The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 6, 1905, Page 8

'"HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, DiECEMBER 6, 1905 THE SAN E’RANCISCO CALL REC .....Proprietor JOHN D. SPRECKELS.....cc00000 soveeres ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO McNAUGHT. PUBLICATION OFFICE. JOHN THIRD AND MAREET STREETS, SAN FRANCISCO .DECEMBER 6, 1905 WEDNESDAY TO DINE OR NOT TO DINE. ERHAPS too much weight is given to public dinners and the When Beaconsfield worsted Glad- P company one meets there. stone in one he proposed to appoint a certain man to a post in the new Gov- ernment. A member of his party protested and told him that only the day before the proposed appointee had dined at a Liberal club. ’ said Beaconsfield, “a man must dine somewhere.” -re is what is called a strained situation here over f the Merchants’ Association. At these dinners to discuss public questions with great freedom. Last was style and quality of our city government. heard of this and asked for -an invitation to the feast e might contribute to the flow of soul in defense the by comparison. d have been shy of the Merchants’ Associa- This was the omitted invitation that broke the atience. He made it a political issue and the r in his campaign book might have been headed, to which I was not invited.” of the city sympathize with the loss of a good dinner with the Mayor. The election was well over. The trunch- were hung up till next time. The bucket of nails used on lies was put away. streets mourning not as those without hope, when the h d an invitation, of the variety called “cordial,” was for- y, the association also invited every candidate layor’s ticket. They were all bidden to the banquet ations about clothes. Wishbone suits, Prince y garments of the rialto were all permitted. that the association studied to please. The invitation once. He had been coldly passed the 1 were n s or the we is no dc 1 solicited offi 3 pipe of peace with the merchants. To ‘the surprise of | ¢ he and his declined, refused point blank, to break| | i eat salt in the merchants’ tent. His declination was jutt‘i | storage, too. It has not been equaled in American epis- ce Secretary of State Blaine resigned in a cube al did not run to the victuals, nor the drinks, regale them, nor to the cooking. He even n, but he objected pointedly to the president. t and officers of that body, and intimated that if those i itation to dinner would be thankfully a bring his appetite and thirst and gifts of honor to the occasion. There the incident The association has two'horses on the Mayor on the association. It is not yet a tie. He lacks of being even. As far as the rhetoric of the affair goes tion has the chance of another shot at him, and he cannot except by sending the police to turn out the banquet lights pany. d outsider is compelled to observe that the Mayor ob- members and officers of the Merchants’ Association tak- $S0C b be ing part against him in politics. kept he would feed with them and moisten his official clay with and he will have none of them. He would rather eat a f herbs in the corner of a housetop with his supporters than ox with the merchants. . dropping the incident out of metaphor like a balloonist and getting it down to the ground again, it must nitted that the Mayor tried as strenuously as anybody to r parsnips with hard words during his campaign. As a vituper- ) bla#ksmith. He sowed invective and epithet broad- upon his enemies as did Shimei upon David. as valiant a denouncer as has appeared in since the war." If he left any base motive not ascribed to rents it must have been too small for the fine tooth comb Now under such circumstances why not call quits? n is elected he comes under the rule noblesse oblige. shake hands before a fight, gentlemen after. E Interstate Commerce Commission has been in operation - vears. The Pacific Coast appreciated the importance of v which put interstate commerce in the control of that body, and has from the beginning desired a representative in the ssion. This aspiration has not been realized until now. The - beneficiary of President Roosevelt’s traverse of the whole aint himself with the wants of every part of the coun- He decided some time ago that the transportation interests, both roads and shippers, required the services and knowledge of the and general situation of a Commissioner located here. This rion has been carried out by the appointment of Mr. Franklin ne to the commission. This appointment is satisfactory, not only because it puts a K. I Californian in the commission, but because Mr. Lane is an excellent selection for the place. He is a sound lawyer, an observer, a man of affairs. He has had neither railroad nor anti-railroad affiliations, 2nd is equipped with an open and sober mind for the high duties of the position to which the President has called him. President Roosevelt and Mr. Lane are not strangers. They are long acquainted, and no mistake has been made in the appointment. THE PRESS OF THE NATION. Young Mr. Hyde’s concession that no other company would have paid him $75,000 a year is more noticeable for the frankness than for its contribu- tion of fresh information.—Kansas City Star. —_— Now that M. Witte is to change the Russian calendar he certainl).' will’ more popularity if he throws in a few extra pay days.—New York Herald. win P SRRy Mr. John W. Gates is now in Texas. Those Texans who would like to make some million-dollar bets should make their wants known.—Houston Post. Al s TR However, if the railways were under Government ownership nobody would feel under the slightest obligation to fee the porter.—Chicago Tribune. adigok o Duuntls Unlike Colonel Bryan, Boss Cox does not predict that the country will pever have another Fourth of July celebration—Kansas City Journal ST R S T Charles E. Hughes is a lucky man. Up to this time his fool friends have not started a Presidential boom for him.—Chicago Record-Herald. ————— 2 We don’t know what salary Witte will receive as boss of .all the Rus- sias, but he is pretty certain to earn it.—Hartford Times. AP 5 IR R King Christian of Denmark has five thrones in his family, That seems 1o be introducing the McCurdy idea into Europe. ’ f their many battles and became Prime Minister,‘ WANTING ME T0 GO TO THE HORSE SHQW, OH, WELL, | SUPPOSE JLL AYE YO 6O. The invitation was not issued, and .the Mayor | ly basted that the roast fowl on the plates seemed | One would have thought that after | sther banquet in honor of Secretary Taft, and | The defeated candidates again went | annual dinner by the Merchants’ Association began | ed to the Mayor. Just to show that expense does not figure in | + complained of it. To please him, he an(l‘ rs were invited to eat the squab and fillet and | Harrison accepted in another cube of the same | | symptoms of a soft spot in his official heart for the \ | York World. | | |1 COPYPIGHT, 1908 BY THE NEW YORX SVENNG TELEORAS g A A TALKING CROW. George Noves, a quarryman who re- sides at Winslow Mills in Waldoboro, has' a young crow that not only can talk, but glves indications of a desire to be fluent ih conversation, says the Bangor, Me., correspondent of the New Mr. Noyes captured him | about a year ago and clipped his wing | and gave him to his little girl to play If they had been for him, or had | with. The child was fond of the bird |and spent much time talking to him. | Before long it was noticed that the But they smote his official hip and thigh, and pur-|ecrow, in making the unmusical creak 1igh the heat of the day and until the going down of | @ atural to him, plainly articulated words he had heard often, and since that some pains have been taken with his educatfon. He now has quite an extensive vo- cabulary, mainly words he has learned from his little mistress’ He calls often to “papa” and “mamma,” and in ad- | dressing “Goldie,” the little girl, plain- ly shows that he knows that the name belongs to her. He is beginning to put words together as if he compre- hends their meaning. For instance, every morning he wakes the echoes with cries of “George, get up!” This crow talks better and more - clearly than most parrots and is greatly prized by his little teacher. e Friendship’s Mistaken Functions. | O TORK NERLD C3) § 1 MUST CONFESS, THIS A GREAT MANY GREAT s, IN FACT HE'S ALL POINTS, A BUNCH OF BY WALLACE' RICE. | HERE are friends—and friends. I And of all who profess friendship and have least right to the titie are those who make it a-point to repeat or call attention to something which hurts. A slur about a man appears in print. It may be true; it may be utterly false. If it is true it will hurt the more. The person of whom it was written is for- tunate enough to escape it. Who shows it to kim? A friend! It is altogether probable that the slur was written by an enemy or prompted by one. Its inténtion was to wound, to injure. Had it remained unknown to the vie- tim of the attack it would have failed of its purpose. Why, then, should it fall within the provggice of anybody calling himself a friend to carry out and fulflll the purpose of an enemy? A moment’s analysis will show that, with the exception of the few times 1 design is that double-breasted fastening Patch pockets are both modish and c water-proof; and ®aiters of the same mat this rainy-day outfit. N SMART WATERPROOF FOR THE SCHOOL GIRL HOSE novel water-proofed materials that the trade designate as grif- fonettes come in weights well suited to cold weather wear. A smart plctured, in which the needs of the school girl are taken into consideration. The coat is 1d0se-fitting back and front, two stitched box vleats in the back making for the necessary fullness, which, incidental- 1y, 1s much emphasized in garments of the latest cut. The fronts, however, are left plain, the shaped belt serving to hold them in position, and the for warmth where it is most LEie TS MIRROR OF DAME FASHION it. The needed. as the coat are in o e el T DR when it is due to inadvertence or thoughtlessness, in almost every gase the unfriendly act is prompted by an unfriendly spirit. Even between ac- cepted friends there may be envy, malice -and all uncharitableness—in nothing could it be more manifest than in just such a case. With this goes that sort of surgical operation which is briefly described as “having meant it for the best.” A re- mark harmless enough in itself and not at all 11 conceived is distorted by tak- ing it from its surroundings and re- tajling it about. Having assumed mis- shapen proportions, it is then disclosed to the unfortunate subject of it. Trouble results; sometimes really serious. trouble. Families have been disrupted by agencies as slighf, repu- tations sacrificed, friendships spoiled, ruin caused. After the smoke clears away there will be seen some smirking disturber of happiness with the old legend, “Well, I meant it for the best.” After all, there could be no prouder epitaph on a man's tombstone than a statement of fact as simple as “He Minded His Own Business.” No such] | Inseription 1s recorded, probably be- i cause the most inveterate intermeddler i passes himself off as something else, even to himself. But what better rule lof conduct is there than attending i strictly to one’'s own affairs? And what ‘tan be more insulting in itself than the statement to the contrary? . 1f you have a friend, keep him from ‘wounds, whether from the hands of his _enemies or from your own. Nothing glves one the right to hurt another, friendship least of all. FOOLING THE RATS. A bright farmer, who objects to hav- ing his corncrib on stilts, has put up a ratproof crib by the use of wire screen cloth, four meshes to the square inch, under the siding, roofing and flooring. No rat has yet been able to bite through this wire netting, but the farmer has seen several old gray fel- lows trying to break into the toolhouse to get the flle.—Minneapolis Journal. ANSWERS TO QUERIES. SENATORS AND ASSEMBLYMEN— M. B, McNear, Cal. The United States Senators from California are George C. Perkins of Oakland and Frank P. Flint of Los Angeles. This department has not the space to publish the list of Cali- fornia’s Senators and Assemblymen. Such a list gvas published in The Call in the issue of November 30, 1904, page §, column 1. ICEBOATS—A. S, Alameda. As com- pared with the locomotives in common use, the iceboat is the faster. It travels at the rate of a little more than a mile a minute, and when contrasted with ordi- nary safling vessels is handled with ease and safetv. It travels faster than the wind, because it acquires momentum, and in the lulls of the wind its inertia carries .| 1t along. SPORTSMEN'S TERMS-M. B, Cfty. Sportsmen have different terms for the purpose of, distinguishing groups of ani- mals and birds, as for instance: A covey of partridges, a nide of pheasants, a flight of doves or of swallows, a muster of peacocks, a slege of hérons, a build- ing of rooks, a brood of grou of wild fowl, a stand of plovers, a watch of nightingales, a clattering of choughs, a of geese, a herd or bunch of cal tle, a bevy of quail, a cast of hawks, a trip of dotterel, a swarm ' of bees, a school of whales, a shoal of herrings, a herd of swine, a skulk of foxes, a pack of wolves, a drove of oxen, a sounder of hogs, a troop of 1 » a pride of | ltons, a sleuth of bears and a gang of elks. 3 .~ Hot m':-. l: a select coffee blend with whi] cream at Gy elan bullding and m\:llflh; . "Occidental Accidentals BY A. J. WATERHOUSE —_— KING DEATH AND THE GAME. (Nineteen young men were killed and 137 were seriously injured in football games during the year 1905.) K great, gray chalr, And wearily muttered he: - “Though business with me is passably | fair, It is not what it ought to be, For sometimes the peoples their war- Ting cease For all of a year or two, And plagues don't wither, decrease, As fast as I wish they'd do. Ah jne!” quoth he, “it is plain to me, Though my business fairly thrives, That what 1 need Is this, indeed: A regular income of lives. I would give,” Death muttered, phantom ring To the one who should compass this needed thing.” nor men “this Now a little white messenger heard this thing, And earnestly pondered he Just how he could gain the coveted ring, Till the method he happened to see. “Now, courage, my lord!” he cheerily cried; “Your victims I'll surely enforce, For football shall be every college’'s pride, The eclence mpst prized in the course; And biff and go-bang! The loser be hang! We will mix with the Latin and Greek, Till the players appear The stars of the year, Though scarcely in English they speak; And your victims will come in a regu- lar string.” Quoth Death, “You're a corker, and here is the ring.” Now King Death loils In his great, gray chair, And merrily laugheth he: “Well, speaking of business, I'm doing my share,” And he chuckles, ‘Te he! te he!” In each university he is tue star ‘Who mauléth the football sore; And I've had to order another white car, The victims to bring to this shore, And the brawn, ‘tis plain, If not the brain, Of the college I gather in, As they haul and maul And paw the ball, The prize of the course to win. Oh, you want to bet,” quoth Death, “te he! That this football game is the thing for me!” NOW, THEN, WILLIE. If you do not believe, Willle, virtue, integrity, nobility and energy bring their eertailn reward under the good and beneficent laws of this good and beneficent land of ours—and I do trust that you are not so sinful as to maintain such a position—let us con- sider a few statistics, and I am. sure that you will speedily appreciate the error of your ways. : The income of all the people of the United States from all the products of all their farms and lands in this year of our Lord 1805 was $6,415,000,000, and this is something for boasting, for never before in the history of man has | the record been equaled. . The income of John D. Rockefeller during the same year was $40,000,000, gccording to cur- rent estimates. That is to say. if all the lands of this great nation were de- voted to the laudable pudpose af sup- plying incomes to such men as Mr. Rockefeller it would supply, in round numbers, just 160 of them with pin money. To be sure, there mignt be a one hundred and sixty-first, but he would have to live in the bleak. com- parative penury of $15,000,000 annually. Do you catch thg point, Willle? It'is the combined virtue, integrity, no- bility and energy of Mr. Rockefeller— as all our noble philosophers assure | you—that has brought this beautiful reward to Mr. Rockefeller. embalmed tributé that the laws of man pay to his extraordinary virtues. If just 160 of us were as pre-eminently good as he the rest of us wouldn't have a derned cent, or, at least, we could di- vide $15,000,000 among $3,000,000 of us and have about 18 cents aplece—and Mr. Rockefeller could have my 18 cents, for I am not mean. Isn't it a grand and beautiful thought, Willie? And how it does im- pel us to get In and hustle in order that we, t0o, may be virtuous, honest, noble | and energetic that our Income maf be $40,000,000 annually! Thus is man re: pald for being real good, and yet you may find wicked agnostics who doubt it. I hope, Willie, that you will study well these figures, take their simple lesson to heart, and consequently be so virtuous that you will revel in simo- | leons while the rest of us, who are com paratively sinful, are wondering wha hit us. ~ “Did the Lord call him to his present flock”™ “You bet he did.” “What makes you feel so certain?” “Why, he gets $1300 a year here, and | he got only $1000 from his last charge.” ————————— Townsend's California glace frults and choicest candles in artistic gre- etched boxes. New store, 767 Market. * ———— Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s). 30 Call- fornia street. Telephone Main 1042. * ING DEATH sat straight in his | that | It is the | L e e . TheSmart Set BY SALLY SHARP e -4 Merry war was waged yesterday. |Cupld and Hymen vying for su- fresnacy of achievement, with the lit- tle god winning by one. Three betrothals and two weddings {bespeak a good day’'s record, each af- fair being of noteworthy import to the public at large and the smart set in particular. 3 | With the exception of the Shoe- i maker-Splivalo nuptials, surprise at- tended each announcement, the wed- ding of Mrs. Marie Baird Baldwin and Willlam Sproule of the Southern Pa- | eifie probably causing the most pro- nounced thrill This unlooked-for event took place lat 1 o'clock in the apartments of the bride’s mother, Mrs. Veronica Baird, in | the Palace Hotel. No Mint had been | breathed, even of an engagement, and the ceremony was quietly performed in the presence of only a dozen guests by Rev. Frederick Clampett, the groom |being supported by Horace G. Platt and the bride being unattended. After a wedding trip of ten days Mr. and Mrs. Sproule will return to San Francisco for a short time. Of those bidden there were Mr. and | Mrs. Treanor, Horace G. Platt, John Rush Baird, David Baird and Miles Baird. o e e The wedding of Miss Beatrice Splivalo and Lieutenant Rawls Shoemaker, U.S. R. C. 8, took place at 2 o'clock yester- day In the Empire room of the Pglace Hotel, which had been decorated In white chrysanthemums, with a large flag at the lower end of the room. The bride wore a very handsome white lace robe over chiffon, with a long veil and carried orchids and lilies of the valley. Attending her was Miss Florence Cor- nell, maid of honor, who wore a very handsome accordeon-pleated gown of | pink liberty satin, with a wide girdle | and yoke of point lace, carrying a bou- | quet of St. Joseph lilies. Mrs. Adrian Splivalo (Nana Mighell) and Miss Hazel | Marston, as matron of honor and bridesmaid, were gowned in pale pink point d'esprit over pink chiffon, and carried bouquets of deep pink carna- tions. Leading the bridal party was |little Lefla Swett, a cousin of the bride, daintily dressed in pink and carrying a basket of Cecile Bruner roses. The bride was given by her father into the groom's keeping., Lieutenant Harwood serving as best man. with Lieutenant Munter and Chief Engineer McGowan as ushers. Before a great bank of white chrysanthemums the bridal party stood, Rev. Father Kenna of Santa Clara Col- lege reading the service in the pres- ence of a hundred guests. Following was an informal reception and the serving of the wedding breakfast In a private dining-room. A magnificent cenferpiece of pink carnations adorned the bride’s table, about which were seated Lieutenant and Mrs. Shoemaker, Lieutenant Harwood, Miss Hazel Mars- ton, Raymond Splivalo, Miss Lavinia Hoffacker, Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Spli- '\alD, Chief Engineer McGowan, Miss Jewell, Lieutenant Munter and Mise Florence Cornell. . Of the betrothals most important is that of Miss Elizabeth Vincent Hunt- ington and John Brockway Metcalf, the young flancee !eing the daughter of Mr. agd Mrs. H. E. Huntington. Mr. Metcalf occupies a prominent po- sition also in San Franecisco soclety and is a graduate of the University of California. This engagement has existdd for some time, but has been so carefully guarded that the an- nouncement has brought something of surprise and now 'tis nearly at an end. for the wedding day is in February. G~ S Miss Margaret Spencer Wilson ap- prised her friends yesterday of happy tidings—her engagement to Lieuten« ! ant Franklin Bache Harwood, U. 8. R. | C. 8., and since then many expressions | of good will and congratulation have made their way to the Wilson home. Miss Wilson, a member of the exclu- | sive set, has been out two seasons, dur- ing which time she has been much fa- vored and sought. A daughter of the late Major Wilson, U. 8. A, and Mrs. George Wilson, the fair flancee is also a cousin of Miss Grace Llewellyn Jones. Lieutenant Harweod comes of a fine old Southern family and is a native of Mary- land and he, too. will soon claim his | bride, the nuptials being set for Jan- uary. The trio of yesterday’s flancees is ecom- pleted by Miss Elizabeth Allen, who told | her pretty story, naming J. Otis Burrage as the favored man. Miss Allen is the daughter of Judge and Mrs. James M. Allen of Washington street and with her sister, Ruth, has been in society for two | years and is a member of the Galety Club. Mr. Burrage is a mining man, the | brother of Lieutenant Burrage. who married Miss Graham. With this triple shower of love stories a common sentiment is attached in that the malds are all close friends, their intimacy prompting them to divulge their secrets at the same moment. | And now what a rush of teas and feting Jthere will be for these very prominent | brides-elect! s r. and Mrs. William W. Fineh (for- mxh' Miiss Claire Hampton) returned the yesterday from Manila on Man- churia. The young people left for the islands [ soon after their marriage two years | ago, since which time they have wan- dered about the Orient. ———————— Xmas Candy Orders. Candy orders are like bank checks and cashable in something good as gold —our fine candles. Haas' Candy Stores, Phelan bldg. and James Flood bldg. * HARDLY. Jones—Hello, Gassline, I'm look- ing for Jack Hardy. Have you FORESIGHT.