself concentration if you will persist. T ! e serve you as aids to the mental better aids if you traveled across are close at hand, awaiting your THE MAN WHO HAS TO EAT. HE farmer can declare himself and vow wiin accents deep I He'll make a bonfire of his crops before he'll sell too cheap: The miller and the teamster, if their pay they do not like, Can at least attract attention to their troubles by a strike, And when the battle’s ended And one side's entirely beat, The man who pays the damage Is the man who has to eat. When capital and 1#bor get together in a clash, And talk grows warm and threats arise which sound uncommon rash, The man who has tne real right to shudder in dismay Is compelled to watch the scrimmage and not have a word to say. A merry dance they're leading, .and the plan is very neat; For the man who pays the piper Is the man who has to eat. LROTHSCHILD AND THE SOCIALISTS | It is related of Baron Alphonse de, Rothschild, who died recently in Paris, | that on one occasion three strangers | called at his banking-house. They said | they had been deputed by a committee | to inform him that a movement then on foot at no distant day would com- pql all rich men to aid in redistribu- tion of wealth, and that his name head- ed the l§st. The Baron listened patient- 1y and then drew a sheet of paper to- ward him. “Please tell*me the popuiation —Washington Star. France and her colonies,” he said. One of his visitors gave the desired infor- mation, whereupon M. de Rothschild made some calculations, at the coneclu- sion of which he said: “‘According to your estimate, gen- tlemen, my fortune, divided equally, represents 8 cents to each man. I have much pleasure in giving you your share now.” : So saying, and to the astonishment of his visitors, he tendered 3 cents to each and politely bowed them out.— of | Pittsburg Dispatch. NO MORE ROOSEVELT PI—IOTOGRAPHSJ+ cide. No acknowledgment came from the White House, and an inquiry that was set on foot to see If the original letter had been received brought out the interesting fact that communica- tions of this sort are now merely filed away. They have become so numer- ous that they get neither a photo nor an answer.—Brooklyn Bagle. ———— President Roosevelt has stopped giv-, ing autograph photographs of himself | to fathers of big families, He found it | was too expensive a habit, and al-| though his ideas about race suicide have not been modified he no longer rewards proud papas and mammas with personal letters and signed photo- graphs. The other day a Pittsburg man cele- brated the arrival of his seventeenth child. He has been married 20 years.| Halifax, will visit this country next fall. He thought his record entitled him to | Lord Halifax is about the most widely recognition from the President. he wrote to Mr. Roosevelt telling him of his efforts to guard against race sui- being regarded as head of the advanced party in that church. Maisie—Why did you ever marry that English nobleman? . Daisy—Well, youn see, when papa comes home at night from the office, tired and cross, he likes 3 t:l I;Tv- something around he can e BLACK ENOUGH. 4 Printer—TI'm all out of ink, sir. Foreman—Then use the office towel. —_—— Charles Lindley Wood, second V‘!eoul’ltl So | known layman in the Church of England, | FRESH FROM THE FACTORY WHERE THE SUMMER JOKES ARE MADE +__________,————-—-———-——___—‘" « « THE SMART SET # < | | Bu Sally Sharp : i death of her brother, Douglas Cone. They expect to be in San Franeisco for some time. Mr. Sherwood will go with the Bohem- jan Club to attend its annual fall jinks on August 1. . o Dr. Alice Goss returned last evening Several San Francisco soclety folk were among the guests at the canoe party in Miss Roosevelt's honor at Honolulu. 5 * Among those spending the summer in the islands are Mrs. Willlam Irwin, Miss Helene Irwin and their house ng guest, Miss Margaret Hyde-Smith. ;n;mm:—l::”‘l‘:::; :::;: she has be=n They, with the following, comprised a | T delightful gathering who assisted in the pleasure excursion: Miss Alice Mac- fariane, Miss Nellle Kitchen. Captain and Mrs. Niblack, Mr. and Mrs. Gerrit Wilder, Mrs. Richard Ivers, Mrs. C. B. | Cooper, - William G. Irwin, Robert Atkinson and Walter Dll.\h'\!hnnm i and Mrs. James Molony of the jsland of Hawafl arrived on the St man, and will visit in San Francisc for several weeks. Mrs. Molony is ret )(cEname.V; o a sister of Mrs. Gar- . Each week new visitors are enter- tained at the Berringer Villa, the St Helena home of Mr. and Mrs. Henr S. Butters, who constantly have a | houseful of friends. Their recent lease of this summe place has proved most satisfactory, so great a degree that in all prob bility Mr. and Mrs. Butters will by a home in that neighborhood. Not long ago they sold their countr place, “Constantia,” in Nevada wit view to locating in the summer nearer their permanent home -ll Piedmont. . Mrs. Ada Shawhan entértained a few guests last Wednesday evening in honor of Mrs. Grace Morel Dickman and Clarence Eddy. Mrs. Dickman, whose absence from town has been of long duration, met with a most cordial greeting and sang with great charm, to the delight of her friends. Among those who enjoyed the evening were: Mrs. Grace Morei Dick- man, Mrs. Edith Hodges, Miss Gertrude Gates, Miss Violet Shawhan. Clarence Eddy, Morris Dickman, Grifin Barry, Alvin Leventripp, L. A. Wolff. Mrs. Dickman and Mr. Eddy leave Sunday morning for a tour of the north. e . a Mrs. Randall Hunt, with her daug ter, Miss Floride Hunt, who has been spending ‘part of the summer at Tuxedo, is sojourning this week at the Sea Beach Hotel, Santa Cruz. G Mr. and Mfs. Willlam McKittrick who have been spending the last week at Santa Cruz, are entertaining Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ox:m.rd.. The anouncement of Miss Carmen Sel- by's engagement to Frank:H. Johnson of San Rafael is another surprise to those even of the inner circle, the young people having been so diplomatic as to avoid all suspiclon. Miss Selby is a debutante of last season with many friends in San Francisco and Menlo Park. She Is the daughter of the Pefey Selbys who have made their home for some years at Menlo Park. Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Johnson, par- ents of the groom-to-be, are well known people of San Rafael. P ‘Mrs. John Deane and Miss Deane are among the late arrivals at the Sea Beach Hotel. . . . Among the visitors at Santa Cruz are Clinton E. Worden and Alexander Wil- son, who are at the Sea Beach Hotel & e . The children at Hotel Rowardennan were made most happy a few days ago by a tally-ho party at which Mrs. Wil- liam G. Dodge was hostess. Many of these little people are! guests with their parents from San Franecisco for the summer and this coaching party was quite to their youthful liking. Luncheon was served on Bear Creek, where the day was gleefuly passed. ek 2 are Mr. and Mrs. Lee Merritt Olds her guests of Mrs. Robert Crooks at summer place near Mountain View. —_——————— Townsend's Cala. Glace Fruits, in ar- tistic fire-etched boxes. New store n open, 767 Market street. - i Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 30 Cali- fornia street. Telephone Main 1 L Joseph Greenebaum, the artist, will be host at a diner this evening. R e Mr. and Mrs. John Dickinson Sherwood of Spokane are at the Palace, Hm] 81 4th (front barber), best eyeglasses; specs, | Sherwood having been called by the ' 20c-S0c; other stores, $2 50-33 50. e MIRROR OF DAME FASHION. - I *l FOR THE EVER USEFUL SEPARATE BLOUSE. HERE are so many chinks in the wardrobe that cannot be filled by anything but this ever useful separate blouse that ome fervently = NOPes that its reign in this realm o. fashionable effects will be in- dennitely prolonged. The palest of pink chiffon—the double kind that is so often miscalled chiffon cloth—is used over a lining of a paler tint of soft thin silk. The collar and little chemisette are in white mousseline de soie, with little square bows of coral velvet spaced be- tween tiny ruffles of pink gauze ribbon. A wider strand of this same ribbon is bouillonned for trimming and disposed In dainty effect on the front of the waist. A black satin girdle is similarly trimmed, und the g{eeve l"t; full p“efld :f ehl::m that ends above the eclbow. and the sleeve is then spac own with a up of long gloves completing the arm eom‘:og.v o e ] WHEN THE FROTH IS THE BEER. “Gruet says that he is a great lover marine views.” “I have often noticed him look- ing at schooners.” NOT OF THE EARTH. “You said that no earthly power should separate fro that girl, and yet her father Puab i~ her give you up.” he’ P