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

SCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1905 s THE SAN FRANCI B i v T THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL JOHN D. SPRUCKELS... - ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO JOHN McNAUGHT ND MARKET STR "DECEMBER 30, BLICATION OFFICE 1905 REPORT ON )’ERCHANT MARINE. REMARKABL Yastrong showing in favor of Government aid A to American shipping is made in the recent report by Mr. Gallinger from the joint commission on the merchant marine. [his commission, which was authorized by the act of April 28, 1904, concluded its most important labors last December, but the chair- man held a conference last spring in New York to hear the argu- ments of shipping interests which had not been considered by the i The later inquiry has developed no change in the leg- ~om ssion la slat originally proposed. So that for nearly a year the bill sub- itted by the commission in its first report has been before the | ountry for exa tion Ihe bill has received the approval of some very important rep- resentative bodies and its chief support has not come from ship owners and builders, nor from the States bordering on the ocean, 1 merchants and manufacturers concerned in export trade, ym the producers of the interior. The measure is approved e National Board of Trade, the American Bankers’ Association, National Association of Manufacturers and the American Cotton ufacturers’ Association One of Gallinger's arguments is that a large part of the $200,- 000,000 which js annually expended to transport our mail, freight and passengers néw goes to help the naval reserve of foreign na- The bill in its proposed subvention does not intend that a subsidy shall be an outright gift. The ship owners will have to render a return service which will aid toward the creation of a naval reserve and help the expansion of commerce. That our trade to Australasia has more than doubled is due to our mail steam- ip service, which is not adequately paid. The increase proyided for the bill will no more than bring the compensation of the American p to what the European steamship companies receive. The hill but ihe ons 1sh est sections arrange for a tax on tonnage, and it is expected that the he amount now paid by the Government for mail service is very rvice. this profit from its ocean mail. 1 18 Oocean 1 Great Britain expends its entire an- 1ail income from the ocean steamers upon the subsidizing of itish ships. There is a provision for gradually lessening aid, as it < believed that the subventions would, by increasing the volume of 1ip construction, reduce the cost. A\ strong argument is also' made upon the good the bill will roduce by creating a great force of naval volunteers who would be of so much value in case of a foreign war. l the negro race is accompanied in the same degree with improve- ment of their moral and religious life. In this fact Booker T. Washington expresses his faith in a report he makes which is published in a recent issue of The Outlook. For the purpose of llustration he selects one county in the South to show how gratify- ing is"the progress of the colored people when the conditions are T for giving them the opportunity to advance. The place chosen is Gloucester County, in the tidewater section of Eastern Virginia. North and South will be pleased at the information he gives about his people in that one county, for it evidences what can, and prob- ably will, be done in other parts of the country. The population of Gloucester in 18go was 12,832, and about half were negroes. This is one of the counties of the South that has been longest under the influence of Hampton Institute, where Booker Washington was trained to fitness for his remarkahle career. Graduates of other centers of education are also doing good-work in Gloucester County. The two sets of schools, colored and white, are given equal advantages. They are open from five and a half to six months in the year, and the teachers are paid about the same in the bl schools as in the white. Most of the teachers are natives of ®he county, and what to Washington’s pet idea is more important, most of them own property. The negroes of this county. NEGRO PROGRESS. beginning in poverty forty years ago, are now paying taxes on one- | sixth of the real estate, principally in small farms from ten to one hundred and fifty acres. A large proportion of them contain ten acres. Twenty-five years ago these negroes were so poor that three-fourths of them lived in one-room cabins. Now many of them have six-room cottages, and the one-room cabin is rare. This material prosperity. is chiefly pleasing because of the moral improvement that has accompanied it in growth. Bastardy used to be quite common, but in 1903 there were only six cases in the entire 6000 of colored population. Moreover there is very little evidence of immoral relations existing between the two races. Twenty-five years after the work of education had been fairly started the arrests for misdemeanors showed less negro offenders than white; and in 190%, there were but seven arrests for felonies, and of ‘these two were white and five were colored. Another fact that this sample county is useful for proving is that the development of education and the acquirement of property by the negroes do not increase racial friction. A close investi- gation shows that cordial and friendly relations exist between the white and black people. Washington is right in his opinion and his urging that if we all, white and black, and North and South, do our whole duty, this fine improvement is Gloucester can be equaled or surpassed in other parts of the South. Tchief<. each a candidate for the Hi-you-muckamuckship. Mr. Hearst is occupied in a visitation among the political provinces and in filling his ears with the syrup of adulation. He'is also dreaming dreams in which the White House looms large and at- tractively. Mr. Bryan has gone far abroad, and is seen in a per- spective of 240 degrees of longitude. He is marching over flower strewn paths under triumphal arches in the Philippines. The appearance of these rivals is interesting, though they have put the ponderous bulk of the globe between them. The Democratic party has gone on record as oppdsed to our ‘position in the Philip- pines. The last two campdigns got all of their piquancy from that opposition. The speeches made upon it would fill several barrels. Now the party seems to have no choice, but must take one or the other of two men as leader who have records on Philippine acquisi- tion. When our policy as to the Philippines was in doubt and un- formed Mr. Hearst carried at the head of his papers in obese letters the legend, “Nail the Flag to the Philippines. Don’t Raise it There, Nail it!” Well, the treaty of Paris nailed it there, thé nails and hammer costing $20,000,000, much to the regret of many of the judicious. - When the treaty of Paris was before the Senate and‘ its'amend- ment before ratification seemed certain Mr. Bryan descended upon Washington and brought over to the treaty the Democratic’ votes necessary to its ratification and it became the supreme law’of the land, the flag was nailed there, we got the Philippines and Spain got $20,000,000 and a licking. Now Mr. Bryan is touring the islands and making very comservative speeches to the natives, who are paying him exceedingly conspicuous attention. He is walking on the clouds from Manila to Mindoro, and from Bucas.to Bislig. But Mr. Hearst i8 looking over- his fences, from worm to barbed wire, at home. At this moment it is impossible to tell which leads. Mr. Bryan is known for his superior wind, but Hearst may beat him in bottom. X 2 RIVAL CHIEFS. HE Democracy is just now engaged in gazing raptly upon two uce a revenue as well as the expenditure and the report | hat there will be a net gain to the treasury as a result. Two | ulus to American ships would cause a great increase in tonnage. | the net profit obtained by the United States from | Our country is the only one which retains | NDUSTRIAL and intellectual improvement in the condition of b | | | | l AND TAKE THE PICTURE. OF A LIFE INJURANCE PRESIDENT AND PASTE | IT ON— i { { { | { TLL JUJST BUY A PAPER. [# e THE | SMART SET € €, BY SALLY SHARP. e o+ A spectacle of magnificance, such as is seldom seen In professional extrava- ganza, will be presented to the guests | of Mr. and Mrs. M. H. de Young to-; morrow evening in their private ball- room. Because of the Sabbath, all are; bidden for the hour of 11:30, Wh;n mid- | supper will be served, and at night the stage feostivities will begin for the delight of those at table. For cleverness this vaudeville per- formance will without doubt supersede | all ever offered before in San Fran- cisco’s talented realm. The gowns are so gorgeous as to pale the memory of others donned for private theatricals, while all stage accouterments—set- tings and lights—are to demonstrate the climax of art in arrangement and electrical effects. Heretofore Mrs. de Young has showed her efficiency in the manage- ment of stage proceedings, but on this oc jon Frank Blair. formerly of this MACHINE WELL, JAY, NOow '/ THIS FOR REJSULTYV city, will take full charge. The pro- gramme is one round of delightlul‘r clever “stunts,” all new from London. some not having even reached New York, and from thege have been im- provised many local hits upon promi- nent affairs and personages. These parodies will serve to show more clearly than all else the real wit and originality of our smart folk, | among the clever revisers being Miss Kathleen de Young, Mrs. Mark Gerstle. Miss Ethel Hager, W. H. Smith Jr. Thomas Eastland and Charles de Youns. One skit has been composed entirely by Miss Hager and Mr. Smith and will be a source of unending fun. The dramatis personae will be Miss Fran- ces Stewart, Miss Bessie Wilson, Miss Bernice Wilson, Miss Ethel Hager, Miss Pearl Landers, Miss Helen Swift Bailly, Miss Marie Pickering, Miss Rhoda Pickering, Mrs. Thomas East- land, Mrs. Mark Gerstle, the Misses Helen, Constance and Kathleen de Young and Charles de Young. A large orchestra, under the direction of H. J. Stewart, with Miss Helen de Young at the piano, will discourse the vaude- ? 'ville music. « s e The air is a-quiver with New Year's | -| greeting, Monday, to see the lavish dispensing of hospitality to greater degree than for several years past. | Many homes are to observe the old | open-house custom, environs also holding many In town there will be Mrs. W. P. Redington, who will receive at her Scott-street home, especially honoring Mrs. Walter Gibbons (Hazel Noonan) At Sausalito a delightful assemblage will be found at the home of Miss | Constance Borrowe, who. with Mrs. Gaston ‘Ashe, will receive from 4 to 6, the season’s felicitations to be ex- changed over the eggnogg cup. Miss Grace Llewellyn Jones is antici- pating the prezence of many friends upon the arrival of 1906, all of whom are to be entertiined in delightful manner. Among the younger contingent merri- ment will hold sway on the initial day, Miss Alice Cowdery being included with the hostesses who will offer cheer and happiness. A youthful throng will make tniigs merry at San Mateo. also, for a dance to be given tof which there has mueh preparation. Several house par are holding forth in tnat pretty sul Mrs. Philip Lansdale being among hostesses. and all the young guests be participants of the whirl. brought the mes- s n 3 N e i wi Across the Pacific is sage of a New Year's marriage of m interest to San Franciseo’s smart set Miss Ursula Stone will plight her troth to Lieutenant Daniel Edward Shear Ninth Infantry, the service to take pla at the home of the bride’s brother, Li tenant Bertody Stone Jr. Miss Stone is one of our most favored maids, and. many a toast at the various town gatherings on Monday will b spoken for her welfare and happiness. . o The Claremont Country Club rooms will be filled with callers New Year's & and of other town events is numbpq the hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Jose Duggan, who will hold open house during the evening in their Pacific-avenue bome, and that of Miss Beatrice Fife, who will receive through the day. & eNe The Korea's passenger list for to-day contains the names of Mrs. John Simpson and her daughter, Miss Amalia Simpson, who are leaving for an Orfental trip. S T Mrs. Thomas Porter Bishop will be & hostess in the near future in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Bryant of Los Angeles, who are visitors in‘town through the holidays. AR Mrs. Whittell and Miss Florence Whit- tell will sail to-day on the Korea for the Orient, whence they will go to other parts of the world. Mrs. James Cunningham and Miss Sara Cunningham were at home yesterday to a large number of callers who gave adieus with greetings. Mrs. Cunningham will leave the middle of next month with her daughter for New York, and yesterday was her closing reception day. .« s * Mrs. Jules Brett is to be a bridge host- ess c* the near future, and from all indj~ cations this game will not fail to take its customary precedence over all other at- tractions during the coming year. —— NEED FOR T BY JOH J ENDERNESS. . HOLDEY. | ~je YMPATHY is a fine thing, and one | * S of the distinguishing marks be- tween man and the lower ani- [ ATERHOUSE. ! THE THING I WROTE. WROTE a little thing one time, a rather foolish lay That gurgled on and chattered on in quite a senseless way, | And I said, “I know it's awful, | *twill hit them like a blow,” | But some one was yelling “Copy!” so I had to let it go, And it got into a paper—I never will know how— And echoes from that dratted thing | are lingering with me now, For people meet me and they say, “You and wrote that thing! Oh, my The little, wobbly, woozy lay is all| they know me by. “Dear m they say, | “That clevah lay! | It was so cute, you know!” While I would sell Myself for—well, Some seven cents or so. I've tried to write some better things, | a compress on my brow, But, oh, that razzle-dazzle lay is all | that lingers now. 1 know not where the moral lies, and yet it must be clear To any man, and every man, that one is hidden here. Perhaps a age would put it thus: “If | cap ana bells you pick, Why, play the game for all its worth and do not lose a trick; Perhaps he'd wisely counsel thus: With men, as 'tis with fish, The bait the world doth give to us is not the bait we wish. It does not matter; this I know, and this I say—alas!— 1f you'd win out, heed Corwin's words and be a solemn ass,” Unless you'd choose, To meet your views, To hear them say “That one! That cute bon ot!” ‘When ’tis you know, The worst you've ever done. Oh, wou may do or write some things of higher, better plot. But just one razzle-dazzle thing will queer the whole blest lot. SHORTLY AFTER CHRISTMAS. I sang a little gladsome song concerning Christmas cheer, In which I mentioned, I recall, it “comes but once a year”; 1 sang of Christmas gifts and grace, and also Christmas love— The latter word, I recollect, I neatly rhymed with “dove”’— I warbled on and lilted on in quite a merry way, \ But just one line of all I wrote doth give me peace to-day, For now that Christmas day is past I wish to mention here, I'm highly gratified to know it ‘“‘comes but once a year.” Do not suppose a rock I fling at any Christmas joy, SOLVED. My poor man, why do you tell so many untruths? 'Dusty Dick—Ah, jady! I used to be a war correspondent. % But, oh, my stomach is not ‘strong as| when 1 was a boy! The Christmas dinner was so good I ate and ate and ate, And how it made me feel next morn I'm | really pained to state. That night, in dreams, my ancestors came in a grizzly row, And, judging merels by their looks, they all were hanged, I know; A dark brown taste was in my mouth, or haply it was black, My brain was made of putty, which thc germ of thought did lack; But now cne thought doth comfort me and give me ghastly cheer— It's realiy true that Christmas day doth ‘“‘come but once a year.” My daughter Ethel presents bought and had them charged to ‘“pa,” And so did Annabel and May and Laura | and their “ma'’; | And, now the bills are coming in, my | pocketbook is flat— But little do I mind the fact, for I am used to that; But, oh, it pains and pains again, and leaves me trouble-clad, To pay for presents for myself I'd sooner not have had— { The slippers that will never fit, the dress- ing gowns galore, When I'm so built I wear but one, and cannot welk wear more. Ah, Christmas day has come and gone for all, both far and near: Then let us chant in reverent tones, “It comes but once a year!" Ilove the merry Christmas time, its festal cheer and love— ‘Which latter word, as I remarked, doth sweetly rhyme with “dove’— I love the keepsakes that it brings, for haply one in nine May be the thing somebody wants to make him feel quite fine. But seeing as my head is swelled, my stomach out of fix, My vermiform appendix wrong, and liver playing tricks, And geeing as I'm not alone in my sensa- tions queer, Let's lift a pean, “Heaven be praised, it comes but once a year!” “Bluffileigh was elected a member of the Liars' Club.” “What did he do about it2” “Refused to join; said he was not qualified; that he had never told a lie in his life.” : “What did the club do then?” 4 “Elected him president by acclama- P i “He is not exactly famous, but he is conspicuous,” “In what respect?” “Why, he is wealthy, and yet he re- fuses to buy an automobile.” Upon the face of every person is set the unlying" advertisement of the man or ‘woman behind it, but fools cannot read the language in which it is written. DESPERATION. | were $100 short of a desired sum and ! preacher gazed at the delegates in aston- jistaent, bors. It is not an advantage to meet W e 1 done?” sal : : : capnat Aare one?” said he. |, mind which is so inured to suffering, mals. But the very fruit and flowe: of sympathy is tenderness. Based on comprehension and right feeling it will go far toward idealizing our na- tional life. For we are a sentimental people and need only to distribute the product of -our sympathies aright to do away with every evil in the body politie. The opposite of tenderness—in man, as in the turkey—is toughness. But it is an attribute of something more than the physical man, We all know that there is mental and spiritual and moral toughness as well as material or bod- ily toughness. But we do not always act upon the knowledge. It is no bad thing to have a body | that withstands the demands of mod- ern life, that is able to meet not only | the winds and frosts of winter, but| the rush and strain of the workaday | world. It is a distinct advantage to | possess a tough and well-seasoned body, and the man who has to live to- day is handicapped without it. But it is not an advantage to own a conscience which,, is toughened, either to the possessor of it or to his neigh- £ - THE DELEGATES HAD TO LAUGH | > -+ 8 T was at th? closing session of the an- l nual convention of a certain religious body held in a town near this ¢Ry some time since, and the preacher who occupied the chair announced that they hoped that the amount might be raised before final adjournment, says tne Phil- adelphia Telegraph. “I will start the good work with $25!" cried a man who was a stranger to the preacher, “Thanks, brother! Thanks!” exclaimed the dominie, effusively. *“I don’t know yvour name, but may heaven bless your kind heart, and may your business during the coming year be doubled!” Instantly there was a laugh that was both long and loud, and the perplexed in the world that without a thought. to wrong, ‘o evils it dismisses them It not an advantage to build up a system of morals which denies the right of others to happiness or com- demns them to needless suffering. Nor is it enough to have a mind, a conscience, or a spiritual nature which is merely satisfied with negative per- formance in any of the walks of life. There must be something positive— and this something is tenderness: “He liveth best who loveth best all things, both great and small.” It is easy to tender toward a little child or a delicate woman—and, discreditable as it is not to be tender toward them, it is no particular credit to a man if he is. The .real work comes in being tender to these who do not invite, nor seek, nor expect ten- derness—in a word, in being tender to the tough. Like everything else in the world worth having, it is obtained with difficulty, this quality of tender- ness. The next time you find yourseif ealled upon for an opinion see If it is not possible to think tenderly before you speak. A moment's consideration will prove to you that the goiden rule means little more than this. “Be to my faults a little blind: be to my virtues very kind.” be “Nothing,” Teplied a fellow preacher; | 4. _ “only the man who donated that twenty-| , five is an undertaker.” i K T0 1S THEORY. D OF STU Arthur E. Bostwick, the head of the cir- culation -department of New York's free libraries, tells this story about a German professor of Jena, who belonged to the Haecklin school: “The professor got shipwrecked off a tropical island. As soon - as the ship struck the old gentleman leaped over- board ‘And swam ashore. “But ho soemer was he on dry land than he turned and plunged into the water again, and swam back to the ship. “He seized his stout wife in his arms, leaped headlong overboard, and, despite his burden, again reached shore in safety. “There the captain, who had already landed, said to him in an amazed tone: “*Why didn’t you save your wife the first time?’ “*Ah,’ said the professor, with a satis- fied smile, ‘I was bound to save myself first, you know. Self-preservation is na- ture's highest law.’ "—New York Tribune. —_——————— ' NATURE PROMPTS INVENTIONS. “We get our hints from nature,” the inventor said. *“Take, for instance, the hollow pillar, which is stronger than the solid one. The wheat straw showed us the superior strength of the hollow pil- lar. Solid, the wheat straw would be un- able to.support its head of grain. “Where did man get his idea for car- riage springs? From the hoofs of the horse, which, like the springs derived from them, are made from parallel plates. “Scissors we get from the jaws of the tortoise, which are natural scissors; chis- | |// els from the squirrel, who carries them in | .[" his mouth; adzes from the hippopotamus, whose ivories are adzes of the best de- sign; ‘the plane from the bee's jaws; the triphammer from the woodpecker.”—Chi- cago Journal. ¢ ANSWERS T0 QUERIES. O'RRIEN AND NEILL-N. N, City. Philadelphia Jack O’Brien and Al Neill met in the ring in Chicago, June 6, 1902, MIRROR R Willie—On me bended knees I asks yer ter marry me. Don't yer know dat married folks don’t have ter go to school? Result, knock-out for Neill. RELATIONSHIP — Subscriber, City. “If Harry's sister marries Louis’ brother, what is the relation of Harry to Louis?” There is no relation. CARIBOU CLUB-T. H., City. This correspondent wants to know where he can find a book called “The Caribou,” a beook of songs and poetry composed by the Caribou Club. CHINESE—A. W., San Jose, Cal. If a boy is born to Chinese parents in the State of California he is a native of the State, and on attaining his majority is privileged to vote, if he so desires. C the inclemency of winter weather, ——— Townsend’s California glace fruits | and choicest candies in artist etched boxes. New store, 767 l‘l.r‘c!ufl:.; Pt b ket ~Special information supplied daily to prmincan hovies and puslic mn b the | | "3 reau 'n’'s), Tornia street Telephone Matn 1042+ work. The back is pockets the SMART MODEL FOR THE DEMOISELLE. LOTHS that are rainproof in every particular are the latest things for the general utility coats that the lrhool‘lrl.'lrm affects. A pretty shade of dark green griffonette, in a weight suitable to meet and the plainest and most severe outline is followed in the smart tailored loose and full, a half belt serving to hoid the fullness in place, although this may be omitted if desired. The fronts ar® double-breasted, fastening like a man's overcoat under a fly, The sleev _too, accords with the plain and severe tailored mode; and shows ”f,\-:‘ oy et u;:lh season’s style. appear either of front; the collar lapels after ‘mannish pattern, g ol fullness at the top to bring it well within AME FASHION. - the smart model of the picture. —_—eeed