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

THE S FRANCISCO CALL MONDAY, FRANCISCOCALL «+s-e-., . Proprietor 1 { | THE SAN JOBN D. SPRECKELS.......c0000 ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO JOHN McNAUGHT.. LICATION OFFICE.. Manager iness of the country last week was materially reduced Thanksgiving holiday, which was reflected 4n the loss of 18.8 per cent in the country’s bank clearings. mtribute to the falling off in decreased movement in distributive trade weather during the early part of the week, stton by the Southern planters and by the staples heretofore very active. But the 1ed to send in good reports of machinery plenty of new business offering, and ibor troubles to obstruct the regular channels | Il ilroads continued to report larger earnings than | ing period in 1904, and the failures for the | as compared with 245 for the same week | pparent certain other ¢ to ses such as a December to what is known as the winter remains more or Jess quiet until after the turn of relaxation without causing unfavorable com- et showed no arked change during the week. ied unsettled, interest rates fluctuating sharply h the tendency upward. Funds are now in, day. with condition in all of the bourSes of the world. The floati he Japanese loan, preparations to meet the approaching idend and interest payments, the uncertainties involved the Russian p al upheaval, the drafts upon the coin reserves erew to move the vast American crops. the excited condition f the cotton market, the rise in silver which has disturbed exchange. nd mber of minor factors, all conspire to deprive the money that wonderful steadiness and stability which have for a ; Conservatism is being preached more This is exemplified in \Wall street; where the public isposed to plunge into speculation, but are restrained as far the banks and other large financial interests which that the present » time for a bull movement In fact, on any rise in stocks blocks of shares immedi- out, suggesting that the large interests are selling at | opportunity. yvear ssible is Iv sa his to ut notwithstanding t sell readiness -on the part of the large have entered upon another era of m. This is shown by the current activity in cotton and the scks, which have been quite prominent of late. The imates of the size of the cotton crop have rendered the | r that staple very unsettled and it has been pulled and in 2 most unceremonious manner. | Conditions on this coast continue bright. Additional rains| set the plows running in many districts previously dry and| grass where pasturage had given out. The long dry s apparently been broken and the outlook for another good | vear encouraging. Business in all branches, foreign, wholesale and retail, reported _excellent, | tions are still very active, the mines.and irrigationq‘ ave now snow enough in the mountains to relieve them | previous apprehensions, and, in brief, there is nothing | present to create any expectation of anything else than we seem stc ed about now oper g good agricultural, industrial and mercantile year. | is remarked, however, that the demand for farm staples is | Iy as sharp as at this time during the past few years. This | | to the prevailing high prices or to the gradual over- mption, or to the cessation of the Oriental demand | by the recent Russo-Japanese war. While that war lasted he Pacific Coast sold a vast amount of forage.and.bread._.uffs to 1 igerents, and the elimination of this profitable business | renders this year quieter than its two immediate pre- | 2y be du aking of consu e ased ORGANIZATION A CURE FOR POVERTY. RITAIN is so close to us because of kinship of race and simi- | larity of institutions that its acute sociological troubles con- stitute for us a subject of keen interest. The poverty. threat- in the mother country because of the inability of tens of thousands of its people to find employment comes very near to us as a matter of sympathy, and if we do not pay attention to the hreat of this discontent&and continue to be more resourceful than | I 1 in the control of industrial conditions this evil of non- employed poverty may come to touch us closer home. The chief iy proposed for the British trouble is “back to the land,” that is, elopment of small agricultural holdings into self-sustaining B ening | the Britis den homes 1 If the design of dividing up big holdings of agricultural lands homes be carried out there may be relief from much erty and consequent political discontent which is now em- barrassing the British Government. Such movements when wisely planned and approved by the test of time become of course parts essential in completing the functional power of the social organism as a whole. Ever as we perfect that great organism there can be little doubt the ills of poverty and lack of employment, as well as | of most of our social troubles, will become less. In regard to the present troubles in Britain-and to the great immigration problem which constitutes a present threat to our coun- | try, theré might be pertinently connected a recent statement as to our industrial needs for which the Boston Fvening Transcript is | authority. That paper calls attention to the wide sweep of oppor- tumity that still awaits both men and women in agricultural sec- tions, not only in the West, but the paper says “right here in New England.” It even puts it that one of “the great troubles that the farmers have to face” is the lack of help both indoors and outdoors. This condition of lack of help lasts for at least nine months of the vear. It states further that if the new comers could be properly distributed to where they are most needed the immigration problem would be relieved of half its complexity. One part of the world’s population appears in almost desperate discontent because of non-employment, and another part suffering for labor to make use of nature’s bounty. Surely a more perfect system of mutual helpfulness, co-operation more thoroughly plnfmed, the mechanism of the’social organism more wisely devised or more ¢xtended both as a matter of philanthropy and of statecraft, would quickly cancel these two needs by simply bringing them in contact. nto smal of-.the pov T'he leather men ought to get active sympathy from President Roose- in their attempt to remove the tariff from hides. The President loves to tan hides, and the more abundant they gge the better he likes it.—Chicago velt sl gl 2 Ii President Roosevelt is going to be on Ythat committee to help or- ganize life insurance it may as well throw up its hands and tell the reorgan- zers to do their worst.—Chicago News. —_—— | { The Jate Senator Hanna, who gave “stand pat” its political significance, little realized that in a few years Ohio would vote to stand Pattison.—Kan- sas City Star. S Admiral Rojestvensky is said to have been appointed commander in chief of the Russian navy, and he is now trying to think where he put it.— Brooklyn Unsion. g { TR DANEEART “Melancholy pessimism” is one of Mr. Cleveland’s latest. Mr. Cleve- land’s command of language is absolute, and sometimes despotic.—Chicago Iribune. b4 ind that trade almost always quiets | | liere are plenty of reasons why business activity | | | the fashion of unique and dangerous pets | huge, uncanny pet. | as one of the Best horsewomen In Eng- | would lend it to him; | friend—ten cents. He paid no one and | never incurred a laundry bill. When one would inquire wherefore, he answered, I | HUGE PYTHON IS THE PET -| OF MRS. -CADOGAN Ll ISR DA S BT, L TR SRSHERIE L L (IR T HON. MRS. CADOGAN AND HER SNAKE. l < = = HERE is no accounting for women's { T fancies, especially when it is a ques- tion of pets. They make friends of the most formidable of creatures and fon- dle noisonous snakes and viclous tigers and bears without the slightest sugges- tion of fear. Just who is responsible for is diffcult to say, but to the Hon. Mrs. Arthur Cadogan, sister-in-law of a for- mer Viceroy of Ireland, probably belongs the honor of having introduced the snake | into the fashionable boudotr. Dogs, cats and birds, the usual house- hold pets, seem to find no favor in the eves of this remarkable woman. Instead she prefers her magnificent Indian py- thon. 'This docile reptile is something more than nine feet long, has consider- able thickness of body and is no small weight to carry and fondle. In the hands of this intrepld woman the python is as good as a kitten. He loves to twine him- self around the body of his devoted mis- tress with his tail resting on her shoul- der and his head placed comfortably be- tween her warm palms. So far there has been no disagreeable encounter between the two companions. On the contrary, the python exhibits a very remarkable consideration for the nerves of his mistress, who has, in turn, grown to have complete confidence in her Besides being known for her penchant for snakes, Mrs. Cadogan is looked upon land and an expert with the foils. One who did not know her would think her somewhat peculiar because of her snake | pets. but beyond this oddity she is said to be an extremely interesting and en- tertaining woman. If it be true that a woman is able to exert a_fascinating influence over ani- mals why shouldn’t this titled snake charmer or any other snake charmer suc- ceed in fascinating individuals? There are persons who contend that such a thing is_possible. In peint of numbers the English ake fancler is outdone by a woman in New York, who frequently keeps a quantity of reptiles in the garret of her suburban house. These pets are not permitted to roam at will, but are confined in cages. Nearly all are deadly poisonoys and un- tamed. Once the entire compary of snakes got loose and descended into the living rooms of the house, and even forced their way through windows and doors and emerged into the street, where they frightened passers-by. As soon as their escape was discovered the young charmer and her assistant set to work to show what they could do in the way of bring- ing back their wild and excited pets Into the fold. Whether it was the power of fascination or some other occult influ- ence, the feat was duly accomplished, to the relief of the neighbors. Since then the woman has not found it advisable to in- dulge her fondness for reptile pets. Besides making pets of snakes some women exhibit a fondness for having white mice near them, this, too, despite the traditional horror a mouse produces in the fair sex. e THE BOHEMIAN. Onee upon a time there lived an artist. He had lofty ideals in his brain and yel-| low stains on his finger-nails. Besides. he | lived on his relations. He went through | three universities, and thence post-gradu-| ated to Paris, whither he traveled to ab- | sorb some atmosphere. | He returned a finished artist. He must! have been good, for, when he entered a museum, he could tell at a glance where | Raphael fell down, how bad’ Velasquez| really was, where Murlllo was weak, and| why Rubens turned out so much poor! gtuff. It was he who discovered the Bra-| bizon School—he called it that himself— is not what it is said to be, and that Sir Joshua Reynolds—he hailed him as Josh— was poor on brushwork. i Meanwhile he lived in a hallroom and wore flowing neckties. His shoes were of | varying patterns and his clothes were | stylish—in 1863, He slept most of the day | and walked around all night. When one| inquired wherefore, he answered proudly, “I am a bohemian.” He ate sausages cooked over a candle In a plug hat, and slept under the carpet near the floor. He announced that all| marriage contracts should contain a two weeks' clause, and that all property| should be divided among everybody. He borrowed three doilars from anybody who falling three, he or even—from a stingy borrowed two, proudly, “I am a bohemian One day the artist “arrive Ah editor saw promise in hie work and give him & three years' contract at sixty dollars per week. The_next month he married and gettled down.” Before his contract expired he had two children, a savings-bank account and three life insurance policies. He goes to bed each night at nine and his clothes are of the latest fashion. His meals are served to the minute and he stickles ab- jectly for the influence of the Home. Moral: Bohemianism is only an excuse. —8. F. Stern ™ December Smart Set. gk o < el . ODD ADVERTISEMENT. A hopelessl. competent fool, with no quali- ficati social or intellectual, totally devoid of. k:::ledn on any conceivable subject, thor- oughly indolent and untrustworthy, is desirous of obtaining 8 remunerative post in any capac- ity. Address 1. F., 3 Maclise road, West Ken- sington. = The sublime candor of the above adver- tisement, which appeared in Thursday’s issue of the Times, has caused some amusement and attracted a great deal of attention among business men. Many declared that “I, F.” was a prac-|- tical joker; others that he had a definite | object in view when-he made himself out to be a fool. That this latter solution was the correct one an Express representative learned yesterday from “I F.” himself. His ob- ject, he said, was to attract the attention of employers by going out of the beaten track. “I. F.)' who is about 27 years old, is rather more alert and intelligent than the average man with an ordinary public| school education, and his face is a par- ticulary honest one. “I thought if I sald exactly the opposite E t ANSWERS. GRAPES-—Subscriber, City. Accord- ing to the Sonoma Board of Trade the aggregate acreage in grapes In Sonoma County is 25,000. PLATINUM— F. G, City. Platinum is found ornly in its native state; that is, it is never found combined with other elements, but always recognizable as platinum. TATTOO MARKS—A. H., Sacramento, Cal. Inquiry is frequently made for methods for the successful removal of tattoo marks in the skin. While these are generally asserted to be indelible, if produced by the insertion of some cabon- aceous matter, a correspondent of the Chemical News says that such marks disappear by first being well rubbed with a salve of pure acetic actd and lard, then with a solution of poiash, and finally with hydrochloric acid. FORESTS—A. N. G., City. Thé clearing off of forests has an effect on tempera- ture. It increases both extremes, that is it renders the winters colder and the summers warmer. Forests moderate the climate, retaining humidity which lessens the excessive heat of summer and in winter prevents the lowering of the earth’s surface beneath them by radia- tion. They afford a protection from the fierce ‘cold winds of winter and the scorching rays of the sun in summer. By actual experiment it has been shown that the thermometer averages a lower tem- perature in the immedlate shelter of a forest during the warm mon and a higher temperature during |the cold months, than on an unprotected plain in the same latitude. should have advised me to apply at once to the War Office, ‘where I would be sure of a billet.’ “I have been schoolmastering seven years, and although I have a small billet now, I wish' to better myself.”—London Express. oo T Occidental | : Acc_ic_j_entals BY A. J. WATERHOUSE e — | THE GENTLEMAN UNAFRAID. | OW the God of man and the God of | N brute and the God of all crea- | tures made, Who dwelleth afar in a burning star and vieweth his drama played, > While the aeons roll He loveth the soul | of the Gentleman Unafraid. | “I have wearied,” he murmured, “of crea- tures that cringe, of creatures that crawl in their place! On zea or on land shall no being stand and venture to iook on my face! Behold, 1 wlil build me, for lonely am I, { _wlhe first of a God-reaching race. g 5 Then the God of man and the God of brute and the God of all creatures mads To the duat speke low, “Thou shalt live and know,” and the dust of creation obeyed. “I will wait,” quoth He, “and I vet shall | see my Gentleman Unafrald.” the tide of the shoreless sea, | And man vet sprawled in the dust and | crawled, for sorely afraid was he. “An aeon’s a day,” quoth his God alway, “and the thing that I will shall be.” Then stepped forth Michael, the princely one, and whispered, ““This dwarf di- vine ‘With the fiends doth vie to traffic and lie, ° to shuffle and crawl and whine— | Let him slake his lust in the senseless dust, but never be child of thine.” | Then the great white God who made us | all, peasant or baton or King, let the acons onward swing, For 1 know right well from his self-made | hell the one whom I wait they bring. “He shall come through the halls of an unseen time, though long be his com- ing delayed; | E'en now I can see where he looks to me | from out of the murk and shade. | Be thou of cheer; he shall vet draw near —my Gentleman Unafraid.” Friend, who stumble and often fall, stiil | be thy soul elate, For the will of God shall never be trod neath the heel of remorseless fate— Cries a voice divine to thy soul and mine, ““I still for thy coming wait.” A MUTUAL FEAR. The Czar and De Witte were having a little confidential discussion, and it natur- ally follows that nobody need inquire how it was that I happened to overhear it. | “Do my subjects appear to be satisfied { now?” the Czar inquired. “Well—yet was the hesitating an- | swer; ‘“that is, they appear to be satis- fled, but not so doggonedly satisfied. I should describe it as a plain, ordinary, fifth-class, three-for-a-nickel satisfaction that pervades them.” “Don’t they like the Soup of Liberty that I have given them?” “Yea, sire, they like it well enough, but some of the graceless varlets indicate that they would have preferred a large, juicy, tender Rump Steak of Liberty.” “But I have given them the right to vote.” “Yea, sire; but they eclaim you only gave it to them because you were afraid to do anything else.” “Between ourselves, thg hinds are good guessers, are they not?” “Even so, sire; and they assert that, anyway, you only gave back what your ancestors stole from them.” “Do they so, the churls? But I also gave them my lands—that is, T gave them a chance to buy some of them.” ““Yea, sire; but they ungraciously insin- uate that they could buy land anyway—If they had the money to do so.” “What more do they want?" “Thege are, sire, those who desire your crown, for they claim that accidents of birth shoulM not count, and who treason- ably suggest that your head would look well where that of John the Baptist was placed. Yet now I do think that they have concluded to do without these per- quisites.” “Alas! And I had promised them even greater liberty—of a vague and shadowy nature, to be sure, but liberty neverthe- | less.” “They fear that you may change your mind."” “Strange, is it not?”’ the Czar musingly remarked. “What is strange, sire?"” “Why, that is exactly what T fear on their part, now that affairs look more peaceful.” Then the Czar retired to his bomb-proof! closet, and De Witte went out to look after the cases of a few assassins. ‘Who was it that remarked, ‘“Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown"”? You bet, he was onto his job! “I suppose that Ethel will be wedded before long.” “Why, what makes you think so? She is not even engaged, is she?” “No; but I heard her say the other day that she never, never would marry as | long as she lived.” 2 < AS WE JOG ALONG. I know married people who would not consider heaven a particularly gratifying were suddenly shifted to hades, probably would consider that place just comfort- ably cool and pleasant. Did you ever pause to reflect that whether you are the one or the other of these people may de- pend very largely upon yourself? I have seen many persons who were very unhappy, and my observation leads me to suppose that at least two out three of them make themselves so. There is hope for the man or woman ‘who is foolish and knows it, but my hu- man blindness cannot see much prospect for the one who fs foolish and never sus- pects it. S Did you ever happen to think that if all the people would follow the Nazarene's SCANDAL AND DRESS AT THE OTHER MEETINGS. “How is your Browning Club “Fine. Why, at,every third meeting we for nearly an hour.” The long. =low aeons yet drifted out on | | Made answer low, “Let the epochs go; | change, and I know others who, if they ! i | 1 1 with a velveteen wear nowaday: | | applied flat on t material—it is a to provide fullness, sett THE DRESSIER TYPE OF SHIRT WAIST. HILE plain and severe enough for wear with a tailor-made gown of the usual kiud, this smart desigh is skirt—a combination vs. On a fitted lining the back is disposed with stitched tucks in the shoulder’ seam, those stitched but for a short distanee, and then drawn down in a pretty line to the waistband{ The front has the fashionable chemisette lining. and faStening over invisibly on the left side. halk white henrietta—has the tucks at the shoulder seam a pretty cut out below the throat to display the chemi- and a fancy guipure for a border. pretty pattern, full and puffy, sprung out with little featherbone loops at the shoulder, and having a frilled cuff below the elbow. lace is mounted upon a featherbone ring, so that it may be applied with fancy pins—which are intended to show on waist is desired. The close fit of this design renders the dress shieid indis- pensable, even to those who ordinarily do not require it. | * at the same*time dressy enough to that is highly modish The The sleeve is an exceptionally The deep-fitted cuff of long-sleeved the outside—when a “MAKE UP YOUR MIND’ BY RNGELA MORGAN. 1 HATEVER you do, cultivate de- cisiveness. Don't worry away vour strength, your health and your happiness in a protracted struggle to_‘“make up”’ your mind. Make it up; and, once having done so, let it stay made up. Learn to decide. Whenever I go into a store and see the rows of worried, pondering. hesitating women lined up before the counters, rack- ing their prains over ribbons and gloves and laces, I am moved to utter this ap- peal. To me the sight of a woman permitting herself to be distressed over a card of buttons or a yard of lining is not so ri- dlculous as it is pathetic, 1t hardly seems possible that a human being endowed with will power and the capacity to judge should fail so completely to employ that will power In developing that judgment. But this is the failing of the average woman, and for this reason her life is more troublous than man’s. The only way to acquire good judgment is to practice judgment. Strange to say, women dislike to do this. There seems to be in the feminine make- up a sort of inherent dread of relying | @efinitely upon that faculty we term judg- ment. The average woman hesitates as long as she possibly can before taking a == T golden rule there would be no use for Legislatures? No cheat ever defrauds another being go surely as he cheats himself of happi- | ness. The breath of the morning is cool, so ool That it sets the blood in my veins athrill, s As it used to do when I went to school In a little, low building beneath a hill; And my pulse beats high, as it used to do, ‘And I fancy a mite of a boy am I, And that life is as fair as life is new Under the sheen of a far-off sky. For the breath of the morning—Ah, me! ah, me! It takes me back where the yesters be, And the glory of life again I see, As the breath of the morning fans me. | The breath of the morning ls sweet, so sweet, *As the wings of the night fold back, That I half believe my wandering feet May turn to the rearward track i That led me over the hills away From the Land of the Long Ago, That again as a boy I may lightly stray In the world that I used to know. For the breath of tie morning—Heigho! heigho! It lures me still to the long ago: And the thrill of life's dawning again T know, ‘When the breath of the morning fans me, “DId yer git a bite at de house on de hill, Willle?"” 'Twas de oder way.” ‘'Wat yer mean?" “De dog got it. Look at me pants!” ANY POSITION. Applicant—I'm able to assume any position. man I'm looking ‘m contortionist. yowre just the for. I want a e definite step. making a real decision. As a rule she will wait until force of cireum- stances compeis her to do it or a culmina- tion of events decides for her. This is the reason the average feminine judgment is so poorly developed. It is not used. How can it grow when it is not exercised? A man naturally decides promptly and easily the self-same questions a woman worries over with endless questioning and misgivings. Therefore it is difficult for mankind to understand the trouble wo- mankind experiences in “making up” the mind, But there is a reason for this gifficulty. So mary considerations enter Into the matter from woman's standpoint, there is really very little wonder she has such a struggle. As a rule, it is not her judgment she consults. It is her fears, her “impres- slons,” _her superstitions, her intuitions, her seruples. her friends and her friends' friends—in short, anything or any one ex- cept herself. Women feel that they must look to a power outside of themselves for guidance in making their decisions. In the large decisions of life, how often do we find women who fearl and res- olutely rely upen themseives? Do we not find them rather going about to consult astrologers, palmists, psychic readers and seers and varlous orders’ Do we not ses them agonizing through long nights of distressed meditation? Man is not hampered by any such in- cumbrance. His judgment, stripped of handicaps, runs a free race straight to the goal. There is no habit more fatal to charac- ter than the habit of indecision. It under- mines the very foundations of character. Judgment is a mental muscle. It can only be kept in good conditfon through vigorous exercise. Our will was given to us to use. When we fall to use it in cul- tivating judgment we enervate the will ]lnd render our judgment flabby and use- ess. Woman, whatever you do, cultivate de- cisiveness. Learn to think quickly and decide promptly in lttle things. 4 Better make innumerable mistakes in trifling matters, at first, than permit your- self to become a slave to vaclllation. Decide. What if you do select a hat that is not “just what you want?" Wear it and be happy. This year’s hat will not matter next year, but this year's charac- ter will matter for all time. Charagter goes on forever. Discipline yourself to “make up r ¢ mind” quickly. Put aside n -| and fear and unreasonabie worry. Be sensible. Decide promptly, and then— stick to your decision. Note—No. 81 Fourth st. (front of Townsend's c;morn: slace fruits d choicest candies fire- - A A etched boxes. New store, Special information supplied dafly to business houses and men by the START THE DAY WITH A BIT OF CHEER. - A NEW WRINKLE. Malsy—Gracious! Why do you ;."wht' le that gasoline on your Daisy—Se that people will think i I own an automobile. -